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Seiko Presage Shippo Enamel Limited Edition SPB073 & SPB075 - Review Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

A well-kept Japanese secret, Seiko's Presage collection was not shared with the rest of the world until 2016. With its winning formula of traditional Japanese craftsmanship, resilient mechanical technology and an unbeatable price, the Presage collection is almost too good to be true. The new Presage Shippo Enamel models, with their eye-catching blue dials, seduce at first sight and are proof posit...

2018-04-03

10 of the Best Dive Watches Introduced at Baselworld 2018 - Monochrome Watches

Now that Baselworld?2018 is over, it’s time for the MONOCHROME team to pick the best watches of the show. One category that is always highly disputed is the dive watch and 2018 has been another productive year. From vintage-inspired pieces to proper instruments, here are 10 of the best dive watches we discovered at Baselworld 2018.Bell & Ross?BR03-92 Diver BlueLast year, Bell & Ross ...

2018-04-02

Buying Guide - 6 of the Best Affordable Watches of Baselworld 2018

A good watch doesn’t have to break the bank. As Baselworld 2018 just ended, we have put together a selection of wallet-friendly watches proving that great things can come in affordable packages. Vintage-inspired, sporty, modern, complicated or just nicely designed… We have selected 6 different watches, all with a strong personality and mainly, great value for the money.Mido Multifort D...

2018-03-31

Alpina AlpinerX Launches on Kickstarter and it's Selling Like Hotcakes - Monochrome Watches

Smart watches, quartz watches, digital watches… that’s nothing for MONOCHROME. You know us, we cover high-end mechanical watches (and a value proposition once in a while), because the beauty of mechanics is what gets us going. The other day, however, Alpina launched their latest creation on Kickstarter and I think that’s rather novel. A big and established brand launching their l...

2018-03-30

Oris Carl Brashear Chronograph Limited Edition Bronze - Hands-On Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

One of the coolest bronze dive watches just received a new sibling, perhaps an even cooler bronze diving chronograph. For 2018 Oris introduces a new Limited Edition based on the original Carl Brashear commemorative watch from two years ago, and now adds a chronograph to the mix. We've already given you a short rundown of the watch, but now we had time to go hands-on with the Oris Carl Brashear Chr...

2018-03-30

Zenith Defy Classic - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

In 2017, Zenith relaunched the DEFY collection and impressed us with the?Defy El Primero 21, a?hundredth-of-a-second chronograph with a 50Hz?ultra-high-beat escapement dedicated only to the chrono. But that was not all. Later that year came the Defy LAB with its revolutionary and unprecedented oscillator – marking a real innovation. And finally, there was the new design, with an integrated c...

2018-03-27

TAG Heuer Monaco Carbon Bamford Watch Department - Baselworld 2018 (Live Pics, Specs & Price)

Recently, TAG Heuer introduced the Monaco Gulf Edition, a watch that looked back at the very roots of the model, creating the link with Steve McQueen and the “Le Mans” movie. The result was a vintage take on the iconic square chronograph. Well, for Baselworld 2018, the brand has decided to bring a touch of?avant-garde?to the watch by teaming up with Bamford Watch Department, which has ...

2018-03-26

Baselworld 2018 - Oris Big Crown Pointer Date Steel 36mm / 40mm (specs & price)

While we’ve already introduced the Oris Big Crown Pointer Date in bronze with a 36mm case, there are other novelties regarding the Pointer Date that Oris is introducing at Baselworld 2018. Alongside the bronze edition, Oris will also release some steel versions of the Pointer Date watch, this time in?40mm and 36mm cases, as well as with steel bracelets or leather straps – and again wit...

2018-03-24

Co-President of Chopard Karl-Friedrich Scheufele Explains the New L.U.C Quattro - Monochrome Watches

A few days ago, just prior to Baselworld 2018, we introduced to you Chopard’s new take on one of its icons, the L.U.C Quattro, a complex watch with no less than 4 barrels and a 9-day power reserve. Yet, as powerful as this watch is, it remains a true statement of elegance and distinction – as a Chopard should be. To understand more about what this watch really represents for the brand,...

2018-03-23

Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8 - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

A new edition of Baselworld means a new Omega Speedmaster Special Edition. This has become a tradition – think Snoopy Award, Apollo 11 45th Anniversary, CK2998 or Apollo 17 45th Anniversary. This year, the space theme is still the main ingredient, as Omega celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 8 Mission. In that perspective, the brand chose to use the?popular “Dark Side of the ...

2018-03-23

Patek Philippe 5270P Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Platinum Salmon Dial (Specs & Price)

The perpetual calendar chronograph is a combination of complications that belongs' to Patek Philippe. The 5270 continues a long tradition initiated in 1941. It was introduced in 2011 with an in-house movement as the successor of the 5970, itself an evolution of the 3970 (read our article about the different generations of the 5270 here). It is now available for the first time in the noblest of all...

2018-03-23

Oris Big Crown ProPilot Alarm Limited Edition - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

An alarm is often loud, obtrusive and annoying, simply to remind you to do something at a specific point in the day. Whether it is waking you up, brushing your teeth, leaving home in time for the bus, or simply checking if you've won that superb vintage watch during an online auction. There are watches, however, that exchange this loud, obtrusive annoying interruption into a mechanical wonder, jus...

2018-03-23

Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Sandblasted Trilogy of Metals (Titanium, Steel and Pink Gold) Baselworld 2018 - Specs & Price

Exactly a year ago, Bvlgari stunned the watchmaking world by launching what was then the thinnest automatic watch on the market, the?Octo Finissimo Automatic. The best thing about this watch was that it had nothing to do with a shy, demure timepiece. Instead,?Bvlgari came out with what we think is a true example of a luxury sports watch (see it face to face with the mother of them all, the RO). Fo...

2018-03-22

Longines Legend Diver Black PVD with new movement - Baselworld 2018 (Specs)

For Baselworld 2018, Longines brings a few updates to one of its most iconic modern watches, the Legend Diver. Not only is now comes with a new and more performant movement, but mainly, it now available in full black – case, dial, strap. And while, here at MONOCHROME, we’re usually not huge fans of full black watches, this new Longines Legend Diver Black PVD has quite some appeal.The b...

2018-03-22

Patek Philippe Aquanaut Chronograph 5968A - Baselworld 2018 - Hands-on, Specs & Price

Patek Philippe continues to surprise us at this 2018 edition of Baselworld. After a rather unexpected perpetual calendar on the Nautilus, the brand now has a chronograph version of the Aquanaut – a first since the introduction of the model in 1997. And there’s more as the?Aquanaut Chronograph 5968A comes with bold touches of colour on the dial and the strap. Like or not, but Patek is m...

2018-03-22

Baselworld 2018 - Oris Big Crown Pointer Date Bronze 36mm (Specs & Price)

It is not the first time that Oris uses bronze to craft its watch cases. We’ve seen it twice already on the highly coveted Carl Brashear editions – both the three-hander and the chronograph. Yet, for Baselworld 2018, the brand will make this material standard, as one of its timepieces, the very nice?Big Crown Pointer Date will be offered in bronze in a non-limited edition. And thatR...

2018-03-22

Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic - World's Thinnest Automatic Watch and Tourbillon - Baselworld 2018 (Live Pics, Specs & Price)

Game on! The race between?Bvlgari and Piaget to prove who can manufacture the thinnest watch in the world continues. At Baselworld 2017,?Bvlgari introduced the Octo Finissimo Automatic, a true luxury sports watch with a bold design and the thinnest automatic movement on the market. At the SIHH 2018, Piaget trumpeted not one, but two world records: the thinnest mechanical watch ever and the thinnes...

2018-03-21

Baselworld 2018 - Omega Seamaster 1948 Limited Editions 70th Anniversary Models (Specs & price)

In 1948, Omega created its first family of watches, the Seamaster – a collection that has gone on to become one of the cornerstones of Omega Watches, a collection comprising most of the diving instruments the brand has created so far. If our calculations are right (and they are) the Seamaster collection is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year and, paying tribute to this important miles...

2018-03-21

Baselworld 2018 - The new Omega Seamaster Diver 300M (Specs & Price)

The Omega that many people refer to as the Bond watch?is the Omega Seamaster Professional, also known as the Seamaster Diver 300M. And it’s back! Not that it was gone or anything, but things had gone a little quiet. The watch that was once lovingly referred to as the Bond watch or the SMP (Seamaster Professional) has been revamped as Omega launches fourteen new models.?Last year, Omega intro...

2018-03-21

Patek Philippe Nautilus Perpetual Calendar 5740G - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

As surprising as it gets, this is the first time the iconic Nautilus receives such a complicated movement. It already features annual calendars, several chronographs, a weird display on the 5712, but never Genta’s brainchild has been offered with one of Patek’s signature “grande complication” movements, the 240 Perpetual Calendar.?While what made the Nautilus a Nautilus is ...

2018-03-21

Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight 39mm 79030N - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

The retro revival is in full swing and the late 1950s are a recurring source of inspiration. Even Vacheron Constantin played the vintage card with a whole new collection –?the FIFTYSIX?– designed to capture the mood of the fifties and appeal to a hipper client base. Tudor's latest Black Bay model shrinks in size to 39mm to emulate the brand's first dive watches and is kitted out with a...

2018-03-21

Tudor Black Bay GMT Pepsi Bezel 79830RB - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

Every year, Tudor fans can't wait to see what the brand will be releasing at Baselworld. The prediction game is over as Tudor has just unveiled its novelties for the 2018 edition of the watch and jewelry show. Among these, the new Tudor Black Bay GMT – with a strong flavor – will certainly catch their attention as the iconic Tudor model is getting the addition of a new function, a GM...

2018-03-21

Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 GMT - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

True to its philosophy of producing real watches for real people', the new Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 is a utilitarian travel companion with a second time-zone (aka GMT) and a host of practical functions. Propelled by the latest in-house movement with a beefy 10-day power reserve, the novelty of the 2018 Oris Big Crown ProPilot calibre 114 is the 24-hour second time-zone function with hal...

2018-03-21

TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer 02 GMT Chronograph - Baselworld 2018

The Carrera is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year. To celebrate, TAG Heuer isn’t looking at the past but instead remains true to its “avant-garde” identity. They could have chosen to go vintage. Instead, they gold bold and modern. After the presentation a few weeks ago of the new?Carrera Heuer 02 Chronograph with an updated movement, Baselworld 2018 brings us the travelle...

2018-03-21

Breitling Navitimer Super 8 - Baselworld 2018 (inc. Specs)

We just introduced to you the new Navitimer 1 Automatic, a clean, historically-relevant and smaller piece in the collection. That’s not all the brand will have at Baselworld 2018. Breitling will also look at the other side of the range, with a true instrument piece. Voluntarily large, properly masculine and bold, made with ruggedness and inspired by a past model of the brand, here is the?Bre...

2018-03-20

Breitling Navitimer 1 Automatic 38 - Baselworld 2018 (specs & price)

We already knew that some changes were about to come at Breitling. We’ve seen it with the introduction of the Navitimer 8, a brand new collection that we explained to you in details. This new strategy will be deployed over all the collections and that includes the iconic Navitimer 1. Here is the first (and drastic) evolution, with the?Navitimer 1 Automatic 38. It is small and mainly, it is a...

2018-03-20

On the Road to Baselworld 2018 - What Youll See on MONOCHROME - Monochrome Watches

, Omega, Patek Phillipe, Tudor, TAG Heuer and many more… Tomorrow, the 2018 edition of world’s largest watch fair, Baselworld, will open its doors. Hundreds of new watches will be revealed to members of the press, retailers and collectors. Even though the general consensus around the fair itself seems quite negative, the industry is in relatively good shape and this won’t preven...

2018-03-20

The TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer 01 Aston Martin - Monochrome Watches

Last week, at the Geneva International Motor Show (where TAG also announced the Monaco Gulf Special Edition), Jean-Claude Biver (CEO of TAG Heuer and President of the LVMH Group Watches Division) and Andy Palmer (President and CEO of Aston Martin) announced that TAG Heuer has been chosen as Official Partner, Official Watch Partner and Official Connected Watch Partner of Aston Martin and Aston Mart...

2018-03-15

Chopard L.U.C Quattro - Pre-Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)

Chopard should not be forgotten when the subject of Haute Horlogerie comes on the table, especially with the L.U.C collection – launched in 1996 and representing?the brand's top line. The Chopard L.U.C collection comprises watches with beautifully hand-finished?in-house movements. The first movement they launched in this collection was calibre 1.96.?Four years later, in the year 2000, Chopar...

2018-03-14

Chopard Happy Sport gets an In-House Automatic Movement for its 25th Birthday - Monochrome Watches

Chopard's famous Happy Sport collection turns 25 and celebrates the occasion with shimmering mother-of-pearl dials and a new, purpose-built, in-house automatic movement… Introducing the new generation of Happy Sport.Caroline Scheufele, co-president and artistic director of Chopard, was determined to show women that diamonds can be fun and came up with the idea of mixing a sporty stainless st...

2018-03-14