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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Achille Salvagni shares his favourite travel destinationsWe asked Italian designer Achille Salvagni for his top travel picks to inspire us for summer 2023
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Does the vampire facial work? We make a blood sacrifice to find out
Dr Barbara Sturm’s infamous vampire facial is an anti-ageing treatment that uses your own blood. Wallpaper’s Mary Cleary gives it a shot
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The finest brutalist architecture in London and beyond
For some of the world's finest brutalist architecture in London and beyond, scroll below. Can’t get enough of brutalism? Neither can we.
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Hair jewellery to covet and collect
Today’s hair jewellery is both practical and pretty. We're pinning our hopes on these simple and elegant accessories
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Cherry picking: Grand Seiko’s new watch marks the beginning of spring
We’ve taken a shine to a pretty-in-pink Grand Seiko timepiece
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Cartier rethinks classic watch design in Watches and Wonders 2023 releases
Discover the new Cartier watches
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Hermès Watches and Wonders pavilion inspired by new H08 watches
The Hermès Watches and Wonders 2023 pavilion is a collaboration with artist Clément Vieille and a nod to the H08 collection
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Watches and Wonders behind the scenes: building the world’s biggest watch fair
Discover how Watches and Wonders 2023, the year’s biggest horological event, is designed and built
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‘Crown to Couture’: Kensington Palace unveils its largest ever exhibition
‘Crown to Couture’ at Kensington Palace, London, promises a dazzling delve into royal-court and red-carpet jewellery and dressing (5 April – 29 October 2023). Its curators tell us more
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Irene Neuwirth and Studio Shamshiri bring magical realism to New York
Fall down the whimsical rabbit hole of Irene Neuwirth’s new jewellery boutique on Madison Avenue
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Jewelled objects reveal the links between the great jewellery houses and interior designers
Precious metals and stones are not just for the body. Here, we reveal a story of parallel passions between two disciplines that results in jewelled objects for the home
