Reading Time: 4 minutesI have talked with Xavier de Roquemaurel a good few times now, at Watches and Wonders, at various fairs, always standing up, always with a queue of other journalists waiting their turn. This time was different. We sat down in the basement of Czapek’s brand new boutique at Quai desContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesI love the independent scene since it manages to present both wildly experimental and genuinely wearable watches. Vanguart has managed exactly this trick with the Orb Pink Ceramic Titanium and Orb Blue Ceramic Rose Gold, two references that take the brand’s already provocative flying tourbillon and dress it in pastelContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt Watches and Wonders 2026, Ulysse Nardin once again used its most disruptive watch to make a point: the FREAK still matters. And not only that it still matters, it kept the same disruptive soul. It still has the power to stop you in your tracks, and it still asksContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwenty years into its existence, Rudis Sylva arrived at Watches & Wonders 2026 not with a gentle anniversary piece, but with something far bolder. The RS11 is a square-cased, hand-wound timepiece that the Maison originally designed in 2011 and chose, until now, to keep locked away. Available in titanium andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesI have been following Ressence since the very beginning, and I say this without reservation: few independent brands today carry the clarity of vision that Benoît Mintiens brings to each new piece. The TYPE 11, unveiled for Watches and Wonders 2026, is the brand’s most complete watch to date. ItContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesMaghnam dropped the embargo on the Mohareb New Generation yesterday, on 26th March, but the real debut comes in just a few weeks, when Sohaib Maghnam brings the watch to Watch Week Geneva, running 13th to 19th April 2026. The Palestinian-Jordanian engineer and designer has evolved his flagship model intoContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are watches that tell time and watches that tell a story. Then, occasionally, there are watches that tell your story, and Krayon’s PAC-MAN series, unveiled for the Time To Watches Geneva in April 2026, falls squarely into that rarer category. Fifteen unique platinum pieces, each powered by the celebratedContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe URWERK UR-230 “Black Star” arrives at the close of 2025 as a work of considerable sophistication, completing a trilogy that has explored the mechanical possibilities of URWERK’s signature satellite complication through radically different material palettes and philosophical frameworks. Where the Eagle engaged raw carbon texture and the Polaris offeredContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Streamliner Tourbillon Pierre Gasly by H. Moser & Cie. is a masterwork that blends horological finesse with the essence of personality, conceived through a genuine synergy between the manufacture and the Formula 1 driver himself. This isn’t a piece manufactured to capitalise on a name; it’s an authentic extensionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Voutilainen KV20i Reversed CS offers an arresting blend of enlightened tradition and contemporary artistry, a narrative deeply embedded within the DNA of Voutilainen’s revered atelier. This timepiece, inspired by the echo of horological milestones and the soft tap of Kari and Venla Voutilainen’s work in the pursuit of excellence,Continue Reading
![Ulysse Nardin Freak [X Crystalium]](https://i0.wp.com/watchilove.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AI-SEARCH-2303-270-4A_3A-cover.jpg?resize=690%2C550&ssl=1)
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Ulysse Nardin Freak [X Crystalium] is a horological marvel that weaves together technological virtuosity and artistic vision in a manner that is, at once, bold and poetic. As I explore this extraordinary timepiece, restricted to just 50 pieces worldwide, I am compelled to recall why the Freak collection hasContinue Reading