Author: Constantin Reusberg
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Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe GF05bv – blue made structural
Greubel Forsey’s latest GMT Balancier Convexe – reference GF05bv – takes the brand’s rotating titanium globe and lets its blue spill across the amphitheatre of the movement, the hand-sewn rubber strap, and even the crown inserts. It is the only GMT in the current collection, and it arrives in a limited series of 22 pieces.
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Oris ProPilot X Gonzo Edition – When whimsy meets a 10-day mainspring
Oris continues its playful pas de deux with Disney’s The Muppets, this time handing the ProPilot X to The Great Gonzo. The result is a watch that smiles back at you when fully wound, yet still rests on serious mechanical footing.
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URWERK UR-150 Golden Scorpion – yellow gold, kinetic poise
URWERK’s UR-150 Golden Scorpion sets its radical display in 2N yellow gold, trading armour for sculpture while keeping the brand’s mechanics in full view. The queen of metals reframes the form – light pulls at curves, hard breaks catch the eye – so the case reads denser, yet more fluid. Heritage metal, contemporary stance.
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Kerbedanz Maxspor GR8 41mm Monopusher Chronograph – smaller case, larger heartbeat
Kerbedanz shrinks its extrovert chronograph without dulling the spectacle. The new Maxspor GR8 41mm keeps the dial-side regulating organ, now refined in a tighter, more wearable case, and pairs it with a calmer guilloche dial that lets mechanics and craft share the stage rather than shout over each other.
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Highlife Moonphase Date Manufacture: Frederique Constant’s Two Quietly Poised Faces
Unveiled at Geneva Watch Days, the Frederique Constant Highlife Moonphase Date Manufacture arrives with two temperaments in a single idea: a classical moon phase paired with a practical date, both centered at 6 o’clock. It is a calm proposition that prefers proportion over noise.
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Alpina marks the Route du Rhum with two clear-headed tool watches
Alpina will serve as official timekeeper of the 13th Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe on 1 November 2026, and marks the occasion with two limited editions that favor purpose over pyrotechnics.
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Micromilspec Fieldmaster – a modern brief for a working watch
Micromilspec’s new Fieldmaster sets aside nostalgia and answers a blunt question: what do serving personnel actually need on the wrist today? The answer arrives in titanium, 40 mm across, 11.2 mm thick, water resistant to 200 meters, and limited to 75 pieces per model in this year’s production.
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Alpina Startimer Pilot Solarmetre – a quieter kind of power
Alpina brings its Solarmetre light-powered movement from the Alpiner line to the cockpit, folding it into the Startimer Pilot with a new 38 mm case. The idea is simple and sound: feed the watch with light – natural or artificial – and it runs for up to 10 months on a full charge. A brief…
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Czapek returns to Quai des Bergues with a new boutique and two limited editions
Czapek & Cie has come home. The new flagship at Quai des Bergues 27 opens where François Czapek first turned insurgent grit into Genevan mastery. Timed to Geneva Watch Days, the Maison marks the moment with two pieces tied to place and friendship – the Quai des Bergues \”Midnight in Geneva\” in a new 40.5…
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Ten Years of nO-Ring – Mauron Musy MU05 nO-Ring Origin
Marking a decade of nO-Ring® and thirteen years of Mauron Musy, the MU05 nO-Ring Origin Anniversary Edition circles back to the brand’s first idea – a watch sealed by geometry, not rubber. It is a tribute to the moment before certainty, when calculations still argued with doubt.