Buying Guide - The 10 Best Watches of 2018 From EUR 5,000 To EUR 10,000
Just like we did on previous weekends with our Top 10 watches below EUR 2,000 and between EUR 2,000 and 5,000, it is now time to look at the best watches introduced this year in the hyper-strategic EUR 5,000 – EUR 10,000 price range – it is certainly where the competition is the fiercest, where most of the “luxury brands” situate their core collections ( , IWC, Cartier, Panerai and many more). After long debates at the MONOCHROME redaction room, here are our 10 “best 2018 watches” picks if you’re in the 5k to 10k market.Note: as always, these buying guides are our own personal selections and we're sure you'll have your own favourites. Feel free to list your top watches of 2018 in this 5k to 10k Euros category in the comment section at the end of this article!Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback Retro-Style – EUR 5,500For the first watch in this top 10, we chose to feature a piece that we already knew: the Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback. Howev

Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Power Control 2019 Edition // Hands-On
As the official partner of the famous Italian Mille Miglia Endurance race for over three decades now, Chopard celebrates its long-standing alliance with two limited-edition Mille Miglia models. Earlier this year, we reviewed the Mille Miglia Race Edition Chronograph dedicated to the historic rally from Brescia to Rome and back. Now it's time to take a closer look at the limited-edition Mille Miglia GTS Power Control model in a two-tone combination of stainless steel and rose gold. A more simple three-hander with date and power reserve gauge, the in-house, chronometer-certified automatic movement offers drivers 60 hours of autonomy.?Alexandra Pauli for ChopardGTS Power ControlMany of you will recognise this watch as the continuation of the first GTS Power Control model introduced at Baselworld 2015, and the more recent GTS Power Control Grigio Speciale of 2018. The distinguishing features of the first models were their black dials with rosso corsa?or racing red accents, oversized numera

Hands-On Vertex MP45 MonoPusher Chronograph (Specs & Price)
The luxury watch industry is in somewhat of a confusing and unpredictable place at the moment. You have the Swiss and German giants behaving even more conservatively than usual (with some obvious exceptions, like the four-armed Patek Philippe Ref 5520P). You have Seiko doing some interesting things out of Japan. And you have a myriad of small - some even micro - brands, making legitimately cool and intriguing watches. British watch brand Vertex falls very much into this last category. The company's latest release is the MP45. We were lucky enough to get our hands on one for a few days. Here's what we thought.?BackgroundAs you may already know, Vertex is not a new brand, at least not in the traditional sense. Rather, it is newly “revived”. Established in London in 1916 by Claude Lyons as Vertex Watches Ltd, the company is arguably best known for being the only British member of the Dirty Dozen (more on that in a minute). Producing watches for both military and civilian use,

Cousteau and the Timepieces of the Calypso team - Part 1 - Monochrome Watches
From a very young age I remember religiously watching the Jacques Cousteau documentaries that were broadcasted on TV every Saturday afternoon. These documentaries were a window in the outside world and they allowed a young child like me to see the yellow flying saucer submarine, the divers wearing sleek yellow Spirotechnique gear, the old man himself diving and giving instructions to his comrade divers. I still remember trying to see the watches that the divers and scientists wore; these idols of my young age gave me the ‘watch bug’ that I have had ever since! In this article we are going to explore the watches that Cousteau and his team used. The list is not final; of course there are some models that might be missing. However, from my research using pictures from the internet and some dedicated blogs and forums we’ve been able to make a pretty thorough list of the watches of Cousteau and his team. Back then, the mechanical divers watch was a tool, not a jewelry item

Hands-On: The Revised TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Date
Following a complete and welcomed overhaul of the TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Automatic collection in 2021, last month the brand introduced its latest updated models in the series, with five new Aquaracer Professional 300 Date and three Aquaracer Professional 300 GMT versions, with captivating new dials, slightly reduced case sizes, and powered by the proprietary movements. We gladly share our hands-on experience and live images of the new Aquaracer Professional 300 Date watches.If you are familiar with the look of the Heuer 2000 series and Aquaracer (models' name since 2005) before the collection was revamped in 2021 providing new watches with a more refined appeal, the first thing you’ll notice is that the 2024 update brought in even more refinement. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The new TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 300 Date models fe