One-handed watches go back centuries and were derived from tower clocks that used to rely on a single hand for a very long time. The reason for this is quite simple, back then, the need for precision timekeeping simply didn’t exist. Secondly, the very first timing devices were simple sundials, where a peg’s shadow cast […]
The watches by MeisterSinger are famous for having just one hand to express the idea of the slow passing of time, and the brand is well known to the design community as it received numerous awards for excelling in the field. A few years back, MeisterSinger single-handedly took the watch fans by storm when it […]
MeisterSinger thrives on its popularity for being the benchmark for single-handed watches, but this German brand has several complications to offer alongside its singular indication of time. Across the collections, you can find MeisterSingers with a jumping hour display, power reserve indication, a chiming hour complication, moon phase, day-date and so on. Still, the Perigraph […]
If anything has become clear when reviewing all the novelties presented by Audemars Piguet earlier this month, it is the simple fact that it has gone all-in in terms of complexity. Sure, there are some new time-and-date models for the Royal Oak and the Code 11.59 collections, but (ultra)complicated watchmaking by AP is in the […]
Singer Reimagined has made a name for itself on the independent watchmaking scene by drastically rethinking the traditional chronograph. The biggest difference is that keeping track of running time takes a backseat in pretty much all of Singer’s watches, with the chronograph display taking centre stage. It burst upon the watchmaking scene with the incredibly […]
Chronoswiss, guided first by Gerd Rüdiger Lang, a courageous visionary who founded the company in the 1980s amid a hurricane blowing away much of the mechanical watchmaking business, has managed to keep the brand’s offer interesting all through the not-so-long history of Chronoswiss. The new owner, who took over in 2012 when Lang decided to […]
At MONOCHROME, we are always happy to discover and present new watchmaking projects. So, when we learnt about the crew getting involved in the creation of a fresh high-end independent brand, it naturally caught our attention. Artime is the brainchild of a team of watchmaking experts in design, management, engineering, manufacturing and sales, bringing together […]
The MeisterSinger watchmaking brand is known for its one-handed, manometer-like no-fuss dials, with a fair degree of creativity and, at times, surprising complications. In 2017, this Münster-based winner of many international design awards started a tradition of launching limited series under the City Editions sub-collection, with watches dedicated to particular cities and, later on, countries […]
Introduced in 2013, the Jazzmaster Face-2-Face brings Hamilton’s innovative watchmaking expertise and flair for unconventional design to the fore. Today, Hamilton introduces the third chapter in its fascinating Face-2-Face saga with a swivelling case and two dials with chronograph functions on one and measurement scales and an openworked movement on the other. In a departure from […]
If you are looking for a watch with a novel time display, Urwerk is your port of call. The UR-112, which abandons the brand’s signature wandering hours display, was dreamed up in Urwerk’s Special Projects laboratory. Introduced in 2021, the UR-112 Aggregat is a compendium of complexity, technicality and radical design with a marked nostalgia […]