Gerald Charles Masterlink Boutique Edition

Reading Time: 2 minutesGerald Charles has built something genuinely interesting since the Masterlink launched in 2024, forging a coherent, technically ambitious sports watch identity rooted in Gerald Genta’s legacy. Now, with the Masterlink Boutique Edition Ref. ML1.0-SSDB-00SR-SBDP-BTQ, the Geneva-based manufacture takes that foundation into darker, more sculptural territory. This is desired not asContinue Reading

MING 57.04 Phoenix

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Phoenix does not shout. It glows. MING‘s second iteration of the 57.04 platform picks up exactly where the sold-out Iris left off, and this time the brand dials back the spectacle just enough to let the architecture speak… And the result, beneath that sober grey exterior, is genuinely thrilling.Continue Reading

Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance Ruby

Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are just five of these in existence. Released today, the Mirrored Force Resonance Ruby is Armin Strom‘s most audacious dial statement yet. Claude Greisler, the master watchmaker who revitalised the brand in 2009, has long held that materials must carry meaning beyond aesthetics. In ruby, he finds a materialContinue Reading

Favre Leuba Deep Raider Revival X Timepiece 787

Reading Time: 3 minutesI will be straightforward: when I first heard that Favre Leuba, the second-oldest Swiss watchmaking brand founded in Le Locle in 1737, was joining forces with Timepiece 787, a collector community rooted in Puerto Rico, I was genuinely intrigued. The Deep Raider Revival X Timepiece 787 is the outcome ofContinue Reading

Beda'a Angles Stone Collection

Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are brands that talk about doing things differently, and then there are brands that actually do. Beda’a, the Qatar-based independent that turned heads at Geneva Watch Days 2024, belongs firmly in the second camp. Its Angles 37 has already proven it can hold its own in a crowded fieldContinue Reading

IWC Portugieser Chronograph Ceratanium® Ref. IW371631

Reading Time: 3 minutesI have always had a complicated relationship with the Portugieser Chronograph. It is one of those designs that feels simultaneously safe and irreplaceable, a watch so well-proportioned that it rarely needs reinvention. Yet IWC just pulled off something genuinely surprising. Introduced on 26 February, the Portugieser Chronograph Ceratanium® (Ref. IW371631)Continue Reading

KUDOKE 3 Nocturne

Reading Time: 3 minutesStefan Kudoke is not a name that comes up often in casual watch conversations, and honestly, that is exactly where his appeal lies. Operating out of the quiet German village of Weifa, this former Glashütte Original, Breguet, and Blancpain-trained master watchmaker has spent years building a language of his own,Continue Reading

Frank Buchwald ML15 Helios

Reading Time: 3 minutesSome objects demand that you stop and look. The ML15 Helios, Frank Buchwald‘s new creation for the M.A.D. Gallery’s 15th anniversary, is exactly that kind of object. Limited to just 15 handcrafted pieces and exclusive to the gallery, it sits at the intersection of machine, sculpture, and light, raising aContinue Reading

Radiomir Viaggio Nel Tempo Experience Set

Reading Time: 2 minutesPanerai’s centenary celebration of its Piazza San Giovanni boutique brings forth an Experience Set that captures the essence of Italian watchmaking heritage: the Radiomir Viaggio Nel Tempo PAM01729 and PAM01730. This exclusive duo offers collectors a tour of the brand’s historical milestones, crafted into two distinct timepieces, each limited toContinue Reading

Hermès Cape Cod Mini

Reading Time: 2 minutesHenri d’Origny’s distinctive pencil strokes brought forth the Cape Cod watch in 1991, inspired by the anchor-chain link and the bold “square within a rectangle” geometry. Now reimagined in a mini 27 x 20 mm format, the Hermès Cape Cod Mini embraces new proportions, accentuating the curve of its caseContinue Reading