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Best Watches Of January 2025

By Alvin Wong 15 January, 2025

Our favourite picks from Omega, Bovet, Richard Mille, and more

We are getting ahead of ourselves with this post. Although the 2025 horological year has yet to officially kick off—typically with the LVMH Watch Week, which takes place on 22 January—recent releases by some of our favourite watchmaking houses are too good to pass up on. Here is our list of favourite new watches to check out, spanning a dashing yet affordable chronograph, to delectable ladies’ offerings in gorgeous coloured sapphire cases.

Blancpain Ladybird Colors Saint-Valentin 2025

Dressed in the colour of love and adorned with golden hearts, Blancpain’s Ladybird Colors Saint-Valentin 2025 features a poetic moon phase complication. Photo by Blancpain

There’s no better time to start perusing your options for Valentine’s Day gifts than now. For the ladies, Blancpain gets straight to the point with the unequivocally feminine and romantic Ladybird Colors Saint-Valentin 2025. The 34.9mm white gold watch comes adorned with diamonds on the case, framing a lovely mother-of-pearl dial with fiery red markers (including a second hand shaped like a cupid’s arrow) and a moon-phase display. A gift to demonstrate that you are in it for the long haul, the watch is driven by a tiny but robust automatic movement—one of Blancpain’s smallest ever—that is equipped with 100 hours of power reserve.

Blancpain

Bovet Recital 21

Bovet has become somewhat of a specialist of the multi-tasking perpetual calendar, having rolled out the likes of the award-winning Récital 22 Grand Récital, and the Récital 28 Prowess One, that pair the calendar function with other complications. Though the Récital 21 boasts solely the perpetual calendar (albeit with a retrograde date display), the watch’s extravagant ornamental and classical styling has made it a firm favourite among collectors. Now, Bovet adds a touch of modernity to the series with three new options. Housed in 44mm titanium cases, the new watches feature slightly smoked and coloured sapphire crystal dials in green, blue and brown that reveal its exquisite hand-wound movement underneath.

Bovet

Longines Ultra-Chron Carbon

The Ultra-Chron Carbon is Longines’ first-ever watch to feature a carbon case. Photo by Longines

Retro, modern, sporty, and technically accomplished, the Longines Ultra-Chron Carbon brings together seemingly contrasting elements to create a remarkably cohesive and stylish timepiece. Driven by a high-frequency automatic movement beating at an impressive 36,000 vibrations per hour—a hallmark of precision more commonly associated with brands like Zenith and TAG Heuer—the Ultra-Chron Carbon delivers exceptional value at a competitive price of S$6,900. Drawing inspiration from Longines’ inaugural dive watch of 1968, the design pays homage to its heritage with features such as the tonneau-shaped case and domed sapphire crystal. However, a modern twist is added through the innovative use of carbon fibre in the case construction, seamlessly blending tradition with contemporary flair.

Longines

Omega Speedmaster Pilot

The Speedmaster Pilot takes its inspiration from the very first Speedmaster from 1957, which was known for its robustness, reliability, and legibility. Photo by Omega

Originally flight-tested by a pilot in a United States Lockheed U-2 “Dragon Lady” spy plane, this civilian version was made available late last year, much to the excitement of Omega fanboys. Although the Speedmaster Pilot references another fan favourite, the Flightmaster watches of the 1970s, with its pops of colour, this 40.85mm steel watch comes with its own unique personality and proposition. A certified Master Chronometer it boasts top-rated anti-magnetism and performance, while referencing the very first Speedmaster from 1957 with accents like a “Dot Over Ninety” and “Diagonal to Seventy” mark on the tachymeter scale. Your eyes will definitely be drawn to the chronograph sub-dials: one at 3 o’clock designed to look like the burn rate indicator in aircraft cockpits, and another at 9 o’clock with a target aesthetic inspired by cockpits.

Omega

Richard Mille RM07-02

Trust Richard Mille to show us how to have fun with colours. From watches with dials that resemble marshmallows (RM 07-03 ‘Bonbon’), to arresting offerings that pay tribute to the 1980s Italian art and architecture movement, Memphis Design (RM 07-01), the brand certainly has its way with tonal temptations. The latest RM07-02 watches, limited to seven pieces per colour, take on a different tack by incorporating state-of-the-art watch construction. Available in shades of pink, lilac, and green, the watches are encased in fully transparent sapphire cases. A material that is notoriously challenging to work with, each sapphire case takes at least 1,000 hours of machining to achieve its desired shape and crystal clear finish. The skeletonised movement within is just as intriguing, bearing bridges set with coloured sapphires to give the impression that you are peering into an actual gemstone.

Richard Mille