2021 Tudor Black Bay Chrono Panda 79360N - Specs & Price
Anniversaries are worth celebrating, and for 2021 Tudor is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first chronograph watches. In honour of that occasion, Tudor is relaunching the Black Bay Chronograph with a panda or reverse panda dial and other discreet tweaks, mostly on the bezel. A total of six new references are launched, all with striking light/dark contrasting dials. Here's the new Tudor Black Bay Chrono.Ever since the Tudor Oysterdate chronograph was introduced in 1970, the sports chronograph has been important to the brand. It has been a predominant collection for Tudor, evidenced by the Oysterdate Chronograph 7031 and 7032 as well as the Montecarlo 7149, 7159 and 7169. Even after the company’s rebirth, the Chronograph complication has played a major part in its success. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Black Bay collection is a very import

Breguet Type XX - Review after 5 years on the wrist - Monochrome-Watches
Usually, when we write?reviews,?they are for watches that the brands lend to us. But here, let me be a bit more personal as I will write about one of my own watches. I've had this Breguet Type XX for more than 5 years now and I love it. However, before being part?of the Monochrome-Watches team, I was close to calling it ‘the perfect chronograph’. Now that I’m used to seeing, touching and writing about watches all day long, I think it's time to do an in-depth review and to be really impartial about this pilot watch.Pilot Watches and the Type 20 specificationFirst of all, we have to understand what a pilot watch is.?Chronograph or not, these timekeeping instruments?all share some common features. As military tools (or at least inspired by military tools), pilot watches are usually solid and functional. They are built to survive the rough life of a plane’s cockpit and made to be used in tough conditions: magnetic environments, low-light conditions, pressurized or c

Launching on Kickstarter - The NAM Watch Company Mahameru Project - Monochrome Watches
While the main focus of Monochrome-Watches will clearly remain high-end watches, we also know that some of you, readers, can't afford these superb yet pricy timepieces. This is why, from time to time, we also take a look at the other side of the range, with affordable options. Kickstarter, the crowdfunding tool, is full of watchmaking projects. Now launching is a new watch by Jakarta-based NAM Watch Company, with their classic-inspired Mahameru Automatic.About the CompanyThe NAM Watch Company is based in Jakarta, Indonesia. They launched their very first watch on Kickstarter back in August 2015, which then went on to become a huge success story. Through that Kickstarter campaign, NAM managed to get 100% funded and then went on to sell hundreds of timepieces off the back of the campaign. Ad - Scroll to continue with article What makes NAM so personal is that they

Pre-SIHH: Introducing the Richard Mille RM 33-01 Automatic - Monochrome-Watches
The ballet of the SIHH (the Geneva watch fair) novelties just began. One of the first to come with a new timepiece is?Richard Mille, a brand that we do love here at Monochrome-Watches for its exclusivity:?unusual design and spirit, exclusive materials, astonishing finishing, distinctive complications and innovations. If most of the watches made by Richard Mille are highly?masculine, with a strong design, the brand also knows how to create more reasonable (by RM standards of course) watches. And that’s what?the new Richard Mille RM 33-01 Automatic is, a round, thin watch with a less sporty?approach.Don’t be fooled by our?introduction. When we say that the?Richard Mille RM 33-01 Automatic is reasonable, we have to keep in mind that we are talking about a RM. Don’t imagine that the movement is simple or less finished. Of course, it is not as crazy as a?Richard Mille RM 022 Aerodyne Dual Time Zone – with its dial and movement’s plates made of carbon nanotubes

Oris Aquis Date 41.5mm Cherry Red Dial (Specs & Price)
The Aquis Date is a versatile 300m dive watch with a solid construction, excellent legibility and handsome styling. Perfect for rugged outdoor activities but still smart enough to wear as a daily beater, the Aquis Date offers excellent value for money and is one of Oris' best-selling models. The latest Aquis 41.5mm comes with a vibrant eye-catching cherry red dial and a stainless steel bezel.The Aquis surfaced in 2011 in a 43.5mm case size and in 2018 appeared in a more wearable unisex option in 39.5mm. In response to customer feedback, Oris released the Aquis Date 41.5mm version in 2020. Fully aware that dive watches are no longer used exclusively underwater and are more likely to spend their life on land, Oris submitted its Aquis Date to an extensive facelift in 2017 to refine its overt instrument/tool watch characteristics. The horns are bracelet were reduced in thickness, the screw-down crown and crown guards were also refined to give the watch a sleeker silhouette, the bezel was s