Still stuck in February? Grab your crown and wind your watch — we’re into March now, king! The art of timekeeping is timeless, but the horological industry isn’t stuck in the past, with a slew of new watch releases for March 2025.
Welcome back to In The Loupe, our monthly watch news series covering the latest and greatest (and some frankly whacky) watch releases from the best luxury watch brands, independent watchmakers, and microbrands.
March 2025 watch news
Below, all the latest and greatest releases and watch news to know in March 2025.
MB&F gets mad (again) with the MAD Editions M.A.D.2
- MB&F has added to its M.A.D. line, which translates the ethos of MB&F into more accessible timepieces
- Designed by MB&F collaborator and designer Eric Giroud, the M.A.D.2 is a love letter to the spirit of 1990s club culture, with the hours and minutes displayed on two separate raised subdials that recall the aesthetic of turntables from a DJ’s deck
- The central dial they reside on has a snailed finish that mimics that of vinyl records, while around the perimeter is a sunken black display with cutout holes and bright dots that move around to create a strobe light effect
- It’s powered by the La Joux-Perret G101—an automatic movement which has a module to convert it to jumping hours—which has a 64-hour power reserve
Price: $2900CHF
Availability: orange is for friends and collaborators only, green will be raffled (exact availability unknown)
Model: M.A.D.2
Case size: 42mm
Movement: La Joux-Perret G101 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: 64 hours
Couture meets horology in TAOS’ latest display of métiers d’art
- Founded last year by dialmaker Olivier Vaucher and watchmaker Olivier Gaud, Swiss luxury watch brand TAOS is dedicated to métiers d’art and other traditional artistic crafts
- The brand’s latest releases draw from the world of couture, with three new timepieces housed in 38mm white or rose gold cases
- Savile Row is inspired by tartan and has a white gold case, Sequins draws from the embellishments found on haute couture pieces, and Dentelle pays homage to the Swiss laces of Saint-Gall
- The movements of each timepieces are as intricate as the enamel dials themselves, with two distinct decorative techniques that nod to the world of couture and require over 150 hours of hand engraving to achieve
Price: $POA
Model: Savile Row, Sequins, Dentelle
Case size: 38mm
Movement: VOP318 (automatic)
Water resistance: ATM
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: 72 hours
Louis Erard Le Régulateur x GoS
- Indie watchmakers Louis Erard and Patrik Sjögren of GoS link up to reimagine the former’s iconic Regulator model using the latter’s Damascus steel on the dial
- The stainless steel case retains the same 39mm proportions as previous Regulator models and features polished surfaces with a slimline bezel that puts all attention on the dial
- Said dial is defined by its use of Damascus steel which is Conny Persson and meticulously hand-finished by Patrik Sjögren before undergoing a bath treatment that intensifies its contrasts (brighter greys and blacker blacks)
- The traditional vertical bicompax dial layout remains the same, but the bottom subdial is forgone in favour of a triskelion-inspired small seconds disc, while the minute and hour hands are bright blue and executed in GoS’ sword shape
- The minute subdial at 12 o’clock is adorned with a notched chapter ring which mimics that of the rehaut
- It’s powered by the Sellita SW266-1 automatic movement, which has a power reserve of 38 hours
Price: $4250CHF
Availability: 178 examples
Model: Le Régulateur x GoS
Case size: 39mm
Movement: Sellita SW266-1 (automatic)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 38 hours
Explore Le Régulateur x GoS via Louis Erard.
Krayon introduces the first mechanical planner watch
- The Krayon Anyday is the first of its kind, with the mechanical planner displaying the day of the week and date over a five-week span
- An intuitive display, the dial houses all 31 potential days of the month on the periphery, with weekdays in dark blue and weekends in light blue. A crescent moon frames the current date and the integration of a cam system within the movement gives it enough power to ‘jump’ forward at midnight
- The watch needs to be adjusted five times a year for months with 28/29 or 30 days, however it self-adjust at the end of months with 31 days
- It’s powered by an in-house movement comprising 378 components and housed within a 39mm white gold case
Central hour and minute display, date display along the periphery, Day of the week indicated by color (distinguishing weekdays from weekends), First week of the following month indicated by four small dots positioned at 6 o’clock
Price: $88,000CHF
Model: Anyday
Case size: 39mm
Movement: (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, date, day of the week, first week of next month
Power reserve: 72 hours
The Omega Planet Ocean gets worldly
If you’ve ever been hanging out 6 kilometres below sea level and thought, hey, I wonder what time it is in the ocean in Honolulu (wouldn’t want to call the fish in the middle of dinner!), the new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer is the watch for you.
- Omega has created an unexpected mashup with its new Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer, which sits within the Swiss luxury watch brand’s serious range of divers — each featuring a bonkers amount of water resistance (from 600 metres to 6000 metres)
- Featuring some big daddy dimensions, the 45.5mm cases are crafted from black ceramic zirconium oxyde and measure 18.99mm thick. Like other Planet Ocean models, the Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer has twisted lyre lugs and a helium escape valve
- The Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer is available in two dial colours, grey or turquoise, and features a titanium world map with laser-ablated continents (it’s the same view as the Aqua Terra Worldtimer collection)
- The newcomer is powered by the calibre 8938, an automatic movement with a 60-hour power reserve
Price: $24,600AUD
Model: Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer
Case size: 45.5mm
Movement: 8938 (automatic)
Water resistance: 60ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, world time
Power reserve: 60 hours
Explore the Seamaster Planet Ocean Worldtimer via Omega.
Konstantin Chaykin is in a silly goofy mood with the Kolobok 2
- Russian watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin specialises in unserious watches with serious technical prowess, with his Wristomons series featuring faces that tell the time using the eyes of playful characters that reside on the dial
- The Konstantin Chaykin Kolobok 2 is a follow up to the original Kolobok, which was inspired by a character in a Russian fairy tale
- The Kolobok 2 is housed within a 40mm stainless steel case and sees an anthropomorphic yellow gradient dial display the hours and minutes on the eyes and a moonphase indicator in the mouth (hint: it’s the tongue)
- The striking yellow dial is achieved through multi-layered lacquering, while a gloss varnish on the eyes makes them pop
- Previous Wristomons models have used a highly customised ETA 2892-A2 movement, however the Kolobok 2 replaces this with the La Joux-Perret G200, an automatic movement with a 68-hour power reserve
Price: $17,900CHF
Availability: 100 examples
Model: Kolobok 2
Case size: 40mm
Movement: La Joux-Perret G200 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, moonphase indicator
Power reserve: 68 hours
Explore the Kolobok 2 vis Konstantin Chaykin.
Ming’s 21.01 ‘Project 21’ is for besties only
The story behind the Ming 21.01 is an interesting one. In 2023, Ming founder Ming Thein was at a dinner for a group of Singapore-based collectors, when one posed the question of what a watch designed entirely for himself would look like. Thein responded (and we’re paraphrasing here) that they’d have to fund it to find out. So, with nothing more than a fixed price cap and an estimated delivery date, the ten collectors threw down a hefty deposit for a watch they new pretty much nothing about. Outside of the ten collectors, Ming has released the 21.01 in a limited run of 15 pieces for non-besties.
- The Ming 21.01 is built around the historically significant Frederic Piguet 21 calibre, one of the thinnest movements ever made
- Thein wanted a case that was proportionate to the movement, meaning not even its smallest 38mm case would suffice. So, a completely new 35mm monobloc case was developed, with the case featuring a narrow bezel and dial elements pushed to the edge. Thein wanted the watch to have a satisfying heft on the wrist despite its smaller proportions, leading to the use of tantalum for the case metal
- The dial is made out of two components; CVD-coated brass plate engraved with a sunburst pattern and on top, the same pattern contained within a fused borosilicate layer made by FEMTOprint
- An exhibition caseback allows wearers to view the Frederic Piguet 21 calibre, which was created in 1925 and used by the likes of Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, IWC, Vacheron Constantin, and Jaeger-LeCoultre. For the Ming 21.01, Thein sourced old movements and had them modified and reworked by Mathis Horlogerie and TitAl SA; here, they’re coated in gold and feature skeletonised titanium bridges and sandblasted surfaces with polished anglage
Price: $32,500CHF
Availability: 15 examples
Model: 21.01 ‘Project 21’
Case size: 35mm
Movement: Frederic Piguet 21 (automatic)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes
Power reserve: 38 hours
Explore 21.01 ‘Project 21’ via Ming.
The Biver Japan Edition Light & Shadow has a deceptively simply dial
- The Biver Automatique Japan Edition Light & Shadow is simplicity on the front, business on the back. The newcomer follows the release of the debut Biver Carillon Tourbillon which has a somewhat controversial aesthetic and the Biver Automatique which was simpler while still bearing striking finishes and stone dials
- The Biver Automatique Japan Edition Light & Shadow is the independent watch brand’s most aesthetically pared-back model yet and pairs an enamel dial with a classic 39mm case
- It’s available in two case metals; rose gold with a black dial and platinum with a white dial, each with hour markers and hands that match their case metal
- It’s powered by the calibre JCB-003, an automatic movement produced in collaboration with Dubois, which features a plethora of decorative finishes including clous de Paris engraving, circular graining, anglage, satin brushing, and guilloché
- The Japanese exclusive is available through The Hour Glass Japan
Price: $89,000CHF (rose gold); $92,000CHF (platinum)
Model: Automatique Japan Edition Light & Shadow
Case size: 39mm
Movement: JCB-003 (automatic)
Water resistance: 8ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds
Power reserve: 65 hours
Explore Automatique Japan Edition Light & Shadow via Biver.
Squale brings back its 1960s 2001 Diver
- Born in the 1960s, the Squale 2001 Diver was notable for its barrel-shaped case with hidden lugs and a funky two-tone bakelite bezel
- To celebrate the brand’s 65th anniversary, Squale has brought back the 2001 Diver. The new Squale 2001 Diver retains the 40mm barrel-shaped steel case, but swaps the bakelite bezel for a monotone sapphire glass insert. The crown at 4 o’clock is set into the case, with the timepiece offering an impressively high water resistance of 600 metres
- The Squale 2001 Diver forms part of the brand’s permanent collection and comes in three colours — black, blue, and orange
- It’s powered by the serviceable Sellita SW200, an automatic movement with 38 hours of power reserve
Price: $1590USD
Model: 2001 Diver
Case size: 40mm
Movement: Sellita SW200 (automatic)
Water resistance: 60ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Power reserve: 38 hours
Explore the 2001 Diver via Squale.
anOrdain goes back to black with the Black Model 2 Porcelain
- Scottish watch brand anOrdain is known for its mechanical watches featuring handmade enamel dials
- Here, the brand takes a different approach, with the new anOrdain Black Model 2 Porcelain featuring a clay-based, glazed dial inspired by a trip to Limoges, France
- The deep black porcelain dial is complemented by gold-plated hands which are sand-blasted and filled with lume and a red seconds hand with a white arrow tip
- It’s housed within a 39mm stainless steel case with brushed surfaces and powered by the La Joux-Perret G101, an automatic movement with a 68-hour power reserve
Price: £1800
Model: Black Model 2 Porcelain
Case size: 39mm
Movement: La Joux-Perret G101 (automatic)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds
Power reserve: 68 hours
Explore the Black Model 2 Porcelain via anOrdain.
Grand Seiko opens boutique on Melbourne’s Collins Street
Grand Seiko has opened its first boutique in Melbourne. The Japanese watch brand’s new boutique resides within The Block Arcade, a heritage building on Melbourne’s Collins Street. Nodding to the Grand Seiko philosophy of ‘The Nature of Time’, the interiors take on a contemporary Japanese tone and span three storeys. Alongside the showroom on the ground floor, the boutique also houses a private lounge, bar, and sitting areas to explore timepieces in a more intimate setting.
Address: 264-274 Little Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Vulcain brings back an underrated duo with the Skindiver Chronograph
- Designed for those who prefer free diving to scuba diving, skindiver watches gained popularity in the 1960s and are known for having a lower water resistance while being more compact than classic dive watches
- The Vulcain Skindiver Chronograph pairs the comparatively compact size of a skindiver with a chronograph movement (a combination not often attempted due to the inherent chunkiness of most automatic chronograph movements), with the timepiece housed within a 39.7mm case with a thickness of 13mm
- The timepiece comes in panda and reverse panda dial configurations (white with black subdials or black with white subdials) and features a bicompax subdial layout with a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and running seconds at 9 o’clock
- It’s powered by the Valjoux 7753, an automatic chronograph movement with a 42-hour power reserve
Price: from €2700
Model: Skindiver Chronograph
Case size: 39.7mm
Movement: Valjoux 7753 (automatic)
Water resistance: 20ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, small seconds, 30-minute counter
Power reserve: 42 hours
Explore the Skindiver Chronograph via Vulcain.
Blancpain unveils a more wearable Tech Gombessa
- The new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Ocean Commitment IV adapts the design of the Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 2 Tech Gombessa into a slightly more wearable format
- The Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV has a 45mm titanium case which houses a houses a helium valve for saturation dives in a hyperbaric chamber
- The black dial swaps the orange numerals and hour markers for light green ones crafted from solid lume blocks
- The timepiece has a 300 metre water resistance and is powered by the calibre 1315A which boasts a 120 hour power reserve
- The Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV is limited to 100 examples, with €1000 from the sale of each piece going to the Blancpain x Sulubaaï Marine Research Center
Price: $33,900AUD
Availability: 100 examples
Model: Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV (ref. 5029A 12B30 64A)
Case size: 45mm
Movement: 1315A (automatic)
Water resistance: 30ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, helium escape valve
Power reserve: 120 hours/five days
Explore the Fifty Fathoms Tech BOC IV via Blancpain.
Breitling releases an ice cold Navitimer B19 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
- Last year, Breitling marked its 140th anniversary with the release of a trio of rose gold perpetual calendars which marked the debut of the B19 perpetual calendar chronograph movement
- Now, Breitling has released the Navitimer B19 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph which pairs the movement with an ice blue dial and a 43mm stainless steel case with a platinum bezel
- The in-house B19 movement is based on Breitling’s Calibre 01, combining the Swiss manufacture’s specialty in chronographs with a calendar complication that self-corrects for leap years and months of 28, 30, and 31 days
- The B19 also sees the power reserve of the B01 bumped up from 70 hours to 96 hours
Price: $43,590AUD
Model: B19 Chronograph 43 Perpetual Calendar (ref. PB1920251C1P1)
Case size: 43mm
Movement: B19 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, central seconds, chronograph, perpetual calendar
Power reserve: 90 hours
Explore the B19 Chronograph 43 Perpetual Calendar via Breitling.
Audemars Piguet introduces a décuple of novelties (and a new calibre!) to kickstart its 150th anniversary celebrations
- Founded by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet in the Vallée de Joux in 1875, Audemars Piguet celebrates its 150th anniversary this year
- To celebrate, the Swiss manufacture has released ten new novelties, including the limited-edition Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openworked ‘150th Anniversary’ (pictured left), a 41mm titanium timepiece which will be the last to be equipped with the calibre 5135
- However, it’s the new Code 11.59 Perpetual Calendar which has caught our eye; powered by the new calibre 7138, which marks the first AP movement that allows for crown-only adjustment of the perpetual calendar functions (i.e. no pushers necessary)
- It comes in a 41mm white gold case with an embossed smoked blue dial with guilloché detailing, which provides the ideal canvas for the four-subdial calendar layout
Price: $95,200CHF
Availability: 150 examples
Model: Code 11.59 Perpetual Calendar (ref. 26494BC)
Case size: 41mm
Movement: 7138 (automatic)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, perpetual calendar
Power reserve: 55 hours
Explore the Code 11.59 Perpetual Calendar via Audemars Piguet.
Timex releases a trio of racing-inspired Marlin Chronographs
- Timex has long used the Marlin to showcase its retro design prowess, with the lineup including 34mm and 40mm timepieces that make use of chronograph functions, hand-wound movements, and throwback design details
- Here, the Timex Marlin Chronograph Tachymeter sees a 40mm stainless steel case with a sloped bezel, sloped lugs, and a domed crystal play host to a sunbrushed dial with racing livery extending from 1 to 5 o’clock
- Arabic boxed numerals appear at 3, 9, and 12 o’clock, and the dial is surrounded by a tachymeter scale
- The Timex Marlin Chronograph Tachymeter is available with a dark blue, champagne, or dark green dial and is powered by a quartz chronograph movement
Price: $345AUD
Model: Marlin Chronograph Tachymeter (ref. TW2W98900 [champagne]; TW2W99000 [dark blue]; TW2W99100 [dark green])
Case size: 40mm
Movement: quartz
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, central seconds, chronograph
Power reserve: N/A
Explore the Marlin Chronograph Tachymeter via Timex.
Richard Mille releases an automatic quartz tourbillon
Confused? Let us explain.
- The Richard Mille RM 07-02 Automatic Tourbillon sees the Swiss watch brand’s signature tonneau-shaped case rendered in quartz TPT
- Quartz TPT is a composite material made by saturating ultra-thin layers of silica fibres in resin before fusing them together using heat and pressure. It was developed by Richard Mille in collaboration with North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) and is known for its strength and durability
- The quartz TPT case comes in black or white and is layered with rose gold leaves, which matches the material of the midcase
- The timepiece is completely skeletonised, with the CRMT5 movement acting as the dial; it features a flying tourbillon and rose gold bridges which are complemented by polished silver hands
- The calibre CRMT5 is notable for having a variable geometry rotor, which can be adjusted to wind faster or slower based on the wearer’s activity level
- The timepiece comes on a textured white rubber strap, smooth black rubber strap, or rose gold Cuban bracelet
Price: $603,000USD (on rubber strap); $660,000USD (on bracelet)
Model: RM 74-02
Case size: 34.4mm x 52.63mm
Movement: CRMT5 (automatic tourbillon)
Water resistance: 5ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, variable-geometry rotor
Power reserve: 50 hours
Explore the RM 74-02 via Richard Mille.
Junghans goes back to the future with the Mega Futura
- In the wake of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East Germany and the German Democratic Republic into the Germany we know today, the European nation was in a positive place
- To celebrate this optimism and look towards a brighter future, German watch brand Junghans created the Mega 1, a radio-controlled watch that was genuinely the most accurate wristwatch at the time
- The Junghans Mega Futura celebrates the 35th anniversary of the original Mega 1
- The asymmetrical timepiece has a 38.5mm x 44mm steel case and features a digital time display with 12- or 24-hour time and additional calendar week, day of the week, and date functions
- Two of the models have a classic untreated stainless steel case with either a black or light grey display, while the third is a blacked out steel PVD model with a black dial
- It’s powered by the calibre J604.90, a multifrequency radio-controlled movement which is connected to the atomic clock of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (the national metrology institute of the Federal Republic of Germany) while in Europe, or similar transmitters in other continents — this allows the watch to continually adjust to the correct time
Price: €490
Availability: 80 examples per model
Model: Mega Futura
Case size: 38.5mm x 44mm
Movement: J604.90 (multi-frequency radio-controlled)
Water resistance: 4ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, day of the week, calendar week, 12/24 hour display
Power reserve: 48 hours
Explore the Mega Futura via Junghans.
Grönefeld’s first women’s watch is for for the witchy horological girlies
- Dutch independent watch brand Grönefeld has launches its first dedicated women’s watch
- The 1944 Tanfana is named after a local pagan goddess and 37.5mm rose gold case set with 233 brilliant-cut diamonds on the bezel, while the crown is topped with an aventurine cabochon
- The precious stones continue onto the dial, which is formed by a blue aventurine which is decorated with a flower of life pattern
- The small seconds subdial at 6 o’clock eschews a hand in favour of a rotating blue floral motif
- The lance-shaped hour and minute hands are crafted from rose gold, as are the hour indices
- The timepiece is powered by the calibre G-06—a variation on a base movement made by Andreas Strehler’s UhrTeil AG manufacture—an automatic movement with a 56-hour power reserve
Price: €118,000
Model: 1944 Tanfana
Case size: 37mm
Movement: G-06 (automatic)
Water resistance: 3ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 56 hours
Explore the 1944 Tanfana via Grönefeld.
Leica gives its sports watch watch a funky, mid-sized update with the ZM 12
- German camera company Leica first turned its lens towards the horological world in 2022, with the release of the L1 and L2; both dress watch models
- Now, Leica has followed up the release of the sporty ZM 11 model last year with the new ZM 12
- The Leiza ZM 12 translates the hallmarks of the ZM 11 into a smaller case size, measuring in at 39mm
- It’s available in stainless steel or grade 5 titanium and plays host to an embossed ridged dial with a small seconds subdial at 6 o’clock
- The Leica ZM 12 is powered by the calibre LA-3002. Developed for Leica by Chronode, it’s an automatic movement with a 60-hour power reserve
- Dials of each timepiece are defined by horizontal ridging and feature a gradient effect; steel models are available with a blue-orange, silver-grey, or olive-black dial, while the titanium iteration has a chocolate gradient dial that fades to black
Price: from $6800USD
Model: ZM 12
Case size: 39mm
Movement: LA-3002 (automatic)
Water resistance: 10ATM
Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds
Power reserve: 60 hours
Words by Theo Rosen & T. Angel
