Wraven Labs Laptop Pad, $32 Early-Bird (approx. £24)
Watches take more of a beating from a laptop’s corner than most owners realise, catching the top edge and the side alike. The Wraven Laptop Pad wraps around both, using two mirrored pads – one per corner – built from three layers finished in a microfibre surface, thin enough at under 1mm that the laptop still shuts. It’s stick-on and peel-off, so fitting or removing it takes seconds rather than tools. Reserve one for $1 now and you’ll lock in the early-bird price before it ships, against an MSRP of $45 (approx. £34).
Available at Wraven Labs.
Barrington Watch Winders 12 Watch Winder, £2,795
If your collection has outgrown a single winder, this one holds twelve and lets each watch run its own programme. Every rotor is individually programmable, with five turns-per-day presets from 650 to 1,950 and a choice of clockwise, anti-clockwise or bi-directional rotation. Quiet Japanese Mabuchi motors keep it bedroom-friendly, while LED downlighters, a carbon fibre-effect interior and a fingerprint lock that stores up to 20 prints take care of the display side. There’s even a drawer built in.
Available at Barrington Watch Winders.
Nomad Watchworks Heritage Leather Travel Case, From £139
Travelling with a watch is mostly a question of how much risk you’re willing to take, and this case takes most of it out. A rigid structured shell is finished in genuine grained leather and lined in soft velvet, with two pillow sizes so smaller and larger wrists both sit properly in transit. It comes in one, two, three, six and eight-watch versions, which covers anything from a weekend away to a proper collection.
Available at Nomad Watchworks.
Tawbury Fraser 8 Watch Case Espresso Brown, $189 (approx. £140)
Fraser trades the usual hinged watch box for a zip-round travel case that still holds its shape, in a rigid shell wrapped in top-grain leather. Eight slots sit inside a suede-lined interior, available with standard or extra small pillows for wrists between 5.5in and 7.7in, and a removable lid insert doubles as a strap-changing mat. At under a kilo, it’s built to travel, not sit on a shelf – though it won’t look bad on the shelf either. Espresso Brown here, though it’s also offered in Midnight Black and Truffle Taupe.
Available at Tawbury.
Erwin Sattler Opus Moon Tourbillon, €34,600 (approx. £29,800)
Think of it as a tourbillon for the desk – a one-minute flying tourbillon and a hand-painted three-dimensional moon, each sitting in its own funnel set with 12 brilliant-cut diamonds. The moon turns on its own axis over one lunar cycle, while Sattler calibre 1399-5 uses a fusee for constant force and runs for 15 days between windings, with a passing strike on a bell. The dial has hand-guilloché segments and blue steel hands. Limited to 66 numbered pieces.
Available at Erwin Sattler.
