Yema is always updating and improving its extensive collection. One of the main focus points of the last few years has been to equip an increasing number of its watches with a proprietary caliber. It led to the introduction of the Skin Diver powered by the CMM.20 movement last April. This year,...
Germany’s Nomos has been a participant in Watches & Wonders, the world’s premier exhibition for the luxury watch industry, for only two years, but the independent brand has already made quite a splash. In 2024, Nomos had the halls in Geneva’s Palexpo buzzing with the introduction of no less than...
The independent watchmaking scene is not only important to MONOCHROME, but also gains the attention of an ever-growing number of people in the watch community. To us and probably to many of you, it’s the creative freedom, the attention to detail, the artisanal craftsmanship that’s more often...
There’s a certain kind of satisfaction that only a chronograph can offer — the tactile click of the pushers, the sweep of the seconds hand, the quiet excuse to time things that probably do not need timing at all. You know exactly what I mean; we all do it. The problem is that many chronographs...
Recently, aBlogtoWatch’s founder and editor-in-chief, Ariel Adams, wrote an article that painted a rather dire picture of watch media writ large. (If you haven’t already, you should read it before proceeding.) In it, he suggests that independent watch media is dying and that the watch industry...
It’s Sunday, which means it’s time to wake up with a nice cup of coffee and another Sunday Morning Showdown. This week, Mike and Jorg will go up against each other in a matchup that you could see coming a mile away. They picked two gold heavy hitters and natural rivals from Omega and Rolex. […]...
“Watches, Stories, and Gear” is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, explore interesting content that inspires us, and put a spotlight on causes we believe in. Oh, and any gear we happen to be digging on this week. We...
Technology has overshadowed some of the advancements of watch dial lume that have progressed for over a century. For example, the digits on Hamilton’s Pulsar P1 LED watch from the early 1970s were bright by the nature of the tech – light-emitting diodes. Timex introduced INDIGLO back in the...
This seems to be the week of the reverse pandas at the Swatch Group. You probably already saw the two Speedmaster Professional Moonwatches with glossy black and white dials that Omega launched earlier this week. Now, Hamilton also introduces three new chronograph references. They are all...
Grandeur Monacle For Granduer’s new Monacle, they’re introducing a world first complication, the jump flap hour, which sees an aperture snapping back over a rotating disk of meteorite to display the hours, which is also paired with a retrograde minutes display. With meteorite on the flanks of...
Every year, in early January, my racing heart beats a little faster for a very simple reason. It’s the men and women who bravely try to conquer the desert on two, four or more wheels for days on end. Travelling thousands of miles through the toughest terrain, it’s not for the faint-hearted. And...
Can you remember the exact moment you realised watches were going to be more than just a passing interest? Yes, probably around my fourth birthday. I should preface this by saying that, like many people I’ve met in the horological world, I’m a high-functioning non-neurotypical. Alongside ADHD,...
