Five Stylish and Practical Luxury Sports Chronograph Watches - Monochrome Watches
Few segments in the watch industry are as popular and heavily contested as the luxury sports watch. The dive watch may come closest, but we can all agree that the luxury sports watch has boomed in recent years. Even independent watchmakers like H. Moser & Cie and Czapek have jumped on the bandwagon with (it must be said) very cool collections. Simultaneously, there’s also a move towards added practicality within a luxury sports watch, for instance, with a GMT or Calendar complication or even a Chronograph. Looking at the latter, we’ve compiled a list of five luxury sports watches, all fitted with a chronograph movement.A. Lange & Sohne Odysseus ChronographWe’re kicking things off with the top-end A. Lange & Sohne Odysseus Chronograph. This was surprisingly the only launch by the German manufacturer for Watches & Wonders this year, but given its complexity, that’s quite understandable. This is not a typical chronograph, as the pushers on the right

Squared off: The Bell & Ross BR 03-90 B-Rocket - Full Review (Live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
Collaborations are not uncommon within the watch industry. We've seen projects between watch brands and charitable causes take a surge over the past years, and we've even seen brands work with artists or sculptors to create unique pieces. One branch that is often contracted for a cooperative creation is car and bike manufacturers. Bell & Ross teamed up with Shaw Harley Davidson, official dealer and customizer of the brand, to create a pair of watches. One of these creations is the Bell & Ross BR 03-90 B-Rocket we will be reviewing here.First off, the combination of a purely aeronautical inspired watch brand and a legendary bike manufacturers seems a bit strange but there is more to it than you might think. The Parisian brand teamed up with Shaw Harley Davidson in 2011, to create the Nascafe Racer, a unique custom Harley Davidson bike with a BR-01 Carbon mounted onto a center console. For the second installment of their collaboration, the B-Rocket was inspired by the heyday of t

Hands-On - Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m America's Cup
Announced recently by Omega and covered in this news article here, the Biel-based brand has just announced the renewal of its role as the official timekeeper of the America's Cup, with the 36th edition to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from the 6th to the 21st of March 2021. At the same time, Omega is also releasing a new limited edition watch to celebrate this partnership, a watch based on the rugged professionally oriented PO 600m with a very handsome colour scheme. Let’s have a closer look at this new Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m 36th America’s Cup, now in the metal.Omega and the America’s CupThe America's Cup is renowned as the oldest trophy in international sport and since 1851 is considered to be the most prestigious sailing race in the world. The concept goes that a trophy awarded to the winner of the America’s Cup match races between two sailing yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America’s

Spotted - The Watches Seen in Davos for the 2020 World Economic Forum
The 2020 World Economic Forum (WEF) is currently underway in Davos, Switzerland. Davos has hosted the WEF since its inception in 1971. The mission of the WEF is “committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas“. Guests at the event include economists, heads of major corporations, journalists and political leaders from around the world.?This is a target-rich environment for spotting watches, and I have compiled an assortment of timepieces seen on the wrists of notable people.First is Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, an American investment management corporation. BlackRock is currently the largest money-management firm in the world with more than $6.5 trillion in assets under management.At Davos, Fink was sporting an A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Tourbillon in rose gold.? The watch is clearly identifiable from the iconic oversized date and the offset c

Review - The Oris Carlos Coste Mk IV - and a view on the Oris Carlos Coste series of watches (live pics & price) - Monochrome Watches
Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1976, Carlos Coste is a legend amongst the free-diving community. To give you an idea of his achievement's, in 2003 he became the first person to break the 100-meter barrier in the free immersion category. Carlos set the world record for free-diving in the variable weight category with a crazy depth of 140 meters in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt on May 9th 2006. In 2010, Carlos Coste set a new Guinness World Record for free-diving, by completing a 150-meter underwater swim using no apparatus through Dos Ojos, a colossal cenote (cave network) that twists for 31 miles under Yucatan, Mexico. The Venezuelan was armed with only a torch and a monofin when he made this death-defying dive. Oris continue to honor his great achievements by creating another special Oris Carlos Coste limited Edition watch; the Mk IV.The Oris Carlos Coste series of watchesOris started its partnership with Carlos Coste in 2006 and cemented the high performance aspect of the brand's diver colle