With the new year well on its way, there have already been a ton of immensely cool watches being presented. Whether it’s new materials and colo ...
What would your initial thought be if you uncovered a run-down Oldsmobile, or a Hudson, in a dusty old barn" Would you think “piece of junk†...
If you?re on this website, reading the latest article in my diving test series, there?s a pretty good chance that you have at least a passing familiar ...
Louis Erard received great attention last year with the debut of its first-ever tourbillon-regulated watch. Limited to just 78 pieces, it was exclusiv ...
First released in 2019, the Heritage BiCompax Annual quickly became a best-selling watch for Carl F. Bucherer. Merging retro design elements with mode ...
When two masters of their respective crafts meet, it’s very likely greatness will ensue. However, while masters may strengthen each other, itâ ...
While we’re not here to re-do the story of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, we must remember that we’re talking about one of the most import ...
Like many other brands born during the golden era of watchmaking, and in particular the early days of the professional dive watch, Squale might not so ...
Next to the vintage-inspired Legend Diver collection, the Longines HydroConquest is a more utilitarian, robust, classic diver, with water-resistance u ...
While Scandinavia is not necessarily the birthplace of mechanical watchmaking, there’s quite a list of names that have emerged from the norther ...
Since the 1970s, Yema has been partnering with various branches of the French defence force as an official supplier of timing instruments. This longst ...
When Bernhard Lederer debuts his Central Impulse Chronometer in 2020, it didn’t go unnoticed. Here we had an esteemed independent watchmaker la ...
On one side is Maurice Lacroix, a serious brand with a strong position in the accessible luxury watch segment, but also some serious watchmaking skill ...
While we all very well know who created the luxury sports watch segment, and what was the first sporty-chic watch with integrated bracelet, it must be ...
MB&F undertook its maiden voyage into the galaxy of women’s watches with the launch of its Legacy Machine Flying T in 2019. After 14 years of m ...
It isn’t the first time we’re talking about the Mido Ocean Star GMT. It’s not even the first time we’re talking about a sp ...
A veteran of the Swiss industry, Dominique Renaud joins forces with a young independent watchmaker, Julien Tixier. They aim to revisit fundamental pri ...
For most watch enthusiasts, Citizen is probably best known for its wide range of affordable quartz, solar-powered and mechanical watches. Watches like ...
Watches come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from very affordable to very expensive and everything in between. Throughout our weekly Buying Guide sea ...
There was a time in Formula 1 racing where not one, not two, not three but pretty much half the field had the talent and material to compete for race ...
A venerable brand that was slightly dormant for about a decade, Vulcain is sort of a hidden gem that has long been recognized as the specialist of the ...
Union Glashütte might be one of the lesser-known brands of the Swatch Group, but it is nevertheless one that has recently caught our attention, and f ...
At MONOCHROME, we are always delighted to discover and present new watchmaking projects. Founded by renowned Geneva-based dial maker, Atelier Olivier ...
Five months in as CEO of one of the most luxurious watch brands, Audemars Piguet, Mrs Ilaria Resta offers her view on the current market and how she s ...
Mido has done a commendable job updating its Multifort collection to 21st-century technical standards and contemporary tastes. As the brand?s best-sel ...
Founded in 2008, March LAB is run by three close friends – Alain Marhic, Jérôme Mage and Joseph Châtel. With CEO Marhic rooted in Biarritz a ...
Introduced over 10 years ago (time flies…), Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo collection has become one of the most successful sagas in recent wat ...
Since the launch of the Diastar, the world’s first scratchproof watch made from ultra-resilient tungsten carbide in 1962, Rado has become a byw ...
The roots of Chopard trace back to 1860 when Louis Ulysse Chopard founded his company in Sonvilier, Switzerland. The Scheufele family took over the co ...
The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF collection features three remarkable timepieces that aim to unravel the complexities of various calendar complication ...
Baltic is a brand that needs no introduction to our loyal audience. Despite its youthfulness in the industry (first models in 2017), it stands out rem ...
Genus, an independent brand hailing from Geneva, is the brainchild of Catherine Henry and Sébastien Billières. In 2007, Sébastien Billières co-cre ...
The pandemic has opened the door to countless opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs. Thomas Fleming, an avid American watch collector, saw his drea ...
Founded in 2014 by two friends from university, Gustave & Cie. is a relatively new French watch brand offering a ?more zen vision of time? with its mo ...
Last week, we covered most of the new models introduced by Audemars Piguet, as part of the 2024 collection – which included a new ROO time-and- ...
Made to be used and abused… This could be the definition of an outdoor, adventure-ready car (a Defender, for instance, the old one), or for that ...
Whenever we compile lists for our weekly Buying Guide, we tend to look at common denominators between watches. One such element can be colour, materia ...
William Wood was not a watchmaker by trade, he was a distinguished firefighter in the British Fire Service with a 25-year tenure. To his grandson, Jon ...
For close to two decades now, the R8 has been Audi’s poster child sports car, with a sleek design and performance to back it all up. It’ ...
Considered the precursor of the luxury sports watch category, the Royal Oak turned fifty in 2022. As expected, Audemars Piguet went to town to fete it ...
As the leading watchmaker of his day, Abraham-Louis Breguet enjoyed the patronage of France?s royalty and aristocracy. Among the names on his A-list w ...
Many watch enthusiasts and collectors will undoubtedly dream of creating their own watch at some point, but few actually set out to do it. And from th ...
The Lady Serenade and PanoMatic Luna are Glashütte Original?s two mechanical watch collections for women. While the PanoMatic Luna is essentially ...
When Audemars Piguet‘s iconic Royal Oak turned fifty in 2022, the brand announced that the permanent range of Royal Oak models would be updated ...
Audemars Piguet reveals new models that showcase the evolutionary design introduced on the first stainless steel Code 11.59 references in 2023. To upd ...
While the Royal Oak was initially born in stainless steel – which, in our opinion, remains the material of choice for the classic Jumbo � ...
It’s no secret that Audemars Piguet has long been involved with celebrities and influential people from the world of music. It usually goes wel ...
The Tissot T-Race series holds a prominent position in Tissot’s catalogue, a testament to the brand’s history in sports timing, includin ...
While there have been time-and-date and triple calendar versions since the mid-1990s, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore or ROO, has always been p ...
Seiko’s current lineup is one of the strongest in its price range. From the accessible 5 Sports series to the popular Prospex diver designs and ...
The P.C. Hooftstraat in Amsterdam is considered “the Golden Mile†for luxury brands in the Netherlands. Not only will you find plenty of h ...
Although Seiko’s expertise in waterproof watchmaking goes back a very long way, it wasn’t until 1965 that the Japanese manufacturer ente ...
In the past decade, the watch division of Louis Vuitton has been steadily expanding its foothold in haute horlogerie, a journey that commenced with ac ...
Watches have always been intertwined with big historical events all over the world. Many are connected to pivotal events or influential people, such a ...
Appointed director of Louis Vuitton Watches in 2021, Jean Arnault’s strategy to reposition the brand as an elite player involves a combination ...
You?ve probably already seen that watch? But up until today, it was not officially there. For decades, besides special and limited editions, the Speed ...
As someone working in the industry seeing hundreds if not thousands of watches each year, I often label a watch as a potential “yes†or â ...
Founded in 1861 in Schramberg, Germany, Junghans was once the largest clock manufacturer in the world, renowned by many for Max Bill’s famous B ...
Those acquainted with Lang & Heyne’s collections know the watchmaker to consistently impart a historical narrative, with each series bearing th ...
Consistently ranked as one of the world?s most valuable luxury brands, Hermès is still a family-run business with a flair for producing exquisite pro ...
In a relatively short span of time, Norqain has consolidated an attractive portfolio of watches designed for rugged outdoor activities. Grouped into t ...
During our very busy lives it’s very easy to be late for a meeting, to forget to top up a parking meter or even be tight on time for a departin ...
The first test flight of the Concorde, the moon landing, the Woodstock festival, and Monty Python’s Flying Circus first aired on BBC One… ...
There?s certainly no shortage of simple, versatile watches that can hang at the beach and complement a suit within a 12-hour period. The legendary Rol ...
Last year, IWC unveiled a pair of Big Pilot watches inspired by the iconic Mercedes G-Class, particularly the powerful AMG G 63 version, a completely ...
The accessible automatic GMT Sports watch is becoming one of the most competitive categories of the industry, with heavy players like Seiko (even in t ...
If you’re one of the lucky few to own a perpetual calendar watch (or even rarer, a secular calendar watch), this is the day you have to wear th ...
Nomos? watches are often lauded for their unmistakable Bauhaus influences, and with good reason. “Less is more†is a famous slogan, but al ...
While the growth for the luxury industry as a whole is expected to slow following months/years of sustained development, with macroeconomic and geopol ...
Today, 29 February 2024, is a pretty special day for calendar watches… and specifically perpetual calendar timepieces. To mark the leap year, Bl ...
Hermès, a French powerhouse of everything luxury that is still mostly owned by the direct descendants of the founder (the Hermès dynasty and the Dum ...
With the addition of the Free Bridge models to the Bridges family in 2020, Girard-Perregaux articulated its vision, stating that “with these mod ...
American designer Ralph Lauren has forged an emporium on his vision of laid-back sophistication carefully choreographed in settings designed to evoke ...
Pulling out all the stops before Watches & Wonders 2024, watchmaker Arnold & Son presents two skeletonised models powered by one of the world?s thinne ...
The world of independent watchmaking has always been a place of passion, inspiration and excitement for us. It has been at the heart of MONOCHROME fro ...
Louis Erard continues its path onwards and upwards with yet another artistic iteration of its Excellence Petite Seconde. A flagship model at Louis Era ...
It’s been a while since we last saw Clarkson, Hammond and May, whether on screen or here, at MONOCHROME. A few days ago, Amazon Studios unveile ...
Operating out of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, for several years now, the brand Edouard Koehn carries four distinct collections. Of particular inter ...
Jack Mason is an up-and-coming microbrand with a growing portfolio of divers, chronographs and day/dates, and the latest Strat-o-Timer GMT is the most ...
Partnering with auctioneer Sotheby’s, Omega has recently offered for sale 11 unprecedented MoonSwatch Moonshine Gold suitcases. Surfing on thes ...
German watchmaker Union Glashütte aptly labels its Noramis collection as “charming classicsâ€, a description that is hard to dispute. The ...
When it comes to mechanical watchmaking, it’s common practice to split it down to the middle and group together manual winding watches on one e ...
Did you ever get stopped in your tracks by a single moment or a picture" Did you ever have an irresistible urge to drop everything and frantically try ...
Some names carry more historical weight than others. Names like Daniel Roth, George Daniels or even Gerald Genta and Philippe Dufour represent a time ...
Hanhart, the German brand that started life in Switzerland as a manufacturer of stopwatches before relocating to Germany in 1902, gained renown as a p ...
Talking about Bell & Ross means talking about square watches. The two go hand in hand, like a fine wine and a good piece of cheese. The brand became k ...
Do you remember what you were doing at the age of 17" I bet it wasn’t something in the line of making watches, was it" I know I wasn’t a ...
With its watches featured in more than 500 major films since the 1930s, Hamilton has played a stellar role in Hollywood. The Frogman, Indiana Jones, I ...
Last year, we introduced the Ace Jewelers x Elka Watch Co Diversity Series, which artfully blended the cultural influences of the Middle East and Asia ...
Drawing from over 170 years of watchmaking heritage, Tissot frequently delves into its archives for inspiration. The company has a penchant for revivi ...
