Are Stone Dials the Watch World’s Next Big Wave?

The luxury watch ecosystem goes through similar trend phases as high fashion. This ebb and flow, at times, brings with it new ideas, and at others, it conquers decades-old hits, reinterpreting them to suit a modern audience. Over the past few years, one such trend has been rising steadily. At Watches and Wonders in Geneva this past April, it was clear that watch dials made of stone are no longer relegated to catalogue back pages. It’s time for stone to take its place back on centre stage.