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Yellow gold Hublot Classic Fusion Tributo with a black dial and ribbed rubber strap on a wrist beside a striped shirt cuff

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Hublot Classic Fusion Tributo in white and yellow gold

Hublot

Jacob & Co. Palatial Flying Tourbillon Minute Repeater with a red dial and strap, photographed on a wrist beside a pale shirt cuff

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Jacob & Co. Palatial Minute Repeater returns for 2026

Jacob & Co.PT500.40.NS.AC.ABALA

The white-gold Cheich held between two fingers by its brown strap, the woven case catching the light

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The white-gold Cartier Cheich that came 25 years later

Cartier

A TAG Heuer Monza chronograph with a dark, mottled case on a wrist beside a yellow Formula 1 Paddock Club wristband

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TAG Heuer at Monza with a pair of racing chronographs

TAG Heuer

Red Hublot watch on a wrist, with rounded case forms, a small Balloon Dog at the centre of the hands and a signature on the dial

Hands-on Limited

Hublot × Jeff Koons, a tribute to the world of design

Hublot

Ulysse Nardin Super Freak on a wrist beneath a grey jacket sleeve and white cuff, with the blue open display and twin tourbillons visible

Hands-on Limited · 50

The Ulysse Nardin Super Freak needs a gimbal for seconds

Ulysse Nardin2520-500LE-3A-BLUE/3A

Close view of the Jacob & Co. Opera Godfather Baguette, with the Don Vito Corleone figurine, red-sapphire case, musical cylinders, rotating time display and triple-axis tourbillon

Hands-on Piece unique

Jacob & Co. Opera Godfather Baguette in red sapphires

Jacob & Co.OP820.40.AC.UA.A

The Black Stone on the wrist beneath a pale blue cuff, with narrow blue reflections across its black spinel bezel

Hands-on Unique commission

Artisans de Genève Black Stone in spinel on a Patek Nautilus 5711A

Artisans de Genèvebase Patek Philippe 5711A

The Masterlink Gem-Set with blue sapphire bezel on a wrist, steel integrated bracelet, silver striped dial with blue stone indexes

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Sixty baguettes cut to fit the Masterlink's crooked bezel

Gerald Charles

The Hublot MP-17 Arsham Splash on a wrist under a white shirt cuff, with a frosted sapphire bezel, a splash-shaped opening onto a skeleton movement and a black rubber strap

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Hublot MP-17 puts a Meca-10 beneath Arsham's splash

Hublot917.NJ.6909.RX

The white-diamond Billionaire Double Tourbillon Angel-Cut on a wrist under a blue checked jacket cuff, with two tourbillons visible through the set dial

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The Billionaire built around a new diamond cut

Jacob & Co.

The Bugatti Tourbillon Sapphire Crystal in clear and blue on a wrist: transparent case, the sapphire engine block with blue manifolds either side, two blue-rimmed counters, blue rubber strap

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Bugatti Tourbillon Sapphire Crystal puts the V16 on view

Jacob & Co.BU310.80.AA.UA.ABRUA

The UR-FREAK on a wrist, sandblasted grey titanium case and yellow textured rubber strap, the three satellite arms and the minute arc visible under the crystal

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URWERK's wandering hours on a Freak carousel

Ulysse Nardin2413-500LE-2A-UR/3B

A skeletonised Rolex Daytona with a translucent blue sapphire dial and a blue-sapphire-set bezel, held in a hand

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The Daytona that went to the glacier

Artisans de Genèvebase Rolex 116500

The Diver [AIR] held in a dark-gloved hand, the mottled CarbonFoil bezel and the orange strap close up

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The Ulysse Nardin Diver [AIR] is a dive watch under 52 grams

Ulysse Nardin3743-170-2A/0A

A skeletonised Patek Philippe Aquanaut held in one hand, its movement finished in green, on a green rubber strap

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The Aquanaut that was taken apart on purpose

Artisans de Genèvebase Patek Philippe 5167A

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