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Buying Guide - Full Gold Luxury Sports Watches
If there’s one thing to be said about luxury sports watches, is that if done right they will stay on your wrist for a very long time. The undeniable appeal of such watches comes down to the shaped cases, integrated bracelets and often textured dials. Mostly crafted from robust stainless steel, there are those that pull off a full gold look just as easily. So with that in mind, and in a mix of old and new, here’s a series of full gold luxury sports watches to cure any potential case of gold fever.Audemars Piguet Royal Oak double balance wheel openworked 15467ORWith a legacy dating back to 1972, Audemars Piguet’s iconic Royal Oak is pretty much the blueprint of a luxury sports watch. Since its inception, it’s come in a hugely impressive range of materials and styles. One of the more recent masterpieces is this 37mm wide Double Balance Wheel Openworked 15467OR. It combines all the hallmarks of the Royal Oak, in a luxurious full gold exterior with a completely openw
Just Because - For the love of Micro-Rotor in Watchmaking
As always, to a given problem, there are multiple possible solutions. When it comes to winding a watch, following the old-school and rather simple solution of the hand-wound movements, then came the automatic winding. With the advent of the wristwatch in the first half of the 20th century, watchmakers worked on finding solutions to give a movement some perpetuity, and designed wristwatch-sized calibres equipped, for the most part, with a central oscillating weight. But… this isn’t the only way to give energy to a movement. You know us here, at MONOCHROME, we have a passion for mechanics and beautiful watchmaking. And this is where the micro-rotor comes into the equation. And adds beauty to our fine watches.?The micro-rotor – what and whenThere are basically three ways to make an automatic watch – with a fourth one, the bumper movement, almost not in use anymore in watchmaking due to its weaknesses. The concept is, in all solutions, to have an unbalanced mass rot
The third generation of the Omega De Ville Prestige
The Omega De Ville Prestige is the brand's classic all-rounder. Launched 28 years ago, the model is somewhat overshadowed by the popular Seamaster and Speedmaster but is an important pillar of the brand's collection. Omega now introduces an overall upgrade of the Prestige with six different families, five different sizes, and four different movements, all with improved functionality and style. The De Ville Prestige has never been better and has never looked better! We’ll talk you through all the details of this major update of the De Ville collection.THE ORIGINSThe name De Ville appeared on the dial of Omega watches after the introduction of the brand's trilogy of professional watches (1957). Next to these professional instrument watches, De Ville referred to the continuation of the dressier heritage of the Seamaster; the Seamasters meant for the city or De Ville in French. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Introducing: The Gubelin Ipsomatic, Designed by Architect Santiago Calatrava
If you’re into watches, then the name Gubelin should sound familiar –? you’ll probably first think about double-signed vintage Patek Philippe watches, once retailed by this house. Indeed, Gubelin is, first and foremost, a jeweller and watch retailer which has been in the business for over 150 years in Switzerland. Today, Gubelin returns to making watches under its own name, bringing back a historical name – the Ipsomatic – with a watch that’s been designed by world-famous architect Santiago Calatrava and powered by vintage automatic movements. A fine watch with expressive design, let’s discover it.?A vintage, circa 1950s Gubelin Ipso Matic watch – image by thisiswatchable.comGubelin was created in 1854 and has been one of the most respected Swiss watch retailers ever since. As explained by our colleagues at Swiss Watch Magazine, “the name Ipsomatic' refers to a legendary model of the same name from the 1950s and 1960s by Gubelin wit
Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronograph Hammerhead Shark (live photos) - Monochrome Watches
As we recently showed to you, the Marine collection by Ulysse Nardin celebrates this year its 20th anniversary. In an interview we filmed during Baselworld 2016, the CEO of the brand, Patrik P. Hoffmann, was showing his pride with several new watches. However, these were not the only novelties of the brand this year, and the other successful model of UN, the Diver, is about to be introduced in a new version, a dive watch?in limited edition with quite a bold design and, for the first time, the manufacture’s chronograph movement. Here is the?Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronograph Hammerhead Shark.The Ulysse Nardin Diver is the brand’s interpretation of a diving instrument. Based on the Marine watch – the best seller and most emblematic watch of the brand – this timepiece adds three?dive watch essential attributes: a rotating bezel with 60-minute diving scale, a 300m water resistance and a strong legibility, via larger hands and markers. Overall, the Diver is a watch that
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