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Embracing the Contemporary Appeal of Forged Carbon in Designs both Old and New - Monochrome Watches
It’s often said the watchmaking industry is a conservative business, and for the most part that’s quite true. Traditional techniques are still at the heart of the vast majority of mechanical watches, but there are those who dare to push back boundaries and venture into the unknown. This can result in innovative materials, new designs and surprising collaborations. But, as some of the watches on this list perfectly showcase, cutting-edge materials can also be used to give a new spin on retro-inspired design. With that in mind, we take a closer look at some of the most refreshing carbon watches in recent times!Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 forged carbonTissot’s mighty cool PRX needs little introduction. Prior to this Forged Carbon edition of the 40mm wide PRX, we only had stainless steel cases. Ok, there’s the gold PVD-coated PRX but that’s still steel underneath. The use of forged carbon drops the weight down from roughly 135 grams on a full bracelet, to approxi
5 Cool Finds - 5 Multiple Time-Zones Watches to Inspire the Traveler in you - Monochrome Watches
Last week’s 5 Cool Finds’ selection was for the pleasure, to awake the horology enthusiast in you. This week, we move to practical functions – which does not mean the watches you’ll are not nice pieces… Today, we want to inspire the traveler in you, with 5 watches that will help you to keep track of time in (at least) two regions of the world. GMT, dual-time, world-timer… All of these names result in the end in watches that can be seen as the most practical pieces those days. Together with our partner?Chronext, here are?5 multiple time-zones watches that will benefit the travelers that?all of us are these days.if you are a?recurring reader of Monochrome, you should know the coming fact:?multiple time-zones watches, whether we talk GMT, Dual-Time or World-Timer, are with no doubt the most practical type of watches we can find these days. The world has become a village and lots?of us are crossing time-zones, for pleasure or business, several times a ye
Pre-Baselworld 2015 - Eterna Super KonTiki - Specs & Price - Monochrome-Watches
The name KonTiki should sound?familiar?to vintage collectors and dive watches aficionados. Since 1958, Eterna had a KonTiki watch in its collections, a watch made to celebrate?a daring expedition across the Pacific. Since 1962, there’s also the Super KonTiki, a professional edition with rotating bezel made to dive in deep salty waters. For Baselworld 2015, Eterna comes back with a vintage-inspired reissue of the Super KonTiki, that includes a regular collection plus a very cool limited edition.The Eterna Super KonTiki was kind of a superior watch back in 1962. It was the brand’s first dive watch with a rotating bezel and with a 200m water resistance. It was coming with all the classical attributes of a dive watch: a rotating bezel with a large and legible 60-minute scale, a black dial with massive?luminous indexes and a robust? stainless steel case.?Now, for Baselworld?2015, Eterna pays tribute to this iconic dive watch with the launch of new Super KonTiki models?inspired b
Seiko Professional Specifications - PROSPEX - Monochrome Watches
Dive watches have come and go throughout history; the most recognizable of them are pieces from and Omega. Submariners and Seamasters have graced the wrist of many, with some even saying it's the perfect tool watch to wear. But the folks from the JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) would beg to differMuch has been said about Seiko watches in the past, but for the likes of Seiko's PROSPEX line, it has been fairly limited.??Readers of our website may have seen one of them?here?and another one?here. But what really makes the PROSPEX a piece worth having? Allow me to offer a different perspective, the PROSPEX perspective Ad - Scroll to continue with article The PROSPEX, as the name implies, simply means Professional Specifications. It is Seiko's answer to the professional world that desires nothing but the very best from their watches. As such, professionals and fans o
Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie Secret Alloy - Hands-On, Specs & Price
Since the reintroduction in 2015 of the name Czapek, Antoine Norbert de Patek’s ex-partner before he founded Patek Philippe, the freshly recreated brand has focused on high-end watchmaking, of course, but also displays a strong appetite for hand-crafted dials, whether they are made in enamel or guilloche. Using its latest watch as a base, the Chronograph Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie, the brand unveils a brand new dial in an unconventional raw material: “Secret Alloy”.The Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie follows two other watches in the collection. First was the classic and now signature model, the Quai des Bergues – a watch with power reserve and small seconds, executed in multiple versions. Then came the brand’s flagship watch, the Place Vendome Tourbillon, a more modern, more technical take on Czapek design’s codes. In 2018, the brand unveiled a new watch, a chronograph equipped with an impressive integrated and hi-beat movement, manufactured by Vaucher,
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