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Hands-On - IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition "Mojave Desert" IW389103 (Specs & price)
Since 2007, IWC has been producing a special series of watches designed to meet the demanding needs of elite jet pilots. Established as an independent collection within the IWC Pilot's Watch family in 2012, the TOP GUN series has become renowned for its use of hi-tech materials and stealth, military-inspired styling. IWC introduced a total of four new TOP GUN models at SIHH 2019 this year. We've already gotten hands-on with the impressively technical Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium, as well as the practical Automatic TOP GUN. Now, it's time to turn our attention to the slightly more unusual Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” (Ref. IW389103).Diehard IWC fans will of course already know all about the TOP GUN collection. Even those who don't are doubtless familiar with the moniker thanks to a popular 1980s movie of the same name starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. Back here in the real world, TOP GUN is the more common name used for the United States Navy St
Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton Tourbillon "Stars and Stripes" (Specs & Price)
Today is an important day for our American readers (and there are many of them…) If you read this watch magazine, you probably have a certain interest in all things watches. So, if you want to combine your American pride with your love for watchmaking, Ulysse Nardin might have a solution for you, with this limited edition launched on Independence Day – the 4th of July. “Stars and Stripes” meet “flying tourbillon” with the new?Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton Tourbillon “Stars and Stripes” Edition. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Besides being launched on independence day, this?Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton Tourbillon “Stars and Stripes” is also the occasion for the brand to remind the world of its century-long dedication to nautical precision and values shared with the United States Navy, underl
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
Christmas Shopping Guide - The Best Chronograph Watches of 2016
Following our previous guides about the best sports watches, the best dress watches and the best ultra-complicated watches of 2016, it’s time for us now to look at one of the main watch categories of them all, and I mean by that the chronographs. Chronographs are amongst the most sold timepieces, they are amongst the most sought-after in auctions and two of them?are certainly the most iconic watches of all times. The best chronograph watches of 2016 is not a subject we?should?treat?lightly at all. And here are the 5 watches that resulted from long debates at the Monochrome redaction. Cosmograph Daytona Ceramic 116500LNWe know, having the Daytona Ceramic 116500LN to start this article was totally expected. But still, we simply couldn’t do without. This watch is not just a hit, it’s a commercial blast. The day introduced it, waiting lists were?already growing?at retailers. Few days later, collectors that were to slow to pre-order on day-one knew that it would be al
Oris El Hierro Limited Edition (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
If there’s one thing Oris is good at, it’s to create interesting and nicely designed limited editions, especially of dive watches. Well, it’s not that difficult when your base for these editions is the reliable, rugged, efficient but pretty affordable Aquis Date. We’ve seen for instance the Great Barrier Reef edition or the Carlos Coste version. This time, Oris teams up with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, to create a volcano-inspired version, the (of-course) black and red?Oris El Hierro Limited Edition.El Hierro? A Spanish?Institute of Oceanography? A volcano? And a dive watch…? Ok, before going into the details of the?Oris El Hierro Limited Edition, first a short story, explaining the reasons behind this watch. In October 2011, strange activity was observed off the coast of El Hierro, the most south-western of the Spanish-owned Canary Islands. Patches of pale-coloured water began appearing, dead fish floated on the ocean surface, and locals noted