The Best New Watches At Watches And Wonders 2025

Hot off the Watches and Wonders 2025 booths, these are the newest and best watches to add to your wishlist.

By Brandon Chia - published 11 Apr 2025

Watches and Wonders 2025 has come and gone, and Harper’s BAZAAR Singapore was on-ground at the Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland to bring you all the deets. With booths and novelties galore from the likes of Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC Schaffhausen, Chopard and more, we break down the newest and best watches that watch collectors and budding enthusiasts alike should keep their eye out for in 2025.

Van Cleef & Arpels

Lady Arpels Pont des Amoureux Aube

The Pont des Amoureux was first unveiled in 2010 and since then it has become a signature of the House thanks to its combination of whimsy, poetry and extraordinary beauty. The newest version comes in the Aube (dawn) and Matinée (morning) iterations. The iconic bridge is brought into focus with its silhouette delicately sculpted in gold while the Aube version in particular has a beautiful pink glow, thanks to its rose gold case and the use of diamonds on the bezel and glittering pink sapphires on the strap.

Chanel

J12 Bleu X-Ray

Limited to just 12 pieces the Chanel J12 Bleu X-Ray is the brand’s brilliant tribute to transparency. A new shade of blue inspired by the sea and sky was created just for this collection and the bracelet and case was sculpted from a single block of sapphire; a process that took 1,600 hours of work. To add to the dazzle of the piece, the bezel and links have been set with 196 bright blue baguette cut, natural sapphires. But the real highlight of course is the movement that is put on full display with the colourless sapphire plate and bridges, as well as the watch’s gears seemingly floating in the air. A floating bridge, which has also been adorned with 12 baguette-cut sapphires for the indicators, continues this feeling of lightness and transparency in a chic way that only Chanel can attain.

Hermès

Arceau Rocabar de rire

Hermès literally set tongues wagging with its cheeky Arceau Rocabar de rire timepiece. Set on the House’s classic Arceau watch, this features a horse that was first depicted by Dimitri Rybaltchenko for the Rocabar de rire silk scarf. The horse (done by miniature painting) has been crafted against a background of colourful horsehair marquetry stripes and comes to life with the press of the 9 o’clock pusher revealing a mischievous movement that highlights the playfulness of the House.

Patek Philippe

Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Ref.6159G

There is so much to love about this watch—the hobnail guilloché on the bezel, the translucent black metallic sapphire crystal dial that allows you to see the inner workings of the movement, and the retrograde function in the centre that traces the passing days elegantly, only jumping back at the beginning of each month.

Piaget

Sixtie

Inspired by the heritage timepieces from the ’60s and ‘70s, Piaget debuted a new trapeze-shaped watch collection dubbed the Sixtie. The collection features four variations in steel with diamonds, rose gold—one with and without diamonds—and a two-tone piece, all of which sport a wide, stepped bezel with vintage charm.

Panerai

Luminor Perpetual Calendar GMT PAM01575

This 33-piece limited edition novelty is crafted out of Platinumtech, a platinum alloy by the brand with a 40 percent increase in hardness and highly scratch resistant. But the pièce de résistance is the blue sapphire dial that subtly reveals the day and date disks beneath the printed numerals on the very surface.

Norqain

Wild ONE Skeleton

Colours were big this year and even brands specialising in sports watches are leaning in, such as Norqain’s Wild ONE Skeleton watches featuring an ultra-lightweight and robust NORTEQ carbon fibre case with pink, blue, purple and mint accents and a rubber strap. The timepieces come with a skeletonised movement and dial that is built to withstand high-impact actions that will take happen with most sports.

TAG Heuer

Formula 1 Solargraph

These new novelties pack a punch in terms of design with three core pieces and six limited edition models that are inspired by the F1® liveries. This collection is now powered by the brand’s solar-powered Solargraph movement, which delivers long-lasting performance with no downtime.

ZENITH

G.F.J

The brand celebrates its 160th anniversary with the revival of the highly precise calibre 135 housed within the G.F.J comprising of a 39mm platinum case with a stepped bezel and a three-part dial—blue brick guilloche pattern on the outer ring, an inner ring crafted out of lapis lazuli with gorgeous golden specks and a seconds subdial at 6 o’clock in iridescent mother-of-pearl.

Jaeger-LeCoultre

Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds

Jaeger-LeCoultre is going full force with the Reverso celebrations this year. While all of them are gorgeous on the aesthetic and movement front, one of the standouts is the Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds with a Milanese link bracelet and a grained dial in 18k pink gold.

This is the first Milanese bracelet ever for the manufacture. The densely woven links add a vintage flair to the Art Deco-inspired watch, ultimately encapsulating a watch that balances sportiness and elegance perfectly.

Reverso Tribute Enamel ‘Shahnameh’

Enamel-decorated cases have long been a hallmark of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s watchmaking prowess and the manufacture sure knows how to boast about its expertise with not one but four metier d’art crafts: enamel miniature painting, grand feu enamelling, paillonnage and guillochage.

The Reverso Tribute Enamel ‘Shahnameh’ series is made out of four timepieces, each paying homage to the Persian poem of the same name and the acclaimed paintings residing at some of the most famous museums in the world.

IWC Schaffhausen

Ingenieur Automatic 42 in Black Ceramic

The Ingenieur definitely takes centre stage at Watches and Wonders 2025. The first one that caught our eye is the 42mm version in black ceramic from the case to the integrated bracelet for the first time.

Thanks to the material, the watch is slim and lightweight while coming off even more modern than the original launched at 2023’s Watches and Wonders, even though it sports the same characteristics.

Ingenieur Automatic 40 Special Edition with a Green Dial

While it may seem similar to previous versions, this Ingenieur is special as it matches the one worn by Brad Pitt in the upcoming Apple Original Film, F1, where he plays a veteran racing driver.

Limited to only 1,000 pieces, the stainless steel watch features a grid-patterned green dial with gold-plated hands and hour markers and featuring a power reserve of 120 hours and a soft-iron inner case to shield the watch against the effects of the magnetic field to keep it as accurate as possible.

Chopard

Happy Sport Watch with a Leipidolite Dial

Purple dials are trending this year, be it actual watch launches or predictions leading up to Watches and Wonders 2025. Chopard has its finger on the pulse with the debut of a limited-edition Happy Sport watch with a lilac leipidolite dial.

The natural stone has a scaly texture with a spectrum of lilac, mauve and plum hues that matches the amethyst-set crown and the alligator strap. This is a real showstopper for those obsessed with stone dials.

Alpine Eagle 41 XP CS Platinum

This timepiece is the first of its model to be crafted out of platinum, a precious metal hailed for its rarity and purity compared to gold. It also features a new blue gradient dial dubbed “shades of ice”, which is derived from the beautiful colours of glaciers.

Aesthetics aside, Chopard also has ergonomics in mind to make watches more comfortable on the wrist. This has been achieved by introducing a new integrated bracelet to this watch with reshaped lines—the first five links around the case will form a steeper slope, while those closer to the clasp will be thinner.