@breitling Breitling revisits the Navitimer B19 Chronograph 43 Perpetual Calendar with two stealthier expressions for 2026: a 75-piece platinum edition with a marine blue lacquered dial, and a stainless steel version with platinum bezel and slate grey dial.

First unveiled in 2024 as part of Breitling’s 140th-anniversary celebrations, the Caliber B19 marked the brand’s first in-house perpetual calendar chronograph. It combines a column-wheel, vertical-clutch chronograph with a fully integrated perpetual calendar, bringing one of watchmaking’s most storied complications into Breitling’s modern manufacture era.

Both new references retain the balanced dial layout seen on earlier editions, with a moonphase at 12 o’clock, date and chronograph minutes at 3, month and leap year at 6, and day with running seconds at 9. The sapphire caseback also reveals an 18K rose gold rotor, while the COSC-certified self-winding movement delivers a 96-hour power reserve.

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We are honoured to share that Revolution founder @wei_koh_revolution has been appointed President of Jury by the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève @gphg_official .

Wei is also the founder of @therake and co-creator and host of @manofthehourofficial Man of the Hour, the first episodic television series on horology. From print journalism to creating video content and organising symposiums, Wei has spent the past 26 years championing mechanical watchmaking. For him, the appointment is a deeply personal milestone shaped by a lifetime in service of the craft and the community around it. As he writes: “I believe in watchmaking. Watchmaking has given me everything. It is my turn to give back.”

With this new role, Wei steps into the position with a clear sense of purpose: to serve watchmaking with the same passion, curiosity and commitment that have defined his work for more than two decades.

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@greubel.forsey Greubel Forsey closes the chapter on the Balancier Convexe S² with two final editions, unveiled in black ceramic with 5N red gold and in white ceramic. Developed over the past five years and set to cease production permanently in 2026, the hand-wound GF09XV calibre reaches its final expression here in the most exclusive executions of the series, with just 11 pieces made per edition.

Housed in the brand’s 41.5mm Convexe case, both watches retain the Balancier Convexe S²’s distinctive layout, with hours and minutes displayed on a suspended arch bridge, alongside small seconds and a sector power-reserve indication. Inside, Greubel Forsey’s 30° inclined balance wheel system is paired with twin coaxial barrels for a 72-hour power reserve, while frosted titanium bridges and main plates, polished bevels and hand-finished details speak to the meticulous construction that defines the watch.

Though one leans into the warmth and contrast of black ceramic and 5N red gold and the other into the sharper, more graphic feel of white ceramic, both serve as a final statement of the Convexe approach: mechanical architecture carried seamlessly into exterior form.

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The 2026 Oscars gave us so many strong watches that we had to come back for one more round. Beyond the headline pieces, there was still plenty to admire: @aron.piper in a frosted-gold @audemarspiguet Royal Oak, @robertdowneyjr and @sterlingkbrown each flying the flag for @blancpain1735, and @kumailn closing things out with the seriously impressive @vacheronconstantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Skeleton.

We were especially taken by @mattbomer’s @tagheuer Heuer Carrera Chronograph and @masonthames’s diamond-set vintage Tag Heuer, both of which brought an offbeat kind of vintage charm, while Barry Keoghan’s diamond-set @hublot and @shaboozey’s @chopard leaned unapologetically into sparkle. Looking across all the watches we loved from Oscar night, one thing became clear: there was no single formula for getting it right on the wrist. ...

The Louis Vuitton Watch Prize for Independent Creatives now moves into its final stage, with the winner set to be announced on 24 March 2026 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Created to spotlight the energy and originality of contemporary independent watchmaking, the prize has, once again, narrowed the field to five very different but equally compelling finalists.

This year’s five finalists - @daizohmakihara.88, @fam_al_hut_official, @hazemannmonnin, @lederertimepieces and @quietclub_watches - reflect just how broad independent watchmaking has become today, spanning poetic animation, compact tourbillons, chiming and jumping-hour mechanics, precision escapement development and an unconventional approach to the alarm watch. The eventual winner will receive a €150,000 grant together with a year-long mentorship from La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton. ...

On film’s biggest night, the women’s watches at the 2026 Oscars leaned fully into glamour. @zendaya brought exactly that in a diamond-set @rolex Lady-Datejust, Amy Madigan paired her Best Supporting Actress win with the quiet assurance of a diamond-set @omega Seamaster Aqua Terra, and @nicolekidman channelled old-world elegance with a vintage @omega cocktail watch.

In the mix, Kerry Condon’s @piaget Limelight Gala and @ritaora’s fully pavé @hublot showed just how naturally a watch can double as jewellery on the Oscars red carpet. And though an outlier in this lineup, @hudsonwilliamsofficial’s @bvlgari Serpenti still made for one of the night’s most striking watch choices among the actors in attendance. ...

At the 2026 Oscars, the dress watch emerged as one of the night’s strongest themes. Across the red carpet, brands leaned into elegance, precious metals and cleaner lines over outright spectacle.

What made the lineup especially interesting was how clearly each watch played to its brand’s strengths. Nicholas Hoult, Taron Egerton and Domhnall Gleeson wore @jaegerlecoultre Reversos, still among the most dependable dress-watch shapes on the red carpet, while @chrisevans’ @chopard L.U.C XPS and @channingtatum’s @tiffanyandco Union Square showed just how broad the category can be.

Elsewhere, @leonegabriel`s @bvlgari Octo Roma brought a more architectural edge, @pascalispunk’s @chanel Boy-Friend pushed at the category’s gendered boundaries, and Kieran Culkin’s @hublot Classic Fusion offered a dressier expression from a brand more often associated with bolder designs.

Then there were @simuliu and Robert Pattinson, both wearing watches that felt like early signals of what may be ahead. At the 2026 Oscars Vanity Fair After Party, Simu wore @zenithwatches G.F.J., while Pattinson appeared in what looks like an unreleased Jaeger-LeCoultre perpetual calendar. Taken together, they gave the post a final note of intrigue - as though Oscar night had also become an early preview of the conversation to come. ...

@franckmuller_asiapacific is refining the Vanguard for Asia-Pacific collectors with two new exclusives that place the emphasis less on spectacle and more on surface, texture and everyday wearability.

The first, the Vanguard Asia Pacific Exclusive introduced in October 2025, debuts a new in-house guilloché pavé de losanges dial crafted in Les Bois, Switzerland, paired with a contrasting micro-blasted sunburst centre, hand-painted numerals and a date display at 6 o’clock. The second, the Vanguard Sport Asia Pacific Exclusive launched in February 2026, takes a simpler route with a brushed dial, stamped sun guilloché, a hand-polished case and colour-matched side inserts that push it further into sport-luxury territory.

Both remain unmistakably Vanguard in form, but with a more measured tone — a dial-led update that makes Franck Muller’s bold tonneau-shaped line feel more focused, coherent and easier to wear day to day.

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From vintage Piaget to an ice-blue Rolex 1908, the 2026 Oscars offered a notably strong lineup of men’s watches.

Best Actor winner @michaelbjordan led the way in a vintage yellow-gold @piaget, while fellow Best Actor nominee @leonardodicaprio brought a more formal take on his familiar @rolex preference with the ice-blue 1908. Among the other nominees, @tchalamet returned once again to his beloved @urbanjurgensen, Wagner Moura kept things quietly classic with @omega, and Best Original Screenplay winner Ryan Coogler wore a @cartier Tank Guichet, a watch as distinctive as the films that have earned him such a devoted following. ...

At @phillipswatches Auction: The Geneva Sessions, Spring 2026, one of the clearest takeaways was the market’s appetite for watches that felt more collector-coded: rarer, more distinctive, and more legible to buyers already deep in the category.

That was most obvious with @fpjourneofficial. The Élégante 48 “Titalyt” sold for CHF 190,500 against an estimate of CHF 18,000–36,000, while the Chronomètre à Résonance RN reached CHF 355,600 on CHF 120,000–240,000. Even the surrounding collectible culture drew strong bids, from the “Construction Crew” hard hat to the BAIT x F.P. Journe Kokies Vinyl Toy Collectives.

But the pattern went beyond Journe. Independent and niche-led names also performed strongly, with the @laurent_ferrier Sport Auto, @moserwatches Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Tutorial, @montres_lecomte Series 2, and @greubel.forsey Double Balancier Convexe all beating estimates.

The same appetite showed up elsewhere too. @cartier’s CPCP Tank Chronographe Monopoussoir outperformed estimate, while more unusual pieces such as the @blancpain1735 Erotic Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater, @vacheronconstantin Medicus N°1, and even @ebel`s Ref. 5134901 sold well above expectations.

By contrast, @audemarspiguet,@rolex and much of @patekphilippe still sold well, but generally stayed closer to estimate ranges, suggesting a more measured appetite for familiar blue-chip references. One notable exception was the Patek Philippe Nautilus 40th Anniversary Ref. 5976/1G-001, which pushed well beyond estimate.

If this sale said anything about the current market, it is that buyers are still rewarding status, but often paying even harder for watches that signal taste, knowledge and specificity. ...