Reading Time: 7 minutesWatches and Wonders 2026 confirmed what I have long suspected about IWC Schaffhausen: this brand does not stand still. From a space-certified tool watch with no crown whatsoever to a perpetual calendar mechanism that throws out 40 years of established design convention, the Schaffhausen manufacture arrived in Geneva with arguablyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 16 minutesEvery year, the Watches and Wonders Geneva fair delivers a defining moment for the industry, and 2026 is no exception. Jaeger-LeCoultre arrives with its most coherent and ambitious programme in recent memory: fifteen timepieces united under a single, powerfully resonant theme that reaches back to the very origins of theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesFirst day of Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026 witness a headline act from Vacheron Constantin: seven years of engineering work compressed into 2.4 millimetres. The Overseas Self-Winding Ultra-Thin, housing the brand-new Calibre 2550, marks a decisive step in the Maison’s long tradition of ultra-thin excellence, one that stretches back toContinue Reading
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Reading Time: 6 minutesSome watches impress with craft, others with spectacle, and a rare few reset the coordinates of modern horology. The Ulysse Nardin [SUPER]FREAK belongs to that last group, because it takes the core Freak idea and pushes it into a new, highly concentrated expression built around a flying carousel, twin flyingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo years after the original Bugatti Tourbillon set the horological world alight, Jacob & Co. has pushed the concept to its absolute limit. Unveiled in April 2026, the Bugatti Tourbillon Sapphire Crystal substitutes every exterior component — the caseback, caseband, and upper bezel — with solid, lab-grown corundum. Jacob &Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwenty years since the birth of the BR-03, Bell & Ross has arrived at a compelling juncture. Following the acclaimed Skeleton trilogy presented at Watches & Wonders 2025, the Maison now adds the BR-03 Skeleton Steel to the family, a fourth variation that removes every visual barrier between wearer andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 1891, Albert and Gustav Stolz established Angelus with a singular obsession: sound. That obsession took the form of a patent filed just five years later for a silent strike governor for repeater mechanisms, and it never really left the brand’s DNA. The house went on to design Braille-repeating watchesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesCzapek & Cie released its Watches and Wonders 2026 novelties today, ahead of the salon’s opening at Geneva’s Palexpo next Tuesday, 14th April. The three new limited-edition Antarctique models share a common thread, grade 5 titanium cases and the house’s proprietary Cosmic Blue, yet each occupies a completely distinct technicalContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesM.A.D.Editions started not as a brand but as a moment of frustration. Max Büsser wanted his family to own something from his world, yet MB&F prices closed that door. So in June 2021, he quietly emailed 500 close friends and suppliers: no press campaign, no hype, just a genuine offer.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesJacob & Co. introduced The Godfather II after three years of development, and the result is the first watch in history capable of playing two distinct melodies on demand from a single music box barrel. Limited to 74 pieces: and a direct reference to the 1974 release of Coppola’s film,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe URWERK UR-101 Diamond Sky is unveiled as a 25-piece limited edition that managed to catch me off-guard. I have followed URWERK’s work since 2003, and yet this piece opened a door I hadn’t expected them to push through. It is the brand’s most committed foray into gem-setting within theContinue Reading