THE BEST FIRST IMPRESSIONS FROM DAY ONE AT WATCHES AND WONDERS 2024

9th April 2024

It’s that time of year again! The world’s watch industry gathers for its annual outing in Geneva to launch its novelties at Watches and Wonders. Our team will be reporting live over the next few days so look out for our updates on @roxwatches. In the meantime, here’s our best impressions from Day One.

Hublot kicks off Watches and Wonder 2024 in style with a spectacular manufacture complication. The MP-11, featuring a sculptural 7-barrel movement with a 2-week power reserve, makes its debut in a brand new colour way: a radiant and translucent water blue. A new colour is added to Hublot’s palette of sapphire tones, a major first for this Manufacture piece.

A new ceramic colour is making their appearance at the heart of the Big Bang Unico: a vibrant orange, the result of a unique alchemy and a flawless resistance to shocks and scratches.

The Big Bang Integrated Time Only is back. It embodies the original DNA of the Big Bang, with a solid dial and integrated bracelet, in a new 38-mm version that represents the foundations of Hublot’s success.

The DEFY Skyline constellation is finally complete. A natural continuation and expansion of ZENITH’s edgy, all-occasions line, the new DEFY Skyline Chronograph offers a new vessel for the Manufacture’s latest iteration of the El Primero automatic high-frequency chronograph calibre, endowed with a 1/10th of a second chronograph function.

Since its inception in 1969, the ZENITH DEFY line of wristwatches has been all about steadfast reliability and ruggedness. Throughout the years, the DEFY has taken on many iterations with purpose-built features and designs. From the highest peaks to the wildest terrains, ZENITH is now taking the collection back to the deepest depths with the new DEFY Extreme Diver.

A Master Chronometer certified Black Bay 58 GMT with a bidirectional bezel. The Black Bay 58 is named after the year in which the first TUDOR divers’ watch waterproof to 200 metres was introduced. Among other aesthetic allusions to this famous historic watch, this model has a 39mm diameter case, in keeping with the characteristic proportions of the 1950s.

Embrace the rebirth of a legend with the TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph in 39 mm. Paying tribute to the iconic ‘Panda’ look of the sought-after Heuer 7753 SN, this distinctive timepiece blends classic allure with a bold glassbox design for a new era of racing and heritage enthusiasts.

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