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In 1998, Vianney Halter unveiled the Antiqua, a perpetual calendar watch that seemed to have come straight out of a Jules Verne novel. Nearly thirty years later, the independent watchmaker…
A case like the Vanguard was made to accommodate the world of Amador Montes. With its characteristic curves, tonneau silhouette and unabashed taste for originality, Franck Muller’s collection is particularly…
To mark the tenth anniversary of its AIKON collection, Maurice Lacroix is introducing a new generation of its automatic chronograph. Highlights include a case reduced to 42 mm, a redesigned…
With Out of the Ordinary: Exceptional Watches, published by Éditions Ouest-France, Laurent Picciotto and Samuel Rozand invite us to discover 40 of the boldest creations in contemporary high watchmaking. A…
Christopher Ward has just unveiled the C1 Loco Classic, a mechanical watch combining an off-centre ceramic dial, a prominent suspended balance wheel and a hand-wound manufacture movement offering six days…
On the occasion of SIAR Mexico 2026, Bianchet is presenting a new version of its Tonneau UltraFino. This time, the Swiss manufacture combines black ceramic with a slim 18-carat rose…
With the Perpetual Padellone, Rolex unveils one of its most ambitious creations of recent years. An instantaneous annual calendar, a meteorite moon phase, a new automatic calibre operating at 5…
Lederer is tackling a highly unusual subject in watchmaking: a mathematical problem that occupied researchers for several decades. With the Einstein Dial, the independent Neuchâtel manufacture transposes onto the dial…
The new 1815 UP/DOWN does not radically alter the A. Lange & Söhne collection. Instead, it adopts a highly traditional formula from the Saxon manufacture, with a compact case, a…
When I received De Bethune’s press release and saw its title, “DE BETHUNE presents DB25 DIGITALE”, I felt a brief mixture of curiosity and concern. “Oh no, not De Bethune……
At the latest Time to Watches show in Geneva, I spent some time at the Maison Alcée stand. There, I discovered in greater detail a concept I already knew and…
Renaud Tixier is expanding its Monday Organica with two new versions, Noir and Bordeaux. Following the Blue version unveiled last year, these two seven-piece series follow the same principle: a…
The Seiko Star Time was created for Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese baseball star and an ambassador for the manufacture for the past ten years. That is the context. But this…
Maison Morfin is moving forward without a safety net: that of a young independent French brand that must persuade without sheltering behind a century-old heritage. Founded in 2023 by Clément…
When Greubel Forsey Gives Its Exacting Standards a Name I once had the opportunity to visit Greubel Forsey in La Chaux-de-Fonds. This kind of visit rarely leaves you indifferent. In…
An Important New Step for Formex I’m not going to pretend to be the ultimate Formex insider. It’s not a brand I’ve followed closely for years, even though I’ve come…
