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Jaeger-LeCoultre opens the first exhibition of The Collectibles in Hong Kong, including a 1949 Triple Calendar written in Portuguese. Jaquet Droz creates a unique enamel piece for TimeForArt. Minerva, Czapek, MING and Mido present new watches.

Legal vs commercial warranty, new and pre-owned watches, repairs, brand warranties and estimates: the essential legal framework for watch warranties in Portugal.

The Breguet No. 160 “Marie Antoinette”: the enigmatic commission, Abraham-Louis Breguet’s genius and the Revolution that left the impossible watch unfinished.

Part 2: how Breguet No. 160, the Marie Antoinette, was stolen from a Jerusalem museum in 1983, vanished for 24 years, inspired the No. 1160 replica and resurfaced.

At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the IPR interviewed Morgan Maillard of Vacheron Constantin about his career and the brand’s new Concours d’Élégance Horlogère.

Vacheron Constantin and Phillips name the 34 finalists of the first Concours d'Élégance Horlogère. Inhorgenta opens a vintage section and the Horological Society of New York has a new executive director. MB&F and Bianchet present new watches.

In 2005–06 the Untergunther secretly restored the Panthéon's 1824 Wagner clock in Paris, were taken to court and acquitted. The story of a remarkable restoration.

The Instituto Português de Relojoaria visits Azurea Portugal in Maia and talks to CEO Vincent Skrzypczak about high-precision watch components made in Portugal.

The story of the watches worn by World Cup referees and how the technology that now supports decisions on the pitch has evolved, from stopwatch to smartwatch.

Blancpain presents the Lady B and the 70th-anniversary Bathyscaphe in Lisbon. LVMH's watches and jewellery grow 6% in the quarter. TAG Heuer, Toledano & Chan, Pequignet and Vulcain unveil new watches.

A historical and technical study of marine chronometers: Harrison, Le Roy, Berthoud, Arnold, Earnshaw, escapements, the fusee and the GUB No. 7986 of the Sagres.

Little watchmakers fill the afternoon at the Medeiros e Almeida Museum on World Watch Day. Ebel passes to F.P. Journe and Chanel, a Voutilainen 28Sport tops one million dollars at Phillips, and Atelier de Chronométrie, Angelus and Raymond Weil present new watches.