Category: Urban Jürgensen

The Immortals – The Urban Jürgensen One is the integrated bracelet sports watch for those “in the know”

Editor’s note: The Immortals is a new series that examines a watch that we believe deserves recognition as a bona fide modern classic. You’ll already be familiar with most of the watches, we imagine. But DC will delve a bit deeper into these timepieces to explain why they’ve quickly established themselves in the horological canon. … Continued

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2 years ago

Buying Guide – 5 Recently Launched Watches with Stunning Guilloché Dials

Guilloché has been practised since the 15th century. This artistic craft consists in engraving regular, repetitive patterns with a machine, hence the difference with hand-engraving. For hand-guilloché, a craftsman drives the machine with a wheel and guides the piece to be engraved by hand. Engraved with a CNC machine, the pattern will be perfect, always […]

4 years ago

Introducing – Urban Jürgensen Big 8 “London Edition” for A Collected Man

There’s no denying the beauty and elegance of the watches produced by Urban Jürgensen, with the superb execution of their guilloché dials, the soldered teardrop lugs and the ultra-detailed hands. One of our favourite models here at MONOCHROME has always been the Big 8, which in steel is also the brand’s entry-level offer. Thin, classic […]

5 years ago

Buying Guide – Best of 2019 – Our Top 5 Traveller’s Watches (GMT & WorldTime)

2019 has been another hectic year for the watchmaking industry, with multiple announcements, debates on the watch fairs and numerous novelties. But 2019 is coming to an end and it is time to look back at what were the best models introduced. After a look at our 5 favourite chronograph watches and our 5 best favourite watches, we’ll now look at one important category, the traveller’s watches – GMT and WorldTime timepieces – as this is, to us, the most practical of the complications on a daily basis, for modern gentlemen. Here it is, our “best of 2019” guide for multiple-time-zone watches.

5 years ago

Buying Guide – The New Luxury Sports Watches of 2019

The Luxury Sports Watch category is dominated by iconic classics such as the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and the Patek Philippe Nautilus – two watches that defined the genre back in the 1970s. It is also one of the most successful categories these days, with these two models being almost impossible to find at retailers. […]

5 years ago

Hands-on – Urban Jürgensen Reference 1741 Perpetual Calendar

If you’re a recurring reader of MONOCHROME, you should now know all about Urban Jürgensen – and if you don’t, we encourage you to have a closer look here, as this independent watchmaker truly deserves the attention of haute horlogerie lovers. Recently, we had the chance to have quite an exclusive piece from this manufacture […]

5 years ago

Hands-on – Urban Jürgensen Reference 1140 Champagne Dial, with Steel Case

At this point, you’ve probably become familiar with independent watchmaker Urban Jürgensen and its classic, yet superbly executed watches. In this instance, the Reference 1140, the brand’s cornerstone and signature piece, should be nothing new to you… Well, wait to discover its latest version, a pretty splendid limited edition, as you could be surprised by one or two features. Meet the Reference 1140 Champagne Dial, and yes, it comes with stainless steel case.

5 years ago

Hands-on – The Superb Elegance of the Urban Jürgensen 1140L Platinum

At first glance, the Urban Jürgensen 1140L Platinum is a “simple” three-hander. Do not be fooled by seemingly understated aesthetics, however. Designing a beautiful dress watch is not an easy task. Devil is in the details… and in the case of this UJ 1140, details are everywhere.

6 years ago

Buying Guide – The Best GMT/Travel Watches Introduced at Baselworld 2019

A moon phase is certainly a nice, slightly poetic complication, annual or perpetual calendars are the best when it comes to displaying the date on a watch, and a tourbillon is a superb demonstration of watchmaking “savoir-faire.” Yet, it is hard to beat a GMT or dual-time complication when it comes to practicality. With our […]

6 years ago