This month wrapped up with exciting new watch releases featuring innovative materials, celebrations of important milestones, and inspiring collaborations.
The year ends on a high note in the watch world with a host of new releases that dropped in December. Funky materials were a strong theme, starting with the Chronoswiss Delphis Firestarter and its fiery red case made out of a new titanium and composite mix. The Milestones were also a reason to celebrate this month with Blancpain’s Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar 2025 preparing for the upcoming Year of the Snake.
The year also ended with a couple of inspiring collaborations with Louis Erard and Vianney Halter as well as Vulcain and Blancpain presented its Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar 2025 edition this month in celebration of the upcoming Year of the Snake. Fusing the Gregorian and Chinese calendars, this 45.2 mm platinum edition with its green enamel dial is ready for the Chinese New Year on January 29th, 2025. In Chinese culture, people use the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes, but the Chinese calendar remains important for agricultural production and determining certain holidays, so what better way to ring in the New Year? You can expect to pay around $90,600 for this model.Celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, Breitling has unveiled a host of new timepieces in 2024. The brand ends the year with an exclusive edition available solely in its boutiques in the Caribbean. Like with previous Caribbean editions, the new Chronomat 36 and Super Chronomat 44 come with turquoise blue dials and black counters. If ever you need an extra reason to take off to the Caribbean for the holidays, now you have one! The Chronomat 36 will retail for $5,400 and the Super Chronomat 44 is priced at $9,950.Known for its love of bright colors, Chronoswiss launched a fiery red Delphis Firestarter Limited Edition of 50 pieces this December. The timepiece debuts a brand-new red case material which is created using a titanium core nanoshell to which a red composite is bonded. The bold red design continues onto the dial with its hand-guilloché decoration and red ename
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