Best in 2020: Dress Watches

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It is time for a new article in our series dedicated to some of the best timepieces introduced in 2020 in various categories.

After Chronographs, Sport Watches and Dive Watches, today we highlight some of our favourite Dress Watches launched in 2020. Selected watches are listed alphabetically, not in order of preference. 

A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Outsize Date with argenté dial

Presented in 2018 with black dials, the Saxonia Outsize Date is now available with a new luminous, argenté-coloured dial that can be matched to a pink or a gold case characterised by classic and harmonious proportions: 38.5 mm in diameter and 9.6 mm in thickness. Read the full article.

Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force in rose gold

The latest variation of Armin Strom's Gravity Equal Force comes in rose gold, a material that emphasises the contemporary elegance of this refined model. The movement components visible on the dial side are held in place by an eye-catching triplet of rose gold bridges. Read the full article.

Baume et Mercier Hampton Big Date Dual Time 10523

The sculpted lines of the rectangular case of this model frame an elegant dial inspired to the distinctive style of the 1920s Art Deco movement. It offers two useful complications: a large date display and a dual time function. Read the full article.

Blancpain Villeret Ultraplate Ref. 6224

The latest addition to Blancpain's family of Villeret timepieces is an ultra-slim 38 mm model with date display that maintains all the typical traits of the collection: a slender double-stepped case, an understated dial, applied gold hour-markers and leaf-shaped hands. Read the full article.

Breguet Tradition Automatique 7097 Boutique Edition

Characterized by an original construction where the movement components are showcased on top of the mainplate, the Tradition collection expanded with a new design version of the Tradition Automatique Seconde Rétrograde 7097 with a blue coloured guilloché dial. Read the full article.

Glashütte Original Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 1920 Limited Edition

As a tribute to Alfred Helwig, the master watchmaker who designed the first flying tourbillon in 1920, Glashütte Original created the Alfred Helwig Tourbillon 1920 Limited Edition, a timepiece of pure and understated elegance with its clean dial and the tourbillon hidden on the reverse of the movement. Read the full article.

IWC Portugieser Automatic 40 IW3583

Introduced in 1939, the Portugieser (or Portuguese) still is the most recognizable IWC wristwatch. Its key design elements were a streamlined dial with Arabic numbers, a very thin bezel, leaf hands and a large sub dial at six o’clock for the seconds. In 2020, IWC brought back this iconic design with a new automatic model housed in a compact case diameter of 40 mm. Read the full article.

Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Quantième 41 mm

Jaquet Droz enriched the Grande Seconde Quantième collection with a new mid-size range of models characterized by 41 mm cases that join the 39 mm and 43 mm versions. A total of seven new references were launched, three in stainless steel with matte dials and four in red gold with precious enamel dials. Read the full article.

Nomos Glashütte Lambda 175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte

This special Lambda model was created to celebrate 175 years of watchmaking history in the Saxon town of Glashütte. It comes in three stainless steel limited editions featuring lacquered dials in white, black and blue. Read the full article.

Omega Constellation Gents Master Chronometer 41 mm

An elegant watch with a contemporary touch thanks to a polished ceramic bezel. With its 41 mm size, the new Constellation has a strong presence on the wrist while remaining very comfortable thanks to its distinctive barrel-shaped case with no lugs. Read the full article.

Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 6007A-001

Produced in a 1,000-piece limited edition to celebrate the completion of the new Patek Philippe's production building in Plan-les-Ouates, this stainless steel Calatrava model features a gray-blue dial with a “carbon”-style texture and large applied numerals with luminescent coating. Read the full article.

Petermann Bédat 1967

The first model created by young watchmakers Gaël Petermann and Florian Bédat is a three-hand model featuring "dead beat seconds", i.e. the seconds hand advances in full steps of one second instead of the more usually smooth sweeping action of mechanical seconds. Read the full article.