The Watch Awards 2026 shortlist is open for voting, with contenders across dive, dress, chronograph, travel and more, plus an open Readers’ Choice vote for Watch of the Year.
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Milano Watch Week and Patek Philippe’s Watch Art Grand Exhibition turned the city into a serious destination for collectors, with big brands, independent watchmakers and museum-grade Patek Philippe pieces all in play.
Patek Philippe’s 2026 Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Milan introduces limited editions, a new Gondolo Ladies First collection and 25 Rare Handcrafts pieces inspired by Italy.
Zenith expands the Chronomaster family with the Solo Sport, a 40 mm stainless steel watch powered by the 5 Hz El Primero 3620 calibre and priced from €9,500.
IWC marks its sixth year timing the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship with a new olive green Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 43, pairing a steel case with gold-plated hands and a choice of bracelet or rubber strap.
The new Depancel Serie-R Chronograph Skeleton brings the brand’s rectangular racing watch into more technical territory, pairing its familiar stainless steel case with a visible automatic chronograph movement.
The Pennsylvania independent returns to the perpetual calendar with a 39mm steel watch, Grand Feu enamel dial and a movement modified with a custom Dubois Dépraz module.
At Patek Philippe’s largest Grand Exhibition yet, Thierry Stern discussed restoration, rare handcrafts, regional releases and the responsibility of steering a family-owned watchmaking house.
Seiko brings its Power Design Project Panda Chronograph into production with white and pink versions, quartz timing and a genuinely playful take on the classic panda dial.
Frederique Constant returns to its annual Elements concept with three Classic Manufacture watches, pairing black onyx, heliotrope and turquoise dials with in-house complications.
The young independent brand’s limited GMT pairs a mother-of-pearl Sarab dial with Eastern Arabic numerals, a true GMT movement and an integrated steel bracelet.
October’s watch shortlist brings together accessible automatics, a meca-quartz chronograph and minimalist Swiss-powered design from KronSegler, AV86, Mudita, Matthew Mercury and Maystone.
Omega’s latest James Bond-themed Seamaster Diver 300M collection shifts some of the spotlight from 007 to Spectre, with steel models and limited precious-metal box sets for both sides of the spy-film divide.
Omega expands its Bond universe with four Seamaster Diver 300M models, splitting the collection between blue-dial 007 tributes and darker Spectre editions.
Patek Philippe marked its Milan exhibition with a serious run of limited editions, while Louis Vuitton, Raymond Weil and NORQAIN added ceramic, anniversary and titanium highlights to a packed release week.
Omega’s latest Seamaster Diver 300M collection brings James Bond and Spectre into the same watch family, with two individual stainless-steel models and two highly limited paired sets.
MeisterSinger marks its 25th anniversary with a 25-piece Panthero Jumping Hour in light blue hand-guilloché, pairing its single-hand philosophy with a jumping-hour display.
Omega’s new Seamaster Diver 300M collection splits the 007 universe in two, with James Bond and Spectre editions sharing the same Master Chronometer platform but taking sharply different visual paths.
The new Inercy Paris Compass collection trades the brand’s tourbillon debut for a slimmer, Swiss-powered everyday watch with an inner rotating bezel, solar compass functionality and two 150-piece dial variants.
The American Classic Cushion Mechanical brings Hamilton’s 1920s case geometry back in compact 30mm and 34mm sizes, with hand-wound movements and accessible pricing.