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The Collector's Series - Frank's Daniel Roth Small Seconds Salmon Dial
As we explained to you a week ago, weird times call for agility and confinement has forced us to change a bit the way we work and the content we’ll be covering in the coming weeks. Does that mean you won’t see great content on MONOCHROME? Certainly not. In fact, we currently have more time to focus on certain things we tended to forget, and this goes for “The Collector’s Series“. The idea is to show you more of the human side of MONO’ and its team of editors, and of course, to share our passion for watches that drives us every day. So today, I’m interviewing the man I work with on a daily basis, the founder of this magazine, Frank Geelen. For this instalment of “The Collector’s Series”, he talks about his delicate, desirable Daniel Roth Small Seconds in Steel with Salmon Dial.Daniel Roth is a legendary name in the industry, but the low-profile kind of name. His influence on contemporary watchmaking is huge; he’s one of t
Introducing the Omega DeVille Hour Vision BLUE for Orbis - Monochrome Watches
Blue is the new black. That was something we heard a lot this year at the SIHH and Baselworld. Many watch brands introduce watches with a blue dial and we at Monochrome do fancy some of them. IWC on the other hand, introduces an annual limited edition with a BLUE?dial that is dedicated to a good cause, like this one. Now Omega also introduces a watch with a striking blue dial, and dedicated to a good cause. The Omega DeVille Hour Vision Blue is dedicated to the world's only Flying Eye Hospital, named Orbis.Omega chose two to launch two blue dial version of the Constellation and the DeVille Hour Vision on which we’ll focus here today. When the DeVille Hour Vision was introduced in 2007, it was THE watch?that introduced Omega’s Co-Axial calibre 8500/8501. It was the first calibre with the new co-axial escapement and these?movements were entirely created in-house. The Omega DeVille Hour Vision features a unique case with a?360¡ã see-through case-body which is set in a robust 41
The Auction Hammer: Elvis Presleys Omega Constellation - Monochrome Watches
It's Now or Never, or it will be at the Antiquorum sale of Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces in New York on December 11. If You're Lonesome that night you might want to take yourself downtown to Madison Avenue where among the highlights will be the rare sighting of a c.1960 Omega Constellation, which was once owned and worn by a king. And not just any old king either, we're talking about The King himself - Elvis Presley!Charlie Hodge, a successful musician himself, became a close friend of Presley during their time together when both were serving in the US Army. The two struck up a lasting chemistry between them, and their friendship would endure until the Legend's death, with Hodge a faithful and loyal aide and counsel, and even residing in Graceland for 16 years. Presley's Omega Constellation regularly drew admiring comments from his friend, and eventually Hodge was made a gift of the watch as a token of their bond.The Elvis Presley Omega Constellation features the Cal. 504 man
Three Amazing Cars Up For Auction At The Goodwood Revival Sale
As summer draws to an end, so comes to an end the season of car events and auction weekends. One of the latest in the year, but also one of the very best, is the Goodwood Revival that’s running this very weekend. Three days of the most amazing classic road and race cars tackling the historical Goodwood circuit in West Sussex, England. With drivers pushing their cars to the limit, and sometimes beyond, it is one of the most open and pleasurable motoring experiences you can attend. Naturally, with such an event gathering the finest cars in history, some will be offered up for auction, looking to find a new caretaker. Orchestrated by Bonhams, this year’s Goodwood Revival Sale brings together 107 cars from all corners of the world. The list includes iconic machines from Bugatti, Ferrari, Jaguar, Bentley, Lancia and many others. Limiting ourselves to three cars only, we’ve picked the headlining Porsche Carrera RSR, the purest-as-can-be Land Rover Series I and arguably Japa
Weekly Watch Photo - Panerai PAM 268 - Monochrome Watches
Again a Panerai photographed by Martin Wilmsen as our Weekly Watch Photo.? This is probably my favorite Panerai, the PAM268 Radiomir 8 Days. A few weeks ago Martin Wilmsen’s photos of a Panerai around a Heineken bottle was Weekly Watch Photo.?What’s so cool about?Martin’s website, Panerai Wristwatch?Blog, is that photo’s of beautiful watches are always nice to look at. It has not much news value,?so?Martin Wilmsen’s entire website?can be?browsed and searched for more beautiful photos. Ad - Scroll to continue with article This Panerai PAM268 Radiomir 8 Days?was the?third Radiomir?featuring Panerai’s in-house movement.?After the Panerai Luminor Marina (44mm hand wound model with small seconds at 9) and PAM127 a.k.a. 1950 a.k.a.?Fiddy this is my favorite of this Italian originated watch brand.Check out Martin’s post about t
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