#watch news 2026

MING's 57.05 Comet is a 200-piece worldtimer with a patent-pending dual bezel that finally accounts for daylight saving time, priced from CHF 6,950.

Bulgari and independent watchmaker Vianney Halter built a dual time Octo Finissimo with a new 5.49mm Caliber BVF 200. Titanium at CHF 70,000 (30 pieces), rose gold at CHF 108,000 (15 pieces).

Czapek's new Promenade L'Écume des Jours is an 18-piece limited edition built around a 1947 Boris Vian novel, with a piano-key flange, a hand-painted water lily sub-dial, and an in-house Caliber SXH5.1 movement. A working dealer's read on the watch, the story, and what it costs.

Omega refreshed the Speedmaster 38mm collection for 2026 with seven new references, a COSC-certified Calibre 3330/3332 movement family, and a return to round sub-dials for the first time since 2017. A working dealer's read on every reference, what it costs, and which one to buy.

Fears built its first perpetual calendar into the Brunswick 39, running a Dubois Depraz 55115 module under a Silver Mink dial. Official pricing lands at GBP 28,500 ex. VAT, a decade after the brand's 2016 revival.

IWC's new Big Pilot Perpetual Calendar ProSet marks 140 years of Mercedes-Benz with a crown-only setting system, no correctors needed. 140 pieces, EUR 41,300.

Blancpain has moved the Fifty Fathoms Tech (Ref. 5019A) into its permanent collection: a 47mm Grade 23 titanium diver with a world-first patented 3-hour dive bezel built for closed-circuit rebreather divers, an in-house caliber with a 120-hour reserve, and a CHF 20,500 price. The watch is large and niche, but the 3-hour bezel is one of the rare pieces of genuine innovation in a dive-watch category that has not rethought its core tool since the 1950s. A working dealer's read on what was announced, how the bezel works, the honest caveats, and why it matters.