IWC Marks the Year of the Goat With a Gold-Dial Pilot’s Chronograph
IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled the Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Year of the Goat, a 500-piece limited edition and the first in its Chinese New Year series to wear a gold-coloured dial. Chinese New Year special editions arrive every year, and they tend to follow a set formula. IWC Schaffhausen has changed one part of […]
Breitling Opens Bespoke Super Chronomat Programme to Aston Martin Valhalla Owners
Breitling will let owners of Aston Martin’s 999-unit Valhalla design their own Super Chronomat, choosing between a perpetual calendar chronograph and a 38mm automatic. Buy a limited-run hypercar and some of the extras start coming from outside the factory. Breitling is Aston Martin’s official watch partner. It has now launched a bespoke Super Chronomat programme […]
Garmin Launches Third-Generation MARQ Collection With Six Titanium Tool Watches
Garmin has updated its MARQ luxury range with six titanium tool watches, each getting a larger AMOLED screen and built-in inReach connectivity, with prices starting at US$2,500. How many features can a luxury tool watch carry before it becomes a wrist-mounted computer? Garmin seems happy to push that line. The company has announced the third […]
WatchTime New York Signs a Record 48 Brands for New York Watch Week
WatchTime New York will host a record 48 brands at Gotham Hall from 16 to 18 October, and the Windup Watch Fair and two curtain-raiser events fill out a busy week. New York’s unofficial Watch Week looks set to be its biggest yet. WatchTime New York has signed a record 48 exhibiting brands, and the […]
WatchUSeek Members Weigh Up Miyota 8215, Seiko NH36 and PT5000 Movements
A thread on the WatchUSeek forums asks which affordable automatic movement collectors prefer, and whether a Seiko-made NH35 is worth US$20 more than a Miyota 8215. Should an extra US$20 decide which engine sits inside your next affordable automatic? A new thread on the WatchUSeek forums asks exactly that. Its replies show that “best movement” […]
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 […]
Think you know Panda watches? Seiko begs to differ with an actual panda watch
Seiko has taken one of the watch world’s most familiar nicknames and decided that it wasn’t literal enough. The result is the new Seiko Power Design Project Pandagraph, a pair of chronographs that take the traditional black and white “panda” dial and turn it into, well, an actual panda. The HHK001 and HHK002 are production […]
Garmin Introduces Enduro 4 Smartwatch With 320-Hour Battery Claim
Garmin’s new Enduro 4 promises up to 320 hours of GPS tracking with solar help, adds grade-adjusted training tools and weighs 66 grams. How long does a watch need to last before battery anxiety goes away? Garmin’s answer with the new Enduro 4 is up to 320 hours of activity tracking, which is more than […]
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 […]