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A year after Piaget broke the record for the thinnest tourbillon with its 2mm Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon, Bulgari, following its decade-long pursuit of ultra-thin watchmaking, unveiled the Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon in titanium, now the world’s thinnest flying tourbillon at just 1.85mm. The new Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon Platinum edition does not aim to break […]

The Maison just dropped a slew of fresh takes on the icon, including two limited edition pieces.

Chopard entered the luxury integrated sports watch sector in 2019 with its Alpine Eagle. While this might seem like a relatively late contestant, the roots of the Alpine Eagle can be traced to a sporty-chic 1980s model known as the St. Moritz. Marking the Chopard Manufacture’s 30th anniversary, the latest Alpine Eagle 41 XPS is […]

Jump hours, moon phases, hidden dials, and more, Van Cleef & Arpels continues to blend watchmaking, storytelling and jewellery for 2026The post Van Cleef & Arpels unveils its 2026 novelties, continuing to blend watchmaking, jewellery and storytelling appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

The Grand Seiko Elegance Collection is home to some of the brand’s most restrained and poetic creations. Models such as the Omiwatari, Karasawa, and other hand-wound Spring Drive references demonstrate how minimalism, texture, and mechanical refinement can coexist. The new SBGY043 Iwao Blue keeps the successful, elegant formula that made earlier editions so attractive and […]

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DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors We are now in Zenith, and had our hands-on with the Zenith new releases in WWG26. First an update to the G.F.J which was released last year. This year, it is released in yellow gold with a bloodstone dial and the sub-dial is now in a green backed mother of pearl. But my pick is [...] The post Live from WWG26: new release highlights from Zenith appeared first on DEPLOYANT.

Last year, Roger Dubuis unveiled the Excalibur Biretrograde Calendar, a revival of a signature biretrograde complication co-patented by founder Roger Dubuis and Jean-Marc Wiederrecht (Agenhor) in 1989. Although this calendar version is simpler than the double retrograde QP the two men developed, it features the signature retrograde aesthetic intimately associated with Roger Dubuis. Following the […]

Hublot has never trafficked in subtlety. The Big Bang chronograph first made its presence known with a 44mm size, hefty ceramic bezel with contrasting screws, and a rare combination of rose gold and rubber, which contrasted different textures with clashing case finishes. So what if it had an ETA movement—which, at the time, seemed more […] The post Watches & Wonders: A Quick Rundown of the New Hublot Big Bangs appeared first on Worn & Wound.

The new Self-Winding Ultra-Thin and the Dual Time Cardinal Points are worthy additions to the Overseas legacy.

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DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors This year, Chopard’s WWG26 crop comprise of updates to the Alpine Eagle and L.U.C collection as well as the Happy Sport Happy Hearts and L’Heure du diamant for the ladies. Here is our commentary in italics and the release for our top two. WWG26: highlights from the new offerings from Chopard Commentary Alpine Eagle 41 [...] The post WWG26: highlights from the new offerings from Chopard appeared first on DEPLOYANT.

Since the third generation of the Vacheron Constantin Overseas arrived in 2016, the Maison has expanded the collection with everything from simple three-hand models to perpetual calendars and tourbillons. Yet for a watch originally designed with travel in mind, a basic second-time-zone display was missing. This was addressed in 2018 with the Overseas Dual Time, […]

Rolex marks a century of the Oyster case patented in 1926 with a number of celebratory releases at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, and few are as immediately arresting as the new Oyster Perpetual 36. Rather than reach for precious metals or complications, Rolex turned to its own typographic heritage, reviving the Jubilee motif as the centerpiece of a multicolored lacquer dial that is as technically demanding as it is visually joyful.

There are Datejust updates, and then there are the ones that stop you mid-scroll. Watches and Wonders 2026 marks 100 years since Rolex patented the Oyster case—the world's first waterproof wristwatch case—and the brand is using the occasion to revisit some of its most enduring reference points.

Rolex doesn't introduce a new gold alloy often, and the last time was roughly two decades ago. At Watches and Wonders 2026, the brand unveiled Jubilee Gold, a proprietary 18K alloy developed and produced entirely in-house, and debuted it on the Day-Date 40 alongside a natural green aventurine dial.

Piaget's Polo 79 continues to prove it is one of the most thoughtfully evolved icons in contemporary watchmaking. For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the Maison has added a blue sodalite dial to its white gold version of the Polo 79—marking the first time an ornamental stone has been used in the contemporary reinterpretation of this model.

Master watchmaker and restorer Michel Parmigiani’s original Toric QP Rétrograde was Parmigiani Fleurier’s foundational watch marking the brand’s launch in 1996. Following the appointment of Guido Terreni in 2021, many of Michel Parmigiani’s models were put on standby to allow Terreni to chart the brand’s new design direction, with a primary focus on the Tonda […]

The maison’s latest executions of its new-jack, geometrically unorthodox timepiece prove that the words “skeleton” and “sporty” don’t have to be mutually exclusive.