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At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, the world’s leading luxury watch fair, much of the spotlight is on space-themed watches—ranging from references to the Artemis II mission to designs built around celestial observation and astronomical complications. Alongside this theme, several brands are also marking major anniversaries with special editions, including Rolex’s 100 years of the Oyster case and Patek Philippe’s 50th anniversary of the Nautilus. Below are standout launches from the fair.
Several watches unveiled at the show lean into astronomy and space travel, including moon-phase displays and models designed with a space-travel concept in mind. The event’s broader appeal also reflects consumer interest in celestial observation and related complications.
IWC Schaffhausen introduced Ceralume two years ago, a proprietary ceramic material that glows in the dark, described as a Super-LumiNova pigment mixed into ceramic. With the Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar, the brand highlights the material across the dial and even the strap.
Under daylight, the dial is described as evoking the white cover of The Beatles’ album. In darkness, the perpetual calendar subdials and hour markers are said to appear in blue-green luminescence, and the white strap also glows.
Rolex is commemorating 100 years of the Oyster case—its patented water-resistance technology underpinning the brand’s sports watches—with a new Oyster Perpetual 41 in stainless steel with Rolesor. The dial includes an inscription reading “100 years” at 6 o’clock.
Rolex also introduced another Oyster Perpetual with a Jubilee dial featuring a colorful brand name.
For collectors, Rolex also unveiled a new Cosmograph Daytona in Rolesium, featuring a grand feu enamel dial and a Cerachrom bezel.
In 1976, Patek Philippe introduced the Nautilus during the Quartz Crisis, a model credited with reshaping the brand and the luxury-sports category. Designed by Gerald Genta, the Nautilus featured a stainless-steel case, a dial inspired by ship windows, and an integrated steel bracelet.
For the Nautilus’ 50th anniversary, Patek Philippe launched three versions: 5610 in platinum (limited to 2,000 pieces), 5810 in white gold with a metal bracelet option (limited to 2,000), and a fabric-textured option (limited to 1,000). The lineup also includes a white-gold Nautilus desk clock limited to 100.
All 50th-anniversary editions are engraved on a 22k gold micro-rotor with the inscription “50 1976–2026.”
Vacheron Constantin introduced the Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points in titanium to mark the Overseas collection’s 30th anniversary. The design is inspired by the original titanium model used by explorer Cory Richards during his 2019 Everest ascent.
The Cardinal Points collection includes four color variants representing compass directions: North (white), South (brown), East (blue), and West (green). Hour markers and local-time hands are made from 18k white gold with Super-LumiNova, while the second time zone and day/night display use orange accents to improve readability.
Cartier’s Santos-Dumont is positioned as the more elegant version of one of the first pilot watches, originally created in 1904 for Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. This year’s Santos-Dumont features a yellow-gold case, an obsidian dial, and a slim 15-link yellow-gold bracelet.
The updated design is described as offering a more comfortable wearing experience while adding a dress-watch flair to the classic sports model.
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