Horological Digest
Czapek’s Nacre Masterwork: Antarctique S Ice Cloud and Promenade Midnight Pearl
Reading Time: 3 minutesCzapek has built a reputation for giving dials a genuine reason to exist. Their February 2026 releases, the Antarctique S Ice Cloud and the Promenade Midnight Pearl, take that philosophy further than most Geneva independents dare go. Both watches rely on mother-of-pearl crafted by GT Cadrans near Lausanne, both carry
News
Ressence TYPE 9 IKE: A Signal From Another Galaxy
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are watches that display time, and then there are watches that make you question what time-keeping even means. The Ressence TYPE 9 IKE, announced today, lands firmly in the second category. Limited to eight pieces, it brings together Antwerp’s most iconoclastic watchmaker and Kanazawa-based Japanese artist Terumasa Ikeda in
Review
Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Pont des Amoureux and Bal des Amoureux Automate
Reading Time: 5 minutesVan Cleef & Arpels continues to demonstrate why it remains synonymous with storytelling through the medium of high complications. The Maison’s recent additions to its Poetic Complications collection represent a significant evolution in how luxury watchmaking can intertwine narrative with mechanical precision. Both the Lady Arpels Pont des Amoureux (€
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The Mechanics of Love: Saving Your Valentine’s with Cartier
Reading Time: 4 minutesSo, you’ve done it. The calendar has betrayed you, the 14th of February has arrived with the subtlety of a minute repeater striking midnight, and you are empty-handed. Panic is a reasonable reaction, but let’s channel that adrenaline into something productive. You need a solution that speaks not just of
Lifestyle
Red Bull, Red Bull and the Most Precise Machine on Earth
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 15 February 2026, Red Bull pilot Dario Costa made aviation history. He landed a Zivko Edge 540 aircraft on a moving cargo train. Then he took off again from the same container. No one had ever done this before.
Interview
Interview Leopoldo Celi – NITON Watches
Reading Time: 2 minutesNiton returns to the horological stage with a technical punch that demands immediate attention. After decades of silence, this historic Geneva name re-emerges under the leadership of Leopoldo Celi and Yvan Ketterer. I recently sat down with Leopoldo Celi to discuss this ambitious revival, and you can watch our full
The Vintage Cabinet
PHILLIPS watches achieves the highest annual total in History, US $370 million in its 10th Anniversary year
Reading Time: 6 minutesAurel Bacs and Livia Russo, Senior Consultants of Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, said: “This year marks a historic milestone for Phillips Watches. With over US $290 million in total auction sales – the highest annual total ever achieved in the history of watch auctions – we are proud to reaffirm our





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