Omega Already Released a Sweet New Watch for the 2026 Olympics
Close BannerClose00Days:00Hours:00Minutes:00SecondsWatch LiveGQ Bowl in NOLAWatchesIn addition to the new Seamaster, Baltic, Piaget, Hamilton, and Porsche Design also dropped excellent timepieces this week.By Oren HartovFebruary 6, 2025Save this storySaveSave this storySaveOmega keeps finding new reasons to drop excellent watches. Sometimes it seems they need new toys to strap on Daniel Craig’s wrist. On other occasions, the brand is giving fans exactly what they’ve clamored for, like a white-dial Speedmaster. Now, fresh off last summer’s 2024 Olympic games, Omega is already prepping for the next edition in Italy. Those games are a full 12 months away, but we’re not going to quibble with whatever reason Omega gives to drop an elegant special-edition Seamaster.But the Seamaster 37 mm Milano Cortina 2026, as it’s officially known, is far from the only covetable watch to release this week. Sometimes, in the watch world, serendipity trumps chronology. The watch industry generally runs according to a set schedule of trade shows, holidays, and special events, but every once in a while the stars seem to align. Case in point? On this random week in early February—after the holidays but two months ahead of Watches & Wonders—no fewer than five awesome brands dropped cool new watches in a range of price points. Let’s run through them.Omega Seamaster 37 mm Milano Cortina 2026Next year, Omega will take up the proverbial torch to once again time the Olympic Games, this time in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in the winter of 2026. In anticipation of next year’s event, the brand is releasing a beautiful, vintage-inspired take on the Seamaster in a 37-mm 18k-Moonshine Gold case. Inspired by vintage Seamaster models from the late 1950s, it features wonderfully sculpted lugs, a white grand feu enamel dial, applied Moonshine Gold indices, dauphine hands, and a Milano Cortina-embossed caseback with the Olympic logo. Powered by the automatic Omega Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8807 and paired to a brown leather strap, it’s the perfect watch to strap on for the press conference once you’ve won your first gold medal.Baltic Hermétique Dual Time Enduropale EditionyvanDesigned in partnership with Enduropale—the world’s biggest sand bike race!—French watchmaker Baltic retooled its dressy Hermétique into a limited-edition, dual-crown tool watch with an inner rotating 12-hour bezel, which is operated via a secondary crown at 9 o’clock. (Look at the 1-3 o’clock bezel graduation and you’ll realize it’s colored in turquoise and purple in reference to the Enduropale’s three-hour run time.) Measuring 37 mm in brushed stainless steel, it features a handsome matte-grey dial with lumed, applied indices and syringe hands. Powered by the workhorse Miyota 9039 automatic movement and measuring just 10.8mm thin, it may be the dressiest field watch we’ve seen in years.Piaget Polo Flying Tourbillon MoonphaseAt the opposite end of the price spectrum from the aforementioned sub-$1K Baltic is the $99,000 Piaget Polo Flying Tourbillon Moonphase. (There is something for everyone this week!) Measuring 44 mm in titanium, this iteration of the brand’s luxury sports watch is complicated, innovative, and beautiful. Powered by the brand’s 642P Manufacture manual-winding movement and measuring just 9.8 mm thick, it features a flying tourbillon at 12 o’clock and a cool, minimalist take on the moon phase display at 6 o’clock. The center of the blue dial, meanwhile, is openworked to reveal the movement, and the watch is finished with a rubber bracelet as well as a blue alligator strap. (It’s water resistant to 100m—go crazy!)Hamilton Chrono-Matic 50 Limited EditionIn 1969, a consortium of watchmakers debuted the groundbreaking Caliber 11, one of the world’s first automatic chronograph movements. This important engine powered all manner of cool tool watches in the 1970s, not least of which was a series of pieces whose oversized housings protected the multiple crowns and pushers from harm. The new Chrono-Matic 50 Limited Edition calls to mind these watches. Measuring 48 mm in brushed stainless steel, it features no fewer than five crowns and pushers to control the complicated H-31 automatic movement within. Take a look at the handsome, multi-colored dial and you’ll see why: In addition to a conventional dual-register chronograph, it’s also got an internal, rotating countdown bezel, and the date function can be advanced using one of the pushers.Porsche Design Chronograph 1 - F.A.T. 2025 EditionKMNot everyone gets to race Porsches on Lake Zell during the F.A.T. Ice Race in the Austrian Alps—but anyone with $11,500 should be able to live vicariously with the new Porsche Design Chronograph 1 - F.A.T. 2025 Edition strapped to their wrist. Limited to just 136 pieces, this exciting launch marks the very first Porsche Design Chronograph 1 with a white dial, which features a triple-register flyback chronograph with day-date display as well as an outer tachymeter scale. (The
Omega keeps finding new reasons to drop excellent watches. Sometimes it seems they need new toys to strap on Daniel Craig’s wrist. On other occasions, the brand is giving fans exactly what they’ve clamored for, like a white-dial Speedmaster. Now, fresh off last summer’s 2024 Olympic games, Omega is already prepping for the next edition in Italy. Those games are a full 12 months away, but we’re not going to quibble with whatever reason Omega gives to drop an elegant special-edition Seamaster.
But the Seamaster 37 mm Milano Cortina 2026, as it’s officially known, is far from the only covetable watch to release this week. Sometimes, in the watch world, serendipity trumps chronology. The watch industry generally runs according to a set schedule of trade shows, holidays, and special events, but every once in a while the stars seem to align. Case in point? On this random week in early February—after the holidays but two months ahead of Watches & Wonders—no fewer than five awesome brands dropped cool new watches in a range of price points. Let’s run through them.
Omega Seamaster 37 mm Milano Cortina 2026
Next year, Omega will take up the proverbial torch to once again time the Olympic Games, this time in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in the winter of 2026. In anticipation of next year’s event, the brand is releasing a beautiful, vintage-inspired take on the Seamaster in a 37-mm 18k-Moonshine Gold case. Inspired by vintage Seamaster models from the late 1950s, it features wonderfully sculpted lugs, a white grand feu enamel dial, applied Moonshine Gold indices, dauphine hands, and a Milano Cortina-embossed caseback with the Olympic logo. Powered by the automatic Omega Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8807 and paired to a brown leather strap, it’s the perfect watch to strap on for the press conference once you’ve won your first gold medal.
Baltic Hermétique Dual Time Enduropale Edition
Designed in partnership with Enduropale—the world’s biggest sand bike race!—French watchmaker Baltic retooled its dressy Hermétique into a limited-edition, dual-crown tool watch with an inner rotating 12-hour bezel, which is operated via a secondary crown at 9 o’clock. (Look at the 1-3 o’clock bezel graduation and you’ll realize it’s colored in turquoise and purple in reference to the Enduropale’s three-hour run time.) Measuring 37 mm in brushed stainless steel, it features a handsome matte-grey dial with lumed, applied indices and syringe hands. Powered by the workhorse Miyota 9039 automatic movement and measuring just 10.8mm thin, it may be the dressiest field watch we’ve seen in years.
Piaget Polo Flying Tourbillon Moonphase
At the opposite end of the price spectrum from the aforementioned sub-$1K Baltic is the $99,000 Piaget Polo Flying Tourbillon Moonphase. (There is something for everyone this week!) Measuring 44 mm in titanium, this iteration of the brand’s luxury sports watch is complicated, innovative, and beautiful. Powered by the brand’s 642P Manufacture manual-winding movement and measuring just 9.8 mm thick, it features a flying tourbillon at 12 o’clock and a cool, minimalist take on the moon phase display at 6 o’clock. The center of the blue dial, meanwhile, is openworked to reveal the movement, and the watch is finished with a rubber bracelet as well as a blue alligator strap. (It’s water resistant to 100m—go crazy!)
Hamilton Chrono-Matic 50 Limited Edition
In 1969, a consortium of watchmakers debuted the groundbreaking Caliber 11, one of the world’s first automatic chronograph movements. This important engine powered all manner of cool tool watches in the 1970s, not least of which was a series of pieces whose oversized housings protected the multiple crowns and pushers from harm. The new Chrono-Matic 50 Limited Edition calls to mind these watches. Measuring 48 mm in brushed stainless steel, it features no fewer than five crowns and pushers to control the complicated H-31 automatic movement within. Take a look at the handsome, multi-colored dial and you’ll see why: In addition to a conventional dual-register chronograph, it’s also got an internal, rotating countdown bezel, and the date function can be advanced using one of the pushers.
Porsche Design Chronograph 1 - F.A.T. 2025 Edition
Not everyone gets to race Porsches on Lake Zell during the F.A.T. Ice Race in the Austrian Alps—but anyone with $11,500 should be able to live vicariously with the new Porsche Design Chronograph 1 - F.A.T. 2025 Edition strapped to their wrist. Limited to just 136 pieces, this exciting launch marks the very first Porsche Design Chronograph 1 with a white dial, which features a triple-register flyback chronograph with day-date display as well as an outer tachymeter scale. (The fully lumed dial also glows in the dark, which looks very cool) Housed in the signature Chronograph 1 black titanium carbide case, it ships with three straps: a black titanium bracelet, a white Ice Race textile strap, and a Mankei Purple textile/leather strap.
