While horizontal striped faces certainly aren’t new to the Polo Date range, at Watches & Wonders 2026, Piaget took things a step further by furnishing the collection with gadroon dials.
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It’s nice to see a brand as restrained and admittedly boring as Rolex having a bit of fun. And no, fun isn’t an open caseback or an enamel dial or
BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026 is upon us, the city is buzzing, Palexpo is incredibly busy, and our friends at Czapek have just launched their bluest collection of
BY JOVAN K Grand Seiko brought a wide lineup to Watches and Wonders 2026, and we already covered the new Ushio Diver Spring Drive UFA, which deserved its own space thanks
BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN Laurent Ferrier is one of my very favourite watch brands; their watches are beautifully designed, perfectly executed, and just different enough to stand out without being a bit
It’s not often that this writer, who is Australian, gets to spend time with a watch from an Australian watch brand. But when my managing editor, Nacho, tasked me with
Photos by Ariel Adams and Jacob Witkin Earlier today, the aBlogtoWatch team continued our ongoing tradition of making Rolex our first meeting at the Watches & Wonders Geneva show. New
BY JOVAN K Some watches are trying to prove a point, while the new Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “Lumen” from A. Lange & Söhne is perfectly comfortable letting the watch
BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN Cyrus is one of the brands we love visiting at Watches & Wonders Geneva because they’re just so different from everyone else. Finding an independent watchmaker with designs
With the Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 AM watch, “AM” stands for antimagnetic, and serves as the debut of the collection’s first timepiece built with an increased resistance against magnetic fields.
BY JOVAN K Grand Seiko has spent the last few years refining its sport watches, but this one feels like a genuine step forward rather than another dial update with a
Some watches are just beautiful, plain and simple. A select few represent visual balance, good taste, and timeless appeal, and do so with utter confidence. And when a brand stumbles
Today, Oris introduces its Star re-edition. It’s a celebration of the very first Oris watch to feature a lever escapement, from 1966. But “Oris Star” sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Back
This year, Hermès is celebrating the fifth birthday of its H08. It already feels like the maison’s sporty watch, with its characteristic geometric shape, has become a real staple in
Editor’s Note: Ariel’s hands-on impressions of this watch were gathered during an exclusive pre-Watches and Wonders preview event where cameras were not allowed. Press images are used to illustrate the
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