Style Guide - Bracelets for Men - Monochrome Watches
Our contributor GEO is not only one of the world’s most knowledgable experts on Cartier timepieces, he’s also an absolute fashionado and ultra stylish ‘dandy’. After he inspired me to write about the newly released Cartier Nail Bracelet, he now shares his knowledge about men’s bracelets and lists the coolest for you.?Bracelets for men have been around since ages.?At the time when the internet blogs weren’t around yet, around 1990,?there were different styles and habits in the various countries. Let me take you on a ‘trip’ to the different regions and their style of bracelets for men. Ad - Scroll to continue with article In Turkey and in the southern European countries like Italy, South of France and Spain,?men were very often seen with a gold bracelet, with small links, in the eighties. On the contrary, in the nort

The Clear and Rich Sound of the Jaeger LeCoultre Master Minute Repeater - Monochrome Watches
What do you do when you pass by the new boutique of a beautiful watch brand? Of course, you ring the bell and wait until they open the door. I happened to be in Amsterdam the other day, and passed by the recently opened Jaeger-LeCoultre boutique. To my surprise they had two Master Minute Repeaters present - that's a rare occasion - and I took at out the camera to show you one of the best sounding minute repeaters on the market.In the past year the Amsterdam high-end shopping street Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat - now already nicknamed the Golden Half Mile – has become a true watch-lovers mecca. The number of mono brand boutiques of luxury brands – not only of watch brands – have popped up rapidly, and created a magnificent place for watch lovers and tourist alike. When you're in Amsterdam, don't miss this place, which is located at a stone throw away from the important museums (Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum), the beautiful Vondelpark, and the main s

Introducing the Richard Mille RM 27-02 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal (updated with price) - Monochrome-Watches
There are sports watches and watches made for sport, meaning watches that are designed to be worn when practicing extreme sports. Whether they are?strapped on the wrist of a F1 driver, on the wrist of a golf player?or on the wrist of a super-fast sprinter (and here too), watches created by Richard Mille can resist to all kind of difficult situations. These prestigious ambassadors?are RM’s hallmark and the most famous one certainly is Rafael Nadal. As the French Open (Roland Garros 2015) just started, it’s now time to introduce the latest result of this partnership, the?Richard Mille RM 27-02 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal.A common and impressive feature shared by all the sport-oriented watches created by Richard Mille is the ability to be used in the field. We’re not talking about bringing some sporty visual clues to an existing watch here but instead to properly design watches that can be used while practicing sports to an extreme level, watches that can resist to the worst

Just Because - Berd Vaye Horological Sculptures
The horological landscape is a complex and interesting one, filled with not only mechanical marvels for your wrist but also myriad other interrelated products. The connection with some, such as watch winders, is obvious, whilst others are a little more abstract. Berd Vaye horological sculptures definitely fit into this latter category, displaying vintage watch parts from around the world in a whole new light.Wearable ArtThe modern renaissance of mechanical watchmaking (i.e. post-quartz crisis), brought with it a strong focus on the artistic and aesthetic elements of timekeeping. In many ways, these elements comprise the luxury' aspect of luxury watches. The use of hi-tech materials, for example, is often as much about the look and feel as it is about the practical advantages of using such materials. This is not a bad thing, mind you, indeed it has ensured the survival of the industry. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Can we have it all? Piaget Emperador Coussin XL Tourbillon - Monochrome Watches
It is human nature to want it all, to want something better. It is this emotion that fuels ambition, is the thriving force behind development and in essence the reason why we continue to push the envelope. But sometimes there are quite a bit of boundaries between what we want and what is possible. The answer to that? Make it possible! It is what got us on the moon and how Piaget was able to give us the Emperador Coussin XL tourbillon.The funny thing with this Piaget Tourbillon is that it is not so much what they achieved but how they did it. Of course a 5.5 mm thick automatic tourbillon movement is very impressive, especially when you are able to house it in a case so that the total thickness of the watch is only 10.4 mm, but that is only part of the charm of this watch. The real thrill is that Piaget achieved all this by, or perhaps because, putting the main features on the dial side of the watch! Ad - Scroll to continue with article