Green started trending in watches around 2018, but has since proved its staying power, emerging as watchmaking’s undisputed colour du jour – perhaps helped by a post-pandemic world and our ever-growing eco consciousness.
Add to that the on-trend mint green strap that’s made of 40 per cent plant matter – from rejected apples produced for the food industries in Switzerland, Germany and Italy – and you have a timeless watch that both feels and looks good.
Escaping to lush, tropical lands was a key theme on the spring/summer 2021 catwalks – and a burning desire for us all, to be fair – which Rolex is duly channelling with its new Datejust 36.
Over time, the 38mm bronze case will take on its own unique patina, which should look especially striking against that mint green.
The Swiss watchmaker is having something of a love affair with green – either the creamy pistachio on its new heritage-themed Premier B09 Chronograph 40, or the mint green that graces its latest Chronomat for women.
Tudor has upped the ante on watchmaking’s ever popular sport luxe category, where a brushed matte finish on the new Fifty-Eight 18K looks sporty yet understated, while 18ct gold hands and markers – a first for the brand – and an 18ct gold screw down winding crown add extra luxe.
After opening a dedicated high jewellery boutique in Place Vendôme in 2019, Gucci has now officially arrived on the haute horlogerie scene with a standout collection that includes this fabulous sapphire interpretation of its best-selling Grip watch, the retro-style design named after the grip tape skaters use on their boards.
Cleary channelling the green theme is this utilitarian model in sandblasted titanium, but all models also come with new neon green Superluminova on the hour hand and hour markers as well as a contrasting luminous blue second hand for extra readability in low light.
The green coating on the brand’s new BR V2-94 Full Lum is created through – watch geek alert – mixing the light-yellow tone known as C3 and the green-yellow C5, among the top colours for optimal light output.
The Nautilus 5711 with a green dial may have stolen all the buzz, but the most eagle-eyed Patek fans will have clocked that the watchmaker had already given its signature women’s watch an olive green face way back in February.
This natural wonder is captured in a meticulously handcrafted dial that’s first varnished before being painted, lacquered and polished, with each of the 10 pieces absolutely unique.
There’s the 3D-like Arabic numerals, crafted entirely in Superluminova for that raised, monobloc look, the striking white and green cathedral-shaped hands – and best of all, that funky green, snail-shape tachymeter scale that sits dead centre and which indicates the speed of a moving object over a known distance .
Grand Seiko is celebrating the 140th anniversary of its parent brand Seiko with a special collection of watches that look to the serene, verdant surroundings of its atelier in Japan’s Shinshu region.