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Hands-On - Ollech & Wajs OW C-1000 (live pics & pricing)
Some names might not ring a bell with a broader audience. But for tool watch enthusiasts, the name Ollech & Wajs should be familiar evoking memories of the 1960s and 1970s when the company was manufacturing respected timing instruments for professionals. Dormant for several years, it took more than 10 years to convince Albert Wajs to pass on his brand and it has been revived recently. Today we take a closer look at the brand’s latest creation, a solid dive watch with retro-style, the Ollech & Wajs OW C-1000 S.BackgroundIn 1956, Albert Wajs and his friend Joseph Ollech formed a partnership and opened a watch shop in Zurich. At first, they distributed timepieces from Breitling and Omega but eventually decided to establish their own brand: OWZ, for Ollech & Wajs Zurich. Albert Wajs quickly realized that OWZ should specialize in the assembly of reliable and accurate mechanical watches. He favoured movements with solid reputations. In 1959, the first watches were launched,
Cartier Time Art - Mechanics of Passion opens its door in Zurich - Monochrome Watches
Cartier just opened the Cartier Time Art exhibition in Zurich, Switzerland. A beautifully designed exhibition with an huge number of very rare vintage Cartiers. If you have the opportunity to visit… do so!?Cartier shows 156 of its historical timepieces, selected from the treasures of the Cartier Collection. Some timepieces are among the first wristwatches Cartier made and this is even more special if you consider that Cartier’s Santos Dumont is said to be the first real wrist watch. Besides the oldest Santos Dumont timepieces, there are also early models of the Tank Cintree and a Cartier Crash. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Many of the timepieces have quite a story to them, however the story of the Cartier Crash is really remarkable. The Crash was?originally designed and launched by Cartier London in 1967.?Until a few decades ago Cartier was c
Patek Philippe 5370P Split-Seconds Chronograph, Now in Blue Enamel - Monochrome Watches
Patek and the chronograph complication is a long-lasting love story. The brand has been manufacturing stopwatches almost since its inception… And when it comes to chronographs, there’s one type that rules them all, the Split-Seconds or rattrapante, the King of chrono watches. This a complication that Patek masters since 1923 – surprisingly first built in a women’s watch. The current collection comprises multiple ‘splits’, one of them being seen as a collector’s grail, the Patek Philippe 5370P Split-Seconds Chronograph; which makes its comeback in 2020 with this new blue enamel version.BackgroundThe 5370P was introduced at Baselworld 2015 and was an immediate success – it is, according to many, including us here at MONOCHROME, one of the most beautiful Patek watches currently produced. The reason lies in multiple things; the execution, the movement and, let’s be honest, the design. The 5370P is greatly inspired by?1940s to 1960s spli
SIHH 2018 - Karl-Friedrich Scheufele of Ferdinand Berthoud, On The New Collection - Monochrome Watches
It's Day 2 of the SIHH, and we've already had a very busy morning. By now, you would have seen our video with Davide Cerrato, Manging Director of Montblanc Watches, talking us through the 2018 Montblanc collection. If you missed it, you can find it here. Now, we're turning the spotlight on one of the smaller, but no less impressive, brands at SIHH; Ferdinand Berthoud. In this video, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (co-CEO of Chopard) tells us a little about the history of the brand, how it came to be and what the focus of this year's collection is.?If you're not familiar with the name already, Ferdinand Berthoud was an extremely talented Master Clockmaker in the mid-18th century. More than that, however, he also had the strong desire to be a scientist and to convey his knowledge of watch and clock-making to a wider audience. In pursuit of this goal, he wrote several essays, treatises and books, whilst also continuing to create clocks and pocket watches, with a particular focus on Marine Chron
Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 5905P - hands-on review with live photos, specs & price - Monochrome-Watches
The end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015 was?kind of loaded for Patek Philippe. The least we can say is that the manufacture came with lots of novelties. Back in October 2014, the brand was celebrating its 175th anniversary and they came with several superb watches, including the?Multi-Scale Chronograph and the totally mind-blowing GrandMaster Chime. Thus, we could have expect Baselworld 2015 to be quiet. Wrong! Patek just surprised us with a properly unexpected watch, the?Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time. However, they’re also coming back to basics, with a pure, clean but complicated watch, the?Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 5905P.A bit of history – the annual calendar by Patek PhilippeThere are several types of calendars that can be added to a watch. The first one is simple, as it only shows?the date (that always displays 31 days per a month and that need to be corrected 5 times a year, for the months with 30 or 28 days). Then comes the complet
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