Hands-On Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 34mm
It might be smaller than your average Royal Oak, but there is no mistaking the lineage of these 34mm models. All the salient Royal Oak traits are now housed in a more condensed case, an ideal size for smaller wrists and a solid unisex proposal. Although 34mm might strike you as small in a line-up of watches represented in diameters of 44, 42, 41, 39, 38 and 37mm, there is another even smaller model with a 33mm diameter but fitted with a quartz movement. There must be demand for quartz models because the 33mm is not going to be replaced by the mechanical 34mm. Fitted with a specifically designed self-winding movement, the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 34mm comes in steel, pink gold and two-tone case options, with or without diamonds.The full Royal Oak packageThe new cases measure 34mm and have a restrained thickness of 8.8mm. A Royal Oak through and through, the dynamic angles of the case are surmounted by the iconic octagonal bezel with eight gold screws. With its brushed a

Hands-On - Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute to Piet Mondriaan (Specs & Price)
The Reverso certainly is the most iconic watch of Jaeger-LeCoultre. Of course, most of us know its long and rich history, with its roots linked to British polo players asking for a protected watch and its subsequent?creation in 1931. There’s one thing that this particular construction allowed: personalisation. Today, the back of this classical?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is a field of expression to celebrate a double centenary: the birth 100 years ago of Dutch art school De Stijl (think Piet Mondrian) and of Dutch retailer Steltman. Here is the specifically-adorned Reverso Tribute to Piet Mondrian.If alone the name “De Stijl” might not sound familiar to everyone, its main representative, Piet Mondrian, is certainly one of the most famous Dutch artists. And if this name still doesn’t do anything for you, a look at this selection of paintings should shine a light on the subject. Together with Theo van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld, Mondrian created one of the world's

LAST CALL - Win a Trip to Montblanc Watch Manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland - Monochrome Watches
A quick reminder… you still have a chance to win a trip to the Montblanc watch manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland! Together with me, you can visit to the place where the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph and the TimeWalker TwinFly Chronograph are created.?I’m looking forward to visiting Montblanc’s watch manufacture in Le Locle and see the production of Montblanc’s in-house chronograph caliber LL 100, that is used in the TimeWalker TwinFly Chrono, and the various chronograph calibers which are used for the classic beauty called Nicolas Rieussec. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The sweepstake will end this Friday, March 8, 2013. That’s by the way my birthday, so you can consider it MY birthday gift to YOU ??Simply fill out the form, register for the Monochrome newsletter and don’t forget to activate the newsletter!

Oris Aquis Date with new colors to perform in the deep (specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
When you have the concept of a rugged and functional dive watch in mind, with great quality and for a relatively affordable price, the Oris Aquis Date has to be on your wish-list. No debate, this watch is good for what it has been designed for – and it’s also a pleasant watch on a daily basis (even professional divers spend some time on land…). Although we thought it to perform well, it seems that Oris had some improvements to make, and this year, they add 2 new colors and dials designed to perform in the hostile conditions found deep underwater.Underwater, the notion of color has to be seen on a completely different level. For instance, red, which is a bright and highly visible color on earth, totally disappear when underwater, and at just 5m down to the sea. On the other hand, some other colors, like blue for instance, remain?highly visible, even at 200m. Aware of this issue, Oris looked at how they could make a diver's watch as legible and therefore as safe as poss

The Ubercool Tudor Pelagos FXD Now Comes In Black
The diving heritage of Tudor can be basically split into two chapters. On one end you have the very retro-inspired Black Bay line-up, and on the other end the more professional Pelagos collection. Either of the two are fan-favourites and perform very well in most circumstances in life. But, in a surprising twist, two years ago Tudor released a very special take on the Pelagos with the Pelagos FXD. This watch paid tribute to past watches used by Combat divers and was developed with the Marine Nationale, the French Navy. It had fixed lugs and a special inverted diving scale on the bidirectional bezel. Now though, Tudor introduces a new take on the Pelagos FXD, in a black colour scheme and with a regular bezel.The case is yet again machined out of titanium and measures 42mm in diameter and 12.75mm in thickness. From lug end to lug end, you’re looking at 52mm in length. On top of the titanium case is a titanium rotating bezel, unidirectional instead of bidirectional. The black cerami