The Baume & Mercier brand has been making watches for women since 1918, and that history matters here. The Joia de Baume & Mercier isn’t a sport watch scaled down, or a men’s design softened at the edges. It’s a collection built from the ground up around a different set of priorities. For...
Our friends over at Oris are fairly transparent when they’re getting rid of watches: They just disappear from the website. That’s how I know these new Oris Artelier Complication watches are going to almost certainly serve as the starting point for a refresh of the Artelier line. When I was first...
This year, for Watches and Wonders 2026, Oris is revisiting a model from its past. While Oris has done a few reissues and has its annual Hölstein Editions that sometimes revive past models, I would never accuse it of being a brand that uses reissues as a crutch. Far from it, Oris seems to...
The Sport Traveller is a new model from Laurent Ferrier that adds a dual time function to the brand’s titanium Sport series. The Sport Traveller continues the aesthetic first introduced with the Grand Sport Tourbillon and later refined with the Sport Auto, and the new watch combines the same...
Continuing (or perhaps establishing) the pattern started last year with the 34mm 1815 models, A. Lange & Söhne is downsizing another classic model from its catalog. The Saxonia Annual Calendar has been in the ALS lineup for over 15 years, released in several iterations but mostly unchanged. Now,...
At Watches and Wonders 2026, A. Lange & Söhne presents two new calendar models that highlight very different sides of the brand. This year’s lineup features a highly expressive Lumen limited edition and a more understated Saxonia Annual Calendar. It is a familiar strategy. Lange often balances a...
Today, Oris introduces its Star re-edition. It’s a celebration of the very first Oris watch to feature a lever escapement, from 1966. But “Oris Star” sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Back in 2023, we collaborated with the company from Hölstein on the Fratello × Oris Divers Sixty-Five with “Star” on...
Space — the final frontier. Well, with the recent launch of Artemis II and a host of space-related tech advances, there is a renewed cultural interest in exploring the stars. IWC has partnered with Vast, which is building the world’s first commercial space station, to develop its take on what a...
This year, Hermès is celebrating the fifth birthday of its H08. It already feels like the maison’s sporty watch, with its characteristic geometric shape, has become a real staple in the collection. But there’s more reason to celebrate, as it’s also been 20 years since Hermès acquired a 25% stake...
Just as Stevie Wonder is the musician’s musician, Jaeger-LeCoultre is the watchmaker’s watchmaker. But what is meant by this? Well, for starters, Jaeger-LeCoultre is a prolific movement manufacturer that supplies other high-end brands. Famously, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s ultra-thin caliber 920 powered...
Last year, Laurent Ferrier introduced the Classic Traveller Globe Night Blue. It was the brand’s perspective on the modern traveler’s watch. It featured a date window at 3 o’clock, a window for home time at 9, and a nighttime-inspired world map. If you thought the Classic was a bit too, well,...
