The watchmaker has unveiled the PRX Goldorak 50th Anniversary Special Edition. Celebrating the space robot created by Go Nagai in 1975, this cosmic tribute marks the return of a hero who has stood the test of time and remains etched in the collective memory. Following the success of the first edition of the PRX Goldorak released in 2024, the legend returns like a comet of nostalgia, the fruit of decades of imagination and innovation to inspire again and again.
The world’s leading high-quality products group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, recorded revenue of €58.1 billion in the first nine months of 2025. LVMH showed good resilience and maintained its powerful innovative momentum despite a disrupted geopolitical and economic environment.
This year, as part of its Ocean Commitment – an initiative encompassing all the brand’s efforts to help preserve the oceans – Blancpain reiterated its commitment to the Ocean Photographer of the Year competition, which rewards the most remarkable ocean photos.
A new Swiss industrial group, Horatec, has officially been launched. It brings together three highly specialised companies – Steiger Galvanotechnique (Châtel-Saint-Denis), Stila (La Chaux-de-Fonds) and Titanium Engineering (Yverdon) – around a joint project led by three experienced entrepreneurs: Olivier Piotrowski (CEO), Stephan Müller (CFO) and Ivo Cramez (CEO of Stila).
Since the launch of the Octo Finissimo collection in 2014, Bulgari has continued to push boundaries not only in terms of movement construction, case architecture and the art of skeletonisation, but also in its choice of materials ranging from gold to platinum, steel, ceramic and even tungsten carbide. Over the years, the brand has also invited artists to interpret the iconic octagonal case of its ultra-thin watch.
The Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow announces the opening of the call for submissions for its 28th edition. Created in 1995 by the Cartier Watchmaking Institute, the Prize honours apprentice watchmakers in their third and fourth years of initial vocational training, as well as students on higher vocational watchmaking courses. They must work based on a desk-clock movement, an iconic horological creation in Cartier’s repertoire for over a century.
With Fil d’Or, a timepiece born from a collab with Sylvie Villa and Mark Miehlbradt, founders of Wire Art, Louis Erard continues to celebrate rare crafts while making them accessible. Fil d’Or joins the Noirmont Métiers d’Art collection, housed in a 39mm stainless steel case. Its design composed of anachronistic cubes recalls the 3D checkerboard pattern of the hand-guilloché model (2021) as well as miniature wood marquetry (2023).
Jaeger-LeCoultre showcases the latest artistic collaboration under its Made of Makers programme at The Dream Shaper exhibition in Shanghai. Commissioned from Chinese independent animation director Jackie Wang, the hypnotic artwork Drawn in Time pays homage to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s iconic Rendez-vous collection, embodying feminine elegance and craftsmanship through a mesmerising choreography of stars and precision mechanics.
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