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Business News: Swiss Watch CEOs Expect To Make Fewer Watches This Year As Economic Instability Roils Consumer Confidence

Brands from Parmigiani to Ulysse Nardin, Hermès, and Oris see few reasons to raise volumes.

Breaking News: Cartier’s NSO – Or "New Special Order" –  Watch Program Is Over, At Least As We Know It

The NSO program is being reviewed and refocused to create "truly exceptional pieces,'' Cartier says.

Ulysse Nardin at Watches and Wonders 2025: The World’s Lightest Mechanical Dive Watch

How Will 31% US Tariffs Affect The Swiss Watch Industry?

New Sartory-Billard SB04-E: an Eye-Catching High Quality watch from an Independent is More Affordable than You Think

The Sartory-Billard SB04-E offers many of the traditional benefits of the indie buying experience, including exclusivity, a unique vision, and the pleasure of knowing your watchmaker. At well under €5,000, these editions are proof that you don’t need an F.P. Journe budget to buy independent.

IWC at Watches and Wonders 2025: Ingenieurs in New Sizes and Materials, Pilot’s Watch Upgrades, and F1 Movie Editions

Beda’a Introduces A Second Edition To The Eclipse Watch

Singer Reimagined Divetrack: The World’s Best Mechanical Divers’ Watch – Bar None!

All previous diver's watches have one thing in common: the only functionality related to diving is the bezel. The Singer Reimaged Divetrack revolutionizes dive watches with its central chronograph timing functionality.

8 Watch Designers You Should Know Besides Gérald Genta

Felipe Pikullik Introduces An Openworked Regulator Watch In The FPSK25

Watches And Wonders 2025: What We Hope, Expect, And Secretly Wish For

Introducing: The Haim Watch Company Viajero 'Global Citizen' (Live Pics & Pricing)

A special take on the brand's affordable worldtimer.

Introducing: The Albishorn Thundergraph, An Imaginary Take On A 1952 Mountaineer's Watch

A follow-up to the previous regatta timer, the conceptual Swiss brand heads to Mount Everest (and back in time).

The Domination of Rolex in the Watch Market

Photo Report: A Watch-Filled Evening With Betteridge In Greenwich

Ben and Cara host a casual event at a legacy retailer in Connecticut.

Artificial Scarcity, Rolex Availability And Value Sub-Brands: Your Watch Business Questions Answered

Many thanks to the Hodinkee community who submitted a slew of insightful questions about the business of watches.

Watch Spotting At The 97th Annual Academy Awards

Gem-set watches (and Timothée's butter yellow leather suit) steal the spotlight on hollywood's biggest night.

Hands-on – The Orologi Calamai GMT Automatico, an Accessible and Stylish Italian Travel Watch

Orologi Calamai isn’t a household name in the industry, but this small Italian brand has been producing intriguing, aeronautical-inspired watches since its founding in 2012. Unfortunately, MONOCHROME can’t cover the entire array of small, independent brands out there (we try, believe me), but Orologi Calamai definitely caught our eye, and we’ve covered them in the […]

Introducing: The Leica ZM 12: The Brand's Biggest (Smaller) Watch Release To Date

Leica continues to refine its horological ambitions with a smaller, more elegant take on the brand's continually expanding design language.

Alpina and the Era of the Adventure Watch

Introducing – The Bianchet B 1.618 UltraFino, a Slim Tourbillon Integrated Sports Watch

Bianchet is an independent watchmaking brand founded by Rodolfo and Emmanuelle Festa-Bianchet, whose atelier is located in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Since 2021, the brand has been offering modern tonneau-shaped watches powered by architectural openworked tourbillon movements. As Watches and Wonders and its side events are fast approaching, Bianchet unveils a new model named the B […]

Introducing: The Timex x The New Yorker Centennial Watch

Printed dial, of course.

Introducing: Frederique Constant x Watch Angels Worldtimer Manufacture Limited Edition

With an updated case, new sizing, and refined dial design, this new limited edition takes an already great model to a whole new level.

Bring a Loupe: A Piece Unique Chopard, A London Tank Allongée, And An Art Deco Purse Watch

All that and more in this week's edition of Hodinkee's What's Selling Where column.

Hermès’ Latest Metiers d’Art Watch is Impressionist Equestrian

Hermès’ myriad interpretations of its signature motif ranges from the comic to the complicated. The Slim d’Hermès Cheval Brossé, on the other hand, is elegantly abstract. Retaining the familiar 39.5 mm case design of the “Slim” model, this features a meticulously handcrafted dial depicting a stylised horse rendered in brushstrokes. Unusually, the “Cheval Brossé” dial is the result of both artisanal and mechanical techniques: the base is traditional, hand-made grand feu enamel, while the horse is pad printed in multiple runs for each colour. Initial thoughts While the equestrian motif is repeated often, the versatility and creativity of Hermès’ design department allows the theme to stay fresh. The Cheval Brossé illustrates this: while the horse is recognisably Hermès in form and flavour, it is still striking different from prior models. Compared to several of Hermès’ other métiers d’art watches that tend to be more elaborate, the Cheval Brossé – French for “brushed horse” – possesses an understated aesthetic with its abstractly rendered horse set against the pristine blue enamel dial. Though the dial is simple, the “brushstrokes” that make up the horse give the dial a surprising degree of motion. The combination of enamel and pad printing, while not unique, is uncommon. Though this means the dial doesn’t boast the full-fledged artisanal craft, it certainly makes the watch more affordable. Sky blue enamel As is typical for a metie...