Closing Soon (within 14 days)
- Jacques Bianchi × Olympique de Marseille — JB200: pre-orders open September 3, 2026 (closes approximately September 24, 2026). Link
- Ōtsuka Lōtec — 5号改 lottery sale (抽選販売): registration window opens September 13, 2026, 17:00–23:30 JST only; results announced September 18 at 18:00 JST. Japan-only (Japanese address and Japanese-issued credit card required). Link
Section 1 — Limited & Special Editions
Japanese
Citizen — Promaster Eco-Drive 50th Anniversary: Skyhawk (ref. JY8144-50E) and Tsuno Chrono (ref. AV0104-06W)
- Edition size: Skyhawk — 5,200 pieces worldwide; Tsuno Chrono — 5,000 pieces worldwide
- Price: Skyhawk — ¥148,500 (¥135,000 ex-tax), approx. $1,000 USD. Tsuno Chrono — ¥187,000 (¥170,000 ex-tax), approx. $1,340 USD
- Availability: Announced September 1, 2026; releases September 10, 2026 via Citizen’s Japanese and global channels. No confirmed US allocation as of this writing — flagged as a likely Japan/global-priority release; US buyers should confirm with Citizen’s US site before ordering.
- What’s new: Two dedicated limited runs marking 50 years since Citizen’s Eco-Drive light-powered technology debuted. The Skyhawk (JY8144-50E) is a 45.7mm multi-faceted steel case with a black dial and light-gold accents, running the Cal. U680 Eco-Drive radio-controlled movement with a 1/100-second chronograph, 43-timezone worldtime, and an aviation slide-rule bezel. The Tsuno Chrono (AV0104-06W) is a 44.5mm case with a classic-car-inspired dark green dial on brown leather, running the Cal. E210 Eco-Drive quartz movement with a mechanical-style instant-reset 1/5-second chronograph under a spherical sapphire crystal. Rather than a new case platform, both lean on Eco-Drive’s own 50-year track record as the story — distinct from the already-covered “The CITIZEN” and Axiom releases.
- Source: Citizen Global press release, Citizen Japan
Swiss and Luxury
No new limited editions from Swiss and Luxury brands.
American
Timex × Fender — 80th/75th Anniversary Collection, refs. TW6A14600, TW6A14700, TWG068900
- Edition size: Special edition (Fender 80th anniversary / Telecaster 75th anniversary collaboration); no numbered production quantity stated
- Price: TW6A14600 (41mm automatic) — $499 USD. TW6A14700 (37mm quartz) — $269 USD. TWG068900 (37mm gift set) — price not separately confirmed at this writing.
- Availability: Announced September 1, 2026 (previously teased as “Coming Soon” on August 30 with no specs, and not written up at that time); available now via timex.com, no region-lock stated.
- What’s new: Two watches built around Fender’s two signature guitars. The 41mm automatic (TW6A14600) is a 200m-rated steel case with a butterscotch-blonde wood-grain dial, a Telecaster-headstock-shaped second hand, a two-tone ratcheting bezel, and an exhibition caseback marking the Telecaster’s 75th anniversary. The 37mm quartz (TW6A14700) pairs a mother-of-pearl dial — standing in for a Stratocaster’s pearloid pickguard — with a Stratocaster-headstock second hand and a crown modeled on a guitar tone knob. Both ship with a guitar pick. It’s a design exercise built around real Fender hardware details rather than a logo-swap collab, which is the harder version of a brand tie-in to pull off.
- Source: Timex product page (automatic), Timex product page (quartz)
Microbrand
Studio Underd0g — 02SERIES “Mantis” (ref. 02MAHE)
- Edition size: Limited one-day drop on the Gen2 platform (first limited colorway on this case); exact quantity not disclosed
- Price: $1,200 USD (parity with standard Gen2 pricing)
- Availability: Sale window September 1, 2026, 3:00pm–12:00am BST (9am–6pm EST) via underd0g.com, plus a small in-person allocation at “The D0ghouse.” No broader region-lock stated, but the window itself is the constraint.
- What’s new: Same 37mm × 11.5mm Gen2 case and Sellita SW200-2 M movement as the standard line, but with a green-gradient full-lume dial built from seven layers of X1 GL C3 Super-LumiNova — green ombré in daylight, uniform glow in the dark — paired with yellow-filled hands and a matching herb-colored suede strap. A lume-and-color play rather than a mechanical change, timed to sell out on scarcity alone.
- Source: Worn & Wound, Studio Underd0g product page
Windup Watch Shop × BOLDR — Venture, Sand colorway
- Edition size: 100 pieces (first of a rotating series of colorways)
- Price: Not disclosed at this writing
- Availability: Preorder now via windupwatchshop.com; ships late November 2026. No region-lock stated.
- What’s new: The eighth year of the Windup/BOLDR partnership, on a new field-watch platform: a sand dial against a dark-gray chapter ring and crosshair, dark-red text, a turquoise date wheel and minute hand, pale-gray hour/second hands, and cast lume. Case size and movement weren’t specified in the announcement. The rotating-colorway structure — this run sells out, the next replaces it — is the same scarcity mechanic Windup has used on past BOLDR drops. Not one of this roundup’s originally tracked brands, but getting meaningful independent coverage.
- Source: Windup Watch Shop
Section 2 — New Standard Models
Japanese
Seiko — Prospex Speedtimer Mechanical Chronograph & Time-and-Date, refs. HBD001, HBD002, HBC003, HBC004
- Edition size: Standard/permanent production
- Price: HBD001 — €2,780 (approx. $3,224 USD). HBD002 — €2,680 (approx. $3,108 USD). HBC003 — €1,030 (approx. $1,194 USD). HBC004 — €1,000 (approx. $1,159 USD)
- Availability: Rolling out internationally from September 2026; no region-lock stated
- What’s new: Four new permanent-collection references extending the Speedtimer line rather than a new case. HBD001/HBD002 are 42mm × 14.6mm chronographs on the automatic Cal. 8R48, in sky-blue and silver dials on a steel bracelet or grey leather strap. HBC003/HBC004 are smaller 39.5mm × 12mm three-handers on the Cal. 6R55 with 200m water resistance, in light-blue and dark-grey vertically-brushed dials with orange accents. An expansion of dial finishes and strap options tied to Seiko’s ongoing motorsport-anniversary push for the line, not a mechanical update.
- Source: Monochrome Watches, Fratello
Swiss and Luxury
Hamilton — Khaki Field Murph 38mm, “Stardust” Blue dial, refs. H70405140 / H70405740
- Edition size: Standard production
- Price: €995 (leather strap, H70405740) / €1,045 (steel bracelet, H70405140); USD pricing not yet published
- Availability: Available now via Hamilton’s retail network; no region-lock stated
- What’s new: A third dial colorway for the 38mm Murph, joining the existing black and white dials — a deep blue dial with a grainy, textured finish that darkens toward the edges, continuing the line’s Interstellar-film tie-in. Case (38mm × 11.1mm × 44.7mm), the H-10/Powermatic 80-based movement (80-hour reserve, Nivachron hairspring), and 100m water resistance are unchanged from the existing 38mm Murph — a colorway addition, not a redesign.
- Source: Monochrome Watches
American
Timex — 1976 Lexington Reissue Inspired, Ice Blue, ref. TW2Y78900
- Edition size: Standard production
- Price: $149 USD
- Availability: Available now via timex.com, listed as a timex.com exclusive; no region-lock stated
- What’s new: A new ice-blue colorway added to the 1976 Lexington reissue line, alongside the existing references. 21mm × 8mm polished stainless steel case, quartz movement, ice-blue dial with vertical brushing, elongated Roman numerals, and a fine handset, on an 18mm brown leather strap. A colorway addition to an existing reissue platform rather than a new case.
- Source: Timex product page
Microbrand
Nothing new standard-production from Duxot, Kuoe Kyoto, Otsuka Lotec, Lorier, Nodus, Traska, Monta, Baltic, Zelos, Brew, Halios, Christopher Ward, Farer, or echo/neutra since last covered. Checked each brand’s own new-arrivals or shop pages directly: Otsuka Lotec’s BASE shop shows only its three standing lottery listings (5号改, 7.5号, 6号) with no new registration window beyond the already-noted 5号改 round under Closing Soon; its news page’s only items are the Geneva Watch Days exhibition note (August 27) and the already-covered September 1 price revision on the 8号. echo/neutra shows no dated additions beyond the Averau Ceramic Sand, which predates this roundup’s coverage window, and the brand’s stated summer closure runs through August 30. Christopher Ward’s new-arrivals page currently surfaces the Trident 30×30 (limited to 500 pieces, launched August 6) and The Twelve (Ti) Pic’n’Mix (50 pieces per colorway, launched July 23) alongside the already-covered C60 Trident Biscay — both are older releases still flagged on-site as available, not fresh announcements, so neither is written up here. Lorier’s new-arrivals page no longer 404s but shows only its existing July 2026 core-lineup relaunch (Neptune, Falcon, Astra, Hyperion), currently listed out of stock. Duxot’s “Tortuga Automatic” (DX-2026) markets itself as a reissue (“The Original Returns”) with no confirmed fresh announcement date, so it isn’t written up here either.
