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Your Definitive Guide to Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023 and The Watch Week Geneva
This is it… the most exciting time of the year for watch aficionados, retailers and journalists is just around the corner. Watches and Wonders Geneva 2023 will open its doors on March 27th for the most important watch industry event of the year and a full week of watch madness. With the multiple events and presentations organized around the main event, dozens of brands are gearing up to showcase their latest creations. And here’s everything there is to see next week in the centre of gravity of the watchmaking industry.?MONOCHROME will, of course, be present in Geneva and will bring you live coverage of the event, as well as presenting the new watches introduced during the week. Independent brands have even started to pre-release selected models to whet our appetite ahead of the fair (the largest Watches and Wonders brands have a communication embargo until the show opens). So, stay tuned, as there's a lot coming your way. And if you are in Geneva during the week, here's a g
Omega Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award 50th Anniversary
Often misquoted but never forgotten, Jack Swigert’s terse communication with the NASA Mission Control Center, “Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here”, is the stuff of legend. Following the explosion of an oxygen tank and the consequent drop in voltage in the command and service modules, the space odyssey of Apollo 13 could have very well ended in tragedy. Thanks to multiple pieces of equipment, specifically to their reliable mechanical watches – of course, Omega Speedmaster Professional – the Apollo 13 crew managed to return safely to Earth. And that made the Speedy worthy of NASA’s Snoopy Award. To celebrate half a century of this achievement, Omega introduces the new Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award 50th Anniversary.?Background – Speedmaster, Apollo 13 and SnoopyAs explained in this in-depth story, the Omega Speedmaster was part of the mandatory equipment for Apollo programme astronauts and was on the wrists of Apollo 13 crew members Lovell,
Best Of 2019 - Our Top 5 Traveller's GMT Watches / Buying Guide
2019 has been another hectic year for the watchmaking industry, with multiple announcements, debates on the pertinence of watch fairs and numerous novelties. But 2019 is coming to an end and it is time to look back at which were the best models introduced. After a look at our 5 favourite chronograph watches?and our 5? favourite dive watches, we’ll?now look at the traveller’s watch category – GMT and WorldTime timepieces – as this is, to us, the most?practical complication on a daily basis, for modern gentlemen.?Here it is, our “best of 2019” guide for multiple-time-zone watches.IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition The Longest FlightCombining a travel complication to a pilot’s watch is a natural connection… Since pilots travel across multiple time zones on a regular basis, this function totally makes sense. And IWC is fully aware of that. After introducing the TimeZoner complication on a chronograph watch in 2016, this year the Sch
Hands-On - the Archimedes by Milus Silver Storm (Specs & Price)
The concept of the compressor or super-compressor watch, due to its cool and technical design, is certainly very appealing, even though relatively rare nowadays in the Swiss watch industry. Only a few brands continue to manufacture such water-tight watches. Among them is a brand that has recently resurfaced with a collection of modernized watches inspired by glorious past timepieces, Milus and its Archimedes watch. Following gradient grey or blue inaugural editions, followed by a cool green model, the brand is now returning with a technical and cool silver version. Meet the new Archimedes by Milus “Silver Storm” edition.?As already explained in previous articles, “the fluid-tight compressor or super-compressor technology was patented during the 1950s, by Ervin Piquerez SA, a famous watch case manufacturer from Bassecourt, in the Swiss Jura. Cases equipped with this technology have given birth to iconic dive watches across many brands, including Jaeger-LeCoultre, Hamil
Hands-On Piaget Polo S Automatic Green-and-Gold Limited Edition
Presented in 2016, the Polo S is Piaget's take on the steel luxury watch. Infused with 1970s vibes, this versatile timepiece is evocative of the category's icons but also displays a clear lineage with the Piaget Emperador, one of the brand's most recognizable designs. For 2020, the collection welcomes an attractive version with green dial and rose gold indices, fitted with a steel bracelet.Besides the steel bracelet, the eye-catching green dial is the main novelty and attraction of this new iteration of the Piaget Polo S. If the colour is not new – as can be seen here – the applied indices, hands and the frame of the date window are now rendered in rose gold. Both original and subtle, this new dial is embossed with the signature striped pattern of the collection. The green surface stands out with beautiful changing colours and striking metallic reflections – thanks to the colour obtained by PVD coating. The contrasting white markings ensure perfect legibility. Just li
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