In furniture design, we might pick the Eames lounge chair. In men’s fashion, perhaps the Burberry trench coat. In the world of watches there are several key examples, from the Cartier Tank and the AP Royal Oak, right through to the Casio G-SHOCK.In every field there are iconic designs that…
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Monochrome’s subtitle is, and has been for the past 10 years, ‘Dedicated to Fine Watches’ and that really covers what we are.While our managing editor Brice is enjoying a well-deserved vacation, I am making time for what I actually like doing best: writing about beautiful watches! During the year most…
In 2016, the Le Locle-based brand unveiled the V-40, the latest evolution of the renowned hand-wound movement.The first two pieces come with a black velours or grained beige dial with pink indices.First introduced in 1947, Vulcain’s Cricket alarm calibre has a place in the history of watchmaking. Thanks to a…
Surprise, surprise, we here at Monochrome are not into smart watches, connected watches or any of those wrist-buzzers and step counters. The number of times we cover smart watches are brought back to the bare minimum. That’s for various reasons, but most importantly A) it doesn’t do anything (for us)…
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the brand’s Marine collection,the new Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronograph Annual Calendar was introduced earlier this year at Baselworld. Patrik Hoffman, the brand’s CEO, talked about it in the interview that we did during Baselworld, and in the past weeks we had the privilege to wear…
Looking for cheap watches on the internet? Better think twice before making that purchase. In this in-depth feature from the WatchTime archives, we explore how sales of these counterfeit watches are hurting both collectors and the watch industry. For some watch collectors, the temptation is just too much. “I have…
A lot of watchies are sniffy about quartz and the way a quartz second hand ticks precisely once every second. It just goes to show what a contrary place Watchworld is.You’ll even hear watch tyros explaining that you can spot a “real” Rolex by the way the second hand sweeps…
In Spanish there is an old saying that goes something like this: “Tell me what you brag about, and I’ll tell you what you lack.” In today’s Venezuela, the folksy saying seems confirmed. While the socialist government officials often rant about “equality,” “austerity” and “anti-imperialism,” the expensive watches Chavistas flaunt,…
Exports from Switzerland fell in 2016, down 16.1 percent in June when compared to June 2015 figures. Swatch Group, undoubtedly one of the biggest players in the Swiss watch industry today, has been hit especially hard by the tepid marketplace, reporting a 53.6 percent dip in operating profits.So there’s no…
For at least three years now, the FHH has been busy with a seemingly simple task – and that is to define the values which it seeks to promote, defend, and praise. Almost in secret, the FHH sought to conclusively and definitively define what “haute horlogerie” as a concept is….