Hautlence Vortex Bronze - Extreme High-End goes Bronze as well - Live Photos, Specs and Price - Monochrome Watches
Over the last five years the use of bronze as material for watches has become quite a popular thing, and although not necessarily a commonplace, we see more bronze watches today than ever before. Bronze has found its way into almost every price segment; however it’s mainly used for?sports watches. Hautlence thinks otherwise, and actually, we wouldn’t expect anything else from them! The brand that makes a point of ‘crossing the line’ now comes with their most complex timepiece in a bronze case, and it looks just brilliant! Here’s the Hautlence Vortex Bronze.?The use of bronze…Bronze has gained in popularity since the introduction of the Panerai Bronzo PAM382, back in 2011. This wasn’t the first watch in bronze; however it was the one that ignited the interest from collectors, and subsequently that from other?brands. Before Panerai came with the much-famed Bronzo, there was the Gerald Genta Gefica (Gefica Chronographe in 1995) and later, in 2008,

Interview - Hind Seddiqi on the 2021 Edition of Dubai Watch Week
During Dubai Watch Week, we interviewed Hind Abdul Hamied Seddiqi, Director General of the event and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of Seddiqi Holding. A key event in the region and the global watch calendar, Dubai Watch Week held its fifth edition from 24 -28 November 2021. Like previous editions, it was held at the Gate in the heart of Dubai’s financial district with over 45 watch brands exhibiting under the umbrella “Reunited for a Moment in Time.”?The Dubai Watch Week is an initiative of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, one of the leading watch retailers in the Middle East (and globally), with a portfolio of over 50 luxury watch and jewellery brands across over 70 locations in the UAE.Hind Abdul Hamied Seddiqi, Director General of Dubai Watch Week, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Seddiqi HoldingXavier Markl, MONOCHROME - Thanks for having us for this spectacular fifth edition of the Dubai Watch Week. Can you tell us about the origins of the

Kering Sells Girard-Perregaux & Ulysse Nardin to Management
As we’ve just entered the LVMH Watch Week, the other French luxury powerhouse, Kering (ex-PPR) has just announced the finalisation of the management buy-out of Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin, thus selling its watch activities to the current management of the brands. Following some talks that started a few months ago, it is now confirmed that Sowind Group SA, the umbrella above GP and UN, is out of the portfolio of Kering. The transaction, which has been conducted by the current CEO of both brands, Patrick Pruniaux, should be finalised this summer.As a reminder, Kering Group is a French conglomerate specialized in luxury goods, majorly owned by Fran?ois-Henri Pinault. Under this umbrella are brands such as Balenciaga,?Bottega Veneta,?Boucheron, Gucci or Yves Saint Laurent. Up until now, the group was also involved in watchmaking. In 2011, Kering took a majority stake in Girard-Perregaux (as well as the now-defunct brand JeanRichard, owned by the same company Sowind Group SA).

Antiquorum records - Monochrome Watches
And again at the Antiquorum Auction helt in the Grand hotel Kempinski in Geneva they had a full room. This auction had two world records, both for a pair of enamel pocket watches and a Patek Philippe reference 1518 in pink gold.The set of pocket watches ended with a price of 2,6 Swiss Francs., which is around 1.7 million euro. The Patek Philippe went to a new owner for the price of 1,3 million Swiss Francs (around 850.000 euro). Ad - Scroll to continue with article The expectations for sales of high end watches was not too good, due to the global economic crisis. This auction as the previous auction Antiquorum helt in New York went extremely well. Keep an eye on Antiquorum’s website because in december there will be another auction. This one will be in New York at 10 & 11 december. The catalogue is now online by the way. Have fun bidding ??

Introducing The Yema Urban Traveller 2023 Collection (Live Pics & Price)
You might know Yema, the most famous French watchmaker, for its emblematic dive watch, the Superman. But there’s more to the brand than the Superman. In recent years, Yema has undergone an impressive change and has developed a large collection of accessible sports watches. With the Urban collection, however, it’s no longer about ultra-focused watches but about offering daily beaters. And the watch that best summarises this strategy is this new Urban Traveller, a model that has already been teased with two limited editions: the Wristmaster Traveller and the Wristmaster Micro-Rotor.With the 2023 Urban Traveller collection, Yema is making one of its recent signature designs available as part of the permanent collection. What we can say about this model is that it basically represents the brand’s vision of an accessible sporty-chic watch with an integrated design. And talking about design, this new Urban Traveller should look familiar to some of you, and for good reasons.