Rebecca Doulton

Madrid

Editor at Monochrome Watches

Editor and watch writer at The Jewellery Editor

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Bulgari Octo Finissimo Skeleton 8 Days Gübelin Special Edition

4 days ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Collaborations are one of the hottest trends in watchmaking today, as brands, high and low, team up with artists, retailers, collectors – you name it – to create special customised editions. The latest collaboration involves Italian powerhouse Bulgari and Gübelin, the Swiss, family-owned jewellery and watch retailer. The model selected is the Octo Finissimo Skeleton 8 Days, Bulgari’s ultra-thin skeletonised marvel with an impressive 192-hour power reserve.
The Hublot MP-10 Tourbillon Returns in Black Ceramic and Sapphire Crystal

5 days ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Hublot has never shown a reverence for conservative watchmaking. Starting with its explosively named Big Bang collection, Hublot revels in innovative material combinations and loud, audacious designs. However, when it comes to showing off its horological muscles, Hublot’s Masterpiece suite is where you’ll find the most technically complex models.
The Alpina Alpiner Extreme Automatic 39mm, Now in Titanium

1 week ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Alpina flexed its powerful sports watch muscles early in the game with its 1938 Alpina 4, a robust model with shock and water-resistance features, anti-magnetic properties and a sturdy steel case. The heavy-duty Alpiner Extreme, released in 2005 and refreshed in 2022, is a worthy descendant of the Alpina 4.
The Oris Aquis Date “Ben Bridge Limited Editions”

1 week ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Oris introduced its contemporary Aquis dive watch collection in 2011, four years earlier than its retro-inspired Divers Sixty-Five. Along with its competent 300m depth rating, the Aquis collection is also highly versatile, offering a wide range of seasonal colours and three case sizes. A few days ago, we introduced the Aquis “Berries Edition” with colours inspired by summer fruits.
The Ice Blue Junghans Meister Chronoscope LE for Retailer Wempe

1 week ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Wempe, the family-owned retail giant founded in 1878 in Hamburg, has become one of the biggest names in luxury watch sales. Now in the hands of a fourth-generation Wempe, the retailer has 29 showrooms worldwide and produces special editions with leading German watchmakers. Designed together with Wempe, the latest 100-piece limited edition, which celebrates Wempe’s 100-year partnership with Junghans, is a contemporary take on the Meister Chronoscope with an attractive light blue dial.
Scaling New Heights, The Titoni Seascoper 300 Ice Blue DLC

1 week ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Considered one of the most solid, well-built and finished dive watches for under EUR 2,000, Titoni’s Seascoper 300, the smaller brother of the Seascoper 600, was recently put to a high-altitude test on Swiss speed climber Nicolas Hojac’s wrist. Instead of braving underwater depths, the Seascoper accompanied Hojac as he climbed all three north faces of the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau in record time.
The New Polished Steel Bezel Versions of the Doxa Sub 200

1 week ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

When Doxa entered the dive watch market, it consulted with experts in the field, including Jacques Cousteau, to understand the needs of professional divers. The Sub 300 of 1967 enjoys a special place in the underwater pantheon of iconic divers, but beyond its formidable underwater capabilities, it became instantly recognisable thanks to its bright orange dial.
The Appealing Minimalism of The Ressence Type 9

2 weeks ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Founded in 2010 by Belgian industrial designer Benoît Mintiens, Ressence’s design philosophy revolves around deconstructing and displaying time in a contemporary, dynamic way, without the use of hands. Time literally circles around the dial like planets orbiting the Sun, indicated by highly graphic and revolving sub-dials animated by Ressence’s patented Orbital Convex System (ROCS). At the end of 2024, Ressence introduced the Type 9, the brand’s most compact and least expensive watch.
Introducing the Style-Conscious Certina DS-1 Big Date

2 weeks ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

If you’re going to have a date function on a watch, make it legible. For people of a certain age, there is nothing more frustrating than squinting your eyes to consult the date. Big dates are the heavyweight champions of the date function, proudly revealing their double digits. While the big date display is intimately associated with A. Lange & Söhne’s Lange 1, the double date or twin date complication, has been adopted by brands far and wide, including sports watch brand Certina.
New Raymond Weil Millesime Chronographs

2 weeks ago | monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton

Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Raymond Weil’s Millesime collection has fast become the brand’s bestseller, thanks to its convincing retro design, decent outsourced automatic movements, and competitive prices. The Millesime Chronograph was added to the collection last year and stands out with its attractive reverse panda dial references.