Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are watches that tell time, and then there are watches that make a declaration. The TAG Heuer Monaco Speed 12, unveiled at the Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Grand Prix de Monaco 2026 and limited to just 50 individually numbered pieces, belongs unambiguously in the second category. TAG Heuer andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Hermès Arceau Cavalier en Formes is a watch that tell a story, and a piece that seems to exist in an entirely different philosophical register. Since Henri d’Origny conceived the Arceau in 1978, Hermès has used that round case with its signature asymmetrical stirrup-shaped lugs as a canvas forContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are anniversaries that prompt a brand to look backward, and there are those that sharpen the focus forward. The Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty, launched on 4 June 2026, belongs firmly to the second category. Fifty years after a Jura-born, Italian-named, Florentine-inspired octagon changed the course of an entire Manufacture’s history,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 2 June 1941, Lou Gehrig passed away at thirty-seven years old, leaving behind a legacy so vast that Major League Baseball now marks 2 June as Lou Gehrig Day. 85 years later, Oris chooses this precise date to release a limited edition that sits firmly at the intersection ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesZenith G.F.J. Calibre 135 Double Signed is a collaborations born of genuine passion. The Double Signed Programme originated from the encounter between Zenith’s Chief Product Officer Romain Marietta and Naoya Hida in his Tokyo workshop. Their shared reverence for the golden age of chronometry sparked an immediate connection, and theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Wristcheck, the content-driven Hong Kong watch platform co-founded in 2020 by Austen Chu and Sean Wong, sat down with Piaget‘s manufacture in La Côte-aux-Fées to imagine a shared piece, the result was always going to be the Altiplano Ultimate Automatic. After all, Austen Chu has been a credible voiceContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo staged The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XXII late May 2026, attracting international collectors and setting new performance benchmarks. Over two days, Phillips achieved HK$403,792,890 (US$51,523,973), marking the highest sale total for watches in Asia and realising a 90% year-on-year growth. A total ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesParmigiani Fleurier has always pursued perfection not as a slogan, but as a discipline of the hand and the mind. The new Carillon Tourbillon feels like the purest expression of that pursuit. It gathers thirty years of restoration, invention, restraint and ambition into one object that celebrate the Maison’s anniversaryContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrédérique Constant’s Classics Moneta Solarmetre arrives as a neat and well-judged step forward for the collection, bringing solar technology into the Manufacture’s classical language for the first time. The trio of references shares the same architecture and pricing, while the dial colours give each watch its own character, from cloudContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesH. Moser & Cie. has never been a brand to shout, but bold and recognisable. It lets the work do the talking, and the new Endeavour Flyback Chronograph Dual Time Date Ref. 1730-1200 makes a very clear statement indeed. Launched on 27th May 2026, this is a watch that packsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesCzapek & Cie launched the Promenade Goutte de Rosée in May 2026, and it is already one of the most technically demanding dials I have seen come out of Geneva this year. The brand takes its celebrated Goutte d’Eau ripple design, originally introduced in 2024 in stainless steel with aContinue Reading