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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.

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.

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

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

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.

A historical and technical look at marine chronometers: Harrison, Le Roy, Berthoud, Kendall, Arnold and Earnshaw; types, escapements, fusee, compensation balance, rating, use at sea and the GUB No. 7986 aboard the Portuguese sail training ship Sagres.

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.

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

An overview of watchmaking in Portugal today: the active Portuguese brands, watchmakers, projects and institutions keeping the tradition alive.

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”.

From the legacy of Abraham-Louis Breguet to the Experimental No. 1: Gregory Kissling, CEO of Breguet, on innovation, precision and the brand's future.

Bernardo d’Orey on his path from hospitality and luxury to straw marquetry for watch dials, in his Lisbon workshop: light, colour and craftsmanship.