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Last Week in Watches: Louis Erard x Vianney Halter, Glashütte Original Goes Aventurine

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Last Week in Watches: Louis Erard x Vianney Halter, Glashütte Original Goes Aventurine

Louis Erard and Vianney Halter lead the week with the twin-movement Futur Antérieur, while Glashütte Original lets aventurine take centre stage. Elsewhere, Bell & Ross heads for the slopes, Norqain goes turquoise, Vacheron Constantin welcomes the Goat and Konstantin Chaykin revisits Seneca

 

Louis Erard × Vianney Halter Futur Antérieur

Louis Erard and Vianney Halter return for their third collaboration with the Futur Antérieur, bringing Halter’s riveted, porthole and steampunk aesthetics to a new steel case measuring just 8.85mm. This time, the layout has two automatic Sellita SW100 movements working side by side: one displays hours and minutes, and the other displays seconds. Gold pairs yellow-gilt dials with black ostrich leather, while the silver version combines rhodium-plated dials with a blue strap.

 

Louis Erard × Vianney Halter Futur Antérieur Gold and Silver

Louis Erard × Vianney Halter Futur Antérieur Gold and Silver

 

Read more about the Louis Erard × Vianney Halter Futur Antérieur here.

 

Tech Specs: Louis Erard × Vianney Halter Futur Antérieur Gold and Silver

Movement Two automatic Sellita SW100 calibres per watch; 38-hour power reserve each
Functions Hours, minutes and separate seconds display
Case Brushed and polished stainless steel; 38 × 44mm footprint, 8.85mm thick; 50m water resistance
Dial Gold: yellow-gilt; Silver: grained rhodium-plated with circular-brushed rings; blued-steel hands on both
Strap Gold: black ostrich leather; Silver: blue ostrich leather; steel pin buckles
Price CHF 4,950 each, excluding tax; CHF 9,900 excluding tax for the two-watch Duo Set
Availability 178 pieces per version; Duo Set limited to 78 sets

 

Glashütte Original Senator Aventurine

Glashütte Original gives aventurine plenty of room to sparkle with two pared-back Senators. The Art Nouveau Green model combines dark green glass with red gold and a brown nubuck-finished alligator strap, while Art Déco Blue opts for platinum, paired with blue aventurine and a matching blue strap. Timekeeping-wise, both are minimalists showing just the hours and minutes, driven by the manufacture’s automatic Caliber 36-16 with a 100-hour power reserve. They join the Atelier offering, with each watch assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker.

 

Glashütte Original Senator Aventurine Art Nouveau Green

Glashütte Original Senator Aventurine Art Nouveau Green

 

Glashütte Original Senator Aventurine Art Déco Blue

Glashütte Original Senator Aventurine Art Déco Blue

 

Tech Specs: Glashütte Original Senator Aventurine Art Nouveau Green and Art Déco Blue

Movement Automatic Glashütte Original Calibre 36-16; 100-hour power reserve
Functions Hours and minutes
Case Green: red gold; Blue: platinum; both 40 × 10.20mm, with 50m water resistance
Dial Green: dark green aventurine glass; Blue: dark blue aventurine glass
Strap Green: brown Louisiana alligator with nubuck finish and red-gold pin buckle; Blue: blue Louisiana alligator, fastening unverified
Price Upon request

 

Bell & Ross BR-05 Chrono Snow Rocket

Bell & Ross brings a splash of ski-suit red to the BR-05 Chrono Snow Rocket. The watch features a matte white dial with italic red numerals and ski-inspired skeletonized hands, giving the familiar rounded-square chronograph a suitably winter-y character, with the addition of a tachymeter continuing the theme of speed. The automatic BR-CAL.326 supplies 60 hours of autonomy. It comes on a steel bracelet or a bold grooved red rubber strap.

 

Bell & Ross BR-05 Chrono Snow Rocket

Bell & Ross BR-05 Chrono Snow Rocket

 

Tech Specs: Bell & Ross BR-05 Chrono Snow Rocket

Movement Automatic BR-CAL.326; 60-hour power reserve
Functions Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, 30-minute chronograph and tachymeter
Case Satin-finished and polished steel; 42mm wide × 14.25mm thick; 100m water resistance
Dial Matte white with red italic numerals, red hands and white luminous filling
Strap Grooved red rubber or satin-finished and polished steel bracelet; steel folding clasp
Price EUR 6,900 on rubber; EUR 7,400 on steel
Availability Limited to 250 pieces

 

Norqain Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite Turquoise

Norqain adds turquoise to the Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite. The 45-gram watch, which combines black Norteq composite, titanium and aluminium with a shock-absorbing X-Lite casing ring, comes in a new look with bright rubber elements and turquoise dial details giving the skeleton design a lively contrast. It’s powered by the automatic NBK26/1, developed with AMT, offering 65 hours of power reserve and COSC certification.

 

Norqain Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite Turquoise

Norqain Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite Turquoise

 

Tech Specs: Norqain Wild ONE Skeleton X-Lite Turquoise

Movement Automatic Norqain/AMT 4K Manufacture Calibre NBK26/1; 65-hour power reserve
Functions Hours, minutes and central seconds
Case Black NORTEQ composite, titanium and aluminium; X-Lite ring and turquoise rubber; 41 × 11.95mm; 100m water resistance
Dial Skeletonised black with turquoise printing and luminous details
Strap Black/turquoise double-layer rubber with NORTEQ pin buckle; alternative black-rubber/turquoise stretch strap
Price CHF 9,900

 

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Goat

Vacheron Constantin looks ahead to the 2027 Year of the Goat with two Métiers d’Art editions. A hand-engraved gold goat stands on a rocky outcrop against miniature-painted grand feu enamel landscape. Like the maison’s other Métiers d’Art pieces, inside is the automatic Caliber 2460 G4/3 which displays hours, minutes, day, and date through four apertures, leaving the central area clean for the scene to take the spotlight. Two versions are made: pink gold providing a warmer setting, while the platinum sees a white-gold goat and dark blue alligator strap.

 

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Goat

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Goat

 

Tech Specs: Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Goat

Movement Automatic Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2460 G4/3; 40-hour power reserve
Functions Hours, minutes, day and date through apertures
Case 18K 5N pink gold or 950 platinum; both 40 × 12.72mm; 30m water resistance
Dial Multicoloured miniature and grand feu enamel; hand-engraved goat and rocky base in pink gold for the pink-gold version, white gold for platinum
Strap Pink gold: dark brown alligator; platinum: dark blue alligator; matching-metal triple-folding clasps
Price Upon request
Availability 25 pieces in each metal

 

Konstantin Chaykin Seneca II

Konstantin Chaykin’s Seneca II gives a new perspective to the Roman philosopher with ruby-tipped “eyes”, a gulloché beard and a moonphase smile. The unique titanium watch also rocks a Latin maxim about good deeds into its date ring, visible beneath a sapphire magnifier. The automatic K.18-18.6, based on La Joux-Perret’s G200, provides a 68-hour reserve. It is destined for the Watches for ELA charity auction in Geneva on 9 November.

 

Konstantin Chaykin Seneca II

Konstantin Chaykin Seneca II

 

Tech Specs: Konstantin Chaykin Seneca II

Movement Automatic Konstantin Chaykin K.18-18.6, based on La Joux-Perret G200; 68-hour power reserve
Functions Anthropomorphic hours and minutes, date and moonphase
Case Titanium; 40 × 13.5mm; 3 ATM water resistance
Dial Skeletonised silver-grey with rhodium and dark ruthenium coatings, wave guilloché and synthetic-ruby hand tips
Strap Black leather with a manufacture-made titanium fastening
Price No retail price; auction estimate not verified in the brand material
Availability Unique piece; announced 29 October 2026; Watches for ELA auction, Geneva, 9 November 2026.