Buying Guide: Going All-Out With Outrageously Expressive Watches
A couple of weeks ago we did a rundown of what we felt are some of the best dress watches for the festive season. A time when we get together with our loved ones to celebrate, enjoy, and take a little break from our daily concerns. While a dress watch certainly seems like a fitting choice for celebrations, there is another way to do things. Why not let loose a little and go for something outrageously expressive? We’re still talking mechanical watches here, so expect complications and decorations throughout, yet in a very outspoken manner. Time to pop the champagne!Roger Dubuis Knights of the Round Table Merlin editionGather around is to be taken quite literally in the Roger Dubuis Knights of the Round Table Merlin Edition, as it spreads twelve handcrafted and finely detailed sword-wielding figurines around the dial. These surround 56 individual glass, gold and basalt blocks resembling the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, once said to be crossed by Merlin the Magician.

IWC Big Pilot's Watch Edition Right-Hander IW501012 (Specs & Price)
Because 90% of the population is right-handed, there’s a convention that watches have to be worn on the left wrist… And that explains why the crown is positioned at 3 o’clock (on most watches, of course). There are exceptions to the rule, though, with so-called “right-hander” or “lefty” watches. Not so common, practical for left-handers and cool for others! Hence the raison d’¨ºtre of IWC‘s latest limited edition of its iconic pilot’s watch, the Big Pilot’s Watch Edition Right-Hander IW501012.This new Big Pilot’s Watch IW501012, limited to 250 pieces, takes most of the attributes of the classic Big Pilot and adds a certain dose of cool to the package… but also a great sense of practicality. Why, you ask? Well, in my case (with my small, 16.5cm wrist), the IWC Big Pilot’s is pretty uncomfortable, simply because the sharp diamond-shaped crown hurts me – due to both the size of the watch and its weigh

Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Ultra Light - Introducing, Specs, Availability
It seems that Omega never ceases to innovate and impress. After presenting the Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep Professional, the watch that made the world's deepest dive to the very bottom of the Mariana Trench (with a water-resistance of 15,000m), the brand now presents another piece of high-tech engineering with a focus, this time, on lightness, comfort and resistance. Meet the 55g-only Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Ultra Light, a new concept-looking (but soon to be commercialized) timepiece designed especially for sport.?Purpose-built for sportsmenThe Seamaster Aqua Terra Ultra Light is a true purpose-built watch, made without compromise with maximum comfort and resistance during sports activities in mind. This watch is the result of a collaboration with Rory McIlroy, the brand’s ambassador, who helped the product development team to create a watch perfectly suited to the needs of athletes. “I'm proud to have played a role in the development of Omega’s new lightweig

The Longines A-7 Avigation: American Air Power - Monochrome Watches
In the early days of aviation, the military aviator's watch was an instrument of performance and precision. The US military had strict requirements for their Type A watches, and in 1934, specified an aircraft navigational chronograph from which derives the conjunction avigation: aviation and navigation. First issued between the World Wars, the US Army Air Corps Avigation Type A-7 Hack Watch was a pocket watch chronograph adapted for a wristwatch, making it a large accoutrement - perfect for navigation.?Think of it as an American equivalent to the German B-Uhr Fliegers – only with a chronograph – or the French Type 20 (see our article about Type 20 watches here). Ad - Scroll to continue with article The American Type A-7 were supplied by Gallet (white dial), Meylon and Longines. Vintage A-7s are rare, however Longines has made it easy to own one by re

FOUND: a Proper SPY-TOOL For The Big Kids That We Really Are - Monochrome Watches
Who never dreamed of owning and playing with James Bond's watch (and incidentally, who didn't also dream of having the Bond girls but that's another story)? While searching for interesting things trifles to buy on Ebay, we've stumbled upon THE object to tickle our spy-kid minds: a true revival of the Cold War, a fascinating object that would have to be used with a trench coat, a hat and sunglasses: a real spy-watch with an integrated microphone and recorder - Khrouchtchev-approved. OK, let's be clear, we are not going to tease you with some fascinating Haute Horlogery here. Sometimes, we have open-minded and constructive silly conversations at the Monochrome-Watches HQ. And it can result in this: the discovery of a piece of history that reminds us how technology has changed in the past decades. When you think about spy-watches, the first one that come in your mind is a Submariner or an Omega Seamaster, either one full of lasers, grapnels, detonators and complicated computers - thank