Category: Watch Industry & Watchmaking News
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ArtyA invites private previews at Geneva Watch Days 2026
ArtyA extends a quiet invitation for Geneva Watch Days, offering private presentations from September 2 to 6 at the ArtyA Boutique, 22 Rue Neuve-du-Molard in Geneva. Fewer crowds, more substance. Just the way a good dial reveals itself under calm light.
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ID Genève takes Choco-too-late across Switzerland
ID Genève is taking its Choco-too-late campaign on the road in Switzerland, tying watchmaking to a quiet but urgent question about taste and time. The idea is crisp enough to fit on a dial and a dessert stick alike.
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NOMOS Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer wins Red Dot Best of the Best
NOMOS Glashütte’s Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer silver has taken Red Dot’s Best of the Best for 2026, a second major laurel after the iF Design Award earlier this year. Introduced in 2025, the watch distills a practical world time into clear, everyday terms without losing its Club Sport backbone.
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Red Carpet Complications: Pattinson And Hawkins Choose Jaeger-LeCoultre In London
At the London world premiere of The Odyssey on July 6, 2026, Robert Pattinson and Corey Hawkins arrived with a quiet kind of flourish, each wearing a Jaeger-LeCoultre that spoke more about craft than clout.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Names IU Global Ambassador Through The Hour Before
Jaeger-LeCoultre has appointed IU as its new Global Ambassador, introducing her through The Hour Before, an interview format that pairs conversation with the quiet choreography of assembling a Reverso case. It is a considered match of craft and character.
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Concepto at Twenty – verticalization, tourbillons, and a future in full gear
On June 26th 2026, in the unusual heat of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Concepto marked twenty years since its founding by Valérien Jaquet. Clients, suppliers, friends and the Jaquet family gathered at the Watch Factory to salute two decades of steady acceleration. Built on full verticalization and a reputation for reliability, the group and its seven subsidiaries…
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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.
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Omar Sy joins Jaeger-LeCoultre for The Hour Before
Jaeger-LeCoultre has named Omar Sy its newest Friend of the House, introducing the collaboration through The Hour Before – a series focused on the quiet preparation that precedes visible success.
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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.
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Hilaria Baldwin opts for Frederique Constant’s Classics Manchette in NYC
Hilaria Baldwin attended the Gurus Beauty Awards and opening night events in New York City wearing Frederique Constant’s Classics Manchette. A celebrity sighting is not a measure of horological merit, but it does show how a design sits on the wrist in the wild. Here, it read elegant without trying too hard.