Introducing IWC Portugieser Automatic 40 Steel bracelet IW358312
With over 80 years of existence, the IWC Portugieser is amongst the brand’s most emblematic models, if not its most praised watch ever. A watch that has been introduced during the 1930s, it came back on the market during the 1990s and has been the elegant, sporty-chic proposition of the Schaffhausen-based brand ever since. Countless editions have been created, with all possible complications, but simplicity is a form that suits the model well. Nothing better than a sleek chronograph or an elegant small seconds display. The latter, in its smaller version launched just over a year ago, resurfaces today in a sportier, more casual full-steel attire, with the new reference IW358312, the IWC Portugieser Automatic 40 on Steel Bracelet.?For several years, the overall concept of the Portugieser has been rather straightforward. It has been first designed in 1939 following the request of two Portuguese merchants (named Rodrigues and Teixeira), who wanted to have the precision of IWC's deck

Portrait: Gaga Laboratorio, Bold Italian Design Meets Swiss Precision
The current watch market is polarized and most often highlighted by the major and mainstream brands on one hand, and let’s say, all the rest on the other hand. Among the latter, on the fringes of the groups and a few independent and historical brands, a swarm of new brands has emerged in recent years to shake up what can be sometimes seen as a lethargic creative landscape. Niche brands, creators, and micro-brands, all have the particularity of claiming innovative creativity in form and – sometimes – in content. Some, for sure, stand out from the crowd because they have been able to forge a strong identity through the product, if not a manufacture created in the 18th century…Take Gag¨¤ Laboratorio for example. Gag¨¤ Laboratorio is a new independent brand, the second owned and run by Mr. Ruben Tomella beside Gag¨¤ Milano, which has been active for over twenty years. In 2020, Ruben Tomella decided to leverage the expertise of Manufacture Gag¨¤ SA, the Swiss company tha

The New Hublot Watches of Watches & Wonders 2021 - Monochrome Watches
Following the LVMH Watch Week 2021, Hublot is taking part for the first time in Watches & Wonders Geneva. As part of the novelties for this digital event, we have full sapphire and high jewelry versions of the Big Bang Integral Tourbillon, a zesty yellow Big Bang Unico and a ceramic trio for the Big Bang Sang Bleu. Here's a round-up of the brand’s releases for 2021.Hublot Big Bang integral tourbillon full sapphireHublot has acquired quite an expertise in the working of sapphire. On the occasion of Watches & Wonders 2021, the brand releases a full sapphire version of the Big Bang Integral. A limited edition of 30 pieces, the watch is powered by the automatic and skeletonized HUB6035 calibre regulated by a flying tourbillon. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Quick Facts:?sapphire case and bracelet - 43mm x 15.25mm - water-resistant to 30m - automa

Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Transparente 2019 // Introducing, Review
The reassuring tick-tock of the table clock has by and large been replaced by more modern contraptions for telling the time. Sadly, table clocks, once a ubiquitous presence on the mantelpiece of many homes, have gone the way of drinks trolleys and soda siphons. However, there is one table clock that has survived the tide of changing fashions and continues to fascinate with its perpetual movement activated by invisible changes in temperature: the Atmos. With no requirement to wind the movement, no hidden batteries, Jaeger-LeCoultre's famous Atmos clock returns in a completely transparent case to reveal every detail of its movement that quite literally lives on air. Meet the new and modern?Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos Transparente.Atmos TransparenteThe Atmos Transparente ?(from atmosphere, the agent responsible for powering the mechanical movement) is a feast for lovers of mechanical spectacles. Its minimalist design and touches of Art Deco styling are housed in a glass box set on a rectangula

On the Road to Baselworld 2015 - Monochrome-Watches
Here we are, the day before?the official opening of the most important week of the watchmaking industry, Baselworld. Two month ago was already an important moment, the SIHH. However, Baselworld remains the biggest watch fair around the world, the one that all the journalists, the collectors and the industry is looking for. To bring you the best of the Basel watch fair, we’re on the road to Baselworld 2015.2015 began hard for Monochrome-Watches. After an hectic week at the SIHH, covering as much novelties possible, we moved recently to our brand new website, with a clearer, more intuitive, more modern look. This website had to be online in March, for a simple reason: Baselworld was about to start. Hundreds of brand will be there in order to introduce their collections to both journalists, a few collectors and retailers.?Patek Philippe, , Tudor, all Swatch Group brands – including Omega, Breguet or?Glashutte Original – TAG Heuer and all the independents watchmakers tha