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1 week ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Erik Slaven
With all attention focused on Watches & Wonders Geneva 2025 last month (one of the most important industry events of the year), it’s important to remember that some very interesting events also take place in the United States, such as Windup Watch Fair and WatchTime New York. You won’t see the likes of Rolex or Audemars Piguet at these shows, but most highlight a different segment of the market with a focus on accessibility and variety.
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1 week ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Erik Slaven
Briston, a Parisian brand of twelve years, has a new Streamliner Kennedy collection of four watches that focus on contemporary square cases with inspiration from the Art Déco era of the early and mid-20th century. The overall vibe was otherwise inspired by JFK and his wife Jackie (hence Kennedy in the name) and the traditional Ivy League style they carried before and during his presidency.
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2 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Erik Slaven
Back in 2021, Swedish brand Tusenö released the original Shellback diver that was a classic and more modern take on its prior Blackwater diver, one that had proved itself in the hands of the Swedish Sea Rescue Society (a voluntary search and rescue organisation). The original Shellback introduced a contemporary sandwich dial and updated logo of a sector lighthouse indicator (“The Guiding Light”) that continues with the Shellback V2.
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2 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Erik Slaven
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Nivada Grenchen goes back almost a century to 1926 and was known for many watches, including its early automatics in 1930 and Antarctic model in the 1950s that was used during a South Pole expedition with the US Navy.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Erik Slaven
Copies of popular products are inevitable. Many cars look alike, many drinks taste the same, and Apple and Android steal from each other every year. There are Submariner wannabes and Royal Oak rip-offs – it’s just how the world works. That said, who doesn’t like a good “Weird Al” Yankovic version of a hit song?
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4 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Erik Slaven
The Milgauss is an unusual model in Rolex’s lineup and certainly a niche offering, generally classified as a watch for scientists. It didn’t have the cool factor of racecars, jets, and James Bond, and, like many models in their early years, tended to sit on shelves, attracting scant interest. The Daytona was also a rather hard seller early on, so that’s not an indictment of the model itself, but it did lack a more mainstream audience given its unique focus.
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4 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Xavier Markl |Erik Slaven |Robin Nooy
Delma’s Shell Star dive watch combines the groove of its 1970s ancestor with modern specifications. A rugged 500m water-resistant diving companion, the latest Shell Star models feature a new complication with a Big Date window at noon and on-trend gradient dials. Delma’s first dive watch surfaced in 1969 with the Periscope, followed by the more professional Shell Star and Quattro in 1975, both of which endure to this day in the brand’s collection.
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1 month ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard |Rebecca Doulton |Erik Slaven |Robin Nooy
Founded in 1951, only one year after the creation of the Orient Watch Company and owned since 2001 by Seiko Epson, Orient Star is the higher-end collection of the Japanese watchmaker, which celebrates this year its 75th anniversary. This year, the brand expands its contemporary collection with two new colours for the Layered Skeleton model, a classic of its portfolio.
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1 month ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Erik Slaven
The latest watch in the very appealing Hermès Cut collection is more than just a jump from 36mm to 39mm, as it adds the ability to “suspend time” (Le temps Suspendu) with a complication first seen in the 2011 Arceau collection. At the press of a button, the hour and minute hands move into a V shape surrounding the 12 o’clock numeral, removing the distraction of time.
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1 month ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Erik Slaven |Brice Goulard |Robin Nooy
Twenty-five years ago, Chanel launched the J12 in black ceramic. Although brands like Rado and IWC had already produced ceramic watches, Chanel’s watch transformed ceramic into a precious material. An immediate hit, another unique facet of the watch was its unisex appeal. Designed by Chanel’s former artistic director Jacques Hélleu, the sleek, dark, sporty J12 was followed up with an all-white ceramic J12 in 2003.
