Seven founder-led brands will launch music-inspired editions across New York, London and Melbourne, with the watches linking material craft to a three-city event.
Read the full storySix watches connect a three-city independent festival with skeleton architecture, Japanese dial craft, luminous displays, graphic GMT design and an upgraded Chinese chronograph.
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CIGA Design Warms Up the Hunter Without Making It Retro
Rose-gold and brown-gold coatings soften the Hunter skeleton watch, while its X-shaped CD-07 architecture remains emphatically contemporary.
The collector's viewCollectors can see a Chinese design-led brand evolving one recognisable platform through colour, movement display and accessible pricing rather than invented heritage.
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Seiko Rebuilds the 1913 Laurel Through Enamel and Urushi
The Presage HCC005 and HCC006 translate Japan’s first wristwatch into handmade enamel and lacquer dials inside a modern 39.6 mm case.
The collector's viewThe pair shows how a large Japanese manufacture can keep specialist dial crafts visible at prices far below atelier-scale production.
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Fears Gives Its Jump Hour a Luminous Final Act
The Brunswick Ultimus ends the model line with layered sapphire, luminous ceramic and a fully glowing hour disc rather than a nostalgic farewell.
The collector's viewThe limited order window makes this a timely read on how an independent British brand closes a successful complication with material contrast instead of repetition.
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Lima Makes an Affordable GMT Speak in Dieter Rams Colours
The Indonesian brand’s GMT Transit The Palette places Braun-inspired colour cues over a compact NH34 travel-watch platform.
The collector's viewCollectors get a useful case study in how a small regional brand can build identity through graphic design while keeping a familiar mechanical base transparent.
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Sea-Gull Moves the 1963 Chronograph Upmarket From the Inside
The 1963B keeps the compact pilot-watch outline but gives its ST1901 calibre hand finishing, a swan-neck regulator and a more serious case.
The collector's viewThe upgrade reframes one of China’s best-known mechanical watches as a manufacturing story rather than merely an inexpensive route into column-wheel chronographs.
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