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Bitcoin accepted by these 15 major Rolex trading firms

A new Bitcoinionaire index finds watches among the easiest luxury goods to buy with crypto, listing nine of 100 firms (mostly secondary players like BitDials, Chronext, WatchBox/The 1916 Company, Bob's Watches and Gray & Sons, plus Watches of Switzerland and select TAG Heuer and Hublot boutiques) that accept Bitcoin and Ethereum. The pitch is a growing wallet to chase: Henley & Partners counts 241,700 crypto millionaires, up 40% in a year, with the watch trade already boasting more mature crypto-settlement infrastructure than almost any other luxury category. Auction houses Phillips, Christie's and Sotheby's are in on it too, making crypto acceptance a low-cost add-on retailers can't afford to ignore.

SJX Watches

Indie-Focused IAMWATCH Returns

The Hour Glass is bringing back IAMWATCH, its indie-focused fair, November 12-15 at the Singapore Edition hotel (public days November 13-15, free with online registration), promising a larger roster than the 2024 debut that drew Voutilainen, Urwerk, Rexhepi, and Pagès. The two-year gap hints at a biennial cadence a la Dubai Watch Week, and for the retailer it's a play to own the independent-watchmaking calendar in Asia, drawing the collectors and executives (Bacs, Jean Arnault, Büsser, the Bivers) who move that market.

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Gerald Charles signs world No. 1 as its first padel ambassador

Gerald Charles has entered padel by signing world No. 1 Gemma Triay as its first ambassador for the sport, extending the Swiss brand's existing push into tennis. Triay, a four-season world No. 1 with 52 career titles, will appear across major tournaments and brand communications, with more on the tie-up promised in coming months. The bet: padel is a fast-rising sport hungry for sponsors, and locking in its top-ranked woman early is a cheaper play than chasing tennis or golf's crowded ambassador market.

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CORDER’S COLUMN: It is time for a second quartz watch revolution

WatchPro columnist Rob Corder argues that Swiss watchmaking is ripe for a "second quartz revolution," pointing to just 5.2 million mechanical watches exported last year, price hikes north of 25% in 18 months, and secondary-market discounts of 33-40% on the likes of Omega, Tudor, Patek and Lange as evidence that demand is buckling at prevailing prices. His thesis: with design-led microbrands (many sub-£500 quartz) winning engaged buyers at shows like British Watchmakers Day and Wind-Up, and trusted price trackers demystifying grey-market pricing, the dial name and mechanical movement may matter less than looks, threatening volume Swiss brands and even Rolex, AP and Cartier.

WatchTime

When Heritage Designs the Future: A Spotlight on Ferdinand Berthoud

WatchTime revisits how Karl-Friedrich Scheufele's 2015 revival of Ferdinand Berthoud channels an 18th-century marine-chronometer legacy into wristwatches, from the pillar-held Caliber FB-T.FC and fusee-and-chain tourbillon of the FB-1 to the octagonal cases nodding to chronometer boxes. The FB-1 took the Aiguille d'Or at the 2016 GPHG, with further chronometry prizes in 2019, 2020, and 2023. The commercial subtext: Scheufele diverted Chopard's high-horology capacity into a name that never made a wristwatch, a patience-and-prestige bet that has paid off in credibility at the top of the market.

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I Wore A Fake Watch For A Week, And It Was Unnerving For Several Reasons

aBlogtoWatch ran a first-person feature in which a writer borrowed a "superclone" fake (an owner of genuine luxury pieces bought it out of curiosity) and wore it for a week, arguing that fakes have closed the quality gap on real watches at a frightening pace. The provocative thesis: Swiss brands quietly offshoring case, bracelet, bezel and dial production to Asia have effectively exported the manufacturing know-how that now powers convincing counterfeits, while the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry's anti-fake efforts sit on 2017 data. Whatever you make of the argument, it puts a spotlight on the industry's least comfortable open secret: "Swiss Made" says less about where your watch was actually built than most buyers assume.

Revolution Watch

Once Upon A Time In America: The Watches of Hamilton

Revolution traces Hamilton from its 1892 Lancaster, Pennsylvania incorporation through the railroad-accuracy 992, the WWII Model 21 marine chronometer and the 1957 electric Ventura, leaning on NAWCC archives to separate legend from record. The commercially telling detail: since Hamilton reopened a Lancaster boutique in 2023 (in the historic Bowman building), collectors have been phoning orders in just to get a box postmarked from the brand's hometown, proof that provenance and sentiment still move product even for a Swiss-owned brand.</parameter> <parameter name="categories">["vintage", "chronograph"]

Fratello

A Double Shot, Please: New And Refined Seiko Presage Cocktail Time Models

Seiko has refined its Presage Cocktail Time line with three new references (HCB001 blue dial on steel bracelet, HCB002 green dial on brown leather, HCB003 brown dial on darker leather), all shrinking the case to 38.5mm and swapping the date to a frameless aperture at 4:30, priced at €490. The 4R35 automatic carries over, so the play here is the size drop toward the mid-38s that enthusiasts have been asking for, keeping the entry Presage firmly in impulse-buy territory.

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Worn & Wound

Studio Underd0g Updates their Spin on the Field Watch with the 02SERIES GEN2

Studio Underd0g refreshes its 02SERIES field watch with the GEN2, now in a slimmed 11.5mm-thick, 37.5mm steel case running the manual-winding Sellita SW200-2 M (63-hour reserve), with returning Pink Lem0nade and Steffany Blue joined by new tinted-sapphire Nightshade and Red L0lly colorways. It lands July 7th, 2026 on the brand's site at USD $1,200. Notably, the tweaks come courtesy of the brand's new in-house workshop, The D0ghouse, a sign the microbrand is bringing product iteration under its own roof.

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Bulgari Sets You Up For A Roman Summer With Exciting Craftsmanship, Colors & Materials

Bulgari has rolled out four summer-2026 releases across two collections: the 40mm Aluminium (titanium/aluminum case, rubber bezel, 100m WR, self-winding B77 caliber at 9.40mm thick) in opaline white (ref. 104335) and a 500-piece sunray blue limited edition (ref. 104309), both at $3,600. The 33mm Bvlgari Bvlgari (ref. 104319 pink gold/pink, ref. 104320 yellow gold/green) pairs mother-of-pearl marquetry dials of some 400 hand-set pieces with diamond markers, tourmaline-set crowns, steel bracelets and quartz movements at $7,800 each. The split lineup lets Bulgari court both the sporty sub-$4K crowd and the jewelry-watch buyer in one seasonal drop, leaning on its in-house case and dial craft to justify the spread.

Monochrome Watches

Chopard Releases Three New Mille Miglia Classic Chronographs in Historic Racing Colours

Chopard revisits its 2023-era Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph with three country-exclusive editions in historic racing liveries: British Racing Green (GBP 8,050), a French tricolour blue (EUR 11,100) that debuted at Salon Rétromobile in Paris, and a German Speed Silver (EUR 11,300), each limited to 100 pieces for the UK, France and Germany respectively. All share the 40.5mm, 12.88mm-thick Lucent Steel case, 50m water resistance, and a COSC-certified modular automatic chronograph based on the ETA A322-11 (28,800vph, 54-hour reserve) visible through a crossed-flag caseback. It is a market-segmentation play: three near-identical watches, each ring-fenced to a single national market, that turn Chopard's 38-year Mille Miglia sponsorship into geographically exclusive scarcity.

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IFL Watches X Citizen Tsuyosa Shore Mako Hands-On: A Feeding Frenzy On The Dial

IFL Watches and Citizen have released the Tsuyosa Shore Mako, a 200-piece limited edition built on Citizen's diver's-style Tsuyosa Shore (ref. NJ0230-59L) with a hand-painted enamel dial depicting three sharks circling a school of fish, retailing for $890. The base retains the caliber 8210 automatic (3Hz, 42-hour reserve), 100m water resistance, screw-down crown, and unidirectional bezel. The art commands roughly a $400 premium over the base watch, a reminder of how much value Citizen's mechanical divers deliver at entry-level pricing, and a canny hook for collectors who buy on artwork and scarcity.

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Monochrome Watches

The Hand-Chiselled Case of the New Anoma A1 Prehistoric

Anoma's latest riff on its Perriand-inspired A1 is the Prehistoric, a 100-piece 2026 limited edition whose 316L case is hand-chiselled by French engraver Steven Brunel over roughly five hours, so no two are identical, paired with a brass dial cut by hand into some 600 sunburst lines and finished in deep anthracite. The rounded-triangular case holds at 39mm by 38mm and 9.45mm thick with 50m water resistance and a rear-accessed recessed crown, running the Sellita SW100 automatic. Orders open 8 July 2026 at GBP 2,900 (excluding duties and taxes), with October deliveries. For a two-year-old London micro-brand, the leaning-into-artisanal-hand-finishing play is how Anoma justifies pushing past the entry tier without a proper haute movement.

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WatchTime

H. Moser & Cie. Introduces the Endeavour Flyback Chronograph Dual Time Date

H. Moser & Cie. has launched the Endeavour Flyback Chronograph Dual Time Date, a 42mm steel piece combining a central-display flyback chronograph, second time zone, and date at 6 o'clock, all on a turquoise fumé dial. It runs the new hand-wound Caliber HMC 730, co-developed with Agenhor, with a 72-hour reserve, column-wheel control, and 383 components. Priced at CHF 59,000 before taxes (roughly $73,500) on a gray alligator strap.

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Rado Adds a Splash of Summer Color to the DiaStar Original Skeleton

Rado has released three summer-colored DiaStar Original Skeleton Limited Editions (blue/yellow, red/green, and a green/red version with yellow-gold PVD-coated Ceramos bezel), each limited to 555 pieces with skeletonized dials showing the automatic caliber R808 (Nivachron hairspring, 80-hour reserve, tested in five positions). Cases measure 38mm wide, 45mm long, and 11.9mm thick; the blue/yellow and red/green run $2,550, while the PVD green/red is $2,800. For Rado, it is another play to keep the reinterpreted DiaStar icon commercially fresh at the accessible-luxury tier where the brand does its volume.

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The Straum Jan Mayen Frozen Metal Titanium

Straum has released the Jan Mayen Frozen Metal Titanium, the Norwegian brand's first integrated titanium bracelet, paired with a wind-swept "Frozen Metal" white dial and "Frostbite Blue" PVD-outlined hands and indices. The 37.8mm titanium watch runs a La Joux-Perret G101 (68-hour reserve) with 100m water resistance, priced at $2,950 on bracelet; the bracelet fits any titanium Jan Mayen and sells alone for $900 or as a $350 add-on, available now direct from the brand. For a five-year-old microbrand built entirely on the integrated-sport concept, extending titanium to the bracelet closes an obvious gap in the range and gives buyers a reason to upgrade existing pieces.

Monochrome Watches

The New, Bolder and Sharper Hermès Cape Cod in Titanium

Hermès reworks its Henri d'Origny-designed Cape Cod for 2026 with a 41mm titanium case, satin-brushed and bead-blasted finishes, 100m water resistance, and the in-house H1912 automatic (45-hour reserve) built with Vaucher. It ships on quick-change integrated rubber straps in four colors at EUR 6,150 / USD 7,900. The move recasts a design icon that Hermès long positioned as unisex into a deliberately sportier, more masculine play, aimed squarely at the everyday steel-sports-watch buyer.

Monochrome Watches

The New, Summer-Inspired IWC Ingenieur Automatic 35 Pool

IWC has added a sixth reference to its 35mm Ingenieur Automatic line: the Pool dial (ref. IW324902), a steel model with an aqua-green Genta-style grid dial, 9.4mm case height, 100m water resistance and the automatic calibre 47110 (42-hour reserve, based on sister brand Cartier's 1847 MC). It joins the permanent collection at CHF 10,500 / EUR 11,100 / USD 11,200. The sub-40mm play and Cartier-derived movement underline how Richemont is stretching the revived Ingenieur across sizes and audiences without inflating cost.

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