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WIRE · October 5, 2026

KronSegler Trades the Moon Phase for a Rotating Sun Disc and Puts the Crown on the Left

KronSegler lists the Solaris in five colourways on its own store, every page reading “Coming soon. Launching on Kickstarter in October 2026,” and no price appears on any of them. The caliber KS029.026 is a Citizen 9132 base modified to drive a 24-hour disc that reads as a sun phase, deep red at sunrise and sunset and orange at midday. The 42mm steel case is 12mm thick, water resistant to 5 ATM, and carries its fluted crown on the left.

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WIRE · October 5, 2026

Raymond Weil Adds Two Hand-Wound Toccata Heritage References With No Announcement, $1,986.29 USD Each

Raymond Weil listed two new hand-wound Toccata Heritage references on its own store on October 5, 2026, the anthracite-dial 2280-PC5-60001 and the gold-dial 2280-PC-10001, both at CHF 1,650 and $1,986.29 USD on the brand's US store. The 33 by 38mm polished steel oval case runs the manually wound RW4100 with 45 hours of power reserve behind a sapphire caseback. No press release or launch date accompanied either.

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WIRE · October 5, 2026

A Black-on-Black Paul Newman Daytona Hidden for Decades Sits at Roughly $225,000 USD With Two Days of Bidding Left

Sotheby’s lists lot 368 of its Paris Fine Watches sale, a steel Rolex Daytona “Paul Newman” reference 6241 from circa 1968, at an estimate of EUR 120,000 to 260,000, roughly $135,000 to $292,500 USD. As of October 5, 2026 the current bid is EUR 200,000, roughly $225,000 USD, with the reserve met after eight bids. The 109-lot timed online sale opened September 23 and begins closing October 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM ET. Sotheby’s says the watch was recently discovered in a private European collection.

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WIRE · October 5, 2026

Inercy Builds a Solar Compass Into the Inner Bezel of Its First Two-Crown Watch, Roughly $2,007 USD

Inercy lists the Compass Dark and Compass Light on its own store at EUR 1,790 each, roughly $2,007 USD at current exchange rates, limited to 150 pieces per dial. The 39mm steel case carries crowns at 3 and 9, and the bidirectional inner bezel combines a solar compass with a timing scale, driven by the Swiss La Joux-Perret G101 automatic. The brand's own site says the collection launches October 6, 2026.

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WIRE · October 5, 2026

Omega Builds Its First Watch for Bond’s Enemies and Puts Spectre’s Octopus on the Rotor, $8,600 USD

Omega lists the Seamaster Diver 300M Spectre edition, reference 210.30.42.20.01.023, on its own US site at $8,600 USD as a non-limited edition, and Monochrome reports it went on sale October 5, 2026 at Omega boutiques and online. It is the first Omega watch dedicated to Spectre rather than to James Bond. The 42mm steel case is rated to 300 meters, the unidirectional bezel carries a black ceramic ring, the dial has a blackened grained finish, and a brushed steel mesh bracelet replaces the usual Seamaster link bracelet. The Calibre 8806 Spectre rotor carries the organisation's octopus logo in sand-blasted black PVD.

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WIRE · October 5, 2026

MeisterSinger Cuts the Panthero’s Light Blue Dial by Hand on a Historical Guilloche Machine, 25 Pieces at Roughly $8,950 USD

MeisterSinger lists the Edition Panthero Jumping Hour Guillochage in blue, reference ED-PTJHG914, on its own site at EUR 7,990 including 19 percent German VAT, roughly $8,950 USD at current exchange rates, limited to 25 pieces. The light blue dial is cut by hand on a historical hand-operated guilloche machine. The 40.5mm steel case is 11.25mm thick with a domed sapphire crystal, a mineral glass exhibition back and 5 bar of water resistance, and the MS-JH-01 is a Sellita SW300 with a jumping hour module and a 47-hour reserve. The brand lists it on request rather than for direct sale, with no availability date published.

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