A weekly audio bulletin that summarises the most important news from the world of luxury watches, published every Tuesday from the UK <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thefourthwheel.co.uk?utm_medium=podcast">www.thefourthwheel.co.uk</a>
News Of The Week by The Fourth Wheel
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A weekly audio bulletin that summarises the most important news from the world of luxury watches, published every Tuesday from the UK <br/><br/><a href="https://www.thefourthwheel.co.uk?utm_medium=podcast">www.thefourthwheel.co.uk</a>
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May 12, 2026
News Of The Week: May 12th 2026
<p><strong>Hello and welcome to the Fourth Wheel’s weekly news bulletin</strong>, which this week has been negatively impacted by downward productivity trends brought on by a surplus of deadlines and a shortfall in useable employee-hours. I’m sorry, I seem to have swallowed a corporate report. I’ve been too damn busy, is what I’m saying, and this week’s podcast is brief as a result. </p><p></p><p></p><p>What I have found time for, because how could I not, is the now-confirmed but as yet unseen collaboration between Audemars Piguet and Swatch. Well done all who’ve seen it for not leaking - although as I mention on the episode, in the age of generative AI it almost doesn’t matter. </p><p>I have a few thoughts, predictions and laments on this subject; I suspect next week I’ll have to talk about it again but after that maybe we will move on. There is a tenuous parallel with the Baltic x SpaceOne, which has been unfortunately overshadowed by a watch that hasn’t even been seen yet, but you’ll have to listen to find out where I’m going with this particular thought. </p><p>Elsewhere I feel compelled to give the briefest of mentions to Ming’s ‘Peep Show’, and have an oh-so-predictable update on the Swatch Group AGM which took place today. </p><p></p><p>Links discussed in today’s episode:</p><p></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYF_FjbNC_Y/">AP x Swatch is confirmed</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://baltic-spaceone.com/en">Baltic x SpaceOne is terrific</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ming.watch/featured-product/ming-29-06-peepshow">Ming is hitting the mark </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.ming.watch/featured-product/ming-29-06-peepshow">again</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.swatchgroup.com/en/investors/ordinary-general-meeting-shareholders">Swatch Group’s board is entirely predictable</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks for listening. I’ll see you back here next time for more. </p><p>Chris</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Fourth Wheel at <a href="https://www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/subscribe</a>
May 5, 2026
News Of The Week: May 5th 2026
<p><strong>Hello and welcome to the Fourth Wheel’s weekly news bulletin</strong>, which this week delivers something close to my perfect vision of what this is all about. Not saying I was perfect, not at all, but the blend of news is just right: some new products (good and bad), some corporate intrigue, some speculative fun and some solid industrial underpinnings. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I begin, however, with a few minutes on the Met Gala, but don’t let that put you off. It dominates the horological media sphere for about 24 hours, and since that coincided with the hours in which I was recording, I decided to give it just a few minutes of my time. Don’t worry, I haven’t descended into ‘who wore what’ - but I also don’t think that ignoring it, and similar phenomena, is going to get us anywhere either. It’s here to stay and it provides insight into the thinking of the people running our favourite brands. Plus we have some fun talking about Mark Zuckerberg’s ongoing quest for a personality.</p><p>The lead item this week is Swatch’s next collab, which is being heavily teased and may, or may not, leak at any time. So I wanted to get a prediction out there just in case, even though I know it will be hilariously wide of the mark. At parent company Swatch Group, those pesky investors just won’t keep quiet, and with the group’s AGM next Tuesday there has been a flurry of stories in the business press about reform at board level. As well as relaying the bare facts of the news, I spend a few minutes analysing what this might mean for the brands, i.e. for people like us who care most of all about the watches they produce. </p><p>In terms of new watches, it’s a tale of two halves as I confess myself perfectly pleased by Baltic and Tudor, both of which brought out motoring-related watches, and find deal-breaking gripes in the new launches from Naoya Hida (one of them, anyway) and Moritz Grossmann’s new Tefnut. </p><p>Last but not least, did you know that La Joux-Perret is on track to grow its movement production by 50 per cent in the next two years? Better still, by the time its new factory is online, it will be making a colossal 40 times as many calibres as it was in 2019. Recent investment from LVMH is, it would seem, having an immediate result. </p><p></p><p>Links discussed in today’s episode:</p><p></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/style/mark-zuckerberg-met-gala.html">Mark Zuckerberg at the Met Gala</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ethosfund.ch/en/swatch-group-ethos-supports-essential-governance-reforms#">Ethos Foundation urges change at Swatch Group…</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://se.fashionnetwork.com/news/Swatch-group-investor-battle-heats-up-after-iss-backs-activist,1827262.html">…as does ISS (no, not the International Space Station)</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/p/issue-155-swatch-group-under-fire">My coverage of Steven Wood vs Swatch Group in TFW</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX7liLeEbds/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==">Swatch’s Social Teasers</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://naoyahidawatch.com/new-release2/?lang=en">Naoya Hida’s new releases</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.grossmann-uhren.com/press-releases/tefnut-silver-plated-by-friction/">The new Moritz Grossmann Tefnut</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://baltic-watches.com/en/products/rally-timer-tour-auto-2026-limited-edition">Baltic x Tour Auto 2026</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.tudorwatch.com/en/watch-family/daring-watches/m79377kn-0003">Tudor’s Black Bay Chrono Carbon 2026</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bilan.ch/story/la-joux-perret-une-nouvelle-manufacture-prevue-a-la-chaux-de-fonds-160451792417">La Joux-Perret’s new factory plans</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks for listening. I’ll see you back here next time for more. </p><p>Chris</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Fourth Wheel at <a href="https://www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/subscribe</a>
April 28, 2026
News Of The Week: April 28th 2026
<p><strong>Hello and welcome to the Fourth Wheel’s weekly news bulletin</strong>, in the week I have decided marks the real post-Watches & Wonders lull. Nevertheless there is still news, and in my dedication I have roused myself from the horological food coma to deliver it straight into your ears. </p><p></p><p></p><p>In this week’s episode I touch on Anoma’s A1 core collection, i.e. the news that the brand is moving away from drop-based launches to maintaining something close to a permanent stock (if they don’t all sell out like a drop, that is). I explain how the House of Brands (that’s what we’re calling Breitling, Universal Geneve and Gallet, if that wasn’t on your radar) is going to be run, and address a little tiny room-based elephant when it comes to UG. </p><p>I also discuss the news that Timothee Chalamet has invested in Urban Jurgensen and what that might mean, and wax lyrical over the bright, preppy, Marc Newson-designed travel clock for Jaeger-LeCoultre. I think we have just about reached the point where the words ‘travel clock’ don’t summon cruel memes, and this is one I would love to own. </p><p>I also forgot (post-W&W, you see…) to touch on the latest FHS export statistics, the real standout - and potentially troubling, with the caveat that this is just one month’s worth of data - fact from which was that watches in the highest price bracket the FH tracks were down 0.5 per cent. Yes, that’s basically flat, but flat is not good news. On a side note, the FH could really do with adding a segment for watches at CHF 10,000 and above, since that’s where all the profit is coming from anyway. But I digress. See you back here next week for more news, and see you on Friday for this week’s newsletter. </p><p>I’ll be giving a little time to some of the overlooked watches from W&W, because (to really torture the metaphor) at any buffet, there are always dishes that might not appeal at first sight yet prove both delicious and nutritious. Ok, I’ll stop. Take care out there. </p><p></p><p>Links discussed in today’s episode:</p><p></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://anomawatches.com/products/a1-core">Anoma A1 Core Collection </a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/timoth-e-chalamet-named-ambassador-211011777.html">Timothee Chalamet invests in Urban Jurgensen - it even made Yahoo News!</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.universalgeneve.com/en/stores">Universal Geneve’s boutique-in-waiting</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/gb-en/clocks/atmos/memovox-travel-clock/memovox-travel-clock-by-marc-newson-q614t020">Jaeger-LeCoultre x Marc Newson</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fhs.swiss/scripts/getstat.php?file=comm_260303_a.pdf">FHS Stats for March (not actually discussed in the episode, as mentioned!)</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks for listening. I’ll see you back here next time for more. </p><p>Chris</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Fourth Wheel at <a href="https://www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/subscribe</a>
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