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White-metal watches make a case for timeless chic

White-metal watches make a case for timeless chic


Made from steel, white gold or platinum, white-metal watches make the case for simplicity of design. Framed here by photographer Clover Green – as featured in our December 2026 issue – are some we’ve taken a particular shine to this season.

White metal timepieces by Omega and Richard Mille come with timeless lines and little superfluous detailing. The latter’s RM 07-01 sees a white-gold tonneau-shaped case clash artfully with its black rubber strap. Omega’s Seamaster Diver 300m James Bond, meanwhile, comes with a steel case and matching bracelet, and is the watchmaker’s latest nod to the British spy franchise.

Also in steel: the Aquaracer Professional 100 by TAG Heuer and the Iced Sea Automatic Date 0 Oxygen by Montblanc. A new model by IWC Schaffhausen, the Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar ProSet Le Petit Prince, has a deep-blue-gradient sunray dial, paired with a steel crown.

White metal watches

Aquaracer Professional 100 Solargraph watch in steel, £2,750, by TAG Heuer (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

White metal watches

Iced Sea Automatic Date 0 Oxygen watch in stainless steel, £3,650, by Montblanc (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

White metal watches

Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar ProSet Le Petit Prince watch in stainless steel, £33,600, by IWC Schaffhausen. Jacket, £650; shirt, £160, both by Favourbrook (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

Patek Philippe’s Twenty-4 has become a design classic since it was debuted in 1999. A design classic, too is the Oyster Perpetual 36 watch by Rolex, here photographed in Oystersteel.

White metal watches

Twenty-4 watch in steel, £14,540 by Patek Philippe. Top, £495, by Johnstons of Elgin (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

White metal watches

Oyster Perpetual 36 watch in Oystersteel, £5,600, by Rolex, Top, £1,195, by Anderson & Sheppard (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

For a new Santos de Cartier watch, the French maison details steel with warm yellow gold. And then, there is titanium: a lightweight silver-grey transition metal that has been used by Breguet to create the new Marine Chronograph 5527.

Man's and woman's hands aligned, showing Cartier watches on their wrists

Santos de Cartier small watch in 18ct yellow gold and steel, £9,850; Santos de Cartier medium watch in steel, £7,250, both by Cartier. Jacket, £2,825; shirt, £575, both by Ferragamo (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

White metal watches

Marine Chronographe 5527 watch in titanium, £28,100, by Breguet (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

White metal watches

Master Collection automatic watch in stainless steel, £2,250; Master Collection automatic watch in stainless steel with diamond indexes, £2,550, both by Longines. Left, jacket, £1,343, by Icicle. Shirt, £250, by Paul Smith. Right, jacket, £1,230, by IM Men. Shirt, £270, by Canali (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

White metal watches

Overseas self-winding watch in stainless steel, £23,200, by Vacheron Constantin. Shirt, £270, by Canali (Image credit: Photography: Clover Green. Watches: Felix Bischof. Fashion: Brillant Nyansago)

Creative direction: C+H. Models: Andy B, Ché M, Rabia M and Tino at Hired Hands Models. Manicure: Rebecca Orme using Fyle. Digi tech: Hanna Kobialka. Photography assistant: Matt Bramston. Production assistant: Indy Davy. Fashion assistant: Ilaria Guerra. Retouching: C+H

This article appears in Wallpaper’s December 2026 Entertaining Issue is available from 5 November, in print on newsstands, on the Wallpaper* app on Apple iOS, and to subscribers of Apple News +. Subscribe to Wallpaper* today



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