Frederique Constant revisits three of its popular ladies’ models to support the Pink Ribbon Foundation. October is breast cancer awareness month, and for every Pink Ribbon watch sold during October 2020, 10% of the proceeds will go to a local charity involved in research to find a cure. Three watches have been singled out for […]
Cuervo y Sobrinos creates wristwatches that combine Swiss craftsmanship with a style that nods to the brand’s Latin heritage. Today they revive one of their historical models and they do this by using the exact same movement as the original timepiece, a hand-wound Landeron chronograph calibre 248 that has been completely refinished and refurbished. Let’s […]
Recently, the MONOCHROME team visited Geneva Watch Days, the main horological event of this year in Europe with more than 15 brands presenting their novelties. From independent watchmakers to established brands, we were able to discover most of the new watches for 2020. Participating in the event was Carl F. Bucherer, the Lucerne-based watchmaker, which […]
The regulator dial used in original 18th-century master clocks has long been a style preference for many a watch collector, particularly those who lean more towards traditional-looking wristwatches over contemporary designs. Louis Erard’s new trio of watches – the Excellence Triptych – introduces this timekeeping concept to its modern audiences by adding another regulator watch […]
Often misquoted but never forgotten, Jack Swigert’s terse communication with the NASA Mission Control Center, “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here”, is the stuff of legend. Following the explosion of an oxygen tank and the consequent drop in voltage in the command and service modules, the space odyssey of Apollo 13 could have very […]
The Polaris collection, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s take on the sporty-elegant watch, welcomes two new references, the Polaris Mariner Memovox and Polaris Mariner Date. Based on the 2018 watches and designed to sit alongside but not replace these earlier models, the latest Polaris references come with a host of upgrades that consolidate their mission as genuine dive watches […]
If you think about the Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph, apart from the classic steel and blue dial version, the one model that should immediately come to mind is the tri-metal edition, a bold statement created in 1993, being one of the rare watches to use tantalum, combined with titanium and gold. The result, often nicknamed […]
Blancpain’s Bathyscaphe dive watch, the smaller version of the historic Fifty Fathoms, is an all-terrain companion with a resilient case and 300m water-resistance, which is also is equipped with a high-frequency flyback chronograph, combining the best for onshore and underwater activities. Today, it is revisited in matte black ceramic with green dial and bezel, a military […]
Blancpain proposes a new version of its Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date model, a retro-styled watch that wowed the crowds when it was presented at Baselworld 2018. This new edition, limited to 500 pieces, maintains its 1970s flair intact but opts for a more muted palette of desert-inspired colours. Most of you are familiar with […]
Tudor may be well known for its range of robust diver’s watches – the Black Bay, Pelagos and vintage Submariner models, to name just a few examples – but Rolex’s sister brand is recalling the style of its Prince Date-Day models with the launch of the new Tudor Royal collection. Available in four size variants, […]