Best of Geneva Watch Days 2025 — and Beyond
Geneva Watch Days 2025 highlighted just how diverse — and daring — independent watchmaking can be.
MB&F celebrated its 20th anniversary with the LM101 EVO, giving its most compact Legacy Machine the EVO treatment. Titanium cases, FlexRing shock protection, and two dial plate options — salmon and peacock green.
MB&F's LM101 EVO Titanium Salmon
MB&F's LM101 EVO Titanium Peacock Green
H. Moser & Cie. reignited conversation with the cult-favorite Smoked Salmon dial, now on the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar, while also expanding the Pioneer Flying Hours into two striking variations: an aventurine red gold/titanium limited edition and a minimalist steel White fumé.
H. Moser & Cie.'s Endeavour Perpetual Calendar
H. Moser & Cie.'s Pioneer Flying Hours White Fumé
H. Moser & Cie.'s Pioneer Flying Hours Aventurine
Hautlence pushed boundaries with the Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 4 and 5, both framed in midnight blue rectangular cases. Their 3D-printed dials — geometric for the Series 4, organic and luminous for the Series 5 — paired wandering hours with a flying tourbillon.
Hautlence's Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 4
Hautlence's Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 5
Urwerk struck with venom in the UR-150 Blue Scorpion, where satellites pivot and a retrograde hand snaps back in a hundredth of a second, delivering mechanical drama with predatory speed.
Czapek offered playfulness and precision with the Antarctique Rattrapante R.U.R., a split-seconds chronograph where a robot’s eyes shift color at every function.
Czapek's Antarctique Rattrapante R.U.R.
Louis Erard leaned into métiers d’art, unveiling the finely engraved Gravée Main and the golden filaments of the Fil d’Or collaboration with Wire Art.
Louis Erard x Wire Art Fil d’Or
Ulysse Nardin unveiled the Freak X Crystalium, merging cutting-edge decorative art with mechanical audacity — every dial unique, every piece a statement.
Ulysse Nardin's Freak X Crystalium
Together, these launches underscored what makes Geneva Watch Days more than a trade fair: it is a stage where the independents don’t just show watches, they show ideas. This year’s novelties reminded us that independent watchmaking is less about convention and more about invention.