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Buying Guide - 5 of the Best Panda Chronograph Watches of 2021
Panda chronographs are favourites among watch fans. Providing high-contrast readability, these sport watches with white or silver dials and contrasting black sub-dials – or the opposite, the so-called reversed panda, with black dial and light sub-counters – became all the rage during the 1960s and 1970s. However, their modern-retro flair never went out of style, and 2021 brought its crop of Panda dials. We’ve selected five that we think are the best among this specific style of chronograph.Carl F. Bucherer Heritage BiCompax AnnualThe elegant Carl F. Bucherer Heritage BiCompax Annual is back with a reverse Panda dial featuring a black galvanised background and snailed silver-coloured counters. The retro Arabic hour numerals, the tachymeter scale, the syringe-style hour and minute hands and the double-domed sapphire crystal underscore the watch’s vintage flair. Visible via the exhibition caseback, the automatic movement combines a chronograph and annual calendar i
Video Review: A Closer Look at the Blue Dial IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40
Let’s get up close and personal… We have already explored the revamped IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 in detail when it was launched in 2023, the same year that the Schaffhausen-based brand decided to give this long-lasting collection its 1976 Genta-inspired design back. More recently, what is now a strong contender in the luxury sports watch category (also known as an elegant sports watch with an integrated bracelet) got a new deep blue dial, a classic of the genre, making it possibly the best new Ingenieur Automatic yet. I am well aware a lot has been said about the collection already, and a lot will be said about this one, too, but one thing we should all agree on now is that visually, the Ingenieur looks quite amazing in classical steel and blue. So here’s our video review of this newest edition.The steel trio of IWC Ingenieur Automatic 40 introduced in 2023 in Aqua, Black and SilverThe Ingenieur has been around since the mid-1950s, but the current generation was pres
Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Unique Travel Time with hand-engraved dial (Specs & Price) - Monochrome-Watches
What is there to say about the Jaeger-LeCoultre?Duometre Unique Travel Time except that it is one of the best traveller’s watches created recently. There are several categories of timepieces that can indicate two timezones, starting from classical?traveler GMT watches to office GMT watches and proper world-timers. However, only a?handful?of them have a?second timezone adjustable to-the-minute. The?Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre is one of them and it now comes?with a sumptuous hand-engraved dial.Let’s first talk functions.?Most worldtimers are built to indicate the time in 24 different timezones around the world, however some nations felt the urge to create additional timezones with 15min, 30min or 45min deviations. Kind of problematic for the watchmaking industry, right.?Some (a few) watches however came with a solution, like for instance the recently revealed Glashutte Original Senator Cosmopolite?or the Vacheron-Constantin Patrimony World Time, two watches that indicate the 37
Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Les?Cabinotiers?Le Temps Divin?Metiers dArt Collection
Time is relative Not all cultures conceptualize time in the same way. With their newest metiers d'art series, Les?Cabinotiers?Le Temps Divin?(the divine time), Vacheron Constantin explores the perception of time through the prism of different cultures. Nine one-of-a-kind creations invite us to travel to Ancient Greece, Asia and Japan. This new lineup follows last year’s Les Cabinotiers Recits de Voyage Collect but with a new source of inspiration.Asia: Four animals, wood marquetry and a tourbillonFor the chapter exploring Asian culture, Vacheron Constantin has chosen four sacred animals from Asian tradition to represent the seasons: the Azure Dragon for spring; the Vermilion Bird for summer; the White Tiger for autumn; and the Black Tortoise for winter. Presented in 42mm white or pink gold cases, these unique pieces are powered by the ultra-thin automatic calibre 2160 with a peripheral rotor. Their wood marquetry dials are graced by the ballet of the tourbillon at 6 o'clock.
Live from SIHH 2017 - The new Girard-Perregaux Laureato collection ticks all boxes - Monochrome Watches
On the opening day of SIHH, last Monday, we had a spectacular start to the show with Vacheron Constantin, where we got to see and enjoy the impressive Atelier Cabinotier Celestia. Later that morning we got a nice surprise at Girard-Perregaux. Last year the brand, which is by the way one of the oldest manufactures in the watch world, launched a renewed Laureato limited edition. This year it further improved many small but very significant details on the watch and now I’m convinced that this is a serious competitor in the field of luxury sports watches, plus its price point is only half of its competitors. Sounds good, doesn’t it??And it is good. We here at Monochrome get to handle quite a few watches, and during fairs like the SIHH we’re in meetings, back to back, to see the brand’s new creations. In all honesty, I was not convinced by last year’s limited edition of the Laureato (or maybe I was hoping too much for something extraordinarily good), so when I
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