Cartier Mono-poussoirs - Monochrome Watches
Tonight i read an article about two Cartier Mono-poussoirs and Cartier’s rich horological history…. An absolute must-read for watch aficionados!The last few years Cartier surprised me with the new collection. The ending of the Collection Privee Cartier Paris was kind of a shock. However the size of Cartier’s top-end complicated watches was a bigger shock. I’ve always looked at Cartier as a brand with small to medium sized watches, especially in the high-end collection. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Cartier’s top-end complicated watches feature?very interesting calibers and complications and the design is (like always) top notch. What bothered me the last few years is that Cartier released several oversized highly complicated watches. Personally i don’t have a problem with oversized watches, however i think the size shou

Introducing the Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Jacky Ickx Edition (including live photos & price) - Monochrome-Watches
And the winner is Porsche. Well, if we focus on cars engaged at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, there's no question anymore. Porsche is the clear winner of the 2015 edition of the legendary race, with their cars finishing 1st?and 2nd positions, in front of Audi Sport. However, in the race of watches celebrating a partnership with one of the Le Mans teams, we have a new competitor, just after the TAG Heuer Nismo and the Oris Audi Sport?– and the new?Chopard Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Jacky Ickx Edition has quite some arguments to be the first to cross?the line.While the watches celebrating the partnerships with 24 Hours of Le Mans teams Audi Sport and Nismo/Nissan – meaning a TAG Heuer and an Oris – are pleasant?but technically simple chronographs (both reasonably priced and featuring classical Sellita movements, clones of a Valjoux 7750), its seems that Porsche requirements in terms of technical specs are drastic, as the watch proposed by Chopard plays on another level. In

Buying Guide - Some of the Coolest Watches With Meteorite Dial
Meteorite is one of the most fascinating objects/materials you can find on Earth, even though it doesn’t come from Earth… They are pieces of debris from a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid that originate in outer space and survive their passage through the atmosphere to reach Earth’s surface. So yes, these are made from one of the only materials you can find on the surface of Earth, but that isn’t sourced from our own planet… and that is quite cool! And then comes the material itself. When it comes to using this material on dials, brands almost always use iron meteorites or ferrous meteorites that consist overwhelmingly of an iron-nickel alloy known as meteoric iron and originate from cores of planetesimals.A slice of the Gibeon meteorite - image by Christie'sMany brands have sourced the material from Gibeon, something of a ‘star’ in the world of meteorites. It hurtled through the atmosphere and crashed on Earth in prehistoric times in what is toda

Introducing Montblanc 1858 Geosphere Chronograph 0 Oxygen LE290
Montblanc has eyes set on Mount Everest with its latest 1858 Geosphere Chronograph 0 Oxygen LE290. The case is literally void of oxygen to prevent fogging and oxidation in sub-zero temperatures and extreme altitudes. The brand isn't just claiming this but enlisting mountaineer Nimsdai Purja to wear this new chronograph version of the Geosphere watch to the peak of Everest in May 2022. Recommended by legendary alpinist Reinhold Messner, Nimsdai will make the ascent for Montblanc without supplemental oxygen, and he'll depend on the new chronograph to perform without issue.?Nimsdai was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the United Kingdom for outstanding achievement in extreme high-altitude mountaineering. He also has an elite military background, so he's certainly up for the task. The chronograph should be equally capable with a sizeable titanium case at 44mm in diameter and 17.1mm in height. Although large, the brushed/polished titanium build will keep it lig

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle collection now in slate grey
Slate grey and pink gold is a combination that definitely works. Warm, contrasted and highly elegant, this is no surprises that a brand such as Vacheron Constantin, not shy?in creating elegant watches, already chose this color scheme in the past. Yet, today, they are pushing it a few steps further, as the?Traditionnelle Collection receives the slate grey / pink gold treatment on 6 of its models.All of these watches share common elements, which define the?Traditionnelle Collection: a round stepped case, slim bezel and fluted caseback; a railway-track minute circle, batons de Geneve applied hour-markers and Dauphine-type hands. Whether we talk about the simple manual-winding version of the uber-complex Traditionnelle calibre 2755, there’s a clear shared pedigree. These watches are “traditionnelles” in many ways, as highly classical, but not void of elegance… at all. This is now even truer with the new additions, showing a dark grey (named slate) dial with a warm a