During Watches and Wonders 2025, Grand Seiko unveiled two Spring Drive models powered by a new Ultra Fine Accuracy (U.F.A.) caliber. This year, the Japanese watchmaker follows up on last year’s novelties with two Ushio 300 divers housing a new U.F.A. movement. On top of that, the brand finally...
The only sense of nature you can experience when spending days on end in Geneva’s Palexpo event center is by handling Grand Seiko novelties. Yes, we sometimes joke about the plethora of nature-inspired dial designs that the Japanese brand releases. Still, they’re most welcome during Watches and...
Last year was a big one for Zenith, celebrating the manufacture’s 160th anniversary. For the occasion, the brand introduced the impressive Zenith G.F.J. The release brought back the legendary caliber 135 and marked the start of a new series of dress watches. But after that release, it remained...
Brands are fully aware that mechanically minded car enthusiasts tend to appreciate mechanical watches, leading to countless sponsorship gestures and collaborations. After a 14-year hiatus, Cartier is set to delight petrolheads with the return of its automotive-inspired Roadster. Renowned as the...
In 1996, Patek Philippe introduced one of the most practical complications in modern watchmaking: the Annual Calendar. First seen in the reference 5035, the mechanism automatically distinguishes between months with 30 and 31 days, requiring only one manual correction per year, at the end of...
Don’t let the term “Reloaded” fool you. This is more of an Hublot Slightly Tweaked with Unnecessary Labels, but that doesn’t sound good, so “Reloaded” it is. This year for Watches and Wonders 2026, Hublot has introduced a slate of new Big Bangs that it’s calling the Hublot Big Bang Reloaded,...
Le Petit Prince is one of the most enduring novellas ever written, capturing the depth of human emotion through the stories of an asteroid-dwelling little prince. For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, IWC celebrates 20 years of collaboration with the heirs of French writer and aviator Antoine de...
In recent years, IWC has been pushing the application of ceramic cases to its iconic pilot’s watch line. Black ceramic has been an IWC staple for decades, but in more recent years, siblings in white, blue, and other colors have been added. Two years ago, the even brand teased us with a concept...
Since the introduction of the annual calendar in 1996, Patek Philippe has owned this clever middle ground between simple calendars and perpetual calendars. The annual calendar complication, requiring just one correction per year, has since appeared in multiple layouts, from the classical...
Visit any comment section surrounding a modern Grand Seiko sports watch, and there’s one complaint you’re virtually guaranteed to encounter: the sizing. Especially with its dive watches, the brand certainly makes exquisite pieces, but with proportions far beyond the current trend towards...
Once the purview of only the wildest, most stylistically aggressive brands in watchmaking, fully colored ceramic cases have gradually become more of an expected inclusion for high-end brands in the modern day. IWC was an early pioneer in this space with a series of macho-military-inspired...
Last year at Watches & Wonders 2025, Hublot introduced the Big Bang One Click Joyful collection: five references, five gemstones, five moods. The collection was loud, colorful, and unapologetically Hublot. Now, for Watches & Wonder 2026, another colorway joins the lineup. Meet the Big Bang...
