Hublot Spirit of Big Bang for Bruce Lee - Commemorating the Masters 75th Birthday (specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
Hublot dispense with their traditional octagonal port-hole' form to pay tribute to the late Kung Fu icon on what would have been his 75th birthday.? Have the playful brains at Hublot disgraced their ancestors? Will this watch of truly epic proportions' be able to restore the honor of their monastery? ?Overview of the Hublot Spirit of Big Bang for Bruce Lee Chronograph.In the year 2015 it is almost impossible to OVERstate the role Bruce Lee, the San Francisco born son of a touring Hong Kong acting family has had on modern action films. In a day and age where the lion's share of what you see on screen in a movie is CGI, Lee's movies, though sometimes quaint looking by today's standards, are packed with a life's dedication to mastering King Chun and Jeet Kune Do style Kung Fu. More importantly, Lee's brief TV and movie career still serves as the archetype for the modern action hero. Hint: when you look at Keanu Reeves in the Matrix Trilogy, what you see is one huge homage to Bruce Lee. An

Buying Guide - Best Accessible Watches Under 2,500 Euros of Baselworld 2019
With the Swatch Group gone from Baselworld 2019, the “Value Proposition” category, meaning watches under EUR 2,500, has been seriously affected. Brands like Tissot, Mido, Hamilton or Longines usually perform well in this segment. Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean we haven’t seen some cool things at Baselworld this year (and around the fair too). Here are the best accessible watches we spotted in March – all priced under 2.5K, and because you’re reading MONOCHROME, they all feature a mechanical movement.Doxa SUB 200 130th AnniversaryDoxa is mainly known for its rugged, cushion-shaped dive watches, inspired by the original 1960s SUB 300. Reducing the brand to only this watch would be sad, and as it celebrates its 130th anniversary this year, Doxa is about to re-edit more of its past glories. At Baselworld 2019, there was an insanely cool full gold SUB 200 Chronograph (insanely expensive too) and on the other side of the spectrum is this “bang for t

Monochrome Now on Watchville App - Monochrome Watches
Of course Monochrome is not the only website dedicated to bring you the latest news about the world of watchmaking. However we’re unique in bringing you news, reviews and historical stories about the absolute high-end of the spectrum of watchmaking, with a strong focus on explaining every nitty gritty detail about the beauty of hand-made watches. As of this week you can read all our stories can and stories from a selection of the finest watch blogs out there in one App: enter Watchville App.The Watchville App, which is available for iOS and Android, pulls in news stories from top watch blogs and watch websites like aBlogtoWatch, Hodinkee, Watchtime and Monochrome Watches. Although we would love to be able to share more news with you but also for us every day has only 24 hours. Besides that, here at Monochrome, we already make a strict selection of what to write about and what not to write about. So in fact, you’re getting to see our selection of what we consider to be the m

Hands-On: The New, Slimmer Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Small Seconds
What started life in 1931 as a pragmatic solution developed by Jaeger-LeCoultre for British officers in India who were constantly smashing the glass on their watches during polo matches is considered a genuine icon in the watch world today. Its patented case, which was “capable of sliding in its support and being completely turned over”, never ceases to fascinate and has offered its dual faces to house everything from complications to miniature works of art. The latest iterations of the Reverso Tribute Small Seconds, a function that was incorporated on the Reverso in 1934, feature slimmer 18k pink gold cases and dials in sunray-brushed black, silver and burgundy.Why only talking about the Gold Models…?There were actually 4 new versions of the Reverso Tribute Small Seconds presented at Watches and Wonders 2023, including 3 new (and very attractive) pink gold editions, as well as a new steel model, under the reference Q713842J, with a silver dial and a Fagliano Collecti

The SNGLRTY Blue Steel OHI-4 Watch (Specs & Price)
Single-hand watches are nothing new, albeit still something of a rarity. MeisterSinger is undoubtedly the best-known brand to embrace the style, but many others have toyed with the concept. SNGLRTY has devoted its entire portfolio to single-hand watches, but all display both the hour and minutes via a clever, patented design. A common way to do this is with a jumping hour like the MeisterSinger Salthora Meta X, but SNGLRTY has figured out how to have a minute disc continuously synch with the hour hand, and it’s an industry first. We go in-depth with the SNGLRTY Blue Steel OHI-4.BackgroundSeveral years ago, Stephen Mansfield and Daniel Blunschi began brainstorming over drinks about a single-hand watch design. The ultimate goal was to create something that hadn’t been done before, where a single hand could show both the hour and minutes simultaneously. Brands have gotten creative with a single hand showing both, like Konstantin Chaykin with the Genius Temporis that will tempo