Closing Soon (within 14 days)
- Kiwame Tokyo “Yane” — pre-orders opened today, August 19, 2026, 11:00 AM JST. First batch capped at 400 pieces (200 brown / 200 black dial), $730 USD, first-come first-served; next batch not expected until January 2027. Originally covered August 14. Details.
Section 1 — Limited & Special Editions
Japanese
Citizen — Eco-Drive PHOTON 50th Anniversary, refs. BJ6560-53W / BJ6569-59X
- Edition size: 5,000 unnumbered pieces worldwide per style (10,000 total across the two references)
- Price: $995 USD (BJ6560-53W, silver-tone Super Titanium) / $1,195 USD (BJ6569-59X, DLC-coated Super Titanium)
- Availability: Available now via citizenwatch.com and authorized retailers; announced to Citizen’s US mailing list August 17, 2026. No stated region lock, though the announcement and pricing are US-market.
- What’s new: Marks 50 years of Eco-Drive with a new layered three-piece slitted dial that produces shifting structural color as light passes through it — Citizen frames the construction as a reference to the double-slit experiment, and it is a genuinely new dial-manufacturing approach rather than a recolor. 39.6mm Super Titanium case (silver-tone, or amber-yellow Super Titanium under a DLC coating on the -59X), Cal. E036 Eco-Drive light-powered movement with insufficient-charge warning and overcharge prevention, anti-reflective dual-curved sapphire crystal, 50m water resistance, Super Titanium bracelet with micro-adjust fold-over clasp.
- Source: Citizen Eco-Drive PHOTON collection page, BJ6560-53W, BJ6569-59X.
Nothing new from Seiko or Casio/G-Shock.
Swiss and Luxury
Porsche Design — Chronograph 1 “911 GT3 100 Jahre Nürburgring”, ref. 6041.7.01.019.12.02
- Edition size: 100 pieces
- Price: €9,950 (≈$11,540 USD)
- Availability: Exclusive to buyers of the companion Porsche 911 GT3 100 Jahre Nürburgring Market Edition car; made to order in Grenchen; available from September 2026. Not sold as a standalone watch — hard buyer-eligibility lock, not a region lock.
- What’s new: 40.8mm black-titanium-carbide-coated titanium case, in-house Calibre WERK 01.140 (Sellita-based) COSC-certified chronograph movement, bilingual German/English day-date display, and a green “Aero Disc” running-seconds graphic referencing the car’s livery.
- Source: Monochrome Watches. Official brand image: Porsche Newsroom (credit: Porsche AG).
American
No new limited editions from American brands.
Microbrand
Legare — Chapter I “AGP Inverted”, ref. LC1-AGP-01
- Edition size: 50 pieces total (25x “Elegant” German-silver/polished case, 25x “Darth” sand-blasted/black-rhodium case)
- Price: CHF 81,944 (≈$101,000 USD)
- Availability: Through regional retail partners only — Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons (Middle East), Art in Time (Europe), Cellini Jewelers (East Coast US), Sincere Watch (Southeast Asia), Rostovsky Watches (West Coast US); no stated order deadline.
- What’s new: Debut release of an entirely new independent haute horlogerie maison. An “inverted” architecture puts dual independent balance wheels, a differential, and the gear train on the dial side (differential-averaged regulation, straight-line lever escapements), in a 37.5mm titanium case, 34 jewels, 50+ hour power reserve. Not on our standard brand list; included for meaningful coverage (Fratello, Deployant).
- Source: Fratello, Deployant. Official brand image: Legare product page (credit: Legare).
Berneron — Mirage Miroir
- Edition size: Not yet disclosed
- Price: Not yet disclosed
- Availability: Not yet disclosed — this is a teaser ahead of a full reveal expected at Geneva Watch Days (September 2–6, 2026)
- What’s new: A new Calibre 283 — a mirror-image reworking of Berneron’s existing Calibre 233 — puts the full movement architecture on the dial side, with guilloché sectors doubling as hour markers and a seconds wheel replacing a dedicated hand. 38mm case in yellow or white gold with a new multi-link gold bracelet (prior models used leather straps only). Not on our standard brand list; included for meaningful coverage (Monochrome Watches).
- Source: Monochrome Watches.
Jacques Bianchi x Olympique de Marseille — JB200
- Edition size: Limited edition; exact run size not disclosed
- Price: €995 (≈$1,150 USD)
- Availability: Pre-orders open September 3, 2026 for a three-week window (closing approximately September 24); direct from Jacques Bianchi, no stated region lock. (Opens 15 days out — just past our 14-day Closing Soon cutoff; watch for it in a future roundup.)
- What’s new: The Marseille microbrand’s first COSC-certified watch (Soprod P024 movement), 42mm/200m dive case, dial made from 20 layers of enamel, and a bezel design encoding a football “match” concept (45-minute blue graduated section for match time plus a grey stoppage-time zone), produced in partnership with the Olympique de Marseille football club. Not on our standard brand list; included for meaningful coverage (Worn & Wound).
- Source: Worn & Wound.
Section 2 — New Standard Models
Japanese
Seiko: Nothing new since last covered (August 16). Casio/G-Shock: Nothing new since last covered (August 16) — a widely-reported “new” G-Shock GBA-950 US/EU launch and Edifice EFS-S660 coverage this week both turned out to be later media pickups of references announced weeks earlier, not new models.
Citizen — Star Wars “Luke Skywalker, Jedi Master”, ref. AW1910-48W
- Edition size: Standard production
- Price: $450 USD
- Availability: US market, available now via citizenwatch.com and authorized retailers (Macy’s); no stated international availability — flag as a US-focused release.
- What’s new: New SKU in Citizen’s ongoing Star Wars Eco-Drive line. 43mm stainless steel case, black/green dial with a Luke Skywalker silhouette and Rebel Alliance starbird at 12 o’clock, a lightsaber worked into the 11 o’clock marker, Cal. J810 Eco-Drive quartz movement, black leather strap with green stitching, 100m water resistance, caseback engraved with a Luke Skywalker quote, and Star Wars-branded packaging with an enamel pin.
- Source: Citizen official, Notebookcheck.
Swiss and Luxury
Nothing new from Rolex, Tudor, Omega, Audemars Piguet, Zenith, Breitling, Panerai, Longines, Tissot, Mido, Rado, Hamilton, Swatch, or Nivada Grenchen since last covered. This remains a quiet stretch between Watches & Wonders Geneva (April 2026) and Geneva Watch Days (September 2–6, 2026).
American
Timex — Q Timex Continental Chronograph 36mm, refs. TW2Y93200 / TW2Y92400 / TW2Y92300
- Edition size: Standard production, three colorways
- Price: $259 USD (TW2Y93200 black dial / silver subdials; TW2Y92400 ice-blue dial / black subdials) / $279 USD (TW2Y92300 gold-tone dial / brown subdials)
- Availability: timex.com and timex.eu, available now; no region lock. Announced August 15, 2026 and pushed to Timex’s mailing list August 19 — not previously covered here.
- What’s new: Downsizes the Q Timex Continental Chronograph from its previous 40mm footprint to a 36mm case (43mm lug-to-lug, 11.5mm thick) and replaces the outgoing unidirectional rotating bezel with a fixed stationary tachymeter scale. Integrated tapered stainless steel bracelet with deployant clasp is now standard across all three variants rather than optional. Quartz chronograph movement, radial “CD” textured dial, faceted metallic hour markers, mineral glass, 50m water resistance.
- Source: Timex official product page, Notebookcheck.
Shinola — Detrola “Color Theory” (Warm / Cool)
- Edition size: Standard production
- Price: $495 USD
- Availability: shinola.com, available now, no stated region lock
- What’s new: 41mm TR90-resin/steel-core case, Argonite 705 quartz movement, a triangle-motif “art dial” design referencing 1960s–70s Detrola styling, in two new three-color palettes (Warm and Cool).
- Source: Worn & Wound.
Bulova, Weiss, RGM, Autodromo, Oak & Oscar, Vaer, and Luminox: Nothing new since last covered.
Microbrand
Duxot, Lorier, Nodus, Traska, Monta, Baltic, Zelos, Studio Underd0g, Brew, Halios, Christopher Ward, and Farer: Nothing new since last covered. Otsuka Lotec’s otsukalotec.base.shop still shows no new 抽選販売 (lottery) date since its last window closed August 2, 2026. Kuoe Kyoto has not posted a new release since reopening from its summer holiday. echo/neutra is in a stated summer closure (August 15–24, 2026, order processing resuming August 25) — no new drops expected until then.
Tutima — Flieger T5 Titanium 38.5mm, refs. 6109-02 / -03 / -04
- Edition size: Standard production
- Price: €2,350 on titanium bracelet (≈$2,725 USD) / €1,950 on leather strap (≈$2,260 USD)
- Availability: tutima.com, available now, no stated region lock
- What’s new: Shrinks the existing Flieger T5 pilot-watch line into a new compact 38.5mm case in grade-5 titanium (previously offered only in larger sizes). Tutima Calibre 330 (ETA 2836-2 base) automatic movement, 100m water resistance. Not on our standard brand list; included for meaningful coverage (Monochrome Watches).
- Source: Monochrome Watches.
