SIHH 2015 - Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver ref. 15710 - hands-on with live photos, specs & price - Monochrome-Watches
The Royal Oak, Audemars Piguet’s best seller, is used (and abused for some watch lovers) for?many editions, going from the classical and faithful Ultra-Thin 15202ST, to bulky chronographs or a sumptuous Grande Complication. It’s even the base used by AP for their R&D watches, as the Acoustic Research Concept proves it. We told you: use and abuse. It is thus totally understandable that the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak comes also in a diving edition. For this 2015 edition of the SIHH, the brand updated it with new features and colors. Here is the?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver ref. 15710.Already introduced in several materials – white ceramic, forged carbon?or?stainless steel – the?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver is very well known from the AP collectors. As the base recipe was?not that bad, AP chose to only?update one of its best-seller, just like they did in 2014 with the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph. Using?the touch, instead of completel

Hands-On: The Angelus x Massena LAB Chronographe Medical With Stunning Movement
While Angelus is part of the well-respected independent watchmakers around, and a brand with a very rich history, it took a modern and bold direction when it was revived a few years ago next to sister-company Arnold & Son. It’s a deliberate choice, but some fans of the name Angelus and of its superb vintage chronographs were slightly puzzled. Well, things are changing, with the return of classic chronographs and traditional hand-wound movements. And to inaugurate this new collection named La Fabrique, the brand has teamed up with design studio Massena LAB, who has created a re-edition of a stunning vintage doctor’s watch, which is now powered by an internally-produced movement (and what a movement indeed…) Let’s have a closer look at the new Angelus x Massena LAB Chronographe Medical.If you look at the current collection of Angelus, it surely doesn’t reflect what the brand has done in the past. There was a choice not to create vintage re-editions, but

First Look: The new Longines HydroConquest GMT 43mm collection
Next to the vintage-inspired Legend Diver collection, the Longines HydroConquest is a more utilitarian, robust, classic diver, with water-resistance up to 300 metres, a unidirectional, external rotating bezel, a screw-in crown and a screw-down caseback. Following the introduction of the practical, versatile and mostly visually appealing HydroConquest GMT last year in a 41mm case, Longines now launches a larger 43mm version available either with a green, black or blue dial, and with several strap/bracelet options.Essentially, this new version of the Longines HydroConquest GMT shares all the characteristics of the 41mm version we saw about a year ago. The main change is related to its diameter, which now sits at 43mm. On one hand, this new, additional, larger watch feels a bit unexpected at a time when smaller watches are coming back in vogue. On the other hand, it is just an additional choice that will find its fans – Longines explains to us that there was demand from certain mark

Video Review IWC Big Pilot Annual Calendar Petit Prince Steel IW502710
The connection between IWC Schaffhausen and Saint-Exupery's heirs and their charitable organisation, the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation, dates back to 2006. And since then, we've seen multiple editions dedicated to one of the most important characters of literature, Le Petit Prince. While the Saint-Exupery editions are characterised by their warm colours and tobacco brown dials, the Petit Prince models display midnight-blue dials, stylised numerals and a certain vintage vibe. Today, the collection is enlarged with the new Big Pilot Annual Calendar Le Petit Prince IW502710, which is now available in stainless steel.The Annual Calendar complication appeared first at IWC in 2015, within the Portugieser collection. And it has been within the Pilot's Watch range since 2016. But keep in mind that this practical display of the calendar remains sort of a rarity and not many Big Pilot watches have been equipped with this complex movement. We've seen it in the 150-year edition of 2018

Introducing Panerai Luna Rossa Collection PAM01038, PAM01037 and PAM01036 (Specs & Price)
Panerai's partnership with Luna Rossa, the Challenger of Record of the 36th America's Cup, was celebrated earlier this year with the Luna Rossa Challenger Submersible PAM01039 model. A 47mm dive watch with 300m water-resistance and a carbon fibre case like the monohull of the AC75 Luna Rossa, this first commemorative model had a sailcloth dial and touches of red and white like the Luna Rossa logo. As the official sponsor of the Italian team, Panerai has launched three watches directly inspired by the materials and technologies used by the Luna Rossa yacht competing in the America's?Cup: Luminor Luna Rossa Regatta 47mm PAM01038; Luminor Luna Rossa Chrono Flyback 44m PAM01037; and Luna Rosa GMT 44mm PAM01036.COMMON DENOMINATORSAlthough none of the models is a novelty, the colour scheme of black, grey, red and white echo the colours of the Luna Rossa yacht. Common denominators across all three models include the use of lightweight, sturdy and corrosion-resistant materials and the incorpor