News & Novelties
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Blancpain Lady B – a spherical salute to 70 years of Ladybird
Petite in diameter, large in intent. To mark 70 years of the Ladybird, Blancpain unveils the Lady B – a spherical 19 mm wrist-jewel that keeps the faith with mechanics only, echoing the 1956 Ladybird Bullet that housed the world’s smallest round movement.
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Off-Grid by H. Moser & Cie – a digital watch with mechanical manners
H. Moser & Cie. steps into the digital realm with the Off-Grid, a watch that keeps its voice low and its intentions clear. It is neither a traditional mechanical nor a smartwatch in the usual sense. Instead, it chooses restraint – fewer distractions, purposeful functions, and design steeped in Moser’s Streamliner language.
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HYT Conical Tourbillon Bespoke – fluid time, shaped by its owner
HYT opens its Bespoke Atelier to the Conical Tourbillon, inviting collectors to shape the first tourbillon in the Maison’s history around their own eye and hand. It is not customization as garnish, but a considered co-creation where materials, colors, finishes and even mechanical accents are tuned without diluting the watch’s core idea – fluidic time…
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Ressence TYPE 9 Jules Wittock: A Labyrinth That Tells Time
Ressence’s latest art watch pairs Belgian artist Jules Wittock with the compact TYPE 9, turning time into a quiet riddle. Two editions – T9 JWE in Emerald Green and T9 JWB in black – each limited to 30 pieces, carry Wittock’s hand-drawn maze, miniaturised, engraved, and hand-filled so the line sits in depth rather than…
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Girard-Perregaux and Williams unveil Laureato Williams Editions
Two disciplines, one habit of hard work. Girard-Perregaux and the Atlassian Williams F1 Team mark their new partnership with a duo of steel Laureatos: a time-only Laureato Williams Edition 42mm and a Laureato Chronograph Williams Edition 42mm. The connection is measured rather than shouted – think pit wall focus, not podium confetti.
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Frederique Constant unveils the Classics Carrée Automatic in two blues
Frederique Constant introduces the Classics Carrée Automatic with light and dark blue dials, a polished rectangular steel case, and a quietly confident brief: classical form, daily wear in mind, no drama required.
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Czapek Promenade L'Ecume des Jours – water lilies, piano keys and a micro-rotor
Czapek & Cie’s Promenade L’Ecume des Jours is a quiet salute to Boris Vian’s improbable poetry, limited to 18 pieces in steel. The 38mm dress watch turns the dial into a vignette of music and water: blue enamel as stage, mother-of-pearl as footlights, jade as pond, and a titanium water lily that counts the seconds…
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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.