The Tudor Black Bay Ceramic M79210CNU with METAS Certification
Following the introduction of its new collection just over a month ago at Watches & Wonders, we clearly didn’t expect to see new models from Tudor for a while… And certainly, we didn’t expect to see something as big as what’s coming today. Sure, there’s a new Black Bay Ceramic, which was somehow announced two years ago with a unique model for Only Watch charity auction. Sure, it looks cool (better than the OW model…) and is the first time ceramic is used in this collection. But most importantly, the big deal is in the technologies, and specifically in the certifications, as the manufacture calibre has been reworked and is now Master Chronometer certified by METAS, with impressive 15,000-gauss magnetic resistance… something that is not exclusive to Omega anymore (but was never meant to be from the very beginning). So let’s have a look at this new Tudor Black Bay Ceramic M79210CNU.The unique Tudor Black Bay Ceramic One of Only Watch 201

Video - Laurent Ferrier 10 Years, The Classic Origin, by Mister Ferrier
It’s hard to believe that the brand Laurent Ferrier is only 10 years old. The independent watchmaker has gained such a level of recognition in a single decade that you would think the brand has been around for far longer. Everything started in 2010 when Laurent Ferrier, an ex-Patek employee and race car enthusiast decided, with the help of one of his closest friends, Fran?ois Servanin, to start his own watchmaking company. And things took off from day one. In its first year of existence, the brand was awarded the “Best Men’s Watch” prize at the GPHG with the Galet Classic Tourbillon. Together with his son Christian, MisterFerrier would go on to launch many superb watches and movements, such as the micro-rotor and its double direct-impulse escapement, the Annual Calendar “Montre ecole” and, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand, the sleek, yet elegant and superbly executed Classic Origin. Today, we talk with Mister Laurent Ferrier who will ex

New - Montblanc 1858 Minerva Monopusher Chronograph Red Arrow LE88
While most of the watches produced by Montblanc fall into the accessible luxury category, there’s one line that talks explicitly to us here, at MONOCHROME, and these are the Minerva-branded models. Often powered by historical hand-wound chronograph movements finished to high-end standards, they combine fine watchmaking with a desirable vintage 1920s and 1930s look – a combination that we’ve seen in this watch, for example. The latest model to surface from the depths of the Minerva manufacture is a tribute to the Red Arrow watch, a monopusher Montblanc 1858 Minerva with stunning looks.According to Montblanc, the Villeret-based Minerva manufacture was one of the first watchmakers to make a fluted bezel and an internal countdown rotating bezel back in 1927. This was followed in 1939 by the brand’s first wrist chronograph with an external rotating bezel and a reset function. Both models, now part of Montblanc’s historical collection, have inspired the present

Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Open Hometime - Monochrome Watches
Montblanc releases a new version of the Nicolas Rieussec Automatic Chronograph, after the different versions with manual wound movement were released in previous years. Let us introduce you to the new Nicolas Rieussec Open Hometime.?As announced earlier today, we present you a review of the new Rieussec Open Hometime. This is the new version of the Nicolas Rieussec Automatic Chronograph, which we reviewed last year. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The main new feature is the display of the hometime on a rotating disk. This way of displaying the second time zone is more suitable, because actually all other indicators are displayed by turning disks.?In order to make the new display of hometime possible, the movement has been changed, and is called caliber MB R210.?The dial has been opened up more, so more of the movement is revealed.From the back, looking thr

Roger Dubuis Hommage Double Flying Tourbillon with Hand-made Guilloche Dial - Monochrome Watches
In the weeks before the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), which will be held in Geneva from 20-24 January, you will get to see quite some new timepieces and during the watch fair, it will be even more. Like the Frankfurt Motor Show or the Geneva Motor Show are for cars, the SIHH is a perfect moment for the watch industry to show their latest timepieces. One of Roger Dubuis’ newest timepieces is the Hommage Double Flying Tourbillon with a stunning hand-guilloche dial. Geneva-based watch brand Roger Dubuis, one of the sixteen brands who will be exposing at the upcoming SIHH, can be considered as one of the most extravagant brands in the watch industry. Not only the design of their watches is extravagant, also the lavishly finished movements can be called extravagant. But hey, this is what makes that Roger Dubuis is still the only watch brand that is 100% Poin?on de Geneve certified. Ad - Scroll to continue with article