Watchmaking decoded, beyond the press release.
Unveiled on 5 November 2026, the Ref. 8315-3 dresses Serica's Travel Chronometer in Golden Green ceramic and an olive green enamel dial. A compact chronometer-certified GMT on a bracelet designed for it, and what it says about the travel watch today.
On sale since 3 November 2026, the Kalahari takes MAT, a French maker of tool watches, into the crowded genre of the field watch, with a tonneau case and a sand-beige dial. What a small independent house can still invent in a genre the biggest names have already ploughed.
With the Tortue Lady Blue Moon, Claude Meylan designed an automatic, skeletonised ladies' watch around what its female clients were asking for. Men then wanted it too, and the Vallée de Joux house now offers them a 35 mm version.
At the 2026 Paris Motor Show, the Peugeot RCZ Vision concept car carries a Serica Ref. 1174 Parade, a unique piece with a Bleu Glacier dial that serves as the dashboard clock, then comes out to be worn on the wrist. What the pairing says about how far an independent brand founded in Paris in 2019 has come.
Unveiled on 2 September 2026 at the Geneva Watch Days, the Chronomaster Solo Sport strips the chronograph function from the El Primero 3600 calibre, keeping only its 5Hz beat. The subtraction says as much about Zenith's product logic as about its place in the watchmaking hierarchy.
With the Perpetual Padellone, a full annual calendar driven by a new calibre, Rolex pushes its non-sporting range a little further. The bet comes off, and it comes off without disowning anything of the house.