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2 days ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
A couple of days ago, we published a long, in-depth article on the history of one of the most important watchmaking dynasties, Urban Jürgensen. There were more reasons for this article than just celebrating this historic name, which was founded in 1773. This article was here to prepare the grounds for what is happening today, the official return of Urban Jürgensen under the co-direction of Kari Voutilainen, something we announced about 4 years ago already.
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3 days ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. As we’ve explained already, Breguet, one of the most important brands in the industry, is celebrating this year its 250th anniversary, as its founder, the legendary Abraham-Louis Breguet, first registered his company in 1775.
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4 days ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The tourbillon has long been one of the long list of complications developed internally by Frederique Constant, used as a stand-alone feature or even paired with a perpetual calendar. And, in classic style for the brand, often with a price that’s well below the industry average.
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5 days ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The Sport Auto, first released in 2022, wasn’t the first attempt of Laurent Ferrier to create an elegant sports watch with an integrated bracelet. This must be credited to the Grand Sport, a large and high-end model with a tourbillon. However, the Sport Auto was even more important, as it entered the coveted category with a classic time-and-date movement, a titanium case and refined proportions.
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5 days ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
Looking back at the history of watchmaking, there are some inevitable names to be mentioned: Abraham-Louis Breguet, John Harrison, Thomas Mudge, John Arnold, Antide Janvier, Jean-Marc Vacheron and Christiaan Huygens, just to name a few. Moving up North, in the city of Copenhagen, to be precise, we have to talk about one of the most important dynasties of watchmaking, one that had great influence both in the past and in recent years, the Jürgensen family.
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1 week ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Mido, a mid-level brand owned by the Swatch Group, is well known for its capacity to deliver solid horological content at a fair price, but also with a rather cool sense of design. Check the recent Ocean Star 39 and you’ll have a great idea of what we’re talking about.
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1 week ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
Here, at MONOCHROME, we write about watches. That’s our job. However, before that became what we do on a daily basis, we all shared a sheer passion for watches, with, of course, our personal preferences. Our founder, Frank, is well known to be a fan of independent watchmakers and monochromatic watches (obviously…) I, for instance, have a strong interest in timeless sports watches – the icons of the industry – and chronographs with a vintage flair.
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1 week ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
A young French brand, Awake Watches was founded by Lilian Thibault in 2019 with the idea to raise awareness of our planet’s limited resources. From there, the brand diversified with NASA-themed models or watches with a dial inspired by the natural geometry of a sunflower. Last year, Awake released Son Mài, its first permanent collection comprised of four time-only references illustrating the art of ancestral Vietnamese sanded lacquer paired with the application of pure silver leaf gilding.
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2 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
More than 80 years after its initial release, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novel Le Petit Prince or The Little Prince remains as popular as ever. As one of the most active brands in the field of pilot’s watches, and knowing Saint-Exupéry’s career as an aviator, IWC has long partnered with The Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation and has created dozens of dedicated limited editions, all playing on a single theme: blue and gold.
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2 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Founded in 2005 by Maximilian Büsser and counting on the participation of “friends” in the creative process, MB&F has levitated around two main collections since its creation, but always with a rather radical concept and designs like nothing else on the market.
