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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie Titanium
While the “Royal Oak” part of this watch is something that might feel familiar to most of you, there’s another part of the name of this impressive Audemars Piguet that will certainly need some more explanations, and that is the “Supersonnerie” part… The 2.0 version of the minute repeater, a watch that carries 3 patents and multiple unprecedented technical solutions, the Supersonnerie is all about remarkable acoustic performances – an idea that goes back to the 2016 Concept RD1 Acoustic Research Minute Repeater. Today, the brand is unveiling a new version of its Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie, entirely crafted in titanium, with a smoked grey dial.The Supersonnerie conceptDeveloped by Audemars Piguet and launched in 2016 in the Royal Oak Concept collection, the Supersonnerie mechanism endows this new minute repeater model with the volume and resonance usually associated with pocket watches. This patented technology results from 8 years o
Omega Seamaster 1948 Limited Edition Platinum (Specs & Price)
This year Omega celebrated the 70th anniversary of one of its two emblematic collections, the Seamaster. Born in 1948, made waterproof thanks to the experience acquired with military watches but in a civilian and rather elegant way, the early Seamasters were still gentlemen’s watches – and not the robust, professional tools that most of us know today. At Baselworld 2018, the brand presented an extremely faithful commemorative pair of watches – the 1948?Seamaster Limited Edition – and now we have a more luxurious, highly exclusive version, which has made it to the collection. Meet the?Omega Seamaster 1948 Limited Edition now in Platinum.BackgroundThe story behind the Seamaster collection is strongly linked to military watches.?Between 1940 and 1945, OMEGA delivered more than 110,000 timepieces to the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) for use within the Royal Air Force and its other branches. These watches were valued for their precision,?water-resistance and reli
IWC Boutique Amsterdam Opens Its Doors at the Luxury Half Mile - Watch Shopping Hot Spot - Monochrome Watches
When you think of the Netherlands, you’re likely to think about tulips, wooden shoes, windmills, canals and probably some of Amsterdam’s other (red light) delights. However do not forget the recently opened Stedelijk Museum and Rijksmuseum, the famous Van Gogh Museum, the Hermitage Museum and of course the Anne Frank House. Amsterdam has always been a magnificent place for tourists, and in recent years it has became even better. Yesterday IWC opened the doors of their first IWC Boutique located in Amsterdam’s luxury shopping street, the P.C. Hooftstraat, or short PC.It’s already being called the Luxury Half Mile, because?there’s no place in the world with so many luxury (mono-)brand boutiques so close to each other.?In this shopping street you can find boutiques from Burberry, Canali, Cartier, Chanel, Chopard,?Louis Vuitton, Montblanc, Purdey, Ralph Lauren, Tiffany’s, the Tourbillon Boutique and the flagship store of a huge watch retailer, Schaap &am
The most talked about travel watches presented at Watches & Wonders
Watches & Wonders 2022 saw the MONOCHROME team travelling to Geneva again, which was a real joy to experience. After more than two years of pretty much not being able to go anywhere, it was an absolute pleasure to meet up at the Palexpo in Geneva, visit brands, meet people and just, talk face to face again. Perhaps with this in mind, several brands catered to this very occasion and launched new watches dedicated to travelling across multiple time zones. Here are some of the most talked-about watches we’ve seen presented during Watches & Wonders 2022, from the value-for-money kind, to the ultra-complex kind, and everything in between.Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Travel time 5326GPatek Philippe has gone down the vintage path for the new Annual Calendar Travel Time 5326G, and it looks surprisingly well. The white gold case is decorated with a Clous de Paris pattern on the movement container (yes, it runs the side of the entire caseband). The caseback and lugs are one integ
Introducing the Hamtun H1, an affordable titanium dive watch - Monochrome Watches
Since we did one of our first survey’s among you, our readers, we heard that you love our selection of high-end to ultra high-end watches. However you would also like to see an affordable watch from time to time, and we completely understand that. Like with cars, we all love Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Koenigsegg, Pagani, Aston Martin and of course Porsche. These super cars are admired by many, and driven by a few. The same goes for watches and while admiring the watch-equivalent of super cars, most of us wear a great daily beater. Yesterday we showed you a new watch brand, named Objest, that is launching through Kickstarter, and today we’re showing you another one. Here’s the Hamtun H1, a very affordable and great looking dive watch!Hamtun Watches is a new brand created by Ross Davis, a British product developer, and he wanted to create a modern take on the classic dive watch. Their first model, the H1, is a 41mm titanium dive watch, and it has been designed from
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