The 2022 Longines Evidenza With Sector Dials (Specs, Price)
Longines certainly knows how to bring its historical models back to life. Most of these attractive vintage-inspired models are congregated in the Heritage collection, including the Classic Sector Dial, the Tuxedo Chronograph?and the Legend Diver. Historical designs are not the exclusivity of this collection, however, and the brand with the winged hourglass logo often includes them in its more traditional ranges. Case in point, the new Longines Evidenza collection of tonneau-shaped models for 2022, which now comes equipped with elegant and vintage-ish sector dials. And in a wide array of colours.The Longines Evidenza might not be the most sought-after collection of the brand, but it has a legitimate background and is a reinterpretation of a tonneau-shaped model launched over a century ago. Simple, slightly different, and very elegant, it is meant to fit men’s and women’s wrists with its compact dimensions. The case is 26mm in width and just over 30mm in length. Small on pape

Unique Speake-Marin Resilience "One Art" for Only Watch 2015 - Monochrome-Watches
Among our favourites, here at Monochrome, are the timepieces from Speake-Marin,?which are always beautiful and ooh so stylish. Amongst the watches that will be donated by brands, to the Only Watch auction, is for the first time a Speake-Marin, and it’s a piece unique. Besides ‘household names’ like Patek Philippe?(check out the ref. 5016A-010 piece unique!) and Richard Mille – brands that have been participating in the Only Watch auctions since the beginning – we see a number of new-comers like F.P. Journe (with the absolutely gorgeous Tourbillon Souverain Blue) and?Kari Voutlainen, who donated a stunning GMT-6 piece unique. Today another Indy' that will?raise a fair few paddles: the Speake-Marin One Art piece unique.?Pierce Brosnan with Speake-Marin ResilienceClassic, classy and understated. These are the words that I heard people use, to describe the unmistakable style of Peter Speake-Marin’s watches. Of course, among the newer models are some spor

Introducing Indie Watchmaker Nicolas Commergnat's First Watch, The Level One
Extreme simplicity, attention to detail and the wish to create a timeless watch, visually and mechanically. This is how we could summarise the work of Nicolas Commergnat, an independent watchmaker who is launching his eponymous brand but who is also a well-known name in the restoration and auction world. Known for his ability to bring complicated pocket watches back to life and his skills when it comes to creating movements “for others”, he decided that it was time for his own name to be on the dial of a watch. And it’s here, with the Nicolas Commergnat Level One, the first of a series of watches developed in the frame of a clear vision for his brand. Who is Nicolas Commergnat? Graduating from the ecole d’Horlogerie de Geneve, where he’d interned at Patek Philippe, he started his career next to AHCI co-founder and master watchmaker Sven Andersen. In addition, Nicolas also worked as a restaurateur of antique pocket watches, his first

HeuerCamaro.com, a New Educational Website Dedicated to Heuer's Sleeping Beauty: the Camaro - Monochrome Watches
When you think about Heuer watches, everybody has in mind the Jack Heuer era, meaning the Carrera (in all its executions), the Autavia and, 50th anniversary obliges, the Monaco. Yet, there are many other watches, mostly chronographs, produced under the Heuer name that deserve some attention. One of them, a true sleeping beauty, a “Heuer which has often been overlooked but one that has become increasingly associated with the true heritage and pedigree of the world-admired watch brand” (quote from the website’s author) is the Camaro. And launching today, a new website – HeuerCamaro.com – will tell you all about this great watch.The golden era of Heuer, as most collectors agree, is when Jack Heuer joined the company in the early 1960s. Under his direction, some of the greatest watches produced by the brand were born – watches that are still the foundation pillars and success stories of the modern version of this brand, TAG Heuer. Think about the 1962 Au

SIHH 2014: Introducing the Vacheron Constantin Malte Small Seconds and Malte Tourbillon Openworked - Monochrome Watches
Nearly as old as the art of horology itself, Vacheron Constantin cemented its position as the father of the barrel-shaped watches known as tonneau cases, an iconographic design feature that has stood the test of time for over a century and continues to be a sign of prestige. The “tonneau” Malte collection is without question one of Vacheron’s gifts to the horological industry.With the hallmark of the Geneva seal in place, we know the company’s Malte piece will be truly something special, and this year at SIHH, we aren’t given just one, but rather two new Malte pieces from Vacheron Constantin. These two watches may come from the same line of tonneau cases, but the similarities end there. Having each been created under watchmaking's two different, overarching schools of thought, the new Malte pieces are polar opposites of one another. One favors refinement and balance; the other, sheer horological prowess. We introduce to you the new white gold Malte Small S