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The Santos de Cartier 2025 Titanium (right). Photo: Handout

Is titanium redefining dress watches? Models by Cartier and Bulgari suggest so

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Making of the Ulysse Nardin Blast Free Wheel Marquetry. Photo: Handout

The luxury watch world’s marquetry masterpieces, from Hermès to Patek Philippe

The Famous Project saw French sailor Alexia Barrier lead the first all-female team to attempt a circumnavigation of the globe, without stopping and without support. The feat was backed by watchmaker Richard Mille. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: Richard Mille backs Alexia Barrier’s all-female feat of sailing

The new Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour is compact and resolutely graphic, with a design that draws on a reference created at the height of the Streamline Moderne movement in the 1920s. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: Audemars Piguet’s contrasting watch releases

Beyond sales appointments, luxury watchmakers are building deeper client relationships with new hospitality concepts. Photo: Handout

How these luxury watchmakers are going beyond boutiques

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Gregory Kissling, CEO of Breguet, spoke to Style about his approach to re-energising the 250-year-old watchmaker to better showcase its long history of innovation. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: Breguet CEO Gregory Kissling on the brand’s 250-year heritage

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Keep watch over your precious timepieces, when they’re not on your wrist, with a beautiful case like this one from Louis Vuitton. Photo: Handout

Keep watch over your precious timepieces with a luxury storage box

From left: Bulgari Tubogas Manchette unveiled at LVMH Watch Week 2026; Michael B. Jordan sports vintage Patek Philippe at the Golden Globes; MB&F presents the LM Sequential Flyback Evo in Titanium. Photos: Handout; AP

5 hottest watch moments in January – from the Golden Globes to Omega news

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Horse. Photo: Handout

New Year, new watches: 4 dazzling timepieces for the Year of the Horse

Amanda Mille (left) and Cécile Guenat are at the forefront of Richard Mille’s push to meet women’s increasing demand for mechanical watches. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: The women driving watchmaker Richard Mille’s creative direction

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Omega’s Speedmaster Moonwatch boasts a long association with space exploration. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: Omega’s latest Speedmaster Moonwatches

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Equally at home in challenging terrain or the boardroom, the new Tudor Ranger models are exciting options for anyone with a sense of adventure. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: New models in the Ranger line enhance Tudor’s legacy of expedition

Launched in July, the Ancestra collection by Atelier Wen features enamel dials by master enameller Kong Lingjun. Photo: Handout

Atelier Wen showcases Chinese craftsmanship, from Henan to Dubai Watch Week

Vacheron Constantin adds sparkling Self-Winding High Jewellery models to its Overseas collection. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: Vacheron Constantin’s new Self-Winding High Jewellery models

Rolex ambassador and tennis legend Roger Federer wears a Land-Dweller 40 with a five-band bracelet. Photo: Handout

Are straps the luxury watch world’s latest design statements?

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The Van Cleef & Arpels “Poetry of Time” exhibition, which runs in Hong Kong until February 8, takes visitors behind the scenes to see how the maison’s beautiful watches are created. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: Van Cleef & Arpels’ poetic watchmaking, on display in Hong Kong

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Daniel Roth’s Extra Plat Rose Gold Skeleton. Photo: Handout

LVMH Watch Week 2026: the best new releases from the conglomerate’s brands

Luxury watch houses are reviving skilled goldsmithing techniques, such as hand engraving for the creation of the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Tour de l’Île. Photo: Handout

How luxury houses are reviving elaborate goldsmithing techniques on watches

A fresco at the Musée International d’Horlogerie in Switzerland. Photo: Handout

Horology’s most storied addresses: watch museums, workshops and archives

The Bulgari Serpenti Tubogas with the new Calibre BVS 100 Lady Solotempo was revealed at LVMH Watch Week 2025. Photo: Handout

Why luxury watchmakers think the timing is right to go smaller

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The founders of Hong Kong’s Nectere Watches on their first collection launch

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The 40mm Rolex Day-Date in white gold and platinum are mechanically identical – but the different metals result in a US$17,000 price difference. Photo: Handout

Think platinum trumps gold? The Rolex Day-Date proves you wrong

Richard Mille’s women’s watches stand out for celebrating strength, individuality and confidence. Photo: Handout

Style Edit: Celebrating Richard Mille’s women’s collections

Henry Cavill, Zhang Ziyi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jun Ji-hyun are now all watch ambassadors, for Longines, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega and Piaget, respectively. Photos: Handout

Newly minted watch ambassadors – from Henry Cavill to Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Nadine Ghosn on her favourite watches, and how her popular and quirky designs, including her Toothbrush and Crayola jewellery, came to be. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Nadine Ghosn on stacking luxury watches with her Crayola and Toothbrush jewellery

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