Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT 26589IO
Watch legends are tough acts to follow. The groundbreaking Royal Oak of 1972, Gerald Genta's luxury steel sports watch that founded an entirely new genre, was revisited in 1993 with the Royal Oak Offshore provoking as disparate reactions as the original. Thirty years later, in 2002, another collection known as the Royal Oak Concept saw the light. This powerful collection with its deconstructed architecture firmly plants the Royal Oak in the 21st century. Innovative materials and complex openworked architecture are trademark features of the Royal Oak Concept that attires its Flying Tourbillon GMT in shades of blue and grey.A mighty Royal OakThe Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT made its debut two years ago in a darker version with sandblasted titanium and a brushed black ceramic bezel. The latest models share exactly the same specifications but come in new colour schemes; one in monochromatic grey tones and the other with vivid blue accents. Ad - Scroll to continue with

Interview Justin Reis CEO WatchBox, on Preowned Luxury Watch Market
The vintage and pre-owned luxury watch market is thriving like never. It has transformed dramatically over the past few years with the arrival of strategic investors. One of the world’s leading second-hand watch e-commerce platforms, WatchBox, recently secured USD 165 million in funding to support its expansion. MONOCHROME reached out to Justin Reis, CEO of WatchBox, to discuss the development of the company and its plans for the future.Justin Reis, CEO of WatchBoxXavier Markl, MONOCHROME – The second-hand or pre-owned luxury market is growing fast. So did WatchBox. What has been the road so far?Justin Reis, CEO of WatchBox – Since WatchBox launched, we’ve welcomed physical expansion, a shifting mindset amongst collectors, the embrace of the pre-owned category by the industry, a global pandemic, and unprecedented demand for high-end, collectable watches. This “road” is an expressway! Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Petrolhead Corner: A Week With The Porsche 911 Dakar And Matching PD Watch
Have we lost the plot? Are we abandoning watches? No, of course not, but this time around the Petrolhead Corner is serving up something very special. Yet with us, watches are never far away as we will be going over the connection between Porsche, the car manufacturer and Porsche Design. How? By looking at two benchmark products as examples; the mad Porsche 911 Dakar, and a matching special edition of the Porsche Design Chronograph 1. We put the car through its paces both on and off-road, and it was mad fun! Oh, and the watch too of course, as that’s kind of our thing after all. So sit back, relax and enjoy the show!Now, before I start rambling on about Porsche, its 911 Dakar, the Porsche Design watches and so on, I want to make one thing very clear. Frank and I do not consider ourselves professional motoring journalists, and it probably shows in the video. We can tell you all about watches, and quite a lot about cars, but we are no Jeremy Clarkson, Henry Catchpole or Matt Watson.

Hands-On Seiko 5 Sports Time Sonar SRPJ45 and SRPJ47
It’s fair to say that the Seiko 5 Sports collection is one of the most versatile mechanical watch lineups in its price range. If on top of versatility, we tally the factor of manufacture-made movements, as well as the overall quality the Japanese brand is known for, the Seiko 5 Sports collection is practically unbeatable. A potential contender could be the Swatch Sistem51 – with even lower prices – but without the range and resilience of a Seiko 5 Sports model. And some new “Time Sonar” models have recently been released… Sounds familiar? Yes, but these new references SRPJ45 and SRPJ47 are a bit different and non-limited.In addition to the traditional configuration and Field models, we’ve seen the Seiko 5 Sports watch emblazoned with the motorcycle livery of the Honda Super Cub. It has also been reinterpreted by Japanese artist Kosuke Kawamura with cool, colourful translucent dials inspired by the 1970s Time Sonar-inspired references SRPJ41 and

Chronoswiss Flying Regulator Night and Day - hands-on review (specs & price)
Chronoswiss has built its reputation around an easily recognizable design first and, most importantly, on its extensive (for over 30 years now) use of a specific display: the regulator. Quite old-school for some years, the brand has been revived recently and has started to offer stronger and more modern designs, for instance with the?Flying Regulator Open Gear or a Bit-Coin inspired watch. Today, the brand presents a new model with added complications: the?Chronoswiss Flying Regulator Night and Day.Basically, the recipe used for the creation of the?Chronoswiss Flying Regulator Night and Day is the same as the Open Gear: a mix of traditional?design codes with more modern features, an architectural construction of the dial, with raised parts and apparent mechanical parts and, of course, the use of the iconic and dear-to-the-brand regulator display. This has become the hallmark of the brand since its first regulator wristwatch in 1987 and this is clearly not about to change. Yet, while th