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Revolution
Parmigiani Fleurier has refined the delicate art of marquetry with The Clock 15 Days Blue Note. The process involved the cutting and assembling wooded veneers on a flat surface to create a meticulous decoration. The inspiration comes from Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. The dial of this clock features the segmentation of surfaces with musical overtunes. Three instruments, […]
Revolution
We’re back from the 2013 SIHH, and one of the show’s big highlights this year was the presentation from Jaeger LeCoultre. The company’s celebrating its 180th anniversary this year, and, as usual, there’s an enormous range of pieces from the vintage inspired to the cutting edge, showing off just what it’s learned –as was said […]
Deployant
The De Bethune DB28…amazingly beautiful watch. The design is quite unique…the case is in the design language established by De Bethune. The watch shown is rose gold. The lugs, which are mobile and able to pivot to follow the shape of the wrists and its movements is a contrasting hue of flame treated blued titanium.Read More
Quill & Pad
The experience of handling serious independent watchmaking usually begins before you even fasten the strap. You pick up the case, register the weight of the steel, and tilt it toward the light to check the angle of the hand-made bevels.
SJX Watches
After more than two decades manufacturing components at Patek Philippe and independently for client brands, Jean-Marc Fleury has begun applying that expertise to watches bearing his own name. His latest is the JM Fleury Chronograph Openwork, which pairs a titanium case with sapphire dial elements that reveal the finely finished calibre within. Inside is the manufacture’s own FM04, a hand-wound chronograph that takes inspiration from the Lemania 2310 while refining its architecture and enlarging it for contemporary proportions. Initial thoughts The prevailing emphasis on elaborate movement finishing explains the concept behind the JM Fleury Chronograph Openwork. With collectors seemingly laser-focused on mirror-polished steel and gleaming bevels, independent watchmakers are increasingly turning to inverted architectures and transparent dials to bring more of their work to the surface. Like the chronographs of Petermann Bédat and Rexhep Rexhepi, the Chronograph Openwork stops short of all-out skeletonisation, opting instead for a selectively open-worked main plate visible through sapphire crystal dial elements. The result strikes a balance: enough of the main plate remains intact to give the dial a (mostly) coherent backdrop, while the openings expand the visible canvas for decoration. The hand-wound FM04 draws on the Lemania 2310, but its architecture has been extensively rethought. This technical foundation, combined with high-quality finishing, makes the Chronograph Op...
Worn & Wound
As decades march on, no conflict has captured and maintained as much attention globally as World War II. Sure, that sounds like a dry opening statement for an AP History exam, but it’s hard to deny the pervasive influence of WWII on world culture, national identity, and yes, even horology. Eighty years on, we keep making movies about the conflict, keeping the 1940s and its aesthetic surprisingly prime in the cultural zeitgeist. Jimmy is one of those movies, due in theaters in November, and featuring a smattering of real Bulova timepieces from the period, courtesy of the brand’s museum. In celebration of the iconic Type A-11 watch that Bulova provided to the United States military starting in 1942, a re-release called the Jimmy A-11 Hack is ready for deployment. I have long been a fan of mil-spec field watches, though not because I am some sort of military history buff or avid outdoor enthusiast. No, the main appeal for me—and I think for many folks, especially non-watch nerds—is the simplicity. No date window, no chronograph subdials, no functions other than the absolutely vital. It’s kind of refreshing in 2026 to wear a purpose-built piece of machinery that does one thing very, very well, and a classic field watch is the epitome of that catharsis. Of course, hacking seconds is one of the most historically important features of a proper WWII-era design, allowing for soldiers to sync their watches to time operations, but for the average horology enjoyer of today...
Time+Tide
Yema unveils its first manufacture moonphase with the Senans Grande Lune featuring a sculpted luminous Moon, micro-rotor and slim 38.5mm case.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
The new HTD Aquatic GMT brings Rolex GMT-Master styling to a 39mm case with vintage bezel colors and a Miyota 9075 flyer GMT movement.
Hodinkee
The business incubator is coming to the watch bench with Ateliers Associés, a new venture promising business support, infrastructure, industry know-how, and contacts for independent watchmakers and young brands. The incubator is the brainchild of industry veterans William Massena of Massena LAB and Louis Westphalen-Lemaitre, a former Hodinkee staffer and most recently responsible for brand development and marketing at LVMH's Gérald Genta and Daniel Roth revivals. William Massena Business incubators, which provide capital, office and manufacturing facilities as well as corporate services and guidance to start-ups in return for a stake in the young companies they back, have been around for more than half a century. They have thrived in the technology, specialized manufacturing, and biotech sectors by backing innovative ideas and business plans. There have also been high-profile failures, particularly in the so-called dot.com era of the late 1990s and early 2000s, as a surge of internet startups joined with tech incubators to raise capital only to collapse in short order. Now, as interest in independent watchmakers grows into an increasingly significant part of the watch industry, with scores of young watchmakers seeking to produce their own projects, Massena and Westphalen-Lemaitre are betting the incubator concept can be applied to horology, with hopes of building the next generation of independent watchmaking businesses and brands. Louis Westphalen-Lemaitre.Photo c...
Monochrome
Known for its seriously built and vintage-inspired collection of tool watches, French brand Serica is releasing a new edition of its sports GMT model, the Travel Chronometer. This is one of the few watches from the brand that we have never explored, as we’ve already looked at the 6190 Field collection, the highly original Parade, […]
Worn & Wound
French microbrand Serica has toiled since 2019 to create an aesthetic that makes their watches instantly recognizable—rounded design elements with precise proportions, even wildly varying models like their field watch, diver, and stadium-shaped Parade contain unifying hallmarks: carefully considered dial balance, 1970s-esque styling, and prominent bezel designs all signal a Serica timepiece. Over the past seven years, they’ve continued to refine their watches from a mechanical standpoint, too, introducing complications and added robustness to withstand tool watch duties. The 8315 line of GMT models is perhaps their most function-forward design, first debuting in 2022. Like most Serica watches, it favors a cleanly balanced dial, meaning no date function—ideal for a travel watch, which is the intended use of the 8315, earning it the “Travel Chronometer” name. Now, Serica unveils a slick new colorway for the popular model: Golden Green. The 8315-3 Golden Green doesn’t purport to be a grand deviation from the Travel Chronometer formula. In fact, it bears the same internals and basic design as its line-mates, primarily the Swiss chronometer-certified Soprod C125 automatic movement, which allows for 42 hours of power reserve and 200 meters of water resistance. This movement powers the GMT hand and “caller” GMT function. This gives it a simpler use case than the more complicated local jumping “flyer” GMT seen in watches like the Tudor Black Bay GMT; basicall...
Time+Tide
The new Serica Ref. 8315-03 Golden Green brings a rich olive enamel dial and striking two-tone ceramic bezel to the brand’s distinctive GMT
Fratello
Serica continues to expand its collection while maintaining its high standards. The Parisian brand pays particular attention to color, and founder Jérôme Burgert is famously meticulous about getting the shades just right. I remember discussing the light blue ceramic bezel of the 5303-3 dive watch with him. He took a similarly deliberate approach to the […] Visit The New Serica 8315 Travel Chronometer Golden Green Brings A Different Shade Of Character to read the full article.
Teddy Baldassarre Videos
What is it about GMT watches and nicknames? Collectors love a good nickname, and there’s no shortage of them for these bicolor bezel colorways, several with connections to bubbly beverages including Pepsi, Coke, root beer, and Sprite. Within the world of Seiko 5, we’ve seen several iterations of their runaway best-sell
WristBuzz
An olive enamel dial and a two-tone ceramic bezel give Serica's GMT a seriously compelling new look
WristBuzz
The Senans Grand Lune CMM.22 brings a sculpted luminous moon, an in-house micro-rotor, and genuine French watchmaking ambition to a category Yema has never touched before
Two Broke Watch Snobs
We reviewed the Timex Easy Reader and Amazon Essentials Watch hands-on to see how much you really need to spend on an affordable dress watch.
Monochrome
Nomos expands its compact Club Sport neomatik 34 collection with a new monochromatic edition. No, it’s not something we cooked up in collaboration; the new Club Sport Neomatik 34 All Silver strips away the colourful accents (pink, gold and purple) of the inaugural trio in favour of a more restrained combo of silver, white and […]
Fratello
A watch with no traditional lugs, an overall shape often compared to a climbing carabiner, and a price around €42 broke the internet earlier this year. Okay, that might be an exaggeration, but the watch absolutely exploded on social media. It became the hottest thing for a minute. The stock vanished almost as fast as […] Visit DWC Terra: The €42 Carabiner Watch That Broke The Internet to read the full article.
Fratello
The watch industry is constantly changing, whether through new product launches, shifting ownership structures, or brands reassessing their place in the market. Some developments have implications that go well beyond a single release. They can influence a brand’s direction, its identity, and the watches it chooses to make. In this episode of Fratello Talks, Jorg, […] Visit Fratello Talks: Recent Shifts In The Watch Industry to read the full article.
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Singapore’s micro-brand watch fair Spring Sprang Sprung (SPRG) returns this November with its largest and most international edition to date. Moving to a larger venue at Glass Dome, the event will bring together 78 exhibitors, up from 22 at its inaugural edition in 2022. New exhibitors and familiar faces Of SPRG’s 78 exhibitors, 40 are returning and 38 are participating for the first time. The newcomers include Christopher Ward and Raymond Weil, adding more established names to a line-up that remains rooted in micro-brands. Catering to this clientele, Japan’s Miyota will exhibit its movement offerings. Returning Singaporean brands include Feynman Timekeepers and Vario, along with strap maker Yi Leather. Four exhibitors will represent Indonesia, while this edition also features the fair’s largest contingent of Chinese watch brands yet, including returning exhibitor Seagull, which, like Miyota, defies the micro-brand classification. As with many watch fairs, the programme includes panel discussions and interactive sessions, with workshops for visitors who would like a more hands-on introduction to watchmaking. Watch week in Singapore This year’s fair coincides with IAMWATCH, the gathering hosted by The Hour Glass dedicated to independent watchmaking, which runs November 12-15. The overlap gives collectors travelling to Singapore the opportunity to visit both, while offering small brands from Singapore and elsewhere in Asia a chance to reach an international audienc...
Worn & Wound
If you’re anything like me, when you think of H. Moser the watches that come to mind are colorful, skew toward the avant-garde, and very much in the category of “contemporary.” It’s easy to forget sometimes that Moser traces its origins back to 1828, and there’s been a lot of watchmaking history that has passed through the many references issued under the Moser banner. The sometimes neglected Heritage collection within the Moser catalog just received a pair of updates, and it’s a good reminder that Moser does more than Streamliners and shoe collabs (but we love the shoe collabs). First, let’s look at the Heritage Chronograph White Fumé. Moser tells us this reference was inspired by Moser chronographs from the middle part of the 20th century. It has a classic two register layout with subdials at 9:00 and 3:00, and a tachymeter scale around the dial’s perimeter. The white fumé dial is accented with blue graduations, subdials, and hands, creating great contrast and making the watch feel just a little more at home in 2026, or later (a watch like this would have almost certainly had black printing in the mid 20th century). The case is 42mm in stainless steel, and the watch is powered by Moser’s HMC 220 caliber, which has been outfitted with a chronograph module in this execution. Moser does make their own chronograph caliber (the HMC 907), so it’s noteworthy that they’ve used their workhorse automatic with a module for this release. It’s likely bor...
What transforms a mechanical watch into a work of art? Guided by American master watchmaker Roland Murphy, discover the true meaning behind terms like Geneva stripes and perlage and to see how engine-turned guilloché dials are really made. By the end of this original film, you’ll be an expert on the lesser-known traditional finishing techniques that separate good watches from some of the highest-grade watches in the entire industry.More
Hodinkee
Geneva won't want to hear me say this, but it's starting to feel like Milan is becoming the unofficial capital of watches lately. Firstly, Rolex chose the city to announce the wildly unexpected Perpetual Padellone in September of this year. Patek Philippe also just concluded the next installment of their two-week-long Watch Art Grand Exhibition held in Palazzo delle Scintille, and Hublot selected Milan to host the launch of their latest release and slight re-issue, Classic Fusion Tributo. Amid all these activations, the city saw even more watch-obsessed people descend for what may be the most buzzy happening of all: Milan Watch Week. Now, let me clear something up before I proceed: there are a lot of domestic watch weeks around the world lately. Off the top of my head, we have New York, London, Dubai, Geneva (some people have started to call the week of Watches & Wonders this), Milan, India, and, more recently, Istanbul. And while the increased presence of shows like these may signal something else happening in our industry, the picture it doesn't fully paint is how different each of these weeks is. Let's take Dubai and Milan. Dubai Watch Week, the first and original Watch Week, is a retail-backed organization run by the Seddiq family and takes two years of planning by a huge team with major brand involvement. Milan Watch Week 2026, held in Palazzo Mezzanotte. Milan Watch Week (MWW) was created by the team behind Italian Watch Spotter, an Italian-based online media company...
Monochrome
While most of us picture the Bambino or Mako collections when we think of Orient watches, the Japanese brand owned by Seiko Epson Corporation can make much more advanced and refined watches, especially under the Orient Star umbrella. We’ve seen this especially this year, as the brand celebrates its 75th anniversary, with models such as the M34 F8 Skeleton Hand Winding or […]
Worn & Wound
I’m not going to pretend like I am particularly savvy about streetwear or fashion brands, but even I know that SoHo in NYC is at the epicenter of that world. UNION had their start in 1989 in the neighborhood, and grew to become one of the most influential stores in counterculture fashion, making it a streetwear and art-fashion touchstone for generations of local New York youth scenes, and the fashion world at large. G-SHOCK has always been an icon of streetwear, with its rugged and affordable timepieces that appeal to a younger, more middle-class audience—as a kid in the 2000s, having a G-SHOCK made you feel instantly cooler than your classmates with a normal Casio—so a collaboration between the two brands makes a lot of sense. G-SHOCK has a history of brash, colorful, and innovative models and a track record of collaborating with musicians, artists, and other fashion marques. With the new DW-5600RBG, developed in partnership with Chris Gibbs, owner of the UNION stores in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Osaka, both brands make their mark on the iconic octagonal design. The DW-5600RGB is based on the DDW-5600, one of G-SHOCK’s most classically-styled models both aesthetically and functionally. It’s the bread-and-butter G-SHOCK with a rectangular LCD display that shows the date in the upper right corner, the day of the week and alarm setting in the upper left, and the time squarely in the center. No nonsense and known for industry-standard resistance to damage, it’s th...
Teddy Baldassarre
Our curated selection of the best watches for women priced under $1,000 including both women's and unisex watches.
Hodinkee
On Saturday, November 7, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève will return to Geneva for its 26th edition, bringing together 84 nominated watches competing across 19 prize categories, including the coveted Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix (known as the “Best in Show” prize). This year’s ceremony marks an important first for the GPHG: It will be conducted entirely in English, reflecting its growing global audience and a shift toward increased accessibility to the public. The winning watches will be announced at Geneva’s Bâtiment des Forces Motrices beginning at 6:30pm CET (12:30pm ET) — and you can watch the livestream here at Hodinkee or on gphg.org. The 84 finalists have already made stops in Mumbai and Bangkok before arriving in Geneva for the final stage of the competition. Following the awards, Watches of Switzerland will have the privilege of presenting them in another exhibition at its Knightsbridge showroom in London. An invite-only preview will take place on November 18, and the exhibit will be open to the public November 19-23. The 26th edition also introduces a new approach to the award categories. Rather than separating watches into men’s and women’s categories, the GPHG has reorganized the competition around the characteristics and types of the watches themselves. These changes are part of a broader evolution of the awards as the GPHG continues to reflect the diversity of contemporary watchmaking. Hodinkee’s very own Senior Editor, Mark Kauzlarich...
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Christie’s will mark its 40th anniversary in Asia with The Iconic 40 Watches Evening Sale, taking place in Hong Kong on November 25. Bringing together 40 vintage and contemporary watches, the sale includes elaborate grand complications, familiar designs in previously unknown configurations, and a prize-winning observatory chronometer. Perhaps unsurprisingly for a sale focused on icons, more than half of the watches — 23 of the 40 — were produced by Patek Philippe. But it wouldn’t be a high-end auction without a few prime examples of independent watchmaking, represented in this case by a small but mighty contingent of F.P. Journe watches, including a ruby-dialled Tourbillon Souverain and a 38 mm Chronomètre à Résonance. Amongst the historical highlights is lot 4010, the Patek Philippe tourbillon pocket watch awarded a first prize at the Geneva Observatory in 1931. The movement features a tourbillon cage made by none other than James Pellaton, and the complete set includes both its yellow gold case with enamel dial and its antimagnetic steel competition case with sector dial — no other Patek Philippe observatory tourbillon is publicly known to retain both configurations. Turning to contemporary complications, lot 4021 is a Patek Philippe Celestial ref. 6104/12G-010 that pairs the astronomical display descended from the Star Caliber 2000 with a white gold case and baguette-cut ruby bezel. This possibly unique configuration aligns with growing interest in gem-set ...
Two Broke Watch Snobs
We put 12 of the best watches under $300 to the test, evaluating everyday wearability, build quality, and value to find out which ones are worth your money.
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