Your Guide to Watches & Wonders Geneva 2022 and Watch Week Geneva
The moment watch aficionados, retailers and journalists have been waiting for Watches and Wonders Geneva will finally open its doors on 30 March 2022, for a complete week around horology. It will be the first physical edition of the event since 2019 and since , Patek Philippe, Chopard, Chanel and Tudor decided to leave Baselworld and then join the Geneva-based show. This exodus had put the nail in the coffin of the Basel fair. Industry shows matter; the watch industry needs live interaction and powerful events. Everything will happen in Geneva now. Besides Watches and Wonders, many brands will also exhibit their latest creations in Geneva. Following the pandemic, this physical edition of the event with its new format and its new exhibitors will be an interesting first with hopes that this shift of the centre of gravity to Geneva will be a constructive step for the watch industry.?MONOCHROME will, of course, be present in Geneva and will bring you live coverage of the event, as well as

Hands-on - 2016 Cartier Santos 100 ADLC, now back fully black and in-house (live pics, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
With no fanfare or fireworks, quietly, in the middle of the rush of the SIHH 2016, in the luxurious salons of the Cartier booth, nearly forgotten because pushed into the background by the introduction of the Drive, Cartier introduced this year a new version of an icon, the Santos 100. Well, if the design remains the same as the previous editions, some new colors are available. No big deal… However, it was until we’ve been told this watch came for the first time with a manufacture?movement. Here is the?2016 Cartier Santos 100 ADLC, the icon back in full black and in-house.The Cartier Santos 100 isn’t a new watch. After all, it is the first wristwatch created especially for men by Cartier, in 1904, on request of Albert Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian aviator and friend of Cartier. Huge jump in the time… The Santos 100 exists, in this actual shape and style, for quite a long now. Now you might think that what you are looking at, this black version of the Santos 100, rem

Hands-On - IWC Big Pilot's Watch Big Date Spitfire Edition Mission Accomplished IW510506
When talking about pilot’s watches, the name IWC should quickly come into the discussion. The brand is one of the most legitimate manufactures in this field, with its first dedicated watch for pilots dating back to 1936. Then followed B-Uhr models, the famous Mark Series, the 1990s pilot’s chronographs and, of course, the legendary Big Pilot’s Watch. Without surprise, the Schaffhausen-based brand was a partner of choice for the very cool project named “The Longest Flight”. While a special Timezoner Spitfire?was launched to celebrate the start of the journey, IWC also unveils a watch to commemorate its end: the Big Pilot’s Watch Big Date Spitfire Edition “Mission Accomplished” IW510506 that we’ll be looking at today.?The Longest FlightThe “Longest Flight” project isn’t your typical Concorde-like-comfort Tour du Monde… It has been a bit more challenging than just refuelling a jet plane and crossing borders. It

Introducing: The new Habring2 Oskar, The Felix with a MoonPhase
Following our article about the new Josef Regulator With Dead-Beat Seconds, it’s time now to introduce the second watch released by Habring2 in the frame of the brand’s 20th-anniversary celebrations. Founded in 2004 by couple Maria and Richard Habring, Habring2 is one of the very few watchmakers to operate in Austria and, over the years, it has managed to manufacture highly appealing hand-made, in-house developed watches. The latest in line is an elegant, slightly retro-styled watch that takes the concept of Felix one step further. Meet the Habring2 Oskar with moon phase display and with or without pointer date.?The new Oskar is largely based on the Felix model, a watch of high importance in the brand’s portfolio, as it heralded the era of Habring2’s own manufactory movements. For the first 10 years of its existence, the brand relied on ETA ebauches, heavily modified to meet the brand’s requirements in terms of complications. In 2014, with Felix, Habring2

Habring2 Doppel 3 Reviewed - Monochrome Watches
Today we’re going to review a very special watch. It is a double chronograph, with a single-pusher chronograph function and an additional pusher for the split-seconds function. This alone sounds interesting, however if you consider that the watch is made by Habring2, and also consider that Richard Habring played a major role in developing IWC’s Doppelchrono, the importance of the Habring2 Doppel 3 might become evident. It was evident enough for the jury of the prestigious Grand Prix de Horlogerie de Geneve, to award its predecessor with the Sports Watch Prize in 2012. The Doppel 3 is an evolution of the Doppel 2, which won the sports watch prize at the 2012 GPHG. While the Doppel 2 was operated by three pushers – two for the chronograph and one for the split seconds function – the Doppel 3 takes it a step further. It is actually a single-pusher (or mono poussoir in French) chronograph with two central chronograph second hands. One of the hands is to measure an e