News Of The Week: March 10th 2026

Hello and welcome to the Fourth Wheel’s weekly news bulletin. A slow week this week - we are in the ‘news limbo’ generated ahead of Watches & Wonders, wherein exhibitors are not permitted to launch anything new from March 3rd onwards, and while that does leave plenty of other potential sources of news, they all seem to be keeping quiet so far this week. With that in mind, I share a few reflections on what I liked at BWD, and spend rather more time talking about the one thing that I really saw as a missed opportunity. As I say on the tape, the event was very good, but could have had a truly special headline act.Elsewhere, it is a tale of two idiosyncratic Japanese watches: the well-intentioned convertible dive watch from Kurono Tokyo, and the fascinating Otsuka Lotec No. 8. One attempts to offer a practical solution to fans unable or unwilling to choose between a retro daily wearer and a conventional dive watch, and the other is deliberately esoteric to the point of hipsterism. No prizes for guessing which I think is actually the better resolved and more appealing. Back next week for more, when I truly hope there will in fact be more to talk about. Enjoy!Links discussed in today’s episode:* Vertex M36 “Desert Edition”* Anoma* Schofield Skeptiko* Pinion Pure Origins* Vulcain Skin Diver* Junghans Aquaris* Kurono Tokyo Diver’s Watch* Otsuka Lotec No. 8 Thanks for listening. I’ll see you back here next week for more. Chris Get full access to The Fourth Wheel at www.thefourthwheel.co.uk/subscribe