Christmas shopping guide - 10 Beautiful Dress Watches of 2016 - Monochrome Watches
After going through some of 2016’s best sport watches, it is time for our Christmas shopping guide to make dressing up easier. You might have noticed that we have a weak spot for nice and stylish dress watches, and we’re pleased that so many new dress watches saw the light of day in 2016. We sat down with the team and selected ten of the best dress watches of 2016, models focusing on essentials and ranging from high-end to accessible – because elegant doesn't necessarily mean expensive.?Gronefeld 1941 RemontoireIt should come as no surprise to see the Gronefeld 1941 Remontoire in our list of the dress watches for 2016 as it is a Monochrome team's favorite and has received several industry accolades. Last month?it won the prize for best men's watch, and?the special jury Grand Prix award at the?Watch of the Year election organised by our friends of Chronos24 in Poland. A few weeks later after winning these two awards, it was also awarded with the Best Men’s Watch

Hands-on with the deconstructed Cartier Crash Skeleton (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
A few months ago, we explained to you why Cartier should be taken seriously in terms of watchmaking. Forget about the jewelry image of the French Maison, they are now able to create both classical watches (with a deep historical background… did I say Tank?), modern collections (like the new Cle de Cartier or the diver watch Calibre de Cartier) and also?superb Haute Horlogerie timepieces (like for instance the recent?Rotonde de Cartier Grand Complication). Cartier is also very strong with?skeleton watches and one of their latest creations shows these skills in a surprisingly original way. Here is our hands-on with the?Cartier Crash Skeleton in platinum.Let us rewind the tape a bit and go back briefly over?the latest?watches introduced by Cartier. If you look closely, the French Maison focused its haute horlogerie collections mainly on squelette / skeleton watches. Here’s a quick list of skeletonized timepieces made by Cartier:The?Rotonde de Cartier Grand ComplicationThe?Roto

Hands-On - Chopard Mille Miglia 2019 Race Edition (Specs & Price)
Chopard celebrates 31 years of partnership with the Mille Miglia endurance race this May. One of the longest-standing alliances in the world of classic motorsport, the event is celebrated with the release of two limited edition Mille Miglia watches; one in stainless steel and the other in two-tone steel and rose gold case. We introduced the steel version just before Baselworld 2019, but seeing both models in the metal proved a very different - and agreeable – experience.Brescia to Rome and backThe 2019 edition of Italy's legendary Mille Miglia endurance race starts on 15 May as 430 vehicles complete the 1,000-mile loop from Brescia to Rome and back. The four stages of the endurance race will take participants through some of Italy's most scenic countryside and towns pushing the limits of their historic vehicles, which as regulations stipulate, have to be models that took part in the 1000 Miglia between 1927 to 1957. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

The Collector's Series: Frank's first 'Indy Watch', the Sarpaneva Korona K1 - Monochrome Watches
It's the one you have all been waiting for! It's time to sit down with our very own Executive Editor and Monochrome-Watches' founder, Frank Geelen. I love nothing more than talking watches with enthusiasts but this one was extra special. To give you a bit of background (in case you were unaware): in 2006, Frank started Monochrome-Watches as a blog. By all accounts, his friends (and family) thought he was mad! Day in day, day out, writing about high-end mechanical watches. Nine years on however, Monochrome-Watches has grown to become one of the most important high-end watch magazines in the online space and Frank is acknowledged as one of THE experts in the watch-community.Frank has been a tremendous mentor of mine. He is, quite simply, a wonderfully nice guy (with a dry sense of humour) but first and foremost an expert on high-end, complicated watches and independent manufactures. Frank has chosen to discuss his (seriously cool) Sarpaneva Korona K1 in this, his first appearance on the

Introducing: The Sleeker yet Colourful Oris Big Crown Pointer Date 40mm
Alongside the green and terracotta Big Crown Pointer Date Calibre 403 housed in a 40mm case with a sleek, polished bezel instead of the classic coin-edge design, Oris also introduces a trio of new, simpler versions of its emblematic watch. And while these lack the high-performance Calibre 403 movement and replace it with a Sellita engine, these Oris Big Crown Pointer Date models make up for it with vibrant dial colours and new bracelets at a more accessible price point. Like the Calibre 403 variant, the new Oris Big Crown Pointer Date watches feature a 40mm stainless steel case with a 47.5mm lug-to-lug measurement and 50m water resistance. The case is 12mm thick, with an oversized screw-in crown and a double-domed sapphire crystal with AR coating to protect the dial. Around the back, a screwed-down display caseback – this time with mineral glass instead of sapphire – reveals the movement within. Importantly, the signature fluted bezel of most models i