News & Novelties
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Jaeger-LeCoultre’s High Precision Guarantee Seal – a tougher, calmer standard
Jaeger-LeCoultre introduces the High Precision Guarantee (HPG) Seal, a proprietary certification that couples real-world chronometry with movement finishing. Debuting with the Master Control Chronometre collection at Watches & Wonders 2026, the HPG Seal is applied to each individual watch after an integrated, patent-pending testing protocol and qualitative inspection of traditional finishes. The Maison plans a…
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WatchTime New York 2026 Returns With Record 48 Brands
WatchTime New York returns to Gotham Hall on October 16-18, 2026 with a record 48 exhibiting brands, reaffirming its role as North America’s largest collector-focused watch event.
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Alpina’s lone Art Deco square for ELA – the Heritage Alpiner Carrée Automatic, in salmon
Alpina contributes a single, thoughtful note to the Watches for ELA charity auction: a unique Heritage Alpiner Carrée Automatic with a salmon dial, to be sold by Christie’s in Geneva on 9 November 2026. No fireworks, just a well-tempered square that remembers its ancestors and keeps good company.
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Favre Leuba Harpoon Revival Adds Blue and Black Dials
Favre Leuba extends its 1966-inspired Harpoon Revival with two new sunray dials in black and blue, keeping the compact 36.8mm case, 10mm thickness, and the same mechanical core. The proposition is simple and tidy – color, not clutter – at CHF 1,800.
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Hoffman Racing 40 Mechanical GCC Editions – three chronographs for a community
Hoffman introduces the Racing 40 Mechanical GCC Collection, a trio of limited-edition mechanical chronographs that nod to the brand’s early support from the GCC community. Following last year’s Pine GCC, the series adds three references – Dune GCC, Graphite GCC and Marine GCC – each limited to 200 numbered pieces.
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MB&F Puts Diamonds on Its UFO: Meet the SP One Pavée
MB&F extends its Special Projects line with the SP One Pavée, a jeweled variation on last year’s distilled idea: radical mechanics, rendered with restraint, in a pebble-like 38mm case.
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Peter Speake’s Tsuba En Proves East and West Have Great Taste in Watches
A watch as introduction and remembrance: Tsuba En, a collaboration announced by PS Horology, links Japanese artistry to Swiss craft with calm assurance.
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Eight Years, 21 Patents, Two Songs: Blancpain’s Grande Double Sonnerie Is a Watchmaking First
Blancpain has just pulled off something no one thought possible on the wrist: a grande sonnerie that plays two different melodies. Not two chimes. Two actual tunes, on demand, switched with a push of a button on the case. Welcome the Grande Double Sonnerie, ref. 15GSQ, and quite possibly the most complicated watch Blancpain has…
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Jaeger-LeCoultre One-O-One Secrets – pink sapphires, hidden time, tiny calibre
Jaeger-LeCoultre revisits its storied secret-watch tradition with the new 101 Secrets in 18k pink gold, pairing high jewellery craft with the micromechanical poetry of Calibre 101. It is limited to three pieces, which feels about right for something that prefers a whisper to a shout.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Grande Complication A Grande Sonnerie – a chiming summit revisited
Jaeger-LeCoultre revisits its most audacious wristworn chiming calibre with the Duometre Grande Complication A Grande Sonnerie, a new interpretation of Calibre 182 with 15 complications, refined acoustics and a calmer, more legible face. It is a pièce unique, which feels about right for a movement that counts its parts in the thousands and its patience…