| thehour.ch | Issue XIV · Spring 2026
Executive Editor: Fouad Ghanma
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Basel 2026: What Actually Mattered
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Basel 2026: What Actually Mattered
Three days, forty-seven press conferences, and one watch that justified the journey. Our verdict on a fair that is finding, slowly, its new identity.
A. Lange & Söhne's Datograph Is Still the Standard. Everything Else Is Catching Up.
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A. Lange & Söhne's Datograph Is Still the Standard. Everything Else Is Catching Up.
Twenty-six years after its introduction, the Datograph Up/Down remains the most persuasive argument that German watchmaking operates by different rules entirely.
The Submariner Has Not Changed. That Is Precisely the Problem.
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The Submariner Has Not Changed. That Is Precisely the Problem.
Rolex's most iconic sports watch is a masterclass in incremental refinement. But refinement is not the same as courage.
Secondary Market
Rolex Sub 124060
CHF 12,200
↓ 0.8%
AP Royal Oak 15500ST
CHF 29,800
↑ 1.4%
Patek 5726A
CHF 38,400
↑ 2.1%
Lange Datograph
CHF 88,000
↑ 3.2%
FP Journe CS Pt
CHF 110,000
↑ 5.6%
Dufour Simplicity
CHF 340,000
↑ 8.1%
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