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The Collector's Series - Our new contributing editor, Peter and his elegant A. Lange & Sohne 1815 - Monochrome Watches
Today, the collector's Series is about Monochrome's?new contributing editor, Peter. Most likely you’ve already read some of his stories;?Peter will mainly focus on review and events. He has a special talent for event reports as he knows how to make you feel if you were with him at the event he’s covering for Monochrome. After a long and fruitful career, Peter now has more time to focus on his passions for photography and watches and we’re proud that he does joined our team. Today?he's going to tell us when and where his journey into the world of watches started… and it’s with the highly desirable A. Lange & Sohne 1815 that he bought in 2001.For starters, Peter, can you tell us a bit more about yourself??I was born and grown in Leiden, Netherlands. I lived in various cities, including Princeton, NJ (USA). My education is in Information Technology and Business Economics. Currently I assist organisations and people in increasing performance by sharing kno
The Online Watch Market - Toby Bateman, Managing Director at MR PORTER (Exclusive) - Monochrome Watches
Following up with our series of interviews with major actors of the online watch market – including watch media such as Hodinkee and Revolution, which not only cover watches but also sell watches - we now get to look at one of the largest and most convincing online platforms, MR PORTER. Unique and luxurious, this successful online retailer has been integrated under the Richemont umbrella in 2018, opening new perspectives to this young company. This is why we wanted to have a chat with Toby Bateman, Managing Director at MR PORTER.Can you give us a quick history of MR PORTER?MR PORTER launched globally in February 2011 with 80 brands, positioning ourselves as the global destination for men's style, and offering a considered edit of the best in product and a fresh eye to content. We are now the leading, award-winning global destination for men's style, with over 500 of world's best menswear and lifestyle brands, including our own labels Mr P. and Kingsman, with categories as vast as
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
SIHH 2016: Introducing the Montblanc 4810 Chronograph - Live photos, Specs and Price - Monochrome Watches
Montblanc has been coming with an extremely strong offering, this year again, and during the fair they literary are the talk of the ‘town’. The high-end complication, like the ExoTourbillon Slim and the limited editions with hand-painted dials, the Tourbillon Cylindrique Pocket Watch 110 Years and the 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter?are awe-inspiring. At the same time, the ExoTourbillon and the 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter are priced rather competitively and that’s also how Montblanc sets itself apart from the crowd. Today we’re going to look at a friendly priced chronograph of the newly revamped 4810 collection, the Montblanc 4810 Chronograph.?One of the distinct features of the 4810 collection has always been the impressive guilloche dials that feature the ‘exploding Montblanc star motif’,?as the brand calls it, and big applied Roman numerals. This year the 4810 collection has been revamped, and the cases have been redesigned, and are slightly smaller a
Introducing Oris Carl Brashear Calibre 401 Limited Edition (Specs & Price)
Today Oris launches a new model in its Carl Brashear commemorative collection, the third bronze watch honouring U.S. Navy Diver Carl Brashear’s indomitable spirit – a watch that is once again based on the Divers Sixty Five design, with multiple evolutions to make it unique. Not only is it the most compact bronze Carl Brashear model to date, but it is powered by a brand-new movement with small seconds, based on Oris’ new in-house calibre with a mighty five-day power reserve, resilience to magnetism and a 10-year warranty. Meet the new Oris Carl Brashear Calibre 401 Limited Edition. The Carl Brashear TrilogyCelebrating the life and times of Carl Brashear, the first African American diver in the U.S. Navy and its first amputee Master Diver, the first 42mm Oris Carl Brashear time-and-date made a splash in 2016 with its attractive bronze case, a first for the brand. It was followed two years later by the 43mm bronze Carl Brashear Chronograph. As a wa