Halloween has come and gone, Christmas is taking over the shops across the country, the days are drawing in and the breath mists from your mouth. Autumn is in full swing and these are the best new watches that were released in the month of October.
The Best New Watches from October 2026
Pinion Firestarter
Piers has spent years designing and assembling watches in Oxfordshire. His latest model, the Firestarter, offers that same British attention to detail at a new price point. Powered by a Miyota movement, it has a red agate stone dial, blue lume and 100m water resistance. At 38mm wide and 10.9mm thick, it’s a joy to wear. It’s also well priced for a watch designed and assembled in the UK. No wonder they’re selling fast!
Price – £690 (production run of 100)
Baltic Hermétique The Rift
Named after an extreme cycling race that Baltic are the timekeeper for, the rift is an Hermétique inspired by the Icelandic landscape and features a fully lumed dial. It shares specifications with the standard Hemétique in its 150m water resistance, slim case profile, and Miyota movement. It’s a limited run of 400 pieces, available in both 34mm and 37mm cases, and I think it looks amazing.
Price - £517
Minim x L'Artisan 'Yang'
Minim was founded by Chloe only a little over a year ago but already she’s produced some beautiful watches which have even found their way onto the wrist of Ryan Reynolds. This latest collaboration with L’Artisan called Yang allowed both brands to achieve something they could not without the other and it is my favourite watch from Minim to date. Featuring a pink rhodonite central dial and a micro-rotor movement there’s also a gem set piece unique to be auctioned off for charity.
Price – EUR 1,049 (limited to 40 pieces)
Ralph Lauren Vintage '67 in 18k Rose Gold
Ralph Lauren released a full 18k gold version of their vintage ’67 watch. I’m a fan of the retro styling, autumnal style and that shade of gold really suits this case design. Ralph Lauren are still a fashion house that takes watchmaking seriously and it is refreshing to see.
Price - £19,500
Buci Nouvelle
The Buci Nouvelle is a new watch currently on Kickstarter from a small Parisian brand. It features a manual wound Selita movement and is just 9.88mm thick meaning it’ll wear brilliantly. But what struck me most is just how beautifully designed the dial is. Subtle texture with an interesting handset and numerals that change size in sequence almost reminiscent of F.P. Journe, I think it’s a very pretty watch.
Price - £1,295 (on Kickstarter)
Paulin Mara Diver for Hodinkee
Paulin released the Mara diver last year inspired by mid-century dive watches but with Paulin’s playful touch. Now in their first collaboration with Hodinkee they have kept that character but taken more inspiration from those vintage divers with a traditionally made gilt dial resulting in a watch that looks like it could tell you about the good old days but also knows what rizz means. This watch is limited to 250 pieces.
Price - $1,000
Donut Watch Co. 'Jelly'
The team at Ming must’ve gotten tired of designing beautiful watches for sensible people because now they’ve designed a watch under the name donut watch company which has a lot of Ming DNA but some awesome colours and branding which I guess makes it the beautiful watch for silly people?
Price - $649
Frederique Constant 'Burgundy' Perpetual Calendar
Frederique Constant have released a burgundy colourway for their perpetual calendar, and it is the best looking yet in my opinion. It’s unfortunate that it’s a limited run of 100 because I think they should make this a standard colourway for this watch.
Price - ~£10,000
Fears Arnos Opera Black
Fears announced a new colour for the Arnos, Opera Black which in a lot of ways does look like a tuxedo one would wear when attending the opera. For me though, it’s the stretched and compressed roman numerals on the gloss black dial, they look so good surrounding the white central dial. This might be the most attractive Arnos model to date but still shares the case and La Joux Perret movement from the original.
Price - £4,350
UNIMATIC Langhe Collection
UNIMATIC have a new limited edition colour collection called Langhe inspired by neutral earth tones. I think it looks nice, that’s all there is to it. It’s available on the Modello Uno, Due, Quattro and Cinque.
Price - £1,050-£1,160
Ressence Type 10 'Dark Night'
Ressence make some of the most unique watches in the haute horology space. Their latest TYPE 10 Dark night might be my favourite yet. It’s stealthy and everything flows together brilliantly. The signature oil filled case makes the dial look like a screen despite this being an incredibly impressive mechanical watch on the inside.
Price - £41,000
