A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Daymatic Tokyo Boutique Birthday Edition - Monochrome Watches
When it comes to limited editions by A. Lange & Sohne, you know it’s going to be rare, you know it is not a common trick used by the brand and you know it will end up being highly collectable. If, in addition to that, the watch looks as beautiful as the one we have today, what not to love… 10 years ago, the Saxon brand opened its Ginza-based boutique, in the heart of the world’s largest city: Tokyo. To celebrate this, here is the?A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Daymatic Tokyo Boutique Birthday Edition.The?Lange 1 Daymatic is the mirror image of the iconic Lange 1, the most representative model of the collection, created in 1994 – it was part of the 4 watches that were launched when the brand was revived. The Lange 1 Daymatic is not just the visual opposite of the Lange 1, it also adds features and shows technical differences. First and foremost, this watch is automatic when the “standard” Lange 1 is hand-wound. Don’t believe that the Daymatic

IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic Bucherer Blue Editions Red Gold IW3903 (Specs & Price)
When you are one of the largest watch retailers in the world (and the largest in Europe), you can use this leverage to create your own limited edition watches. This is what Bucherer has been doing now for several years, with the Blue Editions – you probably guessed that all of these watches have a specific blue dial (see here for instance). Today, the watch retailer is presenting a special edition of the?IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic, in red gold and, of course, with a blue dial.This new 88-piece limited edition of the?IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic for Bucherer is obviously no more than a visual update of an existing watch, with a new case material and a new dial colour to be precise – which doesn’t prevent us to be pleased by this overall good looking watch. The base used is identical to the watch we reviewed extensively here, a watch launched in 2013 and that has been slightly revamped in 2017 (basically with a cleaner dial). It is named “Classic&#

Modillian Smart Strap: Teaching An Old Watch New Tricks - Monochrome-Watches
Why do we insist on vaunting technology from the 18th, 19th and 20th century when we are resting on the cusp of a technological revolution in time keeping? Don't throw away your dumb old watch. Make it a Smart Watch with a Modillian Smart Strap!Historians and watch nerds can debate who was the first to actually produce a watch that was meant to be worn on the wrist but the heart of the matter is that the wristwatch as we know it is 110 years old (If you consider the Cartier Santos to be the first one in 1904). In the last two centuries there have been many improvements made to the size, accuracy, functionality and shape of the mechanical watch. In the past half-century we've seen quartz watches push miniaturization and accuracy even further. Then the advent of the integrated circuit gave rise to digital watches that had alarms, count-down timers, multiple time zones, calendars with alerts and a host of other functions that sound great when you buy them but frankly never use. (Of course

Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph ref. 5990/1A Replaces the Steel Nautilus Chronograph ref. 5980/1A - Monochrome Watches
This is quite something. Just two years ago Patek Philippe introduced a new 5980/1A with white dial (for laymen: that’s the Nautilus Chronograph) and now, two years later, they discontinue the steel 5980/1A models and replace it with a steel Nautilus Chronograph with a second time zone, as we know it from the Aquanaut Travel Time ref. 5164.That means that the 5980/1A-019 (the white dial Nautilus Chrono) has been in production for just two year. Since we’re talking about Patek, productions numbers are rather low, and this reference is now a very rare bird and we expect it to become very collectible. Although the other steel 5980/1A models are not as rare (but super rare compared to a Submariner for instance), we would not be surprised if the prices climb, now the demand cannot be fulfilled at the Patek boutique anymore and only on the second hand market. Now on to the newbie in the Nautilus family, which has an additional second time zone function, that looks and functions j

Introducing The Fortis Flieger F-43 Triple-GMT PC-7 TEAM Limited Edition
Swiss brand Fortis has been under a drastic restructuring in recent years, with almost all collections being discontinued. There was, of course, an ambitious plan behind this bold move, a complete overhaul of the brand that materialized with the introduction of a brand new Flieger collection in 2020. Fortis being Fortis, this typology of watches was much anticipated and the result took the shape of a rugged, ultra-utilitarian trio of Flieger watches; the F-43 Bicompax, the F-39 and F-41 Automatic and the F-43 Triple GMT. With an impressive list of specifications that make them some of the toughest watches in the category, it is no surprise that it has attracted armed forces and pro-pilots. And this includes the PC-7 Team, the aerobatics team of the Swiss Air Force.The PC-7 Team is known as the group of highly trained pilots of the Swiss Air Force performing aerobatics displays. Introduced in 1982, it has since its establishment flown the Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer, which explains the n