With help from the OT time machine we turn back the clocks to late 2025, where Felix caught up with Havid Nagan, founder Aren Bazerkanian in Dubai. Thanks to the awesome power of the sun, causing the camera to overheat, this chat is a little shorter than usual. Still, Aren gave Felix an update on how Havid Nagan has been growing, and teased some plans for Origins, a more accessible offering from the US-based independent.

Now that 2025 is all but over, it’s time to look back on the highlights of the year, including what we think are the most significant releases, the ones we liked the most, and the ones we’d actually be tempted to buy. We also dive into the well of speculation for rumours we expect to thrive next year, as well as trends that we want to end. We also chat about the first-ever IRL OTXMAS, and then Felix, for the second time in six months, chats with Franck Muller CEO Nicholas Rudaz.

Now that the OT: team is back in one timezone, it’s time to catch up on some spicy new releases Felix Saw at Dubai Watch Week. On top of that, Felix talks to the one and only Carlos Rosillo, co-founder and CEO of Bell & Ross.

Felix reports live from Dubai Watch Week 2025! Get insights on the massive scale, exclusive novelties (Chopard, LV, Oris), and the unprecedented CEO roundtable (Rolex, AP, Hublot, Breitling). Discover why DWW is the most vibrant watch culture event in the world.

This week, we chat with co-founder of Earthen, Johnathan Chan. Earthen is a fresh face from Hong Kong, but its accessibly priced ceramic pilot’s watches drew a lot of attention when they launched earlier this year. We chat to Chan about the story behind the brand, the finer details of ceramic watches and why accessible pricing matters. 

This week, we catch up with Andrea Casalegno, better known on the internet as I Am Casa. Casa is a watch journalist and content creator who burst onto the scene with his exceptional taste and love of the organic Melting Watch from Exaequo. We chat about why this Dali-esque design is so significant for Casa, why Italians have such a reputation for being tastemakers when it comes to vintage watches, and why watch burnout is a real thing. 

Today, we chat to Raphaël Granito, the man behind Formex — a brand which offers tremendous bang-for-buck, thanks to its relationships with Swiss case and dial companies. Watch, in real-time, as Andy and Felix become converted into fans of these sporty, stylish watches. Before that, we discuss the new RD5 and ask the big question: Is AP still cool?

This week’s guest is Sophie Cassaro, the unstoppable force behind Sophie’s Watch World, a lighthearted and charming take on the often stuffy world of horology. Felix and Andy chat to Sophie about the importance of good watch design, inclusive advertising, the perfect holiday watch and Sophie drops the hottest of hot takes. Before that, K-popped, Bremont’s new MB Altitude and a future Cartier VIP.

This week’s guest if Quaid Walker, co-founder and CEO of Bezel, a watch marketplace that is, amongst other things, surprisingly popular with Gen Z.

This week, we have a fascinating chat with Adrian Buchmann, a veteran watch designer who’s spent the last few years playing a key role in Christopher Ward’s design department.

When it comes to Zach's in watch media, you could say we've saved the best till last. Zach Weiss is one of the co-founders of Worn & Wound, a watch news site which has been championing accessible watch enthusiasm since 2011.

Andy and Felix recently hopped on a plane to check out Franck Muller’s brand new Sydney boutique on Castlereagh Street, and found it just as full of curvy, colourful watches as you’d expect. While there they sat down with CEO Nicholas Rudaz

This week we’ve got something a bit different for you — a conversation with Parmigiani Fleurier, specifically Luca Castellani, Chief Commercial Officer and  Theodore Panos, the brand’s Managing Director for South East Asia and Australia.

This week, we continue our Zach-attack with Zach Kazan, the Managing Editor of Worn & Wound. We talk to Zach about some of the watches that have been getting his attention this year, and why American-made watches seem to be on the up.

This week, Andy and Felix catch up on a busy few weeks as well as some watch-shaped deliveries that have made their way to the OT office. But first, Felix (literally and figuratively) puts on his film reviewer hat to talk about the F1 movie, and the many IWCs that can be spotted in it.

Unlike the vast majority of people working in the “watch media’ today’s guest, Zach Piña, lives the daring life of adventure that you see in glossy watch advertisements. This is due to the fact that Zach is one of the people responsible for creating these advertisements. Before that, we talk about why the Baume & Mercier Clifton is one of the best watches of 2025, and some stylish new updates to the integrated Riviera.

One of the real surprises for us at Watches & Wonders was the Baume & Mercier. We’ll check out the solid updates to the Clifton collection this week, but today, we’ve got Andy chatting with Baume & Mercier CEO Michael Guenoun, a Richemont veteran who stepped into the role less than a year ago.

Christian Knoop is one of our favourite IWC people to speak to, and this week, we flashback to Geneva when Andy caught up with the talented Chief Design Officer to get the inside story on how the brand managed to sensitively add new sizes and complications — not to mention materials — to its popular Ingenieur while staying true to the values of the brand and the integrity of the watch.

Continuing our exploration of IWC’s 2025 collection this week, Felix chats to IWC Museum Curator David Seyffer, a walking encyclopaedia of IWC history, who gives us a lesson on some of the lesser-known Ingenieur models which provide a precedent for the new materials and complications added to the collection this year.

Pierre Rainero is one of OT:’s favourite repeat guests. Rainero is Cartier’s Image, Style & Heritage Director, and we couldn’t think of a more perfect person for the role. We took the opportunity to dig into the details of the 2025 collection with Pierre in Geneva, and his insights into the Tank à Guichets and what is involved in scaling up the Tank Louis Cartier cannot be missed.