BAIT and G-Shock Release Banana-Themed ‘Yamagata’s Finest’ DW5600
Retailer BAIT has teamed up with G-Shock again on a DW5600 styled after a perfectly ripe banana, named in tribute to the Yamagata factory that Casio calls the mother factory of all G-Shocks. Most watch collaborations rely on colour codes and logo swaps. BAIT’s latest G-Shock project relies on fruit. The retailer has worked with […]
Omega Adds Spectre to Its James Bond Seamaster Line-Up for the First Time
For James Bond Day, Omega has released six Seamaster Diver 300M watches, split between 007 and his old enemy Spectre, including two 77-piece sets with platinum-gold models. Omega has supplied the watch on 007’s wrist in every Bond film since GoldenEye in 1995. Every special edition it has made since then has backed the good […]
Patek Philippe Opens Its Largest Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Milan
EXCERPT: Patek Philippe’s seventh Watch Art Grand Exhibition runs in Milan from 2 to 18 October 2026, with about 500 timepieces and objects on show and free entry by registration. Patek Philippe usually makes its watches hard to get. Its latest exhibition does the opposite. The seventh Watch Art Grand Exhibition runs in Milan from […]
Longines Adds Four Blue Chronometer Watches to Its Spirit Pilot Range
Longines has added two Spirit Pilot watches and two Spirit Pilot Flyback chronographs to its Spirit collection for 2026, all finished in blue and all certified as chronometers. Longines is adding to its aviation-themed Spirit collection, and this time it has picked one colour for the whole release. Four new watches join the range for […]
IWC Marks 50 Years of Gérald Genta’s Ingenieur SL With 2 Limited Editions
IWC has released a video interview with Gérald Genta’s wife and daughter to mark the Ingenieur SL’s 50th anniversary, alongside two limited editions with brushed dials inspired by a 1970s version of the watch. Fifty years after the Ingenieur SL arrived, IWC is letting the people who knew Gérald Genta best tell its story. The […]
Rolex Watches & Wonders 2027 – The Rumour Mill Is Already Running
It’s still months away, Rolex hasn’t announced anything, and the brand is saying precisely what you’d expect Rolex to say — absolutely nothing. Naturally, the internet has already decided what is coming. There are two types of people in the watch world. There are those who wait patiently for Watches and Wonders Geneva to roll […]
IWC Schaffhausen Launches 140-Piece Big Pilot’s Watch
IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled a limited-edition Big Pilot’s Watch featuring its new Perpetual Calendar ProSet mechanism, produced in an edition of 140 pieces to celebrate 140 years of Mercedes-Benz.
Zenith Releases DEFY Extreme Lapis Lazuli II in Carbon and Titanium, Limited to 25 Pieces
Zenith has unveiled the DEFY Extreme Lapis Lazuli II, pairing lapis lazuli dial counters with a forged carbon and titanium case in a 25-piece limited edition.
IWC Adds Pool-Coloured Dial to the Ingenieur Automatic 35 Collection
IWC Schaffhausen has expanded its Ingenieur Automatic 35 line with a new aquatic-toned dial variant, bringing the compact 35mm collection to six references in total.
Zenith Releases 50-Piece Chronomaster Original Paris Edition with Verdigris Gradient Dial
Zenith has unveiled a 50-piece limited edition Chronomaster Original for the French market, featuring a verdigris gradient dial inspired by Parisian architecture and powered by the El Primero 3600 movement.