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 × 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.









