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Frank has been a watch aficionado for more than 10 years and started Monochrome in 2006, after being active on many watch forums. He has a special interest in Independent Watchmaking and Haute Horlogerie. The beautiful technique and finish is what makes his horological heart beat faster.

Web Site: http://www.monochrome.nl


Weekly Watch Photo – Vianney Halter Antiqua Perpetual Calendar

Weekly Watch Photo – Vianney Halter Antiqua Perpetual Calendar

After seeing Vianney Halter's magnificent April Fools joke, I just had to share some photos of one of the most beautiful timepieces of all times, the Antiqua Perpetual Calendar.

Not only Vianney Halter came up with a April Fools joke, the guys from Watchonista...
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Breaking news: Hublot gets the rights of branding the helipads of the City of San Paulo, Brazil!

Breaking news: Hublot gets the rights of branding the helipads of the City of San Paulo, Brazil!

Hublot and National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) will customize the helipads of Sao Paolo in preparation of the World Cup Sao Paolo.

This press release just reached us. Hublot, well-known for their cooperation with football clubs, the FIFA and F1 Racing, just added a new affiliate...
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Vianney Halter launches the Antiqua Ocean

Vianney Halter launches the Antiqua Ocean

14 Years after presenting his Antiqua, Vianney Halter offers you to explore the Silent World. As a big fan of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Halter turns his precious perpetual calendar watch into a stainless steel tool watch, purposely made for scuba diving, the Antiqua Ocean.

Like on the Antiqua of the early days, the various functions are...
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Collecting vintage watches – an interview

Collecting vintage watches – an interview

This is the first of a series of interviews with collectors that I got to know through the years. They all have one thing in common, which is a true passion for watches, mechanical watches that is.

Through Facebook I got in touch with Boris, who collects vintage watches and I asked him about the...
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Baselworld 2012 – Schnitzel Dinner and the Timezone Watch of the Year 2011

Baselworld 2012 – Schnitzel Dinner and the Timezone Watch of the Year 2011

In stead of the usual Weekly Watch Photo I share some photos made by friends. No photos of a watch, but photos of a dinner we enjoyed during Baselworld. A dinner that also was the award ceremony of the Timezone Watch of...
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Duomètre à Sphérotourbillon FULLY EXPLAINED

Jaeger-LeCoultre Duomètre à Sphérotourbillon FULLY EXPLAINED

Since a few years, Jaeger-LeCoultre offers, with the Duomètre collection, the perfect logical next step in the evolution of mechanical watches with a complication. The idea is as simple as it is ingenious and it accomplishes a much more precise rate for Duomètre watches with the so-called Dual-Wing construction.

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