These Are All the New Rolex Releases for Watches & Wonders 2026

Watches & Wonders, the most important watch industry show each year, kicks off today in Geneva, and one of the biggest stories (expectedly so) was Rolex’s slate of new releases. After teasing a big surprise earlier this week, we finally see what the Swiss watchmaker has in store for longtime fans. And with the 100th anniversary of the Oyster case this year, the Crown is leaning on that jubilee big time (pun intended). Here are the 7-ish new watches announced this week.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 Jubilee Edition

If you were into the Celebration multicolored model from 2023, this is the closest thing since. The OP 36 Jubilee Edition features a lacquer dial that throws the word “Rolex” across its face in ten distinct colors, each applied individually through a pad-printing process that requires almost surgical precision. It’s a reinterpretation of the Jubilee motif Rolex introduced in the late 1970s, and it resurfaces here on a 36mm stainless Oyster Perpetual.

The rest of the watch is exactly what you’d expect from the OP line: Oystersteel case with a domed bezel, sapphire crystal, screw-down Twinlock crown, and calibre 3230 inside delivering roughly 70 hours of power reserve.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 100 Years

The 100th-anniversary edition of the Oyster Perpetual 41 is our pick of the litter, and we’ll get to why in a moment. On the surface, the Oyster Perpetual 41 looks like a two-tone (or Rolesor, in Rolex speak), with a yellow gold bezel and crown sitting on an otherwise all-Oystersteel case and bracelet. The twist is that the bracelet’s center links stay in steel too, rather than gold as they would on a traditional Rolesor configuration. That’s a deliberate callback to early Oyster references from the 1930s.

The dial is slate and spare, with green Rolex lettering and small green squares at every five-minute interval. At 6 o’clock, where you’d normally see “Swiss Made,” it reads “100 Years.” And the crown itself has “100” stamped in relief. Rolex has registered over 700 patents in its history, and the Oyster case they’re celebrating here has been the backbone of everything from the Submariner to the Day-Date. Launched in 1926, the case’s hermetically sealed design, screw-down crown and caseback, was an engineering breakthrough, and earns every bit of an anniversary celebration.

Rolex Datejust 41 Green Ombré

Rolex has used the ombré dial on the Datejust before, and each time it lands well. This iteration brings the green anniversary colorway front and center, with deep green lacquer applied to the base, then black lacquer layered in concentric rings toward the edges to build the gradient. Most notably, this is the first ombré dial at Rolex constructed entirely through lacquering, rather than relying on printed gradients.

The configuration here is white Rolesor (Oystersteel plus white gold), with a fluted white gold bezel and Oyster bracelet. The Chromalight hour markers stand out cleanly against the dark dial, and you still get the Cyclops lens over the date window. It’s powered by the Calibre 3235 automatic, running to about 70 hours of power reserve and holding accuracy to within -2/+2 seconds per day. It’s the same movement Rolex has been refining for years.

Rolex Yacht-Master II

The Yacht-Master II disappeared quietly about a year ago, and its return here is arguably the most significant release in this collection. Headlining the refresh is the redesigned countdown function. On the previous generation, programming the regatta timer required you to interact with the rotatable bezel and the Ring Command system. On the new Calibre 4162, you program it entirely through the lower pusher, so it’s simpler, faster, and more intuitive on the water. The countdown and seconds hands now run counterclockwise as time recedes.

Available in Oystersteel or 18k yellow gold, the 44mm case features pushers that are shaped like winches, which is a nice functional nod to the sailing theme here. The blue Cerachrom bezel insert is graduated minute-by-minute through the first 30 minutes, and the flange on the case (the countdown scale itself) is positioned in the middle this time around.

Rolex Daytona Rolesium

Daytonas are typically made in stainless steel or platinum cases, but this is the first-ever Daytona in Rolesium, which combines Oystersteel with platinum. It arrives with a white enamel dial built using the grand feu technique, where enamel powder is fired onto ceramic sub-dials at over 800ºC. The enamel sits on ceramic rather than the traditional metal base, which required a production process Rolex developed specifically for this watch.

The anthracite Cerachrom bezel is ceramic enriched with tungsten carbide for that metallic sheen, and the tachymeter numerals are displayed horizontally, referencing the original 1963 Daytona. There’s also a sapphire exhibition caseback framed in a platinum ring, letting you view the yellow gold oscillating weight inside automatic Calibre 4131. That movement is a chronograph unit with a column wheel and vertical clutch, running to about 72 hours of reserve. Everything about this watch is a first for the Daytona line, from the Rolesium case construction to the open caseback.

Rolex Day-Date 40 Jubilee Gold

Rolex operates its own in-house foundry, which is one of the more quietly remarkable things about the company. That infrastructure is what makes Jubilee Gold possible. The new 18k alloy blends yellow, warm grey, and pink tones into something that sits between classic yellow gold and the brighter traditional formula. It’s subtle in person, apparently, and the light green aventurine dial (a natural stone from the quartz family, set with ten baguette-cut diamonds as hour markers) amplifies the effect.

The Day-Date was the first calendar wristwatch to show the full day of the week at 12 o’clock, introduced in 1956, and it’s only ever been made in 18k gold or platinum. Ushering the watch into a new era, this new version wears the new alloy across case, bezel, and President bracelet (with ceramic inserts). The automatic Calibre 3255 inside boasts 70 hours of power reserve.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 28 & 34

On the smaller end are two new Oyster Perpetual models with 28mm and 34mm case sizes. The OP 28 is in 18k yellow gold with a green stone lacquer dial, while the 34 features Everose gold with a blue stone lacquer dial. Most importantly, three of the hour markers (3, 6, and 9 o’clock) are set in natural stone, which is a first for Rolex. The 28 uses heliotrope, a green-family stone with natural variation in its color. The 34 uses dumortierite, which alternates between lighter and deeper patches of blue.

Both feature an ogive cut on the stone’s upper surface to draw out the material’s texture without adding glare. The satin finish on the case and bracelet is also new for an all-precious-metal Oyster Perpetual, giving these watches a softer visual weight than a high-polish gold watch typically carries. They both feature the automatic Calibre 2232 inside, with about 55 hours of power reserve.

Pricing & Availability

All seven watches are available now through authorized Rolex retailers. The collection spans from $6,750 for the steel OP 36 Jubilee Edition up to $57,800 for the Yacht-Master II in yellow gold, with the Day-Date in Jubilee Gold and the Daytona Rolesium pricing still to be announced. As with most new Rolex introductions, allocation will determine availability more than anything else.

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Rolex Watches & Wonders 2026 Releases

Rolex went big for the 100th anniversary of the Oyster case this year, dropping a slew of new watches that range from a technically overhauled Yacht-Master II to some of the most visually striking Oyster Perpetual dials we’ve seen in years.

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