Up Close With The High-Beat Low-Weight Longines Ultra-Chron Carbon
Longines is known to tread carefully in developing new watches, often delving into its hugely impressive archives to find inspiration for tons of fine heritage-related watches. It’s also a brand that doesn’t jump in unexpected directions, resulting in strange and inexplicable choices and subsequent releases.?So it’s fair to say this?Ultra-Chron Carbon took us by surprise, as it’s the very first time – that I know of – that Longines has ventured out of the field of metal cases and into a composite material. There simply has never been a watch from the Winged Hourglass like this before. More than enough reason to dive deeper into this lightweight, high-beat Ultra-Chron Carbon!The Ultra-Chron holds a special place in Longines’ extensive history. The name goes back to 1968 and thus predates Zenith’s famous high-beat El Primero automatic chronograph by a year. The reference 7970 (below, left), with which the Ultra-Chron was introduced, was a 2

Introducing Ulysse Nardin Diver Lemon Shark (Specs & Price)
Ulysse Nardin is no stranger to the aquatic world. If the brand has a long tradition of marine chronometers, it has also long been involved in dive watches as well as protection of the oceans and their population, specifically sharks – remember the multiple Hammerhead Shark editions done by the brand in past years. Now, as part of the celebration of World Ocean Day, the brand unveils a new model that is, once again, entirely devoted to ocean conservation and reducing marine pollution. This watch follows the DIVER NET concept, by teaming up?with world-renown shark experts dedicated to the study of marine life and ocean conservation by bringing together two dedicated organizations, OCEARCH and the FIU Medina Aquarius Program. And the watch, the new Ulysse Nardin Diver Lemon Shark is focused on a gentle giant that lives in Florida.With this watch and more to come, Ulysse Nardin has pledged its efforts in an environmental commitment that follows the United Nations guidelines and thei

Panerai LAB-ID PAM700 - Review (Specs & Price)
A?common cliche is to let engineering and innovation in the hands of Germans / Swiss and design to Italians. Justified or not, you probably heard that dozens of times. Yet, for once, we’ll let Italians their chance to show their skills in terms of innovation… And to be honest, they might have something here. Indeed, the new?Panerai LAB-ID PAM700, presented at the SIHH 2017, is simply a concentrate of Panerai’s technology. 50 years warranty, self-lubricated parts, almost no jewels in the movement, carbon everywhere. See, Italians can also jump into technology.OK, this intro was kind of ironic, because, it has to be said, Panerai watches are mostly developed and manufactured in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Yet, this doesn’t remove anything to the interest behind this watch, a piece that sums up everything the Florentine brand can do best in terms of technology and movement design.?Clearly, the teams of Panerai are both proud and extremely confident in this new concept.

Introducing The New TAG Heuer Monaco Skeleton Chronograph (Live Pics & Price)
The TAG Heuer Monaco, the instantly recognizable square chronograph designed at the end of the 1960s, is nothing short of an icon (a word often abused, but that does have its place here). Fueled by the connection with motorsport, worn by legends in cult movies, oddly cool and boldly designed, and with more than half a century of stories to tell, it has recently been presented in multiple iterations, including classic designs or audacious colours. Today, TAG Heuer is presenting what could be the most contemporary and technical take on its Monaco Chronograph in recent years, a version that reveals parts of the movement on the dial side and that plays on modern graphics to animate its display. Here’s the new TAG Heuer Monaco Skeleton Chronograph.If you exclude the highly technical V4 editions – deeply revamped models powered by a movement driven by belts, and with a different case shape –?a unique piece in carbon made for Only Watch 2021, and the very exclusive “Ri

Hands-on with the new TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Senna Special Editions during Goodwood 2015 (Live Photos, Specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
What a pleasure to feel TAG Heuer coming back to its roots: technically simple but highly cool watches with a clear racing-car orientation (see the new Nismo Limited Edition for Le Mans). The brand is sponsoring many events, pilots or races. This year, during the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed, we had the chance to get our hands on special pieces dedicated to a racing legend, one of the previous ambassadors of the brand that makes his comeback (in fact, he was the first ambassador of the brand in 1988 and until 1993): Ayrton Senna. Here are the two editions of the?TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Senna. Don’t be confused by the shape of the case and the bracelet. This watch is really a Carrera. This?Calibre 16 Senna Special?Edition (available in two editions, one in stainless steel and one PVD Coated) uses a 44mm case with a more rounded shape that differs from the usual angular case of the Carrera – as you can see