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Introducing: Chopard L.U.C XPS Prussian Blue—A Sector Dial in an Ultra-Thin Watch (Live Photos)
Introducing: Chopard L.U.C XPS Prussian Blue—A Sector Dial in an Ultra-Thin Watch (Live Photos)

Chopard used the 30th anniversary of its Fleurier Manufacture to make the case for restraint. The L.U.C XPS Prussian Blue is a 40 mm ultra-thin dress watch in Lucent Steel that owes its entire chromatic identity to the historical relationship between the Canton of Neuchâtel—where the Manufacture is based—and the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Weekend Reads: The Birth of Bonniksen, M.A.D.Editions Goes Darker, Bianchet Goes Maserati, and Three Days Until Watches and Wonders Geneva
Weekend Reads: The Birth of Bonniksen, M.A.D.Editions Goes Darker, Bianchet Goes Maserati, and Three Days Until Watches and Wonders Geneva

Each week at WCL delivers editorial coverage across the spectrum of serious watch collecting—from industry analysis and new release evaluation to archival perspectives and manufacture insights. Weekend Reads curates the week's most substantial pieces: the editorials that reward deeper engagement and merit your weekend reading time.

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From the Editor: Three Looks, One Mighty Manufacture Movement—The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chrono 'Panda' Makes Every Other Panda Obsolete
From the Editor: Three Looks, One Mighty Manufacture Movement—The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chrono 'Panda' Makes Every Other Panda Obsolete

The panda dial chronograph is one of watchmaking's most contested formats. The Rolex Daytona made it iconic. The Omega Speedmaster made it accessible. Zenith's El Primero made it first. But the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph ref. 5520V/210A-B686may have made it definitive.

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The @l.leroy1785 Elyor arrives in three executions: grade 5 titanium as ref. LL311/1 with a silver dial, platinum 950 as ref. LL310/1 with an ALD-treated sky-blue dial, and 18K 5N gold ref. LL309/1 with an anthracite dial and gold accents. #lleroy #w
The @iwcwatches Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 41 made its debut at Watches and Wonders 2025 in stainless steel with a blue dial, marking the first time Gérald Genta’s iconic integrated-bracelet design had been paired with Kurt Klaus&rsquo
First presented in 2021 with a blue dial and then in 2024 with a salmon dial, the In-Line Perpetual Calendar is Patek Philippe’s newest perpetual calendar with an innovative patented one-line display that shows the day, date, and month on a sin
When Zenith introduced the G.F.J. Calibre 135 at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2025, it marked one of the more consequential acts of horological archaeology in recent memory: the full re-engineering of Calibre 135, the most decorated movement in the his
Chopard’s Fleurier Manufacture marks its 30th anniversary at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026 with perhaps its most intimate statement: an eight-piece limited edition that unites a jumping-hour complication with a dial assembled from hand-split
At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, @hermes made its most technically ambitious move in the five-year history of the H08. The H08 Squelette—three years in development—is the collection’s first skeletonized timepiece, and the one tha
De Bethune’s DB28XS has always sat at the intersection of serious independent watchmaking and compact wearability. With the DB28XS Dark Sand, the manufacture takes that formula into decidedly darker, more mineral territory—deploying matte
@chopard Manufacture in Fleurier turns thirty this year, and to mark the occasion, the maison has released a new edition of the L.U.C 1860—the reference that effectively announced the birth of the L.U.C line in 1996. Rather than a nostalgia exe
@cvstos_official has long understood that a watch case is not merely a container—it is a statement. With the Challenge Purity Sapphire collection, the Geneva-based manufacture makes that statement in the most literal and luminous way possible:
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News: Porsche Design Opens Its Own Timepieces Manufaktur in the Heart of Swiss Watchmaking
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.

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