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Jaeger-LeCoultre's Calibre 101 Chain, ref. Q2842270, wraps the world's smallest rectangular mechanical movement in a diamond and Hyceram pink-gold bangle — and confirms that the jewellery watch is having a moment.
Cartier's LOVE Unlimited expands this October with diamond-set bracelets and rings and a flexible all-gold necklace — a fresh chapter for the 1969 icon, and a useful moment for collectors to look again at Pre-Loved (Certified) LOVE bracelets.
Nearly ninety years after the first Portugieser, IWC has given it a purple dial for the first time — and paired it with the Kurt Klaus perpetual calendar and a flying minute tourbillon in a 50-piece platinum edition.
While the great houses leaned on heritage this October, URWERK, Ressence, Ulysse Nardin, Parmigiani Fleurier and Hermès pushed harder on materials and on how a watch shows time.
