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The new Leica Watch Monochrom Edition honours the most fundamental principles of black and white photography: contrast and light.

Taking its inspiration from the release of the latest Leica M11 Monochrom camera, German photography gurus Leica has created the Leica Watch Monochrom Edition, a bold yet minimalist timepiece that’s bound to turn heads.

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The distinctive design of the Leica ZM Monochrom Edition removes all colour and silver tones, except for the red dot, achieving a truly minimalist aesthetic. Beneath the anti-reflective and strongly curved sapphire crystal are the black rhodium-plated, diamond cut, sandblasted indices, and hands.

The new Leica Watch Monochrom Edition honours the most fundamental principles of black and white photography: contrast and light.

The dial, including its feet, is milled from a solid block of high-strength aluminium to reinforce its shock resistance, while the watch strap is identical to the texture of the M11 Monochrom camera and is made of thick, strong-grained, black calf leather, crafted using a cut-edge construction with hand-stitching to support the timepiece’s sturdy, yet refined look.

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The Leica Watch collection consists of two models, both with the mechanical, hand-wound movement developed and produced in-house: the Leica ZM 1 and Leica ZM 2 (previously named L1 and L2), which are now available in the new Monochrom Edition.

The new Leica Watch Monochrom Edition honours the most fundamental principles of black and white photography: contrast and light.

The Leica ZM is unique, even in a highly developed and competitive watch market, with its own distinctive design language, paired with unconventional solutions to classic timekeeping functions. The patented push-crown, with a simple push, stops the movement from working, resets the seconds hand to zero and enables easy time-setting.

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In addition, the push-crown solves a function used by all watch brands in a completely original way. The Leica ZM 2 has an additional feature as a GMT-watch (Greenwich Mean Time), which together with a day/night indicator allows the wearer to read two time zones with a single set of hands.

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