Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026 is well and truly under way, and there’s no better time of year for sheer horological spectacle. Of course, when it comes to truly mind-bending feats of watchmaking, few things can beat a Patek Philippe complication watch, and for this year’s show the brand has...
There are Cartier watches, and there are Cartiers. If a contemporary Tank or Santos is more suitable for the hoi polloi, those seeking the latter can turn towards Cartier Privé, the collection for those more attuned to Cartier’s illustrious archive. Every year, Cartier Privé resurrects one of...
The Tortue has been part of Cartier’s vocabulary since 1912, a shaped watch built on the productive tension between curves and straight lines that has never fully gone away. It surfaced again in a serious way with Cartier Privé in 2024, and at Watches & Wonders 2026 it returns with a fully...
Fifty years is a long time for anything to remain relevant, let alone genuinely desirable. When Gerald Genta sketched the Patek Philippe Nautilus in 1972 on a paper napkin, the result was a watch that broke nearly every rule of fine watchmaking at the time: it was made of steel, it was...
Like every year, Patek Philippe is relying on Watches and Wonders Geneva to release most, if not all, of its new watches for the year. Without further ado, here are all the new models for Patek Philippe this year. Patek Philippe 6105G Celestial sunrise and sunset Packed with innovations (with no...
After quietly disappearing from the catalog a few years back, one of Cartier‘s most interesting watch designs is back! Say hello again to the Cartier Roadster watch, which just dropped at Watches & Wonders 2026, featuring all the signature design elements we know and love along with a few fresh...
The new Overseas Self-Winding Ultra-Thin 2500V is, without a doubt, one of Vacheron Constantin‘s most important releases of the year, not particularly for commercial reasons, knowing its low availability, but for credibility and relevance in a specific market, that of the high-end, ultra-thin...
It’s a big year for Panerai’s iconic Luminor, the rugged, luminous top-secret underwater ally developed for Italy’s Marina Militare in the 1950s, which surfaced for civilians in 1993. As a purveyor of precision instruments to the Italian Navy from 1900, Giuseppe Panerai amassed a wealth of...