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Christmas Buying Guide - Our Top 5 Dress Watches of 2015 - Monochrome Watches
The end of the year is coming fast, and like most of us, you’ll probably have this big question in mind: what are THE watches to focus on this year? What were the noticeable introductions of the year 2015? To start with a series of articles that will look at sports watches, dive watches, chronographs and accessible timepieces (and more), why not start with the dress watches…? Simply because on New Year’s Eve, you’ll have to find what to wear on your wrist, together with your tuxedo. Here are our Top 5 Dress Watches of 2015.The Montblanc?Heritage Chronometrie Ultra SlimWhat is the definition of a dress watch? A slim, rather small and simple timepiece that can find its place under the cuff of your shirt and that can match with a suit or a tuxedo. Well, this?Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Ultra Slim has all of this – and for a super-decent price. It features a hand-wound ETA/Peseux calibre 7001, fully decorated with Geneva stripes. This movement helps to kee
Interview - Guy Bove On The New TAG Heuer Watches for 2022
Guy Bove has been the Creative Director of TAG Heuer for some three years now after working for several brands, including Breitling, the Chopard group and IWC… We took the opportunity of his presence at Watches and Wonders 2022 to sit down with him and learn more about the brand's latest creations.Xavier Markl, MONOCHROME – Guy, thanks for having us. What is the underlying theme for TAG Heuer at Watches and Wonders 2022? How is it translated into the brand's novelties? Ad - Scroll to continue with article Guy Bove, Creative Director of TAG Heuer – For 2022, we are working on three themes. One is innovation, one is quality, and the third is durability. In general, when you look at each model, you'll tend to see all three themes innovation on materials or on technology, quality where, hopefully, you'll notice that we are really working on creatin
Introducing: 3 New Cartier Santos-Dumont Lacquered Models
Cartier's longstanding affair with the intrepid Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont shows no sign of abating. Santos-Dumont's request to Louis Cartier to create a timepiece that would let him consult the time without taking his hands off the controls resulted in the men's first wristwatch in 1904. Characterised by sleek geometric lines, Cartier's Santos-Dumont model has flown in and out of the watchmaking scene before making a definitive landing in 2018. Following the successful 2022 release of the elegant Santos-Dumont lacquered models, Cartier unveils a trilogy of new Santos-Dumont models in precious metal cases with bright and colourful lacquered details.Anticipating the Art Deco style that originated in France, Louis Cartier's watch for the Brazilian aviator blended its sleek, streamlined aesthetics with a pragmatic square-shaped case with exposed screws. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Hands-On: Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Chronograph 5924G
It has been eight years since Patek Philippe launched a Pilot-style watch. It was the unexpected Travel Time 5524G, a watch that caused a lot of discussions, mainly due to its controversial appearance and a confusing attachment to the Calatrava family. The inaugural reference, the variants to follow, including the now-discontinued 7234, and the 2019 Calatrava Pilot Alarm Travel Time 5520P, with its four protruding pushers, continue to look slightly odd compared to the rest of the Calatrava watches. Still, the new aesthetic introduced by Patek Philippe in 2015, with a nod to a historical 1936 model called the “hour angle dial” (a unique watch with unique features and an hour hand making one trip around the dial in 24 hours), is here to stay. So you better get used to these not-so-Patek-ish – whatever this means – timepieces. The Pilot style series is expanding its reach with two recently added Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Chronograph models. We spent enough time w
EZA Watches Sealander, an interesting and affordable dive watch from a startup brand (live photos & price) - Monochrome Watches
Young startup brands are often presented to us via press materials. Not necessarily a bad thing of course, but it gets so much better when they can show you the final product (or one as close as 99% to production ready). EZA Watches (already introduced here) is one of those young brands, which managed to let us go hands-on with their first collection, the EZA Watches Sealander. So, after the introductory story, we now have the extensive review ready for your reading pleasure! And, this is essential, we are happy to be able to bring you an important piece of news at the same time: it gets rid of the Japanese movement and will be equipped with a Swiss ETA movement. And for the same price Not too bad, right.Now, to begin with the selected movement of the initial Sealander collection, it was something some people (including the ever-picky Monochrome-team) at least raised an eyebrow to. The initial movement was supposed to be a Japanese automatic Miyota, basically one of the widely availabl
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