Reading Time: 5 minutesURWERK unveils the UR-100V LightSpeed in white ceramic, a timepiece that transcends conventional watchmaking by merging astrophysical precision with breakthrough materials engineering. This creation embodies the company’s uncompromising philosophy: where light becomes time, and time becomes a journey through our solar system.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesAudemars Piguet’s February 2026 presentation at the AP Social Club marked a defining moment for a manufacture in conversation with its past whilst steering boldly toward the future. The Swiss Haute Horlogerie specialist unveiled an ambitious collection of novelties that traverse horological tradition, mechanical innovation, and design reinterpretation. Rather thanContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Chinese calendar grants us rare confluences of cosmic significance. 2026 brings one such rarity: the Fire Horse appears but once every sixty years, a pairing that symbolises boundless energy and uncompromising ambition. Les Ateliers Louis Moinet has interpreted this celestial occurrence through its latest creation, a singular timepiece thatContinue Reading
Reading Time: 10 minutesThe collaboration between Louis Vuitton and De Bethune represents one of contemporary horology’s most extraordinary undertakings. The LVDB-03 Louis Varius sits at the intersection of two distinct watchmaking philosophies, united by a shared commitment to innovation and historical reverence. Denis Flageollet, co-founder of De Bethune and a figure whose discretionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 11 minutesAs February approaches, the watch world usually splits in two camps. One is busy going through novelties with a loupe and a spreadsheet. The other is looking for something that says “I care” without resorting to supermarket flowers on the 13th. Chopard sits comfortably in the overlap. The maison hasContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn mid-January 2026, Milan hosted the seventh edition of LVMH Watch Week, a gathering that has become essential to the watchmaking calendar. Amongst the nine Maisons presenting their latest creations, Tiffany & Co. emerged with a remarkable collection that bridged two centuries of the House’s expertise: jewellery craftsmanship and horologicalContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesPiaget has long positioned itself as the manufacturer for those who refuse compromise in their pursuit of horological excellence. The Polo 79 Two-Tone is the latest manifestation of this philosophy, arriving as a contemporary interpretation of the brand’s original 1979 configuration. For collectors seeking a sports watch with substance andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesL’Épée 1839’s presence at LVMH Watch Week in January reaffirmed the manufacture’s position as Switzerland’s preeminent horological design house. Among the presentations stood La Regatta, a vertical timepiece that transcends the conventional boundaries between objets d’art and precision instruments. This review examines the piece through the lens of technical achievementContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesH. Moser & Cie.’s philosophy can be distilled into a single principle: remove everything that obscures, keep only what reveals. The Endeavour Tourbillon Skeleton embodies this ethos entirely. It is a watch that exists not to impress through complexity, but to communicate through clarity. In an industry that often conflatesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen February 17th arrives this year, the zodiacal wheel turns to the Horse, an animal whose mythology carries profound significance throughout Chinese culture. The Fire Horse brings energy of independence and bold transformation, qualities that captivate collectors seeking profound mechanical expression. For 2026, Blancpain presents its fifteenth interpretation of theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Year of the Horse has long been associated in Chinese astrology with energy, movement and an independent spirit. It is a sign that does not sit still, that values freedom and a certain lightness of being. Piaget has been exploring this astral bestiary since 2012, translating each zodiac signContinue Reading