The penultimate entry in Breguet’s 250th celebrations is the Classique Grande Sonnerie Métiers d’Art 1905, a complicated pocket watch that unites several of Breguet’s creations, along with the Métiers d’Art
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One of the surprises of Dubai Watch Week was the chance to go hands-on with the Strata, the latest watch from Vyntage Horology. Slim, lightweight, and water-resistant to 100 m,
Breguet has enjoyed a great 250th anniversary year – one that promises to end with a big reveal in early December – with several commemorative editions launched for the occasion.
Dubai has become one of the world’s most important meeting points for collectors. Its role as a crossroads is hardly new — the city sits at the intersection of historic
Dubai Watch Week (DWW) returned for its seventh edition with a scale and ambition that surpassed every prior year. Staged in Burj Park under the shadow of the Burj Khalifa,
In the autumn of 1948, at Galerie Fischer’s auction house in Lucerne, a young Swiss watchmaker secured Lot 155, a Breguet pocket watch, No. 4763, circa 1848, with a straight-line
Omega marks the 20th anniversary of the Seamaster Planet Ocean with a full redesign, introducing a sharper, faceted case and a slimmer profile that addresses long-standing concerns about about the
Louis Vuitton expands its Escale line with a pair of limited editions featuring turquoise and malachite stone dials. More unusually, the watches feature matching stone mid-cases. By integrating the case
Audemars Piguet has unveiled an unexpected accessory: an intelligent watch winder created in collaboration with Dubai Future Labs. Designed specifically for the brand’s latest perpetual calendar (QP) calibre, the device
Episode 20 of the SJX Podcast comes to you live from Dubai Watch Week 2025, which has just concluded. The event brought together many leading independent watchmakers, industry executives (including
Blancpain has just unveiled the Grande Double Sonnerie, its most complex modern watch and one of the most technically ambitious chiming wristwatches ever made. In addition to traditional features like
The uniform of high complications almost invariably includes a leather strap. While there are noteworthy exceptions from the likes of F.P. Journe and Audemars Piguet, a metal bracelet remains an
One of Tudor’s most affordable models equipped with an in-house movement (the base model costs under CHF3,000), the Ranger is functional watch with a design based on the 1960s model
Christie’s Hong Kong returns this autumn with an extraordinary offering of rare and important Patek Philippe watches, headlined by a ref. 1518 in yellow gold. The auction is defined by
The Ulysse Nardin UR-Freak brings together two of contemporary watchmaking’s most inventive forces. A collaboration between Ulysse Nardin and Urwerk, it merges the Freak’s revolving-movement architecture with Urwerk’s signature wandering
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