- Apple’s big event confirmed: Apple will hold its launch on Sept. 9, 2025, where the new Apple Watch Series 11 is expected to debut alongside the iPhone 17 ts2.tech. Rumors point to major upgrades – from a higher-resolution display and blood-pressure sensor ts2.tech to even a built-in camera for AI features (per Bloomberg) ts2.tech. Leaks hint this could be the Apple Watch’s biggest evolution yet, with emergency satellite messaging and AI fitness coaching on the horizon economictimes.indiatimes.com.
- Samsung’s slump and counterattack: Samsung’s smartwatch shipments plunged 18% in Q1 2025, dropping the brand to 4th place globally with only ~7.5% market share ts2.tech. An industry analysis called this drop “a warning sign” as Chinese rivals raced ahead ts2.tech. Samsung is fighting back – it launched the Galaxy Watch 8 series (including a new Ultra) in July, touting advanced health tracking (sleep apnea detection, blood pressure) and AI coaching features ts2.tech. In a symbolic shift, Samsung will also end support for its old Tizen OS watches on September 30, 2025, completing its move to Google’s Wear OS androidauthority.com.
- China’s wearables surge: Chinese brands Huawei and Xiaomi each grew shipments ~53% in early 2025tech.news.amtech.news.am, eroding Samsung’s lead. Huawei alone grabbed 16% of the global smartwatch market and has a “Ride the Wind” event set for Sept. 19 in Paris to launch its Watch GT 6, teased to offer ultra-long battery life and high-precision GPS ts2.tech. Xiaomi isn’t far behind at 10% sharetech.news.am. Thanks to these gains, China is now the world’s largest smartwatch market (29% of global volume) ts2.tech.
- Wearables get smarter: Google’s Fitbit unit announced an AI-powered personal health coach coming to Fitbit Premium in October ts2.tech, reflecting a broader push to add AI into wearables. Meanwhile, Garmin issued a major software update for its Fenix 8 adventure watches, adding new training metrics (e.g. Running Economy analysis), a Triathlon Coach mode, and even a smart wake-up alarm – all free for users ts2.tech.
- Swiss luxury brands innovate: High-end watchmakers rolled out impressive mechanical timepieces as August closed. Vacheron Constantin introduced two ultra-thin Overseas Perpetual Calendar models – one in trendy “pink-on-pink” rose gold and another in white gold with a grape-hued dial – both using Vacheron’s svelte 8.1 mm perpetual-calendar movement and coming with new interchangeable rubber straps to match ts2.tech. Piaget, master of ultra-thin horology, unveiled fresh iterations of its record-slim Altiplano models, now sporting striking olive-green skeletonized dials with warm gold accents and cases made of ultra-rigid cobalt alloy for extreme thinness ts2.tech. Chopard quietly debuted an Alpine Eagle Cadence 8HF crafted entirely from ceramized titanium (case, bracelet, even movement parts) and running at a blazing 8 Hz high-beat rate for greater precision ts2.tech. Reviewers called this 8 Hz, ultra-light sports watch “a rare beast” that showcases Chopard’s technical prowess ts2.tech. Glashütte Original put a German spin on haute horlogerie with its new PanoMaticCalendar “Blue of Dawn” – a 150-piece limited edition annual calendar in platinum featuring a dramatic skeletonized blue dial that reveals the lavishly finished in-house caliber (100-hour power reserve) beneath ts2.tech. Priced at $43,800, it targets connoisseurs who appreciate German craftsmanship and practical complications.
- India’s ultra-luxe statement: In a bold move from South Asia, Titan (India’s largest watchmaker) ventured into high horology with its luxury brand Nebula. Titan unveiled the “Jalsa” – a flamboyant limited edition of just 10 pieces blending mechanical watchmaking with Indian fine art ts2.tech. This ₹4 million (~€45,000) creation features Titan’s own hand-wound flying tourbillon movement and an 18k rose gold case set with a ring of red agate stone ts2.tech. Most striking is its dial: a disc of polished white marble hand-painted by a master artist with a detailed miniature of Jaipur’s historic Hawa Mahal palace ts2.tech. A tiny sapphire magnifier on the minute hand orbits the dial, spotlighting different sections of the artwork (and the spinning tourbillon) as time passes ts2.tech
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