Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton Tourbillon - A lightweight skeleton tourbillon for a reasonable price - Monochrome Watches
Ulysse Nardin… quite a manufacture, with bold designs, inspired by the world of Marine. But that’s for the visual side. Technically, this brand has so much to offer. They are from the most innovative of them all. They introduced silicon in watchmaking, they created complex watches with extremely simple mechanisms (thanks to master watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin) but they also have traditional and complex timepieces. Today, not only they come with a new skeleton tourbillon, widely opened and lightweight-oriented, but they do it with a quite interesting piece tag (to say the least). Here is the?Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton Tourbillon.The new?Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton Tourbillon is all about transparency combined to a highly sporty?attitude. It creates a quite dramatic contrast between the?refinement of its delicate skeleton tourbillon movement and the robust size?and look?of the case. This new watch shows what Ulysse Nardin does best: combining the modernity of the des

Baselworld Will Be Back in 2022... But It Will Be Very Different - Monochrome Watches
What has just been announced by the MCH Group, the company behind the Basel watch fair, came as a surprise. We thought and even announced that Baselworld had gone, replaced by another show called Hour Universe. Baselworld was held for the last time in 2019. Seriously hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the departure of most of the large exhibiting brands, the organisation cancelled the 2020 and 2021 editions. However, the MCH Group has just officially announced that the show will be back with its historical name but makes clear that Baselworld 2022, expected in March/April next year, won’t be the same as past editions of the fair.?As Michel Loris-Melikoff, Managing Director of the show, explains, “the Baselworld brand must remain, but it must fundamentally change“. On both statements, we couldn’t agree more. While we’re quite happy to see the return of the emblematic watch fair, it has to change drastically… In fact, it is forced to change since most

Hands-On: The Rectangular Moritz Grossmann Corner Stone
In 2019, Moritz Grossmann ventured into the scarcely populated territory of rectangular watches, unveiling three dial variants in five different versions as part of the Art Deco-inspired and appropriately named Corner Stone series. The Corner Stone featured a specially designed shaped calibre with a central hour and minutes display and a small seconds sub-dial at 6 o’clock; the collection included a limited edition pair with white Grand Feu enamel dials, which has long found a place in connoisseurs’ collections. References in white and rose gold with solid silver opaline or black lacquered dials were reserved for the regular catalogue. Recently, we had the opportunity for a hands-on experience with the Corner Stone in a striking rose gold version – an exceptional timepiece with a distinct identity and a unique elegance.The contextTo fully appreciate the Moritz Grossmann Corner Stone, one must acknowledge that combining a rectangular case and rectangular movement is no

Introducing Roger Dubuis Excalibur Liu Wei Monotourbillon (Price)
The manufacture Roger Dubuis has gone a long way before settling to build the “future of hyper-horology.” The brand's vision of this future is a radical one. It is mechanically complex, flamboyant, excessive and expensive, so out of reach for the general population. Still, Roger Dubuis and its Excalibur watches remain a favourite for sheer creativity and rebel spirit paired with engaging, yet sometimes crazy, engineering solutions. Take Quatuor watches for an example. Or this new artistic collaboration, the Excalibur Liu Wei Monotourbillon.Roger Dubuis provided a canvas to welcome the reproduction of Liu Wei's original work and created inside the walls of the Geneva manufacture painting atelier. The work by this contemporary Chinese artist is said to reinterpret “the astral signature of the iconic Excalibur MT.” So it is the Excalibur MT that was “recrafted and reshaped” last year, which allowed for the artist's expression. “Art is about seeing

Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Limited Edition - Knights of the Round Table - Monochrome Watches
During the 2013 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, a lot of stunning new timepieces have been released. News from the top brands is always exciting especially when they all want to outdo one another; bigger booths, more elaborate shows and more intricately designed timepieces. Lately many brands are grabbing back on their own history, to find inspiration for new models. Grabbing back on the past is what Roger Dubuis also did, however they grabbed back quite a bit further then any other brand ever did! Welcome the Roger Dubuis Excaliber Automatic Knights of the Round Table. Ad - Scroll to continue with article A prime example of a timepiece reminiscent of times long gone, an age of stout men and legendary battles is the new Roger Dubuis Excalibur Table Ronde, or Knights of the Round Table. This highly decorated timepiece screams Middle Ages throughout bu