After a slow week I'm gonna start of the new week with a set of magnificent photos. Monochrome's Weekly Watch Photo shows a watch that brings back memories, a Citizen Automatic Divers, my first watch with an automatic movement.
The Citizen Automatic Divers was specifically bought for vacations and...
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Nicolas Sarkozy is a man of style. He dresses well and he even has a nice watch collection. This wouldn't be a topic on Monochrome, if it wasn't for the photo showing Francois Hollande, the new French president, looking at his watch and actually staring at the clasp!
Let's first look at some photos...
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We from Monochrome love beautiful photos showing gorgeous timepieces and the so-called lume-shot is one our favorite ways to show a watch. When we saw this lume-shot of a Ressence, it was immediately clear that this was the new Weekly Watch Photo.
Ressence is an independent Belgian (!!) watch brand that made name and fame...
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Hublot just released the King Power Alinghi 4000 to show their partnership with Team Alinghi. Alinghi definitely does something good, as Hublot is not the first of their official timekeeping partners.
A few years ago Audemars Piguet partnered with Alinghi and that also resulted is some cutting-edge technical timepieces. In fact, this resulted in the...
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Two weeks ago we told you about an art exhibition in Geneva. Not just an art exhibition, because there are probably many in the city of Geneva, but one related to watchmaking. Graffiti artist Magaldi Xavier exhibited his interpretation of mechanical movements in the Cite du...
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The Lange & Söhne Pour le Mérite Collection is a pinnacle in fine watchmaking. Our friend Peter Chong, who featured here on Monochrome on many ocassions, wrote a book about the very best watches coming from Saxony, Germany.
Friend of Monochrome, Peter Nievaart, interviewed Peter Chong about his passion for A. Lange & Söhne...
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