For its latest limited-edition series of exceptional Chinese zodiac watches, Piaget has partnered with Anita Porchet, who specialises in enamel dials. Limited to just 38 pieces worldwide, the master enameller has designed a roaring tiger using the cloisonné technique, a 4,000-year-old decorative art, which involves layering nail-bitingly thin gold ribbons into detailed shapes, which are fired in a piping-hot kiln multiple times.

Dior's latest take on its Dior Grand Soir is an eye-catching Year of the Tiger timepiece, which is limited to just 88 pieces. A well-balanced 36mm stainless-steel and pink-gold case houses a nifty automatic movement while the light-toned dial, adorned with clutches of feathers, is framed with handfuls of dazzling white diamonds.

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With only 88 available worldwide, the Chopard LUX XP Urushi Year of the Tiger is hand-decorated by artist Minori Koizumi of the Yamada Heiando Imperial workshop, a specialty lacquerware store appointed as purveyor to the Imperial Household Agency. Koizumi uses Asian Urushi lacquer, found in the sap of the Chinese lacquer tree, which is elevated with a sprinkling of gold dust (Make-e). This ultra-slim wristwatch comes in an ethical rose-gold case, which houses the 3.30mm LUC 96.17-L automatic movement, which can be observed  ticking away through an open caseback.

Good luck getting your hands on this eight-piece Breguet wristwatch. Last year marked the 220th anniversary of the tourbillon, one of watchmaking's greatest complications, which also happened to be championed by Breguet's founder Abraham-Louis Breguet. For the brand's first release of 2022, Breguet has ditched the tourbillon (temporarily, we're sure...) for an extra-thin self-winding movement that measures just 2.4mm thick. Blued steel hands tick across the hand-engraved dial, which sits within a sizeable 40mm rose-gold case.

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