There are anniversary watches, and then there are anniversary watches. Parmigiani Fleurier's Carillon Tourbillon marks a philosophy of a 30-year-old Maison built not around a designer's vision but around a restorer's discipline: understand first, then create. That lineage traces directly to a specific object. In 2000, Parmigiani Fleurier restored a Perrin Frères pocket watch.
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Introducing: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Hybris Artistica Calibre 179 Pegasus (Live Photos)
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Métiers Rares atelier transforms the Reverso into a sculpted canvas for the winged horse of Greek legend as Jaeger-LeCoultre continues to push the Hybris series into new artistic territory with the Reverso Hybris Artistica Calibre 179 Pegasus, a five-piece limited edition that channels the full force of the Manufacture's Métiers Rares atelier.
Introducing: A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret Tourbillon Honeygold—An Unexpected Comeback
The Cabaret has always been one of A. Lange & Söhne's most polarizing propositions. Introduced in 1997 as part of the brand's post-reunification rebirth, the rectangular case and art deco-influenced double-step bezel never drew the same crowd as the Lange 1 or the Datograph. It was discontinued around 2011 and has since lived as a secondary-market curiosity.
Insider: Louis Moinet 1816 Tourbillon Chronograph—113 Grams of High Horology
Les Ateliers Louis Moinet, the contemporary manufacture bearing his name, has spent two decades translating that founding object into haute horlogerie. The 1816 Tourbillon Chronograph is the most complete expression of that mission to date. The new Louis Moinet 1816 Tourbillon Chronograph is limited to just 12 pieces.
Introducing: Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2TV.1 Mesure du Temps 1787—Its Most Spectacular Movement Yet (Live Photos)
For a decade now, Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud has built its reputation on a deliberate paradox: movements of extraordinary complexity visible only through the case back, partially through the dial, and via portholes on the caseband. A way in which the beauty of the movement remains somewhat mysterious and reserved for the wearer.
Introducing: IWC Ingenieur Tourbillon 41 Gold—A Stunning Olive Green Statement Piece (Live Photos)
Since IWC relaunched the Ingenieur in 2023 with the Automatic 40, IWC Schaffhausen has been building the collection outward with clear intent—new sizes, new materials, and complications that feel earned rather than forced. For Watches and Wonders 2026, that progression reaches its apex. Fifty years after Gérald Genta's original Ingenieur SL defined the template, IWC introduces the collection's first tourbillon.
Introducing: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Lumen—A Grand Complication That Never Goes Dark (Live Photos)
A. Lange & Söhne has always treated the Lange 1's asymmetric dial architecture as a canvas for complication. The "Lumen" edition pushes that proposition further than any previous iteration: a tourbillon, a perpetual calendar, and a moon phase—all luminous, all readable in complete darkness, housed in a 950 platinum case limited to 50 pieces.
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: Girard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Flying Bridges. Automatic Winding with Micro-Rotor at USD 590,000.
Girard-Perregaux has been on a roll since the release of the La Esmeralda Tourbillon “A Secret” Eternity Edition. Now comes the Minute Repeater Flying Bridges, the Manufacture's third new top-tier calibre in under six months—a pace that would be ambitious for any brand, let alone one building movements of this complexity entirely in-house.
From the Editor: Five Tourbillons That Defined the Past Twelve Months. Each One Answered a Different Question.
The tourbillon remains the most overused word in luxury watchmaking and, simultaneously, the complication most capable of separating genuine mechanical ambition from decoration. Almost every manufacture offers one, but very few deliver something really defining. Over the past twelve months, WCL has published coverage on dozens of tourbillon watches across every price segment and philosophy.
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: H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Tourbillon Concept Ceramic—First Time Using this Material
H. Moser & Cie. has never touched ceramics until now. The Streamliner Tourbillon Concept Ceramic ref. 6805-2100 marks the Schaffhausen independent manufacture's first foray into the material, and the decision to debut it within the Streamliner collection feels less like experimentation and more like inevitability.
Introducing: Richard Mille RM 41-01 Tourbillon Soccer. From Kickoff to Final Whistle at 2 Million Dollars.
Richard Mille's fascination with football is not new. The RM 11-01 and RM 11-04 Roberto Mancini introduced a match-time display that demonstrated the brand's willingness to engineer sport-specific functionality at the highest mechanical level. The RM 41-01 Tourbillon Soccer takes that ambition and pushes it in an altogether different direction.
Introducing: Girard-Perregaux La Esmeralda Tourbillon "A Secret" Eternity Edition—Celebrating the Year of the Horse
Girard-Perregaux marks the Year of the Horse with a striking expression of its most storied complication—La Esmeralda Tourbillon "A Secret" Eternity Edition, a watch that channels the Maison's deep heritage through a lens of auspicious symbolism and unmistakable craft. It is a piece that invites study rather than a glance, rewarding sustained attention with layers of historical reference and decorative refinement.
Introducing: Audemars Piguet 150 Heritage Pocket Watch—Le Brassus Returns to Its Ultra-Complication Roots
Continuing with the releases for its 150th anniversary, Audemars Piguet has returned to the format that preceded the wristwatch yet remains central to the Manufacture's most ambitious technical expressions. The Audemars Piguet 150 Heritage Ultra-Complication Universal Calendar pocket watch, reference 75150PT.OO.01, in platinum, stands as a direct descendant of Le Brassus’s legendary ultra-complications: the 1899 L’Universelle and the 1921 La Grosse Pièce, pieces that established the brand's mastery of astronomical complications and grande sonnerie mechanisms, and which are in the Audemars Piguet Musée Atelier.
Introducing: Chopard Zagato Lab One Concept—A Racing Car on the Wrist
The intersection of motorsport and watchmaking has produced its fair share of automotive-inspired timepieces, yet few achieve the authenticity and seamless integration of automotive design cues into watchmaking that Chopard's third collaboration with Zagato delivers. Although let’s not forget Audemars Piguet’s integration of auto racing design cues into several Royal Oak Offshores, like the Pablo Montoya, the Michael Schumacher, and the Rubens Barrichello.
Introducing: Louis Moinet Tourbillon Puzzle Fire Horse—Celebrating Chinese New Year
Louis Moinet marks 2026—the Year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese zodiac—with a métiers d'art tour de force that demonstrates why this independent manufacture has become synonymous with artisanal puzzle dials. The new Tourbillon Puzzle Fire Horse arrives as a unique piece celebrating an astrological convergence that occurs once every 60 years, when the element of fire combines with the horse in the Chinese calendar, heralding a period of intense, assertive energy.
Introducing: Zenith DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Skeleton Rose Gold—The Quest for Haute Horlogerie Continues
Zenith has unveiled its most technically ambitious DEFY Skyline to date, introducing the manufacture's first fully openworked tourbillon within the collection. Presented at LVMH Watch Week 2026 in Milano, the DEFY Skyline Tourbillon Skeleton in rose gold represents a compelling synthesis of skeletonized architecture and high-frequency precision, rendered in a striking contrast of warm precious metal and luminous blue finishing.
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
