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Announcing Dubai Watch Week 2021, MONOCHRME Reporting Live
One of the key events in the region and in the global watch calendar, Dubai Watch Week returns for its fifth edition from November 24 – 28, 2021. As with previous editions, Dubai Watch Week 2021 will be held at the Gate, a venue with over 70,000sqm in the heart of Dubai's financial district. Over 45 watch brands will exhibit under the umbrella “Reunited for a moment in time“. Several of these will be introducing new models or limited editions. Dubai Watch Week is also a unique networking platform where everyone can share knowledge. In particular, the programme includes a Horology Forum gathering industry experts and watch enthusiasts and hands-on workshops.Dubai Watch Week was founded in 2015 by watch retailer Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons and aims to share knowledge, build connections, bridge communities, and celebrate the meticulous art of watchmaking. Held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Cu
Laurent Ferrier Sport Auto Luxury Sports Watch - Review, Price
For some years already, the market of luxury sports watches – understand watches with integrated bracelets combining robustness and mechanical refinement – has been stronger than ever before. We’ve seen new entries to the category, in pretty much all segments of the market, from accessible to ultra-high-end. Even?indie watchmakers are embarking on the concept. And with the two main icons (Nautilus and Royal Oak) being at turning points of their careers, the trend is not going to stop. Still, there’s room for more confidential watches, models with more soul and passion. And for that, we have the brand new Laurent Ferrier Sport Auto, a time-and-date automatic model based (but not entirely) on?the Grand Sport watch presented with a tourbillon a couple of years ago.?The Laurent Ferrier Sport Auto isn’t the first attempt of the brand to enter the highly-competitive market of the luxury sports watch. Two years ago already, LF presented a watch that showed most a
Hands-On IWC Portugieser Chronograph Blue Panda IW371620
If there’s one watch that can be called a classic at IWC, it has to be the Portugieser Chronograph. One of the earliest models to be launched after the rebirth of the range, it succeeded the Portugieser Rattrapante with a simpler movement but almost identical design. And since its launch in 1998, with the exception of minimal design evolutions and a new movement, it hasn’t changed a bit – and for the best. Recently, however, IWC presented a new duo of Portugieser watches with Panda blue dials. And now that we’ve managed to see it in the metal, I can tell you that there’s a lot to love in what appeared at first as a negligible upgrade.?Let’s start with a brief historical reminder. The original IWC Portugieser was born in the 1930s, following the request of two Portuguese merchants (named Rodrigues and Teixeira), who wanted the precision of IWC’s deck clocks in wristwatch format for sailing. But that’s not what really matters here. The othe
Kickstarter Project: The super cool bullheads chronograph from Stuckx Watches - Monochrome-Watches
1970s… This decade?was an ode to creativity and to freedom – and sometimes also to bad tastes. At that time, Lamborghini launched the?Countach, the Bee Gees were singing Saturday Night Fever and?Georges Lucas shot Star Wars. However, we’ve also seen the arrival of psychedelic and?extremely coloured?wallpapers and?platform shoes. In terms of watches, there were some strange UFOs so-called the?bullheads, a sort of reverse chronographs with the pushers and the crown at 12. This look was ugly for some years, but they are now back in vogue and becoming cool again – and we found a solution to have new ones with great look, nice?movement and affordable price. It’s called the ‘The Bull’ by Stuckx?and it’s a Kickstarter project you really have to consider.“Stuckx?presents, a story so intense it produces?a watch too hard for this small screen: THE BULL“… Before starting explaining you about this watch, just take a look at this sho
SIHH 2019 - Panerai Submersible 42mm PAM00683 and PAM00959 (Specs & Price)
It looks like 2019 is geared to become the Year of the Submersible watch for Panerai, a rugged professional diver that perpetuates the spirit of the brand's historic role as a supplier of underwater instruments for commandos of the Italian Navy. So far at the SIHH 2019 we've seen two other Submersible novelties - Marina Militare and Luna Rossa –? rigged for action in XXL Carbotech cases. The new PAM00683 and PAM00959 variants of the Submersible shrink in size, come with either a black dial and black ceramic bezel or grey dial and blue ceramic bezel and are fitted with an automatic movement.Smaller case sizeFor many Paneristi, the brand is synonymous with large case sizes and a 47mm whopper on the wrist considered pretty standard fare. Reaching out to a wider audience, Panerai presents these 42mm Submersibles reasoning that a 42mm diameter is still big enough to be consistent with the brand's DNA, but small enough to suit most wrists. Crafted in AISI 316L stainless steel, the case
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