Reading Time: 8 minutesLVMH Watch Week has grown into the group’s early‑year stage for serious watch launches, and the 2026 edition in Milan underlines that point again. Zenith arrives not with a scattered catalogue refresh, but with a tightly framed exploration of one theme: Defy as contemporary, urban watchmaking. The focus is squarelyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe seventh edition of LVMH Watch Week has arrived, and this time the Italian fashion capital of Milan provides the backdrop for what has proven to be one of the year’s most significant horological announcements. From the 19th to the 21st of January, nine watchmaking houses under the LVMH umbrellaContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe seventh edition of LVMH Watch Week has arrived, and this time the Italian fashion capital of Milan provides the backdrop for what promises to be one of the year’s most significant horological announcements. From the 19th to the 21st of January, nine watchmaking houses under the LVMH umbrella convergedContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe LM Sequential Flyback EVO represents something increasingly rare in contemporary watchmaking: a timepiece conceived not from commercial calculation, but from a genuine desire to expand what a mechanical chronograph can accomplish. Housed in grade 5 titanium with an aquamarine dial plate, this release consolidates four years of engineering refinementContinue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe opening days of January 2026 brought remarkable news from Geneva. LVMH Watch Week arrived once again, and with it came a collection presentation that signals a decisive moment in Louis Vuitton’s horological journey. Under the direction of Jean Arnault, the Maison has transformed itself into something altogether different fromContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Petite Heure Minute Red Gold – Japanese Garden represents something rare in contemporary watchmaking: a collaboration between manufacturer and collector that refuses compromise on either artistic vision or technical integrity. Jaquet Droz and its patron have created a unique timepiece that elevates the concept of narrative watchmaking beyond mereContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe opening weeks of 2026 deliver a strong slate of watch releases, from gaming collaborations to meteorite dials and rally partnerships. These releases drops span Hublot, Oris, Hamilton, Armin Strom, Gerald Charles, Omega, and Bell & Ross, each pushing distinct narratives in design and function.Continue Reading
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 (€Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesMaurice Lacroix stands as one of the few manufactories that have genuinely mastered the retrograde complication. Over the past quarter century, the Saignelégier-based watchmaker has refined this once-niche mechanism into a signature speciality, and the 1975 Master Grand Date Retrograde represents perhaps the most ambitious distillation of that expertise. ByContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe launch of the MINUTE REPEATER PERPETUAL represents a significant moment in contemporary watchmaking. A. Lange & Söhne has consolidated two of horology’s most formidable complications into a single calibre, an undertaking that positions this platinum creation alongside the manufacture’s most ambitious works. This is not an exercise in accumulation;Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesRessence has long occupied a peculiar position within the horological landscape as a brand that refuses to acknowledge the conventional language of watchmaking, instead constructing its own grammar from first principles. The TYPE 7, unveiled in March 2025, represents the culmination of this philosophy, a tool watch that distils complexityContinue Reading