Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15202 Only Watch 2021 Breaks Record
Once again this year, the watch industry reveals its best side as more than 50 brands participate in the great Only Watch charity event. Under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II and at the initiative of Luc Pettavino, this year is the 9th edition of the biennial charity auction, whose aim is to raise funds for research against Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A recurring participant of the event, Audemars Piguet presented a unique take on the Royal Oak 15202 Jumbo… but besides being special in materials, it’s also the last unique 15202 powered by the Calibre 2121, which will retire at the end of the year. And the room of the auction noted this… as it reached an incredible CHF 3,100,000, by far the highest price ever reached for a Royal Oak Extra-Thin Jumbo. And because it’s for a charity, we’re not going to complain.What's unique about this watch? The 39mm x 8.1mm case is identical to all other 15202 models, at least in shape. The materials and the

Hands-on review of the brand new MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual, the first QP of the brand (live pics, specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
And the saga continues… After a first timepiece to launch the concept, the Legacy Machine 1, with a super-clean design and great elegance, followed by a second and more complicated watch, the Legacy Machine 2 and finally the “value proposition” of the brand, the recent Legacy Machine 101, available in two editions, including the so-cool Frost, it’s now time for MB&F to explore one of the finest complications available on the market. Without loosing the whole concept of the Legacy Machines – watches that MB&F could have manufactured?100 years ago – the brands goes into serious watchmaking, with the brand new?MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual (featuring, as you’ve probably guessed, a perpetual calendar complication).Reminder about the Legacy Machine collectionWhen launching the first watch of the Legacy Machine collection – alongside the other collections of MB&F, the Horological Machines (from HM1 to HM6 and HMX) and the Music

Hands on with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Ultra Thin - Monochrome Watches
Our contributor from Down Under gets hands on experience with the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Ultra Thin.?Earlier this year, you read about two special new Jaeger-LeCoultre models for 2011, the Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea? and the?Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931 on Monochrome. Recently, I was fortunate enough to be able to get hands-on with both of these watches at a local AD. A few weeks ago I shared my experience with?the Tribute to Deep Sea?and now it's the Ultra Thin's turn. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Reverso Ultra Thin has been produced in a regular production model in steel that sports a black dial, and a limited edition of 500 in pink gold with a silvered dial and applied gold plated hour-markers and numerals. It was the latter that I had the opportunity to spend some time with.The first thing to note about this watch is, of course, its

Cool Finds: a vintage Heuer Skipper, a mint LeCoultre Quartermaster and a gorgeous Vacheron-Constantin Triple Date Moonphase, sold by Antiquorum - Monochrome-Watches
Auctions are always offering superb opportunities to find cool watches, but (unfortunately) mainly vintage es and Pateks. Not that we have a problem here, at Monochrome-Watches, with these two brands, but we also love the exclusivity and originality of understated watches. Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 30th, 2014), the famous auction house Antiquorum will host a huge sale, full of interesting watches (at least, for us). Here are 3 of them that we wanted to show you.Lot 285 – A vintage Heuer SkipperThis is a rare one. Don’t be fooled by the Autavia shape. Even if it is technically speaking an Autavia, the Skipper is different and mainly, very hard to find. What we have here is a Heuer ref. 73464, produced during the 1970s (it was part of the 1971, 1972 and 1973 catalogs). What differentiates this Skipper from a classical Autavia is its blue dial and bezel and the 3-colour 15-minute counter. Inside ticks a?Valjous 7734 movement (the classical 7730 manual calibre with a date f

Omega Seamaster Olympic Games Gold Collection (Specs & Price)
Since 1932, Omega has been the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games, a role the brand will be playing until at least 2032 (even if we don’t know yet where the Games will be located). Easy to count… The Biel-based brand will be present at the Olympics for a full 100 years. To celebrate this centennial legacy, Omega presents a new podium of watches known as the Seamaster Olympic Games Gold Collection, a trilogy of elegant, vintage-inspired timepieces?representing the three winning medals presented to athletes at the Olympic Games.The?Omega Seamaster Olympic Games Gold Collection is closer in spirit to a limited edition watch, like the one we introduced you to a few months ago, the?Seamaster Edizione Venezia. Reasonably sized, elegantly shaped, with a historically relevant design, this attractive Italian edition was an inspiration for the new?Olympic Games Gold Collection – reinterpreted with interesting details and updates. Ad - Scroll to continue with ar