Hands-On: The Salmon Art-Deco Cartier Tank Americaine in Platinum
The name Tank at Cartier means far more than just a watch… It’s an entire range of watches, all distinguished by some design elements first defined by the so-called Tank Normale of 1917. From there, the collection expanded to dozens of designs, such as the Tank Louis Cartier, the Cintree, the Fran?aise and the Asymetrique, just to name a few. In 2023, Cartier relaunched the Tank Americaine, a Tank watch with an elongated and curved rectangular case, first introduced in 1989. The return was made with ultra-classic versions in steel or gold, with white dials. But some months ago, without making much noise about it, the brand unveiled a pair of precious versions with Art-Deco sector dials, including this handsome platinum-salmon version.?The Tank Americaine might not be the most popular model in the brand’s collection – the Louis Cartier holds the title. It’s also a watch that can, in a way, easily be confused with the Tank Cintree. But it shouldn’t. De

Introducing: The 2023 Editions Of The Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Chronograph & Classic Chronograph
Just as every year, Chopard launches new iterations of its iconic racing chronograph, named after one of Italy’s most famous racing events, the Mille Miglia. This daunting open-road race was held between 1927 and 1957 and made history thanks to some of the greatest racing cars piloted by the bravest drivers imaginable. The event returned in 1977 as the Mille Miglia Storica, a classic car event eligible for pre-1958 cars that registered or raced the original Mille Miglia. Chopard has been the title sponsor for this highlight event of the year for 36 years and named its racing-inspired watch collection after it. New for 2023 is a limited edition of the GTS Chronograph with a charity incentive as parts of the proceeds are donated to the victims of the recent Emilia Romagna floods. Also joining the collection is a quartet of new models of the Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph, with a new size and new colours.The Mille Miglia road raceAs said, the Mille Miglia event is one of the most

Collector's Series - @winewhiskywatches & Breguet Tradition 7047
There are collectors and there are collectors… For today’s instalment of the Collector’s Series, we had a chat, or actually a long talk, with a seasoned, passionate and very knowledgeable collector who’s known under the Instagram handle @winewhiskywatches. In previous instalments, he already talked about three other watches in his (pretty impressive) collection, the infamous IWC Big Pilot Safari, the?MB&F Legacy Machine 1 and the Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance. The latter being over-engineered time-only watches, with a strong focus on chronometry. And today’s watch, the all-mighty Breguet Tradition 7047 Grande Complication Fusee Tourbillon is exactly in the same vein. So let’s hear what winewhiskywatches has to say about this watch – and I can already tell you that he’ll shed a completely new light on this watch!Frank Geelen, MONOCHROME – Let's start with my standard opening question: Why Breguet? Ad - Scroll to

Hands-On - Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep Titanium 6000m
The Seamaster, a collection born in 1948, is the most enduring range produced by Omega. Born as a child of peace, yet with military-tested technology, the diving-oriented lineup has since been the perfect vehicle for experimentation and innovation, constantly pushing the limits of water-resistance, but also of materials, metallurgy and technology. A couple of years ago, Omega presented the Planet Ocean Ultra Deep Professional, a innovation-packed prototype that happened to be a record-breaking watch, with 15,000m water-resistant, and field-tested a whopping depth of 10,928m, when it reached the deepest point in the ocean during the Five Deeps Expedition to the Mariana Trench. Today, the brand presents the commercial version of this watch, a barely-downgraded model with a complete steel collection and this, the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep Titanium, with an impressive 6,000m water-resistance.?The Seamaster, from Lake Biel to the Mariana TrenchThe story of the Omega Seamaster,

First Look: The Montblanc Iced Sea 0 Oxygen Deep 4810 Deep Diver
A deep dive watch from a brand with a name referring to Europe’s highest mountain, specialized in making high-end fountain pens…? Surprising, to say the least. Surely, there’s more to Montblanc than what I just described. Indeed, the brand has long been active in watchmaking, producing appealing dress watches and superb chronographs equipped with Minerva movements. But a deep dive watch, capable of going as deep as the height of the Mont-Blanc mountain? This is new. And that’s not the only thing to know about this Iced Sea 0 Oxygen Deep 4810.After some years of searching itself, producing classic watches with vintage inspiration and high-complications, but also at some point car-inspired models, tourbillons, world-timers and automatons, the brand has, for the past 2 to 3 years, refocussed its collection with a focus on sports watches inspired by mountaineering – with the 1858 collection. In 2022, Montblanc decided to explore new territories, somehow the op