Recap Dubai Watch Week 2025: Even More Cool Watches

Dubai Watch Week has come a long way. Launched in 2015 by Ahmed Seddiqi as an intimate gathering for collectors and enthusiasts with a clear mission to foster horological education, the event has evolved far beyond its original scope. Ten years later, the biennial event has transformed into a fully fledged watch fair and an anchor point in the industry’s international calendar. 

The 2025 edition made this evolution very clear. Marking both the fair’s 10th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, this year’s Dubai Watch Week delivered its most ambitious outing yet. Brands, journalists, and watch lovers from across the globe converged on Dubai for a week that combined product debuts, panel discussions, and genuine community spirit. The result was a showcase of creativity that can be seen in this selection, highlighting just how far the venue has come in inspiring fresh ideas and audacious designs.

Bulgari Mattar Bin Lahej x Octo Finissimo

Bulgari’s collaboration with Emirati artist Mattar Bin Lahej brings a striking new twist to the Octo Finissimo. Limited to just 70 pieces, the titanium watch becomes a canvas for laser-engraved Arabic calligraphy drawn from a quote by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The familiar sandblasted surfaces of the ultra-thin Octo Finissimo gain depth and dimension through these flowing lines, turning the case and bracelet into a unified sculptural object. 

Inside, the manufacture caliber BVL 138 keeps the watch true to its roots, measuring only 2.23mm in height while delivering a 60-hour power reserve via a micro-rotor. Priced at 23,000 euros or approximately $26,609 when converted to USD, the Mattar Bin Lahej x Octo Finissimo bridges culture, craftsmanship and contemporary design with unmistakable flair.

To learn more, visit Bulgari, here.

Biver Automatique Clous de Paris

Biver returned to Dubai Watch Week 2025 with a kaleidoscopic expansion of the young brand’s Automatique collection, elevating this dress watch into the realm of high artisanal craft. Eleven new references in gold and platinum explore traditional techniques, rare natural stones, and contemporary purity of form. 

The 39mm cases, finely executed and water-resistant to 80 meters, remain slim at 10mm height and reveal the automatic manufacture caliber JCB-003-A through a sapphire back. Developed with Dubois-Dépraz, the movement’s technical and aesthetic highlight is its 22-karat gold micro-rotor, powering a frequency of 25,250 vph and a 65-hour reserve. 

Among the most appealing variants is the Automatique Clous de Paris, which brings refined understatement to life with a platinum case and deep blue sunburst dial enriched by a applied clous-de-paris guilloché. Executed on historical rose engines, the pattern adds texture and luminosity while underscoring the brand’s fluent blend of classical craftsmanship and modern design. Paired with a Rustico leather strap, the model is priced at CHF85,000 before taxes, or approximately $105,246. 

To learn more, visit Biver, here.

Armin Strom One Week Skeleton Rose Gold

Armin Strom unveiled a new, exquisitely skeletonized take on its signature hand-wound masterpiece with seven days of power reserve. Limited to 50 pieces, the One Week Skeleton Rose Gold exposes the intricate depths of its hand-wound mechanical heart while celebrating the brand’s dedication to traditional skeletonization. 

Housed for the first time in a 41mm solid 18k rose gold case, the watch blends openworked architecture with a warm, festive elegance. Its ARM21 caliber, an evolution of the brand’s first in-house movement, delivers reliable timekeeping at 3.5 Hz through two stacked barrels, while a conical winding system and three-dimensional power reserve display pay homage to historical pocket watch mechanisms. Every component is hand-finished with meticulous detail, from anglage and Geneva stripes to polished screw countersinks, underscoring Armin Strom’s uncompromising commitment to haute horlogerie craftsmanship.

The One Week Skeleton Rose Gold is priced at CHF47,000 Swiss francs, or approximately $58,200.

To learn more, visit Armin Strom, here.

Ressence Type 1° Rose Gold

Ressence presented the Type 1° Round Rose Gold, showcasing its signature orbital display for the first time on a rose-gold dial. Limited to 70 pieces, the watch combines a 42.7mm titanium case with a convex, salmon-hue like face, where silver-toned satellites rotate to indicate hours, seconds, and the day of the week in a clear, intuitive manner. 

Powered by an automatic ETA movement paired with Ressence’s Orbital Convex System (ROCS) module, the Type 1° maintains perfect synchronization across its discs. Its elegant, pebble-like case is just 11mm thick and complemented by a light grey kudu leather strap. The watch is priced at CHF18,500 Swiss francs, or approximately $23,000, excluding taxes.

To learn more, visit Ressence, here.

H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Perpetual Moon Concept Meteorite

H. Moser & Cie. unveiled the Streamliner Perpetual Moon Concept Meteorite, a limited edition of 70 pieces. The watch features a 40mm steel cushion case with an integrated bracelet and a golden meteorite dial, a first for the Schaffhausen-based manufacture, enhanced by Moser’s signature fumé effect. Its automatic HMC 270 caliber with a power reserve of at least 72 hours powers an impressively precise perpetual moon phase, drifting only one day every 1,027 years. 

Minimalist yet expressive, the watch eschews logos and indices, letting the rotating discs, Globolight accents, and red gold hands convey time and moon phase in a refined, celestial composition. Priced at $43,700, it exemplifies Moser’s understated, haute horlogerie approach.

To learn more, visit H. Moser, here.

Bremont Terra Nova 40.5 Jumping Hour Aventurine

Bremont debuted a refined take on its Terra Nova Jumping Hour with a deep blue aventurine dial, meticulously cut, polished, and mounted on metal— a technique rarely seen in watches of this type. Encased in a 40.5mm frosted 904L stainless steel case, the textured finish scatters light in a subtle, crystalline effect. 

Powered by Bremont’s BC634 jumping-hour caliber with 56 hours of power reserve, the hour disc, complemented by two windows for hours and minutes and a luminescent central seconds hand, jumps forward in under a tenth of a second. Limited to 50 pieces, the watch is priced at $10,300.

To learn more, visit Bremont, here.

Perrelet X Diaa Allam

Perrelet continued its tradition of artist collaborations with a new Turbine limited edition created alongside Emirati calligrapher Diaa Allam, unveiled at Dubai Watch Week. Limited to 50 pieces, the Perrelet X Diaa Allam features Arabic-script numerals and a vibrant lower dial painted exclusively for the brand, inspired by the woven patterns of traditional palm-leaf wickerwork. Twelve black anodized aluminum blades spin with every motion of the wrist, unveiling the intricate Arabic calligraphy layered beneath. 

Water-resistant to 100 meters, the watch is housed in a 41mm DLC-coated Grade 2 titanium case and powered by the in-house P-331-MH automatic caliber, certified by both the COSC and Chronofiable institutions, with a 42-hour power reserve. It is priced at CHF5,180 or approximately $6,500. 

To learn more, visit Perrelet, here.

Gerald Charles Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon – Tiger’s Eye 

To mark their milestone anniversaries at Dubai Watch Week— 75 years for Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons and 25 years for Gerald Charles— the partners unveiled two limited-edition Maestro 2.0 Ultra-Thin models, each showcasing a different natural stone dial. 

The Maestro 2.0 Ultra-Thin “Tiger’s Eye” highlights the warm, shifting golden tones of Tiger’s Eye, while the Maestro 2.0 Ultra-Thin “Malachite” plays with the deep green striations of malachite. Both dials remain free of indices, allowing the natural materials to take centre stage inside Gerald Charles’ signature Maestro architecture. 

Each watch is crafted in the new brown "Colormix" case finish developed specially for this collaboration and water-resistant to 100 meters. Both editions additionally share the same elegant proportions— 39mm and just 8mm thick— and are powered by the beautifully decorated GCA2000 respectively GCA2000 self-winding calibers, each with a 50-hour power reserve. 

Prices are available on request.

To learn more, visit Gerald Charles, here.

Frederique Constant Classics Moneta Moonphase

Frederique Constant used Dubai Watch Week 2025 to introduce a new, more dramatic take on its 37mm Classics Moneta Moonphase. The latest edition contrasts a glossy black lacquer dial with a gold-tone stainless-steel case, amplifying the collection’s play between light and shadow. 

The Moneta concept remains central: the coin-inspired fluted bezel is placed beneath the sapphire crystal as an elevated inner ring, subtly reinterpreting traditional Geneva design cues. A moonphase display at 6 o’clock stands out against a deep blue sky, accompanied by polished Dauphine hour and minute hands and no seconds hand, reinforcing the watch’s understated character. Inside, the quartz FC-206 delivers up to five years of battery life, and the watch comes fitted on a black calfskin strap. Pricing is marked at $1,495. 

To learn more, visit Frederique Constant, here.