FP Journe Chronometre Bleu - Some personal thoughts about an icon (review with live photos & price) - Monochrome Watches
My daily job, as the associate editor of Monochrome-Watches, is to inform you about new watches, to share the industry news and to review timepieces that we believe worthwhile. Meaning: I’m a watch journalist. However, this also means (for me, at least) that I’m a watch enthusiast and a collector my-self. On the scale of desire for watches, I have three categories: the new watches of the year that I’d like to own (after seeing them at the SIHH or Baselworld), the all-time classics that would look?nice in every collection (e.g. a Submariner or a Speedmaster) and the proper dream-machines, the ones that I want?above all. One of them (in fact, there are quite a lot… but this one sits on the very top of my wish-list) is a watch that could be regarded as very classical by non-aficionados but that however is filed with so many unique details: the now iconic?FP Journe Chronometre Bleu and here is why I’m a sucker for this very special timepiece, illustrated with

Linde Werdelin SpidoLite II Tech Green - Monochrome Watches
Linde Werdelin introduced the SpidoLite II Tech Green earlier this year at Baselworld and we got one of the two prototypes for an extensive review. The new SpidoLite II Tech Green is one of two new models that mark a special moment for Linde Werdelin as they have started using new materials. Like forged carbon and ALW, which stand for Alloy Linde Werdelin, being their own extremely light alloy. Besides the Tech Green, there’s the Tech Gold, that features a solid gold bezel and crown. The first thing you’ll notice when strapping the SpidoLite II Tech Green on the wrist, is that it is incredibly light. That also makes it into a very comfortable wear and I have to admit that the review period was over before I knew it and the watch had to be returned to the good folks of Linde Werdelin. So let’s take a closer look at the new forged carbon SpidoLite II Tech Green. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Ulysse Nardin Freak X Bucherer BLUE (Specs & Price)
With its numerous joint creations, Bucherer BLUE has given birth to a series of truly unique and disruptive timepieces. Think about the IWC Portugieser, the Panerai Luminor Marina or the Oris Sixty-Five Chronograph. The most recent member in this BLUE collection was created with Ulysse Nardin and is a true horological UFO. Meet the new Freak X Bucherer BLUE.In the early 1980s, the encounter between Rolf W. Schnyder, a businessman and visionary, and Ludwig Oechslin, a brilliant horologist, turned Ulysse Nardin into one of the most innovative watch brands in town. This partnership would yield several milestones in mechanical watchmaking history. Among these, the legendary Freak housing the innovative dual direct escapement with silicon escapement wheels. With it, Ulysse Nardin not only became the pioneer of silicon in mechanical watchmaking but developed a new escapement (which remains a crowning glory for the most skilful and creative watchmakers) beating at the heart of a complex and a

Hands-on with the Omega Speedmaster Lunar Dust - Monochrome Watches
We were all so excited with the idea of the re-edition of the Seamaster 300 that we actually didn’t expect?a new version of the Speedmaster in Baselworld 2014. Last year, Omega went the extra mile: playing the vintage card?with the Seamaster 300 and the?Speedmaster Mark II?or?being innovative with the introduction the first fully antimagnetic movement?and the spreading of the co-axial escapement?to all collections. New materials are also in the current scope: after the introduction of a full black ceramic Speedmaster last year, the Dark Side of the Moon, this year Omega presents a grey version, again with a ceramic case, which is called the Lunar Dust.Monochromatic watches have been one of the major trends in the watchmaking industry in recent years, especially with the use of black DLC coated cases, with sometimes?“questionable” results. Although we’re not the biggest fans of full black watches, we have to admit that Omega’s proposition on the Speedmaster

Vacheron Constantin The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac Year of the Tiger
This series of watches, the Metiers d'Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac, has become a recurring theme for Vacheron Constantin. To celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Tiger, which will take over from the Ox at the Chinese New Year on 1 February 2022, Vacheron is releasing two new versions of its classic, high-end calendar watch finished with artistic crafts to pay tribute to the animal that symbolizes invincible power, authority and strength, and is considered as the king of fur animals in Chinese culture. Combining original display and impressive dial, here are the new Vacheron Constantin Metiers d'Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac “Year of the Tiger” watches.It’s been quite some years already that Vacheron Constantin pays tribute to the Chinese culture with these Haute Horlogerie watches. We’ve seen them with the Pig and the Rat already, and as the Year of the Tiger is coming soon, the Geneva-based manufacture is bringing some new editions to the tab