The Collector's Series: Kristian Haagen and his A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual - Monochrome-Watches
In our second instalment of the Collector Series we sit down with one of the coolest guys in watches, Kristian Haagen. He’s a watch enthusiast (watchgeek), collector, author, lecturer and advisor to auctioneers (it must be tough when people ask what he does for a living at dinner parties!). However you may know him best for his mind-blowing photography and instantly recognisable fluorescent bracelet wrist shots on Instagram. In this episode we discuss one of his most iconic pieces, the A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual, the extended version of the ‘regular’ Datograph that is also affectionately know by some as the Dufour-graph. Ad - Scroll to continue with article When did your watch journey start?I started collecting in 1993. The Internet really boosted my passion for watches and I didn’t feel alone with my interest of everything

Introducing the Laurent Ferrier Galet Square Autumn, with a new 5N red gold dial (specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
Saying that the?Laurent Ferrier Galet Square was?welcomed and?that it is a superb achievement is kind of an understatement. This watch is simply superb. When launched, it was the entry-level proposition of the brand, with a (slightly) sportier look, a stainless steel case, a more?reasonable?price but still with the same true elegance and a perfectly finished, innovative movement. As we’re now in the middle of October, Laurent Ferrier has just decided to add a new iteration to the collection (that you can see in the flesh here) with a brushed red gold dial. Here is the?Laurent Ferrier Galet Square Autumn.Until now, the Laurent Ferrier Galet Square was only available in 2 main editions, with a stainless steel case. The first one was a classic from the small independent manufacture, with a vertically brushed blue dial and usual indexes. The other one was a sort of cleaned edition, with a more vintage feeling, due to a warm silver / light gold dial, a natural leather strap and a very

Glashutte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date - Hands-on with LIVE photos and Price - Monochrome Watches
‘TV Screen’ watches (we should name it ‘Cathode Tube Screen’ watches now, in our era of LED TVs) were a phenomenon that showed up in the 1970s, that were only manufactured during that decade, and that we didn’t see anymore, except for the Patek Philippe Nautilus. But in the early 2010s, it became old enough to be cool and vintage, and Glashutte Original reintroduced it pretty successfully. At Baselworld 2014, GO has presented a new chronograph calibre, featured in the Senator and now also in this vintage inspired sports watch, the Glashutte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date.Glashutte Original is using its historical background in two very nice collections, the Sixties (which, no surprise, is inspired by 1960s watches) and the Seventies, already existing in a three hands edition, with the famous Panorama Date complication. This latter collection is using a particular case, a shape mixing square and round angles that reminds us of some Omega Speed

Introducing The Ulysse Nardin Blast Moonstruck (Specs & Price)
February the 1st marks the advent of the lunar New Year, an event celebrated in China and other countries in Asia and Southeast Asia. Ulysse Nardin also wants to mark the occasion by releasing a new version of its Moonstruck Worldtimer in a more contemporary and lightweight case from the Blast collection. Representing the Moon’s rotation and the apparent movement of the Sun around the globe as observed from Earth, the Blast Moonstruck offers world time, dual time and a graphic and highly accurate representation of the Moon’s waxing and waning and its effect on tides.Time and Tide wait for no manDuring Rolf Schynder’s tenure as CEO of Ulysse Nardin (1983-2011), the brand developed a trilogy of astronomical or celestial watches with master watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin, beginning in 1985 and culminating in 2009 with the Moonstruck, a watch with a sophisticated display of the tides worldwide. Given the brand’s close links to marine chronometers, the concept of a globa

Introducing: The Ultra-Cool Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 Ice-Blue Now in 35mm
It’s no secret we’re fans of the Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 (and its chronograph brother for that matter) as it is genuinely one of the best value-for-money watches in recent years. It looks cool, comes in many appealing variations, and since recently been available in a long-awaited smaller case size of 35mm. What started as a set of four new references in the new diameter, with black, blue, green or white mother-of-pearl dials, is now expanded with a fifth new reference. To complete the set, Tissot now adds the sub-zero cool ice-blue variant to its collection.With the launch of the new 35mm size, Tissot listened to the demands of the public for a smaller mechanical variation of the PRX. arguably, the 40mm size was already very, very good and proved extremely popular, there were plenty of people who simply felt it was too big. We’ve gone over the differences in size and proportions before, so we won’t bore you with it again and go straight into detail, as this ne