The Hermès Arceau Cavalier en Formes brings miniature painting, engraving, a minute repeater and a Lift tourbillon together in a white gold watch limited to six pieces.
Browsing: haute horlogerie
Urwerk co-founder Felix Baumgartner reflects on the watch that redirected his career, the problem with nostalgia, and why young collectors should buy with pleasure first.
A closer look at Bernhard Lederer’s philosophy reveals a watchmaker shaped by restoration, horological history and an enduring obsession with escapements.
Pascal Raffy reflects on Bovet’s integrated manufacture, the pivotal expansion of 2006 and why craft, trust and the human hand remain central to the maison’s identity.
The Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon now arrives in full Bleu Nuit, Nuage 50 ceramic, pairing AP’s signature deep blue with a restrained open tourbillon display.
Mathieu Cleguer’s first watch is a titanium, subscription-funded independent timepiece built around a proprietary escapement and a sculptural open movement architecture.
Dominique Renaud’s first watch under his own name puts a one-hertz regulating organ at the centre of the experience, with a 20mm balance wheel and a movement architecture unlike most contemporary mechanical watches.
Founded by Maarten and Jessica Pieters, the new independent Swiss atelier arrives with a platinum tourbillon watch built around an ambitious hand-wound calibre and unusually personal finishing.
Pequignet’s Calibre Royal is more than an in-house automatic movement. It marks a serious French manufacture story rooted in Morteau, Besançon and a watchmaking tradition that predates Switzerland’s modern dominance.
Jean-Pierre Hagmann’s JHP hallmark became a quiet signal of excellence, especially on minute repeaters, Patek Philippe masterpieces and the rise of modern independent watchmaking.
The sapphire-cased Complication One Fusion places Emmanuel Bouchet’s mechanical philosophy on full display, with twin barrels, two escapements and a dial built almost entirely around jumping indications.
Beyond the familiar names, the GPHG 2026 competing field includes small independents experimenting with Brazilian engineering steel, self-starting escapements, alarm architecture and hand-finished movement craft.
The F.P.Journe Chronomètre À Résonance Souscription No.7 sold for $13,922,000 at Phillips in New York, placing a modern independent watch in the long scientific lineage of Huygens, Janvier and Breguet.
The Roger Dubuis Excalibur The Kabuto Legacy turns the Knights of the Round Table concept toward Japanese history, with 12 hand-engraved ceremonial helmets surrounding a sculptural Edo Castle dial.
Breguet celebrates the 225th anniversary of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s tourbillon patent with new models across its Classique, Tradition and Marine collections.
Parmigiani marks its 30th anniversary with a Tonda PF chronograph that disappears into the time display when not in use, extending the brand’s recent work with concealed complications.
At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the strongest ideas came from maisons refining identity, mechanics and meaning rather than chasing spectacle.
Vacheron Constantin’s Métiers d’Art Tribute to Great Civilisations collection brings four Louvre antiquities to the wrist in extremely limited editions shaped by engraving, enamelling, marquetry and more.
From experimental escapements to one-hand minimalism, these five young independent watchmakers show how much energy still sits outside the mainstream of Swiss watchmaking.
The revived Urban Jürgensen’s flagship UJ-1 Tourbillon 250th Anniversary Watch adapts the architecture of Derek Pratt’s Oval pocket watch into a highly complex wristwatch calibre.