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Watches and Wonders 2023: the highlights

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The year's biggest horological event, Watches and Wonders 2023, has opened its doors in Geneva. Here, discover the watches set to make a splash this year, in our frequently updated guide.

Vacheron Constantin champions retrograde display in new watches unveiled at Watches and Wonders

Left, Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Retrograde and, right, Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date (Image credit: Vacheron Constantin)

Vacheron Constantin rethinks classic watch design codes in its new collections. Both the new Patrimony Retrograde Day-Date and the Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface nod to the retrograde displays that first appeared in Vacheron Constantin timepieces in the 1920s, before briefly disappearing in the decades after. 

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Patek Philippe’s Watches and Wonders 2023 releases embody a sharp technicality

Patek Philippe 6300GR (Image credit: Patek Philippe)

Complications meet design in this year’s new watches from Patek Philippe. Intricate watches get a rethink, with the brand’s most complicated watch in the current collection – encompassing 20 complications – produced for the first time in white and rose gold. The striking mechanism on the Patek Philippe 6300GR Grandmaster Chime is fitted with three gongs, with five chiming modes sounding out noises from an alarm with time strike to a grande sonnerie.

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Discover all the Rolex watches released at Watches and Wonders 2023

Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II  (Image credit: Rolex)

New Rolex watches nod to the sporty, the classic and the fun – discover the range, from the lightness and strength of the new Yacht-Master 42 to the emphasised legibility of a new addition to the Explorer family.

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Cartier rethinks classic watch design in Watches and Wonders 2023 releases

Cartier Clash (Un)limited (Image credit: Cartier)

Classic watch design codes are given a spin by Cartier this year, as the company intertwines historical references throughout the new Cartier watch collections unveiled at Watches and Wonders 2023.

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Hermès Watches and Wonders pavilion inspired by new H08 watches

(Image credit: Hermes)

Artist Clément Vieille conducts an intricate play with materials in its scenography for the Hermès Watches and Wonders 2023 pavilion, which pays tribute to the complexity of time encapsulated in this year’s Hermès H08 collection.

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Watches and Wonders behind the scenes: building the world’s biggest watch fair

(Image credit: Watches and Wonders)

As Watches and Wonders 2023 gets ready to open in Geneva, we talk to CEO of the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation, Matthieu Humair, on what has inspired this year’s design.

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