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WatchPro

CORDER’S COLUMN: Omega has come to its senses on price

WatchPro's Corder uses Omega's new 38mm Speedmaster (£5,600, chronometer-certified column-wheel Calibre 3332) as evidence that the brand is holding the line on price while Rolex hiked twice this year, a pragmatic move to fill costly plants after production fell from 794,000 watches in 2018 to 460,000 in 2025. The contrast is Zenith, whose output collapsed from 22,000 to 8,500 units as average retail price nearly doubled to CHF 15,600, leaving its Chronomaster Sport trading 40% below retail on the secondary market. The wider read: Swiss volume in the CHF 2,500 to 7,500 band is shrinking while ultra-luxury drives 75% of growth, and brands chasing that positioning on falling demand are courting an unsustainable price gap.

Time + Tide

Brew Watch Co has finally launched at the Time+Tide Studio, and here’s what you can find

Brew Watch Co, Johnathan Ferrer's American microbrand founded in 2015, is now stocked at the Time+Tide Studio in New York City, the only US retail space carrying it. The lineup spans the meca-quartz Metric chronographs (from $475) and cushion-cased Retrographs ($375) to the smaller 30mm Metric Lite automatics with gold and Tahitian pearl dials, plus the Metric Digital Blend analog-LED espresso timer ($425). For a brand built almost entirely on direct-to-consumer momentum, a physical US point of sale is the notable move here.

WatchPro

F.P. Journe and Rolex create unique chronographs for charity auctions

F.P. Journe and Prince Albert II of Monaco have unveiled a one-off 18ct gold and platinum chronograph, the brand's first "classic" chronograph, to be auctioned by Phillips at a Singapore gala benefiting the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's 20th anniversary. It follows Phillips's September 28 sale of four off-catalogue gem-set Rolex Daytonas for Roger Federer's and Leonardo DiCaprio-linked charities, after more than 1,000 clients reportedly offered CHF 4 million for the set. The timing is pointed: with Journe records shattering all year (a Résonance Souscription hit $13.9 million in May), the charity block doubles as a market test for the industry's hottest independent.

Watches of Espionage

Challenge Coins & Watches - CIA and Military Culture

Watches of Espionage traces its own origin to a February 2021 Instagram post pairing founder's IWC Mark XVII with a CIA gift-shop challenge coin, using it to argue that coins and unit watches occupy the same cultural niche in the intelligence and military world: small, earned tokens of quiet service. The essay doubles as brand-building, connecting that history to W.O.E.'s first product, the Travel Pouch (made by Leather Works Minnesota) with an included coin. It's a reminder that W.O.E.'s commercial engine runs on selling the meaning behind objects, not just the objects themselves.

Fratello

The Curious Case Of The Boring Rolex Submariner Ref. 14060

A Fratello columnist makes the enthusiast case against the Rolex Submariner ref. 14060, arguing its small painted indexes and "dead space" make it the most boring Sub, despite its 1990s build quality and daily-wear durability. The workaround he lands on: buy a 16610LV "Kermit" for its modern Maxi Dial and swap in a black bezel insert from a regular 16610.

WatchTime

How Ressence Reinvented the Mechanical Watch

WatchTime runs a deep-dive on Ressence's technical playbook: the ROCS disc-display module, oil-filled cases, magnetic transmission, a hydraulic shock absorber, a self-equilibrating bellows, and the crown-free eCrown that syncs via Bluetooth and runs on photovoltaic cells. Founded in 2010 by Benoît Mintiens, the Belgian brand gets positioned here as one of independent watchmaking's genuine engineering outliers, the sort of R&D story that builds the collector mythology money can't buy.

Watchonista

Exotic Birds: Standout Timepieces You May Have Missed from Geneva Watch Days

Watchonista's "Exotic Birds" roundup gathers standout releases from Geneva Watch Days 2026, a crop leaning on finishing and display over new complications. Highlights include Alto's Art 02 with integrated bracelet (€15,720), the Oris ProPilot X Gonzo Edition (CHF 8,500), Czapek's 40.5mm Quai des Bergues "Midnight in Geneva" (18 pieces, CHF 20,400) marking its new Geneva flagship, the Laurent Ferrier Classic Moon Dusk (20 pieces, CHF 93,000), and Ming's already-sold-out 57.05 Comet world timer with a novel DST-adjustment system (CHF 6,950 to CHF 7,950). The mix signals GWD's role as the indie-and-boutique showcase where finishing craft, not grand complications, does the selling.

Fratello

I Came To Be Dazzled, And Geneva Watch Days 2026 Delivered

Geneva Watch Days wrapped its seventh edition with record numbers: 71 brands, nearly 400 debuting watches, 500-plus press, 300-plus retailers and more than 2,500 collectors and enthusiasts spread across Geneva's decentralized five-day format. The takeaway for the trade is a warning: the show's swelling scale (plus the swarm of non-participating brands orbiting it, from Tudor's Northflag launch to downtown boutique tie-ins) risks diluting the intimate "meet the watchmaker" premise that made GWD a genuine alternative to Watches and Wonders, with the argument that roughly 35 exhibitors would be the commercial sweet spot before it goes the way of Baselworld.

Hodinkee

Talking Watches: With Pusha T – On Rolex, Rap, And The Luxury Of Time

Hodinkee's latest Talking Watches sits Clipse rapper Pusha T down over a table of Rolexes, from his first black-dial Submariner bought over the counter in Germany to the Rainbow Daytona he wore to the Grammys after years on the list. His governing rule (authorized channels, factory-set stones, no aftermarket bust-downs) is the real story, a celebrity-collector orthodoxy that doubles as free marketing for Rolex's own gem-setting over the ice-out trade. Note the arc it traces: from an era when you could walk in and buy two gold Subs on the spot to today's waiting-list reality, the clearest illustration of how Rolex retail scarcity reshaped even top-dollar access.

aBlogtoWatch

Chronoswiss PULSE GMT Silver Guilloché Offers A Fresh Take On The Travel Watch

aBlogtoWatch reviews the Chronoswiss PULSE GMT Silver Guilloché (ref. CH-4223TM-GR), a 200-piece grade 5 titanium limited edition priced at $20,300, and concludes it stands out in the crowded GMT and integrated-bracelet fields by tracking dual time via twin independent hour hands (a nod to the 1990s Tora) rather than a Genta-derived template. They praise the fresh, contemporary re-reading of Chronoswiss codes and note it as the least expensive of the three PULSE GMT models by a significant margin, though they flag the freely-moving 24-hour hand as a setting quirk and the butterfly clasp's lack of micro-adjustment. The trade takeaway: Chronoswiss is using the PULSE line, its first integrated-bracelet model, to carve differentiated space in two of watchmaking's most saturated categories.

Also at: Worn & Wound

Fratello

The King Seiko Vanac HKF005 Brings The Toyko Skyline To Your Wrist

Seiko adds the King Seiko Vanac HKF005 to the lineup, a stainless steel integrated-bracelet piece whose black dial uses a speckled, aventurine-like finish meant to evoke the Tokyo skyline at night. It runs the 8L45 automatic (based on the Grand Seiko 9S65), sits in the 41x45mm case with a box sapphire crystal, and is priced at €3,400 as a non-limited model available from October 2026 at Seiko boutiques and select retailers worldwide. The move deepens Seiko's push to grow King Seiko as a premium tier below Grand Seiko, leaning on dial craft to justify the price.

Also at: Monochrome Watches

WatchTime

A. Lange & Söhne Introduces New Triple Split and 1815 UP/DOWN Variants

A. Lange & Söhne unveiled a third Triple Split at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace: a 43.2mm platinum case with a rhodié-colored dial, gray subdials and blued rattrapante hands, limited to 100 pieces and priced around €210,000 (roughly $244,000). The brand also added two 1815 UP/DOWN variants, 37.5mm pink- or white-gold cases with deep-blue dials, limited to 300 pieces each at about €45,000 ($52,260). At those price points Lange keeps its high-complication and dress lines pointed squarely at the collector base that never flinches at six figures.

Also at: Worn & Wound

Monochrome Watches

The New and More Compact Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe, in Blue

Greubel Forsey unveiled a blue GMT Balancier Convexe at Geneva Watch Week, slimming the titanium case to 42.9mm (from 43.5mm) and 44.9mm at the bezel while adding a dial-side 72-hour power reserve indicator (73 extra components). The revolving titanium globe, inclined 3Hz balance and 496-part manual-winding movement carry a 50m depth rating; it comes on a blue rubber strap or optional titanium bracelet, limited to 22 pieces at CHF 380,000.</parameter> <parameter name="categories">["gmt-travel", "complications"]

Monochrome Watches

Titoni goes Higher-End and Sporty with the new Luxe Tourbillon Ceramic

Titoni enters the accessible-tourbillon race with the Luxe Tourbillon Ceramic, a 41mm (50mm lug-to-lug) black high-tech ceramic sports watch with a polygonal bezel, 4N rose-gold accents and a black, blue or burgundy quadro dial, priced at CHF 11,900 excluding VAT. It runs the hand-wound Calibre T1000, sharing the Olivier Mory tourbillon base used by Yema, Patria and Louis Erard, at 21,600vph with 100-plus hours of reserve and a targeted 0 to +8 seconds/day. That base movement is now the great equalizer of the sub-CHF-15k tourbillon segment, letting brands like Titoni sell high-complication cachet at integrated-sports-watch prices.

aBlogtoWatch

Louis Vuitton Tambour Spin Time Lineup Expands With Five Permanent-Collection Watches

Louis Vuitton has added five Tambour Spin Time watches to its permanent collection, expanding on 2025's limited editions: two 39.5mm standard models (the 18k white gold Green and the 18k rose gold Australia's Opal with opal dial and diamond-set indexes) plus three 42.5mm open-worked Spin Time Air pieces, including a worldtime Antipode Blue tracking 24 zones and a platinum Flying Tourbillon Salmon. Three in-house automatic calibers run across the lineup, all 4Hz with a 45-hour power reserve. The move to make these permanent, rather than limited, signals LV's intent to build the Spin Time into a recurring catalog pillar as it pushes deeper into serious complications.

Also at: Time + Tide · Monochrome Watches · Revolution Watch

SJX Watches

The People Have Spoken: Seiko’s Crowd Favourite 62MAS

Seiko is releasing the Prospex 1965 Heritage Diver Fan-Selected HBC011, a 62MAS homage in the crowd-voted Daytime Blue that beat out Sunrise Orange, Late Afternoon Green, and Sunset Red in last year's poll marking 60 years of Seiko divers. The 40mm steel diver runs the cal. 6R55 with 72-hour reserve and 300m water resistance, adds Seiko's mid-tier quick-adjust clasp, and is a 4,500-piece limited edition at US$1,400 starting October 2026. The play here is Seiko defending the crowded ~$1,500 tier against micro-brands with case and bracelet upgrades, even as its -15/+25 chronometry lags Swatch Group rivals on paper.

Monochrome Watches

Christiaan van der Klaauw Goes Openworked with the new Planetarium Skeleton

Christiaan van der Klaauw has openworked its signature complication with the Planetarium Skeleton Platinum: a 40mm platinum case, 50m water resistance, sapphire dial exposing the astronomical module, and a real-time display of six planetary orbits at 6 o'clock. It runs the automatic CKM-01 manufacture calibre (developed with Andreas Strehler's UhrTeil AG, 21,600vph, 60-hour reserve) with logo-shaped bridges and a CVDK-form rotor. Limited to six numbered pieces at EUR 86,000 excluding VAT, on an FKM sailcloth strap.

WatchTime

L’Epée 1839: The Football Turns Timekeeping Into a Ball Game

L'Epée 1839 has released The Football, a 220mm spherical mechanical clock inspired by the classic 32-panel Telstar ball, with an exoskeleton of 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons wrapped around an in-house eight-day movement of 882 components running at 18,000 vph. Hours and minutes appear via two satin-finished rotating discs read through hexagonal apertures. Four configurations (Full Gold-Plated, Full Palladium-Plated, Two-Tone with Black Numerals, Two-Tone with Gold Numerals), each limited to 99 pieces, priced from $41,900 to $48,500 before taxes.

SJX Watches

SJX Podcast: Geneva Watch Days Recap

SJX Podcast episode 51 recaps Geneva Watch Days, the record-breaking edition with 70-plus brands and roughly 400 watches debuted, plus the parallel-week launches including the Rolex Daytona "Four Seasons" charity auction; useful for anyone tracking where the market's demand actually sat this season.