Bright Young Things: how vibrant dials and vivid accents became the hottest watch trends of 2020

Covid-19 might have cast a shadow over the luxury watch industry, but attention-grabbing colourways are still this year's hottest horological trend - as these summer-ready timepieces go to prove The 'Frontline Heroes' watch has a blue, rather than black, dial yet sports the same attention-grabbing variegated hour markers At that year's Baselworld, HYT debuted its first hybrid timepiece, the truly space-age H1, which went on to win the award for Best Innovative Watch at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève - better known as the Oscars of the watch world.

The watch celebrated its 40th anniversary last year As well as violet bridges, the watch sports a violet balance wheel, violet woven textile strap and violet star-shaped oscillating weight Known for experimenting with light and movement, Cruz-Diez believed that "Colour evolves continuously in time and space" Thus, Cruz-Diez's collaboration with Hublot - he was 97 at the time - sees two discs, driven independently, move against each other to create a psychedelic watch face that never stays still.

Independent British watch brand Christopher Ward launched in 2004 with the promise of offering 'the most affordable luxury watches in the world'. . Source