Celebrating 270 years of Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin turns 270 this year; can you believe it? To mark the occasion, the Maison is releasing several new models. Among them are eight new celebratory limited editions of Patrimony and Tradi…

Our quick pick from 15 new references from Patek Philippe, live as we see it in Geneva. We already have had our photography session yesterday, but today will be giving you our live impressions.Three major complication launches:complicated desk cloc…

2025 marks Laurent Ferrier’s 15th anniversary, and after debuting a stunning dual-time model, the second release to celebrate 2025 comes on the occasion of Watches and Wonders, and is no less wonderful than the first one. If you’re not sure what t…

Vacheron Constantin’s anniversary celebrations do not go unnoticed. The 270-year-old horology house kicked things off in January with the stainless steel version of the Historiques 222. Yesterday, it unveiled a high-end follow-up to that release wi…

Chanel's flagship watch gets a maritime makeover for its 25th birthday. Left: J12 Bleu Caliber 12.1 38 mm. Right: J12 Bleu Caliber 12.1 38 mm (with sapphires).  Chanel has released a limited-edition line of J12 Bleu watches to celebrate the model's…

A new take on a Reverso worldtimer. This year at Watches and Wonders, Jaeger-LeCoultre continues developing the successful "Tribute" line with a new Reverso Tribute Geographic. It's a take on a travel time watch that's very different in execution f…

Louis Cartier’s Tank watch, introduced in 1917, marked a before and after in men’s wristwatches. Breaking with the taste for ornately decorated cases, the Tank Normale’s geometric case, inspired by an aerial view of armoured Renault tanks deployed…

Choose a perpetually whirling creation, or keep it simple and slim For Watches and Wonders 2025, Chopard introduces two “heavy hitters” representing opposite sides of sophisticated exclusivity. The Alpine Eagle 41 XP CS Platinum is a luxurious spor…

The watchmaker’s category-stretching timepiece breaks new ground in the elevated sport watch world by diving (pun intended) into the brand’s inventive use of technology and floating into its signature approach to visibility. There’s an Italian term…

Skip to Main Content [enter] Hands-On The Patek Philippe 6196P, The Best Calatrava In A Generation This, my friends, is what Patek is all about. And it brings life back to the Calatrava line-up. I won't bury the lede here – the 6196P is the best Ca…

French-built watches are historically pivotal but recently scarce. As with many former watchmaking powers, France’s era of volume production and engineering leadership lapsed long ago. But at the indie level, its watchmaking is experiencing a renai…

The ultra-thin, 3.7mm Calibre 98.01-L, certified by both the Poinçon de Genève and COSC, was the second developed by the Chopard manufacture and followed the groundbreaking Calibre L.U.C 96.01-L, which was created in collaboration with Michel Parmi…

A. Lange & Söhne presents the Odysseus in a 750 honey-gold (Honeygold) case, complemented with a brown dial and a honey-gold bracelet.Press release details to follow with commentary in italicsThe Odysseus Honeygold Ref. 363.150 is limited to 100 pi…

One simple and one not-so-simple new model The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 line represents the classical, traditional collection within the German brand’s catalog. Named after the birthyear of Ferdinand Adolf Lange, the lineup features one of my all-time…

Alpina celebrated the brand´s 140th anniversary in 2023 by launching a new Heritage collection. Until now, the collection comprised the round-shaped Automatic, the Carrée Automatic, the Diver 300 Heritage model, and a funky Startimer Pilot with bum…

For better or for worse, Hublot is a brand laden with associations. Athletes, Jean-Claude Biver, and experimental case materials are some of the things which come to mind when Hublot is mentioned, but the Big Bang is where it’s at. It’s wild to th…

The existing 38mm size gets company, and now there's a new bracelet The Big Crown Pointer Date is a true staple in Oris’s history. It has been in the brand’s collection continuously since 1938. In 2021, Oris introduced a new and refined version of…

Authentic Watch Conversations Since 2007 Maison Cartier has a long history of reimagining the panther motif across watches and jewelry, and at Watches & Wonders 2025, the feline returns once again. The new Cartier Panthère Jewelry watches bring tog…

Baume & Mercier add two new takes on the Riviera Chronograph that are sure to please proper watch enthusiasts.A flyback chronograph makes a return to the Riviera range, this time featuring a retro-styled gilded telemeter and tachymeter dial.For th…

Whether it’s a beautiful fumé, Vantablack, or gemstones, we’ve come to know H. Moser & Cie. for beautiful dials. For Watches and Wonder 2025, the brand’s new Pop Collection surprised everyone with 18 new references. Three color families and their i…

Skip to Main Content [enter] Introducing Ulysse Nardin Produces The World's Lightest Dive Watch With the Dive [AIR] The brand's dive watch design goes on a diet. There's high-end watchmaking where you throw everything and the kitchen sink into a wa…

The Japanese watchmaker celebrates the Kiri flower with a stunning purple Mt. Iwate dial in this elegant 36.5mm watch. Springtime is in the air, and there's nothing that signifies its start more than blooms coming in, which is precisely what this n…

Light enough to fly. April 01, 2025 Photos by James Stacey Today, Chopard introduces a limited-edition take on the Alpine Eagle Cadence 8HF, one of the best sports watches in recent history, with a 250-piece limited edition in ceramicised titanium…

Representing a quarter-century of nine-day innovation, the L.U.C Quattro is updated for Chopard's latest design language. As part of a restrained, three-piece Watches and Wonders for Chopard, the brand has refreshed its second-oldest L.U.C collecti…

Parmigiani Fleurier's newest addition is the new Toric Quantième Perpétuel in 18K rose gold. This perpetual calendar does not indicate the moon phase but is gorgeous, offering a minimalist and uncluttered way of reading the indications. In this lay…

Chronographs, Ingenieurs, and techy QPs – IWC is off to the races for "F1." In advance of F1's release in late June of this year, IWC has unveiled a collection of watches surrounding the upcoming film, which stars Brad Pitt as Formula 1 driver Sonn…

Day 1: Rolex, Patek, and more. Welcome to the home for Hodinkee Radio at Watches and Wonders 2025, thanks to the support of our friends at UBS and the UBS House of Craft. We will be recording and publishing daily podcast episodes to recap Watches a…

While there are other debuting collections from IWC that have been unveiled at the fair, I want to hone in on a particular range: the Ingenieur. Nearly 50 years ago, legendary watch designer Gérald Genta birthed the IWC Ingenieur with an integrate…

Inspired by the iconic 1931 models, the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Geographic embodies the pinnacle of the Grande Maison's watchmaking mastery. The front features a lacquered blue Art Deco-style dial, with a patented Grande Date for excep…

After its successful release in 18K yellow gold in 2024, the Piaget Polo 79 returns to the center stage, cloaked in a stunning 18K white gold version. While paying homage to the iconic piece of the past, the new Piaget Polo 79 has been slightly enl…

The new Tudor Pelagos Ultra is a bigger, bolder, and with a greater depth rating version of the Tudor Pelagos we all love. Its case is made of Grade 2 titanium—Grade 5 for the case back—measuring 43 mm in diameter and offering a depth rating of 1,0…

The new Tudor Black Bay Pro returns cloaked in a silver opaline dial. This latest version retains the 39 mm diameter case, fixed steel bezel, and Manufacture Calibre with built-in GMT function. A distinct new opaline dial with visual touches that m…

A new expression of Piaget’s popular Andy Warhol (Foundation) collaboration has yielded this novelty with the use of the Tiger’s Eye on the dial. Press Release information with commentary in italics.The retail price for the Piaget Andy Warhol Tiger…

In recent days, much of the watch internet has been abuzz with the apparent news of a new Rolex collection with the somewhat hard to believe name of Land-Dweller. Leaked images of the Crown’s new watch began to emerge in the days leading up to this…

This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY, written by our librarians. Today’s post was written by St John Karp. At the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), I’m one of the librarians with an affinity for cataloging. You might think that…

Grand Seiko expands its range of 36.5mm 44GS watches with a new purple “Kiri” dial.Though the “Kiri” is a flower, its hue is paired with the Mt. Iwate dial pattern.The stainless steel watch is driven by a manually-wound movement, and priced at US$…

Photos by Ariel AdamsWhere do the years go? It seems like just yesterday, Vacheron Constantin was toddling around and now here it is celebrating 270 years! This year, for its 270th anniversary and in coinciding with Watches and Wonders 2025, the le…

Tudor returns to the Black Bay 58 in a major way at this year’s Watches & Wonders, with an update inspired by a 1990s prototype that had been nearly lost to time. The latest 58 comes in a bold burgundy colorway, with a bright red dial and matching…

Since 1991, Jaeger-LeCoultre has marked each new decade of the Reverso with a special edition, beginning with the Soixantième, which celebrated the model’s 60th anniversary. Introduced in 1931, the Reverso remained a time-only watch until this mile…

Last year, I had the privilege of sitting down with Benoit de Clerck to talk about all things Zenith. At the time, Benoit was just a few short months into his tenure as CEO of Zenith, and Watches & Wonders was only barely in the rearview, but de Cl…

Bucking the trend of downsizing watches, Tudor worked to gather excitement for its Watches & Wonders 2025 novelties with its leading model in the line-up, an upsized Black Bay model dubbed the Black Bay 68. At a glance, the watch is much the same d…

For Watches and Wonders 2025, Louis Moinet unveiled a new chronograph called the Louis Moinet 1816. It is intended to pay homage to the company’s namesake, who invented the chronograph in, you guessed it, 1816. The new model features a very restrai…

Grand Seiko introduced the Tokyo Lion’s bold, angular case design in 2019 and since then, additional editions have multiplied its aesthetic —limited and regular production—the most recent being the 2024 Sport Spring Drive GMT SBGE307 Tokyo Lion and…

I love a worldtimer complication, if only because it allows me to envision a timeline in which I’m a spunky world traveler who isn’t afraid of losing my passport or getting lost in the desert. Something about seeing the names of all the places I ha…

Next up, Jaeger-LeCoultre. We focus our view on two highlights, both from the Reverso collection. Hands on with the JLC Reverso, and our handling impressions.We covered the fuller JLC release in this article here.JLC Reverso GeographicJLC returns t…

In Geneva, the brand pays tribute to legendary alpinist Reinhold Messner with two new limited editions 1858 while also bringing its Zero Oxygen tech and smaller case sizes to its Iced Sea collection. This year at Watches and Wonders Geneva, Montbla…

Jaeger-LeCoultre has returned to its roots with a captivating new collection! Introducing a series of Reverso timepieces at Watches and Wonders 2025 that are sure to pull the heartstrings of any Reverso lover.With Jérôme Lambert back at the helm of…

Rolex had just introduced the novelties for 2025, at Watches & Wonders. We take a quick look at the new launches and provide our commentary on these watches. Press Release with commentary in italics. Images courtesy of Rolex.This year’s Watches & W…

its 5pm in Geneva, and we are on our 8th appointment. This time at Tudor to see the new releases from this iconic brand. We pick two highlightsHere are the highlights.Tudor Black Bay 58 BurgundyThe new BB58 in Burgundy has a super attractive dial.…