Watch I Love

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.…

Arnold & Son has turned London into a watch face here, and it has done so with genuine confidence. The HM London Skyline joins artistic intent with proper horological discipline, which is exactly why it feels so convincing. Created with The Limited Edition to mark 260 years of Arnold & Son and the tenth anniversary of the retailer, this 20-piece edition lands in stainless steel or 18-carat red…

URWERK has never built watches for people who want discretion, and the UR-120 Blue Planet confirms that old truth with almost theatrical confidence. This final chapter in the UR-120 story feels sharper, leaner and more self-aware, because the watch does not simply celebrate space-age fantasy, but it turns that fantasy into a tightly engineered object with real wrist presence. Blue defines the…

Chopard Mille Miglia GTS Power Control Grigio-Blu 2026 Racing Edition Ref. 168566-3022 distils nearly four decades of partnership with one of the world’s most storied endurance races into a focused, purposeful object. Since 1988, Chopard has served as the Mille Miglia’s World Sponsor and Official Timekeeper, and Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has driven every single edition of the race…

There are watches that tell time, and then there are watches that make a declaration. The TAG Heuer Monaco Speed 12, unveiled at the Formula 1 Louis Vuitton Grand Prix de Monaco 2026 and limited to just 50 individually numbered pieces, belongs unambiguously in the second category. TAG Heuer and La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, two houses with very different creative vocabularies, have…

Jason Momoa – actor, filmmaker and craftsman – has commissioned a one-off Bentley Blower Jnr as a Hedley Studios client and is due to take delivery this summer. Momoa visited the Bicester atelier to meet the team, experience the Bentley Blower Jnr and other Hedley Studios creations, and begin shaping a car that reflects his personal world. The commission features in the latest season of the HBO…

The Hermès Arceau Cavalier en Formes is a watch that tell a story, and a piece that seems to exist in an entirely different philosophical register. Since Henri d’Origny conceived the Arceau in 1978, Hermès has used that round case with its signature asymmetrical stirrup-shaped lugs as a canvas for its most ambitious artistic and horological ambitions. The Cavalier en Formes is, without…

On 2 June 1941, Lou Gehrig passed away at thirty-seven years old, leaving behind a legacy so vast that Major League Baseball now marks 2 June as Lou Gehrig Day. 85 years later, Oris chooses this precise date to release a limited edition that sits firmly at the intersection of sport, human dignity, and genuine watchmaking craft – Oris Lou Gehrig Limited Edition. Continue reading Oris Lou Gehrig…

Zenith G.F.J. Calibre 135 Double Signed is a collaborations born of genuine passion. The Double Signed Programme originated from the encounter between Zenith’s Chief Product Officer Romain Marietta and Naoya Hida in his Tokyo workshop. Their shared reverence for the golden age of chronometry sparked an immediate connection, and the result is a limited edition of ten platinum pieces that carries…

Ten years ago, in a corner of the 2015 SalonQP event in London, a watch called Quai des Bergues announced the rebirth of a name that had disappeared more than 150 years earlier: Czapek & Cie. By the end of the following year, the watch from an unknown startup had won the Public Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). In the decade since then, Czapek has successfully claimed its…

Eberhard & Co. announces the completion of the restoration of the eagle statue that crowns the building housing both the Maison’s headquarters and its museum dedicated to its historical heritage, known as the Maison de l’Aigle, the mansion commissioned by Georges-Lucien Eberhard at the beginning of the 20th century. Continue reading The Eagle Returns Home: Eberhard & Co. Restores Its Historic…