The Konstantin Chaykin ThinKing Mystery is a watch that we’ve been wanting to review and photograph for quite some time. Finally, yesterday at the SIAR Summer Edition in Mexico City, our friends from Berger Joyeros made that possible for us.
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Introducing: Mauron Musy MU09 NODE°—Equipped with a Revolutionary Gasket-Free Sealing System
There are independents that spend years telling you what they're going to be, and then there are those that quietly build until the object does the talking. Mauron Musy, founded in 2013 in Switzerland's Broye Valley by Christophe Musy—an engineer, notably not a watchmaker—has always belonged to the latter camp.
Introducing: The Armoury x Naoya Hida & Co. Reference Type 4A-2 Floating Feathers
There are collaborations, and then there are collaborations. The former category is crowded with co-branded dials dressed up as creative partnerships. The latter is rare, and the Type 4A-2 Floating Feathers, the third collaborative timepiece between The Armoury and Naoya Hida & Co., belongs firmly in the rare camp.
From the Editor: Soleilhac Harmonie Watches—A Self-Taught Horologist Jumps Into Independent Watchmaking
I came across Soleilhac the way I come across most of the independent brands that end up on my radar and make it to WCL—not through a press release or a fair booth, but through a conversation. Samuel Soleilhac reached out to me through Instagram a few weeks ago, and this week we finally connected. Samuel told me about his first collection, the Harmonie, which is the kind of story I find genuinely compelling in this industry.
Insider: L. Leroy 'Bal du Temps' Minute Repeater Tourbillon—Two Centuries of Timekeeping, Struck on Demand
The L.Leroy 'Bal du Temps' Minute Repeater Tourbillon is available in three references, and each has a distinct chromatic identity: ALD blue for the platinum (Ref. LL306/1), anthracite with gold for the red gold (Ref. LL305/1), and rhodium silver with an ALD-blue hand for the titanium (Ref. LL307/1). Each material tier reads as a genuinely different watch rather than the same design in different metals.
Introducing: Bianchet UltraFino Maserati Flying Tourbillon—Inspired by the MCPURA (Live Photos)
The watch-car collaboration is a category with more misses than hits, but when the engineering philosophies genuinely align, the result can be more than the sum of its parts. Bianchet and Maserati have come together to unveil the UltraFino Maserati Flying Tourbillon ahead of Watches and Wonders 2026 in Geneva, where we will see it in person and report on the ground.
Introducing: L. Leroy Elyor Tourbillon Seconde Centrale—An Exquisite Timepiece in Three Metals (Live Photos)
Few names in French watchmaking carry the weight of L.Leroy. Founded in Paris in 1785 by Charles Leroy, the Maison was appointed official watchmaker to the French royal court before becoming supplier to the French Naval Ministry in 1835—a role it held longer than any other manufacturer, producing more than 2,200 marine chronometers for naval fleets across Europe.
Introducing: Speake Marin Ripples Kármán Line—A Stunning Dial in an Ultra-Thin Package (Live Photos)
Since 2022, the Ripples collection has served as Speake Marin's entry into the integrated-bracelet stainless-steel category, which continues to dominate modern watch collecting. For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the new Ripples Kármán Line—named for the boundary 100 kilometers above sea level where Earth's atmosphere yields to outer space—sharpens the collection's proposition considerably.
Introducing: Bonniksen Naissance d'une Montre 4 Le Carrousel—A Recovered Complication and a New Brand
The watch world's most rigorous exercise in horological transmission has a new chapter. The Time Æon Foundation—the La Chaux-de-Fonds institution behind three landmark hand-made watches since 2012, each supported by Greubel Forsey—announces Naissance d'une Montre 4 Le Carrousel, and with it, the birth of an entirely new watchmaking house: Bonniksen.
News: Porsche Design Opens Its Own Timepieces Manufaktur in the Heart of Swiss Watchmaking
Porsche Design has officially opened its new Timepieces Manufaktur in Grenchen, Switzerland, marking the brand's first permanent production base in the country's watchmaking heartland. The ceremonial opening took place on March 19, 2026.
Perspective: The Hazemann & Monnin School Watch—What it Entails for a Sonnerie au Passage to Win the LVMH Prize
Yesterday evening at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Alexandre Hazemann and Victor Monnin were named winners of the second Louis Vuitton Watch Prize for Independent Creatives. The award carries a €150,000 scholarship and a year-long mentorship at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton.
Introducing: Krayon X PAC-MAN—High Horology Goes Arcade
Krayon has spent nearly a decade building one of the most intellectually rigorous identities in independent watchmaking. From Everywhere to Anywhere to Anyday, every creation has orbited the same philosophical axis—man's relationship with natural light, celestial cycles, and the poetic mechanics of lived time.
From the Editor: The Dominique Renaud Pulse60—The Man Behind Renaud & Papi Launches His Namesake Watch and It Beats Once Per Second
For decades, Dominique Renaud was the watchmaker's watchmaker, the mind behind some of the most technically ambitious complications ever produced under other houses' names. Through the mythic Renaud & Papi manufacture, later acquired by Audemars Piguet, he became one of the most consequential movement architects of the modern era.
Introducing: UNIMATIC Modello Tre U3S-T-Automobili Amos X SEASE—All Titanium, All Purpose
UNIMATIC's collaboration playbook has always leaned toward cultural adjacency over pure horological flex— and the Modello Tre ref. U3S-T-AA (Automobili Amos), developed with Italian restomod house Automobili Amos and created exclusively for SEASE, is a clean expression of that instinct.
Introducing: ArtyA Purity Moissanite Curvy Tourbillon—First Use of Silicon Carbide in Watchmaking
ArtyA is not a brand that plays by conventional rules. The Geneva-based independent house has built its identity on provocation, material experimentation, and a willingness to go places the mainstream Swiss industry simply won't. With the Purity Moissanite Curvy Tourbillon, it goes further than ever.
Introducing: Ralph Lauren 888 38 mm—On Bracelet and with a Swiss Quartz Calibre
The Ralph Lauren 888 collection continues to serve as the house's most classically proportioned watch family, and the new 38 mm reference doubles down on the formula: clean lines, traditional design codes, and a case size that reads as universally versatile. Available this April at select Ralph Lauren boutiques and authorized retailers, the 888 38 mm pairs a white lacquered dial with polished stainless steel and a Swiss quartz movement.
Insider: Bianchet B 1.618 UltraFino Titanium. The Independent Tourbillon Punching Above Its Weight.
The B 1.618 UltraFino is Bianchet's first ultra-thin design, first automatic movement, and first integrated bracelet. Three firsts in a single release from a brand only five years old. That level of mechanical ambition deserves attention.
Insider: Antoine Preziuso TTR3 Trillion Radiant—89 Carats and Three Tourbillons at 10 Million Dollars
Antoine Preziuso has been forging his own path since 1980—over four decades of independent Geneva watchmaking rooted in complication mastery and a refusal to follow convention. Born in Geneva with Italian roots, he trained at the city's École d'Horlogerie and built minute repeaters, perpetual calendars, and tourbillons under his own name and for some of the industry's most established houses.
Introducing: Nivada Grenchen F77 MKII Collection—12 New References
The original F77 reissue by Nivada Grenchen was one of the more improbable success stories in recent independent watchmaking. Guillaume Laidet built an entire collection around a single vintage piece from a collector's drawer, and the market responded with enthusiasm that even caught its creator off guard. Thousands sold, dozens of variants produced, a genuine following cultivated.
Introducing: Block RG Stealth Tourbillon. Sharpest Geometry in Haute Horlogerie.
Founded by Romas Gimbutis, Block RG draws on decades of expertise in jewelry craftsmanship, precision engineering, and haute horlogerie. Relying on a group of creators who intimately understood the limits of traditional watchmaking because they'd spent years working within them, the brand draws on materials and technologies from the aerospace, high-performance automotive, and defense sectors, integrating lightweight composites and advanced alloys that prioritize performance over convention
