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1 week ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard |Xavier Markl |Frank Geelen |Tom Mulraney
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. We, at MONOCHROME, have long been strong advocates of the GMT, Worldtimer and Dual-Time complications. Why?
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2 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Brice Goulard |Frank Geelen |Rebecca Doulton |Tom Mulraney
If you ask yourself what’s the most classic dress watch ever made by Patek, and probably one of the most important models of the category, the answer should ultimately be the Calatrava. Not much to debate here. The collection, created in 1932 with the reference 96, has had such an influence on the watch industry that the word icon is legitimate in this context. But in recent years, there’s been Calatravas and Calatravas… with pilot-inspired watches or weekly calendars.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Frank Geelen |Tom Mulraney |Brice Goulard
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Vacheron Constantin celebrates its grand 270th anniversary this year. For a brand with such an illustrious and storied past, an anniversary of this calibre means rolling out the big guns. To commemorate the date, Vacheron Constantin unveils a new high-end manufacture calibre combining a tourbillon and a perpetual calendar.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Brice Goulard |Tom Mulraney
Moser hits the nail on the head when it states that for a straightforward three-hand watch to rise above the generic models populating the field, it requires perfect balance and proportions, high-end finishes and a unique touch. The new Endeavour Centre Seconds Concept ticks all the boxes with its well-finished, balanced case, captivating purple Grand Feu enamelled and textured dial bereft of distractions.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Brice Goulard |Robin Nooy |Tom Mulraney
The Odysseus disembarked at A. Lange & Söhne in 2019, the Saxon brand’s interpretation of a luxury steel sports watch with a personality all its own. Not only was it the first steel model for the brand, but it was also the first model with 120m water-resistance, the first model with a metallic integrated bracelet, and it was equipped with a bespoke movement.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Brice Goulard |Frank Geelen |Tom Mulraney
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The name of A. Lange & Söhne‘s 1815 watch family refers to the year Ferdinand Adolph Lange was born, the founder of precision watchmaking in Glashütte, Germany. Inspired by F.A. Lange’s pocket watches, all 1815 models are hand-wound and feature classical details like the peripheral railway-track minutes scale. One of the most traditional, understated yet refined references is the 1815 time-only model.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Brice Goulard |Tom Mulraney |Denis Peshkov
Released in 2016 with a price tag of EUR 8,000, Frederique Constant’s Perpetual Calendar Manufacture was one of the most affordable QPs on the market. Powered by FC’s in-house calibre FC-775, the perpetual calendar appeared in the Slimline family and the sportier Highlife collection. For Watches & Wonders 2025, the perpetual calendar returns in a more compact and sleek 40mm stainless steel case size powered by the new FC-766 manufacture calibre with an increased power reserve of three days.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Brice Goulard |Robin Nooy |Tom Mulraney
One of the most recognisable models of Bell & Ross, the French brand that finds inspiration in the dashboard instruments of military aeroplanes, is the BR-03. Debuting in 2006 as a smaller version of the whopping 46mm BR 01, the BR-03 was updated two years ago and revisited in smaller 41mm cases. Benefitting from the design upgrades, the trilogy released today plays with skeletonisation, transparency and luminescence.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Frank Geelen |Nick Gould |Tom Mulraney
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Louis Cartier’s Tank watch, introduced in 1917, marked a before and after in men’s wristwatches. Breaking with the taste for ornately decorated cases, the Tank Normale’s geometric case, inspired by an aerial view of armoured Renault tanks deployed in WW1, was a precursor of the clean minimalist lines of Art Deco.
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3 weeks ago | 
monochrome-watches.com | Rebecca Doulton |Frank Geelen |Tom Mulraney |Brice Goulard
Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. Since its introduction in 1932, many consider the Calatrava reference 96 as the paragon of an elegant dress watch. Although the collection has expanded in different directions, fans of the classical, timeless, time-only, ultra-slim, manual-winding dress watch will be pleased to learn about the latest Calatrava released during Watches & Wonders 2025.
