With their new Lab collection, Corum aims at taking risks and experimenting. The timepieces of this collection eschew traditional codes and instead provide an off-beat take on watchmaking where the mechanics take precedence. Meet the Heritage Corum Lab 01, a shaped watch with bold design and openworked, micro-rotor movement. The first two ‘Labs’ [...]

As part of the brand’s ‘Special Projects’ line, the UR-111C is Urwerk at its best, a mature watch that soars with mechanical ingenuity and a design ethos straight out of Blade Runner. Although it does not bear the hallmark satellite hour hands we have come to associate with the brand, the UR-111C is packed with imaginative displays (jumping[...]

The ongoing partnership between Swiss watch manufacture Bovet and the Italian car design studio Pininfarina has resulted in one of the most fascinating timepieces on the market. Packed with all the mechanical complexity and refined finishes we associate with Bovet’s timepieces, the OttantaSei has a sleek, aerodynamic case and the symmetrical layout tha[...]

This year Omega celebrated the 70th anniversary of one of its two emblematic collections, the Seamaster. Born in 1948, made waterproof thanks to the experience acquired with military watches but in a civilian and rather elegant way, the early Seamasters were still gentlemen’s watches – and not the robust, professional tools that most of us know t[...]

Marloe Watch Company is a brand of only a few years, but already has a nice portfolio of affordable, mechanical watches. They’ve chosen to use hand-wound movements in all four of their lines and I’m a big fan of this decision. I like the daily interaction that comes with winding a watch and the view from an exhibition case back is more detailed w[...]

Kari Voutilainen is one of the most respected and revered independent watchmakers. The watches of this Finnish-born master watchmaker (no more than 50 pieces per year) are crafted to a level that cannot be achieved in mass production. We climbed the steep stairway of his Môtiers workshop to meet the master and understand why he is determined to remain [...]

Panerai dedicates a model from its Luminor 1950 Regatta family to celebrate the Regatta Transat Classique, the most extreme and exciting race for classic yachts covering 3,000 miles and departing next 8 January 2019 from Lanzarote. The new limited edition 47mm Luminor Regatta Transat Classique PAM00956 is a flyback chronograph fitted with a regatta coun[...]

This is it, the 2018 “Oscars of the watchmaking industry” have just ended and the award for the best watch of the year, also known as the “Aiguille d’Or”, has been attributed – and this year again, complication, creativity and Haute Horlogerie have been rewarded. Meet the best watch of 2018, the Bovet Réci[...]

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève is regarded as the Oscars of the Watchmaking industry and the best watches introduced during the year are awarded. From ladies’ watches to chronographs and exceptional mechanical proposals, the entire spectrum of watch production is covered. For the second time in a row, MONOCHROME forms part of t[...]

Tonight, as every year, is the celebration of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (or GPHG 2018) – the Oscars of the watchmaking industry. Several categories are represented (ladies, men, complicated and even affordable) and the best watches of the year will be awarded the coveted Golden Hand prize – and of course, the prize we&rsq[...]