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Vivid Tones Keep Time on the Season’s Most Striking Watches
Five watches that keep around the clock color and style
Photo: JEFFREY WESTBROOK
Fresh Pick
A lacquered green dial contrasts winningly with rose-gold hands on the latest Longines Conquest Heritage watch ($3,150; longines.com).
Photo: JEFFREY WESTBROOK
Two Timer
Rolex’s 2025 version of the GMT-Master II in white gold pops with a green ceramic dial and a twenty-four-hour rotatable bezel that helps show time in dual zones ($48,050; rolex.com).
Photo: Patek Philippe
Smooth Operator
Modern touches—platinum construction, a rose-gold dial—meet Bauhaus minimalism in the 6196, the new Patek Philippe Calatrava ($49,444; patek.com).
Photo: Panerai
Glow Up
The slate-blue dial of the recently released Luminor Marina by Panerai seizes the day, and then its numerals, hands, and hour markers glow by night ($10,200; panerai.com).
Photo: COURTESY OF TIFFANY & CO.
Blue Streak
The Atlas watch by Tiffany & Co. pays homage to turn-of-the-last-century styling, from the Roman numerals on the Tiffany Blue dial to the calf strap ($5,000; tiffany.com).
Backdrop photographs by Jeffrey Westbrook; styling by Alma Melendez
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