Daily Digest

Swatch Group has appointed Bertrand Delvert CEO of Swatch Group USA, ending a leadership gap that began when Arnaud Michon left in September 2025. Delvert had led Swatch Group France since 2019 and previously spent 18 years at Tissot. He has already been in the U.S. role for about two months.

Why it matters (interpretation): This suggests Swatch Group is prioritizing an experienced brand and marketing executive to stabilize its U.S. business. The appointment matters because the American market is central to the group’s core brands, including Omega, Longines, Breguet, Blancpain and Glashütte Original.

Oris expands the 40mm Big Crown Pointer Date with the Burgundy Ref. 01 754 7798 4038-07 8 20 06, a £1,750 model in the 2025 collection. The watch uses a burgundy or oxblood-red dial, pencil hands and Arabic numerals, and is powered by the Oris 754 calibre with a 41-hour power reserve.

Bonhams will offer a 17th-century pocket watch handcrafted by royal clockmaker David Ramsay for King James VI and I in December. The historic piece is estimated to fetch up to $469,000.

Why it matters (interpretation): This is a rare royal timepiece with strong historical provenance, which can drive collector interest and auction attention. The estimate also indicates the market’s appetite for important early horology.

Louis Vuitton revives the Tambour Convergence in a new Mirror Steel version. The article frames it as part of the brand’s broader Tambour overhaul that began in 2023, following the integrated sports-watch direction and continuing the return of the line’s more elegant execution.

Hodinkee covers the 2026 Windup Watch Fair in New York, its 11th edition and third year at Center415 on Fifth Avenue, where more than 160 brands including Baltic, Brew, Sinn and Oris exhibited. The feature also follows James Stacey and Tim Jeffreys competing to see who could make the best $250 haul.

PS Horology has introduced the Tsuba 1720, a new model in its Tsuba collection from the independent Swiss brand founded in 2022 by Peter Speake. The watch draws inspiration from George Graham’s 18th-century watchmaking and continues the integrated-style Tsuba line launched in 2025.

Baumann Aying’s new F38 ND is a 38mm stainless-steel mechanical watch priced at 360 euros. Patrick Baumann presents it as a functional everyday watch with restrained proportions and careful movement regulation; he calls it a “Werkzeuguhr.”

Jacques Bianchi Marseille has introduced the JB300 Professional, a new collaboration with former US Navy diver Brock Stevens focused on combat diving. The watch builds on the pair’s previous release and uses a forged carbon case, a COSC-certified movement and design details developed from feedback from active military divers.

Depancel has introduced a limited edition Autosport model for the 2 Tours d’Horloge, a 24-hour historic-racing event at Circuit Paul Ricard. The watch is part of the French brand’s Autosport collection and is themed around the endurance race created in 1992 by Éric Van de Vyver.

Formex has introduced the 41mm Essence Ceramica Redshift at Windup New York. The watch uses a black zirconium oxide ceramic case, bracelet and clasp, plus a Muonionalusta meteorite dial with black-gold galvanic treatment and red accents. It retails for $4,450.

Casio has unveiled two limited-edition G-SHOCK MR-G watches for the collection’s 30th anniversary: the MRG-B2100HR and MRG-B2100HS. Created with Japanese artist Hiroto Rakusho, they use metal foil craftsmanship inspired by the theme Haruka, combining traditional decoration with MR-G’s high-end G-SHOCK construction.

Kerbedanz and 10Ten Labs introduced two exclusive watches at Timeology Nights 2026 in Riyadh: the 65’27’’ Khozama and the MAXSPOR GR8 41 mm Wahaj. Khozama uses charoite, while Wahaj features a salmon guilloché dial with Indo-Arabic numerals, both designed as Saudi-inspired editions for collectors.

Sotheby’s Geneva will hold its watch sale in two parts on November 8 and 9, with viewing at the Mandarin Oriental from November 5 to 7. Les Rhabilleurs highlights seven lots, including Cartier Pebble and Baignoire watches, an Ulysse Nardin minute repeater in platinum, a Patek Philippe Ref. 3448G, a George Daniels piece and an A. Lange & Söhne grande and petite sonnerie from 1914.

Longines hosted the Watch Advice Collector’s Circle at its Brisbane boutique for an evening centered on the new Master Collection. Around 40 guests explored the brand’s wider range, tried watches on wrist and discussed Longines’ positioning as a value-focused Swiss watchmaker.

Omega has removed the Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer from its catalog. The space-oriented quartz chronograph, developed with ESA engineers for Mars missions, was part of the Speedmaster X-33 line that began in the 1990s with input from General Thomas Stafford and others.

Hodinkee visits Casio’s Yamagata Casio “mother factory” in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, which handles watches made in Japan while much of the brand’s volume is produced abroad. The feature describes the site’s role as the operational brain of Casio’s Japanese watch production and the surrounding fruit-growing region.

Watchonista looks at the revival of Waltham, the historic American watchmaker, and what is driving renewed interest in the brand. The piece frames Waltham’s return as part of a broader reassessment of American watchmaking heritage.

This first part of a two-part series examines recent escapement innovation, from industrial approaches such as Rolex’s silicon escapement and Breguet’s magnetic Swiss lever to independent watchmakers revisiting designs like the natural escapement. It focuses on how classical mechanisms have been modernised for wristwatches.

Worn & Wound reviews the anOrdain Model 1 Porcelain in stainless steel, priced at $2,950. The watch uses a white porcelain dial, a La Joux-Perret G101 movement, a sapphire crystal and a leather strap, with 38 x 46mm dimensions, 11mm thickness and 5 ATM water resistance.

Deployant reviews the Strehler Säntis Worldtimer, an independent watch by Andreas Strehler. The piece revisits the model first introduced in March 2026 and assesses Strehler’s approach to the worldtimer, focusing on his technical execution and watchmaking philosophy.

Two Broke Watch Snobs compares the Seiko 5 Sports and Timex Deepwater Meridian 200 on movement performance, build quality, water resistance and everyday wearability. The guide weighs the two affordable dive watches as value-driven options for buyers choosing between Japanese and American-branded models.

Robb Report deputy editor Paige Reddinger talks about her path into watches and several pieces in her collection, including a Rolex Datejust, a Cartier Baignoire, and a wood-cased watch. The profile also traces her early exposure to the industry through a visit to A. Lange & Söhne’s manufacture while at Forbes.

Time+Tide traces Heuer and TAG Heuer dive-watch history and shows how the brand has repeatedly used reissues and references to earlier designs. The piece frames the Aquaracer collection as a modern continuation of that strategy rather than a standalone new launch.

This feature explains seven ways watchmakers display the date on wristwatches, from the familiar date window to pointer-date and other less common systems. It focuses on the variety of date indications used in mechanical watch design rather than on a specific model or brand.