New releases from Toledano & Chan, Citizen, Ulysse Nardin and more

Pietro Pilla

In the midst of the European summer, everything seems to slow down, except watch releases. They’re still going strong, with an even wider array of styles this week: conceptual work inspired by architecture from Toledano & Chan, affordable beach-ready pieces from Citizen and Christopher Ward, and more technically impressive models from Ulysse Nardin and H. Moser & Cie. Discover the rest of the busy selection below, and enjoy the reading!

Toledano & Chan Breutalist

• Toledano & Chan teams up with The Horology Club on the Breutalist, a stripped-back limited edition inspired directly by Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist Whitney Museum building.
• Built on the b/1.3r’s 32mm x 30.6mm case, the titanium case and bracelet are now bead-blasted, paired with a mirror-polished dial with no indices or branding.
• The watch runs on a Sellita SW100 automatic calibre, inclusive of the sloping crystal at 12.3mm thick, limited to just 15 pieces.
• Price: US$7,500

Learn more about the Toledano & Chan Breutalist here.

Citizen TSUYOSA Shore

• Citizen adds a vintage-inspired limited edition to its TSUYOSA collection, the Shore, evoking a relaxed coastal aesthetic while keeping the line’s sporty three-hand design.
• A deep black gradient dial with a textured surface pairs with a warm gold-toned bezel scale and indices, worn on a three-link metal bracelet.
• The sapphire crystal includes a date magnifier, while a transparent caseback shows off the Cal.8210  automatic movement inside.
• Price: US$495

Learn more about the Citizen TSUYOSA Shore here.

Ulysse Nardin Blast Moonstruck Rose Gold

• Ulysse Nardin continues Dr Ludwig Oechslin’s Trilogy of Time with a rose gold Blast Moonstruck, a 20-piece limited edition bringing five astronomical indications into one geocentric display.
• The 45mm case combines rose gold with black DLC-treated titanium, suspending a three-dimensional Northern Hemisphere beneath a sapphire glass box over a shimmering aventurine dial.
• The manufacture Calibre UN-106’s 338 components include a silicon escapement and hairspring, keeping the moonphase accurate to within one day after 40.3 years.
• Price: €102,600

Learn more about the Ulysse Nardin Blast Moonstruck Rose Gold here.

H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Minute Repeater Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Cosmic Rain

• Moser adds an artistic edition to its skeletonised triple-complication Endeavour with the Cosmic Rain, a 20-piece titanium watch styled after a meteor shower.
• The 40mm x 14.4mm titanium case hollows out as a soundbox for the dial-side minute repeater, its hammers and hand-tuned curved gongs visible between 9 and 11 o’clock.
• A blue aventurine sub-dial with mother-of-pearl inlays at 2 o’clock is the only solid element amid the openworked movement.
• Price: CHF 378,350

Learn more about the H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Minute Repeater Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Cosmic Rain here.

Watch Insanity DEEP-X

• Italian-based Watch Insanity marks its tenth anniversary with the DEEP-X, an entirely Italian-made diver conceived by founder Jacopo Giudici, limited to ten numbered pieces.
• The 43mm grade 23 titanium case, built by Riccardo Paradisi, is rated to 2,000m and pairs a flat sapphire crystal with a transparent caseback engraved “DEEP-X · 2000m”.
• Each forged carbon dial features one lumed index that glows blue instead of white, marking each watch’s individual number, powered by OISA 1937’s hand-wound calibre 29-50 with 60 hours of reserve.
• Price: €5,900

Learn more about the Watch Insanity DEEP-X here.

Grand Seiko Spring Drive “Peach Blossom” 62GS

• Grand Seiko partners with Reeds Jewelers on a boutique-exclusive Spring Drive inspired by Hanamomo no Sato, the peach blossom valley in Nagano’s Achi River region, home to the Shinshu Watch Studio.
• The 40mm High-Intensity Titanium case uses the bezel-free 62GS silhouette from 1967, Zaratsu-polished with a box-shaped sapphire crystal, on a matching titanium bracelet.
• A textured peach-pink dial pairs hand-polished dauphine hands with a date window and power reserve indicator.
• Price: US$7,600

Learn more about the Grand Seiko Spring Drive “Peach Blossom” 62GS here.

Breitling Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 Tribute to Aston Martin DB5

• Breitling and Aston Martin have officially launched the first watch from their new partnership, with three limited-edition Top Time chronographs inspired by the iconic Aston Martin DB5.
• The collection spans stainless steel, steel with a platinum bezel, and 18k red gold, with the latter introducing Breitling’s first-ever natural onyx dial.
• All three models are powered by Breitling’s manufacture Calibre 01, feature automotive-inspired wood accents and leather straps, and are available in limited runs of 1,022, 315 and 250 pieces respectively.
• Price: from £8,650

Learn more about the Breitling Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 Tribute to Aston Martin DB5 here.

Christopher Ward The Twelve 36 Pick ‘n’ Mix

• Christopher Ward adds a sugar rush to the Twelve 36 with six Pick ‘n’ Mix editions, each dial textured via a custom stamping tool developed over two months.
• The 36mm grade 2 titanium case is 8.95mm thick with sapphire front and back, delivering 100m water resistance via a screw-down crown.
• A date-free COSC-certified Sellita SW300-1b powers each 50-piece run, worn on a colour-matched rubber strap or integrated titanium bracelet.
• Price: £1,695

Learn more about the Christopher Ward The Twelve 36 Pick ‘n’ Mix here.

Doxa Sub 200 T.Graph II Great White Topper Edition

• Doxa and California retailer Topper Jewelers revive their “Great White” partnership on the newly relaunched T.Graph II, inspired by the great white sharks patrolling San Francisco’s Farallon Islands.
• The 42mm brushed steel case is water-resistant to 200m, with a fully luminous Super-LumiNova BGW9 dial and blue-lacquered hands, markers and bezel engravings that glow neon in the dark.
• The Sellita SW510 Elaboré automatic chronograph delivers a 50-hour reserve, on Doxa’s beads-of-rice bracelet with wetsuit extension plus an included navy FKM rubber strap.
• Price: US$4,690

Learn more about the Doxa Sub 200 T.Graph II Great White Topper Edition here.

Bulova Military VWI Special Edition

• Bulova’s Military VWI Special Edition supports the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative, donating 10% of sales to the free watchmaking program for US veterans.
• The 42.5mm cushion-shaped steel case houses an olive green dial with a 1940s field-chronograph feel, water-resistant to 30m.
• The proprietary 262kHz high-precision quartz calibre drives the tri-compax chronograph, including a 1/20th-of-a-second counter.
• Price: US$695

Learn more about the Bulova Military VWI Special Edition here.

Orient Stretto Date and Day & Night Collections

• Orient expands its year-old Stretto family with ten new watches split across two lines: five clean three-hand Date models and five more feature-packed Day & Night editions.
• The 38.5mm Date models add green, blue, pink, and orange sunburst dials, plus a 2,300-piece blue gradient limited edition, all on calibre F6722 with a 40-hour power reserve.
• The 41.5mm Day & Night models add a day subdial and sun/moon day-night display in white, brown, green, navy and a new multi-colour edition, run by calibre F6B24.
• Price: from €399

Learn more about the Orient Stretto Date and Day & Night Collections here.

Hanhart Square by Square

• Hanhart makes its Dubai Watch Week x Grail Watch Design Competition entry available to collectors with the Square by Square, a radically shaped concept limited to six prototypes.
• Designed by Studio Supercreative’s Marcus Wiedemann, the 40mm x 38mm steel case is just 10.9mm thick with an edge-spanning domed sapphire crystal and recessed hexagonal crown, water-resistant to 100m.
• A deep blue sunburst or mother-of-pearl dial pairs a stepped flange with bespoke faceted hands, powered by the Sellita SW1000-1 automatic with a 46-hour reserve.
• Price: €1,890

Learn more about the Hanhart Square by Square here.

Nodus Sector Deep Black Destro

• Nodus pushes its modular Sector platform to the limits with the Deep Black Destro, a serious dive watch built to reach 500 metres.
• The bead-blasted 316L steel case wears a left-handed “Destro” crown at 9 o’clock and a dual-scale DLC bezel over a 38mm mid-case, 13.6mm thick.
• A date-free matte black dial keeps the focus on oversized lumed markers, powered by a Seiko TMI NH35 regulated to +/-10 seconds a day, on a bracelet with NodeX micro-adjust.
• Price: US$650

Learn more about the Nodus Sector Deep Black Destro here.