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Introducing: The New Armin Strom Orbit Midnight Purple
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (497+ words) Monochrome Watches The Orbit, presented in 2022, is one of the defining models within Armin Strom's catalogue. With the date displayed on demand via the bezel, it offered an original take on a function that has stayed mostly unchanged for decades....
Introducing: The Blancpain Villeret Ultraplate, now in 38mm
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (751+ words) Alongside the sporty Fifty Fathoms, Bathyscaphe or Air Command collections, the Villeret range, named after the village in the Vall'e de Joux, where Jehan-Jacques Blancpain set up his workshop on the top floor of his house in 1735, is the epitome…...
Introducing: Akhor Releases the New Day/Night Nour La Lumi're
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (664+ words) Akhor is a new Geneva indie brand carving a niche for high-end watchmaking, poetic design and top-end finishing. A collective project founded by Anissa Bader in 2025, Akhor is built around its floating dial architecture with a patented two-disc construction by…...
First Look: Grand Seiko Updates Classic Evo9 Models with a New Bracelet and Claps
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (650+ words) Based in France, Brice has a background in international finance. With a strong interest in watches that began with an old mechanical chronograph given to him at age 15, Brice joined the MONOCHROME team as a writer in late 2013. With his…...
First Look: Grand Seiko Updates its Classic Evo9 Collection Models with Spring Drive UFA Calibre and new Bracelet
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (725+ words) Based in France, Brice has a background in international finance. With a strong interest in watches that began with an old mechanical chronograph given to him at age 15, Brice joined the MONOCHROME team as a writer in late 2013. With his…...
First Look: Grand Seiko Brings the UFA Calibre and Micro-Adjustment to the 40mm Lake Suwa SLGB007
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (637+ words) Based in France, Brice has a background in international finance. With a strong interest in watches that began with an old mechanical chronograph given to him at age 15, Brice joined the MONOCHROME team as a writer in late 2013. With his…...
First Look: The new 37mm Grand Seiko Spring Drive UFA Lake Suwa SLGB015
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (683+ words) Back in April 2025, as the highlight of Watches and Wonders, Grand Seiko unveiled an important new duo of models for its Evolution 9 collection: the titanium SLGB003 and the platinum SLGB001. A new 37mm case, an unprecedented and appealing new dial texture, finally a…...
First Look: The New Amida Digitrend OSII Black Continues the Revival of an Emblematic 1970s Design
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (523+ words) When Amida returned in 2024, it brought back one of the most distinctive watch designs of the 1970s. The Digitrend, originally launched in 1976, stood apart from conventional watches with its horizontal digital display viewed through a prism, giving it the appearance of…...
First Look: The Titan Edge Ultra Slim Mechanical, an Accessible Take on Ultra-Thin Watchmaking from India
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (686+ words) The new Titan Edge Ultra Slim Mechanical isn't a new idea. Let's just say it is the next step in a story that started over 20 years ago. Back in 2002, Titan launched the quartz Edge, a watch that became famous for…...
Introducing: The Meister Singer Panthero Jumping Hour Gets new Sunburst Dials
3+ day, 16+ min ago (473+ words) The Meister Singer Panthero Jumping Hour, introduced at the start of the year, combines a jumping-hour display with a new design language for the brand, best known for its single-hand watches. Rather than displaying the hours with a central hand,…...