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Introducing: Baltic Goes Worldwide With The New 'Heures du Monde'

A trio of stone dials and a GMT function make for a great new launch from Baltic.

Baltic Introduces the Heures du Monde Worldtimer, with Three Stone Dial Options

When we last checked in on Baltic, they were retiring one of their most popular lines, at least for the time being, with a diamond set version of their MR dress watch. It felt like an appropriate send off for the MR, which I think will be remembered as the release that put the watch world on notice that Baltic was capable of executing in categories other than purely sporty vintage inspired designs. The fact that the last MR prominently features Moissanite stones really reflects the path Baltic finds themselves on now, stretching well beyond what was frankly a somewhat generic playbook in the early days.  Their latest collection, the Heures du Monde, is a worldtimer that further reinforces that idea. This is a tribute, of sorts, to the work of Louis Cottier, the Swiss watchmaker who effectively invented the modern worldtimer, creating movements for Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, and others. His worldtimers are of course highly sought after by high end vintage collectors not just for their aesthetic beauty, but their historical significance. The principle behind Cottier’s movements, that the wearer should see the time in every timezone at once, at a glance, via rotating time zone and 24 hour scales, has become the predominant method for executing worldtime watches and is considered the standard in the watch industry.  For the Heures du Monde, Baltic has modified a Soprod C125 caliber by removing the date and replacing the GMT hand usually found with that movement w...

New: Breva “Segreto di Lario” Meridian Gold

Breva releases a new version of their triple retrograde movement with the Meridian Gold, a reference with a matte powder-gold dial.

Introducing: The New Omega Constellation Observatory Collection, The First Two-Hand Design To Achieve Master Chronometer Certification

Omega's mid-century design language is back in nine new references, across stainless steel and precious metals.

Portrait – Talking To Daizoh Makihara, AHCI Candidate And LV Watch Prize Finalist

Japanese culture is full of superbly interesting and ancient crafts, which every now and then find their way into a watch. Some of the best-known examples are Urushi lacquering, Washi paper, and Arita porcelain, but there are dozens of other crafts deeply embedded in the country’s history and tradition. Japanese independent watchmaker and AHCI-member Daizoh […]

Introducing: The Christopher Ward 'C63 True GMT' Adds A Local Jumping Hour Hand GMT To The Lineup

The UK's biggest watch brand says building a flyer GMT movement was a trying and 'painful' endeavor that took longer than expected.

Casio Releases the G-Shock x Joshua Vides DW5600 and DW6900

Casio G-Shock teams with Joshua Vides on two limited-edition watches-the DW5600JV-7 and DW6900JV-1-featuring hand-drawn aesthetics.

Introducing: The Hanhart 417 TI 'Desert Pilot'

Matte titanium, sandy dial; Hanhart is gearing up for summer in the desert.

One To Watch: The Ardra Labs Delta Type Offers A Unique GMT Display For All Time Zones

A distinctive travel watch featuring a clever new system that accommodates both thirty-minute and forty-five-minute offset time zones.

Hats-Off to Hugo Rittener’s Le Majordome

The niche market for modern automatons just a little less tiny with Hugo Rittener’s Le Majordome, a mechanical butler that pop ups and greet the onlooker on demand. In the tradition of historical automatons, Le Majordome is entirely mechanical and driven by complex clockwork, and made entirely by hand. Initial thoughts Hugo Rittener is a young automaton maker from the Vaud region of Switzerland. Having cut his teeth working with François Junod, one of the most celebrated talents in the field, Mr Rittener has now gone into business for himself. Against this backdrop, Le Majordome (“the butler” in English) represents a foundational release. Compared to the timepieces we sometimes call mechanical art, this tabletop automaton serves no actual utility; there’s no time-telling and no complication other than the bronze figure itself. In terms of pure mechanical art, this is as artful as it gets. Having taken over 1,000 hours of work, from design to finishing, the (Le) Majordome is a mechanical animation of a bronze-sculpted and gold-plated butler figure, which raises his top hat towards those who actuate the mechanism.   Mr Rittener poetically describes the Majordome as an automate d’accueil - meaning “welcoming automaton”. The mechanical butler does in fact greet its audience, so it could be used as an extravagant welcoming party trick. Hugo Rittener will make 10 pieces of the Majordome in total, over the course of some years. Given the highly artisanal process...

Business News: Swatch Group Publishes Open Letter To Morgan Stanley Management Saying Longines Is Profitable And Tissot Sales Grew

Swatch takes aim at the numbers and methods of the widely read Morgan Stanley 'Swiss Watcher' industry report.

Introducing: The Ressence Type 9 IKE Pairs A Futuristic Look With Japanese Métiers d'Art Execution

Just 8 pieces bring together Ressence's simplest design with Japanese artist Terumasa Ikeda's handcrafted raden and urushi.

Happenings: Sébastian Vivas To Lecture At The Horological Society Of New York

Audemars Piguet's Heritage and Museum Director shares how the brand organizes, enriches, and studies its archives and historical collections.

12 Of Our Favorite Sector-Dial Watches, From Affordable to Luxury

As their name implies, sector-dial watches are recognizable for their vintage-inspired dial layout, with radial lines and concentric circles dividing the dial’s essential visual data - the hours, minutes, and seconds - into distinct segments. It’s a style that first made its way into watch design in the 1930s and ‘40s, the heyday of Art Deco, and at the time was almost certainly aimed at delivering an instrument-like legibility rather than any kind of stylish ornamentation. Today, however, the sector dial is enjoying a bit of a quiet renaissance mainly for aesthetic reasons, on a diverse array of timepieces. Whether the watch it adorns leans more toward “military tool” or “dressy accessory” in its appeal, the sector dial’s streamlined, subdivided look has proved to be anything but dated. Here are a dozen of our favorites on the market now.  [toc-section heading="Seiko 5 Sports SRPH29"] Price: $315, Case Size: 39.4mm, Thickness: 13.2mm, Lug to Lug: 48.1mm, Lug Width: 20mm, Crystal: Hardlex, Water Resistance: 100 meters, Movement: Automatic 4R36 Seiko’s 5 Sports line takes its cues from a classic model from 1963, the Seiko 5 Sportsmatic, whose five named attributes include automatic movements, day/date displays in a single window, water resistance, a recessed crown at 4 o’clock, and a case made of durable materials. The value-oriented series speaks to military mavens and aviation enthusiasts with the SRPH29 model, which straddles the line between a v...

One To Watch: Annelinde Dunselman And Her 'Black Tulip', A Dutch Debutante With A Difference

Following a big career change and a stint working for Jaeger-LeCoultre and Narbel, Dunselman shows off her in-house skills as an alumnus of the Grönefeld brothers.

The New 33mm Grand Seiko Snowflake Is “Small.” I’d Still Rock It.

The Grand Seiko Snowflake gets smaller with new 33mm quartz models featuring the newly developed 9F51 movement.

This Affordable GMT Is a Clever Alternative to the Rolex Explorer II

The Jack Mason Strat-o-Timer GMT Frontier refines the brand’s tool-watch identity with a hardened steel case and traveller GMT movement.

Watches & Wonders 2026 Looks Forward to Its Biggest Fair Yet

Hands-On: Everything You Need To Know About The Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour (And More)

We take a look at the surprising new release, its competition, and the future of something built on the past.

One To Watch: Historic Jump Hour Manufacturer Niton Relaunches With A Blend Of Vintage And Modern Style With The 'Prima'

This is not your average jump hour; it's a watch with a lot of history and more hidden under the hood.

Hands-On: The New TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Seafarer Pays Homage To The Past With A Solunar-Inspired Dial

Colors taken from the brand's first watch with a tide indicator grace the brand's first non-limited version of the modern Seafarer.

Introducing: TAG Heuer Upsizes the Carrera Chronograph Glassbox to 41mm

The new size launches in three new colors for what the brand calls a more modern, legible version of Jack Heuer's original vision.

Patek Philippe Expected To Roll Back Some U.S. Prices Following Tariff Reduction

U.S. prices will be reduced by 8% for some models, while the rest of the world will see a 4% price increase beginning in February.

In-Depth: We Shouldn’t Diminish The Impact Of Hublot’s Big Bang

The watch that guided the era of oversized will always hold '00s cultural cachet.

Introducing – The VPC Type 39VM, Claimed to be the Thinnest 200m Automatic Dive Watch

Young, independent Dutch brand VPC (Venustas Per Constantiam) returns with its next release, the Type 39VM, following its debut model, the Type 37HW. Founded by Thomas van Straaten, watch journalist at Fratello, collector, and now the founder of the design-driven microbrand, VPC was created around a beauty-through-restraint approach. After setting a standard with its hand-wound […]