English microbrand Clemence has launched the Photic MKII Swiss Edition, a new limited-edition watch marking the brand’s first move into Swiss watchmaking.
Norwegian collector Eivind “Edthezilla” Németh recounts his journey to acquiring a Rexhep Rexhepi watch, fulfilling a personal collecting ambition.
Urwerk’s titanium UR-300 Time Quantum replaces conventional wandering-hour arms with two independent bars forming a T-frame and carrying four three-sided prisms. Each hour, the bars exchange positions, their supporting carousel advances 72 degrees, and the prisms rotate simultaneously. The active hour numeral tracks minutes along a 108-degree arc at six o’clock.
Why it matters: This represents a substantive reworking of the wandering-hours architecture that has defined Urwerk since 1997, rather than simply a new case or dial treatment.
Atelier Mephalie is returning with three in-house minute repeaters from Shanghai. The comeback revives a dormant watchmaking brand with roots in the late 19th century, choosing complicated chiming watches for its return.
Ming applies its approach to familiar watch complications to the 57.05 Comet worldtimer. The watch reflects the brand's interest in reinterpreting established watch types through design as well as ergonomic and functional considerations.
Jiro Katayama discusses the creation and future of Otsuka Lotec, the Japanese independent watch brand he founded. Its collection combines steampunk influences with industrial design, building international recognition within the independent watchmaking scene over just a few years.
The Beaubleu La Pièce No. 1 is a French dress watch that pairs circular hands with a mysterious dial design. Its vintage-inspired styling gives the watch an unconventional take on traditional dress-watch aesthetics.
Ressence’s Type 10 DN (Dark Night) is its first oil-filled watch powered by the RW-01 manufacture calibre, unveiled earlier this year. A dark-blue titanium case pairs with a matching rubber strap. The rotating ROCS display operates in oil, magnetically coupled to the mechanical movement housed in a separate, air-filled compartment.
Andorra-based Atelier de Chronométrie has unveiled the ADC16, its first dual-register chronograph. The unique commission features a gilt dial and a heavily upgraded historical Valjoux 23 calibre, following the independent watchmaker’s earlier three-register split-seconds chronographs.
Artisanal watchmaking exists within major industrial watch brands as well as among independents. Looking at how individual watches are produced and who makes them complicates the conventional separation between these two parts of the watch industry.
The 20th Salón Internacional Alta Relojería runs October 20–22 at The St. Regis Mexico City, bringing together 50 brands and six first-time exhibitors. Debutants include Christiaan van der Klaauw, Kudoke and Pragma. Raymond Weil and Nivada Grenchen also join the October edition for the first time after previously participating in SIAR Summer.
Renaud Tixier’s Monday Skeleton reworks its debut watch with the skeletonized RVI2025 calibre, featuring 262 components, 238 inward angles and at least 72 hours of power reserve. Its patented platinum microrotor system uses an inertia wheel and propulsion spring to capture energy from subtle wrist movements, while a decoupling mechanism protects against shocks. Finishing is performed by hand in Tolochenaz, Switzerland.
H. Moser & Cie. has unveiled the Pioneer Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Aventurine Saquon Barkley. The limited-edition watch marks the brand’s first collaboration with the NFL star.
A new generation of independent watch brands is embracing expressive design, with creative typography and a maximalist approach to fonts serving as forms of expression.
Australian microbrand EXOFI has launched its debut dive watch, the Wolf Rock 42. Inspired by Queensland’s coast, the model marks the brand’s entry into Australia’s microbrand watch scene.
The Salón Internacional Alta Relojería (SIAR) will hold its 20th edition from October 20 to 22. The watch fair will feature 50 brands, with a strong presence from independent watchmakers.
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.
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.
French watch brand Capta launched on Kickstarter in September 2026 with the Omnia collection and its first model, the Uniscale. Founded by Alexandre Dib and Trystan Jego, the brand combines vintage wristwatch functionality with modern readability. The Uniscale brings tachymeter, pulsometer and telemeter functions together on a single dial scale.
MONTA marks its tenth anniversary with two Neuchâtel X limited editions. The milestone follows a decade of developing versatile Swiss-made watches informed by mid-century tool-watch design, a direction the independent brand has pursued since its founding.
Nuncier, the independent Middle Eastern watch brand formerly known as Nuun, has released the limited-edition Lunar Mission. Its Moon-surface-inspired design provides a new interpretation of the sporting silhouette that has helped establish the young brand’s visual identity.
The 20th Salón Internacional Alta Relojería will take place October 20–22 at The St. Regis Mexico City, hosting 50 brands. Six first-time exhibitors—Christiaan van der Klaauw, Kudoke, NOMOS Glashütte, Neprosolar, Pragma and Unimatic—join the fair. The program includes launches, Mexican-market editions and watches rarely available through regular retail channels.
The MB&F LM1 Evo is a dual-time watch combining sporty and heritage-inspired design elements. It comes from the Geneva-based independent watchmaker behind the Horological Machine collection.
Toledano & Chan’s new b/1 “Dazzle” watches pair the brand’s brutalist design language with a visually disorienting camouflage treatment inspired by First World War U-boats.
Scottish watchmaker Anordain’s Model 2 Porcelain reflects its expansion from enamel into porcelain dial-making. Founded in 2015 by designer Lewis Heath, the brand makes its dials by hand in Glasgow. Its enamellers visited Limoges to study porcelain craftsmanship before the company established its own production processes.
Geneva-based auction house Marteau & Co. will hold its largest auction to date from October 8 to 15. Attention is focused on the prices achieved and the sale’s role in the secondary market for independent watches.
Konstantin Chaykin’s ThinKing Mystery takes the theme of a “weightless” Joker, drawing on the tradition of unobtrusive watches worn with elegant evening dress in the 1920s and mid-century.
Andersen Genève’s Communication 45 is a platinum worldtimer, linking the watchmaking tradition of tracking time around the globe with the romance of international travel.
Kudoke unveiled Tremblage versions of the Kudoke 1 and Kudoke 2 in early April 2026. Part of the independent brand's Handwerk collection, the editions feature dials decorated using centuries-old hand-engraving techniques, bringing traditional decorative craftsmanship to two of its leading models.