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

Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Automatic & Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Power Control - hands-on with live photos & price - Monochrome-Watches
Since 1988, Chopard is the?official timekeeper and sponsor of the Mille Miglia,?an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy and that?has been reborn as a race for classic and vintage cars since 1977. To celebrate this partnership, Chopard?has created a collection of watches that became the brand’s sports watches range. For Baselworld 2015, a new collections that includes the?Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Automatic & Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Power Control had been launched, with in-house movements that clearly identify Chopard as a strong actor of the industry.Mille Miglia watches by Chopard had always been inspired by racing cars, as they were fitted with visual elements reminding of this context: a rubber strap with a tyre pattern, bright colors reminiscent of racing cars' livery and displays?inspired by dashboards. However, elegance and technical attraction was?not always present in these watches and the comparison with the rest of the collection, including the superb

RGM Model 600-B Chronograph Blue Dial (Specs & Price)
American watchmaker RGM introduced its Model 600 Chronograph last year with inspiration from military pilot watches from the 1960s and 1970s. It had a straightforward design with a black dial, bi-compax layout and no date and joined the rising trend of military-inspired chronographs like the Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic Chronograph and Longines Avigation BigEye. Blue dials are really trending as well and Longines recently introduced the Avigation BigEye Titanium with a gradient blue dial, trading a bit of authenticity for style. The indie watchmaker is following suit with the RGM Model 600-B and a striking sunray blue dial.?The chronograph is part of RGM's broader pilot collection that house ETA movements in lieu of in-house calibres. This allows for more accessible pieces that still showcase the brand's quality and design prowess. The case is stainless steel with a brushed finish (polished bezel) and contemporary size – 42mm in diameter and 14mm in height with crystal. That cr

Introducing: The New Patek Philippe Calatrava 6196P
Since its introduction in 1932, many consider the Calatrava reference 96 as the paragon of an elegant dress watch. Although the collection has expanded in different directions, fans of the classical, timeless, time-only, ultra-slim, manual-winding dress watch will be pleased to learn about the latest Calatrava released during Watches & Wonders 2025. With its vintage-inspired rose-gilt opaline dial, luxurious platinum case and larger and more powerful 30-255 PS calibre, one feature gives the new Calatrava ref. 6196P a surprisingly contemporary air.A follow-up to the long discontinued reference 5196, the new 6196P shares the 96 in its name in honour of its famous ancestor. The 6196 comes in a slightly larger 38mm platinum case with a slender profile of 9.33mm and a diamond set into the caseband at 6 o'clock. What doesn’t change is the iconic 3-part case of the Calatrava, with flat-edge bezel. Polished with satin-brushed flanks, the smooth bezel is bevelled, and the slender lugs

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Westminster Sonnerie Vermeer
With Les Cabinotiers, its special-order department, Vacheron Constantin keeps the tradition of offering clients the opportunity to create made-to-measure watches alive. While confidentiality surrounds the majority of these special requests, we managed to get permission from the client to take a look at a recent, major bespoke creation. And at a time when pocket watches may seem obsolete to many, at a time of mass-produced everything, it is pleasing to see that a brand and a watch enthusiast can still embark on a project spanning more than eight years and counting on highly skilled professionals and craftsmen to give birth to such a watch Of course, you can tell the time by glancing at your phone or your smartwatch, but Les Cabinotiers Westminster Sonnerie “Tribute to Johannes Vermeer” Pocket Watch tells more than just time.?Indeed, this spectacular pocket watch is a testimony of human ingenuity, art and creativity. Commissioned by a collector whose “passion consists i