Ever since I started covering the watch industry, I have noticed two important and contradictory trends related to my home market, the United States: The United States continues to be
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If Rolex’s existing precious metal options are not enough for you, the most famous name in luxury Swiss timepieces has developed a new 18k gold alloy from its in-house foundry.
2026, it seems, is the year of the stone dial. Over the past few years, textured stone has become increasingly more common in brand lineups, but 2026 has seen the
This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, the team dives headfirst into one of the biggest problems facing the modern watch industry: pricing. From luxury brands continuously pushing prices higher to the
The annual JCK Show in Las Vegas has long been the gravitational center of the American jewelry trade. For 2026, though, organizers are highlighting watches, with the continued rollout of
The watch industry is currently living through the greatest democratization of complications ever seen. Tourbillons, chiming mechanisms, and other components that were the exclusive purview of the wealthy just a
Among the various Hublot novelties presented this year at Watches & Wonders 2026 is the next chapter in the brand’s Impact series. Originally launched a full decade ago in 2016,
Calendar complications are often associated with traditional watchmaking, where information is displayed in familiar formats refined over decades. Roger Dubuis, however, has approached calendar indications differently since its founding in
At Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026, Swiss NORQAIN introduced a new “ultralight” version of the Wild ONE known as the NORQAIN Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite reference N3003.26X01.B01. The Wild ONE
Long before Girard-Perregaux became known for its high complications, Jean-François Bautte (1772-1837) established a novel approach to producing watches. A skilled watchmaker, engraver, and goldsmith, Bautte brought multiple crafts under
The “full metal” G-Shock B5000 family (of which there are many sub-variants) of watches is among my favorite Casio models to spot on wrists in public. The people who choose
The 2026 Geneva Watch Week Wraps Up: Our Takeaways Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock these past few weeks, you’ve surely heard plenty about the bevy of new releases
“Big and modern” are not words typically associated with Patek Philippe, but that doesn’t mean the brand is going to stop trying to get there. At Watches & Wonders 2026,
Few watch collections have made asymmetry feel as deliberate — or as elegant — as the Glashütte Original Pano line. In a category where symmetry often dominates dial design, the
In this episode of Superlative, aBlogtoWatch founder and our host, Ariel Adams, speaks with design historians and authors Charlotte and Peter Fiell about their ambitious book Ultimate Collector Watches, published
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