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Bugatti Ceramique Titane Edition smartwatch is more than a luxury item, it a practical timepiece for the active ones

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Bugatti Smartwatches is making new ripples in the luxury smartwatch market with the launch of its latest masterpiece, the Bugatti Ceramique Titane Edition smartwatch. The new addition to their collection is the third variant, and has been designed to cater to the needs of those who want both luxury and functionality from their smartwatch.

Retaining the exclusivity and craftsmanship of Bugatti automobiles and taking it to a new high with its large 585mAh battery, Ceramique Titane Edition smartwatch boasts up to 15 days of battery life without GPS. And if you’re the more active type, the Bugatti timepiece offers three days of battery life in always-on mode.

Designer: Bugatti Smartwatches

Upholding the aesthetics of material design, the new watch features grade 5 Titanium construction with Zirconium ceramic bezel to top the exclusivity. The smartwatch with a 390×390 pixels AMOLED touchscreen display is embedded with sapphire crystal glass, which renders this Bugatti genius immensely lightweight and durable for the wearer’s liking.

If this is not enough to convince the smartwatch enthusiast in you, the Ceramique Titan, which allows a longer time with the watch on a single charge, comes in a very enticing black and green bezel. The design prowess is not limited to this solitary hue combo, however. Bugatti is offering the Ceramique Titane Edition smartwatch in an option of five staps – one silicon and four nylon – and as many bezel colors. This allows the user to style their watch to their liking.

Coming to the smart features of the watch, it comes with precise heart rate readings and improved fitness tracking. Bugatti Ceramique Titane Edition smartwatch is not just a luxury item, but also a practical one; substantiating this is the new integration of new watch faces, music control (to play, pause, or skip music), and support for Apple Health.

The Bugatti Ceramique Titane Edition is available for purchase with one bezel or as a full set of five. The watch will be available in September starting at $1,290 price tag. If you’re looking for a luxury smartwatch with functionality, and have the budget to team a timepiece with your Bugatti, the Ceramique Titane is here.

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Timex and Huckberry dive into the archives to bring back the iconic Ironman Flix watch

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Without the privacy-invading tracking features of the connected watch, the Huckberry x Timex Ironman Flix Reissue is more than just a timepiece. It’s a nostalgic reminder of our enduring pursuit of strength and endurance.

The Timex Ironman introduced almost four decades back, is one popular and iconic sports watch that has become synonymous with endurance sports. Owing to its durability, functionality, and affordable price, the watch is a favorite among triathletes, runners, and fitness enthusiasts.

Designer: Timex

The Timex Ironman watch has been through a variety of styles and models in the past 40 years. Now, the latest reissue is a testament to the ongoing success and popularity of this historic sports watch design that laid the bedrock for the watches to follow.

The Ironman Flix is by virtue stuff of legends on the field and the reissue does justice to that end. The Huckberry x Timex Ironman Flix Reissue takes on glorious opportunities for athletes by providing them with a wearable that rekindles an icon in its historic wellness with nuances of the modern day.

Provided in a lightweight 44mm resin case, the Huckberry x Timex Ironman Flix is designed to be comfortable on the wrist whether you’re doing laps on the track or swimming in a triathlon event. The watch comes with 100m water resistance and features hands-free IndiGlo night light which activates with mere raising of the arm.

The chronograph, 100-lap memory, and countdown timer are some other facets of this watch that has five alarms and 10 entry memo pads, making it a worthy wearable for no-nonsense athletes and professionals. The Huckberry x Timex Ironman Flix Reissue is modestly priced at $109 and set for your inter-country events with two time zones setting.

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URWERK UR-102 “reloaded” is modern reinterpretation of a classic timepiece

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URWERK introduced the iconic UR-102 wristwatch way back in time at the Baselworld 1997, and now the classic horological piece is reinvented in a modern avatar.

The Geneva-based brand has instilled a reputation for creating timepieces that push the boundaries of aesthetics. Now with this reloaded version of the wristwatch that broke the notions with its round shape and absence of hands back in the era, URWERK wants to revive old watchmaking traditions.

Designer: URWERK

The UR-102 “reloaded” restates the celestial body-like appeal of the watch, inspired by the Sputnik satellite. Therefore, the semi-reflective appearance and tweaked look retaining most of the DNA takes precedence in the looks. Case size has increased from 38 mm to 41 mm for a stronger presence and the crown earlier located at the 3 o’clock position has now moved to 4 o’clock integrating the futuristic appeal a notch higher. Also, the crown is now merged with the case and the lugs are now angular compared to the sharp lugs on the original UR-102.

The wandering hour complication has only one moving part like its inspiration and comes with a semi-circular arc on the dial to display the minutes. That arched minute scale wanders like a satellite from 0 to 30 and then returns to the 60 position during the descent. With the reloaded version URWERK has gone with a much clearer font for better readability. On the inside, the wristwatch is powered by a 4Hz frequency self-winding caliber 2.02 movement at 28,800 vph frequency and a power reserve of 48 hours.

The reloaded version water-resistant for up to 30 meters is safeguarded with a bespoke sapphire crystal on the face. To match the stunning dial, there is a rubber strap embellished with a textures Baltimore-quilt pattern and a micro-blasted titanium buckle. URWERK has not detailed in much about the horological design, but it’ll be available in satin-brushed titanium and black options. Keeping in mind the exclusivity of the UR-102 “reloaded” watch it’ll come in a limited twin-set edition of 25 units for a steep price tag of CHF56,000 (US$60,000).

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Mido treads back in time for this superb Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer GMT

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In the persistently changing horological scenario, it’s not uncommon for watchmakers to travel back in time to revive their classics for the modern watch connoisseurs. Case in point, the irresistible rainbow Mido Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer is designed in the spirit of the 1961 Ocean Star Skin Diver Watch.

Thriving on the neo-vintage style with a vibrant dial featuring multicolored scale to display decompression times; the Ocean Star GMT retains the vintage allure of the legendary timepiece it is modeled after but adds new technology features to it.

Designer: Mido

Graced with the OG-style polished original Mido logo, the wristwatch comes in a sizable 40.5mm stainless steel case that measures 13.4mm thick. The classic rainbow decompression dial, protected below sapphire crystal, finds itself surrounded by a 24-hour GMT scale that uses red GMT hand to tell time.

Doing constant rounds of the dial contrasting diamond hour, minute and seconds hands, while the rotating bezel keeps the timepiece customized for you. Fascinating still is the decompression timer: the colored circumcircles with numeric indicators that allow divers to plan decompression stops before surfacing.

The dive assistant watch has been designed to withstand the pressures underwater. The watch’s screw-down crown and case render it water-resistant up to 200 meters. Powered by ETA C07.661-based Calibre 80 movement that beats at 3Hz but offers a decent 80 hours power reserve, the Ocean Star GMT a capable decompression timer out there.

Mido Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer is available starting today (March 15) for €1,360 (rough $1,500). The ingenious click-change system permits the user to swap mesh bracelet with rubber strap for a sporty look effortlessly. The Ocean Star GMT will retail in Rainbow and Orange versions so take your time to decide the color you’d want on your wrist.

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The retro AIRO LED watch is inspired by sentient artificial intelligence for a robotic future

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There is no dearth of creative and inspiring watches, but it’s a merciless world out there; one eye-catching concept can walk past the others and make every head turn on the way. One such notable timepiece, in its retro-modern avatar, is the AIRO LED watch from the house of Tokyoflash Japan.

A true marvel in its time-telling glory, the AIRO LED watch draws inspiration from the concept of sentient artificial intelligence. It comes embedded with a Hewlett-Packard LED display, built sometime in the 1990s, to be ready for a robotic future.

Designer: Tokyoflash Japan

A digital time and date watch, the AIRO LED is an acronym for Artificial Intelligence Robot. Setting it distinct is the striking red mineral crystal lens sandwiched between the stainless steel casing that gives the watch its strong, bold shape emphasizing on a futuristic, robotic concept.

The dial comes to life with beautifully stylized digits (telling time) briefly after the AIRO monogram appears on the display at the press of a button. The second press of the pusher and the time is replaced with date: The month appears on left and date on the right of the screen.

The futuristic feeling on the watch dial is enhanced manifold with the option to customize the monogram, which replaces the AIRO letters that appear on the dial before the time is displayed. Customers can have a name with four characters permanently programmed on the display. The choice has to be made at the time of ordering, as the watch will be specially programmed to show your choice of the name instead of the default AIRO name.

The brushed steel AIRO LED watch is paired with an adjustable stainless steel strap, which allows the 39mm watch to fit all wrist sizes with equal finesse. Designed to make you feel distinct, the AIRO LED is a strictly limited edition watch, which ensures there are only a few other people who own this incredible retro beauty on their wrists.

Priced at $249, AIRO LED watch is powered by a CR2032 rechargeable battery offering one year of backup. There is no word on its water resistance, but we learn that the watch comes packed in an exclusive red gift box featuring graphics of iconic Tokyoflash Japan watches on it.

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Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein Black Ceramic Trilogy is a jolt of visual energy for classic watch collectors

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If you are a collector from the school of thought that believes classical dimensions and vivid dials make for a grail watch; the Bell & Ross x Alain Silberstein watches are meant for you to put your money where your mouth is.

Bell & Ross is not a name synonymous with playful watches. Its signature styling varies around solid materials, robust design, and intense complications. However, when the French watchmaker brings Alain Silberstein onboard; a trio of matte black ceramic watches are born that evoke playfulness like never achieved before.

Designer: Bell & Ross

A nod to Silberstein’s infectious energy, the watch trilogy is based on Bell & Ross BR 03, which is ironically inspired by aviation cockpit instruments. The trio of watches made in a pure black ceramic casing and black dial have plenty of bold elements accentuated with primary colors. The sense of whimsy in the watch dials is brought about by colorful large minutes hands, S-shaped ticker indicating the passing of seconds, and markers turned gleeful.

This lively Bell & Ross BR 03-based collection in partnership with Silberstein, as iterated, comprises three models, which are all limited edition and restricted to a couple of hundred examples each. This new black ceramic trio includes a time and date model, a dive watch, and a chronograph all available in 42x42mm square form factor. The ceramic watches come paired with matching black rubber straps and are now available through the official grail watch website.

Discussing the three watches individually, we start with the least complex model. The time and date only BR 03-92 Klub 22 has Bell & Ross signature minute track and is powered by BR.CAL-302 calibre automatic movement. Limited to 200 examples, the watch has a red circle to indicate hours, a bold blue arrow to track minutes, and an S-shaped seconds hand. A 3 o’clock date window completes the colorful display on the black dial.

Next in is the BR 03-92 Marine 22, limited to only 100 pieces. A surmisable model, the Marine 22 is offered with high visibility two-tone ceramic bezel and a dial comprising luminous hour and minute hands to make it a worthy dive watch. With blue circular hand for hours, red triangle for minutes and provide reading of elapsed time, the Marine 22 is 300-meter water resistant and is also powered by BR.CAL-302 calibre automatic movement.

Finally, the Bell& Ross x Alain Silberstein BR 03-94 Krono 22, which is a chronograph watch with time-only like red circle denoting hours and large blue arrow indicating the minutes. Here the yellow S-shaped seconds hand serves as the chronograph indicator. Limited to 100 examples, the Krono 22 is powered by BR.CAL- 301 calibre automatic movement.

Featuring a solid caseback engraved with Bell& Ross x Alain Silberstein, water resistance, and grail watch; all three special edition watches are serial numbered for exclusivity. The first 50 of each of the three will retail in an exclusive boxed set.

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H. Moser & Cie pixelates a watch to amalgamate real and virtual dimensions of time and immersive space

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Peeping from behind the QR code-engraved sapphire crystal of the H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis, the analog hands may not be the most legible, but who cares. Wrapped within a pixelated bezel coated in ultra-dark Vantablack, the watch has a forward-looking interface, whether you choose to wear it in the real or virtual world.

Haute Horlogerie H. Moser & Cie is not new to designing watches that befit the avatars in the metaverse. It is extending the endeavor with a set of three watches in the Genesis series, the first of which has just landed, in an exclusive event organized by the watchmaker in the metaverse.

Designer: H. Moser & Cie

The sublime Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis watch or 01100111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 (as it is referred in binary code) bridges the time and space between the virtual and real dimensions. The hybrid watch, if you may, is a physical timepiece designed to access VIP keypass and gain an early advantage to unique artworks and digital assets.

The limited-edition watch dons a round, 40mm microblasted stainless steel casing. The pixelated 3D-printed titanium bezel and matching crown surround the QR code engraved inside the sapphire glass that forms a skeletonized dial of sorts. A quick scan of the code grants entry into the metaverse to discover and interact with the H. Moser & Cie team and collections.

The QR code is also a source of the luxury watch’s authentication, in that, the pattern can help identify each distinct timepiece. Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis watch comes paired with a hand-stitched grey kudu leather strap and it draws power from an HMC 200 automatic caliber movement that presents a 72-hour power reserve. A tangible watch with a soul tied to the immersive virtual world, the Endeavour Centre Seconds Genesis with its see-through caseback is limited to only 50 examples retailing for 27,000 CHF (about $29,000) each.

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Cleverly engineered Bernard Favre watch winder keeps hand-wound watch accurate when you aren’t wearing it

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Even if you’re not the most affluent collectors with assortments of one-off timepieces to brag about; you will still be aware of what a watch winder does. Iterating it for the unaware; these boxy containers (most exquisite in their appearance) keep any automatic watch wound when you’re not wearing one. A winder replicates the movement of the watch worn on the wrist to keep a watch(es) power reserve from depleting while also maintaining the date and time settings.

While at it, most of these above-referenced watch winders are designed, to their sublime beauty, to self-wind automatic watches so the supply of energy to their mainspring is continuous and uninterrupted. But what if you have a collection – or for that matter only a single prized – manual wind watch?

Designer: Bernard Favre

Audacious attempt has been made previously by Orbita with its Supreme Model to precisely wind any self-wound watch. If the boxy appearance of the Orbita winder wasn’t to your taste palate; Crown Ultimate by Bernard Favre is a visual treat, whose primary purpose is to power the mainspring of a wristwatch wound via its crown alone.

Meant to virtually adapt and wind hand-wound watches with any level of complication, the Crown Ultimate is a masterpiece assembled and manufactured entirely in Switzerland, adhering to the highest quality standards.

From the house of Bernard Favre, the Crown Ultimate has been embedded with a microprocessor to ensure a hand-wind watch is wound purposefully and efficiently. Manual wound timepieces require winding at the crown but it is imperative (by mechanical virtue) that they are not overwound.

The Crown Ultimate, thanks to the sensor understands the time of winding and automatically stops, just before the watch is fully wound. It can, therefore, wound virtually any hand-wound watch without the risk of overwinding or damaging its movement.

The intriguing watch winder, in an all-glass casing, weighs 9kg. Replicating the action of finger winding with the most precision, the Crown Ultimate is ideal for collectors with weary fingers, or the mediocre like you and me, who don’t wear the manual wound horological wonder daily, but want to keep the watch running perpetually without any subjective risk of damage.

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With looks to charm, this ani-digi watch is a unique time teller you can wear in any mood

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No matter how much time changes or transitions modern technology brings about in way of perceiving time, a wristwatch arguably is never going out of fashion.

Watchmakers will keep evolving the look, feel and complications to stay in the trend. But when that is not enough, horologists will jump the gun and amalgamate the two known domains of time telling – analog and digital – to make sure our wrists have something distinctive to show every time.

This is how designer Edoardo Gouffran thinks, which is why he has devised an uncanny watch combining digital and analog in one. Not that we have not seen such hybrid watches before, ana-digi is a trend that quartz watches have been riding high on, but in that spree too, the Circlock has a face of its own.

Designer: Edoardo Gouffran

The Circlock is not a league apart only for its aesthetics but the idea behind its conception is pretty novel as well. Edorado explains that the basic difference between analog and digital watch is the “visualization of time.” While an analog watch allows a person reading it to view the current time in reference to the past and future, the digital watch shows the present time, conveniently excluding the past and future.

Circlock, he says, is “born from this idea.” “It is a result of a fusion between the word Circle and Clock” Edorado notes. In that sense, the Circlock goes against the general trend. This fusion of analog and digital watch allows the person to read the current time on a digital clock with past and future references.

With hollowness in the center, the watch dial circles around with Arabic numerals on it. The black aesthetics of the watch are complemented by a white highlighting the hour number, a yellow line denoting elapsed minutes, and a red dot doing the rounds as a seconds hand. Based on a resin band matching the watch hue, the Circlock’s backcase is engraved with the branding and a unique serial number, substantiating exclusivity of the timepiece. Style it with your streetwear or don it for a board meeting, the Circlock has the mettle to make heads turn.

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Minimalist watch uses depth and a tactile surface to let you see and feel time

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Clearly walking on the same trajectory as the Bradley Watch, the Relevo Watch attempts at making time feel multisensorial. Sure, you experience time with all your senses, but you measure it with just two – your eyes, and maybe your ears when there’s an alarm or a chime. Relevo wants you to be able to touch time too. A conceptual watch by Nuno Teixeira, the Relevo uses a bumped surface to tell time. The watch’s face comes with a synthetic cloth on it, which gets sucked downwards by a vacuum to reveal two bumps on the surface underneath. The central bump (more like a linear ridge) tells the hours, while an outer bump tells the minutes. These two undulations move in 360, creating a watch face that you can see (because of the highlights and shadows) but also feel with your fingers to tell the time!

Designer: Nuno Teixeira

The beauty of the Relevo is that it reinvents the watch archetype. It doesn’t do anything drastically different – you can still read the time the way you would on any other watch – but there’s a breath of freshness here. While the watch is entirely conceptual (and the underlying tech isn’t completely chalked out), its approach to minimalism is truly remarkable. There’s nothing on the watch apart from two dynamic islands (see what I did there?) that move around in 360 degrees. No markings, no glowing hands, no date window, not even any branding. Yet, the watch is incredibly expressive.

The rest of the watch, however, is business as usual. It has a metal body, fabric straps, and a crown at the 3 o’clock position that lets you adjust the time. The watch also is visualized in 3 colors – black, white, and a rather eye-catching red.

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