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The Omega Planet Ocean Master Chronometer Collection leads with precision, performance and style. Certified by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS), it delivers new sizes and movements, innovative bezels, and exciting materials such as 18K Sedna™ gold, Liquidmetal®, rubber and ceramic. For the first time, rubber has been blended with ceramic to create a new diving bezel. Here, orange rubber covers the first 15 minutes while Liquidmetal® is used for the markings. The 43.5mm stainless steel case has a black ceramic dial and attaches to a patterned rubber strap. The OMEGA Master Chronometer 8900 provides the beating heart.

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Girard-Perregaux celebrates its 225th anniversary this year with several new watches, among them is the La Esmeralda Tourbillon. Girard-Perregaux based the La Esmeralda on an archival piece, a pocket watch with a chronometer-rated Three Bridges tourbillon movement. The original La Esmeralda, with pivoted detent, tourbillon escapement and three gold bridges, won a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889. The case of the new La Esmeralda, in 18k pink gold, with a rounded bezel ring and a caseback ring slightly overlapping the middle case band. It measures 44 mm in diameter and houses the automatic Caliber GP09400, with a 14.3-mm-diameter tourbillon carriage and a 10.5-mm-diameter balance wheel. The unique automatic winding system gives a power reserve of at least 60 hours. La Esmeralda is water-resistant to 30 meters and will be produced in limited quantities.

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The new Arnold & Son Nebula is a lesson of watchmaking architecture, with a movement developed and designed to be as pleasant and opened as possible. It offers views into the very heart of the in-house manufacture calibre, which shows, like the Constant Force Tourbillon, an almost perfect mirror-like symmetry. This movement is indeed surprising because, all the elements that compose a watch are positioned in a radiating way. On top, the two mainspring barrels giving echo to the regulating organ and the small second indicator, on the lower side. 4 round elements are thus perfectly positioned on each corner of the dial. All of them are also held in place by triangular and opened bridges, all of them equally designed. The watch is equipped with an in-house movement, developed from scratch to be opened. It is still a rather simple movement that only displays the time and features a 90-hour power reserve. The Arnold and Son Nebula case diameter is 41.5mm, be available in two editions; stainless or 18k red gold.

Chronoswiss launched a new variation of the Sirius Flying Regulator but this time with jumping hours. Chronoswiss dedicated a limited Regulator model to this complication some years ago and since then the Regulator Jumping Hour has secured itself a permanent position in the classic collection .In 2016 Chronoswiss went a step further launching the Flying Regulator Jumping Hour. Above the watch dials with their characteristic guilloche pattern, the sub-dials rise for the minute hand and the seconds hand. The arched glass offers a particularly good experience of this three-dimensionality. As with its close relative, the Flying Regulator, the watch dials of the Flying Regulator Jumping Hour are also dominated by the signature guilloche. The Chronoswiss Signature Guilloche is an in-house design developed in the studios of House of Chronoswiss in Lucerne. This Regulator model also comes with a choice of several colours and material variations

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De Bethune presents a monochromatic range of its iconic models, DB28 and DB28T. De Bethune has devoted considerable research into natural blue, because the brand considers this colour to be symbolically related to the concept of infinity and harmony. Therefore, De Bethune has dedicated two new creations to this colour, both entirely blue, and united them under the name Kind of Blue.

The DB28 presents a case made of polished grade 5 titanium, mounted on two floating lugs to ensure superior wearing comfort. On the inside, the mechanical calibre with manual winding is fully visible and integrates several fundamental technical inventions. The patented spherical moon-phase is positioned at 6 o’clock. Made of steel and palladium, it offers precision that varies by only one lunar day every 122 years.

The DB28T, a technical development of the DB28, adopts the same case in polished titanium held by double floating lugs for maximum comfort. Its mechanical calibre with hand winding is equipped with a high frequency, ultra fast tourbillon, signed De Bethune. The lightest in the world with its minuscule 0.20 grammes for 63 parts, it beats at one-tenth of a second and makes a complete rotation in 30 seconds for superior chronometry.

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H. Moser & Cie.'s fumé dials have become integral to its identity. Their sunburst pattern creates a play of light, gradually diminishing towards the edges, moving from light into shade. In a unique design exercise, the Schaffhausen-based Manufacture has reinterpreted these nuances on its dials in a gem-setting technique. Sapphires and diamonds alternate in an enchanting and precious circle, in an invitation to rediscover the Venturer Tourbillon. At the heart of this highly poetic piece, the impulse set in motion in the highly technical movement can be seen. The HMC 802 self-winding calibre is equipped with a Straumann® Double Hairspring for improved accuracy and isochronism, and set in an interchangeable tourbillon module.

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The new Eberhard & Co Scafograf is a mechanical, self-winding diving watch, with an Ø 43 mm steel case, an unidirectional rotating bezel in ceramic, with luminescent markings on the first 15 minutes scale, curved sapphire glass and a helium escape valve at 9 o’clock. The “galbé” black dial has luminescent applied indices and the date at 3 o'clock. The name of the model, the central seconds hand and the dots can be white, light blue or yellow. The hours and minutes hands are also luminescent. Water-resistant to 300 m, the new Scafograf 300 has a screwed case-back personalised with an engraved starfish. The model comes with an integrated black rubber strap or a Chassis® steel bracelet with deployment clasp Déclic® (Patented).

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An annual calendar is mid-way between a perpetual calendar and a simple calendar: it recognises days of 30 and 31 months, but it must be manually corrected once a year at the end of February. This complication, which has enjoyed phenomenal success, is a standout feature of Ulysse Nardin watches. Whereas traditional mechanisms comprise around 30 components, the Manufacture from Le Locle has succeeded in developing one containing only around a dozen. This quest for simplicity – also guaranteeing exceptional reliability – has become an authentic brand philosophy. The time and calendar indications of this new Marine Chronograph Annual Calendar may be adjusted either forwards or backwards without any risk of inadvertently damaging the in-house movement.