@jaegerlecoultre’s Master collection has long been defined by refined, understated elegance, with watches that sit comfortably between dressy and everyday.

The new Master Control Chronometre line introduces a redesigned, sportier case, an integrated bracelet and Jaeger-LeCoultre’s new High Precision Guarantee standard. At the top of the lineup sits the Master Control Chronometre Perpetual Calendar, a 39mm watch that brings one of traditional watchmaking’s most useful high complications into the maison’s own contemporary integrated-bracelet format.

The design shift is subtle but significant. The round case remains familiar, but the lugs have been reworked so the bracelet flows more directly into the case. The bracelet itself carries much of the new identity, with V-shaped centre links, matching cut-outs and polished facets that give the watch a sharper profile.

Inside, the watch is powered by the automatic Calibre 868, with a 70-hour power reserve. The perpetual calendar layout remains familiar, built around a module descended from Kurt Klaus’ important 1985 design — a mechanism known for making the complication more compact and user-friendly.

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@breitling’s 2026 run continues, and this time, the focus is on one of its most important collections: the Chronomat.

Sporty, recognisable and backed by serious history, the Chronomat has long done plenty of heavy lifting for Breitling, especially as a first serious step into the brand. The name dates back to the early 1940s, but the Chronomat as we largely know it today was reborn in the 1980s with the Frecce Tricolori chronograph and the 1984 Chronomat — a bold mechanical chronograph launched when quartz still dominated the industry.

For 2026, Breitling has not tried to reinvent the watch. Instead, it has tightened the formula: cleaner case lines, a fully integrated case-and-bracelet design, slimmer proportions and a more focused lineup built around 36, 40 and 42mm sizes.

The Chronomat B01 42 is now slimmer, cleaner and less bulky on the wrist, while the new Chronomat Automatic B31 40 could easily become the most versatile watch in the lineup, with its wearable 40mm case and COSC-certified B31 movement with a 78-hour power reserve. The Chronomat Automatic 36, meanwhile, brings a more refined and decorative edge, with mother-of-pearl dials, gem-set bezels and steel or steel-and-red-gold configurations.

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The new @longines Legend Diver 59 brings one of the brand’s most enduring dive-watch designs back closer to its source. More than six decades after the 1959 original, Longines revisits the model with a new 42mm stainless-steel case, a domed box sapphire crystal and a refined Milanese mesh bracelet — details that give this latest edition a stronger connection to the historic diver that inspired it.

The dual crowns and internal rotating bezel remain central to the Legend Diver’s identity, while the grained black dial, raised Arabic numerals, arrow hands and “light Old Radium” Super-LumiNova bring out its vintage tool-watch character without sacrificing legibility.

Beneath the archival look, however, this is still very much a modern Longines. The Legend Diver 59 is ISO 6425-certified as a diver’s watch, water-resistant to 300 metres, and powered by the COSC-certified Longines calibre L888.6, a self-winding movement with a silicon balance-spring, enhanced magnetic resistance and a power reserve of up to 72 hours. ...

Padel is no longer just a fast-growing sport. Around the world, it is becoming a luxury lifestyle space of its own: social, stylish, highly brandable and increasingly close to the same aspirational country-club culture that tennis has represented for generations.

With @audemarspiguet’s latest move into the sport, watchmaking’s interest in padel has stepped up another level. Earlier this May, AP announced a global partnership as the Official Timekeeper of the Qatar Airways Premier Padel Tour, alongside a new relationship with Agustín Tapia, padel’s current world number one player.

AP is not the first watch brand to notice padel though. @hublot, @richardmille, @rolex and @frederiqueconstant have all entered the space in different ways, aligning themselves with players, leagues and the sport’s growing global identity.

But for AP, the appeal goes beyond courtside visibility. Padel is social by nature, usually played in pairs and often found in lifestyle-driven settings where brands increasingly want to meet their communities. As the sport continues to grow, its luxury identity is still being shaped — and watchmaking clearly wants a place on court.

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@alangesoehne returns to one of its most distinctive rectangular creations with the new Cabaret Tourbillon Honeygold.

Limited to just 50 pieces, the new reference brings together a 750 Honeygold case and a black-rhodiumed Honeygold dial, creating a striking contrast between the warmth of Lange’s proprietary gold alloy and the dark, architectural finish of the dial.

The dial itself is made entirely in-house and constructed in three parts, with raised relief elements sculpted directly from the Honeygold material. Once black-rhodiumed, these raised elements are carefully polished by hand, allowing the warm lustre of the gold to reappear against the dark background.

At 6 o’clock, the open aperture frames the tourbillon, with its upper bridge and cage finished in black polish — one of the most demanding decorative techniques in watchmaking. It is also a fitting reminder of the Cabaret Tourbillon’s technical significance. When it was first introduced in 2008, the watch debuted Lange’s world-first stop-seconds mechanism for a tourbillon, allowing the watch to be set with one-second accuracy.

Inside is the manually wound calibre L042.1, a rectangular form movement shaped specifically for the case. Composed of 370 parts, including 84 for the tourbillon alone, it delivers a 120-hour power reserve and is finished with familiar Lange hallmarks including a three-quarter plate in untreated German silver, hand-engraved cocks, screwed gold chatons and blued screws. ...

Pocket watches are having another moment in the spotlight. But as the format returns through high watchmaking, auctions and red-carpet styling, the question remains: is this a genuine comeback, or simply another turn of the trend cycle?

In recent years, that return has taken many forms. @hublot Hublot and @danielarsham Daniel Arsham transformed the pocket watch into sci-fi industrial sculpture with the 2024 MP-16 Arsham Droplet, @louisvuitton Louis Vuitton has built out its Escales Autour du Monde series of one-off pocket watches, most recently with the 2026 Escale au Mont Fuji, while @parmigianifleurier Parmigiani Fleurier leaned into slow mechanical indulgence with the 2025 La Ravenale.

The auction market has only added to the momentum. In 2025, the 1907 J. Player & Sons “Hyper Complication” sold for CHF 2.2 million to become the most valuable antique British pocket watch ever auctioned, while @audemarspiguet Audemars Piguet’s historic “Grosse Pièce” shattered the brand’s records with a USD 7.7 million result at @sothebyswatches Sotheby’s.

And now, with @audemarspiguet Audemars Piguet and @swatch Swatch’s Royal Pop collaboration, the pocket watch has entered another phase entirely, somewhere between horology, fashion accessory and pop-cultural object.

What was once considered obsolete suddenly feels very current again.

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With the arrival of Royal Pop, @audemarspiguet’s collaboration with Swatch, the Royal Oak has once again been pushed into a new and unexpected form.

It also makes this an apt moment to revisit one of our favourite stories on the icon that started it all. Originally written to mark the Royal Oak’s 50th anniversary, @wei_koh_revolution’s retrospective looks at Audemars Piguet’s defining icon as a heroic archetype — one that has returned again and again in different guises, each shaped by its own moment in time.

Since its debut in 1972, the Royal Oak has appeared as the original luxury steel sports watch, the enduring Jumbo, a canvas for mid-sized chromatic expression, and a vessel for some of the manufacture’s most ambitious complications.

From the 14790 to the 16202, from perpetual calendars and tourbillons to the Double Balance Wheel Openworked and Supersonnerie, each version has revealed a different side of the same unmistakable design.

More than five decades on, the Royal Oak remains one of watchmaking’s rare icons: instantly recognisable, endlessly adaptable, and still capable of feeling new.

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