Many famous fashion brands have put their names on the dials of watches over the years, and yet very few of these haute couture houses have really made a major investment in becoming a serious, vertically integrated purveyor of haute horlogerie . Even fewer have attempted to compete at the...
Founded in 2018, Trilobe chose to build its collection around an unconventional way of displaying time. Instead of hands, the brand relies on rotating rings and fixed pointers, creating a constant sense of motion across the dial. This concept, first seen in Les Matinaux and Nuit Fantastique, was...
Last week, Albishorn unveiled the latest in their ongoing series of “Imaginary Vintage” watches, the Thundergraph Kumbu. Founded by Sébastien Chaulmontet nearly two years ago, Albishorn is a high concept indie focused on a very specific strain of vintage watch inspiration. The watches that make...
Somewhere between the Beatles-era of psychedelic rock music and television’s Memphis Design-inspired production set of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse is the aesthetic of a new Louis Vuitton. The style of the composition is clearly centered in the “Free Love” era of the late 1960s, but it spans an aesthetic...
Parisian brand Bell & Ross has long worked with open dials, showing more of the movement instead of covering it up. With the BR-X3 line, that approach also sits well within the brand’s circle-within-a-square design language introduced in 2005. After last year’s BR-X3 Tourbillon Micro-Rotor, this...
Since its recent revival under the MELB Group (owner of Moser and Agenhor too), Hautlence has focused on unconventional time display with mechanical animation rather than traditional indications. The Sphere, first introduced in 2022, quickly became the brand’s signature series, combining a...
What makes a watch great is highly debatable and thus largely subjective. Even for me, there are plenty of imperfect watches that I adore, maybe even wish to own someday. That said, I have identified five attributes I wish I could expect from every new timepiece launched at Watches & Wonders...
It’s that time again. From April 14th to 20th, the watch world will return to Watches and Wonders Geneva, and the 2026 edition is shaping up to be the biggest, busiest, and most expansive yet. With 64 exhibiting brands and an increasingly city-wide footprint, this is no longer a mere trade show....
