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David Candaux’s DC12 Maverik is a horological masterpiece

David Candaux unveils the technically sublime DC12 Maverik timepiece

By Triston Brewer Published September 30, 2025

The DC12 Maverik — David Candaux

In the world of luxury horology, boutique watchmakers can never be counted out, with independent maestro David Candaux recently unleashing a timepiece of such profound complexity and artistic daring that it redefines the current boundaries of the craft. The DC12 Maverik is a bold statement on technical and aesthetic rebellion, an intricate chorus of titanium and sapphire crystal that tackles the conventional tenets of the industry. Its dynamic 44mm case, crafted from Grade 5 titanium, features an asymmetrical design that is both ergonomically impressive and visually arresting. This architectural marvel serves as the baseline for the true star of the show: the fully integrated, three-dimensional movement, a marvel no matter what angle you view it in.

Watch connoisseurs can expect a masterpiece of three-dimensional architecture

The Caliber DC12 movement offers a kinetic sculpture of breathtaking intricacy, with a dial side revealing a captivating array of floating bridges, with a dramatic, oversized seconds display that rotates majestically at 6 o’clock. And the flying tourbillon, positioned at 2 o’clock, performs a gravity-defying ballet that plays up Candaux’s relentless quest for lightweight perfection and technical mastery. This is a movement offering new visual discoveries with every glance.

The David Candaux DC12 Maverik sets a new bar in independent watchmaking

The DC12 Maverik by David Candaux serves as a horological manifesto for the connoisseur who respects uncompromising innovation, artistic flair, and a bold independent spirit. In a world of mass production, the Maverik is a powerful reminder of what is possible when a master watchmaker is set free to create timepieces intellectually stimulating as well as visually stunning.

Triston Brewer is a journalist, creative director, stylist, fashionisto, and jetsetting digital bon vivant. Brace yourself!

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Fashion & Style

Swatch’s new gold MoonSwatch is priced like it’s 1969

The Mission to the Moon 1969 packs 11 grams of real 18K gold — priced at the 1969 gold rate.

Wristwatch, Arm, Body Part

Guess what? It's another MoonSwatch — but this isn't just another colorway. The new drop from the Switzerland-based watchmaker, the MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon 1969, is the first to use real gold across the dial, hands, crown, and pushers.

The watch marks the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on July 21, 1969.

Fashion & Style

Breitling’s new Top Time is a wearable tribute to the Aston Martin DB5

The new watches rep the iconic Bond car right down to subdials shaped like its dashboard gauges.

Car, Watch, Man

Breitling just released a trio of heaters: the Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 Tribute to Aston Martin DB5, a three-edition collaboration with the British carmaker. The connection between the Swiss watchmaker and the British car company runs back to 1965, when a Top Time ref. 2002 appeared on Sean Connery's wrist in Thunderball, worn alongside the DB5 — the first Q-modified watch in the Bond series. It's a nice bit of trivia that the DB5 and that Top Time shared the screen in the same film, and both went on to outlive the movie by decades.

The car cues go deeper than the "squircle" gauge-shaped subdials: a wooden inner ring nods to the DB5's steering wheel, and each edition rides on a hand-colored gradient calfskin strap meant to read like automotive upholstery. All three run on Breitling's in-house Manufacture Caliber 01, a COSC-certified automatic chronograph with a 70-hour power reserve, visible through a sapphire caseback and finished with an Aston Martin-engraved rotor. The case measures 41mm. The editions are divvied up by material and rarity. Stainless steel with a silver dial is limited to 1,022 pieces and sticks closest to the original ref. 2002, while steel with a platinum bezel and black lacquered dial drops to 315 pieces.

Fashion & Style

Look to the sky for these space themed watches

These 5 space themed watches will have you seeing stars

Accessories, Strap, Wristwatch

It was the 1960s. We were in the middle of a Cold War with Russia, and instead of escalating to an actual war with bullets and bombs, we took the conflict to the sky. We created a war of economics, science, and morale in a race to the sky to be the first nation to reach the moon. While the race picked up throughout the decade, it came down to the wire before the USA won the race by landing on the moon (if you believe that sort of thing and don't believe Stanley Kubrick directed the greatest ruse of all time). In any case, no race can be run without a good timekeeper. And watches were a must-have for all involved. Ever since, chronophiles like me have been obsessed with space-themed watches and, in particular, moon mission watches.

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