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Bovet's new Récital 31 puts owner-friendliness first: caseback correctors are individually labelled, the display is unusually legible, and a brand-new 469-part in-house calibre drives a perpetual calendar with retrograde date and spherical moon phase. 44 mm Dimier case, 60 pieces per colour, from CHF 102,000.
A. Lange & Söhne has revived the Cabaret Tourbillon at the 2026 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, cased for the first time in proprietary Honeygold. Limited to 50 pieces, it carries the in-house calibre L042.1 with a 120-hour power reserve and the brand's patented stop-seconds-on-the-tourbillon — a rare manufacture rectangular tourbillon at roughly €300,000.
De Bethune partners with Geneva retailer EsperLuxe for a 10-piece DB27 Night Hawk: blued-titanium lugs, an engraved star-map dial showing the night sky on the day of their first collaboration, and the in-house AUTOV2 calibre. USD 70,000.
Two years after the prototype that auctioned for CHF 508,000 at Phillips, Konstantin Chaykin has finally cracked the production version of his record-breaking ultra-thin: the ThinKing Mystery holds the same astonishing 1.65 mm thickness, adds a transparent sapphire-disc 'mystery' display where the hands should be, and is limited to just 12 pieces priced at CHF 400,000.
Vacheron Constantin transfers miniature painting from the dial onto the strap for the first time in its history with the Égérie Moon Phase Spring Blossom. A 37mm 18K 5N pink-gold case with a light-pink mother-of-pearl Pleats dial, a moonstone-set off-centre crown, and a calfskin strap individually hand-painted with cherry blossoms. Limited to 100 pieces.
Patek Philippe celebrates 30 years of its in-house Annual Calendar complication with the 5396R-016 — a 38.5mm rose-gold case with a sunburst sand-beige dial, twin day/month apertures at 12, and date / 24-hour / moon-phase subdial at 6. Powered by the calibre 26-330 S QA LU 24. CHF 54,000 / US$67,517.
Patek refreshes its flagship in-line perpetual calendar for Watches & Wonders 2026 with a silvery-grey vertical-satin dial and a black peripheral gradient, replacing both the 2021 blue and the 2024 salmon editions. Under the platinum case sits the Calibre 31-260 PS QL — micro-rotor automatic, 4 Hz, in-line panoramic day/date/month aperture.
Moser extends its tantalum experimentation into one of its most elegant complications: the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Concept now comes in a full tantalum case AND — for the first time — a tantalum dial. Limited to 50 pieces at USD 94,500.
Oris brings back the Artelier Complication in three warm dial colours with a pared-down layout: moon phase at 12, 24-hour second time zone at 6, nothing else. Powered by the Calibre 782, priced from USD 2,950.
IWC debuts its revolutionary Ceralume luminous ceramic technology in the Big Pilot collection. Limited to 250 pieces, the IW505801 features a 46.5mm case that glows vivid blue in the dark, a 7-day perpetual calendar with double moon phase, and the calibre 52616. A watch with two entirely different expressions — white elegance by day, blue luminescence by night.
The most wearable ProSet perpetual calendar: 42mm stainless steel on a 5-link bracelet. Calibre 82665 with bidirectional QP adjustment, deep blue Le Petit Prince dial, and a 60-hour power reserve. CHF 38,700.
IWC brings the perpetual calendar to the Ingenieur in Grade 5 titanium. 41.6mm, calibre 82600, 60-hour power reserve, moon phase accurate to 577.5 years, matte grey Grid dial, and an integrated titanium bracelet. CHF 41,000 / EUR 44,100.
IWC reinvents the perpetual calendar with ProSet — the first fully synchronized, bidirectionally adjustable QP mechanism. The flagship IW339601 houses calibre 82665 in a 43mm white ceramic case with deep blue Le Petit Prince dial. Moon phase accurate to 1,040 years. CHF 41,200.
The precious-metal ProSet perpetual calendar: 42mm in 18-carat 5N rose gold with an olive green dial and buffalo leather strap. Calibre 82665 with bidirectional QP. Applied gold indices. CHF 54,200.
Patek Philippe elevates the Cubitus to grand complication status with the 5840P — a perpetual calendar skeleton in platinum that pairs the collection's daring square geometry with the all-new Calibre 28-28 Q SQU. At CHF 150,000 and 10mm thin, it is both technically ambitious and visually unlike anything else in the Patek catalogue.
Audemars Piguet's headline release at Watches & Wonders 2026 is the Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Openworked (Ref. 26685XT) — a fully skeletonised perpetual calendar powered by the brand-new Calibre 7139, presented in a stunning titanium and Bulk Metallic Glass case at just 9.5mm thick.
Patek Philippe's most technically significant W&W 2026 launch: the 47mm Celestial Ref. 6105G displays sunrise and sunset times — a world first on a wristwatch, requiring 5 years of development and 6 patents, powered by the new Cal. 240 C LU CL LCSO.
Alongside the Royal Oak 26685XT, Audemars Piguet unveils a second Calibre 7139-powered watch at W&W 2026: the Code 11.59 Perpetual Calendar Openworked (Ref. 26443NB). Same groundbreaking movement, completely different aesthetic personality — a round, open-architecture case that lets the skeleton perpetual calendar breathe.
Sinn shows up to Watches and Wonders for the first time with a hunter's moonlight watch, a 38.5mm neo-vintage tool three-hander, and a blacked-out in-house chronograph.
Breitling pairs the iconic Navitimer slide rule with a perpetual calendar — available in steel and full platinum.
Gerald Charles packs 306 components into a 97-gram titanium perpetual calendar — haute horlogerie made weightless.