1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (358+ words) In many cases, particularly with in-house calibres, movements are the star of the show. Finishing, complexity and technology like silicon components and new escapement designs easily steal the limelight through exhibition case backs, but dials remain the centrepiece and what…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (552+ words) Mechanical watches have accompanied astronauts and cosmonauts into space for decades, but few contemporary watches can claim to have been developed specifically around the demands of extravehicular activity, like Konstantin Chaykin’s new SC02C. Born from the manufacture’s collaboration with Roscosmos, Russia’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (651+ words) Titanium is the common thread running through Bulgari’s Geneva Watch Days 2026 releases. Alongside the more experimental Octo Finissimo models, the brand also brings the material to one of its most recognisable everyday collections. The new Bulgari Titanio evolves the familiar…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (821+ words) The Chronomaster Sport is one of Zenith’s most recognisable modern series, featuring a contemporary sports-watch case and, naturally, an El Primero chronograph movement. For 2026, however, Zenith takes an unexpected turn. The new Chronomaster Solo Sport removes the chronograph and debuts…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (727+ words) As a freelance journalist specialising in watches and jewellery, Rebecca Doulton began writing for the Financial Times in Mexico City in the early 1980s. Formerly the web editor of Tiempo de Relojes website, and watch editor of The Jewellery Editor, Rebecca…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (585+ 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…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (629+ words) One of Britain’s oldest family-run watch companies, first established in 1846 by Edwin Fear in Bristol, the Fears Watch Company ran for 130 years until it closed in 1976. In 2016, it was re-established by Edwin Fear’s great-great-great-grandson, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill. Until now, the brand…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (931+ words) Earlier this year, Longines completely overhauled its long-running Master collection. The updates included new dials, colours, sizes and a lot more on top of that, to give it a fresh new look and feel for the coming years. But there…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (776+ words) As the most complex expression of Longines’ watchmaking capabilities, the Master Chronograph Moonphase can be considered not only the collection’s flagship, but also one of the brand’s poster boys. Ever since its introduction in 2005, it has been part of the…...