Bell & Ross has announced the BR-03 Space Mission, a 41mm watch following the BR-03 Astro released in 2025. The new model replaces conventional hands with an animated display set against deep black aventurine glass, continuing the brand’s space-themed designs.
New watch releases this week include Biver’s first steel watch, the MB&F LM1 EVO and the Hublot Classic Fusion Tributo. Jaeger-LeCoultre and Svea Atelier also feature among the brands with new releases.
Ressence has unveiled the Type 10 DN, its first watch to combine the brand’s proprietary base calibre with its oil-filled display module. The debut edition is limited to 100 pieces and features an organically shaped titanium case with a dark blue DLC coating.
Why it matters · interpretationThe first in-house calibre suggests a significant step toward greater movement independence for Ressence.
WatchTime New York recorded its highest attendance in its 11th year. The three-day 2026 event at Gotham Hall brought together collectors for new watches and collecting discussions, marking the largest edition of the show to date.
Formex has added the Essence Ceramica Dark Matter RedShift to its Essence Ceramica range. The new version combines a black meteorite dial and red accents with matte ceramic, and is powered by a COSC-certified movement.
Serica has a collaboration with Peugeot, while Hublot’s next chapter and Grand Seiko’s design philosophy are also among this week’s watch-industry developments.
Nivada Grenchen’s Chronoking Black Amber brings a warmer aesthetic to the Chronoking collection, continuing the brand’s emphasis on designs that evoke obscure vintage watches.
Oris has redesigned the ProPilot Calibre 111 with a new case and a vertically brushed dial featuring organic texture. Powered by the hand-wound manufacture Calibre 111 with a ten-day power reserve, the pilot’s watch will be presented at WatchTime New York 2026.
Frederique Constant is debuting a burgundy edition of the Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture at WatchTime New York 2026. Limited to 100 pieces, the watch has a 40mm stainless-steel case, a traditional perpetual calendar display and an in-house movement with a 72-hour power reserve.
The new Junghans Meister Chronoscope 27/7620.02 combines a matte silvered dial with a gold-colored PVD coating on its case rather than solid gold. The design recalls the beginnings of the modern Meister model range in 2011.
Ferdinand Berthoud’s Naissance d’une Montre 3 begins deliveries of a ten-watch series in 2026, with production limited to two annually. The watches use 18-carat ethical gold and follow a unique stainless-steel example sold by Phillips in Geneva for CHF 1,270,000 on 8 November 2025. Developed with Chopard, the project preserves traditional watchmaking skills.
Richard Mille has opened a 441-square-metre flagship at Calle José Ortega y Gasset 10 in Madrid, establishing its first directly operated retail presence in Spain. The two-level boutique includes sales lounges, an on-site watchmaker and polishing room, and a dedicated hospitality floor. Longtime partner Rafa Nadal encouraged the project.
The Pequignet Royale Paris Moon Phase is a 39.5mm watch from the French brand. Pequignet also developed a French-made movement independently of Yema, with both brands introducing their movements around the same time.
Lorige has unveiled the BL-Evolution Competition, a 50-piece edition marking its partnership with Inter Europol Competition. Its 50 × 42mm case and dial use Carbon/Carbon material from brake pads raced on the team’s No. 43 and No. 343 LMP2 prototypes. The LOR-DB03 movement offers a seven-day power reserve.
Fears expands the Arnos collection with the Opera Black, an Art Deco-styled dress watch. The new version combines a polished black onyx dial with contrasting white lacquer.
Chopard’s thirteenth L.U.C Full Strike Día de los Muertos edition pairs straw and eggshell marquetry in a skull dial requiring 160 hours of work by one artisan. The watch features a hand-engraved 42.5 mm rose-gold case and the L.U.C 08.01-L minute-repeater calibre with monobloc sapphire gongs.
Oris has unveiled a burgundy-dial Big Crown Pointer Date in its continuing collaboration with Swiss leather specialist Cervo Volante. Following editions in 2022 and 2025, the partnership uses responsibly sourced Swiss deer hides for straps. Vegetable tanning preserves natural scars and marks, repurposing hides from population-control culls that would otherwise be burned.