Introducing the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher (Specs & Price) - Monochrome-Watches
The Royal Oak Concept is a playfield for Audemars Piguet. The brand from Le Brassus uses this watch for their most complicated and most innovative movements. They recently introduced their own interpretation of what could be the best minute repeater;?Royal Oak Concept RD1 Acoustic Research Minute Repeater. Now it’s time to move to another complication, the chronograph – and the watch they now introduce could possibly be the ultimate racing chronograph. Here is the?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher.Before we start to explain this watch, and in order to prevent any bad comments, we want to make clear that, even considering the actual condition of Michael Schumacher,?this watch had been developed together with him before?his accident and is now launched?with the agreement of the family. We’re not going to discuss about this here but we’ll only focus on this impressive piece of horology.In?2010, Audemars Piguet teamed up with F1 legend?Mi

Introducing the A. Lange and Sohne 1815 Limited Edition for the 200th Anniversary of F.A. Lange - specs and price - Monochrome-Watches
The year 1815 had seen the birth of an important man, a man responsible for the introduction of fine watchmaking in Glashutte, Germany. At the age of 30, Ferdinand Adolph Lange founded the manufacture Lange?near Dresden, in the eastern state of Saxony. He highly contributed to the creation of an whole industry that is now a real pride?for Germany. In order to celebrate the 200th anniversary of its birth, A. Lange and Sohne is now introducing a limited edition. Here is the?the A. Lange and Sohne 1815 200th Anniversary F. A. Lange Limited Edition, in platinum with back dial.?Even if we all know about the beauty and technicality of the watches created in the city of Glashutte, especially those from A. Lange and Sohne, we?have to understand the importance of?Ferdinand Adolph Lange for this region. Not only F.A. Lange was a smart politician, an inspired economist and an innovative watchmaker but he was mainly a pioneer of industrialization. In order to break poverty and to bring some work t

First Look: New Gold Versions of the AP Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked 37mm
Openworked or skeletonised watches are treats for the more mechanical-minded admirers of watchmaking, and the more complex the movement, the better. In 2016, Audemars Piguet increased the viewing pleasure two-fold when it unveiled its Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked ref. 15407. As its name indicates, the movement was equipped with two balance wheels, one exposed on the dial of the 41mm watch. The latest duet to join the collection are two models with 37mm diameters in white or pink gold powered by the in-house calibre 3132. However, the novelty here is the tone-on-tone palette that matches the colour of the case material with the movement.The two is better than one premise behind the RO Double Balance Wheel Openworked, explained in this video, features two balance wheels to increase chronometric performance and stability. However, to access and regulate each balance spring individually, AP's watchmakers placed the two balance wheels and two hairsprings on a single axis but se

Breguet Marine Alarme Musicale 5547 (Specs & Price)
If Breguet is renowned?for its Classique collection and its pilot's watch range (Type XX and others), the catalogue also comprises another important collection named La Marine. Not only does it represents the sport(ier) side of the brand - don't expect bold Hublotesque touches, we're at Breguet - but it is also a link to a lesser-known aspect of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s history, when he was the Horloger de la Marine', the official supplier of chronometers to France’s Navy. As the new collection?is now available, we look back at this third generation, with the rather original Breguet La Marine Alarme Musicale 5547.Horloger de la MarineBreguet and marine chronometry are a long story. As early as 1812, Abraham-Louis Breguet sold two marine chronometers to the observatory of Florence. In 1814, he was appointed to the Board of Longitude. During the French Restauration, following the fall of Napoleon, Breguet was appointed as the official watchmaker of the French Royal Navy in 181

IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Moon & Tide IW344001 (Price)
The IWC Portugieser was born in 1939 following a request from two Portuguese navigators and businessmen – Rodrigues and Teixeira – who wanted the precision of a marine chronometer in a wristwatch format. No need to say that this iconic IWC collection has strong ties to the nautical world. And to celebrate these roots, IWC is unveiling a new model today with an unprecedented complication that couldn’t be more appropriate: a tide indication. Encased in a sporty and large case, meet the new IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Moon & Tide.?Introduced in 2010, the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club is a sports model in this rather elegant collection, with its nautical, yachting, regatta-ready note. More robust, larger, a bit more rugged and bulky, it has mostly favoured one complication until now, the chronograph – a world timer has also been available in the past. A versatile watch, capable of timing a sailing race but also at ease with a drink at the marina. In addition to the