The Latest News About Watches

Horological discoveries are the things that fuel a great deal of passion within the MONOCHROME editorial team. We know it gets a lot of people in the watch collecting community excited as well. Put 2 and 2 together, and you can understand why we regularly feature new and potentially never-seen-before watchmakers and other initiatives on […]

Yema’s current catalog mainly consists of sports watches, so it’s nice to see a new dressier option, especially because it has quite an original design. The inspiration for the all-new Yema Granvelle’s cushion shape came from the arches in the courtyard of the Granvelle Palace in Besançon. The building also houses the Museum of Time, […] Visit Hands-On Introduction: The Yema Granvelle CMM.20 — Inspired By 16th-Century Architecture to read the full article.

The new Chronoswiss ReSec Snake Manufacture is a daring interpretation of modern mechanical horology that combines bold aesthetics with technical prowess. Housed in a 42 mm titanium case featuring a mesmerizing PVD coating that shifts between emerald and turquoise hues, this timepiece creates an iridescent effect reminiscent of serpentine scales.

Heinrich, the Stuttgart based indie brand known for reinterpreting classic watch designs of the 1970s (sometimes with lots of color) is back with their latest release, the Radiance. This latest effort from Heinrich is a new take on the dress watch (a trend we’ve been spotting more and more in recent months), and it’s interesting […] The post Heinrich Introduces their Take on the Dress Watch, the All New Radiance appeared first on Worn & Wound.

It’s not every day we get to see a new Ressence, but in the past decade and a half, the brand has carved out an impressive reputation for originality and creativity. And in all honesty, it really is one of the most original brands around, with a unique take on how to display time. Especially […]

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A nautical summer collection offers a wide range of blue-dialed special models.

IWC’s latest Pilot’s Watch models combine precision appeal with some flights of horological fancy, edgy design, and a cinematic intersection with car racing.

Strictly speaking, this is the least mysterious 'Mystery' watch Franck Muller has ever made - but it's no less impressive.The post Franck Muller ditches subtlety for high jewellery with the Round Triple Mystery appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

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The ugly shoe and the rugged watch make for surprisingly likable bedfellows.

Doxa added a GMT to their collection for the first time in years to much fanfare recently (we covered it here). This watch got quite a bit of press and stirred considerable interest within the enthusiast community, but to my mind it was only the second best watch the brand showed us when we met […] The post Doxa Adds a Steel Bezel to the SUB 200 Diver appeared first on Worn & Wound.

The Longines Legend Diver, also known as the LLD, is a watch that doesn’t need much introduction anymore. A classic of the Heritage collection by the brand with the winged hourglass, the model has been, at least in its modern form, around since 2007, first as a coveted no-date watch, and then as a wide […]

DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors Interesting re-edition of the world’s first solar powered watch, first shown in Baselworld in 1976. This reproduction is made up to date with new tech, including a red OLED display. Press Release information with commentary in italics. New: Neprosolar 1976 by Alatron The Neprosolar 1976 by Alatron will have a Swiss public price of CHF [...] The post New: Neprosolar 1976 by Alatron appeared first on DEPLOYANT.

With the sunny season just warming up, it's time for casual comfort and plenty of fun color.

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Escapement24's Simon Ryan brings back Monceau with the Model 01.The post The Monceau Model 01 gives a defunct brand a new lease on life appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Chronoswiss, founded in 1983 by the late Gerd R. Lang, has always been associated with regulators. Following the brand’s acquisition by Oliver Ebstein and its relocation from Munich to Lucerne, additional complications, including the ReSec, a retrograde seconds indication, joined the lineup. Its combination of old-school decorative techniques with kinetic displays and some of the […]

The names are the same, but the looks are very different. A hands-on experience with the new Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph revealed strong similarities between the black-and-rose-tone model and its green sibling made of plasma high-tech ceramic. With a matte black ceramic case adorned with a rose-gold-colored PVD-coated steel turning bezel, the chronograph […] Visit Hands-On With The New Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph: The Brand’s First Ceramic-Cased Captain Cook Chrono to read the full article.