Introducing the A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Boutique Edition, now with Grey Dial and back at 37mm (specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
For Watches & Wonders 2015, A. Lange and Sohne adds two new models to their entry level watch, the Saxonia. This watch, even if not the hottest?of the collection (compared to the Datograph or the Zeitwerk) remains one of the best deals possible when it comes to elegant, discreet, dress-watches – even more since the new design introduced at the SIHH 2015. Previsouly available only with a classical sliver dial, the?A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia can now be ordered in a Boutique Edition with a dark grey dial – oh wait, there’s more… It’s back at 37mm.For 20 years now, the Saxonia had been the traditional offer from?A. Lange & Sohne, a timeless watch with a highly classical design and no other goal?than the most important one: displaying time with elegance. This collection was renewed during the 2015 edition of the SIHH, with a new design (for the hand-wound, the automatic and the dual time editions) and mainly smaller diameters, something we clearly app

Video - Looking Back at the Best Watches of SIHH 2018
With the SIHH 2019 just around the corner, we thought it was the perfect moment to look back at what the 2018 edition of the Geneva Watch Fair, a.k.a Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) had to show… And it had a lot to show. Technical, beautiful, innovative, ultra-complicated or simply well-thought everyday pieces. There was a lot and, in that perspective, SIHH 2018 didn’t disappoint. So before we find out what 2019 has in store for us, let’s take a look back at the previous edition of the fair.In the video above, MONOCHROME team members Frank Geelen, Brice Goulard and Xavier Markl discuss the best watches of the SIHH 2018. Here are our best watches of the show, with the most impressive novelties presented at the SIHH 2018, including: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Memovox – the vintage-inspired alarm watch of JLC’s brand new collection. Cool and well executed Cartier Drive Extra-Flat – now available in yellow gold and in steel, for a very at

A Technical Perspective - The Key Features of a Pilot's Watch
If there is an official standard defining the features for a watch suitable for diving (ISO 6425), no such definition or standard exists (at least one that would be used throughout the industry) for another popular watch category: the pilot's watch. Each and every brand has its own vision of what a pilot's watch should be, depending on the needs of the wearer. However, there are some key elements that single these watches out from the crowd.Pilot’s watches are extremely popular, appreciated for their utilitarian aesthetics and sharp legibility. Positioned more as statement pieces today than the vital tool watches originally used in the air, pilot’s watches, like dive watches, were born from necessity. The first pilot's watch is often considered to be the wristwatch created by Louis Cartier for dandy aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont to time his flights. Its technical specifications were basic, far from those of military watches of the mid-20th?century, which have shaped the des

Panerai Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso PAM558 48mm - Monochrome-Watches
Last week, we’ve introduced you the new Panerai Radiomir 1940 3-Days Automatic with Panerai's First Micro-Rotor Movement. During Watch and Wonders 2014, Panerai also came with something less mainstream, more complicated, more limited. But something that some of us can dream of: a Radiomir 1940 equipped with the P2005 movement, meaning a tourbillon with a second time-zone and 6 days of power reserve. Here is the?Panerai Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso PAM558.Panerai is know for its rugged, large, massive and now iconic dive watches. Inspired by 1940s and 1950s editions, all of them share the same DNA. What especially differentiates the watches from the Officine?are the materials used for the cases and the movements. Some of them relies on simple ETA 6497 but most are using in-house calibres now. And some are using superb manufacture movements. Take a look at the?Panerai Radiomir Platino and Oro Rosso 47mm Special Edition or the?Panerai Radiomir 1940 Chronograph and you̵

Seiko 1970 Divers Re-Creation SLA033 (Specs & Price)
The new Seiko SLA033 has been one of the most anticipated and talked about watches of Baselworld 2019, up there with the Tudor Black Bay P01. It is undeniable that Seiko has more memorable divers per square metre – and price segment – than any other company (just head to the Seiko microsite on MONOCHROME to confirm my assertion). And not as a result of a well-planned marketing campaign but thanks to word to mouth, which is how fame is truly consolidated. At Baselworld 2019, Seiko took the decision to create yet another famous dive watches (after the SLA017 and the SLA025), with the 1970 Diver's Re-Creation SLA033.Among these iconic watches is the Captain Willard, the Seiko 6105, which occupies the highest echelon of Seiko divers, and of dive watches in general. Produced from 1968 onwards, with a water-resistance of 150 metres, what caught everybody’s eye was the crown positioned at 4 o’clock (which was, in fact, used for the first time in the 1961 Seiko Silver W