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In-Depth: The History of the Zenith El Primero, The Glorious High-Frequency Automatic Chronograph
In our series on historically significant calibres, the best way to honour the El Primero calibre is by highlighting its qualities, functional characteristics, and pivotal role in shaping the watchmaking industry. While the tale of its salvation in 1976, along with that of Zenith as a company, by a courageous man defying the ill will of American owners is fascinating, the El Primero’s legendary status is primarily due to the use of advanced technology available at the time of its creation, excellent engineering and movement design, and a modern, industrial approach to production.?Still, had it not been for Charles Vermot, a Zenith workshop manager, who disobeyed orders to sell the metal presses and tools for manufacturing the El Primero as scrap and instead hid the necessary drawings and tools, watchmaking history would be missing some thrilling episodes. We will return to Vermot’s story shortly, but first, let us revisit how the El Primero came to be.Episode I – The
Buying Guide - The 10 Best Watches of 2018 From EUR 2,000 To EUR 5,000
As the end of the year is fast approaching, it is time for us at MONOCHROME to take a look back at the main novelties of 2018 and to decide what were the best watches we’ve seen. As we did with our best watches below EUR 2,000, here’s our second buying guide, this time with the best watches of 2018 priced between EUR 2,000 and EUR 5,000. This has been a tough selection, as this category is crucial for luxury brands – there’s a huge amount of competition in this price range, as “accessible luxury” companies are fighting with entry-level models of more established names. But here are our Top 10, just to give you an idea of what you could get with your hard-earned money this year.Note: as always, these buying guides are our own personal selections and we're sure you'll have your own favourites. Feel free to list your top watches of 2018 in this 2k to 5k Euros category in the comment section at the end of this article!Brellum Pandial Chronometer Chronogr
Watch the GPHG 2018 Live Tonight on MONOCHROME - Monochrome Watches
Tonight, as every year, is the celebration of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (or GPHG 2018) – the Oscars of the watchmaking industry. Several categories are represented (ladies, men, complicated and even affordable) and the best watches of the year will be awarded the coveted Golden Hand prize – and of course, the prize we’re all waiting for, the “Aiguille d’Or” or the best of show, celebrating the best watch introduced in 2018. As MONOCHROME is one of the official press partners of the show, we’ll be broadcasting the event live, as of 06:30 pm (Europe Time) tonight. Stay tuned on MONOCHROME!As a reminder, here’s the complete list of the GPHG 2018 finalists.LadiesWomen's watches comprising the following indications only: hours, minutes, seconds, date, power reserve, classic moon phase; may be adorned with a maximum of 8-carats’ worth of gemstones. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Tudor Heritage Black Bay Steel 79730 - Review (Specs & Price)
At Baselworld this year, Tudor introduced a new version of the Black Bay, dubbed Steel – or more precisely, the reference 79730. Immediately during the official presentation, I wondered to myself about the real purpose of this watch, which admittedly is a Tudor Black Bay. No question about it, this new version perfectly blends into the rest of the collection. The real question was more about knowing if it was just another Black Bay or if it could make a difference? Let's find out.In order to make things clear, I am the owner of a Tudor Black Bay Midnight Blue (before being the Managing Editor of MONOCHROME, I was already a watch lover and a watch collector). I love everything about this watch, and I know it by heart. I know the reason why it has been created, I know the guy who designed it, I know all the specs and the details, I know where it comes from, I know its evolution over the years There's not much about the Black Bay that remains unknown to me. I ordered the Blue editio
Exclusive Hands-On - Montblanc TimeWalker Pythagore Ultra-Light Concept (and yes, it is really very light...) - Monochrome Watches
Last week, we announced to you a very interesting piece from Montblanc, a concept watch made with one single idea in mind: lightness. Indeed, the?Montblanc TimeWalker Pythagore Ultra-Light Concept is said to weight ONLY 14.88 grams - which, even if difficult to comprehend what it means, is?a serious achievement. Last week we traveled to Switzerland for a series of visits and interviews, including Montblanc, we asked Davide Cerrato, the new head of watches, to bring this watch to us. And here are the very first shots of the?Montblanc TimeWalker Pythagore Ultra-Light Concept and our impressions of this light-as-a-feather watch strapped on the wrist and of course more details about what it's gonna be in the future.In the press release that Montblanc sent last week, they announced having created an extremely light watch, in fact one of the lightest mechanical?watches ever manufactured: the?Montblanc TimeWalker Pythagore Ultra-Light Concept, with 14.88 grams. This number alone remains quite
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