More than 50 years after VANAC first showed just how unconventional @seikowatchofficial King Seiko could be, the name is evolving again.

For 2026, the King Seiko VANAC returns in three references, HKF001 in purple, HKF002 in grey and HKF003 in black. The angular 41mm architecture introduced with the modern VANAC remains, but both the case and bracelet are now made from titanium, considerably lightening a watch that still looks every bit as substantial.
The bigger visual change is the dial. Where the 2025 VANAC looked towards the Tokyo skyline, these new versions imagine moving through the city itself. Horizontal lines meet patterns radiating from the centre, creating the impression of speed and perspective along Tokyo’s highways.

Inside remains the automatic caliber 8L45, running at 4Hz with a 72-hour power reserve.

The original VANAC was never one fixed design. It was King Seiko’s licence to experiment. More than half a century later, that might still be the best way to understand it.

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Steve McQueen’s Hanhart 417 ES appears in photographs from his racing days and his life away from the track. That connection is the starting point for @hanhart_watches’ first official Steve McQueen edition.

The 39 mm steel case follows the original’s proportions. On the matte black dial is McQueen’s signature, a detail proposed by his grandchildren Chase and Madison. The familiar red pusher remains, alongside warm-toned Super-LumiNova on the hands and numerals. Inside, the hand-wound Sellita AMT5100 M provides a flyback chronograph and at least 58 hours of power reserve.

The watch comes on a dark brown Shell Cordovan cuff strap inspired by the one McQueen wore. Its box includes a card modelled on his 1964 international FIM licence and signed by Chase and Madison, plus red nail polish as a nod to the legend behind Hanhart’s red pusher. Limited to 300 pieces worldwide. ...

@raymondweil continues its 50th-anniversary celebrations with the millesime Jubilee, a 500-piece automatic chronograph inspired by The Fifty.

Released earlier this year in just 50 examples, The Fifty housed restored, hand-decorated Valjoux 23-6 movements dating from 1976, the year Raymond Weil was founded. Jubilee carries its design into a 39mm stainless-steel case with a light blue dial and midnight-blue sub-dials. Running seconds sit at 9 o’clock, with a chronograph minute counter at 3. Inside is the automatic RW5030, with a 62-hour power reserve visible through the sapphire caseback. A glassbox crystal and midnight-blue calfskin strap complete the watch. Water resistance is 50m. ...

The @bulova Bulova A-11 JIMMY connects one of the defining American military watches of World War II with the extraordinary story of Jimmy Stewart.

Stewart went from winning the Academy Award for The Philadelphia Story to serving as a B-24 pilot with the Eighth Air Force, completing 20 combat missions. His life is the subject of the forthcoming film JIMMY, for which original period watches from Bulova’s museum were worn on screen.

The new Bulova A-11 JIMMY revisits the wartime “Hack Watch” in a 37mm steel case, with the familiar black dial, white Arabic numerals and hacking seconds preserved. Inside is the automatic Miyota 9039 with a 42-hour power reserve, while sapphire crystal, Super-LumiNova and 50 metres of water resistance bring the formula into 2026.

Priced at US$795, it arrives in October ahead of JIMMY’s theatrical release on November 6.

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@patekphilippe has made Italy the subject of 25 Rare Handcrafts creations reserved for the Italian market, unveiled for its Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Milan. The collection spans 14 wristwatches, four pocket watches, six dome clocks and one table clock.

Four Calatravas follow a Cinquecento through Amalfi, Puglia, Chianti and Como. Elsewhere, the “Venetian Cruise” pocket watch builds a mahogany boat from 334 tiny pieces of wood veneer, the “City of Milan” table clock carries an enamelled map across its dial and curved side panels, and “Sicilian Oranges” places orange trees before a softly painted view of Palermo.

Italy’s crafts and artists receive just as much attention. The “Florentine Mosaic” minute repeater recreates the look of hardstone marquetry in enamel; the “Dante” pocket watch draws on Botticelli’s portrait of the poet; and two Calatravas reinterpret Burano lace in pink and blue.

These pieces form part of a wider exhibition of around 500 timepieces and objects, including historic works from the Patek Philippe Museum. Visitors can also see watchmakers and artisans demonstrating their skills. The Watch Art Grand Exhibition runs from 2 to 18 October 2026 at CityOval in Milan.

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@patekphilippe Patek Philippe’s Grand Exhibition has officially opened its doors in Milan, and in addition to the more than 500 timepieces on show, as well as archival and artisanal wonders, there’s a suite of new additions to the catalogue in the form of the Patek Phillipe Gondolo Ladies First.

The square square Gondolo case return in a series of six of design-led jewellery watches that, according to Patek Philippe, are the result of “President Thierry Stern’s desire to offer women an easy-to-wear jewellery watch perfectly aligned for an age of informed and mindful choices”. It’s another solid string to the watchmaker’s bow of women’s watches, which already includes the everyday-oriented Twenty~4 and the more extravagant Aquanaut Luce models. The six new references are divided into three models: Ref. 7043G-001, Ref. 7043R-001 and Ref. 7043GR-001 with gem-set dials, and three Joaillerie models, Ref. 7043/250G-001, Ref. 7043/250R-001 and Ref. 7043/250GR-001.

These six new additions to Patek Philippe’s women’s assortment do an excellent job of honouring the Gondolo’s rich legacy, while offering an attractive, highly decorative yet functional watch. Not everything needs high complication and drama. Sometimes wearability smothered in hundreds of diamonds is enough.

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Seven new @patekphilippe limited editions mark the opening of the Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Milan, with all seven reserved for the Italian market.

Leading the collection is the platinum Ref. 5978P, a perpetual calendar chronograph limited to 120 pieces. Its day, date and month indications jump simultaneously at midnight, completing the change in just 30 milliseconds. The newly developed manually wound movement stores the energy needed for that transition while allowing the chronograph’s instantaneous 30-minute counter to continue operating. The calendar indications are in Italian, set against a navy-blue dial with a textured centre and black gradient rim.

Milan also appears on the dials of two Ref. 5531G World Time minute repeaters. Depicted by day and by night in grand feu cloisonné enamel, each version is limited to five pieces. The watch chimes the local time selected on its city disc.

Three white-gold Calatravas take their colours from the Italian flag: a green perpetual calendar Ref. 7147G limited to 100 pieces, a white date Ref. 7007G limited to 200, and a red minute repeater Ref. 7047G limited to just five. Completing the seven is a steel Aquanaut Ref. 5167A with a blue dial and strap, red accents and a 250-piece run.

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Thirty years ago, MR-G began with a difficult question: how could Casio make a metal G-Shock without losing the durability that defined it? The MRG-100, introduced in 1996, was the first answer. Since then, MR-G has become G-Shock’s showcase for advanced materials, Japanese craft and increasingly ambitious construction.

Its 30th-anniversary program tells that story through six watches. The Brinicle Frogman evokes ice formations with a hand-cut Cobarion bezel. Two Haruka models pair Hiroto Rakusho’s hand-applied platinum or gold leaf with blue colour created through laser processing.

The culmination is the Blue Rose Project, which brings Kikuo Ibe’s long-held sapphire ambition into production. Its centrepiece, the 20-piece MRG-D5000 Blue Sapphire, assembles multiple interlocking sapphire components around a titanium inner case. The challenge was to make sapphire part of a shock-resistant G-Shock despite its vulnerability to fracture on impact. Super Blue carries sapphire accents into a more familiar MR-G form, while a full-metal G-Shock brings the project’s blue sapphire details beyond the flagship line.

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@citizenwatchus has used washi paper for The CITIZEN dials since 2017, and these two limited editions make a lovely case for it. Handmade by artisans in Japan’s Kochi Prefecture, the paper brings texture to the dial while letting light through to the Eco-Drive movement beneath.

The AQ4100-65X puts ultra-thin Tosa Tengujoshi paper beneath a deep crimson upper plate. Its fine texture shows through the colour, with a sunburst pattern that catches the light. It comes on a matching Super Titanium bracelet and is limited to 350 pieces worldwide.

The AQ4106-00B goes in a different direction. Its Unryushi paper dial has long, cloud-like swirls and glinting gold fibres added during papermaking, so each pattern is a little different. A Sakura Pink Super Titanium case and crocodile leather strap complete the watch, which is limited to 300 pieces worldwide.

Both use the light-powered Caliber A060, rated to +/-5 seconds per year. There’s a perpetual calendar, too: it handles month ends and leap years automatically until 28 February 2100, and the date changes right at midnight.

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