ARCHIVED EDITION / VERSION 1
Issue 032.
This permanent snapshot preserves the editorial selections and wording of Issue 032 before the following update. External sources may subsequently change.
11—25 AUGUST 2026
The Dispatch
Six stories.
The fourth edition.
New releases
Seiko and Honda turn the Motocompo into a compact mechanical watch
A genuinely wearable 36.4mm collaboration translates the folding scooter’s eccentric design into more than another logo-led limited edition.
SEIKO UK →New releases
Bell & Ross gives its urban GMT a sage-green overhaul
The useful 54-hour travel watch gains a nuanced new dial—but this is an attractive colour-led refresh, not a mechanical reinvention.
BELL & ROSS →Design
Timex makes a case for the deliberately limited digital watch
The £120 Retroware offers a timer, alarm and unapologetically large numerals—without adding another rechargeable screen to your day.
T3 →New releases
Blancpain gives the Bathyscaphe its vintage proportions back
The 37.4mm anniversary diver is historically convincing and technically accomplished—but its reported £14,000 price makes restraint a serious luxury.
BLANCPAIN →New releases
Glashütte Original makes its flyback chronograph easier to wear
A slimmer 41mm case gives the Senator Chronograph Navigator’s column-wheel movement, Panorama Date and 70-hour reserve room to shine.
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL →Design
Seiko brings enamel and urushi into the permanent Presage collection
Hand-finished dials and 72-hour movements make a stronger case for Japanese craft than another high-volume limited edition.
SEIKO →THE USEFUL EDIT / AS PUBLISHED
The best watches across six useful budgets
Timex, Seiko, Tissot and Longines choices led to Blancpain’s compact anniversary Bathyscaphe.
THE GUIDE HAS SINCE BEEN UPDATED →FIT GUIDEThe best proportions for small, medium and large wrists
Blancpain Bathyscaphe, Seiko Presage and Norqain Skeleton, judged by their complete footprint.
READ THE CURRENT FIT GUIDE →ORIGINAL EDITOR’S NOTE
“Proportion is not nostalgia; it is a practical part of how a watch earns time on the wrist.”
Our take: this edition favoured releases that used smaller cases and controlled thickness to make serious watchmaking easier to wear.