It¡äs a funny thing with brands: we can hardly imagine today that there used to be a time that practically every name of a customer, retailer or group of collectors, could be easily stamped on a dial, movement or case.The now prestigious names of established brands were hidden away, either engraved in the movement, the case-back or even unmentioned................... 2011-07-21 More

Patek Philippe’s new Ref. 5235 Annual Calendar Regulator embodies a number of novel facets never before featured in the manufacture’s collection. It is the first Patek Philippe wristwatch with a regulator dial!The Patek Philippe Ref. 5235 Annual Calendar Regulator features a dial with an unusual arrangement - large sweep minute hand com.................. 2011-07-20 More

It is safe to say that in the 1990's the Swiss had the monopoly when it came to high-end sport chronographs with a manufacture movement. However, that was about to change, at least a little bit, when Glashutte Original introduced their Sport Chronograph, proudly made in Germany!Glashutte Original shared much of the same faith as Lange & Sohne a.................. 2011-07-19 More

The last few years,?vintage?Tudor Submariners are becoming more popular amongst watch collectors. This Submariner ref.7928 is actually one of my favorite vintage dive watches and that’s a good reason to select this gorgeous photo as Monochrome’s Weekly Watch Photo. Bert, a.k.a. De Horlogefotograaf, made the photo below and I’m ama.................. 2011-07-18 More

Some brands seem to be able to ride the wave of success at the most extraordinary and challenging of times. A great example of this is Ebel. During the quartz-crisis, Pierre-Alain Blum, the grandson of Ebel's founders, was the CEO of the brand. His accomplishments during this time were nothing short of brilliant.What did he do? In the 1970's, Ebel .................. 2011-07-15 More

For fans of A. Lange & Sohne watches and the Pour le Merite Collection in particular, there is a new bible. Peter Chong made a book about the Pour le Merite Collection, filled with the most gorgeous photos and explaining much about the brand’s history and technical highlights.?Peter Chong’s photos have already been selected for the .................. 2011-07-13 More

Con artist make their living with it; the deep, burning human desire to get something for nothing. When dealing with a con artist, you usually end up with nothing for something, but that does not take away from the fact that we all love to get a good deal on something, ending up with a higher value then we actually paid for. Therefore, in this ques.................. 2011-07-12 More

End of 2010 URWERK stopped production of the UR-103, their landmark timepiece. Especially for Only Watch 2011 the UR-103 rises from the ashes with the piece unique UR-103?Phoenix.?URWERK’s UR-103 shocked and amazed watch lovers, collectors and aficionados when it was released in 2003. Its design and way to display time wasn’t entirely u.................. 2011-07-10 More

Some brands seem to be flying under the radar in today's watch landscape. But for at least some brands, that wasn't always the case. Universal Geneve is such a brand, did not only reached fame with its Tri-Compax chronographs, but perhaps even more so with their Polerouter.Today we live in a global village; with the push of a button we can e-mail a.................. 2011-07-05 More

This week we start with a photo of an IWC Ingenieur Laureus, that was made by Dimer and immediately caught my attention. A good reason to dig a bit deeper in the history of the IWC Ingenieur.The photo shows the IWC Ingenieur Laureus, which is in fact an Ingenieur Automatic from the Vintage Collection with a blue dial and a special engraved case bac.................. 2011-07-03 More

Jaeger-LeCoultre released a new limited edition of the Grande Reverso with a blue enamel dial, the Grande Reverso Email. It looks gorgeous!After the recent launch of the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin, Jaeger-LeCoultre now released another new model, the Reverso Grande Email. This white gold Reverso with a guilloche dial with blue?enamel finish and whit.................. 2011-06-29 More

Montblanc’s Vintage Pulsographe is one of the most beautiful new releases of this year. Classic, stylish and with a movement that is so beautiful it makes every watch collector’s heart beat faster. There are not many watches with a movement of this beauty. Of course the Lange und Sohne Datograph and Double Split both have absolutely gor.................. 2011-06-23 More

Another magnificent find is an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo A-series, that is for auction this Saturday. Although the Antiquorum auction is in Hongkong, you can also bid online! Since this A-series of the Royal Oak Jumbo, the most sought-after of all Royal Oaks, featuring the AP logo just above the 6 o’clock position, in stead of positione.................. 2011-06-21 More

Next Saturday Antiquorum will auction a Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Art Deco, the most beautiful Reverso I’ve ever seen. Why? Just take a look…The Reverso Art Deco was produced by Jaeger LeCoultre in the year 2000 and was the first Reverso with an engraved, skeletonized movement. The caliber is 822AD, a derivative of caliber 822 that is us.................. 2011-06-20 More

Do you want to have a great party? Do you wanna celebrate with the in-crowd' of the watch industry? Coming Thursday the 23th of June in Gland, Switzerland is the 1st Watchmaker’s Ball.This is the first time that a party brings together everyone in the watch industry, simply to have a great evening, get to know each other, hang out and party! .................. 2011-06-17 More

Your mechanical watch? Obsolete, thing of the past, just trade it in for a nice new quartz watch and you will always be on time! Right now this sounds like an absurd proposition, especially to most watch collectors and connoisseurs, but in the early 1970's it was reality.Although Seiko was the first company to introduce a commercially produced quar.................. 2011-06-16 More

The new Seamaster Planet Ocean Chronograph is equipped with a brand new in-house calibre 9300, the first chronograph in Omega’s family of in-house Co-Axial movements.This is the first co-axial chronograph movement that comes from Omega and they used the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean for its launch. With this new in-house chronograph caliber I .................. 2011-06-15 More

Vintage Panerai's are already exciting, big, bold, unique and rare. Amongst them the Mare Nostrum is perhaps the most mystical, since it was Panerai's only vintage chronograph. Although the re-make is not as big as the original one, the one offered for auction by Christie's can for sure be called exciting, bold, unique and rare.In 1943 Panerai deve.................. 2011-06-14 More

An unusual watch with an unusual time display made by an unusual watchmaker in a, for him, unusual case is coming up for auction?at Christie's upcoming New York auction on June 15th. This is the F.P.Journe Vagabondage I.With the stunning F.P. Journe Vagabondage II you would almost forget that there also was a Vagabondage I. This model was introduce.................. 2011-06-10 More

Hublot has yet to make its first ordinary watch. When introduced to the world in 1980 by creator and founder Carlo Crocco it might as well had come from a different planet.A golden watch with a unusual yet distinctive port hole design on a vanilla scented rubber strap. As hot as this combo is nowadays, so not it was in the early 1980's. But this cr.................. 2011-06-08 More

Vacheron Constantin released an Overseas Perpetual Calendar Chronograph. This is the first high complications' in the Overseas collection and immediately a superb looking one. Sporty, complicated and sophisticated. The Overseas is Vacheron Constantin's sporty' collection and up till now existed of three versions, the normal' Overseas (time and date.................. 2011-06-06 More

Catch the bug after a decade – a Patek Philippe Millennium (ref.5032J) will be auctioned at the upcoming Antiquorum auction in New York. It is almost unbelievable but it has already been more than a decade ago since the world entered the new millennium. Despite this unique and joyful event, there was the dark shadow of the famous Y2K bug that.................. 2011-06-03 More

The upcoming Antiquorum auction in New York offers once again an interesting array of watches, including stunning pieces like the Audemars Piguet – Maserati Anniversary Millenary MC12 with toubillon and chronograph, a vintage with full calendar (ref. 6062), a Vacheron Constantin Grande Complication and a Festina! Yes, you are reading this c.................. 2011-05-31 More

A Weekly Watch Photo that is perfect in every way.?A beautiful watch, a beautiful photo, all in monochrome colors and at the right moment. Why? Well, Audemars Piguet just announced a?special Royal Oak Jumbo to celebrate 10th anniversary of the Purists Pro watch forum. The photo below shows the ‘real deal’, the ‘real McCoy’, .................. 2011-05-29 More

It is called IGOTT-2 or International Gathering of the Tribe 2 and this gathering is in celebration of the 10th anniversary of watch forum PuristSPro. Starting on Monday May 30th in… Las Vegas! A three day horological feast with numerous special limited editions. Gatherings, get-togethers, meetings, collectors dinners, these kind of events ar.................. 2011-05-24 More

This is a watch I don’t come across very often but when I do I just have to take a close look. It is a Richard Mille RM10 in red gold. Visually and technically an extraordinary watch. During Baselworld I got the chance to try one on my wrist and wearing it for a mere 15 minutes was all it took to be convinced. Very comfortable on the wrist an.................. 2011-05-23 More

The big WOW factor hit me when I saw this photo. Made by Cartier connoisseur (and ambassador) GEO of the Cartier Santos 100 Carbon Watch. In 1904, Alberto Santos Dumont, a Brazilian aviation pioneer, asked his friend Louis Cartier to design a timepiece that would be handier than a pocket watch during his flights.?This is how the Cartier Santos wris.................. 2011-05-22 More

Vacheron Constantin's Atelier Cabinotiers is a special workshop dedicated to custom builing bespoke timepieces. Recently this Atelier delivered two of such unique and very complicated timepieces. In 2006 Vacheron Constantin started a special workshop, entirely dedicated to fine watchmaking and creating bespoke timepieces, Atelier Cabinotiers. Just .................. 2011-05-18 More

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is a perfect watch for personalizations and now you can create your personal design on the Jaeger-LeCoultre website and Facebook page. The Reverso offers an excellent opportunity for personalization, because of the reversible case. As long as the Reverso exists, owners have been doing this for different reason. Many exa.................. 2011-05-12 More

Again a photo made by GEO, although this time no Cartier. Audemars Piguet made this rare Millenary Star Wheel for the 125th anniversary of the brand and in my opinion one of the most beautiful of this manufacture. It’s almost refreshing to see another timepieces from Audemars Piguet, than the Royal Oak or Royal Oak Offshore collections. Like .................. 2011-05-09 More

This photo represents what I like so much about watch and photography. The Weekly Watch Photo shows a Cartier Rotonde Jour et Nuit and is made by GEO. GEO is probably the biggest Cartier connaisseur and he shares his passion for Cartier watches through his own website Troisanneaux.com and since a few months as moderator of the Cartier forum at Revo.................. 2011-05-02 More

Sometimes it’s immediately obvious when?I see a photo, that it is a perfect Weekly Watch Photo. This week impressive macro photos of?the equally impressive movement of the A Lange und Sohne Double Split. I was doing some catching up at the?A. Lange und Sohne forum on Timezone, when I stumbled across this photo. Or actually I should say these .................. 2011-04-11 More

Now Baselworld 2011 has just finished, it made me think of ‘the other’ watch fair, the SIHH and I stumbled across a perfect Weekly Watch Photo of the?Montblanc Collection Villeret Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique.Montblanc is one of the brands exposing its novelties at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). This yearly watch fa.................. 2011-04-04 More

Paneristi, people who own a Panerai, are known to change straps on their Panerai often. Having owned a Panerai I know everything about the strap-changing-disease. But is wearing a watch on different straps only a Paneristi addiction? I asked myself this question, especially because I change straps on my watches all the time. I guess for me changing.................. 2011-04-02 More

Patek Philippe released a new Aquanaut at Baselworld 2011, featuring dual time zones. The new Aquanaut Travel Time ref.5164 is just the perfect traveller’s watch!Stylish, functional and extremely comfortable are the words that come to mind when putting the new Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time on the wrist. It’s a true dual time zone .................. 2011-04-01 More

The first pocket watches only had one hand to display time and later this changed to an hour and minute hand. There are however watches with entirely different way to display time. Jumping hours, rotating disks, moving satellites and more!Displaying time in another way than the now ‘considered normal’ two hands watch, is of all times. M.................. 2011-03-31 More

The Weekly Watch Photo of this weeks shows an extraoridnary beautiful striking watch, the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time. Photographed by Peter Chong.Many watch aficionados where shocked, amazed, exilirated when the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk was announced in May of 2009. The new Zeitwerk Striking Time has the same (for Lange und Sohne) unort.................. 2011-03-15 More

Voting is closed and the new?Timezone watch of the year 2010 is the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometrea Quantieme Lunaire. Like every year, Timezone members had the chance to vote for their favorite watch of the year. Well, not entirely true, because they only can vote for six finalists which are pre-elected by the Timezone moderators. This is the winning w.................. 2011-03-08 More

Until now there was no wrist watch telling time in all time zones on planet earth. The new Vacheron Constantin Patrimony World Time is the first wrist watch able to tell the time in all 37 time zones.There are many wrist watches with a second time zone or GMT complication. They all have one thing in common and that is they can only indicate time zo.................. 2011-03-02 More

The Vacheron Constantin Overseas is one of the watches that I’ve liked since I first saw it. So a post about this watch has been long overdue. Recently I visted Brussels for a nice weekend and I just happened to walk by a Vacheron Constantin dealer. In the window they had the Overseas Chronograph Steel & Titanium on display, a model that .................. 2011-02-20 More