Pole Position: Luxury Watches 2026

Watch media and retail platform Time+Tide or George Russell? Connoisseur’s choice or racing DNA? These are the watches that matter now.

Text and compilation: Anja Van Der Borght

Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch (42 mm) in black and white. Stainless steel. Manual movement. €10,200​

Bell & Ross BR-05 Grey Mirror Steel (40 mm) boutique edition with automatic movement. Limited to 250 pieces. €5,400​

Breguet Expérimentale 1 (43.5 mm) with the world’s first tourbillon featuring a magnetic escapement and high frequency (10 Hz). Price on request.​

Piaget Polo 79 Two-Tone (38 mm) in brushed white gold with gadroons in polished yellow gold. Automatic movement. €96,000​

Alpina Alpiner Manufacture Date Special Edition (41.5 mm) in collaboration with fashion house Label Noir. Automatic movement. Limited to 130 pieces. €3,695​

Frederique Constant and the watch media and retail platform Time+Tide created the Highlife Moonphase Date Manufacture — Onyx Moon in steel (39 mm). Automatic movement with moonphase. Limited to 100 pieces. €4,895​

IWC Schaffhausen teamed up with Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team driver George Russell for this Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 George Russell (41.9 mm) in black ceramic. Automatic movement. €12,700​

Dior Chiffre Rouge (41 mm) Chronographe Blue in steel with automatic movement. Limited to 55 pieces. Price on request.​

In addition to a new ‘Dune white’ dial, the automatic Tudor Ranger is now also available with a fully brushed stainless steel case of 36 mm. €3,180 for the version with fabric strap.​

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Openworked (41 mm) in titanium. Automatic movement with perpetual calendar. Price on request.