With the 2020 edition of Watches & Wonders, formerly known as the SIHH, in full swing, lots of novelties are being introduced by the thirty participating brands. May trends already emerge, blue is holding its ground as a popular dial color, classic designs get a boost, and diameters tend to get a little bit smaller. Another trend that remains strong is that for complicated watches. Many brands use these watches as their calling card, and to delight their most demanding and affluential clients. The following four are the ones that caught our eyes for sure;

Vacheron Constantin is a brand that not only has a serious reputation to uphold when it comes to mechanical masterpieces but also in the world of diamond-set watches they are a force not to reckon with. Throughout their entire history, they have created watches in which diamonds and other gemstones played the glamorous lead role. Most notably was the Kallista collection from the late 1970s and early 1980ss, which were all about diamonds and the most expensive wristwatches of their time. With the Égérie Moon Phase Jewellery does Vacheron Constantin continue this tradition in a dazzling way.

Some watches are too young to be considered a classic, yet despite this firmly on their way of achieving this status as the years will pass. A good example of this is the Vacheron Constantin Hommage Aux Grands Explorateurs "Marco Polo." Paying tribute to the greatest explorers of all time did Vacheron Constantin map out Marco Polo's travels over the silk road. They do so in cloisonné enamel and dedicate the vast majority of the dial to it.

Creating an entirely new collection is always one of the most challenging aspects of being a watch manufacture. To be successful, it needs to be in touch with what clients want right now. However, watch manufactures also have a legacy to think of, which in the case of Vacheron Constantin goes back to 1755. At its best, the new design should be a bit ahead of the curve, giving clients what they have been wanting without knowing it themselves. With the Égérie is Vacheron Constantin is hoping to achieve just that, and they might have a very good chance actually to do so.

There was a time when the perpetual calendar was a complication that could only be found in classic, gold cases, fitted with alligator leather straps. They were revered and treasured, yet only worn when the activities weren't too strenuous or potentially damaging to its complex movement. Times have changed, and today is a gold cased dress watch not automatically the timepiece of choice anymore for the rich and accomplished. In their active lives, they need a watch that can keep up with the pace, yet the fascination for the perpetual calendar hasn't dwindled. When the brands combined both, by putting that revered complication in a sportive watch, something magical happened as the following four watches prove.

Color is serious business at Pantone and along with standardizing colors across the board, the company has also selected a “Color of the Year” since 2000. This year’s choice from Pantone is Classic Blue, “a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on” Pantone Color Institute’s Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman notes.

In less than a week, we will be welcoming not only a new year but the start of a new decade. As we say goodbye to the 2010s and usher in 2020, there are already a handful of freshly announced watches on our wish list. Here are four new watches to covet in the coming new year.

Few can afford them, but we all love them; the most complicated watches that the watch industry has to offer. For many brands, these watches serve as a way to show their technical prowess, and sometimes to develop technologies that we later see in less complex watches. Many of these highly complicated watches take years to develop and months to make. Their numbers are always quite limited, but they leave countless watch connoisseurs around the world in awe. This year the following watches did just that;

If there’s one time during the year to get all dressed up, it’s right now. With so many celebrations packed into one month and a slew of party invites to consider, December is the dressiest time of the year. To match your festive wardrobe picks, go extra with your watch choice too by opting for head-turning high jewelry watches like these. ‘Tis the season to be fancy, after all.

Even in today's time, with high-tech carbon composites and exotic alloys ruling supreme, there is still that undeniable appeal of 18 karat gold. It can be rather discreet when you opt for white gold, more outgoing in the warm tones of rose gold, or an instant classic when you go for yellow gold. Gold pleases its owner with more than just its visual splendor. It is also the heft of this material that makes you know that you are wearing something special. This is especially true with watches that not only feature a case made of this material but a bracelet as well. The following four watches go all in, as they show off the beauty that you get when you go for only gold;

Among all the trends threading through the luxury watch landscape today, there is one that is emerging as the most popular: stainless steel watches with blue dials. Even watch manufactures that have historically stayed away from this style are breaking from brand tradition and following suit. As day-to-day wardrobes get more casual and offices continue to embrace relaxed dress codes, it’s only natural that watch designs shadow the same sentiment by swapping out precious metals for hardier ones and opting for cooler colors. The vibe may be easy-going but the design, quality, and features of these four stainless steel luxury watches with blue dials are unmistakably top-tier.

Like a meal that is cooked to perfection, there is something about a watch that is designed, crafted, and finished with passion and eye for detail. Vacheron Constantin did just that with the Traditionnelle Tourbillon, which is in regards to some of their other offerings a relatively simple time-only watch fitted with a tourbillon. But this watch is not about being the most complicated, but more about being one of the most refined offerings in its category.

The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has announced its preselection for its 2019 edition. It proves to be once again an exciting year, as many of the categories have imposing watches in them, which will make it not easy for the jury to pick the winner.

Why do so many brands go all out and create watches that house several different complications into a single watch? Because they can and because we love it. While the research and development behind these watches often take long, and the production of them is as limited as it is complicated, their appeal is unmatched. They serve as a symbol of what can be achieved when you really want to, although that in what way they deliver this may differ as these four watches show.

Steel is the new gold, and there is fierce competition among the top-tier Swiss brands to please clients with their sportive creations in this metal. For this Vacheron Constantin has the Overseas, a collection which was revamped in 2016. While the steel-cased time-only and chronograph versions might be the ones that are the most important regarding maintaining its market position in this field, there is also still a demand for more complicated versions, and also in precious metal, and Vacheron Constantin is happy to oblige to that with the Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin.

With Father's Day just around the corner, this might be the perfect year to surprise that important man in your life with something that he can not only enjoy every day but will also have a practical use and serve as a reminder of your love for him; a watch. With plenty of options to choose from, we selected four different ones, for four different dads.