Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Watches From Watches & Wonders 2021

We saw dozens of new watch releases enter the world during the year's largest trade show, Watches & Wonders Geneva, last week. Some, like Breitling, even appeared just before the start of the festivities! There were big watches and small watches , two-tone watches and green watches , and even some kinda weird watches . Through it all, we asked our intrepid editors to pick their favorite releases from 2021's big show. Who knows, some of their choices just might surprise you. James Stacey: Cartier SolarBeat Tank Must If you're going to go quartz, why not solar? I have been hunting for a Cartier Tank for the better part of a couple of years, and the sheer range of choice ensures that anyone can find a Tank for their wrist. But, if you want to get into modern Cartier with some kind of a budget and no loss of style, the new SolarBeat Tank Must has to be on your radar. Priced from $2,480, this techy Tank has a subtle execution that doesn't scream solar, but rather looks, well, like a proper Tank. While mechanical models will always hold the heart of the enthusiast, I see a huge amount of appeal in this watch as the go-to dress option for folks that usually wear sport watches. With a steel case, two sizes, and a gorgeous mix of blued steel on a silver dial, the SolarBeat Tank Must is an exciting addition to the Tank range that manages to add a new kind of appeal without sacrificing any of the elements that make Cartier so special. The Cartier Tank Must SolarBeat, $2,480 (small), $2,610 (large) Jon Bues: Tudor Black Bay Chrono It's virtually impossible to imagine Tudor as a watchmaker without the Black Bay, a collection of heritage-inflected models that, I feel required to remind everyone, is still less than ten years old. Think of the variety of Black Bay designs in that time. While many of us have our favorites – I'm partial to the first Black Bay Fifty-Eight – the Black Bay Chronograph  was something I never truly "got" until this year. Now that we have them, I feel the Black Bay Chronograph was always destined to wear panda and reverse panda dials. Something feels like it's been corrected for, a North Star located. This design update, paired with a slightly thinner case first seen with the Steel & Gold model of 2019, makes the Black Bay Chrono a watch that I desire. Reverse Panda, please. The Tudor Black Bay Chronograph, $4,900 on straps, $5,225 on bracelet. Cole Pennington: Breitling Premier Heritage B09 Chronograph While seemingly everyone debuted something new in green this year, only Breitling's Premier Heritage B09 Chronograph had me thinking immediately about calling in a sample right away just to see the "‘pistachio-green" dial color in person. Breitling has found the perfect balance between looking to the past for inspiration and introducing something completely new, and this watch stuck out to me in a show with relatively few surprises. At 40mm, in stainless steel, the Breitling B09 caliber and a looker of a dial make this my top pick of the show. The Breitling Premier Heritage B09 Chronograph, $8,400 in stainless steel; $20,200 in 18k red gold Danny Milton: Cartier Tank Must Colorful Cartiers Batman! That was basically my internal monologue when I first saw images of these new monochromatic Cartier Tank Must watches. Then I thought, "I must see these Musts," (okay, I didn't actually think that verbatim). While I haven't seen them in the metal yet, my excitement hasn't waned a bit. Sure, there's precedent for these colorful pieces going back to the Must de Cartier Tank Vermeil watches of the '80s, but there's still something fresh and exciting about this release. When Cartier goes minimal and colorful, count me in. The Cartier Tank Must, Price Upon Request Logan Baker: Greubel Forsey GMT Sport With Bracelet I'm currently engaged in a long-term unrequited love affair. But it's no schoolboy crush. It's with the watches from Greubel Forsey, and man , do I have it bad. The Swiss firm's latest release, fresh from Watches & Wonders Geneva, is an updated version of the titanium GMT Sport, now outfitted with what looks to be a superb integrated bracelet. You, of course, have the three-dimensional world-time and an inclined tourbillon, two Greubel Forsey elements we know well. There's also the no-expense-spared, intricate hand-finishing lavished on every single visible component – simply par for the course for a Greubel Forsey. What's new here is the execution of the bracelet. And though there's no stopping the watch world from becoming better integrated – one bracelet link at a time – I simply can't wait to see this bracelet in person. No joke, I might honestly be more excited about this bracelet than any single other watch released this year. If only an ocean (and more than a few zeroes in my bank account) didn't separate us. The Greubel Forsey GMT Sport with Bracelet, CHF 520,000 Jack Forster: Cartier Prive Collection Cloche de Cartier Every single year, at every single trade show, I have to go through this charade of picking a favorite, and I absolutely hate it because even in a slimmed-down version of a traditional trade show, like Watches & Wonders, there are a cornucopia of potential candidates, and I am terrible at making up my mind. I'm not going to try anyone's patience by listing all the candidates because you're here for results, not an insight into my neuroses, but it's…tough. That said, if I were picking one watch to wear every day, the Cloche is right up there. It's one of my all-time favorite designs from Cartier (which is a company that even taken alone, offers an absurdly vast range of choices in elegant daily drivers). The Cloche is not, I think, for everyone – the design is idiosyncratic, verging on quirky, and the odd orientation of the dial and asymmetry of the case probably puts it out of the running for a significant fraction of the watch-loving public. But that's precisely what I like about it. I wouldn't go so far as to call it oddball charm – the design is too aristocratic for that – but it is true that it is the very features that take it out of the running for some folks, that make it what it is. Being offbeat: it's not a bug, it's a feature. The Cartier Cloche de Cartier, Privé Collection, Price Upon RequestThere was a Tanks/thanks pun here, but you've been through enough.