IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph IW377724 With New Dial (Specs & Price)
In 2017, IWC took us by surprise when presenting the desirable, vintage-inspired and definitely cool?Pilot's Watch Mark XVIII Edition Tribute to Mark XI. Now, it’s time for the Schaffhausen-based brand to focus on the chronograph version of this watch and to apply the same recipe: baton hands, faux-patine markers, cleaner dial and fabric strap. And if the 3-hander was mimicking the Mark XI, the new?IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph IW377724 is reminiscent of one of the coolest 1990s watches, the?Fliegerchronograph ref. 3706.The?Fliegerchronograph 3705 and 3706 are important watches in IWC’s history, as they marked the comeback of the brand in the field of mechanical pilot watches. Over 20 years ago, these 39mm watches, with Valjoux-based chonograph movements were a sort of renaissance of the proper tool watch and for this reason, they are some of the coolest “young-timers” we can think of. And guess what? IWC has decided to create a watch that looks like these

Dissecting the Laurent Ferrier Montre Ecole in Steel to Understand the Meaning of Haute-Horlogerie
This article first started its life as a classical review, as we like to do here, on Monochrome. However, as I was drawing it in my mind, I quickly understood that the?Laurent Ferrier Montre Ecole was a perfect piece to do something slightly different, to write an article with a different structure. In fact, we often have questions about how high-end watches can cost such incredibly high prices. Well, today, by properly dissecting this Montre Ecole, I’ll aim to explain why a 3-hand watch in stainless steel?can be priced CHF 35,000 – and we’ll discover that it’s all about the smallest details…A Quick Look at the?Laurent Ferrier Montre EcoleIt has to be kept in mind that Mr Laurent Ferrier is, first of all, a watch passionate. He has spent his entire career focusing on created timepieces – he was the creative director of Patek Philippe, a company for whom he worked for 37 years. When he created his own brand, he tried to accentuate this passion in his

TAG Heuer x Fragment Design Calibre Heuer?02 Automatic Chronograph
Following its first collaboration watch with Fragment Design’s Hiroshi Fujiwara, a well-known name of the streetwear community, TAG Heuer renews its partnership and the two names create another limited edition watch with sleek, modern design and minimalist dial. But this time, this watch isn’t based on an existing Carrera model; instead, it introduces a new concept for TAG that takes us back to 1970s motor racing-inspired watches! Meet the new TAG Heuer x Fragment Design Calibre Heuer 02 Automatic Chronograph.Hiroshi Fujiwara is the founder of Fragment Design, a multidisciplinary label created in 2003. He has since collaborated with some of the biggest and most renowned names in fashion, design and art. He collaborated with TAG Heuer in 2019 to create a very handsome Carrera watch with a black dial and a vintage-inspired shape and design, which we introduced to you here. Today, the “Godfather of Streetwear” once again brings his touch to a chronograph watch, but

Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie California Dreamin' Chronograph Review
Czapek expands its Faubourg de Cracovie chronograph collection with the incorporation of this California Dreamin' model. Although its name will have you humming the Mamas & the Papas 1965 hit song, it has nothing to do with nostalgia for California sunshine. Nor does it have anything to do with the historic figure of Fran?ois Czapek, whose name is honoured by the brand. The latest chronograph is inspired by the first modern watch of the brand designed by its co-founders; a robust, vintage sports watch with a California dial known as the Czapek Design Study Watch. The sportiest, raciest and quirkiest chronograph in the Faubourg de Cracovie line-up today, we spent some time with the watch and this is what we found.BackgroundWith its high-falutin' brand name belonging to the other' founder of Patek Philippe, the name Czapek was registered by three co-founders in 2012. To legitimise the establishment of the brand they needed to produce a watch. The Czapek Design Study Watch was their s

Oris Big Crown Limited Edition PA Charles de Gaulle (Specs & Price)
A bit of French pride for today… Indeed, as some of you might know, I’m French and what Oris is releasing today somehow resonates?with me. Based on the military roots of the brand, which is represented by the?Oris Big Crown collection, Oris?is introducing a limited edition watch made to honor the crew of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, the French Navy's flagship. This is why I’m proud to show you the new?Oris Big Crown Limited Edition PA Charles de Gaulle (the Aircraft-Carrier, not the President…)When it was admitted into active service in 2001, the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, or porte-avions in French (hence PA), became the French Navy's (la Marine Nationale) first nuclear-powered surface vessel and France's eighth aircraft carrier. Today, it?remains the only nuclear-powered carrier completed outside the US Navy, and the largest Western European warship currently in commission. For more than 15 years, the Charles de Gaulle has served as a deterr