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Some Of The Coolest Affordable Watches Of 2023, So Far - Monochrome Watches
Very few of us watch nuts are fortunate enough to hunt down and acquire tourbillons, minute repeaters or perpetual calendar watches. There’s no denying the appeal of such complex mechanical marvels, but there’s just as much fun (if not more) to be found on the lower end of the spectrum. And while we’ve compiled many lists of this year’s best sports watches, calendar watches or complex chronographs in various instalments of our weekly Buying Guide, it’s now time to take a look at watches that don’t break the bank. So, we capped the budget at EUR 1,500 and go through a selection of watches from the first few months of the year to see what’s out there for you to consider adding to the collection!Hamilton Khaki Navy Scuba GreenWhen it comes to value for money, the Swatch Group is home to several brands impossible to ignore, Hamilton being one of them. The new Khaki Navy Scuba in 43mm stainless steel case looks very attractive in this new gradient g
Business Swatch Group Half-Year Report 2017 Shows Signs of Recovery
After two years of consecutive decline and an overall negative mood over the watchmaking industry, it seems that 2017 could be the pivotal year for the watch segment – at least for Swatch Group, as we have seen that Richemont Group 2016-2017 results were showing again a decline. In its?Half-Year Report 2017, Swatch Group contains a number positive indicators, including slightly increased sales and mainly, a reinforced profitability, with a strong increase in operating margin and net income. Overview.While the 2016 Annual Report of Swatch Group was showing signs of decline, with sales dropping by 10.6% and profitability massively decreasing, with 47% less net income than what the group achieved in 2015, the 2017?Half-Year Report unveiled by Swatch Group today is showing signs of recovery. Overall, the Biel-based powerhouse, which includes brand such as Omega, Breguet, Blancpain, Jaquet Droz, Tissot, Longines and many more, has positive results for the first half-year 2017. All ind
Introducing Hublot x Nespresso Big Bang Watch Made From Recycled Capsules and Coffee Grounds
Swiss?manufacturer?Hublot has made a name for itself experimenting with new materials through what the brand calls the Art of Fusion. Released in partnership with Nespresso, the latest limited edition Big Bang uses recycled Nespresso aluminium capsules and coffee grounds to craft its case and strap. Indeed, the Swiss coffee company is working on ways to limit the impact of its single-use capsules. Among the different initiatives is the Second Life Project launched in 2016, which aims at encouraging recycling by showing how the capsule can be reused. The secondary aluminium is sold to the industry but it is also used to make objects, in this case, this Hublot Big Bang Unico Nespresso Origin.Collaboration is a ubiquitous word in the watch industry and Hublot is certainly one of the most active watch brands in the field. In the frame of their latest, and rather unexpected collaboration, Hublot has joined forces with Nespresso to create a Big Bang using recycled aluminium pods to craft its
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Master Co-Axial Limited Edition James Bond 007 Spectre - Monochrome-Watches
James Bond is known for many attributes: he drives an Aston Martin, he wears tuxedos, he shoots his enemies with a Walter PPK… However what tickles our interest is, of course, the watches he wears. After sporting?a? Submariner, and later,?during?the 1980’s, a?Seiko that could perform many extraordinary tricks, he?has been waering?an?Omega Seamasters?for many years now.?For starters there was the now famous Seamaster?Professional 300m that is nicknamed after its famous wearer. Later there was a 45.5mm Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m and a 42mm Seamaster?Planet Ocean 600m with ceramic bezel. For its latest adventures, it seems that magnetic fields will be an important factor, as he will strap a?Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Master Co-Axial, with the new antimagnetic movement, on his wrist.?Here is the Omega Seamaster James Bond 007 Limited Edition ‘Spectre’.To celebrate the newest episode of James Bond 007, Omega chose to use a discreet and reasonably sized Omega Seamast
Tissot Telemeter 1938 Chronograph Heritage - Hands-On Review, Price
If the brand has been under everybody’s radar recently after the launch of the PRX collection (and rightfully so), Tissot is a watchmaker with a deep history. Born in 1853, the brand has long been involved in sports timing and chronograph watches. And with this in mind, the brand has released multiple accessible and attractive “Heritage” models modelled after glorious watches of the past, such as the Heritage 1973 Chronograph, the PRS 516 Automatic Chronograph recently or the Heritage 1948 Chronograph. Today, the brand looks even deeper into its archives and brings back a design of the late 1930s, a typical and charm-packed chronograph watch that features all of the traits of the era, yet in a modernized package that includes a deeply revised and competitive movement. Here’s the new Tissot Telemeter 1938.Following its founding during the mid-19th century in the small Jura-based town of Le Locle, Tissot quickly specialised in manufacturing accessible yet precisel
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