WTNY25: Nine Highlights You Can’t Miss

Now less than two weeks away, WatchTime New York 2025 will mark its milestone 10th anniversary as the premier U.S. luxury watch collector event. Taking place October 17–19 at Gotham Hall in New York City, the three-day showcase will bring together collectors, enthusiasts, and more than forty leading watch brands for a celebration of fine mechanical watchmaking. Guests will explore new releases, meet with brand representatives and watchmakers, and experience one of the most anticipated weekends on the global horological calendar.

Among the participants, nine standout models from Arnold & Son, Breguet, Czapek, Ulysse Nardin, Bell & Ross, Blancpain, Frederique Constant, Glashütte Original, and G-SHOCK will be highlighted. Below, we take a closer look at each.

Arnold & Son

Arnold & Son will present two new editions of its DSTB 42 at WatchTime New York 2025, expanding the Dial-Side True Beat Seconds line in 18k red gold with Mint Green and platinum with Ascot Blue, each limited to 18 pieces.

The 42mm model displays its jumping-seconds mechanism dial side beneath three open-worked bridges, balanced by a white-opal subdial for the hours and minutes. Powered by the automatic A&S6203 with a 55-hour reserve, the DSTB 42 continues the brand’s marine-chronometer legacy in contemporary form, merging its historical motifs with novel colorways.

Breguet

While WatchTime New York marks its 10th anniversary, Breguet this year marks its 250th, and to celebrate the milestone the brand earlier this year introduced the Classique Souscription 2025.

Inspired by Abraham-Louis Breguet’s 18th-century subscription models, the watch is crafted in a new proprietary Breguet gold alloy, with the 40mm case reinterpreting the simplicity of the original pocket watch with curved lugs and a satin-brushed middle. The white grand feu enamel dial features a single flame-blued Breguet hand over black numerals and minute track. Through the back, the hand-wound caliber VS00 reveals guilloché decoration in the new Quai de l’Horloge motif and offers a four-day reserve.

Czapek

Czapek & Cie will showcase the Antarctique Rattrapante R.U.R. at WatchTime New York 2025, a 77-piece limited edition that reimagines the split-seconds chronograph as a kinetic sculpture.

The 42.5mm stainless-steel model displays its rattrapante mechanism on the dial, topped by a titanium robot head whose eyes shift from yellow to red to blue as the chronograph is started, stopped, and reset. Beneath the gray-metallized sapphire crystal, the caliber SXH6, developed with Chronode, reveals twin column wheels, an isolator system to reduce friction, and a 5N-gold rotor. The result is a charming, playful expression of one of watchmaking’s most intricate complications.

Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin will showcase the Blast Free Wheel Marquetry Silicon Green at this year’s event, a ten-piece U.S. exclusive that celebrates the brand’s pioneering use of silicon in haute horlogerie.

The 45mm white-gold watch houses the manual UN-176 caliber with a flying tourbillon and Ulysse Anchor constant-force escapement, offering a seven-day power reserve. Its dial features 103 hand-fitted segments of green silicon, polished and matte, arranged in intricate marquetry to evoke the patterns of circuit boards. Taken together, the watch is a distinct expression of the Blast format, using silicon in a novel, more artistic approach rather than a more purely technological frame.

Bell & Ross

Bell & Ross will highlight the BR-X3 this year, a new evolution of the brand’s premier instrument-watch design that builds on the BR-03 architecture with fresh construction and detailing.

The update to the 41mm line debuts in Black Titanium and Blue Steel, each featuring a multi-layer “sandwich” case built for lightness and rigidity. The X-shaped dial design integrates a power-reserve indicator and large-date display, both driven by the BR-CAL.323 automatic movement developed with Kenissi, offering a 70-hour reserve and COSC certification. The titanium edition emphasizes matte surfaces and black-rubber elements, while the Blue Steel variant introduces polished finishes and anodized-blue accents for a more refined, technical look.

Blancpain

Blancpain will highlight a vibrant update to its Fifty Fathoms Tech 45 mm, an evolution of the 2023-introduced Tech Gombessa and 2024 limited edition follow-up, now joining the permanent collection with a new interchangeable strap system and fresh white and orange colorways.

Crafted in Grade 23 titanium, the diver remains water-resistant to 300 meters and features a unidirectional ceramic bezel designed for use with gloves. Its “absolute black” dial absorbs 97% of light for exceptional contrast against luminescent block indexes and the orange central seconds. Powering the model is the in-house caliber 1315A, a 4 Hz automatic movement delivering a five-day reserve.

Frederique Constant

Frederique Constant will showcase the latest evolution of its Classic Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, presenting an update to its popular line refined with a salmon-toned dial and slimmer 40mm steel case.

The redesigned model introduces the in-house caliber FC-776, the brand’s 34th movement, which extends power reserve to three days and beats at 4 Hz. Its sunburst dial displays the months and leap-year cycle at 12 o’clock, day at 9, date at 3, and a moon phase at 6. With its compact case, sector-style layout, and smart use of finishing, the model highlights Frederique Constant’s aim to keep high complications accessible while staying true to classic Geneva design.

Glashütte Original

Breguet and WatchTime aren’t the only ones celebrating milestones this year— Glashütte Original is also marking a major anniversary, commemorating 180 years of Saxon watchmaking with the PanoMaticLunar 180th Anniversary Edition.

Limited to 180 pieces, the 40mm platinum watch houses the automatic caliber 92-14, offering a 100-hour power reserve and a silicon balance spring for improved precision and magnetic resistance. Its dark-blue aventurine dial— used for the first time in the PanoMaticLunar line— features off-center hour and minute displays, a Panorama Date, and a moon phase with a mother-of-pearl moon set against the starry surface. Visible through the sapphire back, the movement’s three-quarter plate and hand-engraved balance bridge highlight Glashütte Original’s renowned ability for both technical and aesthetic work.

G-SHOCK

G-SHOCK will showcase two new models from its Full Metal Origin series at this year’s event— the GMWB5000D-1C and GMB2100SD-1C— each reimagining the brand’s earliest designs through a modern, full-metal lens.

The 5000 model echoes the 1983 DW-5000C with its brick-pattern dial and “SHOCK RESIST” logo, while the 2100 interprets the same palette in an analog layout accented with red, yellow, and blue. Both feature stainless-steel cases with forged, cut, and polished finishing, Tough Solar power, Bluetooth connectivity, and 200-meter water resistance. Taken together, they represent G-SHOCK’s refinement of its signature built-tough look into a more elevated, modern format.

These nine highlights represent just a portion of what awaits at WatchTime New York 2025. From Breguet’s historic tribute to Czapek’s mechanical artistry and Ulysse Nardin’s experimental use of silicon, each brand brings its own vision of modern watchmaking to Gotham Hall. Join us this October to experience these timepieces— and many more— live and in person.

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