SIHH 2015 - Baume & Mercier Classima - Hands-On with live photos, specs and price - Monochrome-Watches
Baume & Mercier is known for its simple, elegant and?interesting offer. Especially made to be gifted – to celebrate a graduation, a success or any nice event of a life – they are perfect daily watches for those who just want a reliable and pleasant companion. One of the collections is truly inspired by this concept. It’s called the Baume & Mercier Classima and for the SIHH 2015, it receives?a interesting?update.?Compared to the rest of the brand owned by the Richemont Group (that also holds Lange & Sohne, Jaeger-Lecoultre or IWC), Baume & Mercier could?be seen mainly as the entry-level brand. For sure, if you look at the rest of the Richemont portfolio, B&M is far from the crowd of ultra-complicated and highly-priced watches. However, Baume & Mercier should not be relegated to a low-end status. It offers the opportunity to enter the world of classic, timeless and elegant watches for a reasonable price and answers to a demand of timepieces made

Introducing the Handsome Berneron Mirage Prussian Blue & Sienna
Where do we start with a watch that seemingly breaks traditional conventions regarding style and substance? With the visionary individual that created it seems like a good start. Sylvain Berneron, the founder of his eponymous brand, and the former Chief Product Officer of Breitling and, through the support of Breitling CEO Georges Kern, was enabled to set out on his own. In development for a couple of years, Sylvain has been teasing the launch of his Mirage over the past few months. Now that we have a complete image, it turns out the Mirage is a truly mesmerizing watch, a debut piece that has certainly grabbed the full attention of collectors and journalists! But there’s far more to the story of Berneron, and the Mirage for that matter, than just an enticing design.Sylvain Berneron and his wife, Marie-Alix Berneron, set out to create a unique watch from top to bottom. His vision was not to be limited by existing design conventions, and no compromises were made to make his dream w

Hands-On: The Steel Zenith Pilot Big Date Flyback
During Watches & Wonders 2023, Zenith unveiled an entirely new Pilot collection that radically changed the flight path of this storied collection. As a brand with legitimate pilot watch credentials, dating to Louis Bleriot’s successful cross-Channel flight in a monoplane in 1909 with a ‘Special’ Zenith wristwatch strapped to his wrist, the brand’s decision to jettison the vintage personality that had defined the Montre d’Aeronef Type 20 collection since its reappearance in 2012 was daring. Comprised of a 40mm time-and-date and a larger 42.5mm Big Date Pilot Flyback, both available in matte black ceramic or steel, the look of the new collection is modern and, for many, welcomed as a breath of fresh air. Zenith is putting all its pilot eggs in one basket, confident that the contemporary looks and powerful El Primero movement will keep its new Pilot airborne. Let’s take a closer look at the Big Date Pilot Flyback in steel equipped with a new version

Introducing: Citizen Super-Titanium Small Seconds NJ0180 Series
While today Citizen is mostly known for its accessible (yet compelling) watches, it should be reminded that the Japanese brand has been one of the pioneers of the use of titanium in watchmaking. In 1970, Citizen was the first company to commercialize a watch made of titanium. Still relying on this expertise, which you’d certainly expect in higher-end watches, Citizen today releases a new series of Super-Titanium.?Meet the new affordable hit from Citizen, a watch that could almost be called the “titanium Tsuyosa” and that, like this aforementioned accessible take on the integrated sports watch, delivers tons of horological goodies for the price. Here’s the new Citizen Super-Titanium Small Seconds NJ0180 Series.?First, a few words about titanium and Citizen… two names that should be considered an inseparable pair. The first commercial use of titanium in a watch dates back to 1970, in Japan, thanks to Citizen. Omega, for instance, used it in prototypes but th

Montblanc 1858 Small Seconds - Review with photos, specs and price - Monochrome Watches
Towards the end of last year, Montblanc released a new collection: the Montblanc 1858 Collection. The Meisterstuck of this collection is the Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in pink gold (ref. 112637) that houses the beautiful calibre 16.29 movement from the brand’s Villeret collection. The new 1858 collection also includes another model, named the Montblanc 1858 Small Second, which?features the manually wound MB 23.03 movement. There are three stainless steel editions, one with a black dial and white indices, one with a blue dial, and a limited edition with a black dial and creme-coloured indices. The collection received high marks upon its introduction, and now again on the SIHH. Let’s have a closer look at the?Montblanc 1858 Small Second and the limited edition?that is limited to 858 pieces.The Inspiration – a Tribute to Minerva's BirthThe collection is named after the year in which Minerva was founded by Charles Robert in Villeret. In 2006 Minerva was acquire