Author: Fritz Oberlin
-
Ressence Just Won Design’s Version of an Oscar, and This Time It Took Marc Newson Along for the Ride
Ressence has announced that the TYPE 3 Marc Newson has won Red Dot: Best of the Best 2026 in the Watch category, the top distinction of the Red Dot Award: Product Design, described by the organizers as the most-referenced design prize in the world.
-
NOMOS Glashütte at Pitti Uomo 110: Small Watches, Big Style Statement
Florence has its own catwalk rhythm, and this June it ticked to Glashütte time. At Pitti Uomo 110, NOMOS watches appeared across the Fortezza da Basso and along the Arno, pairing fine German watchmaking with sprezzatura in linen and light tailoring.
-
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…
-
![Ulysse Nardin Freak [X] New Generation: Smaller, Smarter, and Still Wonderfully Weird](https://hodynnykar.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/FREAK-X_UN_2323-500-Lifestyle-2-crop.jpg)
Ulysse Nardin Freak [X] New Generation: Smaller, Smarter, and Still Wonderfully Weird
Fast forward to 2019, and the brand introduced the Freak [X] – a slightly more civilized version that actually had a crown. Still radical, but wearable. Now, in 2026, celebrating both 180 years of existence and 25 years of the Freak, Ulysse Nardin has completely re-engineered it from scratch. And when they say “completely,” they…
-
Blancpain marks 40 years of gastronomy with a chef-led video series
Blancpain celebrates four decades of friendships at the table with a new video series starring its partner chefs – a quiet reminder that precision is not only the watchmaker’s art, but also the cook’s. The maison points to a community tallying more than 100 Michelin stars and opens the series with a throwback film tracing…
-
Raymond Weil A.R.T. – A New Shape of Things
Geneva’s Raymond Weil has built its reputation on accessible refinement – music, family ownership, honest pricing. The new A.R.T. collection adds a structural argument to that story: the brand’s first integrated bracelet, and one worth examining without ceremony. #raymondweil #watches #novelties #hodynnykar
-
Ryan Lochte and the Mauron Musy MU05-103: When a Hall of Famer Picks a Watch That Actually Makes Sense
At the International Swimming Hall of Fame induction in Fort Lauderdale, Ryan Lochte chose a watch that speaks in equations rather than exclamations: the Mauron Musy MU05 103 Blueprint. It felt apt. A career built on discipline met a timepiece defined by deliberate engineering.
-
De Bethune x Louis Vuitton LVDB03 Sympathique Louis Varius – a modern cabinet of time
De Bethune and Louis Vuitton present the LVDB03 “Sympathique” Louis Varius, a contemporary take on the 18th-century idea of a master clock that tends to its companion watch. It is not a gimmick. The clock winds the DB25 GMT Starry Varius through the watch’s crown and sets its time with precision, the two pieces living…
-
Club Campus grows up in color – NOMOS adds all olive and full rose
NOMOS Glashütte refreshes its hand-wound Club Campus with two dial shades that feel both playful and poised: all olive and full rose. The concept remains disarmingly simple – straightforward mechanics, clear typography, and color used with purpose rather than noise.
-
Swiss watchmaking jobs in 2026 – tight belts, steady hands
Swiss watchmaking enters 2026 with the quiet focus of a workshop before opening hours: lights on, voices lowered, tools precisely arranged. The backdrop is unsettled — a strong franc, persistent inflation, and geopolitics that refuse to keep time — and the emphasis is on discipline rather than bravado.