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Chronographs come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors, so it's difficult to make the best choice. What helps is the ability to divide them into subcategories since there are so many different ones. One class of chronographs that always seems to get a lot of attention are the two-register or bicompax chronographs. Loved […]

With two new interpretations of his most complex watch, the Tourbillon Titanium and the Tourbillon Tremblage, Moritz Grossmann continues to expand on his vision of Glashütte watchmaking. These two new versions are mechanically identical to the original model, first introduced in 2013, when the Grossmann caliber 103.0 established the brand's first in-house tourbillon, distinguished by […]

Irish pop-rock icons U2 once sang Two Hearts Beating As One, a phenomenon that is foreign to none of us, but in watchmaking we call it: resonance! And only a handful of watchmakers can master resonance, one of them being Armin Strom! The concept of resonance is far from new, being a discovery by Dutch […]

To mark its grand 250th anniversary, Breguet is turning its attention to the Reine de Naples, a women's collection with a royal backstory and a striking oval case. The new moon phase reference 9935 and the pure time watch 8925 are worthy of a queen and full of new features, a new gold bracelet and […]

Czapek presents the second special series created to mark the 10th anniversary of the brand's rebirth in 2015. Following on from the Antarctique Tourbillon launched in April, this new edition presents an exceptional interpretation of the house's sports watch with an integrated bracelet, characterized by a plique-à-jour enamel dial. Plique-à-jour is a complex and delicate […]

This year, Zenith celebrates its 160th anniversary, which has already been celebrated with the launch of several watches in a blue design. With this special collection, the brand expects an encore of its best watches or movements, including the return of the legendary Caliber 135. The story continues today with two very limited Defy Zero […]

Once the domain of high-end brands, the integrated sports watch genre is in full swing and the market is flooded with thousands of models, from decidedly affordable models like Tissot's PRX to AP's Royal Oak and everything in between. A somewhat unexpected move, as the latest player to take the plunge is Louis Erard, a […]

At MONOCHROME, various aspects of watches are often discussed. Size, materials, colors, etc. are checked regularly by the team. And they should be, because we love giving you our best possible view of watches. One thing that always comes up in these discussions is price. Do we think a watch is appropriate or too expensive? […]

About 30 years ago, car enthusiasts, journalists and collectors were amazed by performance figures in the five hundred or even six hundred range. Icons like the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti EB110 have set new standards with engines that each produce around 610 hp. Then, in 2005, the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 became the first production […]

Almost a decade after the Big Bang exploded onto the watch scene in 2005 – the epitome of an oversized, highly dynamic sports watch with an unusual fusion of materials – Hublot introduced the Spirit of Big Bang. As the name suggests, the new collection retained the “spirit” of its predecessor, but replaced the octagonal, […]