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Beaverbrooks expands director team with three senior appointments

The Beaverbrooks Group has expanded its director team from five to seven, promoting three long-serving executives: Ben Reilly to operations director, Jo Wilkinson to digital and brand experience director, and Nick Bucknell to watch buying and Loupe operations director (adding group-wide watch buying to his existing Loupe and Rolex remit). The reshuffle coincides with brand director Roger Fairhurst beginning his retirement after 35-plus years, stepping down at end of September and leaving in spring 2027. That the promotions all come from within (15 to 22 years each) signals a UK multi-brand retailer betting on institutional knowledge and continuity of Rolex relationships as it plots its next growth phase.

Watches of Espionage

New Tool Watches Worth Your Attention: Tudor, Gallet, Doxa, Sinn

Four tool-watch launches land at once: Tudor revives the discontinued North Flag as the one-word Northflag (40mm, 12.7mm, now with a GMT and no power reserve, running the COSC/METAS MT5652-U); Breitling's newly acquired Gallet debuts Flying Officer and Multichron pieces, with chronographs near $5,000 that undercut the $10k Breitling Premier B09; Doxa returns titanium to its regular catalog with the Sub 300 Ti5 (42.5mm, SW200, just over $3,000); and Sinn's purpose-built EZM 19 arrives with a four-hour countdown bezel aimed at first-responder command staff. The commercial subtext: Gallet is being positioned as Breitling's Tudor-style attainable second brand, and pricing that undercuts the parent house is the whole point of the House of Brands play.

Hodinkee

Auctions: Six Observations From Sotheby's September 18 Hong Kong Sale

Sotheby's kicks off fall auction season early with its "Important Watches" sale in Hong Kong on September 18, where the two top lots are Sincere-edition F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverains (both estimated at roughly $1.9M to $3.8M) and a unique white-gold Cartier Cheich carries an eye-watering $1M to $5.1M range. The real question is sustainability: with many early Journe collectors already having sold their rarest pieces and the brand itself trying to temper the record-chasing, the endless-records era may finally be cooling, even as Patek remains the reliable backbone of the high end.

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Multi-million dollar lots from Patek Philippe, Rolex and F.P. Journe head to Geneva watch auction

Phillips in association with Bacs and Russo has previewed its Geneva Watch Auction XXIV (November 7-8), led by seven-figure lots from Patek Philippe, Rolex and F.P. Journe, including a platinum Journe Chronomètre à Résonance "Régence à Losange" estimated at CHF 1M-2M that could top $10M. The sale rides a run of records: Phillips's spring auctions cleared over $235M with three watches hammering above $10M, and EveryWatch counts $1M-plus lots rising from 13 in 2012 to 81 in 2025. With independents like Roger Smith and Kari Voutilainen (four sub-lots over $1M in New York) also in the mix, the eight-figure watch is starting to look routine rather than exceptional.

WatchTime

Rolex Four Seasons: Four Unique Daytonas for Charity Auction

Rolex has created four one-of-a-kind gem-set Cosmograph Daytonas ("Spring," "Summer," "Autumn," "Winter"), pairing white gold, Everose, yellow gold, and platinum cases with natural-stone dials and lavish sapphire, tourmaline, and diamond settings, all powered by the Caliber 4131. Phillips will auction each as a separate lot in London on September 28, 2026, with no estimates announced and all proceeds going to the Roger Federer Foundation and Leonardo DiCaprio's Re:wild. The open question that will define the sale: whether one bidder keeps the quartet intact or the set scatters, a live test of how much charity halo and celebrity provenance can stack on top of Daytona scarcity.

Fratello

Six Omega Stopwatches And A Lost NZ Racetrack

A collector behind the Tempo Archive Instagram unearthed a complete, individually numbered set of six Omega professional mechanical stopwatches in their original six-position wooden timing box, all engraved "LEVIN M.R.C." and traced to New Zealand's Levin Motor Racing Circuit, which ran from 1956 until its closure in December 1975. A second "HVMC" marking inside the lid points to a possible Hutt Valley connection still awaiting archival confirmation. The find is a reminder of Omega's deep sports-timing pedigree and how intact institutional provenance sets a group like this apart from anonymous vintage stopwatches on the market.

Fratello

The Formex Aria Proves The Phrase “Don’t Knock It ‘Til You Try It”

Fratello's Jorg Weppelink came around on the Formex Aria Manufacture Chronometer after a hands-on, calling it one of the best surprises of 2026: he praises the ultra-slim 40mm Grade 5 titanium case (6.9mm, 78 grams), the finishing, and the bespoke FX01 micro-rotor caliber (based on Horage's K2), while conceding the rose-tone markers and orange lume are an acquired taste. The trade detail: all 100 pieces per dial color sold out at €7,600, and Fratello reckons a blue-dial, rhodium-marker variant could be a bigger commercial hit, evidence the brand can now credibly beat five-figure integrated-bracelet rivals.

Worn & Wound

Hands-On Impressions of the New Bremont Terra Nova 35mm Jumping Hour Watches

Worn & Wound calls the new Bremont Terra Nova 35mm Jumping Hour watches the brand's best since its contentious rebrand, praising the downsized 35mm case as a "revelation" that finally dials in a complication that felt ungainly at 38mm and 40.5mm. They single out the Frosted variant (904L steel, polished lug bevels) for ditching the divisive Bremont wayfinding logo seconds window; all run the Sellita-based BC634 automatic, with pricing from $4,000 (burgundy jump hour on strap) up to $5,150 for the strap-only Frosted.

Worn & Wound

The Benjamin James Deerhurst Regulator

Worn & Wound reviews the Benjamin James Deerhurst, a 36mm (42mm lug-to-lug) manually wound regulator running the Sellita SW266-1 M with ~41 hours of reserve, at 9.1mm thick, priced $1,569 on strap and $1,702 on bracelet across three dial colors. They praise the Clous de Paris bezel, twisted lugs and slim case that make it a genuine dress watch (versus chunkier automatic rivals), while faulting the dial as too nondescript for a regulator. The trade takeaway: this Hong Kong microbrand delivers decorative case finishing and a thin hand-wound Swiss movement under $1,800, a sharp contrast to Louis Erard's bulkier automatic regulators the reviewer name-checks.

SJX Watches

Ferdinand Berthoud FB 3SPC.4-1

SJX Watches goes hands-on with the Ferdinand Berthoud FB 3SPC.4-1, the second FB 3SPC in a non-precious case and the first with a ceramised titanium coating, which they praise as a lightweight, richly tactile highlight paired with top-class finissage and the brand's signature large cylindrical hairspring (visible through a side porthole and now COSC-certified). Their main fault: the muted monochrome palette and vertical brushing hurt legibility and feel at odds with the case textures, though they concede the exposed-movement look is subjective. Notably for the trade, it stays FB's entry-level, non-limited model at a price approaching US$200,000, from a Fleurier manufacture making no more than 35 FB 3SPCs a year.

aBlogtoWatch

Casio G-Shock Gravitymaster GWR-B3000 Watch Features New Error-Detecting Tough Movement 2

aBlogtoWatch reviews the 2026 Casio G-Shock Gravitymaster GWR-B3000A-2A ($990), the debut for Casio's Tough Movement 2 (module 5756), which adds shock and magnetism sensors that detect disturbance and auto-realign the analog hands. The reviewer praises the watch as genuinely good-looking and far more wearable than bulky previous Gravitymasters (47.3mm wide, 14.1mm thick, 102 grams, sapphire crystal, 200m), while faulting the crowded eight-hand dial's fine text as tough to read without acute vision. The takeaway for the trade: Casio is pushing Master Of G upmarket, using a higher-end steel-and-carbon case and self-correcting hands to justify a near-four-figure price on a G-Shock.

SJX Watches

IWC Marks 50 Years of the Ingenieur

IWC is marking the Ingenieur SL's 50th anniversary with a pair of limited editions, the Ingenieur Automatic 40 (Ref. IW328910, cal. 32111, 120-hour power reserve, US$15,000) and the 35 (Ref. IW324909, cal. 47110, US$12,900), each capped at 1,150 pieces and available now at boutiques and retailers. Both share a vertically-brushed silver dial modeled on the ref. 1832 and swap the lightning-bolt logo for a "50" above six o'clock, running on ValFleurier calibres. The pricing keeps the pressure on integrated-bracelet sports watches at a moment when that fad has cooled, making a five-figure ask on a cost-optimised movement a harder sell than it was at the 2023 relaunch.

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Time + Tide

Squale’s new Galeazzi Artiglio celebrates a century beneath the surface

Squale marks a century of diving heritage with the Galeazzi Artiglio, a 500-piece limited edition drawing on 1960s skin-diver styling, rated to 600m and fitted with a Wet Indicator. A tightly capped run gives the collector market a scarcity hook, which is where Squale's vintage-diver credibility does the commercial work.

Hodinkee

The Rolex Perpetual Padellone [Hands-On, Live Pics, Video, Technical Brief, Competition, & Personal Thoughts]

Rolex has broken its own release calendar to introduce the Perpetual Padellone, an instantaneous annual calendar with moonphase inspired by the vintage ref. 8171. The 39mm watch comes in Everose gold ($59,000 on strap, $72,800 on the Settimo bracelet) and 950 platinum ($66,200 on strap), powered by the new caliber 7190 built on the Land-Dweller's 7135 and Dynapulse escapement. An off-cycle Rolex complication launched in Milan during the Oyster centenary signals the brand pushing the Perpetual line upmarket, and expect the same slow, allocation-throttled rollout that greeted the 1908.

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Monochrome Watches

Chopard Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of its 1976 Icon with the Happy Diamonds Heritage

Chopard marks the 50th anniversary of its 1976 Happy Diamonds with the Happy Diamonds Heritage, a pair of yellow gold, black onyx dial re-editions with free-floating diamonds between sapphire crystals. The 34 x 34mm hand-wound model (21 diamonds, 1.05 carats, in-house 10.01-C calibre, 45-hour reserve) is EUR 46,000, and a 24 x 24mm quartz version with 9 diamonds is EUR 22,800. A canny move to reframe a jewellery-line icon with enough case size and mechanical credibility to court male buyers, not just the women's collection it has come to define.

Also at: Revolution Watch · aBlogtoWatch · Watchonista

aBlogtoWatch

Victorinox Introduces A New Generation Of The Maverick Watch

Victorinox has relaunched the Maverick two decades on with a single 39mm steel case across 14 models, a unidirectional rotating bezel, 200m water resistance (up from 100m), and a tool-free interchangeable strap system. The range splits into four Sellita SW200 automatics with ceramic inserts (black, blue, green) and ten Ronda 715 quartz versions with mineral inserts spanning black, blue, green, red, and ice blue, plus two-tone options. Pricing runs from $650 for the blue quartz on rubber to $1,200 for the automatic on bracelet; available via the Victorinox website.

Monochrome Watches

Get Your Kicks with the New MeisterSinger Edition Route 66 as It Marks a Century on the Open Road

MeisterSinger marks the centenary of Route 66 with the Edition Route 66, a 43mm No.03-based single-hand watch on a Sellita SW200 (38-hour reserve), with a two-layer dial inspired by Ford Mustang wheels and a caseback carrying the highway's shield. It is the first of the brand's automotive series (after VW T1 and Jaguar E-Type) to use the larger case, ships with a 1:18-scale red Mustang Convertible model, and is limited to 100 pieces at EUR 2,390 including VAT.

Hodinkee

Supernova Serena Williams Gets Her Own Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

Audemars Piguet has released the Royal Oak Selfwinding Chronograph "Serena Williams" Limited Edition, a 38mm watch in white ceramic (case, bezel, crown, and integrated bracelet) with a pink-tinted mother-of-pearl dial, running the new Calibre 6401 with a 55-hour power reserve; it comes with an additional pink rubber strap, is limited to 500 pieces, and priced at CHF 70,000. It marks the first watch designed in collaboration with Williams, a partner of more than a decade, and slots neatly into AP's ongoing, commercially successful play for the self-purchasing woman, a segment most rivals still fumble.

WatchPro

Bulova brings back WWII Hack Watch for Jimmy Stewart biopic movie

Bulova is releasing the A-11 Jimmy, a $795 reissue of its WWII Type A-11 Hack field watch timed to the October launch of Jimmy, a biopic about combat-pilot-turned-actor Jimmy Stewart for which Bulova served as material-heritage partner. The 37mm steel piece pairs a matte black dial and domed sapphire crystal with an automatic hacking-seconds Miyota movement (42-hour reserve) and 50m water resistance, going on sale in early October ahead of the film's premiere a month later. The movie tie-in is the real play here: a heritage-backed licensing hook that lets Bulova sell provenance rather than compete on spec alone.

Time + Tide

The Tissot PRX Chronograph goes quartz in three sharp new dial colours

Tissot has added a quartz chronograph to the PRX line, a 41mm stainless-steel model with three vertically brushed dials (silver with rose-gold hardware, black with nickel, and blue), triple counters, a date between 4 and 5 o'clock, and the signature integrated quick-release bracelet. It's out now via Tissot's boutique and retail network for £430. The move plugs the obvious gap for buyers who wanted PRX chronograph looks without mechanical upkeep, deepening a collection that already spans quartz, automatic and precious-metal variants to cover nearly every budget in the accessible-sport segment.

Monochrome Watches

DUG Glashütte Brings Compact 37mm Editions of its Purist Collection

DUG Glashütte, Toni Brodführer's Saxon-made label, is shrinking its Purist collection to a 37mm case (down from 40mm) and multiplying the options: Typ 1 batons or Typ 2 Arabics, with or without date, in Onyx Black, Moon White or Royal Blue, on leather or bracelet. Inside is the DUG 200 automatic, a Sellita SW 200 base finished and decorated in Glashütte with hand-applied perlage and a 24k-gold-plated openworked rotor, running 28,800vph with 40 hours of reserve. Pricing starts at EUR 1,199 on leather, with the bracelet adding EUR 100 and the date another EUR 100, available direct via dug-glashuette.com.