Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph 26622TI Review
Love it or hate it, call it a hype-collection, but the fact is that the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (and all its offspring) remains one of the most desirable collections on the market. It is also by far the most important collection in Audemars Piguet's catalogue but the brand isn't simply resting on its laurels. Considering how much it has evolved from the original ref. 5402 presented in 1972, the signature DNA is still very much present. Two decades after first released, the Royal Oak received an update into the far more masculine Royal Oak Offshore, which caused a sensation yet again. Now, in 2021, we've had the fortune to spend some time with one of the latest and most complex models in the line-up, the (take a deep breath) Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Flyback Chronograph 26622TI.It takes a bit of time to wrap one's head around all the details of this very technical and complex iteration of the Royal Oak Offshore. It also marks a step into a new di

GIVE AWAY: IWC Wall Clock - Monochrome Watches
While our managing editor Brice is enjoying a well-deserved vacation, I am making time for what I actually like doing best: writing about beautiful watches! During the year most of my time goes on?many?other activities, to make sure that we can keep sharing our passion for fine watches with you, and we can pay the bills. Monochrome’s subtitle is, and has been for ?the past 10 years, ‘Dedicated to Fine Watches’ and that really covers what we are.?I’m very thankful to you, our readers, for making this possible (if we had only 10 or 20 readers every month, I’m sure no watch?brand would be interested in working with us). And I’m also thankful to the participating watch brands for making the coolest gifts available for you! Today we’re going to draw the winners of the three IWC books, IWC cufflinks and IWC pilot’s sunglasses. And also today, now to be precise, we get to announce our new sweepstake and the prize you can win: an IWC wall clock!

Opinion: What to think about the Tudor North Flag - Hands-on review with specs & price - Monochrome-Watches
You’ve probably seen this one all around the internet, right after its introduction during Baselworld 2015. Clearly, the Tudor North Flag was one of the main novelties for the / Tudor Group but we chose to wait before discussing it. Why? The reason is simple: this watch is important as it represents a real turning point for the brand?(new movement, new design) also this watch underlines its independence with its acrimonious split from big brother . Here are our thoughts on this very important timepiece,?the new Tudor North Flag.If you are returning readers of our online magazine, we guess that you have a more than average interest in watches and you already have your own opinion about the new Tudor North Flag. Its design may not be the only point of discussion. The stakes behind it are bigger than just introducing a newly designed watch and/or a new style for the Tudor collection. Tudor was and still is part of . However, as we mentioned, the North Flag is a turning point in

Longines Legend Diver Black PVD with new movement - Baselworld 2018 (Specs)
For Baselworld 2018, Longines brings a few updates to one of its most iconic modern watches, the Legend Diver. Not only is now comes with a new and more performant movement, but mainly, it now available in full black – case, dial, strap. And while, here at MONOCHROME, we’re usually not huge fans of full black watches, this new Longines Legend Diver Black PVD has quite some appeal.The basics are still the same: a vintage-inspired dive watch with compressor-style case, designed after a legendary 1960s watch, with internal rotating bezel and two crowns on the right side of the case. The watch retains its lacquered black dial, its signature indexes and hands, its 300m water resistance and its overall very cool look. Ad - Scroll to continue with article What’s new then? First and foremost, the 42mm case of the?Longines Legend Diver is now coated in

Back to basics: the Patek Philippe Ref 5370 Split-Seconds Chronograph - REVIEW with live photos, specs & price - Monochrome-Watches
Sometimes, it happens that Patek Philippe acts… differently. Recently, they came with the?Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524, an unusual (from Patek’s standards) pilot watch or with the Ref. 5960/1A, a sporty steel annual calendar chronograph with coloured accents. They also came with the Nautilus, a now classic watch that wasn’t so classic after all (back in 1976 of course). However, Patek Philippe also knows how to do what collectors expect from them – and this year, they are bringing to us what we will dare to call a proper vintage-inspired timepiece: the classic, high-end, complicated and super-elegant?Patek Philippe Ref 5370 Split-Seconds Chronograph.BackgroundIf you look closely at the Patek 5370, you’ll see that everything in it is reminiscent of past creations, starting from the dial, the indexes, the hands, the complication used or the shape of the case. This watch feels like buried during the 1940s and dug?out just because the hardcore collect