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Buying Guide - 5 Complication Watches Offering Excellent Value For Money - Monochrome Watches
After going through some of the best dress watches of 2017 (part 1 and part 2), it is time for our year-end buying guides to pick 5 traditional complication watches from 2017, stressing value - because an expensive watch is not necessarily a better watch. All you need from a watch, without having to take out a new mortgage. This doesn't mean affordable watches, but rather impressive complications with a price that is far from being shocking.Complete Calendar + Dual-Time - Oris Artelier ComplicationOris launched the Artelier Complication in 1991. In 2017, this signature piece is updated?with?a sleeker, lighter feel in keeping with the classical design of the model. A great classic in style (and function), it displays the day, date, moon phases as well as a second time-zone. The watch features a 40.5 mm steel case and a guilloche dial. It comes in different versions among which the pink gold markers is our favourite. And all of that comes for just EUR 2,000 Now that's an impressive price
IWC Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Limited Edition "Boutique Milano" - The Comeback of the Split-Seconds Portugieser - Monochrome Watches
The IWC Portugieser is probably, as you might all be aware of, the most iconic piece of the Schaffhausen-based manufacture. One edition however has a special status in our heart, mainly because of its complicated split-seconds movement (we love split-seconds here…) and because of the man behind the development of the movement and the module,?Richard Habring. This watch was unfortunately out of the production for 10 years, and we know that some collectors were dreaming of a re-birth – and it’s about to arrive, with the new?IWC Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Limited Edition “Boutique Milano”, the comeback of the Split-Seconds Portugieser.This new?IWC Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Limited Edition “Boutique Milano” is the faithful descendant of an icon in the IWC collection, the Portuguese Chronograph Rattrapante (at that time the?Portugieser was still the?Portuguese…). This watch, properly understated visually?– as very clos
Review New Panerai Luminor Perpetual Calendar Platinumtech PAM00715
When you think Panerai, you’ll probably have in mind a cushion-shaped watch with diving capacities, an oversized case, a sandwich dial and a relatively simple yet powerful movement, with barely any complications to display. And rightfully so, as this is the basic concept of the brand, found under the classic Luminor or Radiomir collections. Yet, the Florentine brand has demonstrated in past years that it could also go into complications, such as chronographs, the always-questionable equation of time or even tourbillons. One complication that the brand has barely even touched through its history (I say barely because there’s one example to be found) is the perpetual calendar, otherwise a classic for the industry. Surprisingly, it’s only in 2021 that this will come in the collection, with the new Panerai Luminor Perpetual Calendar Platinumtech PAM00715 we have here, and its new in-house movement.?You can search deep into the brand’s history and you’ll only f
Patek Philippe The Art of Watches Grand Exhibition New York 2017
Never before has a watch brand taken over the entirety of the historic bank building that today houses Cipriani 42nd Street for an entire month, let alone build an entire two-story building inside the cavernous hall. Patek Philippe, however, did exactly that – and so much more. July 13 marked the opening of the 10-day long exhibition called Patek Philippe – The Art of Watches Grand Exhibition. Open to the public free of charge until of July 23, this is one exhibition you will not want to miss.Not only did Patek Philippe bring in hundreds of watches from its museum and other museums, but also - among the more than 450 timepieces on display - brought in some of the most coveted historic pieces - including watches owned by President John F. Kennedy and American baseball legend, Joe DiMaggio, among others. Additionally, the brand showcases its high complications and its rare handcrafts¡ªunveiling many one-of-a-kind pieces. To celebrate its legacy and its relationship with Americ
Panerai - Dive into Time Exhibition: The History and Future of Panerai on Display in Florence - May 18th - 21st 2016 - Monochrome Watches
Whether you'll be on a trip to or live near Florence, you now have an added reason to go! (Or just a very good reason to visit this superb Italian city). Officine Panerai will run an exhibition Panerai - Dive into Time, from 18 to 21 May 2016, in the crypt of the former Basilica of San Pancrazio, which hosts the Marino Marini Museum. So when you like dive watches and watch history and your spouse / partner does not, this is your chance to go to the same place!Officine Panerai has always had a special place in the hearts of watch collectors and watch aficionados. Whenever you see a Panerai from further away and you can't read the inscription, you immediately recognize the brand. And that's quite an achievement. The company started in 1860 and has been a supplier of precision navigation and time instruments to the Italian Navy for many years. Who does not know the Luminor and Radiomir watches, amongst others, used by commando frogmen? The company is part of the Richemont Group since 1997
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