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Watch Buying Guide 2014, the classics (specs and price) - Monochrome-Watches
Recently, we showed you the novelties?you should really consider to buy in 2014. It included all the new models presented this year and that were for us, at Monochrome-Watches, already classics. Now, we would like to turn out to the real classics, the watches that could have been on your wrist 10 years ago and that will adorn it in the next 10 years too. The members of the Monochrome team sat down around the table and after long and passionate discussions, here is?the watch buying guide of the real timeless timepieces?to buy in 2014.Tissot Visodate 1957 Ad - Scroll to continue with article A lot of pleasure for the money. The Tissot Visodate brings a simple but reliable ETA movement with day and date features, together in?a 39mm case, very well made considering the price. Vintage style, automatic calibre, functional complications, Swiss made… A real good d
Interview - Luc Pettavino About Only Watch 2019
The eighth edition of the biennial fundraiser for research on Muscular Dystrophy will take place on Saturday 9 November 2019 in Geneva, where unique timepieces created by some of the world's best watchmakers will be auctioned. We took some time in Baselworld to meet its founder Luc Pettavino, President of the “Association Monegasque Contre les Myopathies”, to discuss the new edition and its programme.How did you start Only Watch?I was the organizer of the Monaco Yacht Show. In 1999, just before the Yacht Show, I saw a TV programme with Jean-Claude Biver. At the Yacht Show, Jean-Claude was visiting Wally Yachts, I went to introduce myself and Blancpain became a sponsor of the Yacht Show. This is how I got to know the Swatch Group. I had already created some themed charity auctions based on arts or unique creations from diverse brands (editor's note, Luc Pettavino's late son, Paul, suffered from muscular dystrophy). In 2004, I thought I was contributing to research but that w
Column - Red Rover... TAG Heuer to team up with China Space Agency for Mars Exploration - Monochrome Watches
When I bought my Omega Speedmaster X-33 many moons ago, it was a shoe-in for the first watch to Mars – at the time it was the only watch qualified for missions to Mars. Jean-Claude Biver – the Lazarus of the watchmaking industry – has partnered up with China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (CNSA) to put an end to that reign. The Red Planet for the Red Country Seems natural! And TAG Heuer will be part of the show.The race to go further, faster and be first has taken on a new venue:? Space - the final frontier (just now 14 undiscovered species of fish groan in unison). There was the first watch worn around the world. The first watch worn in outer-space. The first watch worn on the moon… Plenty of watches have been worn on missions to the space stations that orbit or have orbited the world. TAG Heuer isn't new in the context of watches worn outer-space. Remember that John?Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth in
Oris Divers Sixty Five, now in 42mm, with Blue Dial and Riveted Bracelet (hands-on with live photos & price) - Monochrome Watches
Some of you probably shared a strong enthusiasm last year, when Oris introduced what was?certainly the coolest watch of Baselworld 2015, mixing a superb vintage-inspired design, a nice execution?and a very acceptable price: the now famous Oris Divers Sixty Five?– and I must confess that it is a personal favorite too. Well, this was not a one-shot for the brand but the starting point of an entirely new collection, which already evolved with the introduction of a bronze limited edition dedicated to?Carl Brashear, featuring a 42mm case and a blue dial. It was prefiguring the main update of the Oris Divers Sixty Five,?now in 42mm, with blue dial and riveted bracelet – in stainless steel of course.The 2016 Oris Divers Sixty Five 42mm / Blue dial vs. the 2015 Oris Divers Sixty Five 40mm / Black Dial Ad - Scroll to continue with article Let’s rewind b
Tissot Heritage 1973 Chronograph Limited Edition - Introducing (Specs & Price)
Tissot has solid ties with racing. Swiss driver Loris Kessel wore a Navigator chronograph in the 1970s and was officially sponsored by Tissot in the 1976 Formula 1 Grand Prix. The brand is once again working with Kessel Racing, this time with Ronnie Kessel (son of Loris) to launch the limited edition Heritage 1973. The watch has been updated a bit with contemporary touches but maintains many retro elements that made the original Navigator such a compelling piece. A larger case, updated dial and sapphire crystal mark the major differences, and while not technically a reissue, it's a nice throwback to the 1973 classic. Let's take a closer look.The 316L stainless steel case has a satin-brushed finish with polished bevels – typical of the era – with a diameter of 43mm and height of 14.8mm. The cushion case is nearly identical in shape to the smaller 39mm Navigator with a slightly larger crown and pushers. A domed sapphire crystal replaces the Navigator's acrylic and a mineral g
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