From timing dives and tracking additional time zones to calculating fuel consumption, rotating watch bezels perform a remarkable range of practical functions.
Blancpain celebrates 70 years of the Ladybird with the Lady B, a 19-mm spherical timepiece that combines mechanical miniaturization with 1950s-inspired design.
The September-October 2026 issue of WatchTime leads with the new Bvlgari Octo Finissimo 37, alongside the 100-year history of the Rolex Oyster, Formula 1 in Monaco with TAG Heuer, major technical reviews, and more.
WatchTime New York returns this October with new releases from KUDOKE, Blancpain, L.Leroy, Oris, Arnold & Son, Glashütte Original, Citizen, and G-SHOCK.
For the legendary dive watch's anniversary, Blancpain revisits a landmark 1968 model with a vintage-inspired design and a 100-hour power reserve. Limited to 300 pieces, the new edition brings the beautifully raw historic character together with high-end contemporary watchmaking.
From the Rolex Daytona and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech to the A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Thin, these five watches form a well-rounded high-end collection.
Blancpain introduces a new 38mm version of its Villeret Ultraplate, including the collection’s first-ever salmon dial, alongside new 29.2mm Villeret Phases de Lune models. The latest additions bring the refined design updates unveiled in 2025 to smaller case sizes while retaining the collection’s hallmark elegance.
73 years after creating the world's first modern dive watch, Blancpain introduces the new Fifty Fathoms Tech, featuring a three-hour diving bezel designed for extended technical dives.
Blancpain’s Villeret “Golden Hour” updates refine the collection’s core models with 16 new references in stainless steel or 18k red gold. Highlights include new opaline and golden brown dials, redesigned Roman numerals and hands, an enhanced moon phase, and an openworked gold rotor.
Platinum, a salmon grand-feu enamel dial, and a hand-engraved gold rotor with a “celestial duo”: Blancpain’s Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar 2026 once again gives the famously intricate Chinese calendar one of its most poetic expressions in modern watchmaking.
