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Week of 14 September 2026 · set sealed

Monday to Sunday is one heist: seven vaults, seven treasures, one set, with the crown piece on Sunday. The days below are the ones that have closed.

  1. Monday — Precision CogwheelVault #64 · 14 September 2026 · par 4 · From ore to bladeIn a mechanical watch, gear teeth are profiled as epicycloids to transmit power with near-zero friction.
  2. Tuesday — Watchmaker's ScrewdriverVault #65 · 15 September 2026 · par 4 · The printing pressSome watch screws are under 0.5 millimetres across — smaller than a grain of ground pepper.
  3. Wednesday — Tourbillon CageVault #66 · 16 September 2026 · par 5 · The art of brewingInvented by Breguet in 1801, the tourbillon rotates the escapement continuously to counter Earth's gravity.
  4. Thursday — Eye LoupeVault #67 · 17 September 2026 · par 4 · The archaeological digHorologists hold the loupe held effortlessly in their eye socket using only facial muscles.
  5. Friday — Demagnetizer CoreVault #68 · 18 September 2026 · par 5 · The history of flightMagnetic fields can make a balance spring stick to itself, causing a watch to gain hours a day.
  6. Saturday — Automaton NightingaleVault #69 · 19 September 2026 · par 5 · The volcanic eruption18th-century singing bird automatons used tiny bellows and piston whistles to mimic genuine trills.
  7. Sunday — Atmospheric ClockVault #70 · 20 September 2026 · par 5 · History of photographyPowered solely by temperature changes: a shift of a single degree Celsius winds it for two whole days.