The most wired watches at Watches and Wonders 2026

Bremont Supernova Chronograph (from $8,000)

Bremont has spent two decades building tool watches for Air, Land and Sea. The Supernova adds a fourth pillar: Space. It’s also a significant design departure for a brand whose DNA has skewed toward traditional aerospace styles—it’s an angular, unapologetically bold take on the integrated-bracelet blueprint, drawing its language from space stations and spacecraft both real and imagined. Oh, and one of them is go to the moon.

The 41mm case is a geometric take on Bremont’s signature three-piece or “Trip-Tick” case architecture, in 904L steel with a DLC-coated center section and a decahedral black ceramic bezel. But it’s the dial that’s the showpiece: a three-dimensional trellis divided into 12 sections that tilt toward the center, with arrow-motif divisions. Devoted spaceheads will recognize the appearance of solar arrays spotted by spacecraft such as the Cygnus vehicle from Northrop Grumman, although in the case of the watch the light comes from the other side. The dial covers a full blue-emission Super-LumiNova base that glows in low light through the perforations. Triangular indexes and diamond-shaped black-gold hands echo the geometry. If you like your space watches even more, Bremont is also introducing a skeletonized tourbillon version.

Hermès H08 Skeleton

The Hermès H08 has been a WIRED favorite since its launch in 2021: a seamless blend of high-fashion DNA and everyday sports utility thanks to its minimal design and water resistance to 100 meters. But by 2026, the house is now stripping away that design. Three years in development, the new Squelette is the collection’s first foray into the world of skeletonization – the process of removing as much metal as possible from a watch’s components, such as the plate, bridges and oscillating weight, without compromising structural integrity. It also features a brand new titanium Hermès movement with 60-hour power reserve developed in collaboration with Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier. With a 39mm black DLC titanium case with ceramic bezel, the Squelette ditches the date window to let the (lack of) mechanical interior steal the show.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual “100 Years” Rolesor ($9,650)

There was much speculation about what Rolex would do for the centenary of the Oyster case; many were hoping for a return of the Milgauss, but Rolex rarely does nostalgia. Instead, we get this much more subdued Oyster Perpetual with a two-tone Rolesor (Rolex’s term for its half-gold, half-steel watches) setup that pairs an Oystersteel case and bracelet with an 18-karat yellow gold bezel and crown—a nod to the 1950s reference 6582 “over a sunray d. At six o’clock, “Swiss Made” has been replaced with “100 years” and the crown wears a small engraved “100” that most will never notice. After 100 years you’d think even Rolex would want to shout a little louder.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual “Jubilee Dial” ($6,750)

The decidedly sober “100 Year” Rolesor makes this bright “Jubilee Dial” Rolex look like it’s having all the fun. Rolex did bold links before, but this is possibly the most graphic yet. The monochrome steel case only makes the dial hit harder: a repeating, crossword-like pattern of the ROLEX letters rendered in 10 colors and created by a complex, multi-stage pad printing process. Up close it reads as a structured typographic pattern; at a distance it merges into a cloud of color. Legibility takes a backseat here, but for a bright, entry-level Oyster Perpetual at $6,750, we don’t think many will mind. The real barrier to ownership won’t be the price; it will get hold of one.

Tudor Black Bay Ceramic ($7,725)

Tudor’s Black Bay Ceramic takes the brand’s much-admired dive watch formula and strips it down into something moodier, sleeker and a little more high-tech. The 41mm matte black ceramic case gives it a stealthy presence, but the real trick is how the brand has managed to craft the bracelet entirely out of ceramic as well, meaning it wears much lighter than a stainless steel diver. The pure white indices, snowflake hands and domed dial keep legibility crisp, while the no-date layout maintains minimal aesthetics. Even the lume is dark in tone. Inside, Tudor supports the design with its in-house METAS-certified MT5602-U movement, good for 70 hours of power reserve when not worn.

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Jean-Daniel Meyer

Patek Philippe Celestial Sunrise and Sunset ($437,610)

This year’s ubiquitous astronomical theme continues with a new edition of Patek Philippe’s most high-powered timepiece, the Celestial, in which a starry night sky – precisely configured for the northern hemisphere, and calibrated to Geneva’s latitude – makes a real-time spin around the dial. At any given moment, the portion of the sky inside the elliptical window placed above the hand shows the visible skyscape, should you look up from that latitude on a cloudless night, including the orbit and phases of the moon. This trick is achieved by a trio of superimposed transparent discs – two in mineral glass, and one in metallized sapphire glass.

The new version, Reference 6105G-001, adds indications for the sunrise and sunset, for which the peripheral date display doubles as a 5 am. until 11 p.m. scale. Nothing here is understated. The platinum case, with a sculpted architectural form that gives this Celestial a distinctly contemporary edge, is – at 47mm – as monumental as the price. As Oscar Wilde would say: “I have the simplest taste. I am always satisfied with the best.”