Buying Guide - 5 Recently-Launched Luxury Dive Watches For Summer
Yes, it’s June and the sunny days are back. This also means that many of us will enjoy some well-deserved holidays soon, as the situation seems to improve in most areas around the globe. Summer is synonymous with this light, carefree feeling that we’ve missed for some months, and it is time to enjoy it again! Summer is also synonymous with leisure activities and nights out, meaning that you’ll need a versatile watch that will be able to withstand sports activities and still look stylish. This is why we’ve selected five of the best luxury dive watches recently introduced on the market so you can look good and be fully equipped this summer (and no worries, these watches will be good in winter too!)Note: this list is, of course, non-exhaustive. If there are more recently launched dive watches that you think could make it to the list, feel free to share them with us in the comments.Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver 2021Initially launched as the Royal Oak Offs

Panerai opens its third boutique in Shanghai - the new look at Panerai - Monochrome Watches
Lately many brands are opening brand boutiques. It seems like multi-brand retailers are being replaced by brand boutiques, especially in the emerging markets of the Far East, Middle East and the occasional metropole in the US and Europe. And there’s a special side to this new development.?After he visited the new Hublot boutique, our Shanghai resident contributor Mario, now visits the new Panerai boutique. Panerai’s third (!!) boutique in Shanghai, China.Ni Hao and Ahoy! Panerai have opened one of their New Concept boutiques on Nanjing Road - the shopping destination in Shanghai. Panerai's third boutique in the city is the shape of things to come! It also illustrates how the two brands, Panerai and Shanghai, are linked. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Shanghai, the two characters for which (ÉϺ£) literally translate into On the Sea', is a fitting

Business Richemont Announces Solid Double-Digit Sales Growth at Annual General Meeting - Monochrome Watches
While times have been difficult for the industry in the last 2 to 3 years (see the 2016/2017 results of Richemont Group), signs of recovery are now more and more apparent. Indeed, Swatch Group’s?Half-Year Report 2017 showed growth (with increase of sales and better profitability). It’s now time for the other?luxury powerhouse, the Swiss-based Richemont group, to announce a massive increase in sales for the five months ended 31 August 2017, as we’re talking double-digit numbers and no negative data to be seen in any region or segment.It’s hard to hide that Richemont Group was in a difficult situation for the last 3 years. Indeed, sales, as well as the overall profitability of the Group, were clearly at half-mast. The latest yearly results of the group reported that?sales decreased by 4% and operating profit was down by no less than 14%. Even worse, the specialist watchmaker division?saw sales fall 11% and operating profit fell 57%. In terms of business, the situa

Hands-on The New Seiko Prospex SRP series - ref. SRP773K1, SRP775K1, SRP777K1 & SRP779K1 (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
A friend of mine who is an underwater photographer, fisherman, diver, and a watch lover once tried to explain me why he loves dive-watches. Surprisingly, he referred only very briefly to the heavyweights ( , Omega, etc.) and instead he focused mainly on Seiko. He told me that you must be nuts or very rich in order to dive for a specific job (hunt fish for instance) wearing your expensive dive watch; because 9 out of 10 times you gonna scratch it at the very the least if not more. For the friend of mine, if you have a strong and professional link with the sea, you have to?wear a cheap (relatively speaking) but highly reliable, rugged, professional-oriented?dive-watch. That's the essence of a diving watch for him and in this specific?market, Seiko almost dominates the competition. And as the successor of?the iconic Seiko SKX007, the new Seiko Prospex SRP series has to be seriously considered. Overview.A Blast From The PastThis is widely known:?retro/vintage-inspiration sells and sells we

Rare Roger Dubuis watches - Monochrome Watches
Sometimes you see a watch and you immediately ‘fall in love’ with it. This does not happen too often, but what if this happens with two watches from the same brand? Recently a friend mailed me about a watch that was for sale at a local watch store. He knoww I have a weak spot for mono-poussoir chronographs. The watch was a Roger Dubuis Hommage Mono-poussoir in white gold with a salmon color dial. A salmon color dial is not my usual pick, but this one was so beautiful…. Ad - Scroll to continue with article On the wrist the dial just suits the entire watch perfectly and i wouldn’t change anything about it. The engraving of the dial is absolutely stunning. It’s incredibly complex, yet absolutely not ‘loud’. This watch has all the ingredients?I like, a mono-poussoir chronograph, an absolutely stunning movement which is?super