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From afar, the watch industry may seem unhurried. But every passing day brings about new timepieces from brands big, small, new and old.
Below, find 22 new releases from the likes of affordable brands like Seiko and Timex, luxury legends such as A. Lange & Söhne and Nomos, and enthusiast favorites like Serica and Unimatic. Together, they show an industry that never stops ticking — and, centuries later, can still find the time to surprise you.
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A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Daymatic Honeygold
The Lange 1 is undoubtedly A. Lange & Söhne’s most recognizable icon, but for collectors who want a version of that watch with just a bit more versatility and functionality, there’s the Lange 1 Daymatic. The Daymatic swaps out the Lange 1’s manually wound movement for an automatic and trades in its power reserve indicator for a handy retrograde day-of-week display. This version of the Daymatic dresses up the self-winding calendar watch in Lange’s most prized proprietary alloy, Honeygold, along with a warm brown dial in 925 silver. Limited to 250 pieces, the watch’s price is only available upon request.
A part of Unimatic’s Italian Alps Collection, this take on the brand’s original design — the Modello Uno — comes in your choice of an Alpine Blue or Glacier White colorway. In either case, you’ll get a reliable quartz movement, gorgeous minimalist styling, the brand’s new Unilight Three-dimensional, hand-applied luminous markers and a Fumo deer leather two-piece quick-release strap.
A special edition of Mk II’s WWII-inspired dive-ready field watch, the Hellion Baku Edition supports Project Recovers mission to locate three UDT members who were lost during a mission near the Yap Islands in 1944. Compared to the standard Hellion, the watch features improved lume, a new handset, a fully brushed case, a proper no-date movement and a commemorative caseback.
American microbrand Vortic is known for refurbishing vintage American pocket watch movements and putting them into oversized, retro wristwatches. But what would a thoroughly modern Vortic watch look like? We have an answer to that question in the Journeyman, which uses a more compact 43 x 9.5mm case in stonewashed titanium and finished with unexpectedly sharp angles for a contemporary look. Inside beats the manually wound ETA 6497-2 calibre, a modern movement that Vortic has reworked to resemble some of the traditional movements it uses. Lastly, there’s the dial, which takes inspiration from antique pocket watches but adds a contemporary twist. Limited to 50 pieces for this First Edition, the Journeyman is priced at $2,900.
Vulcain’s compact archival chronograph, now in a crowd-pleasing panda dial, packs two unusual features. The first is a single pusher to start, stop and reset the chronograph complication — known as a monopusher. The other is a pulsometer track on the dial, which uses the chronograph seconds hand to measure heart rate. It has a 39mm stainless steel case and runs on a Sellita caliber SW510 M MP b hand-wound movement, which beats at 4Hz and has a 58-hour power reserve.
For the third time, G-Shock has teamed up with the British bespoke customizers at Bamford, and this could be their best collaboration yet. A take on the iconic 5600, this version gets touches of Bamford’s signature aqua blue on its asteel and resin case and bio-based resin strap. It also gets a negative display, and still has all the onboard features we’ve come to expect from G-Shock.
For the first time, Seiko adds a leather strap to its 1970s-derived King Seiko integrated sports watch, pairing the elegant band with a forest-inspired dial in brown or green.
Formex adds its most technically complex dial yet to the Esssence Ceramica, with this “Dark Matter” dial consisting of a dark-nickel electroplated slice of Muonionalusta meteorite.
Yema gives its flagship retro dive watch a distinctly nautical makeover with a bronze case, complemented by a weathered-looking vertically brushed dial.
Serica brings back the tuxedo dial to its Field Chronometer after a few years away, but modernizes the style by swapping out white enamel for beige while keeping the hand-applied indices white for greater contrast.
Urwerk closes out its trilogy of highly technical satellite-hour UR-230 with the Black Star. Powered by the same air-brake-equipped automatic movement as its predecessors, the Black Star distinguishes itself with a newly developed ceramic composite case that contains fiberglass and carbon fiber for higher impact resistance.
PlayStation x Anicorn 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Mechanical Watch
It has been 30 years since the original Sony PlayStation launch, and the brand has been celebrating in various ways throughout the year. As a part of the ongoing event, the brand has paired with Anicorn to launch the first-ever mechanical PlayStation-themed watch. With styling heavily inspired by the original console, it features a quartet of 3D “buttons,” each boasting one of the controller’s iconic shapes instead of traditional hour markers, a “Power” button crown, a 316L steel case and an FKM strap with a geometric pattern matching the dial symbols. However, only 300 will ever be made.
Unimatic x Automobili Amos Modello Tre Fixed Bezel Rally
Unimatic teams up with a fellow Italian, restomod masters Automobili Amos, for this chronograph built to withstand the rigors of the East African Classic Safari Rally. Available in Safari Dust brown or Verde Foresta green, the chrono features a beefy monobloc fixed steel bezel with an acid-etched tachymeter scale, hands and indices coated with Super-LumiNova GL dark orange and a quick-release, two-piece TPU strap. Powering the watch is a Seiko Cal. VK64 meca-quartz movement, and each colorway is limited to just 150 pieces.
Vero has teamed up with Scout, the SUV maker, to imbue its rugged Workhorse Chronograph with the latter brand’s signature styling. Available in two colors, Terra Orange and Traveler Blue, the watches also benefit from reliable Miyota quartz movements, extra-durable Cerakote finishes on their stainless steel cases, bully bars, nylon straps and so much more. However, only 500 were made, and once they’re gone, they’re gone for good.
Seiko teams up with MGM Studios for this Pink Panther-themed take on the 5 Sports SKX featuring a pink dial, pink transparent caseback and additional pink nylon strap — all containing visual references to the mid-century animated feline.
German watchmaker Laco, best known for its Fleiger pilot’s watches, celebrates its 100th anniversary with an absolutely stunning dress watch. The time-only tuxedo-style dial frames a matte black center with a raised golden foil hours track, with sunken beveled hour makers, save for applied golden numerals at 3, 6, 9 and 12. The 38mm gold-toned stainless steel case houses a Laco caliber 300 automatic movement. It is a limited edition of 100 pieces.
Angelus expands its retro-modern Chronodate line of chrongoraphs with the Moka Edition, featuring a coffee-inspired brown sunray dial paired with a bimaterial case of either Grade 5 titanium or 5N red gold.
Nomos Glashütte Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer ‘Scenic Route’
To close out 2025, Nomos drops two more limited editions of its flagship release for the year, the Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer, featuring new dial colors. Collectively dubbed the “Scenic Route,” the two new watches offer a more elegant take on the whimsical travel watch via their champagne dials and shell cordovan leather straps. “Roam” features a light blue city ring with green and orange accents, while “Reverie” opts for a sand-colored ring with yellow and maroon highlights. Both versions are limited to 175 examples each.
Timex enlists Huckberry in bringing back the classic Black Max, originally an early example of a blacked-out watch from the 1970s. The updated quartz version upscales the case size to 41mm and swaps in titanium for the case and stainless steel for the bracelet for a more robust build.
Frederique Constant x Time & Tide Highlife Moonphase Onyx Moon
Frederique Constant introduces a minimalist take on its Highlife Moonphase integrated sports watch with a clean onyx dial, exclusive to Time and Tide. It is powered by the in-house caliber FC-716 automatic movement with a 72-hour power reserve. This limited edition of 100 pieces comes with a steel five-link “jubilee” bracelet, an embossed calfskin leather pin-buckle strap and a black textured rubber strap.
Bell & Ross debuts a fully metallic take on the BR-05 integrated steel sports watch, with a time-only, mirror-polished steel dial. The 40mm square case features exposed screws, brushed surfaces and polished chamfered edges, and it comes on an H-link steel bracelet with alternating brushed and polished links. It is powered by a BR-CAL.321-1 automatic movement with a 54-hour power reserve, and is a limited edition of 250 pieces.
The most expensive watch in Seiko’s current catalog features a hard-coated titanium case and microadjustable bracelet, a lumed sapphire bezel and a Spring Drive “true” GMT movement borrowed from Grand Seiko.