After the success of the first edition of Watches and Wonders Geneva in 2022, Rolex, Richemont, and Patek Philippe have decided to create the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation —WWGF—, a not-for-profit foundation based in Geneva. The mission of the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation is to promote watchmaking excellence throughout the world.
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Breaking News: Watches & Wonders Geneva 2022 In-Person Event Just Reconfirmed
Today January 31, 2022, it has been reconfirmed that the physical-digital hybrid format of Watches & Wonders Geneva 2022 will continue to take place as originally planned from March 30 through April 5, 2022. Eagerly awaited by both industry professionals and the general public, Watches and Wonders Geneva is stepping up preparations to keep this major watchmaking event on track. Its hybrid concept has been designed to adapt to the changing context by combining an actual physical salon, which respects health measures, with digital solutions that meet market expectations.
W&W 2021: Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton Limited Edition of 175 Pieces
Ulysse Nardin’s links with the sea are as deep as the ocean itself. The Swiss Maison was a pioneer in watchmaking innovation from 1846 when the brand cemented its reputation for incomparably accurate marine chronometers; robust navigational instruments that allowed sailors to calculate longitude at sea. Now Ulysse Nardin is reaffirming its status as a watchmaker destined to rule the oceans with the arrival of the Diver X Skeleton.
W&W 2021: Louis Vuitton Tambour Moon Flying Tourbillon 'Poinçon de Genève' Sapphire
In a new illustration of Louis Vuitton’s watchmaking expertise, the Tambour Moon Flying Tourbillon ‘Poinçon de Genève’ Sapphire features a case entirely crafted from a block of sapphire. A true technical and artistic feat, this completely transparent creation —the first of its kind in the history of watchmaking to be stamped with the Geneva Seal— launches a new era, displaying in minute detail every part of its skilfully open-worked manufacture movement, powered by a flying tourbillon.
W&W 2021: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar
The new A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar is totally focused on the eponymous complication. Its integration into the prominent dial layout of the Lange was made possible thanks to a peripheral month ring created especially for this design. The new timepiece comes in a 41.9 mm 18K pink gold case with a grey silver dial or in a limited edition of 150 watches in 18K white gold with a solid pink gold dial.
W&W 2021: A. Lange & Söhne Little Lange 1 Moon Phase. As Beautiful as a Starry Night.
Thousands of tiny stars seem to sparkle on the dark-blue dial of the new A. Lange & Söhne Little Lange 1 Moon Phase in its 18K white gold case with or without diamonds on its bezel. It is coated with dark-blue gold flux that shimmers with a copper hue. A white gold moon accurately orbits along its course beneath the iconic Lange outsize date. The second version with diamonds features a bezel set with 56 brilliant-cut top Wesselton VVS diamonds —1.2 carats— creates a radiant frame for the fascinating dial.
W&W 2021: Cartier Pasha de Cartier Chronograph 41 mm
With its distinctive codes, chained crown, and extraordinary design, the Pasha has been a watch for those who think big since its creation in 1985. Successfully relaunched in 2020, the new Pasha de Cartier watch is sophisticated in terms of watchmaking functions and design details that combine to strengthen and maximize its ergonomic appeal: interchangeable straps, sapphire case back, a new crown, and personalized engraving.
News: Presenting the Bell & Ross Vintage BR V2-94 FULL LUM
With the Bell & Ross Vintage BR V2-94 FULL LUM, the brand worked with different shades of luminescence. Perfectly legible both night and day, the dial of the Vintage FULL LUM combines two superluminova colors in pale green and pale yellow. This combination of colors gives the watch a professional appearance.
W&W 2021: Cloche de Cartier. Shaped like a Bell and Also Can Turn into a Desk Clock.
After the Crash, the Tank Cintrée, the Tonneau, and the Tank Asymétrique, the new Cloche de Cartier is the fifth capricious creation from the Cartier Privé line. The Privé collection celebrates and explores the Maison’s mythical models through numbered, limited edition watches. The Cloche —French for bell— shape appeared in Cartier pieces in 1920.
W&W 2021: Arnold & Son Luna Magna. The Largest Moon Ever Created in Relief for a Wristwatch.
In a starry sky, a large moon alternates between light and dark as it moves through its phases. Here, Arnold & Son presents its first three-dimensional moon made of marble and aventurine. Showcased on an aventurine glass dial, the moon changes majestically and with astronomical precision. It is the largest moon ever built into a wristwatch, and a creation that benefits from the first-class watchmaking and decorative techniques of the Arnold & Son Manufacture.
W&W 2021: Patek Philippe Annual Calendar ref. 4947/1A. First Time in Stainless Steel.
The third notable debut: one of the biggest successes of the manufacture in a totally new version is the new Ref. 4947/1A-001 Annual Calendar. The very first version of this queen among useful complications with a round case in steel and a metal bracelet. Patek Philippe invented the ingenious Annual Calendar mechanism that was patented in 1996. It requires only one manual correction per year and so far has been available in various ladies’ and men’s models in three gold colors and in platinum.
W&W 2021: Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon Sky Chart Leo Constellation
Vacheron Constantin presents the Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon Sky Chart Leo Constellation Jewellery watch, a single-piece edition adding an artistic dimension to the technical prowess of its Calibre 2755 TMRCC. The Manufacture's craftsmen, gem-setters and guilloché specialists have adorned an extraordinarily complex timepiece with a creative and original evocation of the Leo constellation.
W&W 2021: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantième. Celebrating 90 Years of this Iconic Watch.
Ninety years ago, Jaeger-LeCoultre created the Reverso, an ingenious solution for polo players who wished to protect the glass of their watches while playing matches. With its swivelling case and distinctive Art Deco lines, it was to become a classic of 20th-century design. The Maison soon began to introduce new aesthetic variations of the Reverso but, for the first 60 years of its life, no mechanical complications were introduced; the Reverso remained a simple, time-only watch.
W&W 2021: Armin Strom Pure Resonance Sky Blue 3-Piece Limited Edition
In preparation for Watches & Wonders Shanghai starting tomorrow, Armin Strom presents the Resonance Sky Blue 3-Piece Limited Edition. Armin Strom carefully maintains a pared-down approach that keeps the brand’s style of watchmaking focused on its essence. How concentrated that style may be, this special-edition head further in that direction, squarely placing emphasis on the watch’s most remarkable feature: the visible dual balances oscillating in resonance. The special blue dial and the matte hand decorated finish are highlighting the Swiss German style of this timepiece.
W&W 2021: Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Regulator Perpetual Calendar. Levels in So Many Ways.
acheron Constantin presents the Les Cabinotiers Regulator Perpetual Calendar unique piece for Watches & Wonders 2021. Just as if the new Les Cabinotiers ‘Planetaria’ wasn’t impressive enough, the oldest watch manufacture in the world drops this impressive complication cloaked in 18K white gold with a 42 mm case and a bezel set with 44 baguette-cut diamonds —approximately 2.9 carats.
W&W 2021: Patek Philippe ref. 5236P. Totally New Perpetual Calendar with One-Line Day-Date-Month Aperture.
For Watches & Wonders 2021 Patek Philippe introduces a totally new perpetual calendar with an innovative patented one-line display that displays the day, the date, and the month on a single line in an elongated aperture beneath 12 o'clock. This new in-line perpetual calendar premières in an elegant platinum case with a blue dial. As classic grand complications par excellence, perpetual calendars have always been prominently featured in Patek Philippe’s collections.
W&W 2021: Louis Vuitton Tambour Curve GMT Flying Tourbillon with In-House Automatic Movement
Further enriching the range of timepieces conceived, developed, and produced in La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton, comes the new Tambour Curve GMT Flying Tourbillon featuring a 46 mm case whose shape is an extrapolation of those of the Tambour Curve Flying Tourbillon Poinçon de Genève, launched last year. This acclaimed, high-impact design presents a modern, contemporary look with a luxury that is all about understatement.
W&W 2021: Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight 18K Yellow Gold. First Gold Watch for the Brand.
Tudor is launching a unique new version of its popular Black Bay Fifty-Eight model in solid 18K yellow gold with an open case back. Just like with the new Black Bay Fifty-Eight 925, the release of a watch in gold marks another two firsts for a Tudor divers' watch. Among other aesthetic nods to this historical watch, this model offers a case 39 mm in diameter in keeping with the characteristic proportions of the 1950s.
W&W 2021: Zenith DEFY 21 Spectrum as Colorful as a Rainbow
Zenith continues to express the theme of high-frequency chronometry through light and colors in the scintillating DEFY 21 Spectrum bejeweled collection. While brightly colored dials have recently enjoyed a comeback in watchmaking, Zenith has taken an unexpected and novel approach in the DEFY 21 Spectrum series, by incorporating striking colors everywhere but the dial.
W&W 2021: Arnold & Son Perpetual Moon Obsidian. The Finest Mexican Obsidian Takes the Center Stage.
With its super oversized moon, the Arnold & Son Perpetual Moon presents a limited edition of 28 pieces featuring this distinctive complication, adorned with an extraordinary material rarely seen in watchmaking. With a dial made from Mexican obsidian, this timepiece appears to be bathed in bronze moonlight. The stone is reflected in the large rhodium-plated moon and the perfectly polished hour-markers. The result is an interplay of reflections, vibrations, and warmth that echoes the light of Earth’s satellite.
