Everyone from Timothée Chamalet to Rihanna has endorsed this watch trend. So why do some collectors hate it so much?

Sylvain Berneron stood on stage at the Théâtre du Léman before a crowd of some 1,400 people and accepted the Audacity Prize for his Mirage timepiece, a sublime example of shaped watchmaking ...

And just this past December, Jaclyn Li—GQ’s reigning Watch Collector of the Year—caused waves in collecting circles when she dared to wear her ultra-rare Berneron Mirage alongside a gem-set ...