De Bethune's DB28XS has always sat at the intersection of serious independent watchmaking and compact wearability. With the DB28XS Dark Sand, the manufacture takes that formula into decidedly darker, more mineral territory—deploying matte anthracite zirconium across the case and floating lugs to create something that reads as both stealthy and technically intentional.
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Introducing: Chopard L.U.C 1860 Lucent Steel and Areuse Blue Dial (Live Photos)
Chopard's Manufacture in Fleurier turns thirty this year, and to mark the occasion, the maison has released a new edition of the L.U.C 1860—the reference that effectively announced the birth of the L.U.C line in 1996. Rather than a nostalgia exercise, this is a considered continuation: same 36.5 mm case, same austere clarity of layout, but now rendered in Lucent Steel.
Introducing: CVSTOS Challenge Purity Sapphire—Four Colors, Five Expressions (Live Photos)
CVSTOS has long understood that a watch case is not merely a container—it is a statement. With the Challenge Purity Sapphire collection, the Geneva-based manufacture makes that statement in the most literal and luminous way possible: the tonneau-shaped Challenge II case is machined entirely from sapphire crystal. Four colorful expressions and one clear sapphire case with orange bridges.
Introducing: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Ceralume—Alive in the Dark (Live Photos)
IWC Schaffhausen's proprietary Ceralume material—luminous ceramic developed by its in-house engineering division XPL in partnership with SuperLumiNova specialists RC Tritec—makes its debut in the Pilot's Watches collection with this limited-edition Big Pilot, revealed at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026.
Introducing: Speake Marin Ripples Kármán Line—A Stunning Dial in an Ultra-Thin Package (Live Photos)
Since 2022, the Ripples collection has served as Speake Marin's entry into the integrated-bracelet stainless-steel category, which continues to dominate modern watch collecting. For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the new Ripples Kármán Line—named for the boundary 100 kilometers above sea level where Earth's atmosphere yields to outer space—sharpens the collection's proposition considerably.
Introducing: IWC Ingenieur Automatic 42 in Dark Olive Green Ceramic (Live Photos)
IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled the Ingenieur Automatic 42 in dark olive green ceramic (reference IW338902) at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, marking a meaningful milestone for the collection. This is the first time the Gérald Genta-derived integrated bracelet design has been executed in colored ceramic. Where last year's black ceramic reference leaned into severity…
Introducing: Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Red Lacquered Dial Ref. 5270P-017 (Live Photos)
Patek Philippe has reimagined one of its most revered grand complications for Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, giving the 5270 perpetual calendar chronograph a decidedly sportier disposition. The new 5270P-017 pairs a fully polished platinum case with a concave bezel and a striking red lacquered dial.
Introducing: Patek Philippe Nautilus 50th Anniversary Desk Clock Ref. 958G-001 (Live Photos)
Patek Philippe's 50th-anniversary celebration of the Nautilus at Watches and Wonders 2026 centers on three ultra-thin limited-edition wristwatches that distill the collection to its essentials. Sitting alongside this trio is a fourth, far more unexpected anniversary piece: the Ref. 958G-001, a white gold Nautilus desk clock limited to 100 examples.
Introducing: Patek Philippe Nautilus 50th Anniversary—Reference 5810/1G-001 (Live Photos)
Fifty years on from Gérald Genta's waterfront epiphany, Patek Philippe marks the Nautilus half-century with a watch that speaks in whispers rather than declarations. The new Ref. 5810/1G-001, unveiled at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, is an ultra-thin white gold Nautilus limited to 2,000 pieces—a restrained, intellectually consistent tribute to the 1976 original that trades nostalgia for refinement.
Introducing: Rolex Daytona White Enamel Dial and Anthracite Bezel—Reference 126502 (Live Photos)
Rolex opened Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026 with a quiet bombshell. The Cosmograph Daytona reference 126502 is the first Daytona configured in Rolesium—pairing Oystersteel with 950 platinum—and the first mostly-steel Daytona to be fitted with a Grand Feu enamel dial and a sapphire case back.
Introducing: Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 Jubilee Motif Dial—Reference 126000 (Live Photos)
Rolex marks a century of the Oyster case patented in 1926 with a number of celebratory releases at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, and few are as immediately arresting as the new Oyster Perpetual 36. Rather than reach for precious metals or complications, Rolex turned to its own typographic heritage, reviving the Jubilee motif as the centerpiece of a multicolored lacquer dial that is as technically demanding as it is visually joyful.
Introducing: Rolex Datejust 41 White Rolesor Green Lacquer Ombré Dial—Reference 126334 (Live Photos)
There are Datejust updates, and then there are the ones that stop you mid-scroll. Watches and Wonders 2026 marks 100 years since Rolex patented the Oyster case—the world's first waterproof wristwatch case—and the brand is using the occasion to revisit some of its most enduring reference points.
Introducing: Rolex Day-Date 40 in Jubilee Gold with Green Aventurine Dial—Reference 228235JG-0003 (Live Photos)
Rolex doesn't introduce a new gold alloy often, and the last time was roughly two decades ago. At Watches and Wonders 2026, the brand unveiled Jubilee Gold, a proprietary 18K alloy developed and produced entirely in-house, and debuted it on the Day-Date 40 alongside a natural green aventurine dial.
Introducing: Piaget Polo 79 Blue Sodalite Dial—The Icon Gets a Heart of Stone (Live Photos)
Piaget's Polo 79 continues to prove it is one of the most thoughtfully evolved icons in contemporary watchmaking. For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the Maison has added a blue sodalite dial to its white gold version of the Polo 79—marking the first time an ornamental stone has been used in the contemporary reinterpretation of this model.
Introducing: Cartier Roadster—The Return of a 2002 Icon (Live Photos)
After more than a decade, the Cartier Roadster returns at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026—and this is not a simple reissue. The original, launched in 2002 and discontinued around 2012, drew its identity from the aerodynamic lines of 1950s sports cars: a tonneau-shaped case, a boldly integrated crown, and a dial that borrowed its visual energy from the instrument cluster.
Introducing: Cartier Crash Squelette—A Privé Collection Watch Limited to 150 Pieces (Live Photos)
Cartier has never been a brand to leave well enough alone, and the Crash Squelette—the French term for skeleton—is the clearest possible demonstration of that instinct. Debuting the new in-house manual-wound 1967 MC calibre, this is not simply a more open version of an existing reference— it is a reconsideration of what a skeletonized Crash can actually be, and in platinum, it couldn’t get any better.
Introducing: Tudor Monarch—Celebrating 100 Years of the Brand with a Bang (Live Photos)
Tudor just presented the Monarch at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, reviving a name that has appeared in its catalog for roughly half a century. The new reference is not a re-edition but more of a restatement: the same essential character with a faceted case, a mixed-numerals “California” dial, dressed-down sensibility now executed with a manufacture movement and a METAS Master Chronometer certification.
Introducing: Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS Mountain Glow Dial (Live Photos)
The Alpine Eagle has always occupied an interesting position in Chopard's lineup as a sports watch that refuses to compromise on movement quality or finishing standards. The new Alpine Eagle 41 XPS doubles down on that identity with a second ultra-thin edition, this time featuring a "Mountain Glow" champagne dial and a redesigned bracelet that addresses the one area where its predecessor still had room to grow.
Introducing: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronometre Perpetual Calendar (Live Photos)
The Master Control Chronometre collection is Jaeger-LeCoultre's newest release in years. The design that draws a direct line from the 1973 Master Mariner Chronomètre's integrated-bracelet proposition to contemporary expectations of wearable sophistication. Making its debut at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the collection launches across three models.
Introducing: Ulysse Nardin Super Freak—Celebrating 25 Years of the Freak (Live Photos)
Twenty-five years after the original Freak rewired watchmaking's definition of possible, Ulysse Nardin is marking the anniversary in the most Ulysse Nardin way imaginable—by building something that has never existed before. The Super Freak is not a celebration edition. It is a culmination: a four-year-in-the-making, 511-component declaration that the Freak family has still not reached its ceiling.
