WRIST TAKERS

From technically astounding complications to casual weekend watches, there is a timepiece for watch lovers of all stripes in our hotly debated and coveted top 20 watches of 2025.

- Alvin Wong, Audrey Simon

A. LANGE & SÖHNE

Minute Repeater Perpetual

A. Lange & Söhne's watchmakers love to stress that they had no precedent when developing chiming complications-each had to be built from the ground up. That makes the Minute Repeater Perpetual, which integrates its two namesake complications, an exceptional achievement. It stands proudly alongside the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater, Richard Lange Minute Repeater, and Grand Complication as one of A. Lange & Söhne's most technically accomplished creations.

Housed in a 40.5mm platinum case with a black enamel dial, the watch exudes elegance befitting its mechanical brilliance. Inside ticks a newly developed, 640-part handwound movement that delivers clear, pristine chimes on demand, while automatically computing and displaying complete calendar information-requiring only one correction on 1 March 2100.

BELL & ROSS

BR-03 Skeleton Lum Ceramic Like any 20-year-old, the BR-03 collection has grown to become self-assured and sophisticated. The watch's inimitable square case has been a fruitful canvas that has yielded many modern Bell & Ross classics spanning a spectrum of design and technical propositions.

Limited to 250 pieces, the BR-03 Skeleton Lum Ceramic, part of a trilogy of models that includes steel and ceramic case variants, ranks among the collection's most distinctive iterations. Its openworked dial, which offers teasing peeks into the brand's new in-house movement, with a 54-hour power reserve, is futuristic-looking. Underneath a smoked sapphire crystal, the thick hour markers and cut-out frames are set with green SuperLumiNova, endowing the watch with a sleek disposition during the day, and a sexy, sci-filike aura in the dark.