Reading Time: 2 minutesThe classic watchmaking can be split between watches that shout for attention, and watches that command respect through restraint. The Daniel Roth Extra Plat Platinum sits firmly in the second category, and that is precisely what makes it so compelling.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo has done it again – only this time, there are no more superlatives left to borrow. The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIII, held on 9 and 10 May 2026 at Hotel President, closed with a total of CHF 74,846,995 (US$ 96,328,083 / €81,732,919), surpassingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesRolls-Royce has just unveiled four entirely new craft techniques at London Craft Week 2026, each one born from centuries of decorative art history and executed with a level of precision that borders on the obsessive. The result? Two Phantom Gallery-scale artworks that prove, conclusively, that no one pushes the boundariesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesGeneva Watch Week 2026 brought a genuinely exciting announcement from Biel/Bienne. L.Leroy, a Maison founded in 1785 and carrying one of the deepest chronometric legacies in French watchmaking, unveiled the ELYOR: a flying tourbillon that joins the Osmior collection and arrives in three distinct case materials. The name itself carriesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesAlberto Santos-Dumont flew 220 metres in 21 seconds in 1906. In doing so, he did not just set a record; he changed what a watch needed to be. Cartier responded with the first modern wristwatch, and over a century later, the Maison continues to build on that foundation with precisionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesThere are moments in watchmaking when a Maison stops speaking about time and starts speaking with it. Jaeger-LeCoultre did exactly that in April 2026 in Milan, unveiling five exceptional new clocks that push the boundaries of both technical mastery and artistic expression.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Laureato has never been shy about its own identity, and the Chronograph 42mm edition announced on 7 May 2026 confirms that Girard-Perregaux sees no reason to start second-guessing a formula that has worked since 1975. Limited to just 50 pieces, this new reference revisits the two-tone aesthetic of theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesPanerai has just released the Submersible GMT PAM01495, and it is, without question, one of the most technically ambitious dive watches the brand has produced in recent years. A 47 mm skeletonised tool watch built from 3D-printed Grade 5 titanium, it pushes the Submersible DNA into genuinely new territory.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 9 & 10 May, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will host its first live watch auction of 2026, the Geneva Watch Auction: XXIII. The sale will present more than 200 exceptional timepieces spanning over three centuries of watchmaking.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are bespoke commissions, and then there are obsessions made real. The Bugatti W16 Mistral ‘Fly Bug’, unveiled from the Atelier in Molsheim on 30 April 2026, is firmly the latter. It is the fourth chapter of a collector’s deeply personal anthology, and arguably the most technically ambitious one yet.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Bell & Ross BR-03 Green Steel belongs firmly in a special category that distils aviation-instrument logic into a wrist presence unlike almost anything else in its price class.Continue Reading