The hands still go round and round, but not necessarily in a circle, as our pick of 10 defiantly reimagined tickers prove – encased in anything from rectangles to squares to ‘cushions’ (yes, cushions), all representing a deft feel for hand-polishing across a jigsaw of off-kilter facets, let alone a machining headache
All Photography ROSIE HARRIET ELLIS
Cartier Tank Américaine in rose gold £16,100Patek Philippe Aquanaut Chronograph 5968R in rose gold £60,950Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Monoface Small Seconds in steel £10,100Nomos Glashütte Tetra Kleene in steel £2,600Grand Seiko Mount Iwate Autumn Dusk in steel £5,500Chanel Boy.Friend Cyberdata in black-coated steel £7,950Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921 in white gold £40,400TAG Heuer Monaco Chronograph Night Driver in titanium £8,300Panerai Radiomir Tre Giorni in steel £6,100Bell & Ross BR 03 Military Ceramic in ceramic £3,900