#MonochromeWatches

With the vast majority of watches being perfectly round, and a good chunk of them being square or even rectangular, there’s an in-between way to stand out from the masses.…

Watchmakers have chased precision since the dawn of portable timekeeping in the 16th century, but it wasn’t until the late 17th century that watches became accurate enough to support minute hands.…

Sometimes, a racing car that looks very promising on paper never gets the chance to shine and reach its full potential. Rule changes, troubled development stages, reliability issues during its maiden races or even car manufacturers going bust midway…

Like a few other high-end watch brands (AP, VC, PP…), A. Lange & Söhne has its fair share of ultra-collectable watches. The elusive steel Lange 1 is one of them. The Grand Complicatio,is anothern ultra-rare, ultra-complex watco.…

Certina’s DS Action Diver is an accessible, practical dive watch, available in several sizes, materials and colours. The collection was updated in 2025, receiving enhanced shock resistance and new material combinations.…

There is a tendency to see watch collecting as a solitary pursuit. One imagines a lonely man sitting in a dank den, admiring his collection and spot-shining his timepieces with a polishing cloth before donning his sleeping cap and retiring to bed at 7pm.…

Let’s have a quick overview of minute repeaters recently launched. Gérald Genta Geneva Minute Repeater: about CHF 320,000. Piaget Polo Minute Repeater: about EUR 400,000. Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater 37mm: EUR 195,000.…

Frederique Constant expands its Classics collection with fresh interpretations of the Heart Beat Moonphase Date. First introduced in 2014, this signature timepiece unites a poetic moon phase display and pointer date with the brand’s iconic “Heart Beat”…

Doxa has long used colour to distinguish its dive watches, with bright orange, turquoise, yellow and deep blue among the signature shades of its SUB collection.…

Introduced in 2016, the Aikon collection has become a cornerstone of Maurice Lacroix’s catalogue, combining an integrated design with sporty details and accessible Swiss mechanics.…

If you’ve been reading MONOCHROME regularly or have been following the evolution of indie watchmaking in recent years, the name Otsuka Lotec should be familiar to you.…

Renaud Tixier is an independent brand born from a partnership between Dominique Renaud, the veteran inventor and co-founder of movement developer Renaud & Papi, and Julien Tixier, a talented young master watchmaker.…

Founded in 1934 and revived by Dutch entrepreneur Tom van Wijlick in 2014 (who is also behind the return of Airain and its Type 20/21 pilot’s chronographs), Lebois & Co has gradually built its contemporary collection with watches inspired by the brand’s…

Aldo Kane, an expedition leader, former Royal Marines sniper, and television adventurer, has spent the better part of a decade as a Bremont ambassador, putting the brand’s watches through volcanoes, jungles, oceans and mountains.…

When thinking about the most emblematic watches produced by Jaeger-LeCoultre, some might, of course, mention the Reverso or the Memovox immediately.…

Oris supports environmental causes through its watches, like the Aquis Date Yangtze Jiangtun or the New York Harbour limited editions, participating in projects dedicated to protecting marine ecosystems and bringing attention to issues beyond watchmaking.…

Yema’s Millésime series represents the most elaborate example of its watchmaking ambitions, offering French manufacturing and complications rarely encountered at this price level, in limited production series.…

Chopard continues its tribute to Mexican culture with the thirteenth interpretation of its L.U.C Full Strike. This latest one-of-a-kind “Día de los Muertos” creation pairs one of the manufacture’s most technically accomplished watches with an elaborate…

The Minerva Exo Tourbillon Skeleton marks the manufacture’s transition to a standalone brand structure, dropping the previous dual Montblanc branding to focus entirely on its own heritage.…

The PRX is one of Tissot’s defining collections, offering an accessible take on the integrated design inspired by the 1970s watches, with contemporary proportions and mechanics.…