News & Novelties
-
Hilaria Baldwin opts for Frederique Constant’s Classics Manchette in NYC
Hilaria Baldwin attended the Gurus Beauty Awards and opening night events in New York City wearing Frederique Constant’s Classics Manchette. A celebrity sighting is not a measure of horological merit, but it does show how a design sits on the wrist in the wild. Here, it read elegant without trying too hard.
-
Frederique Constant Double Heart Beat in Aventurine, Opal and Malachite
Frederique Constant extends its Classics Ladies Automatic Double Heart Beat line with three 36 mm pieces dressed in stone dials. Aventurine, opal and malachite set the tone here – gemstone as canvas, mechanics as quiet counterpoint.
-
Greubel Forsey Balancier QM – Qualite Musee, defined
Greubel Forsey names the thing it has long practiced. The Balancier QM is the first watch to carry the Qualite Musee standard – a declaration that every single part must stand as a work of art. Hand-wound, with hours, minutes, small seconds and a discreet sector power-reserve, it arrives in a 39.60 mm white gold…
-
Time to Watches Prize 2026 honors Mikael Correia’s BRAND(ED) at HEAD – Geneve
The Time to Watches Prize 2026, awarded in partnership with HEAD – Geneve, has gone to Mikael Correia for BRAND(ED) – an experimental watch concept that makes a virtue of discomfort and asks a pointed question: why are we willing to suffer for beauty?
-
Edox Chronorally Orange Energy – a flash of asphalt-ready color
The Edox Chronorally Orange Energy brings a clear brief to the wrist: motorsport emotion, legible timing, and a shot of citrus color that refuses to whisper. The new variant leans on an orange rubber strap and a dynamic chronograph dial for instant recognition, yet stays wearable beyond the paddock.
-
Sowind Group earns Switzerland’s Best Managed Companies recognition for 2026
Sowind Group – parent to Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin – has been named one of Switzerland’s Best Managed Companies 2026 by Deloitte Private, marking a third consecutive year on the list. The Group first earned the distinction in 2024 as the first company in Switzerland’s luxury industry to do so, and has repeated in 2025…
-
Blancpain Villeret Ultraplate 38mm: Good Things Come in Smaller Packages
There’s a quiet revolution happening in the watch world, and it doesn’t involve flying tourbillons or perpetual calendars that can calculate leap years until the sun burns out. It’s simpler than that: Blancpain has made the Villeret Ultraplate smaller, and somehow that feels like a big deal. The Geneva maison has introduced a 38mm version…
-
“Orbit Midnight Purple” – Armin Strom’s date-on-demand glows darker
Armin Strom extends its chromatic experiment with the Orbit Midnight Purple, taking the familiar fumé dial and letting the color slip beneath the surface. The twist is not louder color but deeper intent – a frosted midnight purple mainplate that ties display and mechanics into one composed thought.
-
De Bethune DB25xs Sand Winds – titanium poetry in yellow
De Bethune’s DB25xs Sand Winds takes titanium to its lyrical extreme, letting nature’s textures steer the aesthetics while keeping the mechanics disciplined and modern.
-
Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Date Shrinks to 40 mm – The Sport Classic Refined
The Polaris Date returns in a trimmer 40 mm steel case and 12.9 mm profile, keeping the model’s purposeful character while improving daily wear. It reads like good design should feel – precise, calm, and ready for the long haul.