Add a pop of colour to your wrist this season with these bold watches
Brightly coloured watches, from Rolex, Omega, Patek Philippe and more, are just the thing for the winter season
Brightly coloured watches are having a moment. Whether it is a neon strap, glittering rainbow indices or a more subtle hue on the dial, watch brands from Rolex to Cartier, Patek Philippe to Tag Heuer, are leaning into the colour spectrum. Here are some of our favourites.
Royal Oak Frosted Gold Selfwinding watch, £56,600, by Audemars Piguet
Nautilus 7010/1R-013 watch with purple dial, £51,370, by Patek Philippe
RM 07-01 Automatic watch with baguette-set dial and bezel, CHF 816,000 (£877,192), by Richard Mille
Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra Thin watch with burgundy-lacquered dial, £106,000, by Vacheron Constantin
Tank Louis Cartier watch with golden sunray-effect dial and yellow gold beaded crown set with a sapphire, £12,600, by Cartier
BR-05 watch with ice blue steel dial, £3,900, by Bell & Ross
Oyster Perpetual 41 watch with pistachio dial, £5,650, by Rolex
Polo Date High Jewellery watch with rainbow bezel and indexes, price on request, by Piaget
This article appears in the December 2025 Entertaining Issue of Wallpaper*, available in print on newsstands, on the Wallpaper* app on Apple iOS, and to subscribers of Apple News + from 6 November. Subscribe to Wallpaper* today
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Hannah Silver is the Art, Culture, Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper*. Since joining in 2019, she has overseen offbeat art trends and conducted in-depth profiles, as well as writing and commissioning extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury. She enjoys travelling, visiting artists' studios and viewing exhibitions around the world, and has interviewed artists and designers including Maggi Hambling, William Kentridge, Jonathan Anderson, Chantal Joffe, Lubaina Himid, Tilda Swinton and Mickalene Thomas.
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