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The 5 spookiest Halloween watches, including one containing the actual corpse of a wolf spider

Halloween is always a bit of a hoot, whether you engage in a bit of trick and treating or pumpkin carving. For the true fans of the holiday, however, Halloween ain’t no Halloween without a party, and it ain’t no Halloween party without an appropriate costume. That’s the easy part, though – *insert anything here*, … Continued

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The 5 spookiest Halloween watches

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Buying Guide – 8 Skeleton Watches, from Ultra-Luxury to Ultra-Accessible

Well-executed dials, decorated with classic Grand Feu enamel or elaborate guilloché, can add thousands to the price and define the character of a piece; however, there are times when the sheer absence of a dial can result in the most intriguing aesthetic. André-Charles Caron, legendary clockmaker for Louis XV of France in the mid-18th century, […]

Opinion – SwatchPAY! Will Make Watches Useful Again

Here, at MONOCHROME, we adore watches. Mechanical, high-end watches, hand-finished. We’re not really the right platform to write about smartwatches, or even quartz watches – this is our editorial choice, and we’ll stick to that. But last week, Swatch introduced SwatchPAY!, and that is a big innovation. I actually believe that this new introduction could, […]

Introducing – Swatch Flymagic – Inverted Automatic Movement and First Watch with Nivachron Hairspring (Hands-On)

In August 2018, Swatch Group, in collaboration with Audemars Piguet, announced the development of a new, paramagnetic compensating alloy made from a titanium base called Nivachron. If this may sound a bit arcane, Nivachron signifies a real breakthrough in the fight against magnetism. Aiming at optimizing the resistance of the watch to magnetic fields, it […]

Haute Complication: Breguet Tradition 7087 Minute Repeater Tourbillon

Few complications are as prestigious as the tourbillon. While many brands have one in their collection, there is still something special about getting it from the brand that invented it: Breguet, especially when it is not just a tourbillon, but they add something to it!

Throwback Sundays: Six Christmas Gift Recommendations for a Watch Collector, from Our Archives

Christmas is around the corner once again, and as usual many people (us included!) are probably cracking their heads to find suitable gifts for their friends and loved ones. …

Throwback Sundays: Six Watch Recommendations to Celebrate a Bonus, from Our Archives

The bonus season is around the corner, and many of us are already thinking of different ways to reward ourselves for the hard work and effort that we had put in this year. While there are various means to spend our bonuses, but Watch-Idiot-Savants (WIS) like us will probably use the money to get ourselves a new timepiece to add into our…

Review: Swatch Sistem51 Irony

Since the early 1980’s, Swatch revolutionized the watch market by producing affordable Swiss watches that appeals to a wide range of audience, this time it stepped it up with the Swatch Sistem51 Irony.…

Hands-On with the Swatch Sistem51 Irony – Still Mechanical & Machine-Made But Now Stainless Steel

Introduced three years ago to much fanfare, the Swatch Sistem51 was a landmark in Swiss mechanical watchmaking, a mechanical wristwatch made entirely by machine, allowing it to be priced at just SFr150 (or about US$150). Funky and colourful, the original Sistem51 was mostly plastic and felt that way. The new Sistem51 Irony gives the watch a metal makeover, replacing […]

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