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29 September
Four unique Rolex Daytonas raise £37.3 million at Phillips for two charities. Ianos releases the military-born Amfivios, and DOXA donates a one-off SUB 300T to shark conservation.

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Sep 295 min read


28 September
Seiko opens its first own store in Portugal, in Lisbon. Minerva, Louis Vuitton, Favre Leuba, Buci, Circula and the new Donut Watch Company complete the edition.

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Sep 287 min read


25 September
Grönefeld brings four complications together in an all-new calibre, Vacheron Constantin marks 30 years of the Overseas, and Breguet reworks the Marine with hand guilloché.

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Sep 254 min read


24 September
Nivada Grenchen marks 100 years with the F77 MKII, Panerai brings the Luminor to 42mm and Héron introduces the Continental.

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Sep 243 min read


23 September
Bangkok Watch Week opens with more than 45 brands; Roger Dubuis concludes the Merlin trilogy; Phillips unveils the Pucci Papaleo collection of Rolex chronographs.

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Sep 232 min read


Watch Radar — September 22, 2026
Panerai brings the 1990s Luminor to 42 mm for the first time; Roger Dubuis closes its Merlin trilogy; a Cartier Cheich sets two records in Hong Kong.

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Sep 223 min read


21 September
Portojóia closed its 35th edition yesterday in Matosinhos, reaffirming its role as Portugal’s main jewellery, goldsmithing and watchmaking gathering. In Geneva, Yinka Ilori’s M.A.D.Gallery installation also ended, while Rolex SailGP closed the weekend on Lake Geneva.

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Sep 213 min read


18 September
The day in brief Watches and Wonders Geneva has confirmed the expansion of its 2027 edition to 75 exhibitors, with 13 new brands, a redesigned setting and an In The City programme running throughout the week of 5–11 April. Grand Seiko revisits a discreet but important reference from its modern history with the SBGW325, while Ressence turns the Type 9 into a kinetic artwork in collaboration with Jules Wittock. Blancpain, Arnold & Son and Hamilton complete an unusually varied d

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Sep 183 min read


Horological Radar — 11 September 2026
Citizen brings the Tsuyosa 60 to 37 mm in Europe; Sotheby’s opens its Fine Watches exhibition in Hong Kong today; in Florence, Panerai marks a century of presence with “Immersion”.

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Sep 112 min read
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