Review of the Nomos Lambda 39mm - The Luxurious Gold Nomos in a smaller size (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
When you think “Nomos Glashutte“, what you probably have in your mind are rather small, clean watches inspired by Bauhaus (a German school of art, mixing modernism and simplicity) like the Nomos Ahoi?and the Nomos Tangente. Recently, the brand gained even more affection from us with the introduction of both complicated watches (see the Nomos Zurich Weltzeit) and fully in-house movements (with the Minimatik and?the new Calibre DUW 3001). What was not really expected from the brand however was some luxurious, gold, dress watches – but they did it (and they did it well) with the Lux and the Lambda. The latter comes now in an?even more elegant edition: Review of the Nomos Lambda 39mm – The Luxurious Gold Nomos in a smaller size.BackgroundIn the recent years, Nomos have been quite active. First, they’ve been moving to (almost) fully-in-house movements – and frankly not the worst ones, like for instance this automatic world-timer calibre that can be found

The Collector's Series: the Breguet Type XX that ignited Brice's Passion for Watches - Monochrome Watches
It was an immense pleasure to sit down with our very own associate editor, Brice Goulard, and hear where his passion for watches comes from. Brice is the only Frenchman in the Monochrome lineup, so me being from the UK, we try to avoid talking about the Football or le Rugby. Luckily we have no problems talking watches, so we caught up with Brice in Paris to find out why Brequet is so close to his heart and why the Type XX is historically so important.How did you first get into watches?My first contact with watches will sound familiar to many collectors. I was 15 years old and my father offered me a 1960s mechanical chronograph that was previously owned by my grandfather. I guess it was a Yema, a French brand that used to be extremely popular in France in the 1950s / 1960s. However, don't ask me for more details about this one, as I only had it for a short period of time, before it had been stolen! Anyway, this watch was the starting point of everything (and it explains why I'm here, at

Introducing: The Hublot Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic
In the world of tennis, Novak Djokovic stands as a true icon, a powerful player with a winning mindset, boasting an unmatched 24 Grand Slam singles titles and a reputation as one of the greatest athletes in history. A Hublot ambassador since 2021, Djokovic has been seen sporting a variety of the brand’s timepieces, including the vibrant and eye-catching Big Bang Unico Yellow Magic. Today, Hublot introduces the blue-toned Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic in celebration of the synergy between the charismatic athlete and the brand, which also showcases Hublot’s mastery in developing innovative materials and solutions designed for peak performance.The Hublot Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic has a 42mm diameter and 14.5mm thick matte blue case and bezel crafted from a recycled composite. This composite combines an epoxy resin base reinforced with quartz powder and glass veil, infused with fragments from Djokovic’s 25 HEAD rackets and 32 Lacoste shirts – 17 dark blue and 15

Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso 1931 Rouge - with photos of the original - Monochrome Watches
For those who follow Monochrome, it’s no secret that Jaeger-LeCoultre paid tribute to the Reverso in quite an astonishing way this year. Today we show you the pre SIHH 2012 launch of a new version with a beautiful dark red lacquer dial.?During the recent auction of more than 500 Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces, we saw where they found the inspiration. Indeed, it was the original Reverso from 1931 that inspired JLC to make the?Grande Reverso 1931 Rouge. Only a few changes were made… Ad - Scroll to continue with article In the 1930’s Jaeger-LeCoultre offered a broad palette of dial colors. The vast majority of those acquiring a Reverso opted for white, cream-colored, black or gold-toned dials. Even during this period,?referred to in French as the Annees Folles (Crazy Years), it took a distinctly non-conformist attitude to add a colorful dial. Whereas

Tudor Heritage Black Bay ref. 79220R - Specs & price - Monochrome Watches
While Baselworld 2012 offered quite some mind-blowing novelties, two new dive watches from Tudor were on everybody’s tongue. The Tudor Heritage Black Bay and the Tudor Pelagos are both loaded with design elements of vintage Tudor Submariner models from the past.The new Heritage Black Bay combines elements of the Tudor Submariner ‘Snow Flake’ ref. 9411 and the Tudor Submariner ‘Big Crown’ ref. 79220R, that shares the same dial design with the early models like the Tudor Submariner ref. 7928 Mk.I or Mk.II. The Heritage Black Bay also has a depth rating that’s similar to that of vintage Tudor Submariners, which is 200 meters. What’s missing is the word Submariner?!? Ad - Scroll to continue with article It’s actually a strange mix of design elements of different vintage Tudor Submariner models, that Tudor used on the B