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Watch Buying Guide 2014, the classics (specs and price) - Monochrome-Watches
Recently, we showed you the novelties?you should really consider to buy in 2014. It included all the new models presented this year and that were for us, at Monochrome-Watches, already classics. Now, we would like to turn out to the real classics, the watches that could have been on your wrist 10 years ago and that will adorn it in the next 10 years too. The members of the Monochrome team sat down around the table and after long and passionate discussions, here is?the watch buying guide of the real timeless timepieces?to buy in 2014.Tissot Visodate 1957 Ad - Scroll to continue with article A lot of pleasure for the money. The Tissot Visodate brings a simple but reliable ETA movement with day and date features, together in?a 39mm case, very well made considering the price. Vintage style, automatic calibre, functional complications, Swiss made… A real good d
Announcing: Dubai Watch Week Returns Bigger Than Ever in November 2023
One of the key events in the region and in the global watch calendar, Dubai Watch Week is held every other year. Having attended the previous edition, I had a truly memorable time there, so don't miss out on this instalment! Organized Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Watch Week will reconvene for its 6th edition from 16th to 20th November 2023 at The Gate, a venue with over 100,000sqm in the heart of Dubai's financial district. The event keeps gaining importance with 55 watch brands, the highest participation to date!Founded in 2015 by Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons and organized every other year, Dubai Watch Week is a true highlight of the watch industry's calendar: exclusive, relaxed, experiential, entertaining and educational at the same time. This unique take on the watch salon has become an important platform for brands to launch new products and present limited editions. Opened to the public, providing guests with remarkable
Hands-On - Ollech & Wajs OW C-1000 (live pics & pricing)
Some names might not ring a bell with a broader audience. But for tool watch enthusiasts, the name Ollech & Wajs should be familiar evoking memories of the 1960s and 1970s when the company was manufacturing respected timing instruments for professionals. Dormant for several years, it took more than 10 years to convince Albert Wajs to pass on his brand and it has been revived recently. Today we take a closer look at the brand’s latest creation, a solid dive watch with retro-style, the Ollech & Wajs OW C-1000 S.BackgroundIn 1956, Albert Wajs and his friend Joseph Ollech formed a partnership and opened a watch shop in Zurich. At first, they distributed timepieces from Breitling and Omega but eventually decided to establish their own brand: OWZ, for Ollech & Wajs Zurich. Albert Wajs quickly realized that OWZ should specialize in the assembly of reliable and accurate mechanical watches. He favoured movements with solid reputations. In 1959, the first watches were launched,
TAG Heuer Carrera - The Story of an Iconic 55-Year-Old Chronograph - Monochrome Watches
This year, TAG Heuer is celebrating the 55th anniversary of its most iconic watch, the Carrera. Born in 1963, designed by Jack Heuer himself to answer the needs of motorsports pilots, named after one of the most legendary races (the Carrera Panamericana), the recipe was simple: a clean, uncluttered, ultra-legible and reliable instrument to measure time and average speed during races. The gentleman driver’s watch personified. Since then, the Heuer Carrera and the ensuing TAG Heuer Carrera never ceased to evolve, in terms of designs, materials or mechanics, but the main objective was maintained:? a tool for racing drivers. Together with Catherine Eberle-Devaux, TAG Heuer’s Heritage Director, MONOCHROME WATCHES will trace the history of this legendary chronograph watch, the Carrera.Jack Heuer’s ChildSince the creation of the brand, back in 1860, Heuer specialised in stopwatches and chronographs. Instruments for sports, dashboard timers or chronographs were the core busin
Unique Speake-Marin Resilience "One Art" for Only Watch 2015 - Monochrome-Watches
Among our favourites, here at Monochrome, are the timepieces from Speake-Marin,?which are always beautiful and ooh so stylish. Amongst the watches that will be donated by brands, to the Only Watch auction, is for the first time a Speake-Marin, and it’s a piece unique. Besides ‘household names’ like Patek Philippe?(check out the ref. 5016A-010 piece unique!) and Richard Mille – brands that have been participating in the Only Watch auctions since the beginning – we see a number of new-comers like F.P. Journe (with the absolutely gorgeous Tourbillon Souverain Blue) and?Kari Voutlainen, who donated a stunning GMT-6 piece unique. Today another Indy' that will?raise a fair few paddles: the Speake-Marin One Art piece unique.?Pierce Brosnan with Speake-Marin ResilienceClassic, classy and understated. These are the words that I heard people use, to describe the unmistakable style of Peter Speake-Marin’s watches. Of course, among the newer models are some spor
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