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Welcome back to the Wind Up, your regular go-to for all things watch-related. We’ve got Watches and Wonders coming up in just a couple of weeks, and yet the tide of new watches just won’t slow down.
From Omega and Longines to Greubel Forsey, NOMOS Glashütte, and Dominique Renaud (Wait, who?), we’ve got all bases covered. As always, kick back and enjoy.
Longines HydroConquest
Longines’ HydroConquest has had quite the glow-up with its 2026 redesign. Far from an unattractive watch to begin with, the new take on this Henry Cavill-fronted line offers remarkable value for its AUD$3,375 starting price. It signals the brand’s determination to offer affordable luxury at a time when other watchmakers’ pricing is pushing them out of reach for many people.
The new selection is impressively wide and stops just shy of feeling unfocused. Available in 39 mm and 42 mm sizing, there’s a selection of four polished-lacquered dial finishes and five ceramic bezel colours across 14 references. Plus, you can choose between a stainless-steel bracelet with H-shaped links or a Milanese mesh option that sets the HydroConquest apart from similarly styled offerings.
To be frank, we’ll be surprised if Longines doesn’t sell these by the truckload. Other brands with a similar offering would be right to feel a pang of shame when comparing their own asking prices.
- Brand: Longines
- Model: Hydroconquest
- Case Diameter: 39 mm and 42 mm
- Case Thickness: 11.70 mm
- Case Material: Stainless steel and ceramic bezel
- Water Resistance: 300 m
- Movement: L888
- Power Reserve: 72 hours
- Strap: Stainless-steel bracelet or Milanese mesh
- Price: From AUD$3,375 to AUD$3,550
Greubel Forsey Balancier Convexe S²
Greubel Forsey bids adieu to one of its most impressive pieces in two new all-ceramic models. The Balancier Convexe, in its latest and final iteration, now sports either an entirely black ceramic case with rose-gold trimmings or a white ceramic case.
Both models speak to the piece’s striking aesthetic, with particular emphasis on that unbelievable inclined balance wheel that sits at the bottom hemisphere of the dial. The finishing is second to none – we are talking about Greubel Forsey here, after all. And pricing is likely to match.
- Brand: Greubel Forsey
- Model: Balancier Convexe S²
- Case Diameter: 41.50mm
- Case Thickness: 12.85mm
- Material: Black ceramic or white ceramic
- Movement: GF09XV
- Power Reserve: 72 hours
- Price: Price on request (Limited to 11 pieces each)
NOMOS Glashütte Club Campus Updates
Fan-favourite NOMOS Glashütte returns to the spotlight, and with that, we get two updates to one of its most affordable collections. We have two new Club Campus models, one in 36 mm and the other in 38 mm. Both continue the similar aesthetic to what we have all come to love and expect from the Club Campus.
All in all, there are two new dial colours made available in both sizes, one in khaki green and the other in soft pink. You can opt to have a solid or sapphire caseback, with both models being powered by the maison’s impressive hand-wound calibre DUW4001.
- Brand: NOMOS Glashütte
- Model: Club Campus
- Case Diameter: 36 mm
- Case Thickness: 8.1 mm
- Material: Stainless steel
- Movement: In-house, manually wound DUW 4001 calibre
- Power Reserve: 53 hours
- Price: From AUD$2,820
Dominique Renaud Pulse60
Dominique Renaud is a maverick of sorts in the world of watchmaking. The newest release from the eponymous brand, the Pulse60, completely does away with convention and instead reminds us of how much territory is yet to be uncovered when it comes to artisanal high-end, high-complication watchmaking.
In the Pulse60, we have an enormous balance wheel completely visible through the dial, beating at the absolute slowest beat-rate, a snail-like 1 Hz. This very odd (and equally uncommon) beat rate has a range of benefits, but the most curious is that, according to Dominique Renaud, it’s in line with the human heart.
- Brand: Dominique Renaud
- Model: Pulse69
- Case Diameter: 40mm
- Case Thickness: 12mm
- Material: Titanium and pink gold; Titanium
- Movement: In-house
- Power Reserve: 96 hours
- Price: From CHF49,000
Omega Constellation Observatory
Omega has just brought back one of its more conventional models in the Constellation Observatory. Devoid of many aesthetic flourishes, the Constellation Observatory represents perhaps a more chronometry-focused approach by Omega. Simple, elegant. But with a twist.
Omega’s latest collection has done away with the second hand, which seems a baffling move for a watch that’s Master Chronometer certified. How do you measure that kind of accuracy without it? By listening. Omega has developed a groundbreaking acoustic testing method at its Laboratoire de Précision, making the Constellation Observatory the first two-hand watch to achieve Master Chronometer certification.
A range of different models in different materials and colourways has been unveiled, with the Co-Axial Master Chronometer METAS-certified calibres 8914 and 8915 powering the new range. Pricing is broad, from CHF8,500 in steel all the way up to an eye-watering CHF45,000 in moonshine gold.
- Brand: Omega
- Model: Constellation Observatory
- Case Diameter: 39.40 mm
- Case Thickness: 12.23 mm
- Case Material: Polished O-MEGASTEEL
- Water Resistance: 30 m
- Movement: Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8914
- Power Reserve: 60 hours
- Strap: Leather strap in black, dark blue, dark green, or dark grey
- Crystal: Domed, bevelled scratch-resistant sapphire crystal on front and back
- Price: From AUD$17,225 to AUD$93,125
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