My Watches Podcast

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronometre Date is a time and date model housed in a 38 mm stainless steel or pink gold case measuring around 8.4mm thick, paired with an integrated bracelet and offering 50 m water resistance.

Powering the watch is the in-house automatic Calibre 899. The movement is both COSC-certified and tested under Jaeger-LeCoultre’s new High Precision Guarantee (HPG), which evaluates the fully assembled watch under real-world conditions such as temperature, shocks, and positional changes.

In this episode 50th episode of Worth The Hype?!, Woody and James are going to give their first impression/thoughts about the highlights of Watches and Wonders 2026.

Unfortunately, not all watches will be covered in this episode and if there are any specific key watches that we have missed out, do let us know!

The Norqain Wild One Skeleton in both 39 mm and 42 mm sizes is a high-performance sports watch built with the brand’s proprietary NORTEQ® carbon composite case, paired with a titanium container and rubber shock absorber for durability.

The 39 mm version measures about 11.75 mm thick and weighs around 64 g, while the 42 mm version is about 12.3 mm thick and roughly 78 g, with both offering 200 m water resistance and sapphire crystals front and back.Powering both is a COSC-certified Sellita based movement (Calibre NB08S/N08S)

The Baltic Heures du Monde is a Worldtimer built around a 37 mm stainless steel case measuring 11.3 mm thick with 100 m water resistance, it uses a Soprod C125 automatic GMT movement with a 42-hour power reserve, paired with a 24-hour inner bezel that works alongside a ceramic bezel engraved with 24 global cities to track multiple time zones.

The watch features a double-domed sapphire crystal, strong Super-LumiNova BGW9 on the hands, dial, and bezel, and a 120-click rotating bezel for time zone alignment. For the initial launch, the watch is offered with natural stone dials such as labradorite, tiger’s eye, and sodalite which will be a limited edition of 200 each (numbered). A regular production model will be released in a future date.

The Omega Constellation Observatory is a modern two-hand dress watch housed in a 39.4 mm case with a thickness of 12.2 mm, available in steel, gold, and platinum variants. It features a dodecagonal “pie-pan” dial with applied indices and is paired with dual sapphire crystals, including an exhibition caseback.

Powering the watch are the in-house Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibres 8914 and 8915 with a 60-hour power reserves.