The Oracle Time community has spoken and after their nominations, the Oracle Time Watch Awards shortlist is here! Check out the short list below and then have your say on the best watches of the year by voting for your favourites. There are nine categories to vote in: dive, dress, chronograph, travel complication, field/pilot’s, microbrand, accessible (under £1,000), high complication and integrated bracelet.
You can vote once in each category and then also cast your vote for Readers’ Choice, a completely open category that you can choose any watch for, whether it’s included in the shortlist or not. The winner of Readers’ Choice is the defacto Watch of the Year and will feature on the cover of Oracle Time Magazine in December.
Dive Watch
Longines HydroConquest Ref. L3.788.4.06.6
Longines’ refreshed 42mm steel diver with a lacquered green dial, ceramic bezel, 300m water resistance and the silicon-sprung L888.5 calibre with a 72-hour reserve.
Tudor Black Bay 58 Ref. M7939A1A0NU-0001
The 2026 Black Bay 58 gains a Master Chronometer MT5400-U calibre and a slimmer 39mm, 11.7mm-thick case, rated to 200m.
Grand Seiko Evolution 9 SD U.F.A. Ushio 300 Diver Ref. SLGB023
Grand Seiko’s 40.8mm titanium Spring Drive diver, 300m rated, with U.F.A. accuracy of ±20 seconds a year and blue gradient Ushio dial.
Hanhart Aquasphere Matte Black Ref. 777.210-6428
Hanhart’s 42mm steel Aquasphere in matte black, with black ceramic bezel, helium escape valve, 300m water resistance – a dive watch from the Pilot experts.
Doxa Sub Ti5
Doxa’s Sub 300 presented in grade 5 titanium: 42.5mm, 300m water resistance, COSC-certified Sellita SW200-1, and offered in five signature dial colours.
Christopher Ward C60 Trident Lumière ‘Green Fifteen’ x Bark & Jack
A 41mm titanium Milsub-inspired C60 developed with Bark & Jack featuring a COSC SW300-1, 300m water resistance and the bezel’s first fifteen minutes glow green.
Certina DS Super PH2000M
Certina’s 43mm titanium extreme diver, rated to 2,000m, with luminous ceramic bezel, DS Concept shock protection and 80-hour Powermatic 80.611.
Panerai Submersible PAM01756
The first 44mm Submersible on a steel bracelet, pairing a black dial with blue ceramic bezel and water resistance of 500m, powered by the three-day P.980 movement.
Dress Watch
Grand Seiko SBGW325 9S
Inspired by watches from the 1960s, the SBGW325 is Grand Seiko’s 37.3mm steel dress watch with indigo-navy dial, hand-wound 72-hour Calibre 9S64 and a 600-piece limited run.
Daniel Roth Extra Plat Rose Gold Gilt
A 5N rose-gold double-ellipse Daniel Roth with electroplated gilt dial over guilloché, measuring 7.7mm thin and powered by the hand-wound DR002.
Serica Parade 1174
Serica’s lugless stadium-shaped steel dress watch, just 8.2mm thick with a sandwich construction, 100m water resistance and Soprod M100 automatic movement.
Patek Philippe Calatrava White Gold Ref. 5227G-015
Patek’s 39mm white gold Calatrava with hinged dust cover, now with rose gilt-opaline dial and calibre 26-330 S C.
Petermann Bédat 1825
A 38mm rose-gold dress watch with translucent green grand feu enamel and Petermann Bédat’s in-house Calibre 233.
Venezianico Redentore Levius
Venezianico’s dress watch upgraded with 38mm titanium case, hand-engraved blue guilloché dial and Italian-made V5000 calibre with 60-hour reserve.
Universal Genève Polerouter Date Brown
The revived Polerouter Date in 39mm rose gold, brown sunray dial and the UG-110 micro-rotor automatic.
Zenith G.F.J. Calibre 135 x Naoya Hida & Co.
A 10-piece limited edition Zenith measuring 39.5mm in platinum and housing the observatory calibre 135, with a silver dial co-signed by Naoya Hida & Co.
Chronograph
Omega Speedmaster Professional Ref. 310.30.42.50.01.004
The reverse-panda Moonwatch from the start of the year. 42mm steel, black lacquered dial, ceramic bezel and the Master Chronometer manual calibre 3861.
Parmigiani Tonda PF Chronographe Mystérieux
A 40mm Tonda PF whose chronograph hands stay hidden until the monopusher fires, driven by the automatic flyback calibre PF053.
Tudor Black Bay Chrono 39 Ref. M79310N-0001
Tudor’s chronograph at 39mm in steel with yellow dial and black counters, COSC column-wheel MT5813 and 200m water resistance.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra Thin Chronograph RD5
Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak ‘Jumbo’ with a 39mm titanium, 8.1mm thick case, flyback chronograph and a flying tourbillon, limited to 150 pieces.
Angelus Instrument de Mesures
A 39mm steel monopusher chronograph with telemeter, pulsometer and spiral tachymeter scales, manual winding column-wheel A5000, and 50 pieces in total.
Breitling Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 Tribute to Aston Martin DB5
Breitling’s 41mm cushion-cased Top Time honours the DB5 with a wooden rehaut and gauge-style counters, powered by the COSC-certified B01.
Rexhep Rexhepi Chronograph Flyback
Rexhep Rexhepi’s 38.8mm flyback chronograph with a grand feu enamel dial in platinum or rose gold.
TAG Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph Air 1
A 30-piece Monaco rattrapante in a lattice titanium case weighing just 85g, driven by the 5Hz column-wheel TH81-00 calibre.
Travel Watch
Christopher Ward C63 Sealander GMT
Christopher Ward’s 39mm steel Sealander revamp with orange GMT hand, fixed 24-hour bezel, 150m water resistance and Sellita’s 56-hour SW330-2.
MING 57.05 Comet
MING’s 200-piece 40mm worldtimer solves daylight saving with a patent-pending double bezel that clicks DST cities forward by an hour.
Frederique Constant Worldtimer Manufacture
This 42mm steel worldtimer from Frederique Constant shows 24 cities and sets everything through the crown alone, using the in-house FC-718 automatic.
Louis Vuitton x De Bethune LVDB-03 GMT Louis Varius
Louis Vuitton and De Bethune’s 45mm blued-titanium GMT wristwatch with a companion clock that rewinds and synchronises it, reviving the 18th-century Sympathique.
IWC Pilot’s Venturer Vertical Drive
IWC’s crownless 44.4mm ceramic pilot’s watch for the Haven-1 space station, wound and set by its bezel with a 120-hours power reserve.
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Cardinal Points South
The brown-dialled 41mm titanium Overseas Dual Time South, part of a four-piece Everest-inspired series, with Geneva Seal calibre 5110 DT/3.
Horage Molokini K2
Horage’s 38mm, 9.65mm-thick GMT diver showcases its COSC-certified K2 micro-rotor movement, a true GMT with big date and 200m water resistance.
Tudor Northflag
Tudor’s revived Northflag is a 40mm steel true GMT with yellow 24-hour hand and the 65-hour METAS Master Chronometer calibre MT5652-U.
Field/Pilot’s Watch
Serica 7505
The Serica 7505 is a 35mm, 9.6mm thick, steel field chronometer with polished dial, COSC Soprod M100 movement and 200m water resistance.
Micromilspec Fieldmaster
A 40mm titanium field watch shaped by military feedback, with Horage’s 100-hour K3 automatic inside, protected by 15,000-gauss resistance and 200m water resistance.
Oris ProPilot Date
Oris’s 41mm ProPilot Date pairs a turbine-inspired fluted bezel with raised Arabic numerals, Calibre 733 automatic and 100m water resistance.
Formex Essence 39 Ref. 0339.1.6613
The Alpine White Essence 39 from Formex is a 39mm steel watch with an industrial, field watch design, 100m water resistance and the COSC Sellita SW200-2 with 65-hour power reserve.
Farer Pilot Series II Barnwell
Farer’s 40mm brown-PVD titanium Barnwell revives the Type B Flieger dial in bronze tones, with a Sellita SW300-1 Elaboré inside.
Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic
The Alpina Startimer Pilot Automatic offers luminous applied indexes, date at six, 100m water resistance and the Sellita-based AL-525 movement.
Tudor Ranger 36mm
The Tudor Ranger has a compact, 36mm steel case suitable for the field, with COSC-certified MT5400 calibre, 70-hour power reserve and 100m water resistance.
IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX Le Petit Prince
IWC’s 40mm steel Mark XX celebrates twenty years with Le Petit Prince thanks to a signature blue sunray dial, engraved caseback and 120-hour calibre 32112.
Microbrand
AWAKE Sơn Mài Guilloché Main Sunset
Awake’s 38mm steel watch marries Italian guilloché with Vietnamese Sơn Mài lacquer in a pink-to-blue gradient with the La Joux-Perret G101 inside.
Sero Watch Company Signature
Dutch newcomer Sero’s debut is a 37.5mm, 9.5mm thick steel dress watch with engraved Breguet numerals, blued hands and manual Sellita SW210-1.
Sartory Billard SB10 Jump Hour
Sartory-Billard’s 10th anniversary 39.5mm jumping hour watch shows hours at 6 and minutes on a rotating sapphire disc, via a patented module.
Ōtsuka Lōtec No. 8
Jiro Katayama’s Tokyo-made rectangular steel watch with gauge-inspired aluminium dial, jumping hours and retrograde minutes from a 62-part in-house module.
Kollokium Projekt 02 Variant C
A 299-piece, bezel-less 39.5mm steel watch whose sculptural dial of hand-lacquered plates grades from white to turquoise, inside is a La Joux-Perret automatic calibre.
Xeric Triptych II
Xeric’s second-generation 39mm wandering-hour watch adds a guilloché-style dial and its first sweeping seconds hand, via a modified Miyota 9039.
Beaubleu La Pièce No. 2 Silver
Beaubleu’s 39mm steel watch with one-piece silver dial struck by the Monnaie de Paris, read by circular hands in an edition of 888 pieces.
Baltic x SpaceOne Seconde Majeure
A 38.5mm steel regulator with jumping hours at 12 o’clock, minutes at 6 and central seconds, built on a Soprod P024.
Accessible
Oriorwaith J. Sarnowski Y Sgowt
Welsh field watch with natural-stone dial, 39mm steel case, Miyota 9039 automatic with custom bridges and a dragon-engraving on the movement.
Golby Skipping Stone Aqua
Golby’s 39mm steel skin diver pairs an aqua ripple dial with Miyota 9015 automatic, twin crowns and inner rotating ring.
Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 Titanium
Integrated bracelet sports watch measuring 38mm in titanium, powered by Tissot’s Powermatic 80 automatic with an 80-hour reserve and Nivachron balance spring.
Kiwame Tokyo Kubo
Dress watch with glossy lacquer dial and recessed small-seconds subdial, 37mm steel case, Miyota 82S5 automatic movement and domed sapphire crystal.
Citizen Tsuyosa Time Slip
Limited-edition 40mm steel sports watch with grained smoked-black dial, gilt accents and powered by the Citizen calibre 8210 automatic.
Seiko Speedtimer Edo Purple
Seiko’s limited edition 41.4mm steel chronograph marking their 145th anniversary. Presented with an Edo Purple dial, V192 solar calibre, black-and-purple tachymeter bezel and 1969-inspired hands.
Certina DS Action Diver 38mm Titanium
Compact 38mm Grade 2 titanium diver with Powermatic 80 automatic featuring 80-hour reserve, ceramic bezel and 300m water resistance.
Vario Versa White Tuxedo
A reversible rectangular steel case measuring 28mm by 41.5mm that flips to reveal Miyota 6T28 automatic. The dial features a striped two-tone silver display with white frame.
High Complication
Fears Brunswick 39 Perpetual Calendar
Fears’ first high complication: Dubois Dépraz perpetual calendar with hand-finished moonphase, 39mm steel cushion case, 9.4mm thick, solid gold rotor.
Grandeur Tilt
Manually wound skeleton tourbillon inclined at 24° beneath a sapphire bridge in a 42.5mm transparent glass case with power reserve indicator.
Piaget Polo Minute Repeater
Piaget’s 1290P automatic minute repeater with platinum micro-rotor, in a 48mm white gold Polo case 9.3mm thick and limited to five pieces for 2026.
A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split
Triple rattrapante chronograph with split capabilities for seconds, minutes and hours. Powered by the calibre L132.1 in a 43.2mm platinum case with a rhodium-coloured dial and limited to 100 pieces.
L.Leroy Vox Temporis
There’s no minute hand on the L.Leroy Vox Temporis. Instead, a rotating dial indicates hours while a minute repeater sounds minutes and there’s also a flying tourbillon, all powered by the calibre L601SQR, in a 43mm case.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Hybris Inventiva Gyrotourbillon à Stratosphère
JLC’s triple-axis gyrotourbillon covers 98% of positions, with cages rotating at 20, 60 and 90 second intervals. It’s the calibre 178 inside a 42mm platinum case and limited to 20 pieces.
IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Ceralume
Perpetual calendar with four-digit year and Double Moon display controlled by the calibre 52616 with a seven-day reserve. Housed in a 46.5mm Ceralume luminous ceramic case in an edition of 250 pieces.
H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Cosmic Rain
Skeletonised minute repeater with cylindrical tourbillon powered by the H. Moser calibre HMC 909 in a 40mm titanium case. The subdial is made from aventurine inlaid with mother-of-pearl strips.
Integrated Bracelet
Formex Aria
Formex’s first integrated-bracelet watch measuring 40mm in grade 5 titanium and 6.9mm thick. Inside is the COSC-certified FX01 micro-rotor calibre developed with Horage, 72-hour power reserve.
Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic 37
Bulgari have downsized the Octo Finissimo with a 37mm titanium or yellow gold version, 6.45mm thick, with integrated tapering bracelet and BVF 100 platinum micro-rotor calibre.
Atelier Wen Inflection
Integrated sports watch with 40mm case and bracelet in pure tantalum, grand feu enamel dial and customised Girard-Perregaux GP03300 automatic.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronomètre Perpetual Calendar
Integrated-bracelet perpetual calendar with moonphase in a 39mm case of steel or pink gold, 9.2mm thick.
Raymond Weil A.R.T.
Raymond Weil’s first integrated bracelet collection in 38mm steel or bi-colour case with an H-link bracelet, automatic movement with date and 100m water resistance.
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Self-Winding Ultra-Thin
The thinnest Overseas yet: 39.5mm platinum case and bracelet, 7.35mm thick case, 2.4mm thick calibre 2550 with micro-rotor.
Laurent Ferrier Sport Traveller Slate Grey
Cushion-shaped 42mm grade 5 titanium case on integrated titanium bracelet, LF275.01 micro-rotor calibre with dual-time display, slate grey opaline dial.
MING 56.00 Starfield
MING’s integrated bracelet watch with a 40mm polished steel case and a laser-etched sapphire dial. Inside is the Vaucher-made 3002.M1 automatic with a luminous rotor visible through caseback.
