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Weekly Watch Photo - Greubel Forsey Invention Pieces - Monochrome Watches
I’ve just returned from London where I visited SalonQP. For me it an absolute blast and I think it’s the best watch fair, that is?open for the public,?that I’ve visited so far. Being in London anyway I had to use the opportunity to check out the unique pieces that many brands made for Marcus Watches. Although I’ve seen quite a few magnificent and over-impressive timepieces, the “Marcus-experience” was simply mind-blowing. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Of course there were the unique HM4 that MB&F made for Marcus, the set of 10 unique DLC coated platinum Greubel Forsey timepieces and two unique UR-CC1 Cobra made by URWERK. But there was more, so much more… I have never seen so many top pieces gathered in one collection that it felt like visiting a true horological museum.Besides and overwhelming collection of A
Collector's Series - @herindependentstyle and Her Schwarz Etienne Fiji Floral Seconds
The passion for watches is something that needs to be shared, and this is what we try to do with this column. While we often discuss watches with men in the Collector's Series, there are also some women who have an utter passion for watchmaking. And today, we have both a story of transmitting the passion from a husband to his wife, who now also collects watches from indie watchmakers. @herindependentstyle is a 47-year-old watch aficionado from Utrecht, the Netherlands, with a passion for independent brands. Her watch, a Schwarz Etienne Fiji Floral Seconds in steel, is not a dime a dozen. The Dutch watch lover explains why this watch made her heart skip a beat.Frank Geelen, MONOCHROME – The watch you are wearing is not a household name. How did you get to know this brand? Ad - Scroll to continue with article @herindependentstyle – Well, my husband @wa
Introducing the IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition Sharks
Today, increasing numbers of shark species are facing extinction. More than 100 million sharks are caught every year whilst continued over-fishing depletes their nutritional resources. To help awareness about this issue, IWC is about to launch a specific limited edition of its Aquatimer Chronograph, the?Edition “Sharks”, with specific dial and engraving.?Brief History of the IWC AquatimerIn the early 1940s, Emile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau developed the Aqualung, the first Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (a.k.a. SCUBA), to reach worldwide commercial success. However, in the 1960s diving was still seen as an adventurous affair and several brands, among which IWC, worked on developing tool watches to make diving safer and easier.This was the time when the Schaffhausen-based brand unveiled the first Aquatimer (1967) known as reference 812AD. Its compressor-style case featured an internal rotating ring that could be set thanks to a second crown to monitor di
IWC's New Pilots Watch Chronograph Edition Collectors Watch for IWC Forum Members - Monochrome Watches
IWC has been one of the first brands to pioneer with an in-house forum dedicated to IWC collector’s and special news of the brand. For the third time now, they have created a special edition watch for forum members and as Michal Friedberg, the forum’s moderator, says: “it is the most exciting news in the history of our IWC Collectors' Forum“.This is the new IW387808 Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition Collectors' Watch and it is limited to 250 pieces, for IWC forum members only. The announcement was made last Wednesday and it is not know how many are still available, but given the limitation and the very nice looks, we believe these will sell like hot cakes.Let’s be honest, the modern IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph with the in-house caliber 89365, housed in a 43mm stainless steel case, with vintage-style creme color superluminova markers and hands… yes, that’s super hot! If you’re not a member of the IWC forum, well, you have one more
The devil is in the details... of the dial (case study with the Patek Philippe 5496P-015) - Monochrome Watches
You see, here at Monochrome-Watches, we always praise the complexity?of movements, we always emphasize on the amount of work done by watchmakers to assemble complications or to achieve a perfectly polished bevel, to finish?an internal angle or to obtain?black polishing – we even did a technical guide about it. We also look at “metiers d’art” – engraving, enameling, micro-painting. However, there’s one thing we tend to neglect?and that is actually much more important than we think: the dial. Yes, a dial can be very simple – most of them are actually painted plates with numerals and track printed. However, some dials can be proper demonstrations of art, showing microscopic elements finished with extreme care. People say that the devil is in the details… In the case of the?Patek Philippe 5496P-015, the devil is clearly in the dial.Why are we usually giving?our interest mainly on movements? It is simple. The movement of a watch is the beating
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