Just because it's February 29th - What to know about a Perpetual Calendar watch? - Monochrome Watches
Well, except if you're living on?different?planet?than us, normal?human beings, you certainly didn't miss out that today is kind of a special day - at least in the countries using the?Gregorian calendar (which represents 95% of?the world). Indeed, today is the day that occurs only once every 4 years and to us, watch lovers; it is a day that immediately refers to a specific features of fine watchmaking: the perpetual calendar. Thus, as 2016 is a leap year and as today is?February 29th, it is the perfect timing to have a closer look at why such a complication exists and how a perpetual calendar?works?Why is there a leap year and why every 4 years, we have a?February 29th?Before going into more technical details about the perpetual calendar function of a watch, we first have to understand the concept of leap year… which means a short astronomy and history lesson first. Don’t be afraid, as many?of the watch complications have been developed regarding?astronomical observations.

Baselworld - Hublot Classic Fusion Extra¨CThin Skeleton - Monochrome Watches
Something completely new from Hublot: an extra-thin skeleton watch. Hublot created a model in the Classic Fusion collection by adding a skeletonized dial and a brand new in-house extra-thin movement.?At Monochrome we already asked ourselves if Piaget was going to set a trend and judging on the recent developments, like the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak?Openworked Extra-Thin, we guess guess they did. Although the new Hublot Classic Fusion Extra-Thin Skeleton and?fore-mentioned?AP RO don’t have fully PVD coated movement, they are extra-thin and skeletonized. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The new Hublot caliber?HUB1300 is 2.90 mm thick, which is 0.20 mm thicker than?Piaget’s caliber 838P. Both calibers are skeletonized and hand-wound. Although the difference in thickness of the movement is minimal, Hublot’s case seems much thicker. The movement

Richemont Group's Sales Show Slight Improvement for Q3 Ended December 2020 - Monochrome Watches
Richemont Group, the luxury powerhouse behind Cartier, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and more, like most conglomerates operating in the luxury industry, has been dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic with sales down 16% over the first nine months of its current financial year (April-December 2020). Still, the group has released its quarterly report, concerning sales over the last three months of 2020. If the situation remains tense, in a continuously volatile environment, with a varied performance across regions, the overall situation seems to slowly recover, the group reporting sales up by 1% at actual exchange rates and by 5% at constant exchange rates compared to the prior year period.For the period October-December 2020, Richemont claims that worldwide sales progressed by 5% – EUR 4,186 million vs. EUR 4,156 million over the same period in 2019 – driven by 25% sales growth in Asia Pacific where robust results in China (+80%) more than offset declines in other Asian lo

Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Master Chronometer White Dial / Review, Price
Possibly the most handsome iteration of the Seamaster Diver 300M (discreetly) unveiled earlier this year, this white ceramic dial model is now officially in stores. Taking advantage of this long-awaited moment for many Omega fans, we're going to take a closer look at the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M with White Dial, a watch whose powerful design and technical prowess have catapulted it to cinematic fame (did we say Bond?)BACKGROUNDIn 1993, Omega launched the Seamaster Professional 300M series. Marking a strong return to the field of diver's watches, the new line was equipped with a distinctive screwed helium valve and introduced in two formats: a world-first chronograph with pushers functional to a depth of 300m, and a standard 3-hand-and-date diver with chronometer status. Ad - Scroll to continue with article An early-1990s automatic version of the Omega Seamaste

First Look: The new Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 40mm in Rose Gold PVD
60 different references… This is how wide Tissot’s best-selling collection, the sporty-elegant integrated PRX watch, has become in about 4 years. Ranging from compact and affordable quartz models to more expensive watches with gold fluted bezels and chronograph movement, and basically everything you can imagine in between (even a forged carbon edition), you’d think the PRX collection is soon to come full circle. Well, the brand is here to prove you wrong as it’s just released a new, luxurious-looking, but accessibly-priced version of the classic PRX Powermatic 80 40mm, now coated with rose gold PVD, paired with a waffle-style blue dial. Quite a cool combo, in all fairness.?At this point in the lifecycle of the Tissot PRX, I believe that it isn’t necessary to remind you what we’re talking about… The PRX is the brand’s take on the integrated sports watch category, inspired by a 1978 model, modernized to current tastes and accessible enough