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Sheena Khemaney

Contributing Editor, Style by SCMP and Post magazine


Big cats are trending big time. We came across four new timepiece releases from this year’s Watches and Wonders featuring wild animal motifs that have been artistically portrayed on the face of each of these dials.

The Cartier Panthère Métiers d’Art Tortue watch depicts the maison’s beloved panther seen through a curtain of rain, with the effect created using a technique called champlevé enamelling. It is available in two combinations: white gold with emerald eyes and yellow gold with tsavorite eyes.

Pocket watches are making a comeback in 2026. This timepiece would typically rest in a waistcoat pocket, but can also be worn around the neck as a pendant or attached to a belt loop. The Slim d’Hermès Pocket Roaaaaar! is available in two colourways – vert cyprès and bleu saphir – both detailed with a lion’s head in profile, meticulously executed in wooden marquetry over a grand feu enamel dial.

Gucci’s G-Timeless Métiers d’Art Tiger watch is inspired by one of the Italian fashion label’s Animalia scarf prints from the late 1970s. It features a hand-painted rose gold tiger and engraved bamboo detail set against an iridescent mother-of-pearl dial. There is a tourbillon at 12 o’clock accented with a diamond-set star, another signature of Gucci’s timepieces.

Limited to 55 pieces, the 42mm Chanel Monsieur Lion Tourbillon Black Edition is crafted from matte black ceramic and black-coated steel. It features a tourbillon cage set with a laser-engraved titanium lion’s head plate – one of the house’s most prominent design codes and a nod to founder Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s astrological sign, Leo.


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Gucci, Hermès and Chanel all made time for big cats at Watches and Wonders

Slim d’Hermès Pocket Roaaaaar! Photo: Handout

Cartier Panthère Métiers d’Art Tortue. Photo: Handout

Gucci G-Timeless Métiers d’Art Tiger. Photo: Handout

Chanel Monsieur Lion Tourbillon Black Edition. Photo: Handout

Tom Holland’s watch collection: Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier and more

Tom Holland arrives for the UK premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day in London on July 29 (left); the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Platinum (right). Photos: EPA; Handout

Tom Holland sports a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona in platinum at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. Photos: Getty Images; Handout

Tom Holland pairs his Ralph Lauren suit with the Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5167R-001 at Wimbledon in 2018. Photos: Chris Allerton; Handout

The Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar 5940R peeks from Tom Holland’s suit sleeve at the premiere of Spider-Man: No Way Home in Los Angeles in 2021. Photo: Getty Images

Tom Holland wears Cartier’s Drive de Cartier Moon Phases at the premiere of Spider-Man: Homecoming in Rome in 2018. Photo: @tomholland2013/Instagram

Tom Holland wears the Piaget Altiplano Skeleton at the 2018 Oscars. Photo: Getty Images

Tom Holland wears the Tag Heuer Monaco to the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix. Photo: Getty Images

Gucci, Hermès, Burberry and Fendi silk scarves to switch up your summer look

Heart Evangelista makes head-scarf chic look effortless at Paris Fashion Week in March. Photo: Getty Images

Fendi Multicolour printed silk foulard (US$523). Photo: Handout

Hermès L’Esprit s’Envole scarf 90 in silk (US$688). Photo: Handout

Burberry Wardrobe silk scarf (US$550). Photo: Handout

Gucci printed silk carré (US$540). Photo: Handout

Luminous watches are trending, from IWC to Panerai and A. Lange & Söhne

IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Ceralume. Photo: Handout

Bell & Ross BR-X3 Night Vision. Photo: Handout

Panerai Submersible GMT PAM01495. Photo: Handout

A. Lange & Söhne’s Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “Lumen”. Photo: Handout

A. Lange & Söhne debuted its new luminous timepiece at Watches and Wonders 2026. Photo: Handout

In the Skies is Split Watches’ first full-glow watch. Photo: Handout

5 top watch moments in July, from Wimbledon celebrity wrist game to a rare F.P. Journe for auction

Phillips is auctioning a pre-production F.P. Journe; Andrew Garfield sports the IWC Ingenieur 35 Pool Blue at Wimbledon; Longines releases the Conquest Heritage Central Power Reserve in light blue. Photos: Wirelmage; Handouts

Phillips is offering a rare, pristine pre-production F.P. Journe dating from a year before the model’s 2000 launch, in its November auction. Photo: Handout

De Bethune founder and watchmaker Denis Flageollet at The 1916 Company’s showcase of De Bethune watches in Central. Photo: Handout

Longines Conquest Heritage Central Power Reserve in light blue. Photo: Handout

Temporal Works Series A Rambler “Black Sesame” (left) and “Red Bean”. Photo: Handout

H Moser & Cie’s Endeavour Minute Repeater Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton Cosmic Rain. Photo: Handout

Andrew Garfield wears an IWC Ingenieur 35 Pool Blue on day six of the 2026 Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on July 4. Photo: WireImage

Raye sports an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Mini during the Wimbledon men’s singles final in London on July 12. Photo: AP

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Patek Philippe increased retail prices by around 15 per cent after the US announced sweeping tariffs in 2025. Photo: Handout

Bangle watches are back, with versions from Cartier, Gucci, Chanel, Bulgari and more

Chanel Première Galon. Photo: Handout

Cartier Baignoire. Photo: Handout

Gucci Play. Photo: Handout

Graff High Jewellery diamond and ruby watch. Photo: Handout

Bulgari Serpenti. Photo: Handout

Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée Toi & Moi secret watch. Photo: Handout

Tiffany HardWear. Photo: Handout

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From lions and a tiger to Cartier’s iconic panther, these pieces bring majestic felines to life through painting, engraving, enamel or marquetry


From lions and a tiger to Cartier’s iconic panther, these pieces bring majestic felines to life through painting, engraving, enamel or marquetry.


Gucci, Hermès and Chanel all made time for big cats at Watches and Wonders

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From lions and a tiger to Cartier’s iconic panther, these pieces bring majestic felines to life through painting, engraving, enamel or marquetry

From lions and a tiger to Cartier’s iconic panther, these pieces bring majestic felines to life through painting, engraving, enamel or marquetry