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Recap: The Best New Watches From Geneva Watch Days 2026
1+ week, 1+ day ago (69+ words) For more information, please head over to the previous article here. For more information, please check our hands-on video story here. For more information, please visit our hands-on video review here. For more information, please read our introductory story here....
First Look: The New Girard-Perregaux GP Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor 39mm
1+ week, 5+ day ago (490+ words) As a freelance journalist specialising in watches and jewellery, Rebecca Doulton began writing for the Financial Times in Mexico City in the early 1980s. Formerly the web editor of Tiempo de Relojes website, and watch editor of The Jewellery Editor, Rebecca…...
First Look: Chopard Revives its Classic Regulator with the New L.U.C 1963 Heritage Regulator
1+ week, 6+ day ago (481+ words) In the mid-1990s, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele embarked on an ambitious project to elevate Chopard’s watchmaking credentials by establishing an independent manufacturing facility in Fleurier – and succeeded. Following the development of the acclaimed ultra-thin automatic calibre 96.01-L, the manufacture released its first watch…...
First Look: Indie Watchmaker Alexandre Martin Launches his Debut Watch, the Superb 1965
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (753+ words) Monochrome Watches There is currently a real wave of new, young independent watchmakers launching their own brand, and we are always delighted to showcase their work at MONOCHROME. One of the latest among them is Alexandre Martin, a 28-year-old Belgian…...
Buying Guide; Extending Summer With Six Light Blue Beauties
2+ week, 1+ day ago (662+ words) Monochrome Watches I don’t know about you, but I am not built for +40°C heatwaves. With an endless string of blazing hot days over summer, I struggled to keep myself cool, calm and collected. So as things are finally a…...
Introducing: The new L.Leroy Vox Temporis Tourbillon Minute Repeater, with Tact-Inspired Single-Hand Display
2+ week, 2+ day ago (339+ words) Monochrome Watches The new L.Leroy Vox Temporis follows the inspiration of the 2023 unique piece, but with a more pared-back and simplified design, giving it less of a jewellery-watch feel. As such, the time is still indicated thanks to a rotating…...
First Look: The Updated Longines Master Collection now gets Light Blue Dials
2+ week, 6+ day ago (626+ words) The Longines Master Collection is, without a doubt, one of the brand’s most important ranges, with the mission to mix traditional mechanical watchmaking and everyday usability. The brand’s one watch collection, if you will. First presented in 2005, it has been…...
Just Because: The Unique Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon "Julie" and New Personalisation Horizons for the Brand
3+ week, 3+ day ago (602+ words) Customisation or unique pieces are nothing new in the Swiss watch industry, but are usually reserved for high horology or smaller ateliers, necessitating a level of flexibility that more established and mainstream brands can hardly achieve. That said, we had…...
Twelve on Time: Louis Erard's Manuel Emch and his Personal Relationship with Time and Watches
3+ week, 5+ day ago (372+ words) 1 – Which watch changed the way you looked at watchmaking? 2 – What is the quality you value most in a watch? Character. A watch should have a personality before it has specifications. If you can recognise it across a room without reading…...
Just Because: A Baltic MR Classic for the Bangladesh Watch Club
3+ week, 6+ day ago (458+ words) Monochrome Watches The passion for watches has no borders, as we reiterated on multiple occasions. We have already covered several initiatives coming from the Emirates Watch Club, the Singapore Watch Club or the Qatar Watch Club. This time, though, it’s…...