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From IWC’s game-changing ProSet perpetual calendar to Van Cleef & Arpels’ innovative Midnight Jour Nuit Phase de Lune, Watches and Wonders Geneva reveals high complications are back in focus.

Day 2 of Watches and Wonders Geneva sees a continued emphasis on technical ingenuity, from Patek Philippe’s boundary-pushing astronomical complications to Grand Seiko’s artisanal mastery.

Day One at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026 opens with a decisive focus on chronographs, led by Rolex’s latest reveal and reinforced by technical innovation from TAG Heuer and Parmigiani Fleurier.

From a debut timepiece by the reinvigorated Blancpain, the classic Villeret has sparked a sprawling collection of elegant dress watches. The latest Golden Hour series of 16 novelties is writing its next chapter.

Hype is out; discovery is back. This piece investigates the “dark horses” of the past year — watchmaking’s quiet achievers and hidden treasures that defied the algorithm to earn a place on the list of potential future must-haves.

WOW Singapore Spring 2026 (Issue #83) is now available at all leading bookstores and newsstands, and digitally via Magzter.

The Urwerk UR-100V LightSpeed Ceramic is a cosmic scale on the wrist — tracking the journey of light across the solar system through a highly engineered ceramic composite case.

In a year when watchmaking may have spared Switzerland a major economic blow, it just so happens that many of its biggest names are celebrating huge birthdays. The editors attempt to surprise each other with their anniversary acumen and find some meaning in it all.