Weekly Watch Photo - Glashutte Original Senator Hand Date - Monochrome Watches
We love it, the Friday Wristshot post that has become a custom on many forums. These Glashutte Original Senator Hand Date and vintage Longines Conquest where posted at?Timezone UK.?The Glashutte Original Senator Hand Date was released in 2009 and was meant as an understated and elegant timepiece. The 40 mm stainless steel case is 11.2 mm thick, which makes a nice and comfortable watch to wear daily to the office. And like all GO’s, it features a gorgeous in-house movement. But that’s not today’s topic… Ad - Scroll to continue with article What Timezone UK member Andsan did in such a beautiful and stylish way, is to capture his watch together with some other items. Combined with the lighting, it creates a very warm and elegant atmosphere. This is one of the tricks to make gorgeous photos of a watch, it is however not easy. You have to find

Introducing: Hublot Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein
Like watchmaking, gastronomy demands extreme precision and excellence. Both Haute Horlogerie and Haute Cuisine aim to evoke emotions through their craft. Unsurprisingly, many of the world’s best chefs have become ambassadors for some of the most prestigious watch brands. Hublot counts Yannick Alleno, Anne-Sophie Pic, Clare Smyth, and Andreas Caminada among its ambassadors. Caminada, awarded 19 Gault & Millau points in 2009 and 3 Michelin stars in 2011, practices his culinary art at Schauenstein Castle in the village of Furstenau, Switzerland. The Swiss chef has partnered with Hublot since 2017. Today, this partnership reaches a new level with a special collaboration celebrating his 20 years at the castle – the Big Bang Unico All Black Schloss Schauenstein.As its name suggests, the celebratory Big Bang comes in an all-black design featuring a 42mm micro-blasted ceramic case. The bezel is crafted from ceramic too. Together with the satin-finished and micro-blasted black-p

FOUND: a Proper SPY-TOOL For The Big Kids That We Really Are - Monochrome Watches
Who never dreamed of owning and playing with James Bond's watch (and incidentally, who didn't also dream of having the Bond girls but that's another story)? While searching for interesting things trifles to buy on Ebay, we've stumbled upon THE object to tickle our spy-kid minds: a true revival of the Cold War, a fascinating object that would have to be used with a trench coat, a hat and sunglasses: a real spy-watch with an integrated microphone and recorder - Khrouchtchev-approved. OK, let's be clear, we are not going to tease you with some fascinating Haute Horlogery here. Sometimes, we have open-minded and constructive silly conversations at the Monochrome-Watches HQ. And it can result in this: the discovery of a piece of history that reminds us how technology has changed in the past decades. When you think about spy-watches, the first one that come in your mind is a Submariner or an Omega Seamaster, either one full of lasers, grapnels, detonators and complicated computers - thank

Buying Guide: The Very Best Of The Many Faces Of The Tissot PRX
When launched just a couple of short years ago, the Tissot PRX pretty much became an overnight sensation. Its sleek design, robust mechanical movement and above all its very modest sticker price skyrocketed the PRX to become one of the best-selling watches not only for Tissot but in the whole industry for years. Pretty much everywhere you go, you seem to run into a PRX of some description. With a collection that’s maturing very nicely, and now even ventures into forged carbon, the PRX proves to be quite a versatile gem! But with such a wide and deep range on offer, what are the ones to look out for? Which of the models do we think are the very best of what is an overall very good collection in itself? The answer lies in this week’s Buying Guide, and let’s get straight into it!the basic oneThe simplest can sometimes be the best, so the PRX Powermatic 40mm in classical black remains one of the best in the collection. It was part of the inaugural series of mechanical PRX

Vacheron Constantin Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942 - Review (Specs & Price)
In a piece of news that dropped on our computers a couple of weeks ago, Vacheron Constantin announced several new “Historiques” watches. As a reminder, this collection comprises the deliberately “vintage-inspired” models of the brand, including the American 1921 or the Chronograph Cornes de Vaches. With the?Vacheron Constantin Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942, saying that we’ve been impressed is something of an understatement. Beautifully designed, balanced, with heritage and pedigree, and all of that in an “accessible” (relatively speaking) steel case. It is now time to experience this?Triple Calendrier 1942 in the metal.The initiating piece, the vintage?Triple Calendar Ref. 4240When it comes to the “Historiques” collection at Vacheron Constantin, nothing emerges from scratch and there’s always a source of inspiration behind these pieces. Without describing it as a copy-pasting process here, the new?Vacheron Constantin Hist