New releases, with opinions
What our reviewers make of the year's new watches: the specs that matter, what each one costs and the thing they would change.
- Seiko's $540 panda is a blast. Keep it out of the sink: Dave on the limited quartz panda chronographs everyone is calling the Pandagraph, at $540 with a catch on water resistance. (Dave Kowalski, )
- The Toric in platinum, and a movement worth turning over: Marco on the Toric Petite Seconde in platinum with a hand-grained Morning Blue dial and the hand-wound PF780. (Marco Bellini, )
- Fifty years of solar, and a green dial I didn't expect to want: Abby on Citizen's Eco-Drive 50th anniversary Tsuno Chrono, a 200 m solar chronograph limited to 5,000, and its Skyhawk sibling. (Abby Turner, )
- Seiko looks back to 1913, and mostly gets it right: Kenji on the Laurel-inspired Presage pair, one white enamel and one black urushi lacquer dial, both on the 72-hour 6R5H. (Kenji Watanabe, )
- Grand Seiko finally made a diver I'd take to work: Tom on the Ushio 300 divers, SLGB023 and SLGB025, which shrink Grand Seiko's titanium diver to 40.8 mm and add a proper dive extension. (Tom Hargreaves, )
- The Roadster is back, headlight and all: Sam on Cartier's revived Roadster, the tonneau driving watch with a speedometer dial, now in two sizes with QuickSwitch straps. (Sam Okafor, )
- The Black Bay 58 lost 0.2 mm. Here's why I care: Hannah on the updated Black Bay 58, now Master Chronometer certified and slightly slimmer, and what that does for a 15.5 cm wrist. (Hannah Lindqvist, )
- 2,000 platinum Nautilus. Is that limited?: Priya on Patek's 50th anniversary Nautilus, the 38 mm platinum 5610/1P and its white gold 41 mm sibling, and what 2,000 pieces really means. (Priya Nair, )
- Rolex rebuilt the Yacht-Master II and threw away the hard part: Rafael on the returning Yacht-Master II, with the new calibre 4162, pusher-set countdown and counterclockwise countdown hands. (Rafael Ortiz, )
- Tudor gives itself a birthday present, and it isn't a diver: Julien on Tudor's centenary Monarch, a faceted 39 mm dress-sport watch with a California dial and a new small-seconds calibre. (Julien Moreau, )