The new @rolex Perpetual Padellone marks a striking return to complicated watchmaking, bringing together ideas that have appeared across the brand’s history in very different forms. Some of those clues were obvious. Others were hiding in plain sight.

From early calendar watches to more recent technical developments, the path to the new Padellone is a fascinating one — and it may tell us something about where Rolex is heading next.

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A new chapter in @rolex watchmaking arrives with the Perpetual Padellone.

Named after reference 8171 — the historic complete calendar timepiece known to collectors as the “Padellone” — the new creation brings together heritage, elegance and some of Rolex’s latest technical innovations.

Housed in a refined 39 mm case measuring 12.2 mm thick, the watch displays the date, day, month and moonphase, with a blue crescent-tipped centre hand indicating the date and a blue enamelled moonphase disc featuring full and new moons crafted from meteorite.

At its heart is the new calibre 7190, beating at 5 hertz and featuring the innovative Haplos system, which allows the movement to distinguish between 30- and 31-day months. At midnight, the date, day and month change instantaneously. The movement also incorporates Rolex’s Dynapulse escapement, Syloxi hairspring and optimized Paraflex shock absorbers, while delivering approximately 66 hours of power reserve.

The Perpetual Padellone is available in 18 ct Everose gold with either a Settimo bracelet or brown alligator strap, and in 950 platinum with an ice-blue dial and black alligator strap.

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Fifty years after @chopard first set diamonds free, Happy Diamonds circles back to the design that started it all.

The idea dates to 1976, when Chopard designer Ronald Kurowski saw sunlight sparkling across a waterfall in Germany’s Black Forest and set out to recreate the effect on the wrist. Each diamond was placed in its own gold bezel and allowed to spin between two sapphire crystals, creating a display that changes with every movement. The resulting cushion-shaped watch won the Golden Rose of Baden-Baden and established one of the maison’s most recognisable signatures.

For the anniversary, the new Happy Diamonds Heritage returns to the original’s compact silhouette and striking contrasts, pairing an 18K ethical yellow gold case with a polished black onyx dial. The 34mm model measures 8.53mm thick and carries 21 freely moving brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 1.05 carats.

Inside is the hand-wound Chopard 10.01-C, a compact manufacture calibre offering approximately 45 hours of power reserve. Its nickel-silver bridges and mainplate can be viewed through the sapphire caseback. A second 24mm model measures just 6.72mm thick and follows the same gold-and-onyx design with nine moving diamonds and a quartz movement.

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Following the rush of Geneva Watch Days, it was back to regular programming last week. @louisvuitton brought five Tambour Spin Time models into its permanent collection, including an Australian opal dial, the Antipode worldtimer and a platinum flying tourbillon. At Madring, @tagheuer trimmed the Carrera Chronograph Sport from 44mm to 42mm, adding four dial colors around the automatic TH20-00.

@jaegerlecoultre supplied the technical heavyweight: a one-off Duometre Grande Complication à Grande Sonnerie with 15 complications, roughly 1,300 components and a year-long assembly. @panerai marked 100 years of its Florence boutique with two eight-day Luminors: the 100-piece Platinumtech PAM01734 and 1,000-piece steel PAM01794.

@chronoswiss dressed its handless Neo Digiteur in Rose, Mint and Sky, each powered by the hand-wound C.85757 and limited to 99 pieces. @jacobandco went straight for spectacle, setting 54 diamonds onto the flying tourbillon’s balance wheel and 366 pastel sapphires across the 42mm white-gold pièce unique.

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Lightness is written into the name of the new @venezianico_official Redentore Levius, a mechanical dress watch weighing just 58 grams including its strap. Its new Zefiro dial carries rather more visual weight.The classically proportioned case is fashioned from Grade 5 titanium and measures 38mm across, 44.2mm lug to lug and 8.9mm thick. The case alone weighs only 12.9 grams, with brushed and polished surfaces preserving the more formal character of the Redentore line.

Across the dial, irregular guilloché lines radiate outwards in overlapping currents inspired by Zephyrus, the gentle west wind of Greek mythology. Fourth-generation artisan Linda Renzetti cuts each uninterrupted pattern on an 1850s rose engine, complemented by double-faceted alpha hands with polished and sandblasted finishes.

Power comes from the hand-wound V5000, manufactured in Italy by OISA. The calibre offers a 60-hour power reserve, is rated to ±3 seconds per day and can be viewed through the sapphire caseback, where its four bridges feature radial Côtes de Genève, polished anglage and micro-perlage.

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The masters of exuberant expression, @jacobandco Jacob & Co, mark a new chapter in their watchmaking story with the Brilliant Flying Tourbillon Baguette Pastel Arlequino. Given the sheer weight of stones on the case, dial and crown, it might take a second to spot what makes this timepiece so mechanically remarkable. For the first time in modern watchmaking, the balance wheel of the tourbillon is set with stones. A total of 54 brilliant-cut diamonds have been painstakingly set, allowing for a constant shimmer, while not interrupting the chronometric performance of the movement. But this new movement goes even further, even the rear bridges are set with stones — a total of 234 brilliant white diamonds to be specific, making this panoply of pastel stones as technically impressive as it is opulent. ...

Among @seikowatchofficial King Seiko’s modern collections, the VANAC is easily its most expressive. First introduced in 1972 and revived in 2025, the sharply faceted sports watch now expands with three lightweight titanium references and a limited steel edition celebrating Seiko’s 145th anniversary.

The regular-production HKF001, HKF002 and HKF003 retain the 41mm × 14.3mm bezel-less case of last year’s revival but weigh just 128g. Their purple, gray and black dials combine horizontal lines with a new radiating pattern inspired by Tokyo’s highways and skyline. The purple HKF001 has already picked up a major nod, earning a place among the six watches selected by the GPHG Academy for the 2026 “Challenge” category.

Alongside the titanium trio is the HKF004, an 800-piece stainless-steel edition marking 145 years since Kintaro Hattori opened the business that became Seiko in 1881. Its silver-white dial is framed by a vivid Seiko Blue index ring, with matching blue hands completing the anniversary treatment.

All four are powered by the automatic Caliber 8L45, offering a 72-hour power reserve and an accuracy rating of +10 to −5 seconds per day. Wave-patterned finishing across the oscillating weight and bridges is visible through the sapphire caseback, while the HKF004 adds a blue King Seiko shield, “Limited Edition” engraving and its individual production number.

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Four seasons, four unique Cosmograph Daytonas, and @rolex at its most unabashedly decorative.

Created under the Perpetual Planet Initiative, the quartet translates the changing character of the seasons into four expressive combinations of precious metals, natural stones and gemstones. The palettes move from white gold with chrysoprase, lepidolite and purple sapphires to Everose gold with turquoise, heart of ruby and pink sapphires. Yellow gold brings together mookaite, chrysoprase and green tourmalines, while platinum is matched with blue opal, lapis lazuli, diamonds and a sapphire-set bezel graduating from blue to fuchsia.

That connection to nature also shapes the purpose behind the watches. Phillips will offer them individually across four lots in London on Monday, 28 September 2026, with proceeds benefiting the Federer Foundation and Re:wild. Established by Roger Federer, the former supports early and foundational learning for children across Southern Africa and Switzerland, while the latter, co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio, works to protect and restore wild ecosystems around the world.

Against the Daytona’s origins as a utilitarian racing chronograph, the quartet offers a striking counterpoint: four singular expressions of Rolex’s gem-setting expertise, created to turn their rarity into support for education and conservation. ...

@chronoswiss_official Chronoswiss gives its handless mechanical digital icon a new colour code.

The Neo Digiteur Pastel Code arrives in three limited editions: Rose, Mint and Sky. Each version brings a softer visual language to one of the brand’s most unconventional creations, but the concept remains anything but conventional.

The display is pure Neo Digiteur: a jumping hour at 12 o’clock, sweeping minutes in the centre and sweeping seconds at 6 o’clock. No traditional hands, no electronics, just discs, gears and mechanical energy arranged within a tailored rectangular case.

Measuring 48mm by 30mm in stainless steel, the watch is powered by the hand-wound Chronoswiss Caliber C.85757, fitted with a proprietary in-house module and offering approximately 48 hours of power reserve. The dial receives its matte, subtly lively finish through sandblasting and lacquer, giving Rose, Mint and Sky their own distinct visual temperature.

Pastel, but never soft. The Neo Digiteur remains a mechanical digital statement that refuses to blend in.

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@panerai Panerai is celebrating 100 years at Piazza San Giovanni, one of the most important addresses in the brand’s history.

Opened in 1926 under the name Orologeria Svizzera, the Florence boutique was more than a shopfront. It was a working space where the Panerai family assembled and repaired watches, and where the brand’s horological knowledge continued to develop through its relationships with the Swiss maisons of the time.

To mark the centenary, Panerai has introduced two limited-edition watches: the Luminor Firenze 8 Giorni PAM01734 and Luminor Firenze 8 Giorni PAM01794.

Both are 44mm Luminor models powered by the hand-wound P.5000 calibre, giving them an eight-day power reserve. The PAM01794 is the stainless steel version, limited to 1,000 pieces and water resistant to 300 metres. The PAM01734 is the more exclusive Platinumtech version, limited to 100 pieces, with a green sandwich dial and 100 metres of water resistance.

Most interestingly, the Platinumtech model revives a detail from Panerai prototype history: grooves cut into the inner side of the crown-protection bridge, originally intended to make the crown easier to operate with gloved hands.

A centenary watch, then, but very much in Panerai language: Florentine history, military-derived function, and a design detail that is more useful than decorative.

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