Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT 26589IO
Watch legends are tough acts to follow. The groundbreaking Royal Oak of 1972, Gerald Genta's luxury steel sports watch that founded an entirely new genre, was revisited in 1993 with the Royal Oak Offshore provoking as disparate reactions as the original. Thirty years later, in 2002, another collection known as the Royal Oak Concept saw the light. This powerful collection with its deconstructed architecture firmly plants the Royal Oak in the 21st century. Innovative materials and complex openworked architecture are trademark features of the Royal Oak Concept that attires its Flying Tourbillon GMT in shades of blue and grey.A mighty Royal OakThe Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT made its debut two years ago in a darker version with sandblasted titanium and a brushed black ceramic bezel. The latest models share exactly the same specifications but come in new colour schemes; one in monochromatic grey tones and the other with vivid blue accents. Ad - Scroll to continue with

Introducing The New Adventure-Themed Longines HydroConquest 41mm
Known for its chronographs and elegant, vintage-inspired timepieces, Longines is no stranger to the field of dive watches. Recent examples such as the Ultra-Chron Diver or the Legend Diver Gradient showed that the brand was talented when it comes to introducing past icons. But the brand also has a solid collection of modern dive watches, with the competent and quite accessible HydroConquest. Available in an array of sizes and colours, Longines has recently added a new version to its collection. And with its vintage, adventure-inspired colour scheme, it could be the coolest example so far.? The HydroConquest is the modern vision of a dive watch, according to Longines. Classic in its design, robust, fully equipped and meant to be a powerful go-anywhere-do-anything watch, it was first released in 2007. Benefitting from a makeover in 2018 with a fresh palette of colours and matching ceramic bezels, streamlined dials, revised movements, and several case sizes (32mm, 3

Interview Rexhep Rexhepi Akrivia on RRCCII, Future, Waiting Lists & more
The fact that the very first example of the Rexhep Rexhepi Chronometre Contemporain II (or RRCCII) hammered for CHF 800,000 at the latest edition of Only Watch speaks volumes about the recognition of independent watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi, founder of the brand Akrivia. During Dubai Watch Week, we chatted with Rexhepi to find out how a young boy born in Kosovo became a watchmaker in Geneva and his next steps.Xavier Markl, MONOCHROME - How did a boy from Kosovo become one of the most successful independent watchmakers?Rexhep Rexhepi, independent watchmaker, founder of Akrivia –?I grew up with my grandmother in Kosovo. Like many Kosovars, my father worked in Switzerland and sent money home. One of my earliest memories was of a watch he was wearing when he came home to visit us from time to time in Kosovo. By the age of 11, we moved to Switzerland. When you arrive at Geneva airport, the first thing you see is watch advertising everywhere. Everything was new to me, and the first thing

vintage Longines Legend Diver - Monochrome Watches
In the long, long wait for Longines to release the Legend Diver on the Dutch market i look for pictures and stories of happy owners of this beautiful watch. At Watchprosite i found a very interesting article about the vintage dive watch from Longines that has obviously inspired the designers to develop the new Legend Diver.Longines Legend DiverIf you like to see more pictures and read the review of this vintage beauty, than click here to go to the post on watchprosite. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Hands-On - The Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton Black Carbonium (Price)
Although skeletonised watches and dive watches seem to be poles apart, Ulysse Nardin fuses these unlikely bedfellows by borrowing features from two collections. The result is an eye-catching study in technical skeletonisation with a robust, sporty presence capable of fathoming depths of 200 metres. To celebrate UN's partnership with retailer Seddiqi, visitors to the Dubai Watch Week were given a sneak preview of just ten models of the Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton. However, today marks the official launch of the radically skeletonised dive watch attired in a bold and contemporary combination of materials and colours. ?Proving that skeletonisation and resilience can go hand in hand, the Diver X Skeleton fuses elements from the sporty Diver with the technical prowess of the Blast Skeleton? – a family of watches distinguished by the large X guarding the skeletonised mechanics on most models. The result, which first surfaced in 2021, is the blue and orange Diver X Skeleton reviewed