Whether we have any beautiful, cool, surprising or otherwise interesting new watches have discovered? Yes indeed, see here a selection of what you absolutely should not miss!
A.Lange & Sohne Odysseus Titanium
The aerospace alloy titanium is hot, even among chic brands that until recently often worked exclusively with precious steels. So, too, German A. Lange & Sohne cannot be left behind and introduces the sporty Odysseus in a limited edition of 250 in an alloy version - which does cost almost twice as much as the steel variant. € www.alange-soehne.com and www.schaapcitroen.nl
IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun Lake Tahoe
Not a surprising new watch, but a surprising colour. Because colours are important this year, with every brand. This monochrome sports watch with white ceramic case measures 44.5 mm and is inspired by the winter landscape around Lake Tahoe, where elite fighter pilots train. Space left in the watch box? It also comes in green, Certanium, black or with a sand colour.
€ 11.400 www.iwc.com and www.schaapcitroen.nl
Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante
An original new complication of the calibre: why didn't anyone think of it before? Indeed, Parmigiani combines the GMT with 'flyback' functionality. This ensures that the GMT pointer for second time zone is visible only when you need it. Press the '8 o'clock button', and click forward from below the hour hand and indicate the time you want. No longer needed? Press the crown pusher and it flies back to below the hour hand. €26,000 parmigiani.com
Patek Philippe 5326G-001
In this white gold watch, Patek Philippe combines an annual calendar with the travel time complication for the first time. This technical originality ensures that it always shows the exact date for the local time. A completely new self-winding movement provides the right info on the practical dial: two time zones, the day, the date, the moon phase and two day/night indicators for home and local time. € 68.800 www.patek.com and www.schaapcitroen.nl
Tudor Black Bay Pro
An all-new technical model from Tudor, with a diameter of 39 millimetres that is comfortable for everyone, a fixed steel bezel and the manufacture calibre MT5652 with GMT function as its power source. Compact, robust and sporty, and yes, it is somewhat reminiscent of a Rolex Explorer II if you look quickly, but so what? The advantage with Tudor is that waiting times are usually a lot shorter. € 3480 www.tudorwatch.com and www.schaapcitroen.nl
Oris ProPilot X Calibre 400
The independent watch brand Oris may be best known for its chunky or retro diving watches and functional pilot's watches, but this ProPilot X Calibre 400 makes its offering even more fun. Indeed, it combines a 39 mm titanium case with a cool matching strap and sleek dial in surprising colours, including, yes, salmon pink! icing on the cake: it is powered by an in-house movement with 5-day power reserve, 10-year warranty and 10-year maintenance interval! € 3900 www.oris.ch
Cartier Santos Dumont
Cartier's Santos Dumont collection already came in numerous versions, of course: quartz, manually wound and automatic. But this is something new: a manually wound watch with a lacquer dial and case! Yep, the case (steel, gold or platinum) is coated with a thin layer of lacquer and then polished. It looks absolutely fantastic, but at the same time also somewhat fragile. So a watch for special occasions, but what an eye-catcher! Approximately € 5100 to € 16,000 www.cartier.com and www.schaapcitroen.nl
Rolex GMT Master II
Not a technical revolution, not an innovation, but a surprise, this GMT Master II with crown on the 'wrong side'. The wait in for a nickname that sticks, as Rolexes that are 'different' soon get one. The advantage of this set-up? Some people wear their watch on the right wrist, some suffer from the crown pressing into their wrist. For both groups, this could be the solution. Provided you manage to find a jeweller who has one for sale, of course. And otherwise it's just joining the queue of people waiting. € 10.500 www.rolex.com and www.schaapcitroen.nl
Nomos Tetra neomatik
Various colour versions of the square classic Tetra have long been available from Nomos. But until now, the hand winder was only available with rather subdued colour palettes. With the Tetra neomatik 175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte, the manufacture breaks new ground with very bright colours. It makes the flat automatic watches extravagant, quirky, maybe even a little edgy. For him and her and everyone. € 3060 www.nomos-glashuette.com
Lebois Heritage Chrono
This is how cool a democratically designed watch can look! Revived heritage watch brand Lebois & Co wanted to develop a stylish chronograph and took advice from fans during the design process, with this as the result! CEO Tom van Wijlick: "We love the interaction. This whole venture is in line with our mission to become the most personal luxury heritage watch brand." €2,300 Check out the watch and specs at www.leboisandco.com
MeisterSinger Perigraph
Playing with colours is hot in the watch world. So too with Germany's MeisterSinger. The Perigraph has already won the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award thanks to its unusual way of displaying the date via a date disc visible 360°. These details have been embellished for this year by contrasting the bezel and date ring in bordeaux or petrol with the deep black of the dial. € 1890 www.meistersinger.com
Frederique Constant Highlife Perpetual Calendar Manufacture
We've mentioned it before: this year watch manufacturers are going wild with colours, from purple to bright red to salmon pink and bright green. Frederique Constant has a slightly more conservative novelty with this Everlasting Calendar: now available with grey-blue dial. Not very bold, but very timeless. And isn't that exactly what you should expect from a watch that has 'everlasting' in its name? € 8595 www.frederiqueconstant.com
Grand Seiko Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon
This year, Grand Seiko was present for the first time at Watches & Wonders, now the world's premier watch fair. And there was no question of Japanese modesty, as they seized the opportunity to make an impressive show of their abilities. The radically open-ended Kodo Constant-Force Tourbillon is not only Grand Seiko's first tourbillon, but also directly the world's first combination of a tourbillon and a constant-force mechanism on a single axis! € 370.000 www.grand-seiko.com
Carl F. Bucherer Patravi ScubaTec Maldives
This latest member of the Patravi ScubaTec family, the Maldives watch was created to raise awareness of the Manta Trust, which works to preserve endangered manta rays, the ecosystems and habitat they need to survive. Waterproof to 500m, deep enough to go and admire the beasts themselves. And with 60-minute scale with luminous markers to prevent you from enjoying yourself underwater so much that you forget the time and run out of air. € 5950 www.carl-f-bucherer.com
Sinn EZM 13.1
A steel diving chronograph that is as traditional as it is technically advanced. With a focus on perfect readability. Equipped with a 60-minute counter instead of the usual 30-minute counter. And also equipped with a technology package consisting of Magnetic Field Protection, Ar dehumidification technology and temperature resistance technology. Oh, and of course waterproof. Up to 500 metres preferably. €2650 www.sinn.de
Czapek Faubourg Purple Panda
Purple is the new black, at least, if it is up to Czapek & Cie. The brand is introducing this new limited edition within its Faubourg de Cracovie collection (those who want something less pronounced: it also comes in California Blue). The Purple Panda is powered by the Czapek SXH3 calibre, made by Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier in a bespoke version for Czapek: COSC-certified and with integrated chronograph with column wheel. € 34.200 www.czapek.com and www.reijersenjuweliers.nl
Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Perpetual Calendar
As far as we are concerned, one of the most desirable Perpetual Calendars on the market. Why? Because Jaeger-LeCoultre has struck exactly the balance between sporty, chic, business-like and functional. The perpetual calendar and moon phase indicators can be adjusted with one button and in no time you change the stainless steel strap for a blue rubber one. To wear all the time. At least until the year 2100, because until then manual correction is not necessary anyway. € 35.100 www.jaeger-lecoultre.com and www.schaapcitroen.nl
Junghans Meister Chronoscope
Again, special colours are the first to attract attention. The curved dial with sunburst decoration shines in different shades of green, depending on how the light falls on it. From warm spruce green to a mysterious dark green, a colour palette reminiscent of the Black Forest, where Junghans is based. Bowl-shaped counters emphasise the sporty character of this Chronoscope. The strap, made of ostrich leather, ensures uniqueness as well as smooth wearing comfort. € 2075 www.junghans.de
SwissKubik Couture Cognac
Many watches on these pages. And let's face it: we would love to own them all. But those who own several watches soon find them lying around all over the house. On the desk, in the bathroom, in drawers, safes and cupboards. Clumsy and technically sub-optimal. A better solution, at least for automatic ones, is a watch-winder. And then we choose SwissKubik. Not only because of the quality (recognised by the most renowned watch brands), but also because their selection palette is as wide as that of the watch world. € 1045 www.SwissKubiK.com
Laco Aachen
The dials in a cool army tone, the case in a bronze-coloured used look, as well as the luminous material Old Radium. The launch of this new Aachen Oliv 39 is a continuation of last year's 42 mm success number, which sold out in no time. Like then, this smaller version is also limited to 250 pieces. So you'll have to be even quicker, because this one fits on even more wrists m/f. € 440 www.laco.de