Louis Vuitton and Hermès also make the list! Watch journalist Shigeru Sugawara's top 5 watches released in 2022

This project asks prominent journalists from Japan and around the world to choose their top five watches released in 2022. This time, we will introduce five masterpieces selected by Shigeru Sugawara, a leading journalist in the watch industry. He focused on the dial colors of new watches. Colorful dials move the emotions of the wearer.

1st Place: Breguet Marine Oramundi

　The long-awaited Breguet Aura Mundi, which features unique travel watch functions, has now been released for the first time in a design perfectly suited to the travel theme. The complex multi-layered blue dial depicting a world map is also exciting.

2nd place: Hermès "Arceaux Le Temps Voyageur"

　This is a one-of-a-kind creation, both in design and complexity. It is also a travel watch that is unique to Hermès. It is a watch that makes you imagine traveling around the world and makes you want to go on a trip. The blue dial color is by far the more chic and preferable.

3rd place: Breitling Superocean

　Breitling's recent use of color is simply fun. The new "Super Ocean" with its colored dials further enhances the design derived from vintage divers, making it the perfect way to wear a high-performance diver's watch casually, like everyday clothing.

4th place: Louis Vuitton "Tambour Street Diver"

　The stage for diver's watches is more street than marine. I think the new orange and green models further emphasize this. As someone who values ​​practicality and high-quality taste over the pursuit of over-spec, I recommend this.

5. Tom Ford "N.002 Ocean Plastic Sport"

　I actually tried it on. The texture is like ceramic. It's hard to believe that it's made from recycled marine plastic. The diver's design, which evokes the ocean, is also effective in raising environmental awareness. I would like to award this product the "Cool Grand Prize" in 2022.

General comment

　What struck me most was the flood of color, not only in sports watches but also in high-end luxury watches. Color, whatever it may be, appeals to people's emotions and moves their hearts. If color makes wearing a watch more enjoyable, then colorful watches are definitely a good choice.

　The Breguet Marine Aura Mundi and Hermès Arceau Le Temps Voyageur were particularly outstanding, as they are not just colored dials but also incorporate travel watch functions. Both have complex blue dials that express the theme of travel, and while their ingenious technology is impressive, their unique designs also evoke the most important aspect for the user: the enjoyment of travel.

　Breitling's Super Ocean watches have pioneered a new world of colorful divers. A diver's watch designed almost exclusively for everyday use in town naturally needs to look good and be stylish, and the collection, which offers a wide range of colors and sizes, perfectly reflects this trend. The same goes for Louis Vuitton's new Tambour Street Diver, which comes in orange and green.

　Also impressive was Tom Ford's "N.002 Ocean Plastic Sport," a stylish sports watch made from recycled materials that expresses his vision for the SDGs. It provided an opportunity to reconsider the issues we need to seriously consider about a sustainable future, without getting carried away with luxury.

Shigeru Sugawara's profile

Born in 1954. Watch journalist. In the 1980s, he covered France and Italy for fashion and jewelry magazines. Since the 1990s, he has focused on watches, covering the annual watch fair held in Switzerland for over 25 years. He has written and published numerous articles for watch magazines such as Chronos Japan and general magazines. In his free time, he enjoys running and mountain climbing.