News & Novelties
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Lederer at AHCI Masters of Horology – quiet magnetism and a 40-year milestone
At the AHCI Masters of Horology during Watches and Wonders week, Lederer reminded us that independent watchmaking thrives on intention, not volume. The booth felt like a study – calm voices, careful hands, and watches that asked for time rather than demanded it.
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De Bethune DB28xs Sea Tourbillon – deep blues, high speed, quiet intent
De Bethune’s DB28xs Sea Tourbillon brings the brand’s blue-tinged poetry into a 39 mm frame, pairing a high-frequency tourbillon with a dial of blued titanium worked in a random guilloché pattern. The surface shimmers like calm water disturbed by a breeze – aesthetic charm with mechanical purpose.
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The Circular Echo by ID Genève and Florian Preziuso
ID Genève’s first métier d’art watch arrives as a study in restraint. Built with independent watchmaker Florian Preziuso, it favors material honesty over flourish. The brief is simple and exacting – circular construction, high watchmaking, nothing superfluous.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils Atmos Enamel Colibris and Atmos Wood Marqueterie
Jaeger-LeCoultre presents two limited interpretations of the Atmos Régulateur Calibre 582, unveiled during Milan Design Week 21-26 April 2026. One celebrates Grand Feu enamel and miniature painting. The other explores wood marqueterie with a crisp Art Deco geometry. Different crafts, same mechanical quietude.
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Oris Star Edition – A Quiet Return to a Pivotal Moment
The Oris Star Edition arrives as a measured salute to the 1960s, a modernist watch shaped by optimism rather than nostalgia. It is not loud. It does not need to be. It points to a chapter of Swiss watchmaking when change finally had room to breathe.
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F.P.Journe names Shin Ohno winner of the Young Talent Competition 2026
At the F.P.Journe manufacture in Geneva, the 2026 Young Talent Competition crowned 27-year-old Shin Ohno for his creation, “Fuyu-Geshiki”. The competition, founded in 2015 and supported by The Hour Glass, seeks the next generation of independent watchmakers and gives them more than applause: a diploma and a CHF 50,000.- grant to buy tools or fund…
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Travel Clock by Marc Newson – a 12-day nomad with a voice
Jaeger-LeCoultre returns to the art of the travel clock with the Memovox Travel Clock by Marc Newson, unveiled during The Perpetual Timekeeper at Milan Design Week, 21 to 26 April 2026. It is compact in hand, clear in purpose, and confident enough to wake you without disturbing the entire hotel corridor.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Atmos 568 by Marc Newson – air, light, and a quieter kind of precision
Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils the Atmos Designer Calibre 568 by Marc Newson for 2026, a measured evolution of the designer’s 2016 piece, now with sunrise and sunset indications, Equation of Time, and an ultra-long-interval moon phase that errs by one day in 4,087 years. It debuts during Milan Design Week, 21-26 April 2026.
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JLC’s Atmos Hybris Artistica Tellurium by Marc Newson – a quiet cosmos under glass
Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils the Atmos Hybris Artistica Tellurium by Marc Newson, a limited edition of three that sets the most complex Atmos calibre to date inside a sapphire-studded glass globe. It debuts during Milan Design Week, 21-26 April 2026. The tone is cosmic, the intent resolutely horological.
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Time to Watches 2026 turns the trade fair into a village
Geneva reports a full house: 87 brands and 10,450 visitors – up 10% vs 2025 – as Time to Watches 2026 leans into its watchmaking Village idea. Less convention center, more community square. It is not louder than the big shows, just closer.