Category: Watch Industry & Watchmaking News
Stay updated with the latest in the watch industry — new releases, innovations, and insights from the world of fine watchmaking.
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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.
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Speake Marin appoints golfer Adrien Saddier as brand ambassador
Speake Marin has named Adrien Saddier as its new brand ambassador. The 33 year old French golfer earned his place on the PGA Tour after an outstanding 2025 season. The partnership is framed around shared values of precision, elegance and mastery, qualities the brand sees in Saddier’s game and in its own watchmaking philosophy.
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Tariff Relief Lifts Swiss Watch Exports – Politics Complicate the Picture
The United States has trimmed tariffs on Swiss imports to 15% from 39%, retroactive to November – and the industry has responded on cue. December Swiss watch exports rose 3.3% to 2.1 billion francs, with shipments to the U.S. up 19.1%. It is a welcome loosening of the vise, though still tighter than the roughly…
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Time to Watches 2026 turns Villa Sarasin into a watchmaking village
Geneva will host Time to Watches on April 14 – 19, 2026, with the event returning to Villa Sarasin and expanding into a village of spaces that include the Lodge, Annex, Cellar, Garden and a set of Brand Pavilions. The venue sits a one-minute walk from Palexpo, but the tone aims for human scale rather…
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HYT’s 2025 – bellows back, fluid time refined
HYT spent 2025 doing what it does best – making time move in a line of colored liquid and letting the mechanics speak for themselves. The year was anchored by the S1 collection, a measured return to the brand’s bellows and to a clearer view of the hydromechanical heart.
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Venezianico closes 2025 at 15 million euros – growth, a first own movement, and a clearer identity
Venezianico reports revenues above 15 million euros for 2025, a 35% increase year on year. For a brand in its eighth year, founded by Alberto and Alessandro Morelli, the figure matters less as a headline than as fuel – it suggests a maturing operation with the means to build what it says it wants to…
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FHH Returns to INHORGENTA 2026: A Watchmaking Wonderland Awaits
The Fondation Haute Horlogerie is bringing quite the horological carnival to Munich this year! Yes, my fellow watch enthusiasts, FHH is returning to INHORGENTA 2026 with a spectacle that promises to be a feast for both the brain and the senses.
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Adam Brody wears the Reverso Tribute Monoface Or Deco at the Critics Choice Awards
On January 4, 2026, actor Adam Brody attended the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, wearing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface “Or Deco”.
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De Bethune’s Quest for Perfect Timekeeping: Twenty Years of Making Watches Tick Better
De Bethune, under the watchful eye of master watchmaker Denis Flageollet, is leading the charge in modern chronometry – that’s fancy talk for how accurate your watch is. The brand has been tweaking the nuts and bolts of timekeeping since 2002 to keep your watch ticking with precision.
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BUBEN&ZORWEG Opens New Manufaktur: Where Safes Meet Swiss Precision
When you think about watch companies, you probably picture Switzerland, right? Maybe some romantic workshop in the Alps where old masters squint at tiny gears. Well, BUBEN&ZORWEG just threw a curveball. This German brand, known for making some of the most sophisticated watch winders and high-security safes in the world, has just opened a brand-new…