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The fifth modern Extra Plat is the most classical yet: a 38.6 x 35.5 mm, 7.7 mm-thick rose-gold double-ellipse case with a black dial whose gilt markings are the solid-gold dial base showing through. In-house hand-wound DR002 by La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, 65 hours, CHF 55,500 excl. taxes.
Seventy years after the Ladybird, Blancpain goes small again: the Lady B is a 19 mm, lugless, spherical case in steel or red gold, driven by the new in-house automatic calibre 615 with a silicon balance spring. Permanent collection, from CHF 9,500.
Rolex has revived the Padellone name — collector slang for the oversized reference 8171 of 1949 — for the most complicated calendar it has put into series production. The Perpetual Padellone pairs an instantaneous annual calendar driven by the Haplos mechanism with a meteorite moon phase, running on the Dynapulse escapement in 39 mm Everose gold or platinum, from US$59,000.
Fifty years after Ronald Kurowski proposed setting diamonds free between two sapphire crystals, Chopard reissues the 1976 Happy Diamonds close to the original: a cushion case in 18k ethical yellow gold over a black onyx dial. The 34 mm carries the hand-wound calibre 10.01-C and 21 floating stones at EUR 46,000; a 24 mm quartz sits below it.
Forty millimetres, 8.5mm thin, solid rose gold and a saturated Milano Blue skeleton. Parmigiani limits its most restrained openworked Tonda PF to 30 pieces at CHF 97,000.
Torsti Laine marks ten years of his Neuchâtel atelier with the P33, a 33mm hand-wound dress watch with a double hand-turned guilloché dial, plus five new P37 colourways in a numbered edition of 99. Hand-cut guilloché and black-polished steel from CHF 9,900.
Ulysse Nardin revives its 2009 Moonstruck concept inside the 45mm Blast case in rose gold and black DLC titanium. The in-house UN-106 calibre links a 40.3-year-accurate moonphase, lunar calendar, tides, a worldtimer and Sun/Moon positions into one domed celestial display — 20 pieces at around US$116,000.
Citizen gives its value-hit Tsuyosa Shore a vintage twist: a 40mm steel automatic with a textured black gradient dial, gold-tone accents, a date magnifier and the in-house Cal. 8210 — 12,000 pieces worldwide at a projected US$495, arriving August 2026.
Moser's most complex watch returns as a 20-piece titanium edition: a dial-side minute repeater, a flying tourbillon on a cylindrical hairspring, full skeletonisation, and a hand-fired aventurine and mother-of-pearl dial. CHF 378,350, and a GPHG 2026 Mechanical Exception entry.
Gerald Charles turns its asymmetric Masterlink into haute joaillerie: three stone dials (Aventurine, Spectrolite, Iron Eye) under a white-gold bezel set with 60 baguette-cut sapphires or tsavorites, driven by the ultra-thin 2.67mm Vaucher-built GCA5401. Ten pieces per stone, 30 in total, CHF 95,000.
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele's revived Ferdinand Berthoud brings its GPHG-winning Chronomètre FB 3SPC back in a warm, monochromatic 18k rose-gold execution, with a hand-wound, COSC-certified in-house calibre whose cylindrical balance spring you can watch through a side porthole. Non-limited; price on request, around CHF 160,000.
Greubel Forsey debuts a new in-house finishing certification—Qualité Musée—on a compact 39.6 mm white-gold Balancier, limited to 33 pieces. Every one of the GF09 movement's 298 components is finished to museum standard, hidden faces included.
On the exact 225th anniversary of the tourbillon patent, Breguet revives the spirit of its 1989 Ref. 3350 with the Classique Tourbillon 7357 — a 35 mm, permanent-collection tourbillon in platinum or gold, powered by the new manual-wound Calibre 187B at a historically correct 2.5 Hz.
De Bethune turns its signature oxidised-titanium finishing toward a warm golden 'sand' dial. A 40 mm, 8.8 mm-thin grade-5 titanium DB25xs on the hand-wound Calibre DB2005 with a six-day reserve. CHF 70,000.
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.
Vacheron Constantin upgrades its patented dual-frequency perpetual calendar, pushing standby autonomy from 65 to 70 days. In 950 platinum, ref. 3200T/000P-H167, powered by the in-house calibre 3610 QP, at CHF 282,000.
Arnold & Son and London retailer The Limited Edition unveil the HM London Skyline, a 39.5mm ultra-slim dress watch whose blue mother-of-pearl dial shows historic London by day and reveals the Shard, the Gherkin and the London Eye in Super-LumiNova after dark. The in-house, 2.7mm-thin calibre A&S1001 delivers a 90-hour power reserve; GBP 15,000 in steel, GBP 23,500 in red gold.
Bell & Ross returns to its rarest muse for a fourth time, partnering with S.T. Dupont on a 42 mm steel-and-18K-rose-gold BR-05 Chrono. Limited to 150 sets at EUR 19,200, each comes in a Macassar ebony humidor box with a matching Ligne 2 lighter and cigar cutter.
Jaeger-LeCoultre expands its hit “Or Deco” Reverso with five new models, including the line's first 18K white gold versions and three gem-set “Cocktail” pieces with 46 rail-set baguette stones. All run the slim hand-wound Calibre 822. Prices from €44,200, topped by a 200-piece white-gold limited edition.
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.
Parmigiani drops the no-date 40 mm Tonda PF Chronograph into 18k rose gold for the first time, paired with a hand-guilloché Mineral Blue dial and the COSC-certified PF070 integrated chronograph. CHF 70,000 / EUR 79,000.
Girard-Perregaux joins the steel-plus-rose-gold integrated-sports renaissance with an unexpected 'Chocolate' Laureato Chronograph 42 mm — limited to 50 pieces, on a Clou de Paris-stamped rubber strap, and powered by the in-house GP03300-1052 chronograph with eight distinct finishing techniques visible through the sapphire back. EUR 26,500.
Daniel Roth's slim ellipsocurvex Extra-Plat enters platinum for the first time under La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, paired with a grey dial decorated with hand-engraved pinstripe guilloché — the most monochromatic and arguably the most 'Daniel Roth' execution of the revival yet.
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.
Jacob & Co. unveils the first wristwatch in horological history that plays two distinct melodies on demand — The Godfather's Waltz and The Godfather Love Theme — selectable via a lever at 10 o'clock and powered by a dedicated music-box barrel separate from the timekeeping mainspring. Limited to just 74 pieces in 18K rose gold, US$440,000.
Quietly slipped between the Nautilus 50th and the Cubitus Skeleton at Watches & Wonders 2026, the new Calatrava reference 5227G-015 pairs white gold with a rose-gilt opaline salmon dial and dark charcoal obus markers — a combination never before seen on the 5227 platform. Officer's back, Calibre 26-330 S C, and a USD 47,262 price tag.
After years of focusing on women's timepieces, Chanel comes back to the men's category at Watches & Wonders 2026 with two new 42mm J12 references — a limited Golden Black and a non-limited SUPERLEGGERA — both running the Tudor-linked Kenissi Manufacture's COSC-certified Calibre 12.1.
A 511-component white-gold tour de force with twin inclined flying tourbillons, a patented gimbal seconds display and the Grinder automatic winding system — limited to 50 pieces at CHF 320,000 and presented at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026 for the 25th anniversary of the Freak and the 180th of Ulysse Nardin.
Panerai delivers a world-first at Watches & Wonders 2026: the Luminor 31 Giorni PAM01631, a hand-wound watch with a full 31-day (744-hour) power reserve. Seven years of development produced the new Calibre P.2031/S, a quad-barrel movement using over 3 metres of mainspring, displayed under a skeletonised dial inside a 44mm Goldtech case. Limited to 200 pieces.
At Watches & Wonders 2026, Rolex debuts an entirely new in-house 18k gold alloy — 'Jubilee Gold' — on an off-catalogue Day-Date 40 in reference 228235JG-0003, featuring a natural green aventurine stone dial with ten baguette-cut diamond hour markers. The new alloy shifts between tender yellow, warm grey and soft pink tones depending on the light. US$62,700, allocated exclusively through select authorised retailers.
At Watches & Wonders 2026, Jaeger-LeCoultre closes an eight-year Métiers Rares project by miniaturising the final four paintings from Katsushika Hokusai's 'A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces' onto the reverse of four Reverso Tribute Enamel references. Each is limited to 10 pieces, cased in 18k white gold, and hand-painted using the Geneva technique — 14 layers of Grand Feu enamel, 80 hours of work per dial.
The Datejust 41 ref. 126334 introduces a first-of-its-kind dial for Rolex: a fully-lacquered green ombré, built by applying green lacquer to the base plate and then spraying black lacquer in concentric motions to build a centre-to-edge gradient. Paired with a white Rolesor case (Oystersteel + 18k white gold fluted bezel). Price: US$11,650 / EUR 11,450 / CHF 10,450.
IWC breaks new ground by bringing Le Petit Prince to the Portofino collection for the first time. The IW459806 features a 34mm steel case, deep blue dial with day/night indicator showing the Little Prince standing on the moon, calibre 35180 with 50-hour power reserve, and a hand-coloured Santoni leather strap.
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 flying tourbillon to the Ingenieur for the first time. The IW345901 features a 41.6mm 18K 5N gold case, olive green Grid dial with tourbillon at 6 o'clock, calibre 82905 with 80-hour power reserve. Limited to 100 pieces at CHF 125,000.
My new video is live — six minutes covering the seven Rolex releases from Watches & Wonders 2026 that nobody saw coming: the 100-Years Oyster Perpetual, the Jubilee-motif OPs, the full-gold 28/34, the green ombré Datejust, the returning Yacht-Master II with Calibre 4162, the Rolesium Daytona with Grand Feu enamel, and the all-new Jubilee Gold Day-Date.
IWC debuts coloured ceramic in the Ingenieur collection: a dark olive green zirconium oxide ceramic case with 18K 5N gold crown, Armor Gold bezel screws, and the signature Grid dial. Calibre 82110, 60-hour power reserve. 42mm.
Hublot re-engineers the Big Bang from the inside out. Five Big Bang Reloaded references at Watches & Wonders 2026, all powered by the in-house HUB1280 Unico flyback chronograph. From Titanium Ceramic at USD 24,000 to Magic Gold at USD 44,500 — marking 20 years of All Black and 15 of Magic Gold.
Chopard marks 30 years of its Fleurier Manufacture with a new L.U.C 1860 wearing an "Areuse Blue" hand-guilloché white-gold dial, the micro-rotor Calibre 96.40-L with Twin barrels, and the Poinçon de Genève — all in a 36.5mm Lucent Steel case. Pure, quiet value at the high end.
Grand Seiko puts its ±20-seconds-per-year Spring Drive U.F.A. calibre 9RB2 into an 18k yellow-gold Evolution 9 case with a hand-textured "Ice Forest at Dawn" dial. 80-piece limited edition. USD 43,600. The most accurate mechanical-hybrid wristwatch in the world, now in its most luxurious executions.
The stainless steel companion to the ceramic anniversary chronograph. 41mm, calibre 69385, deep blue Le Petit Prince dial, and blue rubber strap with EasX-CHANGE. An accessible in-house chronograph celebrating 20 years of IWC × Le Petit Prince.
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.
Zenith skeletonises the Chronomaster Sport for the first time at W&W 2026. Four references — two steel, one rose gold, one diamond-set rose gold — all powered by the in-house El Primero 3600SK, still at 5 Hz with 1/10-second measurement on the bezel. Steel from EUR 16,500.
Arnold & Son releases the Ultrathin Tourbillon Onyx Edition ahead of Watches & Wonders 2026 — 8 pieces per metal, a 2.97mm in-house calibre, and 100 hours of power reserve. Here's why this is the most underrated tourbillon of the year.
440 hours to build, max 8 per year — Girard-Perregaux's first in-house minute repeater is a $590,000 masterpiece.
Beda'a offers the Angles Guichets in gold — same base price as steel. Qatari independence and pricing fairness.