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1. Marcu Initial: a watchmaker puts his own name on the dial

   Monochrome Watches5 Sept

   Jérôme Marcu’s debut pairs diamond-tipped hands with steel counterweights, a small engineering problem explained in Monochrome’s close look.

   Xavier MarklSep 5, 2026, 11:00 AM EDTindependent debutPublished earlier than the last 24 hours

2. Inside the manufacture of the Swatch × Audemars Piguet Royal Pop

   Hodinkee4 Sept

   TanTan Wang visits the factories that make the Royal Pop’s movement and colorful Bioceramic case.

   TanTan WangSep 4, 2026, 1:00 PM EDTcollaborationPublished earlier than the last 24 hours

3. Teddy Baldassarre’s Geneva Watch Days picks

   Teddy Baldassarre4 SeptOpinion

   Teddy’s editors explain their personal picks, from a compact Oris to Ming’s unusual world-time display.

   TB TeamSep 4, 2026, 2:14 PM EDTeditors’ picksPublished earlier than the last 24 hours

4. How Daniel Roth makes the Extra Plat’s gilt dial

   Fratello5 Sept

   Fratello explains how the gold numerals emerge from beneath the Extra Plat’s black dial surface.

   Lex StolkSep 5, 2026, 1:00 AM EDTmaker objectPublished earlier than the last 24 hours

5. M.A.D. 3 Vincent Calabrese at Geneva Watch Days

   Deployant5 Sept

   Peter Chong follows the M.A.D. 3’s rotating hour display and describes how it wears on the wrist.

   Peter ChongSep 5, 2026, 10:19 AM EDTcollaborationPublished earlier than the last 24 hours

6. Kerbedanz 65’27’’ — hour disc and diamond alignment

   Deployant5 Sept

   Peter Chong explains the rotating hour disc whose diamond meets the minute hand, and he finds the prototype finishing only mid-level.

   Peter ChongSep 5, 2026, 10:40 AM EDTdial designPublished earlier than the last 24 hours

7. Geneva Watch Days: the week’s releases at a glance

   Time+Tide5 SeptSecondary

   A broad Geneva Watch Days roundup, from Baltic’s travel watch to new releases by Lange and Laurent Ferrier.

   Pietro PillaSep 5, 2026, 11:30 AM EDTweek roundupPublished earlier than the last 24 hours