Hands-On Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph
In September 2021, Audemars Piguet introduced two new models to its Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph?line-up. Decked out in light blue or khaki, there are plenty of novelties on the dial and in the strap department, but above all, the big news is the incorporation of Audemars Piguet’s latest automatic flyback chronograph movement, calibre 4404. As always, it’s the characteristic mix of sporty toughness with refined details that has made the Royal Oak Offshore?one of the most coveted watches in the luxury sports watch market.With sizes ranging from 37mm all the way up to a whopping 45mm for the impressive ROO Tourbillon Chronograph, the Royal Oak Offshore?is a well-represented collection with everything from a Grande Complication to bejewelled chronographs and 300m water-resistant divers. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Regardless of si

Maen, Reiser and Batavi provide honest, fun luxury sports watches
The luxury sports watch, preferably with an integrated design, has exploded in recent years. Both in contenders and in sales, as more and more brands enter this hotter-than-hot segment of the market. Regular faces and newcomers all want a piece of the action, and this leads to surprising new options to choose from. Today we're looking at three such watches on the more affordable side of the spectrum. And chauvinistic as we are sometimes, we've gone for three brands with Dutch ties to show you there are still plenty of fun watches to be found if you're willing to look beyond the usual suspects. Here are the new Maen Manhattan 37, the Reiser Alpen Skeleton and the Batavi Architect Tony Purple. ?Why so serious?We've said it time and time again: watches, to us, should be fun. They should bring joy to the owner, and an experience to remember for a long time if possible. I'm sure most of us remember the feeling of first seeing a watch, then hunting it down or waiting for it to be available,

Best Of 2019 - Our Top 5 Traveller's GMT Watches / Buying Guide
2019 has been another hectic year for the watchmaking industry, with multiple announcements, debates on the pertinence of watch fairs and numerous novelties. But 2019 is coming to an end and it is time to look back at which were the best models introduced. After a look at our 5 favourite chronograph watches?and our 5? favourite dive watches, we’ll?now look at the traveller’s watch category – GMT and WorldTime timepieces – as this is, to us, the most?practical complication on a daily basis, for modern gentlemen.?Here it is, our “best of 2019” guide for multiple-time-zone watches.IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition The Longest FlightCombining a travel complication to a pilot’s watch is a natural connection… Since pilots travel across multiple time zones on a regular basis, this function totally makes sense. And IWC is fully aware of that. After introducing the TimeZoner complication on a chronograph watch in 2016, this year the Sch

Monochrome Shakes Its Cup For The AHCIs 30th Anniversary Fund-Raiser - Monochrome-Watches
If you know us (you're here aren't you?) you know that we have a fondness for the Academie Horlogere des?Createurs Independants (AHCI). The AHCI are the body of independent watchmakers established to preserve the tradition of watchmaking. This year they celebrate their 30th Anniversary and are raising money to sponsor their initiative to digitize key watchmaking documents and make them available to all watchmakers and hobbyists.I'm not sure about you but my Rolling Stones Steel Wheels tour t-shirt resides in a box marked DO NOT TOUCH - UNDER PENTALTY OF SARCASM! That shirt is more than just a (2 sizes too small) cotton under garment - it is my claim to the band that gave us so many hits (and that stupid theme song for the launch of the OTHER popular GUI computer operating system uff). When I wear that shirt - well - when I look at that shirt, I feel great pride in knowing that Mick and Keef' probably got $0.45 of my money. Now is your chance to underwrite the Academie Horlogere des?Cre

Hands-On: The Blue Panda Tissot PRX Automatic Chronograph
At the end of last week, we’ve already shared with you our first hands-on sessions with two of the latest updates to the ultra-successful Tissot PRX collection, the Ice Blue dial on the Powermatic 80 model and the long-expected addition of integrated rubber straps to the collection. That wasn’t all we’ve seen, as we have more to share. Again, it’s all about a first look, a quick hands-on session to show you the watch in the metal. Based on the already existing PRX Automatic Chronograph, available so far in silver with black counters and gold-coloured accents, or in blue with reverse panda style, Tissot now adds a third version with a silver dial and blue panda layout. And here’s what it looks like in the wild.?When released last year, the?chronograph was the first and major update to the already well-established PRX collection. Coming next to the 35mm quartz models and the 40mm quartz and Powermatic 80 editions, the Tissot PRX Automatic Chronograph is by f