Perrelet adds four stone dials to its accessible Weekend watch collection

Perrelet has expanded its Weekend collection with four new stone dials, turning a dressier, everyday watch line into the brand's latest entry in the stone dial trend. The models come in turquoise, lapis lazuli, tiger's eye and black onyx, each retailing for CHF 1,590 or EUR 1,590.

The four join two existing stone references, Aventurine and Malachite, bringing the Weekend's stone dial lineup to six colorways. Because each dial is sliced from natural stone rather than printed or lacquered, Perrelet says no two watches carry an identical dial, veining, or set of inclusions.

Turquoise brings an intense, vibrant color to the dial, while lapis lazuli carries a deep, regal blue marked by natural pyrite deposits. Tiger's eye shows the mineral's characteristic banded stripes, and black onyx supplies an inky, formal black for wearers who want the stone dial trend without the color.

Perrelet is best known for its Turbine watches, which feature a propeller-style rotor that visibly spins on the dial as the wearer moves. The Weekend collection, launched in 2017, was conceived as a quieter, dressier counterweight to that theatrical mechanism, built around a compact case with a subtle retro character.

What the new models are built from

The three-hand-and-date models share a round steel case measuring 39mm across and 9.56mm tall, fitted with a thin bezel and an anti-reflective sapphire crystal over the dial. A window on the caseback exposes the movement, and the case is water-resistant to 50 metres.

The bezel is brightly polished to catch light and frame the dial, while the case's middle section is brushed to conceal everyday scratching. A seven-link steel bracelet, articulated for comfort, mixes four brushed links with three polished central links and closes with a folding clasp.

Slender rhodium-plated baton indices and classic dauphine hands stay minimal against the stone, a restraint Perrelet keeps deliberate so the dial's natural color and texture carry the design. A framed date window is at 3 o'clock, and each watch ships with an additional calfskin strap color-matched to its dial.

Inside, the Weekend stone dial models run on the Soprod automatic caliber P-321, beating at 4Hz with a 42-hour power reserve. Perrelet offers it as an alternative to the widely used ETA 2824, a movement choice that keeps the watch's cost down without resorting to a quartz mechanism.

What else the Weekend collection includes

Beyond the straightforward three-hand-and-date version, the Weekend collection also includes references with an opening onto the balance wheel, a GMT model for tracking a second time zone, and a skeletonized edition that exposes the full automatic movement across the dial.

Perrelet has not said whether the stone dial treatment will extend to those GMT or skeletonized references, or whether further colors are planned beyond the current six. More information on the four new models is available directly through the brand.

At CHF 1,590 or EUR 1,590, Perrelet is positioning the new stone dials well below where hard-stone dials typically land at other maisons, a segment where the material alone often adds a significant premium to a comparable steel watch.

We track that pricing tension across our coverage of watches jewelry, where accessible mechanical watches increasingly borrow finishes, like meteorite, mother-of-pearl or hard stone, once reserved for pieces costing several times more.

We have also covered other brands using dial material and finishing to differentiate mid-tier watches this year, including Breguet's refreshed Marine 5517 and 5527 references and Singer Reimagined's first GMT model, the 1970 DualTrack, both of which leaned on distinctive dial work rather than added complications to stand out.

The stone dial trend Perrelet is now following has moved well beyond haute horlogerie in the past two years, showing up on watches at multiple price points as brands look for a point of visual difference that does not require a new movement or case.

Perrelet's own range illustrates that spread: the Weekend's simplest three-hand references are at the same CHF 1,590 entry point as the new stone dials, while the balance-wheel, GMT and skeleton versions are at higher tiers within the same compact case built in 2017.