Patek Philippe’s latest alarm watch brings next level refinement to an often quotidian complication. If Patek Philippe’s newest wrist alarm were edible, it would be an artisanal burger with a prime rib price tag. Burgers democratize steak, and alarm functions democratize chiming watches. Hour strikers, grande sonneries, and minute repeaters are patrician things to be...

One of the world’s great classic luxury watches steps out in midnight blue sodalite. The Piaget Polo was originally released in 1979 and it was intended from the outset to be an exercise in deliberate conspicuous consumption, with the price at launch a then-astronomical CHF 3000 (according to Piaget CEO Benjamin Comar). In 2024, Piaget...

A Watches & Wonders launch of imperial splendor, that really puts the unique in pièce unique. While I suspect that it would make more sense to many of what in business one calls “the stakeholders” if I covered some of Chanel’s many series produced new pieces from the show first, I am afraid I have...

A more compact version of the Octo Finissimo has been on wish lists for years – and it’s here at last. The first Octo Finissimo watches – including the ultra-thin, record-setting Octo Finissimo tourbillon – were launched by Bulgari in 2014, and the hand-wound Octo Finissimo Small Seconds was 40mm wide, and just 5.15mm overall,...

A perennial classic, in its most essential form, and a dramatic desk clock with a magnificent movement. Patek is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Nautilus this year, and, true to its word, it has not chosen to do so by bringing back a steel version of the Nautilus in any form in the anniversary...

The Supernova will become a permanent resident of the lunar South Pole. Cue anthropomorphizing sadness. This year at Watches & Wonders, Bremont announced an intriguing collaboration with an aerospace company called Astrolab, whose brief – to simplify somewhat a complex series of objectives involving innovations in lunar landers as well as uncrewed lunar rovers –...