First Look: New Sizes and Colours for the Longines Conquest Collection
While its name dates back to 1954, the Longines Conquest as we know it now is the brand’s vision of an everyday, versatile watch. Combining robustness with casual elegance, these watches effortlessly adapt to any occasion, from business attire to a weekend at the beach. Fully revamped in 2023, it became more appealing and more adaptable than ever – until now, as the Conquest Collection grows again with the addition of new chronograph colours and new sizes, including an almost-perfect 38mm model.While you might have this style of watch when the name Conquest comes into the equation, when it’s not linked to “Heritage” next to it, the Conquest is basically Longines’ sporty-chic all-rounder watch. It’s a one-watch collection that gets the job done during the week and at weekends. Sensibly sized, discreet and sleek, colourful if you want, but also robust enough for leisure activities and powered by modern automatic movements. For 90% of the occasion

Introducing The New, Vintage-Inspired Vulcain Cricket Nautical Alarm Dive Watch (Live Pics & Price)
The name Vulcain is, for obvious reasons, often associated with the alarm complication. The venerable brand, founded in 1858 in Le Locle, Switzerland, has since 1947 made this function a signature element of so many of its watches. Slightly dormant in past years, the brand has recently been revived and various historical models have been brought back, with original movements and appealing retro-styled designs. In addition to the Skindiver Nautique, a classic dive watch, and an elegant chronograph, it’s mostly the return of the Cricket watch that caught our attention. Now, it’s time for one of the brand’s most important watches to return, a diving instrument with an underwater-ready alarm function, the Vulcain Cricket Nautical.?historical referencesIt took almost 100 years for Vulcain to properly make a name for itself. But in 1947, the brand and its manufacture will create a watch/movement that will define almost entirely its future production, the Cricket watch. To p

Christmas Shopping Guide - The Best Chronograph Watches of 2016
Following our previous guides about the best sports watches, the best dress watches and the best ultra-complicated watches of 2016, it’s time for us now to look at one of the main watch categories of them all, and I mean by that the chronographs. Chronographs are amongst the most sold timepieces, they are amongst the most sought-after in auctions and two of them?are certainly the most iconic watches of all times. The best chronograph watches of 2016 is not a subject we?should?treat?lightly at all. And here are the 5 watches that resulted from long debates at the Monochrome redaction. Cosmograph Daytona Ceramic 116500LNWe know, having the Daytona Ceramic 116500LN to start this article was totally expected. But still, we simply couldn’t do without. This watch is not just a hit, it’s a commercial blast. The day introduced it, waiting lists were?already growing?at retailers. Few days later, collectors that were to slow to pre-order on day-one knew that it would be al

Porsche Design 1919 Globetimer All Black Titanium - Full Review (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
A German piece of engineering needs to do what it is designed for and it needs to do that well. It will most likely be a perfect blend of functionality, aesthetics and it will sport a certain degree of inconspicuous innovation. Porsche Design is as German as it can get, with a couple of firsts in watchmaking, which helped in gaining validity in the business. The first ever Porsche Design product was a watch, the PVD coated Chronograph I in 1972. Now, 43 years later, the brand?introduces the Porsche Design 1919 Globetimer All Black Titanium,?which embraces the same design merits as the original. And here is the review of this architectural piece.History/BackgroundJust to remind you, Porsche Design was founded in 1972 by Ferdinand Butzi Porsche. The design elements of the very first product from the brand are still very much alive in this 2015 introduction. The first wristwatch, conveniently the first product designed under the Porsche Design brand, followed the philosophy from the Bauha

TAG Heuer Carrera Indy 500 Special Edition (Specs & Price)
The link between TAG Heuer (and previously Heuer) and motor racing doesn’t need to be demonstrated anymore From the creation of dashboard instruments to the Carrera chronograph, followed by an array of F1 or sports car-inspired watches (most named after famous race tracks), to end up with the brand’s current sponsorship of the Red Bull F1 team, motor racing made the brand what it is today. And for the latest edition of the legendary Carrera, things are not about to change. Meet the new TAG Heuer Carrera Indy 500 Special Edition.The Indy 500 Ad - Scroll to continue with article TAG Heuer has been the Official Timekeeper of the Indianapolis 500 since 2004. The annual race is one of the oldest in the world with the inaugural event held in 1911. Approximately 300,000 spectators watch the race live, which is considered the largest gathering for a sporting