WOW Singapore Autumn 2026 Issue On Newsstands Now

Following its Summer think pieces on value in watchmaking, WOW Singapore returns with its Autumn 2026 issue (#86), confronting the realities of sports chronometry, the tourbillon, and what really matters to collectors today.

Headlining the cover is the openworked Tissot T-Race MotoGP 2026 Automatic Chronograph 45mm. Transforming motorcycle chassis dynamics onto the wrist, the 2,026-piece limited edition integrates brake-disc styling, a forged carbon composite ring, and engine-cooling fins with the skeletonised automatic calibre Valjoux A05.951.

Beyond the wrist, WOW goes behind the pit wall to examine Tissot’s massive timing infrastructure:

• Tarmac & Peloton Timing: Multi-sensor transponders and line-scan photofinish cameras resolving margins to 0.001 seconds in MotoGP and recording 10,000 frames per second across Tour de France sprint finishes.
• Hardwood Innovations: A landmark 10-year NBA/WNBA partnership renewal unveiling the world’s first circular RGB LED shot clock, alongside the aerodynamic carbon Tissot Pinarello 43mm, the PR 100 Tour de France, and the textured Supersport NBA Special Edition.

Elsewhere in the issue, WOW follows up on its chronograph and perpetual calendar specials with an exclusive section on the tourbillon. Arguably not a complication, unlike the other two previously featured, the tourbillon gets a 30-pager that dissects its mechanics, physics, and bench realities. The segment explores why the device struggles to out-chronometer a well-poised balance, while celebrating kinetic marvels such as the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon À Stratosphère (Gyro 6), the dual flying tourbillon Ulysse Nardin [Super] Freak, the 10 Hz Breguet Expérimentale 1, and the record-setting 15 rpm Jacob & Co. God of Time.

Things get even more complicated as the editors of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand debate why collectors might be shifting focus from complication hierarchies and in-house movements toward aesthetics, independent makers, and design-led vintage cues. Finally, the issue offers a big read on the latest state of watch certifications, from COSC updates to in-house measures such as the Rolex Superlative Chronometer.

For those who look forward to the magazine’s latest encounters with industry leaders, there are three notable articles.

Marc Michel-Amadry (Managing Director, Girard-Perregaux) enlightens us on acoustic architecture and 1,340 hand-finished angles in the Minute Repeater Flying Bridges. By way of contrast, William Faura (Development Director, Van Cleef & Arpels) keeps the mechanics invisible via poetic discretion within the Midnight Jour Nuit Phase de Lune. Over at TAG Heuer, Maria Laffont (Chief Product Officer) talks about balancing heritage motorsport liveries with modern materials.

The Autumn 2026 issue of WOW Singapore is available now at leading newsstands across Singapore and digitally via Magzter.