The 6 Watches I Hope to See from Rolex, Omega and Other Brands in 2025

With a new year comes new possibilities, and that’s just as true in the watch industry as everywhere else. Each year, watch brands trot out brand-new models for enthusiasts and collectors to lust over, and this year will be no different.

I can say this with near-100 percent certainty: Each of the six brands below will release new watch models in 2025. What I can’t say with any amount of accuracy is what those watches will look like.

What I can do, however, is name the watches I would like to see hit the market in 2025. Some of these feel feasible as evolutions of current models, while others are pipe dreams that will never see the light of day in 2025 or, well, ever.

But it’s fun to speculate, so have a look below at six watches I’d love to see in 2025 from Rolex, Omega, Patek and more.

Tudor Black Bay 58 GMT Pepsi Opaline

Tudor, Photo Illustration by Gear Patrol

Tudor just debuted the Black Bay 58 GMT last year to largely rave reviews (I ranked it as the second most important watch release of 2024). With its compact dimensions and Master Chronometer certification, it’s undeniably an excellent watch, but there is one aspect of the BB58 GMT that not everyone loves, and that’s its style.

The large amounts of gilt details on the dial and bezel have turned some people off, with many wishing for a version that didn’t feel quite so vintage-inspired. What better way to answer this call than by exporting the Pepsi Opaline color scheme from the larger Black Bay GMT to the BB58 GMT? This would serve to modernize the smaller GMT — just imagine the Pepsi Opaline combo on the available integrated rubber strap — while also looking downright amazing.

Omega Seamaster Diver 39mm

Omega, Photo Illustration by Gear Patrol

Omega’s flagship diver, the Seamaster Diver 300M, is going through some growing pains. The beloved current generation with the ceramic bezel, laser-engraved dial and tank tread bracelet is seemingly being phased out, as Omega has recently introduced a few new versions with different no-date dials, aluminum bezels, mesh straps and domed crystals, all inspired by the No Time to Die James Bond watch from 2019.

But these new Seamasters don’t feel like a new generation, and Omega isn’t pitching them as such. Instead, it feels like the brand is just buying some time until releasing the next Seamaster. If a new Seamaster is on the way, I’d love to see it incorporate elements of both current versions, but with the long-requested option of a smaller case size, as the smallest current option is 42mm. I’ll take a 39mm case with a ceramic bezel, laser-engraved dial, no date, flat crystal and mesh strap, please and thank you.

Christopher Ward The Twelve Bel Canto

Christopher Ward, Photo Illustration by Gear Patrol

British indie brand Christopher Ward has undergone a massive brand reinvention over the past few years. In fact, the two models that currently stand as the 20-year-old brand’s flagships — The Twelve integrated sports watch and Bel Canto chiming watch — didn’t even exist three years ago.

I say CW should double down on its recent success by combining these two stunners to create one Christopher Ward watch to rule them all. Think of it: The Twelve’s exquisitely finished case and bracelet housing the Bel Canto’s complex dial and trademark chiming mechanism. The two styles look quite amazing together, if I say so myself, and this is a watch that could serve as the ultimate symbol of modern CW’s capabilities as a watchmaker.

Bulova Accutron Astronaut

Bulova, Photo Illustration by Gear Patrol

The current Accutron Astronaut feels like a massive missed opportunity. It’s too big, too expensive, and the automatic movement powering the watch feels antithetical to the original Bulova Accutron Astronaut of the 1960s and its then-cutting-edge tuning fork movement. A recent overhaul of the line made some improvements, but it still has a ways to go before fulfilling its potential.

Personally, I would love to see Bulova offer its own affordable version of the Accutron Astronaut in a more period-correct case size with its proprietary Precisionist quartz movement inside. This movement is high-tech, high-accuracy and high-beat, with a smooth seconds hand sweep that recalls the tuning fork movements of old. Bulova would presumably keep the price reasonable and would shine a light on this truly legendary GMT model that is currently languishing in obscurity under Accutron.

Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time Titanium

Patek Philippe, Photo Illustration by Gear Patrol

Patek Philippe has never released a regular production model in titanium (there have been a handful of one-offs, but that’s it). But the lightweight alloy has been on a bit of a hot streak of late, and Patek launching its first titanium watch could earn the brand some positive press following the controversy caused by the Cubitus launch last year.

What better way to introduce titanium to Patek’s lineup than through its sportiest model, the Aquanaut? My dream version is equipped with the brand’s Travel Time GMT complication and mounted on the bright-orange rubber strap from the ref. 5968A Aquanaut Chronograph to really amp up the sporty vibes of titanium. This would go down as Patek’s sportiest watch ever if it actually gets made, but I’m not holding my breath.

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Le Mans Stainless Steel Panda

Rolex, Photo Illustration by Gear Patrol

Speaking of things that will never happen, how about the coolest Rolex in the most accessible metal? The Le Mans Daytona currently exists only in yellow gold and was originally only available in white gold for a brief period before that. It’s such an exclusive watch that Rolex doesn’t even list the Paul Newman-dialed beauty on its website.

Can you imagine the pandemonium that would ensue if Rolex actually released a Le Mans Daytona in stainless steel? While I’m dreaming, I might as well give it a white panda dial, too. Such a move would break the internet and would earn Rolex at least a generation’s worth of goodwill. But it will never happen.

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