@moserwatches has already ventured into digital territory once before. The Streamliner Alpine Mechanics Edition was developed for the Formula 1 paddock; now, the Off-Grid takes that analogue-digital thinking into everyday life, replacing race-specific alerts with travel tools and familiar watch complications.

Its 42.6mm × 14.4mm case carries the rounded architecture of the Streamliner and combines steel with either blue or black composite. Beneath the slightly domed sapphire crystal, a skeletonised dial frames a digital display at six o’clock, while a small domed Blackor fumé or Red fumé dial at 12 o’clock bears the Moser logo in transparent lacquer. Super-LumiNova ceramic indices and luminous hands provide the analogue time display.

Developed with SEQUENT, Calibre D10 comprises 186 components, operates at 32,768 vibrations per second and offers a stated accuracy of +/- 0.3 seconds per day. It connects to iOS and Android devices through Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3, while Moser quotes 12 months of battery life in time-only mode.

Its digital functions include GMT with a country selector, a split-seconds chronograph displaying 1/100th of a second, a perpetual calendar, perpetual moon phase, sunrise and sunset times, vibrating alarm and timer. The dedicated Off-Grid button also provides quick country selection and a dictionary containing 10 words in 21 languages, without the usual stream of smartwatch notifications.

The Off-Grid Blue pairs its blue composite case with a Blackor fumé dial and white rubber strap, while the Off-Grid Black combines black composite, a Red fumé dial and black rubber. Each is limited to 1,000 pieces and priced at CHF 3,900 excluding VAT. Existing Moser clients receive early access from September 21 to 23, before availability opens more widely on September 24. Orders close on October 5, 2026, exclusively through Moser boutiques and their website. ...

The discovery of @rolex’s patent filing for an instantaneous annual calendar has made the wait for this year’s launches rather more interesting, but even with the advance notice, the return of the Padellone lands hard. Introduced in 1949, the ref. 8171 was affectionately dubbed the Padellone, which translates to “large frying pan” in Italian. It offered a complete calendar in its simplest form, shortly before the professional watches began arriving in quick succession and established the identity we know today. The brief excursion into complete calendars left it as something of an outlier, and over the decades the ref. 8171 and the oyster-cased ref. 6062 became objects of fascination for collectors. Given that it is a complication thoroughly of its epoch, and one that was not unique to the company, there was little reason to expect a second act.

But now it has one, and Rolex has put some serious engineering behind it. The calendar has been upgraded to an instantaneous annual calendar, built on the highly innovative, high-frequency movement launched in the Land-Dweller.

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Revolution USA September 2026 is out now.

This issue is led by @glashuetteoriginal and the new 70s, which appears on the cover in an original artwork created for Revolution by collector and artist @moebiusart Michael Moebius. Inside, we look at the new collection, Moebius`s long connection to the brand and the history of Glashütte that sits behind the 70s line.

George Daniels would have been 100 this year, and we mark the anniversary with a major section on independent watchmaking. We look at his life, his watches and the enormous influence he had on the generations that followed. We revisit François-Paul Journe @fpjourneofficial, philippe_dufour_officiel Philippe Dufour, @franckmuller_geneve Franck Muller, @danielrothofficial Daniel Roth, @derekprattwatches Derek Pratt and @de_bethune Denis Flageollet, alongside others who helped define independent watchmaking over the past four decades. We also turn to the latest generation of independents, the young watchmakers and new brands now making their mark, and consider how different their world is from the one Daniels knew when he was starting out.

Elsewhere, @jeffkoons discusses his new collaboration with @hublot. The new @blancpain1735 Lady B gives us the opportunity to revisit Betty Fiechter, who took control of Blancpain in 1933 and remains one of the most important, yet still shockingly under-celebrated, figures in watchmaking history.

Alongside new launches, interviews and history, this edition offers a broad view of the people, watches and ideas that have shaped independent watchmaking and continue to define it today.

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Last week’s biggest launches included the @rolex Perpetual Padellone, which takes its name and broad calendar layout from the Ref. 8171, now updated with an instantaneous annual calendar, meteorite moons and caliber 7190. @blancpain1735 also looked back, marking 70 years since the Ladybird Bullet with the tiny 19mm Lady B, while @chopard returned to the original 1976 Happy Diamonds design for the collection’s 50th birthday.

@hublot’s Jeff Koons collaboration went in two very different directions. The Classic Fusion Balloon Dog transforms the artist’s famous sculpture into three playful 42mm watches, while the 30-piece MP-14 Origin houses Hublot’s first automatic central tourbillon. @audemarspiguet, meanwhile, paired white ceramic with pink mother-of-pearl for the 38mm Royal Oak Selfwinding Chronograph “Serena Williams”, limited to 500 pieces.

Elsewhere, @glashuetteoriginal gave the Seventies its first full redesign in 15 years and renamed it simply “70s”. @iwcwatches celebrated 50 years of Gérald Genta’s Ingenieur SL with a 1,150-piece anniversary edition, while @girardperregaux and the Atlassian Williams F1 Team introduced time-only and chronograph versions of the Laureato.

Closing out the week, @venezianico_official unveiled the 48g Redentore Levius, combining Grade 5 titanium with an Italian-made movement and a Zefiro guilloché dial cut by hand on an 1850 rose engine.

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@baumeetmercier gives the Clifton a cooler, more expressive appearance with two new steel references built around ice-blue, stamped guilloché-patterned dials.

The Clifton Baumatic 39mm Ref. M0A10870 offers the clearest view of the geometric texture, complemented by a black central crosshair, rhodium-plated indexes and alpha hands. Its polished and satin-finished case measures 39mm × 11.22mm and is paired with an interchangeable three-row steel bracelet. Inside, the automatic BM13-1975A Baumatic caliber delivers a five-day power reserve.

The Clifton Baumatic Perpetual Calendar Ref. M0A10872 places the complication in a newly reduced 40mm steel case. Its display accounts for the day, date, month, leap-year cycle and phases of the moon, requiring no calendar correction until 2100 if the watch remains running and correctly set. The automatic BM13-1975AC2 also provides a five-day reserve. Both watches are water resistant to 50 metres and offered in limited production.

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When Swiss watchmaking talks about crisis, the conversation usually begins with quartz. Betty Fiechter’s story begins decades earlier, in the depths of the Great Depression.

Fiechter joined @blancpain1735 as an apprentice in 1912 and, by the 1920s, was already overseeing its workshops in Villeret. Following Frédéric-Emile Blancpain’s death in 1932, she and André Léal took over the manufacture, reportedly borrowing heavily to do so. With no Blancpain family member remaining, the business was registered as Rayville — a play on the name Villeret.

To survive the Depression, Rayville turned towards the American market and movement production. Components were sent to the United States to be cased or finished locally, avoiding the tariffs imposed on complete Swiss watches. By 1936, total production had reached around 7,000 movements a month.

When Léal died in 1939, Fiechter led Rayville alone through World War II. In 1950, after being diagnosed with cancer, she brought her nephew Jean-Jacques into the company and trained him across the business. Their joint leadership spanned the creation of the Fifty Fathoms and the 1956 Ladybird, whose 11.85mm Caliber R550 remains the smallest round mechanical movement ever produced in series.

By the end of the 1950s, Blancpain’s archive estimates that annual production had reached around 200,000 pieces, much of it movements supplied to other watchmakers. That may also help explain why Fiechter’s name faded: so much of what her company made appeared beneath other names, while many of her achievements were absorbed into the stories that followed.

The Quartz Crisis has its established heroes. The Great Depression had Betty Fiechter.

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A unique white-gold @cartier Cheich has become the most valuable Cartier wristwatch ever sold at auction.

Created in 2010 as a special commission for collector and Cartier Bianco co-author Giorgio Seragnoli, the one-of-one watch achieved HK$26.52 million (US$3.41 million) at @sothebyswatches’ Important Watches sale in Hong Kong. It surpasses the previous Cartier record set in April by a circa-1987 London Crash, which sold for HK$15.616 million (US$1.994 million).

The Cheich was originally conceived as the Cartier Challenge Trophy for the Paris–Dakar Rally, with its sculpted case inspired by the cheich headscarves worn by the Tuareg people of the Sahara. Four examples were produced during the original 1983–85 period; Seragnoli’s later commission became the fifth, and the only one made entirely in white gold.

A second Cartier record came from a circa-1973–74 London Midi Pebble. The 28mm yellow-gold watch, distinguished by its geometric offset dial and original gold deployant buckle, sold for HK$3.84 million (US$494,208) — more than 2.5 times its high estimate.

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@watchesandwonders Geneva is expanding once again in 2027, bringing 75 exhibitors to Palexpo from 5 to 11 April.

Thirteen brands will make their Salon debut. The newly announced Akhor, Alain Silberstein, Berneron, Breva Genève, Fortis, Kerbedanz, Porsche Design, Singer Reimagined and Stollenwurm join Breitling, Damiani, Gallet and Universal Genève, whose participation was confirmed in June.

The exhibitors will be distributed across three areas, with 32 Maisons in the main hall, 27 brands in the Carré des Horlogers and 16 on the Mezzanine. The Carré des Horlogers alone has tripled its number of exhibitors over the past decade. Palexpo will also receive completely redesigned scenography inspired by the lakes and mountains surrounding Geneva, while artistic crafts, training, live demonstrations and hands-on workshops will feature throughout the programme.

Beyond the Salon, In The City will expand to all seven days, bringing boutique activations, artisan demonstrations, immersive experiences and cultural and musical events across Geneva. The Salon’s public weekend runs from 9 to 11 April 2027, and tickets go on sale from 9 February. ...

@blancpain1735 is marking the 70th anniversary of the Ladybird with the Lady B, a 19mm watch inspired by the historic Ladybird Bullet and the manufacture’s long-standing expertise in miniature movements. Introduced in 1956, the original Ladybird was powered by the manually wound R55. Measuring just 11.85mm across and 3.7mm thick, it remains the smallest round mechanical movement ever produced in series.

The achievement was closely tied to Betty Fiechter, who led Blancpain through the difficult years of the Great Depression and established tiny calibers as one of the manufacture’s specialties. These movements were also supplied to American watchmakers, as well as Omega and Longines.

The new Lady B has a polished two-part case measuring 19mm across and 13.2mm thick, with a total volume of only 2.9cm³. Offered in stainless steel or 18K red gold, it features an opaline dial with applied polished gold hour markers and an integrated passage for its double-tour calf-leather strap.

Inside is the self-winding Caliber 615, which measures 15.7mm in diameter and 3.9mm thick. Comprising 180 components, it incorporates a silicon balance spring and delivers 38 hours of power reserve. The Blancpain Lady B is water-resistant to 30 meters and available with straps in a range of colors.

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