The 2026 Met Gala red carpet was not short on statement dressing, and that extended to the watches on the wrist.

Rami Malek leaned into @cartier`s most surreal silhouette with a platinum Crash, while Paul Anthony Kelly paired his look with the architectural refinement of a @vacheronconstantin Overseas Tourbillon. Serena Williams brought the @audemarspiguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar into the evening, and Luke Evans turned to @Hublot with a diamond-set Big Bang Unico High Jewelry 44mm.
Elsewhere, Joe Alwyn completed his Valentino look with a Hublot on the wrist, while Al Sharpton opted for a gold-dial @rolex Day-Date.

Dwayne Johnson went full maximalism with the @jacobandco
Billionaire III, while Tyriq Withers and Finn Wolfhard both opted for the @jaegerlecoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds "Or Deco Cocktail" in white gold - a fittingly Art Deco note for fashion`s biggest night.

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At the 2026 Met Gala, @omega built its presence around a conversation between past and present — placing 1982 Constellation “Manhattan” watches alongside the new Constellation Observatory models.

It was a fitting move for an evening themed around “Fashion is Art”, where archives are no longer just historical references, but active parts of the story. In fashion, vintage has long carried cultural weight on the Met steps. Omega applied the same logic to watchmaking, treating the red carpet less like a shop window and more like a curated gallery.

Nicole Kidman wore a diamond-set 1982 Constellation “Manhattan” in white and yellow gold, while Colman Domingo opted for the Manhattan Grand in steel and yellow gold with a black dial. Mondo Duplantis continued the vintage thread with a gold-toned 1982 “Manhattan”, as Desiré Inglander brought the collection closer to the present with a contemporary steel Constellation featuring a mother-of-pearl dial, diamond bezel and Omega’s signature claws.

The new Constellation Observatory models then completed the arc. Tom Francis wore the Canopus Gold version, Dónal Finn chose the steel model with a deep green dial, and Connor Storrie went for Moonshine Gold on bracelet. Together, the watches traced 44 years of evolution — from the integrated-bracelet “Manhattan” of 1982 to Omega’s latest Observatory expression in 2026.

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Music remains at the heart of @mbandf’s M.A.D.Editions universe with the new M.A.D.2 Live, an event-exclusive edition that continues the collection’s tribute to vinyl records, DJ turntables and long nights behind the decks.

Exclusively available through M.A.D.Editions events throughout 2026, the M.A.D.2 Live begins its world tour in San Francisco this May before travelling across 13 cities over the course of the year. For each stop, only a limited number of pieces will be made available via mini-raffle, with visitors invited to scan a QR code at the booth to enter.

Visually, the M.A.D.2 Live stands apart with a silver dial plate, electric blue winding rotor and matching hour and minute discs, paired with a crisp white rubber strap. Each clasp is engraved with the city code of its corresponding event, giving every piece a subtle link to its place on the tour.

The design itself continues the M.A.D.2’s playful tribute to music culture. Its raised central subdials evoke the turntables of a DJ mixing console, while the central dial recalls the grooves of a vinyl record. Around it sits a stroboscopic platter inspired by the Technics SL-1200, which doubles as the automatic winding rotor and is visible from both the front and the back. Beneath the playful surface is a more surprising bit of watchmaking: a bi-directional jumping hour display with trailing minutes.

Housed in a 42mm stainless steel case, the M.A.D.2 Live is powered by a Swiss-made La Joux-Perret G101 base calibre fitted with an MB&F-developed jumping hour and trailing minutes module, with a 64-hour power reserve. ...

For the 2026 season, @tudorwatch returns to the track with the new Black Bay Chrono “Carbon 26”, a lightweight chronograph that continues the brand’s long-standing connection to motorsport.

Following last year’s “Carbon 25”, this new edition takes its cues from the 2026 Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One car, the VCARB 03. Its 42mm case, fixed tachymeter bezel and even the end-links are rendered in carbon fibre, underscoring the watch’s racing-minded focus on weight reduction, while yellow accents on the dial echo details from the team’s latest livery.

The domed racing white dial is paired with carbon fibre sub-counters and a date display at six o’clock, while Tudor’s signature snowflake hands retain the Black Bay line’s familiar identity. Inside is the Manufacture Chronograph Calibre MT5813, a COSC-certified automatic movement with a column wheel, vertical clutch, silicon balance spring and 70-hour power reserve.

Limited to 2,026 individually numbered pieces, the Black Bay Chrono “Carbon 26” carries Tudor’s racing story into a new season, with Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad wearing the watch as the brand continues its journey in motorsport. ...

@mattleave Matthew De Jesus, News Editor, found his first Watches and Wonders experience overwhelming in the best possible way. After the first wave of launches, press releases and wrist shots, these were the five watches that stayed with him — each saying something interesting about where its brand is heading.

Among his most memorable releases was the @tudor Monarch, an unexpected move into more formal territory with its faceted case and bracelet, small seconds and papyrus-toned California-style dial. The @grandseiko_official “Mystic Waterfall” Platinum Spring Drive also stood out, bringing texture, light and rhythm to its platinum case and dial through a hand-engraved flowing-water motif. From @vacheronconstantin, the Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points gave the familiar travel watch a poetic new expression, with a titanium case and four dial colours tied to North, South, East and West.

@iwcwatches’s Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Ceralume transformed one of the brand’s signature complications with a luminous ceramic case, white dial and glowing rubber strap — big, strange and seriously cool. Finally, the @panerai Luminor 31 Giorni brought the idea of endurance back into focus, pairing the brand’s unmistakable design language with the P.2031/S calibre and a chronometrically stable 31-day power reserve.

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@revoio Israel Ortega, Editor-in-Chief of Revolution Mexico/Latin America looked beyond the usual suspects at Watches and Wonders 2026, turning instead to watches that revealed the breadth, intelligence and expressive richness of contemporary watchmaking.

Among his highlights was @cartier’s Myst de Cartier, a piece that places timekeeping firmly in the background and lets jewellery craft take centre stage, transforming the watch into a sculptural object of precious metal, lacquer and diamonds. From @laurent_ferrier came the Sport Traveller, a compelling study in restraint and usability that integrates a second time zone and date within a clean Grade 5 titanium case, powered by the LF275.01 micro-rotor movement. Also on his list was @vacheronconstantin’s Overseas Self-Winding Ultra-Thin in platinum, whose 39.5mm case, platinum bracelet, salmon dial and new Calibre 2550 give the line a warmer, more nuanced presence.

Israel also singled out @hermes’ H08 Squelette, which opens a new chapter for the line through an airy, graphic skeletonised architecture paired with a Bleu Zanzibar rubber strap and an effortlessly contemporary attitude. Completing his picks is the @arminstrom Minute Repeater Resonance 12:59 First Edition, a true mechanical showstopper that combines resonance and a minute repeater within the open ARR25 calibre, bringing together twin oscillators, four hammers and four gongs in one striking technical landscape.

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@de_bethune returns to the sea with the new DB28xs Sea Tourbillon, a watch that channels the shifting blue tones and quiet depth of the ocean through one of the brand’s most poetic executions yet.

The 38.7mm case is crafted in mirror-polished grade 5 titanium and kept to an impressively slim 8mm profile, while De Bethune’s patented floating lugs help ensure comfort on the wrist. On the dial side, blued titanium, microlight decoration and random guilloché bring a sense of movement and shimmer, evoking the changing surface of the sea while revealing the architecture beneath.

Powering the watch is the hand-wound DB2009V7 calibre, equipped with a self-regulating twin barrel delivering a five-day power reserve. At 6 o’clock sits De Bethune’s ultra-light 30-second titanium tourbillon, weighing just 0.18g and beating at a high frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour. ...

@shenglee97 Sheng Lee, Digital Writer, gravitated towards the watches at Watches and Wonders 2026 that rewarded a closer look — familiar ideas sharpened, unexpected materials introduced and strong concepts pushed into more compelling territory.

Among his highlights was the @grandseiko_official Spring Drive U.F.A. SLGB006, which brings Caliber 9RB2 into an 18k yellow gold case, paired with a black dial scattered with golden flecks. @rolex also made the list with an off-catalog Cosmograph Daytona, a watch that stood out for how unexpected it felt, bringing an enamel dial to a highly collectible steel execution. From @patekphilippe came the Calatrava Minute Repeater World Time Ref. 5531G-010, a Rare Handcrafts piece that combines a minute repeater and world time display with a beautifully worked champlevé enamel dial in cool shades of blue.

Also on Sheng’s list is the @alangesoehne Saxonia Annual Calendar, now reworked in a more compact 36mm case that gives its triple-calendar display a softer and more balanced presence. Completing his selection is the @zenithwatches G.F.J. Calibre 135, which takes on a colder, more technical character in tantalum and black onyx, giving the revived observatory movement a quietly compelling new expression.

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For @cherylannchia Cheryl Chia, Technical Editor, Watches and Wonders 2026 was quieter than previous years in terms of outright horological bravura. Still, a handful of watches stood out for their genuine technical significance, while others felt newly compelling in their latest guises.

At the top of her list was the @tagheuer Monaco Evergraph, a watch she sees as one of the year’s most important developments. Powered by a radically rethought chronograph mechanism, it strips the system back to a far simpler architecture, delivering a solution that feels both ingenious and genuinely consequential.

Also among Cheryl’s standout picks was the @patekphilippe Celestial Sunrise and Sunset Ref. 6105G, which adds an elegant daylight saving time correction to an already exotic astronomical display. The @ferdinandberthoud Mesure du Temps 1787 Chronomètre FB 2TV.1 impressed for entirely different reasons, bringing together an extraordinary range of chronometric solutions — from fusée-and-chain transmission to flying tourbillon — in one deeply considered watch.

The @alangesoehne Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “Lumen” also made her list, combining a stop-seconds tourbillon and instantaneous perpetual calendar within one of the most striking Lumen executions yet. Cheryl’s final pick is the @grandseiko_official “Ushio” 300m Diver Spring Drive UFA, a dive watch that brings together a more compact case, no-date layout, improved clasp and the high-precision Caliber 9RB1.

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@joytully Joyceline Tully, Editor-in-Chief of Revolution Asia, found her highlights at Watches and Wonders 2026 in watches that balanced ingenuity, wearability and sheer mechanical beauty.

Her top pick was the @parmigianifleurier Tonda PF Chronographe Mystérieux, a stealthy take on the chronograph that appears as a pristine three-hand watch at rest before revealing its elapsed-time function at the press of a pusher. From @rolex, the Yacht-Master II is redesigned for a more intuitive reading, with its regatta scale now shifted to the flange and countdown hands that move counter clockwise. The @bvlgari OctoOcto Finissimomm also made the list, bringing the collection’s ultra-thin architecture into a more wearable size with the new BVF 100 movement.

@patekphilippe’s Cubitus Perpetual Calendar gives the collection its first high complication, pairing an openworked dial with the square-shaped, skeletonised 28-28 Q SQU calibre. Joyceline’s final pick is @jaegerlecoultre’s Master Hybris Mechanica Ultra Thin Minute Repeater, which reveals Calibre 362 through sapphire bridges and combines an ultra-thin automatic minute repeater with a flying tourbillon.

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@fkscholz Felix Scholz, Editor-in-Chief of Revolution Australia, selected five watches from Watches and Wonders 2026 that reflect the fair at its most appealing — from crowd-pleasing releases to more personal favourites he would happily wear himself.

@rolex makes the list with the new Oyster Perpetual 36, whose multicoloured Jubilee-motif dial gives one of the brand’s core steel watches a fresh and playful twist. From @cartier comes the Baignoire Clous de Paris, a striking jewelled design that extends its hobnail motif across the dial, case and bracelet in a way only Cartier really can. Felix’s most wearable pick, meanwhile, is the @chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS with its “Mountain Glow” dial — a slim, refined sports watch made even better by its new micro-adjustment clasp.

@vancleefarpels also stood out with the Midnight Jour Nuit Phase de Lune, which builds on the maison’s Day/Night complication by combining a 24-hour display, moonphase and on-demand animation in one poetic composition. Rounding out the list is the @iwcwatches Pilot’s Venturer Vertical Drive, a purpose-built space watch engineered from the ground up for human spaceflight, and one of the fair’s clearest expressions of its broader space theme.

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@hublot and @thehourglass_official introduce the Classic Fusion Titanium Retroverse, a trio of special editions created in partnership to explore time, material and character through a different lens.

Available in blue, green and grey, each model features a 42mm case and bezel in brushed blackened aged titanium, giving the watch a darker, more weathered character from the outset. The grained gradient dials are paired with rhodium-plated polished hands, while each watch comes with a colour-matched aged calf leather strap and an additional aged alligator strap.

The defining detail lies within. Powering the Retroverse is Hublot’s HUB1105 self-winding movement, specially re-engineered for this collaboration to run anticlockwise. It is a deliberate mechanical reversal that challenges the conventional perception of time and gives the collection its distinctive identity.

Each colourway is limited to 30 pieces and available exclusively at The Hour Glass boutiques in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. ...