Watches & Wonders 2026 has landed. The Crown's centenary collection won't break the internet. It'll just quietly remind everyone else who owns it.
Watches & Wonders 2026 has landed. The Crown's centenary collection won't break the internet. It'll just quietly remind everyone else who owns it.
Five new Big Bang Reloaded references, two athlete editions with Mbappé and Bolt, and a Spirit of Big Bang Impact trio that sets diamonds directly into sapphire for the first time in brand history.
At Watches and Wonders 2026, the L.U.C 1860 returns in "Areuse Blue" and the Alpine Eagle 41 XPS gets a warm new dial and a redesigned bracelet. Both carry the same Geneva-sealed, chronometer-certified movement that started it all in 1996.
Two new Hybris showstoppers, four Hokusai enamels finishing an eight-year project, and a nature-inspired Reverso One capsule. JLC is showing off.
At Watches and Wonders 2026, the square icon gets a titanium case, an in-house Calibre TH20-11, and a properly ergonomic redesign. And then there's the Evergraph, which tears up the chronograph rulebook entirely.
Four new hand-wound Luminors. Three-day, eight-day and 31-day power reserves. All rooted in the Ref. 6152/1 case architecture from the 1960s. One limited to 200 pieces in Goldtech. This is Panerai doubling down on what made it famous.
The Le Locle manufacture isn't chasing new fans at Watches and Wonders 2026. It's rewarding the ones who never left.
IWC's blue-dial Le Petit Prince editions have been quietly building one of watchmaking's most devoted followings for two decades. Now Schaffhausen is marking the anniversary with five new Pilot's Watches, and the gold Mark XX might be the collection's most refined expression yet.
From a platinum Crash Squelette limited to 150 pieces to the return of the Roadster after two decades off the grid, Cartier's 2026 showing is the broadest, most ambitious lineup the Maison has fielded in years.
Paired nicely with a green Whoop fitness tracker.
The man who transformed Breitling is reviving one of watchmaking's most important lost names, with five collections and haute horlogerie pricing.
Raymond Weil marks half a century of independence with The Fifty, a 50-piece chronograph powered by a movement born the same year as the brand.
Bell & Ross fuses case and calibre into a single architectural statement, limited to 99 pieces.
The Swiss independent's TONDA PF Sport Chronograph gets a summer-ready silver and teal colourway, powered by a COSC-certified in-house 5 Hz calibre.
Purchase requests up 500%. Prices climbing daily. And a leaked patent that points to something nobody expected.
When you combine a Rolex Submariner and an Omega Seamaster you get this.
The Navitimer B19 Chronograph 43 Perpetual Calendar now comes in full platinum, limited to 75 pieces, and priced at A$74,990.
The new Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43 Tribute to Concorde marks 50 years since the supersonic jet's first commercial flight with a blue dial inspired by the view from 60,000 feet, white subdials referencing the aircraft's nickname, and a production number tied to its Olympus engines.
Breitling just picked a side in Australia's most tribal sport, dropping a 125-piece Collingwood Superocean that'll either thrill you or infuriate you.
No excuses. Keep it clean.
The Mercedes boss had a George Russell edition on one wrist and his own Shock Absorber XPL on the other. And no, he didn't care.
Watches & Wonders runs April 14-20. Here's what's coming, what's possible, and what the internet is kidding itself about.
If you've been sitting on a Rolex GMT Master II Pepsi, today's a good day. If you've been sitting on a waitlist for one, not so much.
In 2025, Rolex didn't just lead the Swiss watch industry. It basically was the Swiss watch industry.
A smartwatch built around a full Formula 1 experience, not just a branded dial.
For goodness sake, be careful with gold!
While the rest of the industry was having a rough 2025, this brand was up 14%.
When you think about it, it's absolute genius.
COSC is introducing a tougher certification tier, and your next watch might need to earn it.
A darling of the deep.
That's A Lot Of Blue
This is the first Navitimer ever to be produced in titanium.
You don't need to be a shady crypto bro to wear this one.
Suns out, guns out, watches out.
Gen Z’s analogue turn is quietly making wristwatches cool again. Less scrolling, more intention. From microbrands to Swiss heavyweights, watches thrive in the post-scroll era.
Watchmaking is shifting again. More colour, smarter partnerships, serious mechanics and thoughtful collections signal a more confident, considered era heading into 2026.
All boats rise with the tide
How much is too much for the crown?
Time's up for the flippers?
Watches of Switzerland just posted a 15% surge in US sales; nearly 60 percent of total profitability now comes from American wrists. Even tariffs cannot slow demand.
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