Video - Monochrome's Best of the SIHH 2015 - the top 10 watches - Monochrome-Watches
The 2015 edition of the SIHH – Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie – is now behind us. As usual, it was an hectic week, full of novelties and horological sweetness. From all the brands exhibiting and all the watches we’ve seen, strapped, tested and photographed, we had to make our selection. 16 brands, more?than 50 main novelties versus a team of 7 passionate writers?with their own preferences and tastes. And the final result showed to you with a video. Here is Monochrome’s Best of the SIHH 2015.Don’t expect us to show you our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc… preferred timepiece. The aim?of this video is only to share with?you some?beautiful images of the most striking watches we’ve seen at the SIHH 2015. This selection is large, as it goes from a 5.000 Euros world-timer to a 1 Million Euros tourbillon. This represents what we thought to be the watches to remember in a year or more from this edition of the Geneva watch fair. No matter the price, no m

Buying Guide - Some of the Coolest Watches with Textured Dials of 2021
Every week we compile a list under a certain topic of watches that we think is interesting to you, our readers, with our buying guides. And as we are a team with mixed preferences, these topics can be about anything really. We tend to search for interesting variations on a common theme, such as accessible dive watches, or the best sports watches, or even the diversity of a single model by a single brand. And today the topic is all about textured dials. Here are some of the coolest watches presented over the last 12 months that feature some form of texture on their dial, from nature-inspired patterns to classic high-end guilloche.Grand Seiko SLGH005 White BirchSome might argue the dial for the Grand Seiko SLGH005 White Birch isn't exactly all that white, but nevertheless, it remains one of the best dials introduced this year. The SLGH005, nicknamed White Birch for the distinct vertical patterns in the silvery-white dial inspired by the bark of birch trees in a forest close to the Grand

The Collector's Series - Paul Maudsley of Phillips Watches about collecting vintage pieces - Monochrome Watches
You maybe were wondering why the Collector's Series hasn’t featured any vintage watches. Well, in truth, there is no reason. To rectify this, we sat down to?discuss who maybe an appropriate candidate?to?kick things off. The jury was unanimous: it had to be?someone with many years hands on?experience so we decided to ask our friend over Phillips Auctions, Mister Paul Maudsley, to introduce to us a watch of his own?collection, and surprisingly, it's just a vintage Doxa but certainly not just your just any vintage Doxa.Paul is International Specialist-Director at Phillips Auction House in London. For those unaware of it's pedigree, Phillips was founded in London in 1796 by Harry Phillips, formerly senior clerk to James Christie. During his first year of business, Phillips conducted twelve successful auctions and soon the business was holding sales for some of the most distinguished collectors of the day including Marie Antoinette, Beau Brummel and Napoleon Bonaparte. Despite its ext

Christmas Buying Guide - Our Top 5 Dive / Sports watches of 2015 - Monochrome Watches
Yesterday, we showed you our Top 7 Chronographs of 2015, a category that we believe to be one of the most important of them all… “One of”, yes because there’s a second one that must be regarded as pretty damn important, first because this category certainly represents the largest portion of sales for most brands and also because that’s the one collectors cherish most. We’re talking about dive and sports watches. And here is our buying guide focused on the best?Dive / Sports watches of 2015.Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black Ref. 79220NThis is THE ONE that collectors were expecting (and us too, as we already imagined?this edition almost 2 years ago, in our usual Baselworld predictions). After being launched with a burgundy bezel and gilded accents, followed by a cold and cool blue edition with silvered accents, Tudor finally creates the proper vintage-inspired edition, a watch that reunites all the beloved?features of antique Submariners: black bezel with

Video Review: The All-New TAG Heuer Formula 1 Chronograph Collection
For 2025, TAG Heuer feels it’s time for a massive overhaul of its racing-inspired Formula 1 collection, and here we are. Plus, it’s a timely refresh as well, as it has been just announced that TAG Heuer, as part of the LVMH Group, is the official timekeeper for the FIA Formula 1 World Championship again! The first watch, or watches rather, that put things in motion is this all-new Formula 1 Chronograph. We’re talking about new shapes, new materials, new colours and so on. Four watches are released in one go, with a colourful Oracle Red Bull Racing Edition thrown in the mix for good measure!? TAG Heuer’s Formula 1 collection was first introduced in 1986 with colourful quartz-powered watches taking inspiration from the world of motorsports. it was, in fact, the first entirely new collection after the takeover of the Heuer watchmaking company by Technique d’Avant-Garde, now the TAG in?TAG Heuer.?Since racing has been in the DNA o