News & Novelties
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Hautlence Retrovision ’64 – space-age whimsy, mechanical intent
Hautlence’s Retrovision ’64 is a three-piece ode to the future as imagined in the 1960s, unveiled at Watches & Wonders and built like a pocket communicator reborn as a wrist machine. It nods to television’s star-gazing props, then answers with working horology rather than props and promises.
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Favre Leuba at Watches & Wonders 2026 – Harpoon Revival and 1737 Triple Calendar
Less than two years after its 2024 revival, Favre Leuba marks a poised debut at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026 with two collections that read as a mission statement: the Harpoon Revival and the 1737 Triple Calendar. Heritage is not paraded here, but edited with care.
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Ulysse Nardin Super Freak – The Most Complicated Time-Only Watch
Ulysse Nardin marks 180 years and 25 years of the Freak with the Super Freak, a limited run of 50 pieces that distills the collection’s radical spirit into a focused, time-only machine. It is presented as the most complicated time-only watch ever made, and for once the claim feels earned rather than shouted.
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Trilobe Trente-Deux expands – new dials, rose gold, and the X-Nihilo at center stage
Trilobe broadens its Trente-Deux collection with quiet confidence: new silver and green dials join the existing blue and grey, delivered on a steel bracelet, while a rose gold case arrives on a rubber strap for a more relaxed kind of refinement. The “Secret” edition also returns, inviting private astronomy on the wrist.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Hybris Mechanica Ultra Thin Minute Repeater Tourbillon – sound made weightless
Jaeger-LeCoultre revisits its record-thin chiming tourbillon with the Master Hybris Mechanica Ultra Thin Minute Repeater Tourbillon. The open-worked pink gold watch measures 41.4 mm across and 8.25 mm thick, built around Calibre 362 – a fully integrated automatic minute repeater tourbillon only 5 mm high and still the thinnest of its kind. Seven patents underpin…
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De Bethune DB28xs Dark Sand – Light, absorbed in zirconium
De Bethune recasts the compact DB28xs in a new key with the DB28xs Dark Sand, exchanging shine for shadow. The 39 mm case in matt anthracite zirconium is quiet, dense, and resolutely contemporary, turning light into something sculpted rather than celebrated. Crown at 12, open architecture intact, temperament altered.
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H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Pump – a playful wind on the wrist
H. Moser & Cie. brings Reebok’s cult gesture to horology with the Streamliner Pump, launched at Watches and Wonders 2026. A press of an anodised aluminium button winds the movement and nudges the power reserve, reconnecting the hand to the mechanism with a smile rather than a lecture.
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Furlan Marri Meteorite Octa – a mechaquartz chronograph in Muonionalusta
Furlan Marri introduces the Meteorite Octa, a 38 mm mechaquartz chronograph with a Muonionalusta dial, offered by pre-order only from April 10 to 20, 2026, at 720 CHF. It will not be reproduced. The proposition is simple and disciplined – refined casework, a tactile chronograph feel, and a dial that carries four and a half…
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U-Boat Classico Polarized Dark Mistery – choosing what to see
U-Boat’s Classico Polarized Dark Mistery is a watch about discretion by design. Rotate the bezel and a polarized lens shifts from blackout to reveal, turning time into something you either invite in or politely refuse.
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Frederique Constant’s Classics Manchette returns in turquoise and mint
At Watches and Wonders, Frederique Constant brings back the Classics Manchette with two vivid expressions of feminine design: one pairing yellow gold with a genuine turquoise dial, the other in stainless steel with a mint green sunburst. The message is simple and assured – color can be elegant when it is well made.