Hot List: April 17, 2026
Our fearless leader was in Geneva this week checking out his favorite Ferris wheel, and apparently there was a watch show in town! 🎡 What are the chances?? It’s a whole big thing apparently! Scott decided to pop by and fill us in on what the fuss was all about.
TUDOR BLACK BAY 54
It’s only been a few days since TUDOR announced the new blue Black Bay 54, but it’s already earned a nickname: the Smurf! Thanks to its fun 37mm size and all-blue motif, we’re half expecting this one to don a floppy white hat and run off into a cozy mushroom house 🍄
PARMIGIANI FLEURIER TONDA PF CHRONOGRAPHE MYSTÉRIEUX
Arguably the star of this year’s show, the most innovative release from Watches & Wonders is Parmigiani’s new chronograph. With the press of the monopusher at 8 o’clock, the golden rattrapante hands appear from behind the hour and minutes hands and disappear when not in use 💫
BULGARI OCTO FINISSIMO
Whoever came up with the phrase “good things come in small packages” was probably foretelling this most recent release from Bulgari. The new Octo Finissimo is now available in a svelte 37mm x 6.45mm case size thanks to its all new movement, the BVF 100, which is wound by a platinum(!) micro-rotor. Whether you want it in titanium or yellow gold, it punches way above its weight 💪
IWC BIG PILOT PERPETUAL CALENDAR PROSET
Long live Le Petite Prince 🤴 This piece is more than worthy of its single crown (get it?) that can adjust date, day, month, year, and moon phase both forward and backward. The crown jewel is the medallion on the caseback engraved with an image of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince.
ZENITH CHRONOMASTER SPORT
Anthropologists think humanity’s first tool was a bone 🍖 When it comes to watch clasps, we’ve moved past the tool era, and Zenith’s new innovative clasp is proof — you don’t even need to take off the watch to adjust it! In other ways, we’re still the same old apes. Namely, our obsession with skeletons means we’ve got an appreciation for the Chronomaster Sport’s skeleton dial ☠️
TAG HEUER MONACO CHRONOGRAPH
In the words of Steve McQueen, “If you work hard, you get the goodies.” The Monaco Chronograph Titanium is the goodies. It echoes the original with its blue dial, leather strap, and crown at nine o’clock — and is also available with a black opaline or green lacquered dial. And with its 80-hour power reserve, you could race Le Mans three times straight and still clock your finish.
GRAND SEIKO SLGB006
This limited edition piece was inspired by the woods of the Suwa region where Grand Seiko developed the spring drive movement 🌲 The black dial with gold-colored specks emulates the “sun pillar” affect of ice crystals reflecting light on winter mornings. It also features the first-ever regulation switch for a spring drive movement. We ride (Ice Forest) at Dawn.
NOMOS TANGENTE NEOMATIK 38
The Glashütte-based brand shrinks down the Tangente neomatik Update to a 38.5mm case size! Featuring NOMOS’s patented date ring function and classic styling, it’s hard to find a better bang-for-your-buck on the market right now. Pair it with the all new dark green dial color and you’ve got a real winner on your hands wrist.
HERMES H-08 SQUELLETE
A 39mm fan-fave, the H08 has been kicking butt and taking names since 2021 🎱 Now, it’s available with a fully open-worked dial that exposes the Vaucher movement inside. Retaining the stylized numerals that made it famous, we can’t wait to see the new-gen H08 in-person!
NORQAIN FREEDOM CHRONO
I scream, you scream, we’re all screaming for the Freedom Chrono Sprinkles! 🍧 Designed to make us all crave ice cream, this piece celebrates the sweetness of life. It comes in a pink or blue matte dial with Super-LumiNova® sprinkles. And the cherry on top? There’s a surprise weekly ice cream cone in the date wheel!
ORIS ARTELIER
This watch means business. And by business, I mean its calendar function. Powered by Oris’s in-house movement with a 10-day power reserve, the Atelier Calibre 113 tracks the day, date, and month of the year as well as the weeks via an outer track around the dial. Flip the watch over and you’ve got a full view of the Calibre 113 in all its hand-wound glory… it’s a work of art(elier.)
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