The watch-car collaboration is a category with more misses than hits, but when the engineering philosophies genuinely align, the result can be more than the sum of its parts. Bianchet and Maserati have come together to unveil the UltraFino Maserati Flying Tourbillon ahead of Watches and Wonders 2026 in Geneva, where we will see it in person and report on the ground.
Introducing: L. Leroy Elyor Tourbillon Seconde Centrale—An Exquisite Timepiece in Three Metals (Live Photos)
Few names in French watchmaking carry the weight of L.Leroy. Founded in Paris in 1785 by Charles Leroy, the Maison was appointed official watchmaker to the French royal court before becoming supplier to the French Naval Ministry in 1835—a role it held longer than any other manufacturer, producing more than 2,200 marine chronometers for naval fleets across Europe.
Introducing: IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar 41 Titanium—Light and Monochromatic (Live Photos)
At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, IWC brings that combination to titanium for the first time, with reference IW344904. The case is the same at 41.6 mm in diameter. The movement is unchanged. What shifts is everything you feel: this is now IWC's lightest perpetual calendar watch in production.
Introducing: Patek Philippe In-Line Perpetual Calendar Silvery Black Gradient Dial—Ref. 5236P-011 (Live Photos)
First presented in 2021 with a blue dial and then in 2024 with a salmon dial, the In-Line Perpetual Calendar is Patek Philippe’s newest perpetual calendar with an innovative patented one-line display that shows the day, date, and month on a single line in an elongated aperture beneath 12 o'clock. Now, for Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the reference 5236P in platinum returns to the center stage with a new look.
Introducing: Zenith G.F.J. Calibre 135 Yellow Gold and Bloodstone Dial (Live Photos)
For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, Zenith closes out its 161st year with a second interpretation in an 18K yellow-gold case and a dramatically different dial material, shifting the watch's personality from cool, nocturnal to something warmer and earthier, this time paired with a bloodstone dial.
Introducing: Chopard L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 Straw Marquetry—A Honeycomb Built by Hand (Live Photos)
Chopard's Fleurier Manufacture marks its 30th anniversary at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026 with perhaps its most intimate statement: an eight-piece limited edition that unites a jumping-hour complication with a dial assembled from hand-split rye straw. The L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 Straw Marquetry is presented in 18K ethical yellow gold with a natural straw marquetry dial.
Introducing: The Hermès H08 Squelette—Where the Architecture Is the Dial (Live Photos)
At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, Hermès made its most technically ambitious move in the five-year history of the H08. The H08 Squelette—three years in development—is the collection's first skeletonized timepiece, and the one that most clearly argues for the H08 as a genuine object of manufacture watchmaking rather than a design-forward fashion accessory.
Introducing: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Biretrograde Calendar in Steel with Integrated Bracelet—Back to its Origins (Live Photos)
Now, at Watches and Wonders 2026, Roger Dubuis follows that pink gold original with a new expression in stainless steel and an integrated bracelet that can be swapped for a rubber strap: the Excalibur Biretrograde Calendar reference RDDBEX1209, making the complication accessible to a broader audience without softening the watchmaking credentials.
Introducing: De Bethune DB28XS Dark Sand—Embrace the Dark Side (Live Photos)
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.
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—Ref. 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 an enamel dial—not Grand Feu—and a sapphire display 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.
