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Ulysse Nardin has spent much of 2026 celebrating the 25th anniversary of its groundbreaking Freak, the world’s most complicated time-only watch, with a series of new introductions, including the Super…
Some collaborations make perfect sense. Others make absolutely no sense — until you see them. The new Caran d’Ache x MB&F GorillaSharpener falls decidedly into the latter camp, and that…
It isn’t every day that an icon turns 50 — especially one that still knows how to move. Chopard’s Happy Diamonds concept celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and the…
Some watches are instant successes. Others have to wait for the world to catch up. The IWC Ingenieur SL designed by Gérald Genta falls decidedly into the latter camp. When…
San Francisco 49ers’ running back Christian McCaffrey has spent much of his life thinking about performance. It isn’t simply part of his job. It is his job. But for McCaffrey,…
Geneva Watch Days ended this past weekend, and I needed a few days to digest everything. Not because there weren’t plenty of complicated watches, beautiful watches and technically impressive watches…
The Richemont Group (think Cartier, Vacheron Constantin, Van Cleef & Arpels and a host of other luxury Maisons) made an important move toward its future yesterday, appointing Anton Rupert, son…
The finalists are in for the 2026 Temporis International Awards and now watch rs around the world get a chance to weigh in on which watches should take home the…
There are few watch brands capable of making a 1,000-year mechanical counter seem almost logical. Urwerk is one of them. The independent Swiss brand has spent nearly three decades challenging…
There are few watch brands that embody German watchmaking quite like A. Lange & Söhne. Its watches are perfectly indicative of the German design ethos — clean and sophisticated, but…
Watch Week Aspen (Photo: RBock) Geneva Watch Days officially starts tomorrow and there will be much news filtering from that around-the-city show. But first, let’s take another lo at a…
Parmigiani Fleurier expands its Tonda PF collection with a new interpretation of the Tonda PF Skeleton, combining 18-karat rose gold with the brand’s signature Milano Blue. Limited to just 30…
For centuries, Vacheron Constantin has understood something that only the finest watchmakers bring to reality: the fact that a watch dial does not have to be merely functional. It can…
Formula One watches tend to come dressed for the racetrack: carbon, titanium and, increasingly, plenty of team colors. For the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix, IWC Schaffhausen is taking a decidedly…
Some watch collaborations make you wonder what exactly the collaborators did besides put their names on the same timepiece and press release. Others work because the people involved understand the…