Buying Guide - Some of the Coolest Watches with Textured Dials of 2021
Every week we compile a list under a certain topic of watches that we think is interesting to you, our readers, with our buying guides. And as we are a team with mixed preferences, these topics can be about anything really. We tend to search for interesting variations on a common theme, such as accessible dive watches, or the best sports watches, or even the diversity of a single model by a single brand. And today the topic is all about textured dials. Here are some of the coolest watches presented over the last 12 months that feature some form of texture on their dial, from nature-inspired patterns to classic high-end guilloche.Grand Seiko SLGH005 White BirchSome might argue the dial for the Grand Seiko SLGH005 White Birch isn't exactly all that white, but nevertheless, it remains one of the best dials introduced this year. The SLGH005, nicknamed White Birch for the distinct vertical patterns in the silvery-white dial inspired by the bark of birch trees in a forest close to the Grand

Breaking Watch Brands Unite to Create the Geneva Watch Days 2020
Luxury watchmakers have to face turbulent times. The two major trade shows, Watches & Wonders (ex-SIHH) and Baselworld have just announced the cancellation of their 2020 editions amid fears of a possible COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. With these lost opportunities to meet retailers and the press, watch brands need to handle business that would have got done there, but in a different way. The antidote to operate in challenging periods is agility In just three days, on the initiative of Bvlgari's CEO Jean-Christophe Babin, a group of brands has set up the organization of the “Geneva Watch Days 2020”. The self-managed, decentralized multi-brand event is to be held from 26 to 29?April 2020, at the exact same dates as Watches & Wonders 2020. Industry top players are already involved in the project: Breitling, Bvlgari, Gerald Genta, Girard-Perregaux, MB&F, Ulysse Nardin, De Bethune and Urwerk.The underlying idea of this Geneva Watch Days 2020 is simple. With the cance

Oris 110 Years Limited Edition - Hands-On Review with Live photos, specs and price - Monochrome-Watches
Oris is a brand that you might especially know?for their affordable but really qualitative sports watches, including a bunch of interesting dive watches, like the Oris Aquis Depth Gauge, and several Pilot Watches, like the?Oris Big Crown ProPilot Altimeter. However, Oris is not just about creating rugged tools. Last year?the brand celebrated its 110th anniversary with something highly noticeable, a dress watch with the brand’s first in-house movement – and not the worst of them so to speak. It’s called the Oris 110 Years Limited Edition and here is our thoughts after a few days on the wrist.StoryDesigning, developing and crafting?high quality watches is already quite something. Oris, for many years, was known for that. They’ve been building a strong collection of qualitative watches with outsourced base movements (mainly ETA). We’ve absolutely no hard feelings toward that, especially in the case of tool watches, where legibility, quality of the constructio

Hands-On - Panerai Submersible Chrono Guillaume Nery Edition PAM00983 with unique Experience (Specs & Price)
It's only March, but Panerai has already made it clear that 2019 is unequivocally about the dive watch. The professional grade Submersible dive watch to be specific, which this year becomes a stand-alone collection in its own right. Alongside the new models, Panerai is also offering unique experiences' related to the world of the Submersible. These experiences are exclusively available to those who purchase one of the special, limited edition models within the new range. The Panerai Submersible Chrono Guillaume Nery Edition PAM00983 we are looking at today, for example, is limited to just 15 pieces and comes complete with a once-in-a-lifetime experience.Who Is Guillaume Nery?You may be thinking that we've already written about the new Panerai Submersible Chrono Guillaume Nery Edition. And you would be right. However, that was the non-limited PAM00982, which you can read about here. So, just who is Guillaume Nery and why has Panerai dedicated not one but two watches to him? A

Happy 4th of July - Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Day-Date And Power Reserve Limited Edition Only For North America (specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
Today is the 4th of July, an important day for US Citizens and US-related people. Not that the watch we’re about to show you has been especially developed for this reason, but it has just been introduced and it is a limited edition for North America only. Indeed, we thought it could be a nice gift for our US readers, and we know they are?numerous. So for you, here is the new?Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Day-Date and Power Reserve Limited Edition?for North America only, which replaces?its usual plain silvery-white dial (found on the pink gold and the?Excellence Platine)?for a nice black guilloche dial.The?Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Day-Date And Power Reserve, which sits in the?Traditionnelle collection, meaning watches with a classical and restrained elegance, however with complicated movements, is the first door to the “calendar heaven” at Vacheron – an easier and more accessible solution, compared to the ultra-high-end perpetual calendars, perpetu