With Watches & Wonders 2025 underway, new watch releases are dropping left, right, and centre. Some hit the mark and others likely won’t make it to the wrist. Here, we’re focusing on the former category by rounding up the best new watch releases to come out of Watches & Wonders 2025. We’ll be updating this list throughout the week as the trade fair continues.
From Rolex and Tudor to Vacheron Constantin and Zenith, these are the highlights and best releases from Watches & Wonders 2025.
The IWC Ingenieur 35 sizes down without down sizing
Ingenieurs for everyone! Two years after the debut of the Ingenieur Automatic 40, IWC has introduced the Ingenieur Automatic 35, which translates the enhanced ergonomics and refined finishing of the 40mm original into a smaller 35mm case size. The IWC Ingenieur Automatic 35 retains the same signatures as its bigger sibling—think a bezel with five screws, integrated bracelet attached by its middle links, and a grid pattern on the dial—and is available in three variants; rose gold with a gold-toned dial and stainless steel with a black or silver-plated dial.
Model: Ingenieur Automatic 35 (ref. IW324903 [rose gold]; IW324901 [steel with silver dial]; IW324906 [steel with black dial])
Case size: 35mm
Movement: 47110 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: 42 hours
IWC blacks out the Ingenieur Automatic 42
Upon its release at Watches & Wonders 2023, the aforementioned Ingenieur—which is derived from the Gérald Genta design from 1976—became a sleeper hit, offering a viable (and desirable) alternative to the oft-cited covetable integrated bracelet steel sports watches on the market. The only thing lacking? The variety. While IWC has added a couple of dial shades since the initial launch, Watches & Wonders 2025 acts as a true celebration of the Ingenieur. With that in mind, several of our favourite releases (including the Ingenieur Automatic 35 above) are courtesy of IWC. Here, the anti-magnetic timepiece is sized up and rendered in black ceramic, making for a rugged and lightweight blacked out aesthetic. Notably, the ceramic used isn’t IWC’s proprietary Ceratanium, but zirconium oxide ceramic. It features satin, sand-blasted, and polished finishes which work together to add visual interest to the monochromatic piece.
Model: Ingenieur Automatic 42
Case size: 42mm
Movement: 82110 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: 60 hours
Ingenieurs 🤝 Drivers
TAG Heuer may be the official timekeeper of Formula 1, but they’re not the only manufacture with ties to the motorsporting event. IWC has collaborated with the forthcoming film F1, with the new Ingenieur Automatic 40 inspired by the bespoke watch work by the main character Sonny Hayes. Here, the Ingenieur Automatic 40 comes in a unique colourway that sees the signature grid patterned dial executed in a striking shade of moss green and complemented by gold-plated hands and hour markers which are filled with Super-LumiNova for optimal legibility.
Aside from the undeniable aesthetic appeal of this timepiece, there’s something rather touching about a timepiece originally designed for engineers at the centre of a Formula 1 collaboration. After all, motorsports wouldn’t exist without the engineers behind it.
Model: Ingenieur Automatic 40 (ref. IW328908)
Case size: 40mm
Movement: 32111 (automatic)
Water resistance: ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: 120 hours
Ingenieur, but make it complicated
Another Ingenieur! But this time, it’s a perpetual calendar. The IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 41 marks the first time the Ingenieur has been bestowed with a complication (other than a date function). Housed within a 41mm stainless steel case, the proportions of the timepiece have been reworked and adapted to accommodate the perpetual calendar movement without compromising on ergonomics. Utilising a tricompax layout, the Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 41 displays the date at 3 o’clock, month and perpetual moon phase at 6 o’clock, and leap year indicator at 9 o’clock. Thanks to a reduction gear train mechanism, the moon phase will only require adjustment once every 577.5 years (if kept perpetually wound)
How Ingenious.
Model: Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 41 (ref. IW344903)
Case size: 41mm
Movement: 82600 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, moon phase, month, leap year
Power reserve: 60 hours
Jaeger-LeCoultre goes oldschool cool with the Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds
Known for being the ‘watchmaker’s watchmaker’, Jaeger-LeCoultre has movement mastery under its belt. However, the manufacture will always be inextricably associated with the Reverso, with the seminal model being the timepiece most people think of when they hear the words ‘Jaeger-LeCoultre’ (…or struggle to pronounce the words Jaeger-LeCoultre). For its Watches & Wonders 2025 releases, Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso has honed in on this Art Deco icon, dropping a slew of new references that celebrate the manufacture’s technical prowess, metiers d’arts savoir faire, and inherent elegance.
Kicking things off is this beautiful new Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds. Notable for its restrained approach to design, the Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds is crafted from rose gold and features a golden grained dial in the same tone, which is topped with rose gold applied indices and sword-shaped hour and minute hands. For the first time, it’s presented on a rose gold Milanese mesh bracelet, resulting in an uninterrupted monochromatic presence on the wrist. Crafted from 16 metres of rose gold thread, the Milanese mesh bracelet wraps comfortably around the wrist and lends the timepiece undeniable retro charm.
Model: Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds (ref. Q713216J)
Case size: 45.6mm x 27.4mm
Movement: 822 (manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 42 hours
Jaeger-LeCoultre jumps on the jumping hours trend with the Reverso Tribute Nonantième ‘Enamel’
Here, Jaeger-LeCoultre combines a semi-jumping hour function (which is more energy efficient than a classic instantaneous jumping hour mechanism) with a dragging minutes display. First released to celebrate Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 90th anniversary in 2021, this edition of the Reverso Tribute Nonantième ‘Enamel’ is crafted from rose gold and sees the digital display surrounded by an enamelled blue dial depicting the night sky in blue lacquer, dotted with rose gold stars. The starry night sky is just one side of the coin—well, watch—with the other (main) dial taking on a more traditional approach, with a grey sunray brushed dial with an oversized date aperture at 12 o’clock and small seconds and moonphase at 6 o’clock.
Model: Reverso Tribute Nonantième ‘Enamel’ (ref. Q71125E1)
Case size: 49.4mm x 29.9mm
Movement: 826 (manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Tudor gives the Black Bay 58 a chic new outfit (and an upgraded movement)
Rightfully recognising that the Black Bay 58 already nails it in the aesthetic department, Tudor have simply given the model a versatile new ‘fit in the form of this cherry red (they call it burgundy) colour scheme, which dresses the dial and aluminium bezel insert. It’s not all just aesthetics though, with Tudor also updating the movement and rigorously testing each timepiece. The Black bay 58 is now powered by the manufacture calibre MT5400-U and is accompanied by METAS Master Chronometer certification.
Price: $6370AUD (rubber strap); $6690CHF (flat-link bracelet); $6870CHF (five-link bracelet)
Model: Black Bay 58 (ref. M7939A1A0RU-0001; M7939A1A0RU-0002; M7939A1A0RU-0003)
Case size: 39mm
Movement: MT5400-U (automatic; METAS and COSC certified)
Water resistance: 20ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, stop-seconds
Power reserve: 65 hours
Gerald Charles celebrates a quarter of a century with the Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition
Founded by renowned watch designer Gérald Genta in 2000, independent watch brand Gérald Charles celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the maison has released the Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition, which pays homage to the creativity and technical mastery of its founder. The Maestro GC39 case is inspired by the ‘montre à guichet’ (window watch) style with sees a sliding hour complication visible through an aperture in the dial. It’s paired with the brand’s signature Maestro case (sized up to 42mm and crafted from titanium) which was inspired by was inspired by forms the late Genta observed in a magnificent Baroque monument in Rome that was designed by the 17th-century architect Francesco Borromini. Here, the Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition elevates the original design with elegant finishings, a complex precision micro-chemical engraving technique to create a Baroque-style multi-ray star motif on the dial that comes to life when the light hits it. It’s powered by a new in-house movement, the Swiss Manufacture 4.0 Calibre Jumping Hours, which upgrades the original dragging hours to a jumping hour complication.
Model: Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition
Availability: 100 examples
Case size: 42mm
Movement: 4.0 Calibre Jumping Hours (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: jumping hours, concentric central minutes
Power reserve: 50 hours
Hermès stops time with the Cut Le Temps Suspendu
Ever wanted to stop time? Hermès lets you do it. Launched in 2011, Hermès’ Le Temps Suspendu is an idiosyncratic complication that allows you to freeze time at the touch of a button. Here, it’s presented on the Hermès Cut, the elegant sports watch launched last year. Sized up to 39mm (from 36mm), the Hermès Cut Le Temps Suspendu is rendered in rose gold and has a burgundy or white dial with a grained centre and sandblasted subdial. It’s fitted with the maison’s emblematic movement, courtesy of the manufacture calibre H1912, an automatic movement with a ‘time-suspending’ module. In the midst of a moment you wish lasted forever? Press the button at 8 o’clock to stop time in its place. If the moment starts to sour, simply hit the button again to restart time and rejoin the world. Further nodding to the maison’s playful approach to time, the small seconds subdial at 4 o’clock actually runs counterclockwise (i.e. backwards); a wholly new addition to the Le Temps Suspendu complication.
Model: Hermès Cut Le Temps Suspendu
Case size: 39mm
Movement: H1912 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, 24-second counterclockwise indicator, time suspension
Power reserve: 45 hours
Hermès Arceau Le Temps Suspendu also stops time (and lets you see it in [in]action)
For those wishing to examine the movement within, the Hermès Arceau Le Temps Suspendu is fitted with the same unique time suspension movement, visible through the openworked dial. The 42mm case is crafted from white or rose gold and features the asymmetrical lugs characteristic of the Arceau line. The rose gold case is paired with a sunburst blue dial while the white gold comes with either a sunburst brun désert (deep beige) or sunburst rouge sellier (burgundy) dial, each with an open worked central sector surrounded by a brushed sector housing the elegant italicized, sloping Arabic numerals. The singular dial layout is further enhanced by a retrograde date function spanning for 4 to 6 o’clock.
Model: Arceau Le Temps Suspendu
Case size: 42mm
Movement: H1837 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, time suspension, retrograde date
Power reserve: 45 hours
Chopard marks a milestone with the L.U.C Quattro Mark IV
A quarter of a century is no small time span, with Chopard celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Quattro technology this year. Introduced at the turn of the millennium, the Quattro technology has earned the L.U.C. collection recognition for being the first calibre powered by four stacked mainspring barrels, resulting in a massive 216-hour (9-day) power reserve. The new Chopard L.U.C Quattro Mark IV celebrates this achievement, with the newcomer debuting in a 39mm platinum or rose gold case, with a sky blue and navy blue dial, respectively. Powered by the manually wound COSC-certified calibre L.U.C 98.09-L, the new timepieces boast a sharp aesthetic that see the power reserve indicator removed from the finely grained dial and placed on the caseback. The dial of each timepiece features a small seconds subdial at 6 o’clock and sword-shaped hour and minute hands and applied hour markers that match the case metal.
Price: $78,500AUD (platinum); $63,000AUD (rose gold)
Model: L.U.C Quattro Mark IV
Case size: 39mm
Movement: L.U.C 98.09-L (manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, power reserve indicator, stop-seconds
Power reserve: 216 hours/9 days
H. Moser & Cie gets stoned in the best possible way
The stone dial watch trend shows no sign of slowing down and independent luxury watch brand H. Moser & Cie has quite possibly released the best take yet. The new H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Pop collection sees the indie watchmaker bestow three models in its flagship lineup—the Endeavour Small Seconds, Endeavour Tourbillon Concept, and Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon Concept—with stunning gemstone dials. While we’re no strangers to the use of tiger’s eye or lapis lazuli on the dial, what’s truly groundbreaking here is the way H. Moser & Cie has mixed gemstones on the dial, with each timepiece using two stones to create a striking pop art effect. The timepieces are available in rose gold (for the minute repeater) or steel (small seconds and tourbillon) and come in three distinct natural gemstone pairings (deep coral/turquoise, lemon chrysoprase/lapis lazuli, jade/pink opal) with options for either stone as a base and accent colour. Self expression is in, and this is the best way to do it.
Model: Endeavour Pop
Case size: 38mm (Endeavour Small Seconds); 40mm (Endeavour Tourbillon Concept and Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon Concept)
Movement: HMC 202 (Endeavour Small Seconds; automatic); HMC 805 (Endeavour Tourbillon Councept; automatic); HMC 904 (Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon Concept; manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds (Endeavour Small Seconds); hours, minutes (Endeavour Tourbillon Concept); hours, minutes, minute repeater (Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon Concept)
Power reserve: 72 hours (Endeavour Small Seconds and Endeavour Tourbillon Concept); 90 hours (Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon Concept)
Explore the Endeavour Pop collection via H. Moser & Cie.
Grand Seiko makes the most accurate mechanical movement in the world
Grand Seiko has long pursued timekeeping accuracy. In 1969, Grand Seiko released a watch that stayed within +1/-1 minute a month; a groundbreaking achievement at the time. The Japanese manufacture followed that up with the release of its seminal Spring Drive movement in 2004, which stayed within +15/-15 seconds a month. Now, the brand has achieved something truly revolutionary (and record-breaking) with the development of the new Spring Drive 9RB2, an automatic movement accurate within +20/-20 seconds a year (that’s around +3/-3 seconds a month). The movement is so accurate that Grand Seiko has bestowed it with a new ‘U.F.A.’ designation, which stands for ‘Ultra Fine Adjustment’. The new calibre 9RB2 debuts within the Spring Drive U.F.A. SLGB001, which pairs a 37mm platinum case with a dial inspired by the ice forests surrounding the Shinshu Watch Studio. While this platinum iteration is limited to 80 examples, there will be a titanium version released without a limitation on production.
Model: Spring Drive U.F.A. SLGB001
Case size: 37mm
Movement: Spring Drive 9RB2 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: 72 hours
Mirror mirror on the wall, Bulgari is the thinnest of them all (again)
Arriving at Watches & Wonders with a bang, Bulgari has marked its debut at the illustrious watchmaking trade show by reasserting its prowess in ultra-thin watchmaking. The new Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon 104313 is now the thinnest flying toubillon (and thinnest tourbillon, full stop), with the 40mm case measuring just 1.85mm thick. Powered by the manually wound calibre BVF 900, the Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon 104313 achieves its svelte appearance by housing the movement within the main plate, which also acts as the dial.
The Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon sees the bezel, case middle, and lugs crafted from titanium, while the main plate is constructed from tungsten carbide and the two minature crowns at 3 and 8 o’clock are cut from steel. The off-centre time dial in the upper right quadrant of the timepiece features rhodium-plated hour and minute hands set against a sand-blasted brass surface with an DLC anthracite coating to promote better legibility.
Model: Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon 104313 (ref. 104313)
Case size: 40mm
Movement: BVF 900 (manual winding)
Water resistance: Not specified
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: 42 hours
Bulgari distils the essence of the serpent with the Serpenti Aeterna
Proffering a wholly new take on its iconic Serpenti, Bulgari has introduced an essentialist high jewellery serpentine design into the mix. Coinciding with the Year of the Snake, the new Bulgari Serpenti Aeterna strips the serpent back to its elemental form, doing away with the scales and eyes in favour of a sculptural design defined by organic curves and fluid, uninterrupted forms. Here, the scales are replaced with diamonds; speckled on the rose gold iteration and in full pavé form on the while gold.
Hexagonal scales are etched on the inside of the bracelet watch; a reminder that one’s true nature can never be completely erased. Once a snake, always a snake.
Model: Serpenti Aeterna (ref. 104205 [small rose gold]; 104280 [large rose gold];104041 [large white gold])
Case size: 145mm (small); 155mm (large)
Movement: quartz
Water resistance: N/A
Functions: hours, minutes
Vacheron Constanin proves it’s the grandaddy of complications
One third of the Holy Trinity and celebrating its 270th anniversary this year. Vacheron Constantin isn’t a manufacture that needs to prove itself and yet here it is, quietly asserting its horological dominance with a watch that isn’t afraid to chime in. With 41 complications, the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication is the most complicated wristwatch ever made (Vacheron Constantin is also responsible for the most complicated watch ever made; the Berkley Grand Complication released at Watches & Wonders last year).
The 45mm white gold timepiece plays host to a veritable melange of complications, including classic time measurement, chronograph, perpetual calendar, astronomical measurements, lunar indications, and a minute repeater. A watch that deserves to be seen and heard. Read more about the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication here.
Price: $POA
Availability: On request
Model: Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication
Case size: 45mm
Movement: 3655 (manual winding)
Water resistance: ATM
Functions: see below
Power reserve: 72 hours
Shh, the Patek Philippe Calatrava ref. 6196P doesn’t want you to shout about it
With its pure lines and restrained design, the Patek Philippe Calatrava has long been a paragon of what a dress watch should be. Here, it’s rendered in its purest form, pairing a stealth wealth case material with a shade that’s trendy and timeless in equal measure. The new Patek Philippe Calatrava ref. 6196P teams a 38mm platinium case with a salmon (the brand calls it ‘opaline rose-gilt’) dial topped with anthracite white gold applied faceted ‘obus’-style hour markers. The Calatrava ref. 6196P is powered by the manually wound calibre 30-255 PS, which is finished with Côtes de Genève and visible through the sapphire crystal caseback.
Model: Calatrava (ref. 6196P)
Case size: 38mm
Movement: 30-255 PS (manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 65 hours
Cartier’s Tank à Guichets is smiling at you 🙂
Sitting within the maison’s Privé collection, the Cartier Tank à Guichets tells the time in an atypical way. The dial is replaced by a solid platinum or yellow or rose gold case, with time displayed through two apertures, resulting in an aesthetic not disimilar to a bathroom scale (or, in the case of the asymmetrical limited-edition, a minion’s face). The top aperture displays the hours with a jumping hour function, while the bottom one displays the dragging minutes.
Model: Tank à Guichets
Availability: first style is not limited; second limited to 200 numbered examples
Case size: 37.6mm x 24.8mm
Movement: 9755 MC (manually wound)
Water resistance: not water resistant/0ATM
Functions: jumping hours, dragging minutes
Power reserve: TBC
The Patek Philippe Quadruple Complication is a true connoisseurs’ watch
A timepiece designed for those with a true appreciation of horological mechanics, the Patek Philippe Quadruple Complication ref. 5308G combines four distinct complex (i.e. not just a date window) complications in one timepiece. There’s a minute repeater, instantaneous perpetual calendar, and a split-seconds chronograph (the split-seconds and chronograph functions count as one complication each). It’s powered by the automatic calibre R CHR 27 PS QI, a micro-rotor movement with a 38- to 48-hour power reserve. The timepiece is housed within a 42mm white gold case that measures 17.71mm thick (the calibre R CHR 27 PS QI is a big boi).
Model: Quadruple Complication (ref. 5308G)
Case size: 42mm
Movement: R CHR 27 PS QI (automatic)
Water resistance: 0ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds. minute repeater, instantaneous perpetual calendar, day, date, month, leap year and day/night indication, moon phases, split-seconds chronograph
Power reserve: 38 to 48 hours
Vacheron Constantin’s refreshingly refined Traditionnelle Manual Winding
Watches & Wonders has every manufacture competing for the biggest and boldest release. Sometimes, we need a palate cleanser.
Nodding to traditional 18th-century Genevan haute horology style, the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle remains a paragon of traditional watchmaking. The restrained design codes and attention to detail of the collection is most apparent in this pared-back time only manual winding iteration, with this version rendered in platinum or rose gold and adorned with a geometric motif inspired by the maison’s Maltese Cross.
Model: Traditionelle Manual Winding (ref. 82172/000P-H062 [platinum]; 82172/000R-H118 [rose gold])
Availability: 370 examples per reference
Case size: 38mm
Movement: 4400 AS/270 (manually wound)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 65 hours
Zenith G.F.J. throws it back to the good ole days
Originally released in 1949, Zenith’s calibre 135 is the most important time-only manually wound movement, with the competition-grade 135-O variant bagging 235 chronometry prizes in its time — more than any other watch movement. The calibre 135 has been revived for the 21st century, with the reedition retaining the dimensions, aesthetic, and architecture of its predecessor while increasing the power reserve from 40 to 72 hours. Here’s it’s housed in the new Zenith G.F.J. (the name referencing the initials of Zenith’s founder Georges Favre-Jacot), which sees a 39.15mm platinum case surround adeep blue lapis lazuli dial with a mother-of-pearl small seconds subdial at 6 o’clock. The outer ring is decorated with a brick guilloché pattern that is echoed on the movement, which is visible through the exhibition caseback.
Price: $78,400AUD
Model: G.F.J. (ref. 40.1865.0135/51.C200)
Availability: 160 examples
Case size: 39.15mm
Movement: 135 (manually wound)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 72 hours
Rolex gives the Perpetual 1908 a jewellery-inspired bracelet
The addition of a polished seven-link ‘Settimo’ bracelet turns the Rolex Perpetual 1908 into a worthy competitor for the Patek Philippe Ellipse. Inspired by the jewellery-esque bracelets that graced certain vintage watches, the Rolex Settimo bracelet makes use of a concealed Crownclasp to ensure a seamless aesthetic.
Model: Perpetual 1908
Case size: 39mm
Movement: 7140 (automatic)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 66 hours
Rolex Land-Dweller
Is it a favourite? Not quite. But we are still thinking about it.
Model: Land-Dweller (40 and 36)
Case size: 40mm (Rolesor and platinum); 36mm (everose gold)
Movement: 7135 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: 66 hours
TAG Heuer Formula 1 Solargraph
To nobody’s surprise, TAG Heuer—the official timekeeper of Formula 1—has reissued its Formula 1 model for Watches & Wonders 2025. Off the back of its limited-edition Formula 1 collaboration with Kith last year, TAG Heuer has sized up the Formula 1 to 38mm (up from 35mm) and replaced the standard quartz movement with its Solargraph TH50-00 movement. The Solargraph TH50-00 movement is a solar-powered battery operated movement which charges to full power in 40 hours, ensuring 10 months of charge. TAG Heuer claims that the battery offers a 15-year lifespan, meaning regular changes are not required.
The overall aesthetic remains the same, with the distinctive grooved bezel, shrouded lugs, and bold colourways being retained. The nine-piece collection marks the introduction of TH-Polylight, a composite material unique to TAG Heuer, is used for the bidirectional bezels across the range. Six of the nine models feature cases crafted from steel while the other three are made of TH-Polylight, with each model presented on either a steel bracelet or rubber strap.
While the original 1986 version was priced in the low three-figure range and was the first watch for many future watch collectors, the new TAG Heuer Formula 1 Solargraph is accompanied by a slightly heftier price tag: $1750CHF for models on the rubber strap and $1850CHF for those on the steel bracelet.
Model: Formula 1 Solargraph
Case size: 38mm
Movement: TH50-00 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: N/A
Hublot bathes the Big Bang Unico in watery blue sapphire crystal
Hublot has long been recognised for its mastery over materials. Here, it applies its technical prowess so sapphire crystal, imbuing it with crisp light blue pigment. Evocative of a day at the beach, the Big Bang Unico Water Blue Sapphire is equipped with Hublot’s in-house Unico movement, which features an automatic flyback chronograph with a column wheel, visible through the openworked dial.
Model: Big Bang Unico Water Blue Sapphire (ref. 421.JL.4890.RT)
Case size: 44mm
Movement: Unico (automatic)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, flyback chronograph
Power reserve: 72 hours
Piaget parties like it’s 1969 with the Sixtie
The year 1969 was something of a turning point for Piaget, with designer Jean-Claude Gueit uniting jewellery and watchmaking to turn timekeeping into a form of adornment, a move instrumental in shaping the legacy that now defines the luxury watch brand. Among the cuffs and Swinging Sautoir watch necklaces, a trapeze shape began to emerge. Over half a century later, Piaget celebrates the quadrilateral with the new Sixtie timepiece. Blurring the lines between watch and jewellery, the Piaget Sixtie sees a trapezoidal case framed by finely chiselled gadroons, a design element that nods to the Piaget Andy Warhol timepiece. The dial has a satin-brushed finish and is complemented by golden baton hands and applied Roman numeral hour markers. The five-link bracelet sees trapezoidal links interlaced with rectangular ones, extending the jewellery aesthetic around the wrist.
Model: Sixtie
Case size: 29mm x 25.3mm
Movement: 57P (quartz)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: N/A
A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus Honeygold is a masterclass in sporty style
Take a seat folks, the king of elegance has arrived. Released in 2019, the Odysseus marked A. Lange & Söhne’s first (and currently only) sports watch. While it as a marked departure from the German watch brand‘s dress watch repertoire, it retained the same exacting design language and ‘form follows emotion’ ethos of its dressier stablemates. Six years on and the timepiece has received a material upgrade, presented here in honeygold (the manufacture’s 18k gold alloy, specifically developed to resemble the shade of honey). The A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus Honeygold comes with a beautiful chocolate brown dial and is limited to just 100 examples.
Model: Odysseus Honeygold (ref. 363.150)
Availability: 100 examples
Case size: 40.5mm
Movement: L155.1 (automatic)
Water resistance: 12ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, date
Power reserve: 50 hours
Piaget decks the Polo 79 in white gold
The unabashedly glamorous yellow gold Piaget Polo 79 was one of the breakout stars at last year’s Watches & Wonders. Now, it gets a cool-toned sibling in the form of this white gold iteration. Specs and finishes remain the same, with the timepiece defined by its alternating gadroons and satin finished gold elements, which continue from the bracelet onto the dial.
Model: Polo 79 (ref. G0A50150)
Case size: 38mm
Movement: 1200P1 (automatic)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: 44 hours
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Words by T. Angel
