The year's biggest horological event, Watches and Wonders 2023, has opened its doors in Geneva. Here, discover the watches set to make a splash this year, in our frequently updated guide.
Oris’ watch partnership with Kermit has us green with envy
Oris imbues watchmaking with mischievous humour in a new collaboration with Disney’s The Muppets, putting the world’s most famous frog front and centre. The ProPilot X Kermit Edition, now rethought in a distinctive green hue, gives a subtle nod to Kermit the Frog in the date window.
Tag Heuer introduces coloured lab-grown diamonds into watch design
The Tag Heuer Carrera Plasma
The use of lab-grown diamonds in watch design was a natural choice for Tag Heuer, which has long championed the use of modern and innovative technologies in watchmaking.
Panerai pays tribute to its military history with new Radiomir watches
Panerai Radiomir California
Panerai is returning to its roots this year with the launch of new Radiomir collections, in a modern rethink of the military watch originally presented in 1935.
Vacheron Constantin champions retrograde display in new watches unveiled at Watches and Wonders
Left, Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Retrograde and, right, Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date
Vacheron Constantin rethinks classic watch design codes in its new collections. Both the new Patrimony Retrograde Day-Date and the Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface nod to the retrograde displays that first appeared in Vacheron Constantin timepieces in the 1920s, before briefly disappearing in the decades after.
Patek Philippe’s Watches and Wonders 2023 releases embody a sharp technicality
Patek Philippe 6300GR
Complications meet design in this year’s new watches from Patek Philippe. Intricate watches get a rethink, with the brand’s most complicated watch in the current collection – encompassing 20 complications – produced for the first time in white and rose gold. The striking mechanism on the Patek Philippe 6300GR Grandmaster Chime is fitted with three gongs, with five chiming modes sounding out noises from an alarm with time strike to a grande sonnerie.
Discover all the Rolex watches released at Watches and Wonders 2023
Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II
New Rolex watches nod to the sporty, the classic and the fun – discover the range, from the lightness and strength of the new Yacht-Master 42 to the emphasised legibility of a new addition to the Explorer family.
Cartier rethinks classic watch design in Watches and Wonders 2023 releases
Cartier Clash (Un)limited
Classic watch design codes are given a spin by Cartier this year, as the company intertwines historical references throughout the new Cartier watch collections unveiled at Watches and Wonders 2023.
Hermès Watches and Wonders pavilion inspired by new H08 watches
Artist Clément Vieille conducts an intricate play with materials in its scenography for the Hermès Watches and Wonders 2023 pavilion, which pays tribute to the complexity of time encapsulated in this year’s Hermès H08 collection.
Watches and Wonders behind the scenes: building the world’s biggest watch fair
As Watches and Wonders 2023 gets ready to open in Geneva, we talk to CEO of the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation, Matthieu Humair, on what has inspired this year’s design.
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Get to know Issey Miyake’s innovative A-POC ABLE line as it arrives in the UKAs A-POC ABLE Issey Miyake launches in London this week, designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae gives Wallpaper* the lowdown on the experimental Issey Miyake offshoot
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Eurovision unveils its 2024 stage, designed by Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour creativesThis year's stage design aims to bring the audience into the performance more than ever before.
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Ikea meets Japan in this new pattern-filled collectionNew Ikea Sötrönn collection by Japanese artist Hiroko Takahashi brings Japan and Scandinavia together in a pattern-filled, joyful range for the home
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Futurism is back at Watches and Wonders 2024Futuristic watches are ready to beam us up as a sci-fi aesthetic comes to Watches and Wonders 2024
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Sotheby’s vintage watch sale of 24 spectacular avant-garde designs sells out in one hourPatek Philppe's crazy-paved cuff and Audemars Piguet's emerald car are the star lots, pointing towards a new era of idiosyncratic opulence in watch design
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The best independent watch brands at Watches and Wonders 2024Watches and Wonders 2024 organisers are keen to open their platform to a more diverse array of makers. Here are our top independent brands to look out for
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Discover the watch bracelets of the future at Watches and Wonders 2024A new space at Watches and Wonders 2024, the LAB, turns its gaze to the future of watchmaking
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Watches and Wonders 2024: all the highlights from the Geneva eventDiscover the watches at the year's biggest watch event, Watches and Wonders
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All the Rolex watches launched at Watches and Wonders 2024This year, Rolex watches marry past design codes with modern technology
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Fragranced watches are the future, predicts Vacheron Constantin at Watches and Wonders 2024Vacheron Constantin unites with fashion designer Yiqing Yin on fragranced concept watch ‘Égérie – The Pleats of Time’
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Hermès Cut watches are launched against Erin O’Keefe’s colourful set at Watches and Wonders 2024Erin O’Keefe has created a sculptural scenography for Hermès at Watches and Wonders 2024
