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Los relojes más locos (y brillantes) de Watches and Wonders 2026
La edición pasada del Watches and Wonders se desarrolló en un contexto de caos geopolítico (con la bomba arancelaria de Trump causando revuelo en la industria relojera suiza), y este 2026 también llega con un panorama complejo.
The Most WIRED Watches at Watches and Wonders 2026
If last year’s Watches and Wonders felt like it was playing against a backdrop of geopolitical chaos (with Trump’s tariff bombshell sending a shiver through the Swiss watch industry), the 2026 edition arrives with its own complicated backdrop.
Bremont Is Sending a Watch to the Moon’s Surface
By the time astronauts next touch down on the lunar surface—NASA is targeting 2028, China 2030—a new watch from British brand Bremont may have been roaming the dust and craters for a couple of years or more. The Artemis II crew members were each issued a Speedmaster X-33 wristwatch for their mission, the long-lived digital astronaut watch from official NASA supplier Omega, whose legendary Speedmaster Professional “Moonwatch” accompanied Apollo astronauts to the lunar surface in 1969.
The Most WIRED Watches at Watches and Wonders 2026
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The Most WIRED Watches at Watches and Wonders 2026
If last year’s Watches and Wonders felt like it was playing against a backdrop of geopolitical chaos (with Trump's tariff bombshell sending a shiver through the Swiss watch industry), the 2026 edition arrives with its own complicated backdrop.
The Loud Nights and Quiet Days of Avalon Emerson
Known as a D.J. at one of Berlin’s most storied clubs, she swerved with an LP of dreamy pop. Now she’s back, cataloging the angst of 30-something creative life.
The 11 Most WIRED Watches That Dropped at Watches & Wonders 2025
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The 11 Most WIRED Watches That Dropped at Watches & Wonders
President Donald Trump’s tariffs bombshell this week (complete with a levy seemingly aimed at a few thousand penguins on remote Antarctic islands) landed right in the middle of Watches & Wonders, the sprawling Geneva trade show that brings together Rolex, Patek Philippe, TAG Heuer, Cartier and a panoply of other major players in the Swiss luxury watch industry—an industry that has suddenly found itself facing a 31 percent import tax in its biggest and most important market.
The 11 Most WIRED Watches That Dropped at Watches & Wonders
11 hours ago The musician adds another piece from the Omega x Swatch collaboration to his watch roll. Cruising around London on a massive pink bus is just another day in the office for Ed Sheeran. Part of the promo tour for "Azizam," his first single in two years, it's a big moment for the singer—one that …
This Is How TAG Heuer Revamped Its Iconic F1 Watch
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How Richard Mille Takes Quartz Watches to a Surprising Level
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Trump’s $100,000 Watches Are the Most Tragic Celebrity Watch Yet
Celebrities partnering with watch brands is nothing new. Sometimes a bona fide watch enthusiast like John Mayer partners with Audemars Piguet, or Ed Sheeran (owner of a unique Patek Philippe, no less) teams up with Casio. Then there’s the other end of the scale, where controversial Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy and his own watch company resides. Now, however, there’s a new nadir: the Trump Watch. Announced this week by former US president Donald Trump, the collection consists of two pieces.
Panerai’s Submersible Elux Lab-ID Dive Watch Generates Its Own Light Show
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TAG Heuer Kith Formula 1 Watch 2024: Prices, Specs, Availability
Move over MoonSwatch—in a collaboration with Kith, TAG is reissuing 10 pimped versions of its classic plastic sports watch. And, yes, they will be available online (if you're fast enough).
As the Snoopy Omega Lands, Cartoon Luxury Goes Boom Original
Should you fancy a wristwatch with Snoopy on it, you’re hardly short of options. Timex has an entire collection dedicated to the Peanuts gang, Seiko recently issued a breezy duo of Snoopy-adorned tickers, and Bamford London, a UK luxury watch brand, has a £1,700 ($2,240) GMT made as a collab with the fashion website Hypebeast, featuring the famous pooch styled in streetwear. Or you could just plump for the cute Snoopy watch face Apple added to its WatchOS last summer.
As the Snoopy Omega Lands, Cartoon Luxury Goes Boom
1 hour ago More D.C. area dining establishments are paying extra attention to a sometimes-overlooked area: the restroom. The right low-lighting in the lavatory can make all the difference when it comes to a proper mid-meal selfie, but add hotel-level upgrades like luxe lotions or soft hand towels and you’ll …
The Swatch x Omega Snoopy MoonSwatch Has Landed
The connection between Snoopy and Omega is long established, and it’s likely this iteration of the wildly successful Swatch collaboration will be its most popular model, especially as it is a proper new iteration and not a version of the Moonshine Gold MoonSwatches.
Snoopy MoonSwatch: Price, Availability, Release Date
Considering the long-established connection between Snoopy and Omega, after the original MoonSwatch caused pandemonium around the globe in 2022 and reinvigorated Swatch’s previously flagging fortunes, it’s hardly surprising that the brand should mine this rich Schulz seam to tease a coming Snoopy MoonSwatch.
Opsydia: esta startup descubrió que esconder códigos en los diamantes servirá a la computación cuántica
Si alguna vez compraste un anillo de compromiso, o cualquier otra joya con diamantes, es probable que conozcas las “cuatro C”: quilates (carat), corte, color y claridad, que entre sí determinan la calidad de una gema. La quinta C no oficial es la certificación: un documento de una autoridad independiente que valida las cualidades y la autenticidad de una piedra. Ahora, sin embargo, una startup británica se propone aportar otra C a la mezcla: el código.
How Do You Hide Secret Codes in Diamonds? Space Lasers!
If you’ve ever bought an engagement ring, or any other diamond jewelry, you likely know about the “Four Cs”: carat, cut, color, and clarity, which between them determine the quality of a gem. The unofficial fifth C is certification—paperwork from an independent authority validating the qualities and authenticity of a stone. Now, however, a UK startup is aiming to bring yet another C into the mix: code.
How Do You Hide Secret Codes In Diamonds? Space Lasers!
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The Only Way You Can Buy Time
The author of this article pens a defence of private aviation in terms of its convenience to those who use it. He gives a set of pointers to those considering this mode of travel, including warning of risks for those who don't undertake the necessary research required. In these days of “net zero” and concerns about fossil fuel emissions, a sector that is regularly criticised is private aviation.
The Only Way You Can Buy Time
Send to a colleague Print (subject to copyright) Request Reprint Rights The author of this article pens a defence of private aviation in terms of its convenience to those who use it. He gives a set of pointers to those considering this mode of travel, including warning of risks for those who don't undertake the necessary research required. In these days of “net zero” and concerns about fossil fuel emissions, a sector that is regularly criticised is private aviation.
Subdial quiere que negocies con tu Patek o tu Rolex como si fueran acciones
La sede en Hoxton de Subdial cumple con todos los requisitos que cabría esperar de una startup tecnológica del este de Londres: es un amplio espacio en un conjunto de uso mixto, neveras llenas de cervezas artesanales, mesas de pie para reuniones y un perro merodeando por el espacio. Menos familiar, sin embargo, es el gran cubículo acristalado que ocupa el centro del edificio.
Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathom: price, availability, specs
Looking to follow up on the staggering success of its Omega MoonSwatch collaboration, Swatch Group has announced its next in-house mashup, the Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathoms, or "Scuba Fifty", and it drops this weekend. Named after Swatch’s 90s Scuba divers and Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms dive-watch range, the new collection takes inspiration from the luxury brand’s timepiece that set the blueprint for analog dive watches as we know them.
Swatch x Blancpain Scuba Fifty Fathom: price, availability, specs
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Subdial Wants You to Trade Your Patek or Rolex Just Like Stocks
The Hoxton headquarters of Subdial, a business founded in 2018, ticks plenty of the boxes you’d expect for an East London tech startup: an airy open-plan space in a mixed-use block, fridges stocked with craft beers, expansive standing tables for team get-togethers, a pet dog padding around. Less familiar, though, is the large, glass-fronted cubicle that sits at the heart of the building.
Subdial Wants You to Trade Your Patek or Rolex Just Like Stocks
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Subdial Wants You to Trade Your Patek or Rolex Just Like Stocks Original
Unlike a peer-to-peer marketplace, all fulfillment thereafter—payment, authentication, servicing, insurance, shipping—is carried out by Subdial, enabling clients to trade anonymously but securely. And for those who trade frequently (Davis and Crane say that many of their customers buy or sell a watch at least once a month), an incentive scheme allows them to move up through membership tiers, with reduced transaction fees the higher you go.
Do Anti-Private Jet Protesters Have Any Valid Arguments?
This commentary unpacks what it says is the real data on private jets' impact on the environment. The author argues that those who attack the sector's C02 emissions are not aware of the full picture. In articles about “decarbonisation,” human-caused global warming and the topic of private jets occasionally comes up. For example, Hollywood celebrities, who claim to be concerned about green causes, and who use private jets, are often scorned.
Rolex presentó su creativo reloj 'emoji' en Watches & Wonders 2023
La fiesta anual de la industria relojera de lujo en Ginebra (Suiza), Watches & Wonders, es una locura incluso cuando la economía no muestra signos de tensión. Este año, la crisis del costo del estilo de vida, la inflación creciente, los problemas de la cadena de suministro y la guerra de Ucrania apenas se percibieron en los lujosos pabellones del centro de exposiciones Palexpo.
Watches & Wonders 2023: Rolex Has an Emoji Watch
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Watches & Wonders 2023: Rolex Has an Emoji Watch
The luxury watch industry’s annual jamboree in Geneva—the Watches & Wonders show—is slightly bonkers even when the economy is not showing signs of strain. This year, cost-of-living crises, soaring inflation rates, supply chain issues, and the war in Ukraine were scarcely evident in the ultra-luxe halls of Geneva’s Palexpo exhibition center. After a bumper 2022, Switzerland’s watch power players are pushing their prices skyward and yet reporting no fall in demand or production.
The MoonSwatch Mission to Moonshine Gold Is Limited in Every Way
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The MoonSwatch Mission to Moonshine Gold Is Limited in Every Way Original
Last year, after sparking the biggest hype frenzy the watch market has seen with the release of the MoonSwatch, a bioplastic Swatch version of Omega’s legendary Speedmaster Moonwatch, Swatch president Nick Hayek Jr. said that “positive provocation” was a key part of the brand’s mission. Which perhaps explains the first follow-up to the original 11-strong collection of MoonSwatches, announced today but trailed beforehand (as was the original release) with cryptic social media messaging.
The MoonSwatch Mission to Moonshine Gold Is Limited in Every Way
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Blancpain presenta un reloj de buceo que cronometra hasta 3 horas bajo el mar: Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa
Décadas después de que ‘las computadoras de pulsera’, mejor conocidas como smartwatches, hicieran del reloj de buceo analógico una herramienta casi innecesaria, sigue siendo un instrumento cuyos límites y posibilidades los fabricantes de relojes continúan evolucionando, como si la simplicidad funcional, por no mencionar los límites del cuerpo humano en las profundidades, fuera tan solo un estado mental.
Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa Dive Watch Gets a 3-Hour Makeover
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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa Dive Watch Gets a 3-Hour Makeover Original
Decades after wrist-worn computers made the analog dive watch an all-but-redundant tool, it’s still one whose limits and possibilities watchmakers continue to evolve, as though functional redundancy—not to mention the limits of the human body at depth—were merely a state of mind.
Reflections on 12 months of sobriety
Today marks 12 months since I walked into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I woke up on a non descript Monday morning, hungover for no good reason having spent the night drinking alone, and decided that I couldn't take it any more. Having struggled with alcohol for many years, I have no idea why that morning happened to be the morning. But it was, and 365 days later I can say with certainty that it was the best thing that has ever happened to me.
The friendly economist
A wise man once said: "It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong." That man wasn't Russell Investments global head of investment strategy Andrew Pease, but it was one of his favourite economists and authors, John Maynard Keynes. Alongside Keynes, Pease, an economist himself, also admires the work of legendary thinkers such as Ben Inker, James Montier, Michael Mauboussin, Howard Marks, and, closer to home, Jack Gray and Shane Oliver.
Behind the curtain
Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok is a strong advocate for tangible investments that create value for the community and economy. Having now marked a decade with the fund, Fok explains how he first became involved with Cbus while serving as an asset consultant at Frontier Advisors. At that time, the fund was worth $1.8 billion and with the investment committee led by former Reserve Bank of Australia governor Bernie Fraser.
More than luck
Born and bred in Sydney, UBS country head of asset management Alison Telfer spent most of her childhood playing with her sisters on Balmoral beach. Raised by her grandmother, Telfer describes a quintessentially Australian upbringing. I want to be someone that has had a part to play in helping to finance positive outcomes in our country.
Caution to the wind
In a family of eight, Simon Brinsmead says he was the child to slip through, the perfect mistake. With a sizeable age difference between himself and both his older and younger siblings, he remembers that he was regularly left to his own devices growing up, often quite lonely. Unfortunately, school wasn't a place of much respite, with Brinsmead feeling trapped in a system that he felt was more gaol than learning space.
This New Mars Watch Is the Latest High-End Digital Timer
According to George Bamford, founder of Bamford London, nostalgia is an inherent part of the G-Shock’s quirky appeal. “It’s a mixture of ruggedness and ’80s design,” he says. “The digital watch has transcended being something ultramodern to now becoming an icon, just as you’ve seen with mechanical watches.
This New Mars Watch Is the Latest High-End Digital Timer Original
Omega's cachet as a luxury watchmaker is tied unerringly to its status as the maker of the Moonwatch, the chronograph famously worn by lunar-bound NASA astronauts. But with its latest space-age release, Omega is pushing somewhat further into the cosmos: The Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer gives you the time and functions for both Earth-bound locations and on Mars.
Omega’s Marstimer Is the Latest High-End Digital Timer
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Global investment can change Australia’s superannuation landscape, for the better
International investment in the Australian superannuation sector can drive innovation, foster competition, and bring global scale and capability that improves outcomes for members. Better still is a scenario where global players have a significant presence in and a commitment to Australia and, by definition, an interest in seeing the local market grow and prosper.
A Watch Collecting Guide to the Rolex Explorer II
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II (2021) Of late, you’d have to have to been living in a cave not to notice that things have got, well, a little ‘tasty’ in the market for steel Rolex sports watches. That includes the watch Rolex made for actual cave-dwellers: the sturdy, offbeat, never-quite-fashionable, now upgraded Explorer II.
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