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Yet another watch that I would like to own, the Bell & Ross BR-03 GMT Green Lum landed on my desk for a review. So how do you test a GMT if not by travelling and how do you test a Lum watch if not by going into dark places? So this is what we did… We travelled to France (ok, not so GMT-ish from my side) and visited some of the bunkers of the Maginot Line – some “dark” places from all the word’s…

This November, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will offer one of the earliest and most historically important F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance wristwatches ever to appear at auction. Bearing the serial number 022/99R, this 38mm platinum Résonance with shiny pink gold dial occupies a singular place in the history of François-Paul Journe’s acclaimed dual-balance timepiece, for it is…

For the July chapter of Time Well Spent, UJ spent time with Francis Kéré, the renowned architect whose work has redefined what meaningful design can be. Guided by a philosophy of radical locality, collective participation, and climate-responsive sustainability, Kéré has spent his career creating spaces that bring people together. His buildings—from schools and hospitals to museums and civic…

GENEVA/ HONG KONG/ NEW YORK— 29 JUNE 2026 — Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is proud to conclude the first half of 2026 with the strongest performance in the history of watch auctions, achieving a combined total exceeding $235 million across its Geneva, Hong Kong, and New York sales, the first time any auction house has reached such a figure in a single season. The three live sales set…

Just before Watches and Wonders 2026, in the familiar background of the Beau Rivage Hotel in Geneva, Diana and I met the new DOXA SUB 200 T.GRAPH II, the reimagined brand’s historic dive chronograph. A first glimpse reveals the familiar cushion case and bright tool-watch aesthetic that makes DOXA so easily recognisable. My main question is how this second generation actually feels: as a…

There is a particular kind of madness that only watch people understand. It starts innocently: a glance at a dial or caseback, a rabbit hole on a forum at midnight, the quiet obsession with the way a seconds hand sweeps, escapement ticks and complications reveal themselves. For me, it started with my grandmother’s art-deco jewellery watch, my grandfather’s automatic and it ended up as a website.…

There is a particular feeling that arrives the moment you sit behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce and the world outside simply disappears. No drama, no noise, no resistance – just presence. With the Spectre Series II, Rolls-Royce has not reinvented that feeling; instead, Goodwood’s engineers have deepened it, sharpened its edges, and extended its reach in ways that confirm what many of us already…

Summer 2026 did not wait for an invitation, and neither did H. Moser & Cie. The Pioneer Centre Seconds Sun Berry Ref. 3201-1203, lands in the full heat of summer with a Berry Purple fumé dial, electric yellow accents, and the conviction that haute horlogerie does not need to be solemn to be serious. This is a 40 mm steel sports watch powered by the beautiful in-house HMC 201 automatic calibre,…

Panerai has long understood that a watch destined for hostile environments demands more than good intentions. The Submersible Navy SEALs PAM01738, unveiled in mid-2026, represents the Florence-born, Neuchâtel-built Maison’s continued commitment to professional tool watches that hold an official licence from the United States Navy. It sits within the Navy SEALs Collection, a platform first…

We all remember the first Freak landing in 2001 as a shock to the system, a watch that refused hands, a dial, even a crown, yet felt completely coherent once you spent time with it on the wrist. Two and a half decades later, the Freak line defines a distinct branch of modern horology, supported by 35 patents and 17 calibres that chart a continuous exploration of silicon, carousel architecture and…

A short Q&A session with Christian Selmoni, the Style & Heritage Director of Vacheron Constantin, offers a rare glimpse into 270 years of uninterrupted horological history and the new Traditionnelle Twin Beat. In this discussion, Selmoni highlights how the maison bridges its profound archival past with contemporary artistic liberty and technical emotion. This is not an exclusive interview and it…

NEW YORK — 14 JUNE 2026 — Closing out a record-breaking season of watch auctions at Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, The New York Watch Auction: XIV achieved $75.8 million, more-than-doubling the sale’s high estimate and shattering the record total for a watch auction in the US, an achievement previously set by Phillips just six months ago. The auction was led by the exceedingly rare,…

Bell & Ross has always drawn from cockpit logic: bold geometry, extreme legibility, functional intent. The BR-05 Blue Diamond Eagle 36mm, however, represents a deliberate departure from that foundation. It still carries the unmistakable round-within-a-square architecture, yet this time the brand reaches beyond instrumentation and into horological artistry. I approached it with genuine suspicion.…