With 60 exhibiting brands, Watches and Wonders, which took place in Geneva in the first week of April, was bigger than ever before. We show you the highlights of the world’s most important watch fair.
ROLEX
With the Land-Dweller, Rolex is presenting a completely new collection as part of Watches & Wonders 2025, which not only scores points with a fresh Oyster design, new bracelet, honeycomb dial and several patents: Inside the case, which is inspired by one of the brand’s historic quartz watches (!), ticks the brand new in-house caliber 7135.
CARTIER
Cartier can create unique aesthetics and proves this with the Privé Tank à Guichets. First presented in 1928, this square timepiece still stands out in 2025 with its minimalist and avant-garde appearance. You will look in vain for hands: two disks show the hours and minutes in small, window-like cut-outs.
BULGARI
Hardly a year goes by without Bulgari setting a new world record for ultra-thin watches. In 2025, the time has come again: at 1.85 millimetres, the Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon is currently the thinnest mechanical watch with a tourbillon. There will only be 20 of them.
HUBLOT
With the Big Bang 20th Anniversary Titanium Ceramic, Hublot—Nomen est Omen—is celebrating the 20th birthday of its most important model, the Big Bang. The chronograph is made of titanium and ceramic. Another of the brand’s specialties from the very beginning: Combining possible and impossible materials.
PATEK PHILIPPE
Patek Philippe launched its first new collection in 25 years last year with the Cubitus. The square, »elegant and sporty« watch caused a lot of discussion. Smaller versions were added at Watches and Wonders. Patek is thus following the megatrend towards wearable unisex case sizes.
VACHERON CONSTANTIN
The watch manufacturer Vacheron Constantin has now been in operation for 270 years. This is being celebrated with the Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication—La Première, officially the most complicated wristwatch in the world: 41 complications and a total of 1521 components have been installed.
IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN
IWC Schaffhausen presents the Ingenieur Automatic 42 in a new look in Geneva: The classic, which goes back to the legendary designer Gérald Genta, now wears black ceramic. Inside the Ingenieur ticks the in-house automatic caliber 82110.
CHANEL
Speaking of a new dress: Chanel is also giving its J12 a new look for its 25th anniversary. The J12 Bleu combines the expertise of the Chanel manufacture with an exclusive color—a deep, matt blue. It took five years of research to develop this color. Nine new models were dipped in the color.
A. LANGE & SÖHNE
At the Geneva watch fair, the Saxon manufacturer A. Lange & Söhne is presenting the sporty and elegant Odysseus in a new case made from the company’s own precious metal alloy called honeygold. It houses the manufacture caliber L155.1 Datomatic, which was specially developed for the Odysseus.
NOMOS
Let’s stay in Saxony: The first world time watch from Nomos Glashütte is called Club Sport Neomatik Weltzeit. It is equipped with the new manufacture caliber DUW 3202, which is only 4.8 millimeters thick. The case of the timepiece measures 9.9 millimeters, making it perhaps the slimmest world timer in the world.
CHOPARD
Fast-swinging lightweight: The Alpine Eagle 41 SL Cadence 8HF from Chopard is made from a lightweight ceramic-titanium blend. A glance through the anti-reflective sapphire crystal back reveals the Chopard 01.14-C caliber, an automatic high-frequency movement that operates at 8 hertz—a rarity in haute horlogerie.
GRAND SEIKO
The most accurate wristwatch in the world comes from the Far East. This is made possible by the Spring Drive Caliber 9RB2 developed by Grand Seiko, which bears the new U.F.A. designation for Ultra Fine Accuracy. Its rate accuracy is plus/minus 20 seconds—per year. Among others, it ticks in SLGB001, a watch from the Evolution 9 collection. [MM]
