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
Reading Time: 3 minutesFavre Leuba is one of those brands whose history deserves far greater attention. Founded in 1737 in Le Locle, it holds the distinction of being the second-oldest Swiss watchmaking brand in the world. In 2026, the brand made its debut at Watches and Wonders Geneva, and it arrives with aContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesJaeger-LeCoultre arrived at the 2026 season with three distinct statements, each pulling in a different but entirely coherent direction. There is the cool, almost severe elegance of a platinum perpetual calendar with a triple-axis tourbillon. There is the golden, bracelet-driven nostalgia of the expanded ‘Or Deco’ Reverso family. And thereContinue Reading
Reading Time: 11 minutesGuido Benedini is one of the most interesting voices in contemporary independent watchmaking, because he does not speak about watches as objects alone, but as tools with a purpose. As CEO of Watch Angels, he has helped shape a platform that treats research, design and community input as part ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeven decades ago, a Porsche 356 Cabriolet rolled off a dock in Kuwait. Morad Behbehani brought it there in 1956, making his family the first Porsche dealer in the Middle East and one of the earliest anywhere in the world. To mark that anniversary, Porsche has done what it doesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe DC1 Platinum Art of the Tourbillon is firmly a watch that recount a life’s obsession. David Candaux, the independent watchmaker from Solliat in the Vallée de Joux, launched his DC1 First Eight in steel back in 2017. Now, nine years on, he ventures into platinum for the first time,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesMB&F launches the LM Perpetual Chromatic series in 2026, three ultra-limited editions that dress the award-winning Legacy Machine Perpetual in baguette-cut rubies and sapphires, each limited to just 8 pieces worldwide.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe resonance principle has fascinated watchmakers for centuries, and Armin Strom has made it their calling card. With the Dual Time GMT Resonance Aventurine (ref. ST26-DT.CT), the Biel/Bienne independent takes that signature complication and dresses it in one of the most evocative dial materials in contemporary horology.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesMost pilot watches salute aviation from a respectful distance. This one steps into the cockpit and does the job. The Watch Angels x Alpina Startimer Pilot IFR Chronograph is a world first: a mechanical wristwatch that calculates holding pattern entries for IFR flight. That is not a marketing claim; itContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are watches that tell the time, and then there are watches that tell a story. The Arnold & Son Luna Magna Platinum Dragon Verdite belongs firmly in the second category, and it does so with a boldness that few watchmakers dare attempt.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes90 years after the Scottish shipyard Fife of Fairlie launched the Bermudian ketch Eilean in 1936, Panerai has chosen one of its most characterful timepieces to mark the occasion: the Radiomir Bronzo PAM00760. It is a fitting choice, because both the yacht and the watch speak the same language ofContinue Reading