Just Because: Your Complete Guide to Watches and Wonders 2025 and Everything Around
Here it is the most exciting time of the year for watch enthusiasts, retailers, and journalists is upon us once again. The most significant event of the watch industry calendar, Watches and Wonders – and the Geneva Watch Week – is set to begin on April 1st, 2025 at 8:30 AM. The event continues to expand in scale and importance along with a host of parallel presentations, which promise us a week full of fervour. To help you make the most of your time in Geneva, here’s a glimpse of what awaits you in the heart of the watchmaking world.MONOCHROME will, of course, be present in Geneva and will bring you live coverage of the event, as well as present the new watches introduced during the week. Independent and smaller brands have even started to pre-release selected models to whet our appetite ahead of the fair – the larger brands exhibiting at Watches and Wonders have a communication embargo until the show opens on April 1st. So, stay tuned, as there's some really co

First Look: The New Cartier Santos Dual Time
It makes perfect sense for the world's first custom-made pilot's wristwatch to be equipped with a dual-time function. Fair enough, Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont probably didn't cross too many time zones in his early flying machines, but combining the iconic Santos watch designed for him by Louis Cartier with dual time indications is a match made in heaven. Not to be confused with the Santos-Dumont?lineup of slimmer, flatter and more elegant models inspired by the historic 1904 original, this Santos de Cartier novelty belongs to the revamped 2018 family. The latest Cartier Santos Dual Time, often described as Cartier's vision of a luxury sports watch, is the first member of the contemporary Santos family to receive a dual time complication.Displaying iconic Cartier Roman numerals, a railway minutes track and sword-shaped hour and minute hands, the dial has an elegant anthracite colour with a silky sunray-brushed finish. To stand out against the grey dial, the Roman numerals ar

Introducing Vincent Deprez Tourbillon Classique Souscription Edition
If you read MONOCHROME on a regular basis, you should be well aware that independent watchmaking has always been one of the main topics of interest of our founder, and of most of the members of the editorial team. We’ve always been passionate about creative, soul-infused watches made by small ateliers or even one-man shows. And in this instance, we’re always keen on discovering new members of the indie scene. The latest to surface is a relatively young Frenchman named Vincent Deprez, and despite his young age, his track record is rather impressive. Today, we’ll be taking a look at his first eponymous creation, a traditional, handmade, classically designed and superbly finished watch, the Tourbillon Classique Souscription Edition.Vincent Deprez, a Frenchman now living in Geneva, had an early start with watchmaking. Always keen on working with his hands, he first thought about starting a career in watchmaking at the age of 12, when most of us dream to be pilots or movie

Introducing the Panerai Luminor 1950 3 days GMT 24h - PAM00531 - Monochrome Watches
Introducing the new Panerai Luminor 1950 3-Days GMT 24h, ref. PAM00531, that comes with a new in-house movement, with a 24-hour second time zone function. Typical Panerai, this isn’t the smallest timepiece. It’s 44mm large case is quite massive, and isn’t easily overseen when on the wrist. But it makes sense, this type of watch was once designed to be submerged in cold and salty water. Could the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24h an ideal watch for travelers and holidays? Let’s find out.The new PAM00531 is part of the Luminor 1950 Collection, a vintage inspired range that also comprises the?PAM 00557 - Left-handed Luminor 1950 3-Days 47mm?that we’ve introduced to you, shortly before this year’s SIHH. The new PAM00531 is equipped with a clever and useful GMT function, which indicates a second time zone a central hand that make one full rotation in 24 hours. Previous Panerais with a GMT function displayed the second time zone with a 12-hour hands. That makes

Introducing the New Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton White
In 2021, when Ulysse Nardin married the Blast collection's skeletonised appearance to the design of its famous Diver watches, the result came in as a Diver X Skeleton, a model featuring a stainless steel case with a lightweight and highly durable carbonium bezel. A large blue PVD-coated X on the front and bright orange and white elements gave the model its distinctive look. The in-house UN-372 automatic movement, a modified version of the manually wound UN-371 used in Skeleton X models, now with an X-shaped oscillating weight, solidified the brand's new offer.?Last year, Ulysse Nardin presented a new reference in the Diver X Skeleton line-up, in black with yellow accents, with a titanium case and black carbonium bezel. The watch, christened by the brand Diver X Skeleton Black, featured the same design and technical characteristics as the previous model. Come the year 2023, and UN reveals Diver X Skeleton White, I dare say, the most attractive of them all. Ad - Scroll to cont