LVMH’s first round of 2020 watchmaking novelties is being unveiled in the luxurious Dubai Bvlgari Hotel today. So what could be more fitting that a quick peek at the highlight of Bvlgari’s watchmaking releases: the Serpenti Seduttori Tourbillon. In keeping with Bvlgari’s recent tradition of setting world records in the watchmaking arena, this new Serpenti […]
Precision, perfect execution and beauty are very real concerns in Japanese craftsmanship and Grand Seiko’s mission, ever since its creation in 1960, is to live up to these demanding principles. Precision and superlative execution are easy to gauge in Grand Seiko’s repertoire, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and not everybody warms […]
If a regulator wristwatch comes up in conversation, odds are that Chronoswiss is a part of it. The brand was first to produce a regulator wristwatch in series with the Régulateur, a simple and elegant piece that led to the company’s signature style. Rare examples of regulator wristwatches existed prior to this, but none were […]
A classic among the classics, the Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar is the essence of the German manufacturer, with its off-centred display, its beautifully executed movement and very Teutonic design, in cold and technical colours. Certainly, we’ve seen some more colourful versions, in gold with a blue dial for instance – but still rather classic. So what […]
Recently I had the opportunity to enjoy spending some quality time with not one, but two exceptional timepieces from A. Lange & Söhne. Belonging to the same family, the Saxonia Moonphase and the Saxonia Outsize Date share a very similar aesthetic. In fact, from a distance, you could be forgiven for mistaking them as the […]
In tune with the season, Laurent Ferrier launches an ‘autumn-inspired’ version of his well-known Galet Annual Calendar School Piece. Created for retailer Boutique Montres Prestige in Geneva, the watch, in a 40mm steel case with an opaline salmon-coloured dial, is a limited edition of just five pieces. And well, it looks really good.
Time and time only… When Blancpain introduced the new Villeret Ultraplate 6605 at Time To Move, we called it “the most understated of all Blancpain watches“, in a very positive way. Essential, elegant, restrained and at the same greatly executed, this watch was a pleasant surprise. Well, after the steel and red gold models, it […]
The Bovet 19Thirty Fleurier is one of the simpler models in the brand’s universe of ultra-refined, ultra-ornamented timepieces. First presented in steel in 2015, with a relatively ‘simple’ dial and straightforward functions – by Bovet’s standards… – the 19Thirty pays homage to the 1930s when pocket watches migrated to the wrist. The latest model to […]
We are always happy at MONOCHROME to see new independent brands launching. While most of the recently-launched brands were more on the entry-level side of the watchmaking scene, we can’t hide our love for hand-made movements, focus on chronometry and high-end decorations. So, it is with much pleasure that we’re today taking our first look at a new independent watchmaker named Tulloch and its inaugural creation, a superbly crafted regulator with impressive movement. Meet the Tulloch T-01 First Edition Regulator.
Last year, German manufacturer Moritz Grossmann, one of Glashütte’s best representatives, presented its very personal vision of an automatic watch, the Hamatic. Impressive, mechanically fascinating but still a prototype, the watch needed a few more months to be perfected. But here is the final version of the Moritz Grossmann Hamatic, now without cut-outs on the […]