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This content is copyright of CelebMix.com. Carl Moon at Dubai Watch Week 2026 wearing his Jacob & Co watch Dubai Watch Week has just wrapped its 2025 edition at Burj Park beside Dubai Mall, and organizers are already positioning the 2026 fair as the next step in the event’s rapid expansion. What began a decade ago as a regional gathering for enthusiasts and independent brands has grown into one of the most watched fixtures on the horology calendar. Recent editions have drawn tens of thousands of visitors and more than ninety brands, making Dubai a serious counterweight to Geneva in the world of watch fairs. Among the collectors and creators walking the 2025 halls was YouTube and social media personality Carl Moon. Known primarily for his cryptocurrency content and mindset videos, he spent part of the week documenting his own watches, including a Jacob & Co piece built around a seven-figure NFT, as well as pieces he encountered around the Burj Khalifa and the new Burj Park venue. From DIFC To Burj Park, Dubai Watch Week 2025 Marked A Shift In Scale Earlier editions of Dubai Watch Week were staged at The Gate in Dubai International Financial Centre, with a layout that mixed brand boutiques, horology forums and temporary structures built specifically for the show. By 2023 the event had already grown into its biggest version yet, attracting more than twenty-three thousand visitors and increasing attendance by more than forty percent compared with the previous edition. For 2025 the fair moved to an expanded footprint at Dubai Mall and Burj Park beneath the Burj Khalifa. The new location allowed for larger stand-alone brand spaces, more masterclasses and a broader independent section. Reports from organisers and local media point to around ninety participating brands and crowds approaching thirty thousand visitors, confirming the fair’s shift from regional meet-up to a major international event with free public access but exhibition fees on par with the biggest trade shows. Dubai Watch Week 2026, scheduled again for November in Downtown Dubai, is being promoted as a continuation of that growth, with advance material describing a further increase in brands and programming. YouTube Star Carl Moon’s Personal Watch Collection And His One-Million-Dollar NFT Jacob & Co Piece In the days around the fair, Carl Moon published a video walking viewers through several of his own watches. He began with a Rolex Day-Date, which he says he acquired for about twenty-one thousand dollars, describing it as his first serious step into high-end watches. He then moved to a Patek Nautilus, a piece he recalls paying roughly one hundred thirty-seven thousand dollars for, positioning it as a pivotal purchase that marked the moment he began viewing watches as assets as much as accessories. The centrepiece of the video was a Jacob & Co watch built around a CryptoPunk NFT. At the time Moon bought it, he says the embedded NFT alone carried a market value close to one million dollars. The watch marries a digital collectible with a physical, limited-run timepiece from one of the most visually ambitious makers in contemporary horology. For Moon, whose career was built in cryptocurrency and digital assets, the piece reads as both a statement of identity and an experiment in how on-chain value can be expressed in traditional, mechanical form. He acknowledges that the price of the NFT has moved with the broader crypto market. The logic he outlines is simple: if digital asset prices rise again, the Jacob & Co piece, as a combination of rare watch and significant NFT, could appreciate as a single, indivisible object. Carl Moon’s Jacob & Co watch, featuring a $1,000,000 NFT The Ultra-Rare Jacob & Co Billionaire Line And The “Billionaire 2” Watch Separate from his own collection, Moon has also filmed one of Jacob & Co’s most extreme creations, an ultra-rare piece in the Billionaire family of watches. In a recent video, Carl tries on a…

This content is copyright of CelebMix.com. Rating: 5 out of 5. Awkward Productions are spreading Christmas cheer this festive season with their latest offering, The Fit Prince (Who Gets Switched On in the Square in the Frosty Castle the Night Before (Insert Public Holiday Here)), now playing at London’s King’s Head Theatre. Parodying all of your favourite Netflix and Hallmark Christmas movies, The Fit Prince… combines queer joy with utter chaos as we are transported to the land of Swedonia. The story begins with the tragic death of the King, making Prince Elian (played by Linus Karp) next in line to the throne. However, in order to become King, Prince Elian must not only get married, but he needs to do it before Christmas which is only a few weeks away. The prince doesn’t vibe with any of his potential suitors via video, so the race is on to find the one before the big festive day. On the other side of the world, New York baker Aaron Butcher (played by Joseph Martin) receives an invitation to bake Prince Elian’s wedding cake (thanks to a lot of interference from colleague Jenny Puppetson). Feeling deflated after being dumped by his ex (and wanting to make him jealous), Aaron seizes the opportunity and makes his way to Swedonia to meet the Prince. This leads to Prince Elian and Aaron enjoying a stereotypical meet cute before naturally disliking each other. However, the NYC baker later encourages the prince to explore what exists outside of the castle grounds, setting the scene for a much rooted for romance. What ensues is a frenzied Swedonian fairytale involving doppelgängers, a strangely familiar BAAB concert with hits including ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Movement King’, and a showstopping turn from Gerta McMurder, the orphanage manager. credit: Anna Clare The Fit Prince… is a riotous rom-com which ticks all the boxes. From the second you step into the theatre, you know that you’re in for an incredible experience. Having never seen an Awkward Productions show before, I wasn’t sure what to expect but I was in tears of laughter from the start. Linus and Joseph have created such an inclusive space, and it’s clear to see why they have such a strong following. The show is a love letter to Linus’ native Sweden but is also a hilarious caricature of the heteronormative modern Christmas rom-coms that we all know and love (even Vanessa Hudgens is a fan…if you know, you know). Linus and Joseph slay their performance throughout, and as well as playing Prince Elian and Aaron respectively, also take on other roles throughout the evening including puppeteering Jenny and Gerta. Their chemistry is unmatched (which is unsurprising due to the pair actually being married in real life), but they also had a brilliant rapport with the audience. There were a few technical difficulties on the evening but they dealt with them in an exquisite manner, laughing off any issues and keeping the crowd entertained with off-the -cuff remarks. Whilst Linus and Joseph are the stars of the show, there are also video contributions from a whole host of well known faces including Tove Lo as The Prime Minister of Swedonia, drag queen Kate Butch as Angela Merkel, Yshee Black as Michelle Obama, Geri Allen as The Queen of England, and Heartstopper actor Sebastian Croft as Prince Balthazar of Bashington. Each character was woven into the story wonderfully – Tove Lo self referencing her discography was a particular highlight. Digital cast of The Fit Prince… The show is also enhanced by lots of audience participation, with the lucky audience members chosen from the crowd before the show starts. With ample roles on offer, including a priest, orphanage children, and Elian’s horses, the show is certainly uplifted by the contribution of the crowd. On press night, the chosen audience members gave their everything, making us laugh in all the right places. We were also treated to a very special guest participation, with Sebastian Croft being given the role of Elian’s doppelgänger for one…