Five Stainless Steel Watches on Matching Bracelets Below 3k - Monochrome Watches
Whenever we compile lists for our weekly Buying Guide, we tend to look at common denominators between watches. One such element can be colour, material, a complication or even a price point. As suggested by one of our readers, we are now looking at sporty-chic watches on stainless steel bracelets priced under EUR 3,000. After doing some digging, we’ve come up with genuinely surprising watches! Let’s dive straight in.Nomos Club Sport Neomatik 39The Nomos Club has long been a success for the Glashutte-based brand for its humble simplicity. But that doesn’t mean it’s a boring one-trick pony, as Nomos has proven the basic design to be quite versatile. The Club Sport Neomatik, for instance, takes the concept in a new direction by adding new sizes, fresh colours and a steel bracelet. Last year, we saw the introduction of a trio of new colours in a new 39mm size. It’s fitted with the in-house produced automatic DUW 3001 Neomatik movement and retails for EUR 2,820

Your Definitive Guide to Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023 and The Watch Week Geneva
This is it… the most exciting time of the year for watch aficionados, retailers and journalists is just around the corner. Watches and Wonders Geneva 2023 will open its doors on March 27th for the most important watch industry event of the year and a full week of watch madness. With the multiple events and presentations organized around the main event, dozens of brands are gearing up to showcase their latest creations. And here’s everything there is to see next week in the centre of gravity of the watchmaking industry.?MONOCHROME will, of course, be present in Geneva and will bring you live coverage of the event, as well as presenting the new watches introduced during the week. Independent brands have even started to pre-release selected models to whet our appetite ahead of the fair (the largest Watches and Wonders brands have a communication embargo until the show opens). So, stay tuned, as there's a lot coming your way. And if you are in Geneva during the week, here's a g

Introducing: The Ming 37.04 Monopusher in Rose Gold
Consistency is a key factor in any fledgling watchmaking brand and Ming Thein's watchmaking project, a.k.a MING Watches, has stuck its course of coherent design producing a style that is recognisable and judging by its sales, widely admired. To celebrate the brand's fifth anniversary in 2022, Ming unveiled a sophisticated monopusher chronograph in titanium with a minimalist, eccentric design and a special movement reworked by La Joux Perret to Ming's specifications. Today, the Ming 37.04 is back in a luxurious rose gold case in a limited edition of 20 pieces with a more emphatic guilloche pattern on the rose gold dial.Although Ming doesn't get any prizes for creativity when it comes to naming collections, the 37.04 Monopusher Chronograph is a real jewel in the brand's crown. It is, in fact, not part of the regular collection and belongs to the Special Projects Cave, an elite section of limited editions where models like the LW.01 Automatic (vying for the record of the world's lightest

Hands-On URWERK UR-210 CP with Clou de Paris engraved case (live pics, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
For those who vist Monochrome-Watches regularly, you probably know that we have soft spot for independent watchmakers and timepieces?that display the time in a different way, meaning without traditional hands and dials. One of our top favorite watches?is, without any possible discussion, the URWERK UR-210, a piece?that we extensively reviewed and filmed in a rather personal column, written by our editor in chief – for the full steel edition. It was certainly enthusiastic – and for very good reasons. This year, at Baselworld, the brand comes back with a new iteration, with a pattern that is usually reserved to highly classical watchmaking, the “Clou de Paris”… And believe or not, in the context of the?URWERK UR-210 CP, it becomes very unusual and highly modern.That’s the kind of watchmaker’s bench you’d like to see more often… Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Interviews: Rolf Studer, Co-CEO of Oris, On The Recent Developments of the Brand
Headquartered in Holstein, at the northern edge of the Swiss Jura, Oris sits on the outermost boundary of Switzerland's traditional watchmaking region. This area had a long history of specialising in affordable pin-lever watches. And although the brand had to reinvent itself, this heritage has naturally shaped Oris's philosophy of Go your own way. With the launch of the revamped Aquis Date collection and the new Oris Divers, we had the perfect opportunity to sit down with Rolf Studer, the brand's co-CEO, to explore what sets Oris apart.Xavier Markl, MONOCHROME – Rolf, thanks for having us! What is your background, and how did you end up as co-CEO of Oris?Rolf Studer, Co-CEO of Oris – I've always loved watches and well-made objects. My grandfather had a shipyard where he built wooden boats, so I grew up surrounded by the smell of lacquer and mahogany, with tools everywhere. I've always appreciated things made to last, and that's probably how I found my way into the watch ind