Category: High-end Watches

The Collector’s Series – Chris Cashion and his rather special GoS Skadi

Each member of the MONOCHROME team has their favourites amongst the many brands and watches we share with all of you. And for me, one of the brands I have been following closely since I joined MONOCHROME is the Swedish brand of Gustafsson & Sjögren, or GoS in short. The duo of Patrik Sjögren and Johan Gustafson offers very unique watches incorporating hand-forged Damascus steel for the cases, bezels, crowns, dials and more. So when I learned of the opportunity to chat with the owner of a very special 1-of-5 GoS Skadi, I just had to follow through.

4 years ago

Introducing – De Bethune Maestri’Art DW5 Armilia Cempasúchil

While the COVID pandemic has completely disrupted the global watch fair calendar, a few events have been maintained, including the upcoming Salón Internacional Alta Relojería (SIAR). Latin America’s most important watch fair will be held from October 20 to 22 in Mexico City. With over 30 brands participating, it will be one of the rare […]

4 years ago

Introducing – MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual EVO (Live Photos & Video Review)

MB&F lands the Legacy Machine Perpetual, its most complicated watch to date, in a new habitat: everyday life on Earth. Renowned for its fleet of machines that seem to have flown in from outer space, the more classic Legacy Machine Perpetual EVO consolidates itself as a watch for earthlings to enjoy day in, day out. […]

4 years ago

Hands-on – Ultra-Complex & Extravagant, the Jacob & Co. Astronomia Casino

One might have thought that the precision of Haute Horlogerie could never harmonize with the uncertainty of games of chance? Well, Jacob & Co. merges these two worlds into one timepiece of unexpected complexity. One of its takes on the Astronomia is fitted a fully-operational miniature roulette; at a press of a button, the Astronomia […]

4 years ago

Introducing – Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Grande Sonnerie Carillon Supersonnerie

With an ultra-thin perpetual calendar, an openworked tourbillon, a minute repeater Supersonnerie and more recently, a flying tourbillon chronograph, the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet wasn’t short of complications… But the latest addition in the range goes a step further with a movement that features what’s probably the highest complication of them all, a grande […]

4 years ago

Introducing – The Nomos Lambda 175 Years Watchmaking in Glashütte Limited Edition in Steel

175 years ago Ferdinand Adolf Lange founded the first watchmaking workshop in Glashütte. This ‘simple’ act by the namesake of one of today’s top watch manufacturers in the world caused a lot! Quite a few watchmakers followed suit and started their own watchmaking business in the small town of Glashütte. Fast forward to post-cold war era. NOMOS, founded in 1990, and well-known for some of the best “value propositions” in the watch-market, is a proper, full-fledged, watch manufacture. With the Lambda, Nomos shows what they are capable of and it’s quite impressive. Today they celebrate the 175th anniversary of watchmaking in Glashütte with the introduction of the Nomos Lambda 175 Years Watchmaking in Glashütte Limited Edition, and it’s a beauty! 

4 years ago

Introducing – Breguet Classique Double Tourbillon 5345 “Quai de l’Horloge” (Live Pics & Video)

Breguet is one of the finest manufactures of the Swiss watch industry and, as the direct descendant of the inventor of the tourbillon regulator, the brand has been exploring this complex mechanism in various models – such as the extra-thin 5367 or the highly complicated 3797. However, if there’s one watch that best demonstrates the brand’s mechanical virtuosity, it is its signature double tourbillon watch, which sets the whole plate in motion through a central differential to indicate the hours. Today, Breguet introduces a new version of this watch, a bold and mechanically fascinating statement showcasing impressive watchmaking and decoration skills. Meet the new Classique Double Tourbillon 5345 “Quai de l’Horloge”.

4 years ago

Introducing – Glashütte Original Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 1920 Limited Edition

Glashütte Original celebrates the 100th anniversary of Alfred Helwig’s sophisticated flying tourbillon. In true understated Glashütte Original style, the tourbillon is positioned on the reverse of the movement. A watch for connoisseurs, the only hint that there is a tourbillon escapement on the watch is the word ‘tourbillon’ inscribed in the small seconds counter of […]

4 years ago

Introducing – Jacob & Co. Twin Turbo Furious Bugatti “La Montre Noire”

Which watch do you imagine could match the most exclusive and most expensive car ever commissioned? Which watch could be on the wrist of the driver of the Bugatti “La Voiture Noire”, a unique car worth more than EUR 11 million (pre-tax, if ever this matters…)? Clearly, you didn’t expect something standard. For a car […]

4 years ago

Introducing – Montblanc Star Legacy Exo Tourbillon Skeleton LE8

Perhaps one of the most significant milestones in Montblanc’s 114-year long history is its decision to take over the former Minerva production facilities in 2007. Based in Villeret, it has become Montblanc’s inventing room for high horology watches, like the Montblanc Star Legacy Exo Tourbillon Skeleton LE8 watch. The timepiece boasts an 18k rose gold […]

4 years ago