The Best New Watch Releases for February 2026

February is the month of love, and I am certainly feeling the love for these new watches. As the first signs of sunshine begin to grace the skies of the United Kingdom, there is a sense of hope in the air, a hope of brighter warmer days ahead. That optimism at this time of year always gets me excited for what is to come throughout the Spring and Summer. Watch shows are now just around the corner, events across the next six months will be the ones we’ve all been waiting for. But before we get stuck into all those, here are my picks for the best new watch releases of February 2026.

Minim launched their first watch series, the MN01, in late 2025. Being such a young brand, you may expect some drop-shipped ‘your brand name here’ type of watch, but that’s very much not the direction that Minim is headed. Having met the brand's founder, Chloe, and got hands on with the first series of watches I can tell that this is a brand driven by attention to detail, heritage and design. This limited edition celebrates the lunar new year, the year of the horse, adding an incredible red dial shade to the lineup. Being born in Hong Kong, the Lunar New Year is one of the most meaningful times of year for Chloe and is celebrated in this beautiful watch.

Price - £1,199 limited to 50 pieces

I am a big fan of Traska’s vintage design language, compact proportions and high-quality feel for a wonderful price point. Now they have really pushed the boat out by designing a chronograph from the ground up! It looks great, as I would expect from a vintage inspired independent. But look a little closer and you’ll notice something that is unlike any other chronograph. The sub dials rotate beneath a transparent disk with a red marker to indicate the seconds both running and chronograph minutes elapsed. A very cool feature on an already good-looking watch. This watch is powered by a Seiko NE86 housed in a steel case with a tungsten bezel, which is awesome. The bracelet is 316L steel and tapers beautifully like all bracelets should. Production is currently limited to 100 units, but I hope we see another order window in future.

Price - £1,242

I love my Pilot Mark XX. It’s versatile, accurate, slim, waterproof, high quality, I could go on for a while. So, any new pilot related release from IWC usually grabs my attention but I wanted to highlight this one in particular for one reason and one reason only. They added lume to every number. That’s it. The only gripe I have about my Mark XX is that they only lumed 12, 3, 6, and 9. But in this limited edition they did things properly and lumed every hour! Not to mention this is all powered by IWC’s brilliant in-house calibre 32112 and housed in their wonderful ceramic case. Well done George and well done IWC!

Price - £7,300

The most significant release from this month as far as we’re concerned, our latest collaboration watch with Britains largest watch brand, Christopher Ward. This watch has been a long time in the making, and we are so proud to have it released. The base is the effortlessly brilliant C63 Sealander GMT, a 39mm Swiss powered tool watch that is one of the models that has helped cement Christopher Ward’s position as a capable tool watch manufacturer at sensible pricing. Our approach to the design was to celebrate the existing design language rather than overshadow it adding a fume dial, orange accents and the DLC coated bezel. This is the second watch we have worked with Christopher Ward on and I’m sure it won’t be the last.

Price - £1,195 (bracelet)

A slight departure from what has so far been a reasonably attainable list of watches, this is the Krayon Anyday now in rose gold. Just to clarify, this brand has nothing to do with Crayola’s or any other type of children’s colouring apparatus. It is a veru serious and impressive horological brand. I had the pleasure of getting hands on with a couple of Krayon models at the end of 2025 having followed the brand for some time. I can tell you that these watches are incredible beyond any expectations and generate feelings in me that very few brands are able to replicate, even at price points higher than this. The complications on this watch deserve a whole article in of themselves, I highly recommend heading over to Krayon’s website learning more about the Calibre C032 in this watch. Now in this new rose gold case, this watch is even more beautiful and just as mechanically impressive.

Price - POA (if you have to ask…)

And we’re back to something attainable. I spent hours when I was younger playing Fruit Ninja on my iPod touch and those are happy memories for me. This watch reminds me of those times. I like it. I also like the Citzen Tsuyosa that is the base for this limited edition collab. Fun watch, affordable, well executed, pun intended.

Price - £369

Jumping back up in price now, this new dial on the Czapek Antarctique is beautiful. The Antarctique is arguably one of the most beautifully crafted integrated bracelet style watches on the market today. Featuring almost perfect proportions, the highest quality materials, and some true high horology in the movement. This new dial is made of mother of pearl that has been hand varnished and fired in an oven to create the cloud texture to it.

Price - £22,979

Meister Singer is a brand that tends to go unnoticed in a lot of conversations. But it is not one to ignore. This new jump hour celebrates 25 years of the brand in a 40.5mm case and features the MS-JH-01 movement which has a Sellita base. The dial colour is not quite black but a super deep purple which catches the light and changes shade. It also has just the coolest name. Panthero. Awesome.

Price - £6,990