Buying Guide - 5 of the Best Luxury-Sports Watches Launched in 2017
All of you here might know the story behind the creation of the “Luxury-Sports Watch”, a long-lasting trend that started back in 1972 when a certain Gerald Genta designed the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. The idea began with a thin, integrated watch in stainless steel, featuring attributes from haute-Horlogerie and sports watches, and priced over most of the gold watches at that time… Who could have imagined, back in the 1970s, that these watches would have become so popular today? Well, as a demonstration that the?Luxury Sports Watch is fully alive, here are 5 of them, all introduced in 2017.The definition of a “Luxury Sports Watch” is not that simple and must rely on?strict rules. A Luxury Sports Watch is a watch that, in most of its attributes, refers to the original 1970s concept, best defined by 5 watches: the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, the Patek Philippe Nautilus, the IWC Ingenieur SL, the Vacheron Constantin 222 and the Girard-Perregaux Laureato. This

2021 Excelsior Park Hand-Wound Chronograph Collection Review
As we’ve said already on many occasions, there are mainstream brands, and then there are so-called niche brands that are mostly known by seasoned collectors But don’t think this makes them less important. In fact, this might give these smaller, often undervalued historic names even more resonance and charm. One of them might ring a bell: Excelsior Park. A brand founded in 1866 and known as one of the pioneers of the chronograph, it fell into oblivion until this year. Thanks to Guillaume Laidet, the man behind the resurrection of Nivada, Excelsior Park presents its inaugural collection And yes, these are vintage-oriented, charm-packed, hand-wound, attractively priced chronographs that will certainly speak to a seasoned audience.Concise History of Excelsior ParkExcelsior was born in 1866 in the small but quite famous (at least if you’re into watches) town of St. Imier, Switzerland – also the hometown of Longines and the birthplace of Breitling. Founded as a watch

Rumour - Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 to be Discontinued and Replaced
Wait… Are we seriously saying that? Well, first of all, let’s make things clear. Nothing is official, nothing is confirmed, nothing is even remotely close to indicate that Patek Philippe’s most coveted model, the classic time-and-date blue dial Nautilus reference 5711/1A, is about to be discontinued and replaced. At least officially. Indeed, a closer look at Instagram, specifically Jasem Al Zeraei’s account, a Patek collector and specialist also known as @patekaholic, has been creating some buzz and the rumour machine that is this social network is now working. So, are we about to see an updated Nautilus soon…? If nothing is certain, the question is opened.Voir cette publication sur Instagram Ad - Scroll to continue with article Une publication partagee par Jasem Al Zeraei (@patekaholic)The Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711, the brand

Reservoir Watches Retrograde/Jumping Display - Hands-On (Specs & Price)
There are some new kids on the block and they go by the name of Reservoir, and they happened to be one of the coolest finds at Baselword 2017. Further to their pre-launch presentation earlier this year, the brand’s first collections are now on the market. Their timepieces provide their own cool, off-beat take on watchmaking, inspired by their fascination for all things mechanical, and a nostalgia for the heyday of car culture and old measurement instruments: speedometers, tachometers, fuel, oil, temp, volt gauges, you name it!If you think that most of the cars nowadays are divested of personality? That the cool, powerful, sensual designs of the past have given up far too much of their character in the pursuit of practicality and safety? Well, if you do feel nostalgic about the golden age of car culture -iconic sports cars, racing gloves, oil gauges, the adrenaline of car racing- Reservoir might be worth a closer look. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Interview - Patrick Pruniaux, CEO of Ulysse Nardin, on the Future of the Brand
Replacing another Patrick (Hoffmann, CEO of the brand from 2011 to 2017), Patrick Pruniaux could easily be qualified as a luxury expert – watch expert, of course, but not only. He forms part of the new generation of CEOs who know about the watchmaking industry but who have also spent years outside of this microcosm. From the Wine and Spirit division of LVMH, followed by several?positions at TAG Heuer, Patrick crossed the Atlantic in 2014?to take up his position as a member of the Special Projects team at Apple, in Cupertino, to prepare the launch of the Apple Watch. He was then promoted to the position of Managing Director for UK & Ireland in 2015 and was also a member of Apple EMEA Executive Committee. He finally joined Kering Group in September 2017 as Chief Executive Officer of Ulysse Nardin. Today, the 2.0 luxury CEO talks to us about the future of Ulysse Nardin.MONOCHROME:?What have been your main tasks at Ulysse Nardin after joining the company a few months ago? How has