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Lake Como’s most elegant concours has a watchmaking flourish that collectors genuinely care about. For 2026, A. Lange & Söhne marked the Best of Show winner with a unique Lange 1 Time Zone Como Edition, linking one of the world’s great car events with Glashütte craft.
Omega’s newest 007 watch takes the Seamaster Diver 300M in a more instrument-led direction. The chronograph format gives this Bond-linked release a practical edge, while the 007 First Light connection adds a fresh chapter to one of watchmaking’s most recognisable screen partnerships.
Richemont closed its 2025/26 financial year with double-digit sales growth at constant exchange rates, even as the wider watch market stayed uneven. The standout driver was jewellery, while the group’s top-tier watchmakers showed signs of improvement late in the year.
Union Glashütte’s latest Noramis Date leans hard into air-cooled car culture with a dial that looks straight off a classic Porsche-era Fuchs wheel. Limited to just 200 pieces, the Petro Surf 2026 edition mixes German watchmaking restraint with a darker, more rebellious surf-and-garage mood.
MB&F’s Legacy Machine Perpetual has always been one of independent watchmaking’s most theatrical calendar watches. Now it gets a more architectural kind of drama, with three limited Chromatic Editions set with baguette-cut sapphires or rubies.
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Union Glashütte’s latest Noramis Date leans hard into air-cooled car culture with a dial that looks straight off a classic Porsche-era Fuchs wheel. Limited to just 200 pieces, the Petro Surf 2026 edition mixes German watchmaking restraint with a darker, more rebellious surf-and-garage mood.
MB&F’s Legacy Machine Perpetual has always been one of independent watchmaking’s most theatrical calendar watches. Now it gets a more architectural kind of drama, with three limited Chromatic Editions set with baguette-cut sapphires or rubies.
The former Kross Studio watch line has a new name and a sharper flagship. The Marco Tedeschi MT1.1 Tourbillon 7 Jours keeps the wild crownless architecture, adds a useful power reserve display, and arrives in four sharply different case materials.
Sero Watch Co’s Silver Signature is a slim, restrained microbrand watch with a silver sunray dial, heat-blued hands and old-world numerals. It’s the kind of piece that makes a rotation feel more complete without shouting for attention.
Christopher Ward’s C63 Sealander family just got its most travel-focused upgrade yet. The new True GMT takes the brand’s everyday sports-watch formula and adds the kind of functionality frequent flyers usually have to pay much more to get.
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BMW’s M8-based Speedtop has moved from Villa d’Este spectacle to camouflaged Nürburgring prototype, with a 70-car run and a serious price tag expected.
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A rare Koenigsegg Gemera has been photographed at the Nürburgring, showing off the four-seat hybrid hypercar in green and bronze as production finally gets underway.
Mercedes-AMG’s four-door performance flagship goes fully electric with axial-flux motors, a 106 kWh battery, up to 435 miles of range and acceleration figures aimed squarely at hypercars.
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