Following its Summer season suppose items on worth in watchmaking, WOW Singapore returns with its Autumn 2026 concern (#86), confronting the realities of sports activities chronometry, the tourbillon, and what actually issues to collectors at present.
Headlining the duvet is the openworked Tissot T-Race MotoGP 2026 Computerized Chronograph 45mm. Reworking bike chassis dynamics onto the wrist, the two,026-piece restricted version integrates brake-disc styling, a cast carbon composite ring, and engine-cooling fins with the skeletonised computerized calibre Valjoux A05.951.
Past the wrist, WOW goes behind the pit wall to look at Tissot’s large timing infrastructure:
- Tarmac & Peloton Timing: Multi-sensor transponders and line-scan photofinish cameras resolving margins to 0.001 seconds in MotoGP and recording 10,000 frames per second throughout Tour de France dash finishes.
- Hardwood Improvements: A landmark 10-year NBA/WNBA partnership renewal unveiling the world’s first round RGB LED shot clock, alongside the aerodynamic carbon Tissot Pinarello 43mm, the PR 100 Tour de France, and the textured Supersport NBA Particular Version.
Elsewhere within the concern, WOW follows up on its chronograph and perpetual calendar specials with an unique part on the tourbillon. Arguably not a complication, not like the opposite two beforehand featured, the tourbillon will get a 30-pager that dissects its mechanics, physics, and bench realities. The section explores why the system struggles to out-chronometer a well-poised steadiness, whereas celebrating kinetic marvels such because the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon À Stratosphère (Gyro 6), the twin flying tourbillon Ulysse Nardin [Super] Freak, the ten Hz Breguet Expérimentale 1, and the record-setting 15 rpm Jacob & Co. God of Time.
Issues get much more difficult because the editors of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand debate why collectors is likely to be shifting focus from complication hierarchies and in-house actions towards aesthetics, unbiased makers, and design-led classic cues. Lastly, the difficulty provides an enormous learn on the most recent state of watch certifications, from COSC updates to in-house measures such because the Rolex Superlative Chronometer.
For individuals who stay up for the journal’s newest encounters with trade leaders, there are three notable articles.
Marc Michel-Amadry (Managing Director, Girard-Perregaux) enlightens us on acoustic structure and 1,340 hand-finished angles within the Minute Repeater Flying Bridges. By means of distinction, William Faura (Improvement Director, Van Cleef & Arpels) retains the mechanics invisible through poetic discretion throughout the Midnight Jour Nuit Section de Lune. Over at TAG Heuer, Maria Laffont (Chief Product Officer) talks about balancing heritage motorsport liveries with trendy supplies.
The Autumn 2026 concern of WOW Singapore is accessible now at main newsstands throughout Singapore and digitally through Magzter.
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