Category: High-end Watches

Hands-on – Greubel Forsey GMT Quadruple Tourbillon

Take two of the best of Greubel Forsey wristwatches, merge them into one and you have their latest creation, the GMT Quadruple Tourbillon. Like always, when we’re talking about Greubel Forsey, you know and feel that this is a different level of watchmaking that is simply second to non. The stellar finishing of the Greubel Forsey GMT Quadruple Tourbillon is only on par with other Greubel Forsey timepieces. This GMT Quadruple Tourbillon is a limited edition of 66 pieces in total, and is launched in an 11 piece limited edition in white gold and it comes at a ‘stellar’ price of CHF 780,000. 

6 years ago

Baselworld 2019 – De Bethune DB21 Maxichrono Re-edition

First introduced in 2006 in the elegant DB21 case, relaunched in 2014 in a more modern DB28 case, the De Bethune Maxichrono was and still is one of the most fascinating and mechanically impressive chronographs of the lot. Functionality, mechanical ingenuity, beauty of construction and decoration… A sort of dream-chrono. Denis Flageollet’s vision of the […]

6 years ago

Introducing – A. Lange & Söhne Little Lange 1 Edition 25th Anniversary

At the start of the year, A. Lange & Söhne announced that 2019 would be dedicated to celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Lange 1. A total of 10 anniversary models are due to be unveiled this year, celebrating the key milestones of the Lange 1 watch family. So far, we have seen been treated […]

6 years ago

Video – The Zenith Watches of Baselworld 2019 Explained by CEO Julien Tornare

This year is the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic movements ever created (if not the most well-known movement of the entire industry), the Zenith El Primero. While most brands would have looked at the past and introduced vintage re-editions of existing models only, Zenith took a different path. Here are the main […]

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Baselworld 2019 – Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 1L with Complex Moon Display

After the inaugural tourbillon model (deployed in various editions here, here or here) and the recent addition of a complex regulator version, Ferdinand Berthoud continues with the evolution of its superb Chronomètre watch. Still powered by an in-house, hand-decorated tourbillon movement, still featuring the desirable and rare fusée-and-chain constant force device, the brand adds a moon display […]

6 years ago

Baselworld 2019 – Montres Karsten Frässdorf Spirograph Tourbillon Sport – a Unique Balance Wheel with Auxiliary Thermo-Compensation

If you are a regular reader of MONOCHROME, then you are no doubt already familiar with Karsten Frässdorf. After working behind the scene for several brands, the German Master watchmaker decided to create his own brand. His first creation with Montres Karsten Frässdorf, the Spirograph Tourbillon, is an innovative Tourbillon fit for daily wear and […]

6 years ago

Baselworld 2019 – Ressence Type 5 Night Blue

Ressence likes to do things like no other in the watchmaking industry… Its approach is both modern, technical and unique, and yet lots of traditional mechanics inside. Already impressive with its in-house orbital display of the time, Ressence decided to even improve the concept with an oiled-filled piece, with the Type 3. And then, benefiting from this distortion-free system, a dive watch was launched. For 2019, the Ressence Type 5 gets updated with a Night blue dial – relevant for a dive watch!

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Baselworld 2019 – Zenith Defy Inventor – The Revolutionary Zenith Oscillator now Commercialized (Live Pics & Video)

More than three centuries after the invention of the sprung balance (by Hooke/Huygens), the oscillator is back in the limelight. Exploring new frontier and technological breakthroughs in mechanical watchmaking, the oscillator is considered the crowning glory for the most inventive and skillful watchmakers. Just a few days after the presentation of the Ulysse Nardin Freak […]

6 years ago

Baselworld 2019 – Patek Philippe Chronograph 5172G (Replacing the 5170)

The classic Patek Philippe hand-wound chrono immediately come to mind to any collector thinking about high-end chronographs. The 5070 (based on a Lemania ebauche for Patek Philippe) was presented in 1998. It was replaced by the reference 5170 and its in-house, CH 29-535 hand-wound movement (that was launched the year before in a ladies watch). […]

6 years ago