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The Horological Brothers stack four complications into a hand-wound 473-component movement. Tantalum and platinum, 28 pieces each, from EUR 280,000.
Panerai closes the week that began with a 42 mm Luminor by going to the other extreme: a 47 mm Grade 5 titanium case, the skeletonised hand-wound P.2005/T, a horizontal tourbillon turning twice a minute, a true GMT and 144 hours of power reserve. EUR 160,000, not limited, December 2026.
Girard-Perregaux fits an automatic micro-rotor tourbillon into a 39 mm steel Laureato just 10 mm thick. References 99116-11-3528-1CM and 99116-11-3615-1CM pair a Clous de Paris dial — in translucent blue Grand Feu enamel or solid rose-toned gold — with the in-house calibre GP8410 and 72 hours of power reserve, at US$100,000 and US$95,600.
New Neuchatel independent Atelier Pieters - founded by ex-Omega complications chief and WOSTEP director Maarten Pieters - debuts the Atelier 1 Founders' Series: a 43.5mm platinum hand-wound tourbillon with dual planetary power-reserve displays, 8 pieces per colourway, CHF 148,500.
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.
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.
Bovet's first watch it calls a "true GMT" sets the second time zone via a left-flank pusher and stages it alongside an elevated flying tourbillon, in a 42 mm case with an in-house 375-part, 10-day movement. Limited to 60 pieces each in titanium (CHF 150,000) and red gold (CHF 175,000).
For its 30th anniversary, Parmigiani Fleurier unveils the Carillon Tourbillon Anniversaire — a five-piece grande complication pairing a four-note carillon minute repeater with a flying 60-second tourbillon and a ten-day power reserve. Housed in 41.6 mm of 18k white gold with a hand-hammered Morning Blue dial, it is descended from an early-19th-century chiming pocket watch Michel Parmigiani himself restored, and priced at CHF 490,000.
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.
Stéphane von Gunten's Haute-Rive introduces the Honoris Strato Verde and Strato Blu — the first stainless-steel cases ever offered for the 1,000-hour power reserve, flying-tourbillon Honoris. With a 42.5 mm × 11.95 mm steel case, in-house Calibre HR01, single barrel containing a three-metre mainspring, and a production cap of about 10 watches per year across the entire Honoris collection, these CHF 128,000 references make Haute-Rive's record-breaking architecture meaningfully more wearable.
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.
L. Leroy — one of the oldest names in French watchmaking, founded in Paris in 1785 — opens the second chapter of its modern revival with the Elyor: a 42 mm tambour-cased flying tourbillon, equipped with the brand's first-ever micro-rotor calibre, in three executions of grade 5 titanium, platinum 950, and 18k 5N gold. The watch's name itself is a piece of horological history — the anagram L. Leroy used during the French Revolution to disguise its signature.
De Bethune extends its 'art-on-the-bridge' theme with a fresh sea-blue random guilloché treatment of the 38.7mm DB28XS tourbillon — the in-house DB2009V7 5 Hz, 5-day, 30-second tourbillon, in titanium, with a hand-engraved bridge that's visually unique on every example. CHF 170,000.
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.
Chanel extends its in-house men's Monsieur line with an all-matte-black ceramic flying tourbillon — 42mm, Calibre 5.1 manufactured entirely by the Chanel Watch Manufacture, twin barrels, 72-hour power reserve, and just 55 pieces worldwide. Unveiled at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2026.
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.
Bulgari's world-record-breaking Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon returns for W&W 2026 as a 10-piece platinum limited edition (ref. 104344). Still 1.85mm of total thickness, still the in-house BVF 900 4 Hz tourbillon — now with a platinum case and cool-blue openworked dial.
JLC's most technically ambitious W&W 2026 launch: the Gyrotourbillon À Stratosphère features a triple-axis tourbillon designed to cancel positional errors in all three planes, limited to just 20 pieces at €715,000.
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.
Czapek & Cie's W&W 2026 collection is a masterclass in value: three Antarctique references in titanium with proprietary Cosmic Blue — Dark Sector (CHF 32,000), Révélation (CHF 42,000), and a 25-piece flying Tourbillon (CHF 67,000). Every single movement is in-house. The Tourbillon price-to-complication ratio is unmatched in all of watchmaking.
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.
Swiss independent Bianchet lands at Watches and Wonders 2026 with a new round Rotondo, four skeletonised tonneau variants, and a Maserati flying tourbillon.
Seiko's ultra-luxury arm makes its first ever Watches & Wonders appearance with a hand-engraved platinum tourbillon, a blue urushi Goldfeather, and a Gerald Genta Locomotive in Dawn Blue.
Jacob & Co. reinvents diamond setting with angel-cut brilliance on the iconic Billionaire tourbillon — price on application.