A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar - SIHH 2017 (Specs & Price)
After the massively impressive (yet far from accessible) A. Lange & Sohne Tourbograph Perpetual introduced yesterday, without a doubt?the main highlight of the Saxon manufacture’s SIHH 2017 collection, we return today to?the real world and to more usable and pragmatic watches. Well, sort of, as we’re still talking Lange here. Another of its?novelties this year is a highly interesting calendar watch?featuring what we believe is a highly practical indication; the annual calendar – a complication that sits right in the middle between a normal calendar and a perpetual calendar. Here is the discreet and elegant A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar.Here at Monochrome we think the annual calendar is probably the best combination possible for a calendar watch. It features?some of the elements?of a QP, whilst still remaining accessible and provides?highly interesting technical content, far above what you’ll experience with a traditional calendar watch. This conc

Introducing: Longines Conquest Chronograph Marco Odermatt Limited Edition
Longines teams up with skiing champion Marco Odermatt for a limited edition of its Conquest Chronograph. Registered by Longines in 1954, the Conquest was the first product family of the brand, a serially produced model evolving from the robust waterproof wristwatches designed for French Polar Expeditions with a screw-down caseback. Revisited on its 60th anniversary in the Heritage collection, the model we are looking at today corresponds to the revamped Conquest collection undertaken earlier this year. Designed with Marco Odermatt, the limited-edition Conquest Chronograph consolidates Longines’ longstanding association with alpine skiing.Thanks to Longines’ first chronograph model of 1878, the brand has a long track record as a sporting events timer and, in 1924, provided the timekeeping equipment for a military ski race. Today, Longines is the main partner of the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the Official Timekeeper for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup and FIS World C

Business News: SIHH to welcome even more brands in 2018 - Monochrome Watches
The SIHH welcomes new brands; it is now official, the next edition of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), taking place January 15th to 18th in Geneva, will welcome 4 new brands. This includes power house Hermes and three smaller independent watch?brands, which will expose in the dedicated ‘Indie corner’, the Carre des Horlogers.?Rumors were already out for some time, however now it’s official that Hermes is not going to be at next year’s Baselworld, but at the other big watch fair, SIHH. It is indeed a statement for the Geneva fair, underlining its attractiveness. The French luxury power house is one of the most prestigious names in the luxury industry and its consolidated revenues passed the 5 billion euros threshold in 2016 (157 million Euro for watches). Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Carre des Horlogers, c

Buying Guide - 5 New Watches with Red Hot Dials
Watch dials rarely venture to red. Less formal than dark colours, red grabs your attention. But red can be very attractive and elegant, as you’ll see. Especially if you are confident in your ability to carry off colours or like to stand out from the crowd. If this is the case, we have rounded up five great red dial watches presented recently.Note: this selection is based on a consensus among the MONOCHROME team. It reflects our preferences but if there are other watches you'd love to mention, feel free to share these in the comment section at the end of this article.Oris Big Crown Pointer date 40mm oxblood Red dialRed with brownish hues, the oxblood dial of this Pointer Date works extremely well with the context of this vintage-inspired Oris model. Its stylized typography is paired with cathedral hands treated with beige Super-LumiNova. The automatic calibre 754 inside is based on a Sellita SW200-1 modified internally for the date indication. It comes with an equally unique but s

Event Report - Behind The Scenes With Tissot at The Tour de France
Pain, passion, glory The Tour de France is widely considered the most prestigious and most difficult cycling race. 3,350 kilometres are being raced in 2022, split up over 21 days of racing. Every detail counts in this challenging competition between 176 riders, and, against time. Cycling fans all remember the 1989 Greg LeMond victory over Laurent Fignon, by just 8 seconds, the smallest ever in the history of the Tour de France: timekeeping is essential to the dream of racing cyclists. Tissot has been involved in a range of cycling events for over 50 years and, as the official timekeeper of the Tour de France, the brand plays an essential role in the captivating narrative that unfolds every summer. We were lucky enough to be invited for a formidable weekend in Lausanne, to go behind-the-scenes of timekeeping at the Tour de France 2022.Yours truly participating (above) – below: inside Le Tour, a unique opportunity to ride the last 50 kilometres of Tour de France 2022 Stage 8, with