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SIHH 2018 - Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias, CEO of Audemars Piguet, On The New Collection
As we told you in our previous video, our main focus this year for SIHH 2018 will be videos. This is the best way to show you what is about to be launched and what the watches actually look like in the metal. Nothing works better than images and words, and to officially kick off our SIHH series of videos, we have?Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias, CEO of Audemars Piguet, talking us through the brand new collection.This year, Audemars Piguet is certainly presenting one of its most complete collections ever. It is huge. The main focus of this year is, as we told you in our hands-on articles, is the 25th anniversary of the Offshore collection, which was launched in 1993 as a brand new concept, a bold and highly masculine luxury sports watch. The two main models we already showed you: the re-edtition of the very first model and a true bold concept, with a redefined tourbillon chronograph movement and a new case architecture.That’s not all, as?Audemars Piguet has a superb concept watch, the R
What We Wish The Watchmaking Industry To Do In 2020 // Opinion
New year, new decade and… new expectations too. We, at MONOCHROME, love watches and the watchmaking industry as a whole. No debate. And well, you know the drill, “spare the rod, spoil the child”. Since we enjoy watches and horology that much, we can’t help being critical, expecting more, wanting the industry to improve, to evolve and to offer more. So, as 2020 is kicking off, here’s our wish list of what we’d like to see in watchmaking this year… And if you have your own expectations for 2020, please feel free to share them in the comments at the end of this opinion piece.More creativityWe can easily fall in love with a nicely executed vintage re-edition of a glorious 1960s diver or a steel Panda chronograph. When done well, vintage-inspired watches are extremely desirable. Still, the trend for “heritage” or “reissue” is all over the place, and it has been the case for the last 10 years. If we had to name one single tren
Hands-On - Chopard Mille Miglia 2020 Race Edition (Specs & Price)
Originally scheduled to take place in mid-May but cancelled because of the pandemic, the Mille Miglia 2020 edition starts today. From 22 - 25 October, 400 vintage cars competing in the 1,000-mile regularity race from Brescia to Rome and back will race through the Italian countryside drawing crowds of classic car aficionados. ?As the partner and official timekeeper of the Mille Miglia race for the past 32 years, Chopard will be presenting every team taking part in the race with the latest Mille Miglia Race Edition chronograph before they arrive at the start line. For the rest of the world, the two chronometer-certified chronographs, one in black DLC-treated stainless steel and the other in two-tone black DLC-steel and 18k rose gold, will be available in limited editions of 1,000 and 250 pieces respectively.?Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and famous driver Jacky Ickx, at the 2019 edition of the Mille MigliaChopard has been the partner and official timekeeper of the 1000 Miglia since 1988, the
LIVE from the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie with Montblanc - Monochrome Watches
Like last year – and the year before that – my friend at Montblanc asked me to come and join them for the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie again. Of course, this is an opportunity that I can’t let go, so I happily accepted!?Montblanc CEO, mister Lutz Bethge, was so kind to spent some time with me and tell you about the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie and how important this week is for Montblanc and the other watch brands that are present. We put together a video for you to enjoy and I hope this sheds some light on this week and the fair of all fairs…. Watch Wonder Week! Ad - Scroll to continue with article When talking numbers, there are 16 exhibiting brands, filling more then 30,000 square meters (!!), welcoming around 12,500 special guests (as this is an invitation-only fair) and 1,200 journalists among which is you
First Look: The new Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 40mm in Rose Gold PVD
60 different references… This is how wide Tissot’s best-selling collection, the sporty-elegant integrated PRX watch, has become in about 4 years. Ranging from compact and affordable quartz models to more expensive watches with gold fluted bezels and chronograph movement, and basically everything you can imagine in between (even a forged carbon edition), you’d think the PRX collection is soon to come full circle. Well, the brand is here to prove you wrong as it’s just released a new, luxurious-looking, but accessibly-priced version of the classic PRX Powermatic 80 40mm, now coated with rose gold PVD, paired with a waffle-style blue dial. Quite a cool combo, in all fairness.?At this point in the lifecycle of the Tissot PRX, I believe that it isn’t necessary to remind you what we’re talking about… The PRX is the brand’s take on the integrated sports watch category, inspired by a 1978 model, modernized to current tastes and accessible enough
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