Laurent Ferrier Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral - Reviewing an Understated Masterpiece (Photos, Specs and Price) - Monochrome-Watches
We’ve been reviewing what is arguably the most understated wrist watch. We’re used to explaining high prices to people when they spot something extravagant on our wrist. In this case it was more difficult to explain, until the watch was?turned over to?show?that stunning?movement, featuring a tourbillon with double spiral. While the average watch-person (is that a word?) hardly understands what a tourbillon is, or does, try explaining a tourbillon with two spirals, and that’s exactly what we’re going to do. However the Laurent Ferrier Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral holds so much more to?justifiy its price. Ultimate refinement, the epitome of a dress watch, and understated to the max.?My wrist has had the pleasure of wearing… err… testing the most phenomenal timepieces of modern times. Whether it be the outgoing Roger Dubuis Pulsion Skeleton Flying Tourbillon, the quirky Hautlence HL Ti, or the mighty Lange & Sohne Double Split, the classy

10 of the Best Dive Watches Introduced at Baselworld 2018 - Monochrome Watches
Now that Baselworld?2018 is over, it’s time for the MONOCHROME team to pick the best watches of the show. One category that is always highly disputed is the dive watch and 2018 has been another productive year. From vintage-inspired pieces to proper instruments, here are 10 of the best dive watches we discovered at Baselworld 2018.Bell & Ross?BR03-92 Diver BlueLast year, Bell & Ross surprised (and pleased) its community by adding a dive version of its iconic squared instrument watch. On paper, the combination of dive watch elements, such as a round rotating bezel, with the dashboard-like square case could have been difficult. In the metal, the?BR03-92 Diver was one of the coolest sports watches of 2017. First launched in black, this year Bell & Ross adds a blue edition of this?BR03-92 Diver (dial, bezel and strap) with nice yellow accents. Note: a bronze version is now also part of the collection. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Cartier and Chaykin and Two Mystery Watches - Monochrome Watches
When two celebrities step-out onto the same red-carpet wearing the same dress it can create an awkward and sometimes ugly scene. Then the folks in the blogosphere star asking Who wore it better? or Who Rocked' a certain look. What happens when two names synonymous with uber-Horology produce uncannily similar designs? Let's find outWhen you spend all day trawling through different online watch forums you pick-up a lot of banter about derivative designs'. Most times what people are talking about are what you would more generally call a knock-off. Strings of posts ensue. These shoving matches descend into a version of car is faster than your car and then I click on to newer and hopefully more enlightening posts! Let's be honest for a moment: not every round / square / rectangular / octagonal / polygonal watch is a knock-off' of the all the watches of the same shape that came before it. Sometimes watchmakers use the shapes that we are all familiar with to try to twist the imagination into

LVMH Reaches Agreement to Buy Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 Billion - Industry News
The World Is Not Enough does not only apply to James Bond… It could also work for Bernard Arnault, the CEO of the world’s largest luxury group: LVMH. Already the owner of some of the most prestigious fashion, leather goods, hotels, vineyards, perfumes, department stores and watch/jewellery brands, the French group has just announced a new name in its massive (to say the least) portfolio this morning… LVMH is about to acquire Tiffany & Co., the leading U.S. jewellery brand.?Tiffany & Co. is one of the world’s leading jewellery brands. Founded in New York City by Charles Lewis Tiffany in 1837, the brand has since become “synonymous with elegance, innovative design, fine craftsmanship and creative excellence”. Today, with more than 14,000 employees, Tiffany & Co. and its subsidiaries design, manufacture and market jewellery, watches and luxury accessories - including more than 5,000 skilled artisans who cut diamonds and craft jewellery in th

SIHH 2019 - Montblanc Heritage Manufacture Perpetual Calendar LE100 (Specs & Price)
For the SIHH 2019, Montblanc introduces a completely revamped “Heritage” collection. Hardly a newcomer, the Heritage collection already houses models such as the Heritage Spirit Pulsograph?or the?Heritage Perpetual Calendar. The latter became the talking piece at the SIHH 2014, positioning itself at that time as the most affordable QP on the market. Having a redesigned collection is one thing, but Montblanc has decided to give this watch something extra: the brand’s first manufacture perpetual calendar movement. Meet the new?Montblanc Heritage Manufacture Perpetual Calendar LE100.Inspired by vintage Minerva watchesNo debate… the design of the new?Montblanc Heritage is vintage to the core. By looking at the rich Minerva archives (Minerva is now owned by MB), the brand resurrects some of the glorious design elements found on these watches. Restrained proportions, elegant shapes, domed dials, two-tone colour schemes, applied dots and numerals, retro-styled hands