With Thirty-TwoTrilobe has not simply added one more reference to its catalog. The Parisian house has created a collection of its own, with a real silhouette, an immediately identifiable display, a manufacturing movement and a fairly clear vision of what it wants to defend. In a watch industry saturated with quotes, winks and watches that look the same because they want to reassure everyone, this matters.
At Watches & Wonders 2026, Trilobe is not changing register. The house enriches the line with new colors, introduces a version in rose gold on rubber strapand pushes the idea of personalization further with the variation Secret. The maneuver is simple: consolidate an already solid base, without breaking what was the initial interest of the collection.
A watch with its own language
Thirty-Two does not give the impression of having been designed to respond to a trend. Its identity is based primarily on its architecture. The housing of 39.5mmcomposed of seven elementsdevelops a sculpted, taut silhouette, with three chamfered levels, asymmetrical side fins and a fluted bezel with a particular profile, alternating mirror-polished edges and micro-blasted recesses.
We are not simply facing a well-executed box. We are faced with a construction designed as a coherent whole, with a real relationship between volumes, surfaces and perception of light. On the scale of contemporary watchmaking, this is already enough to distinguish the watch from many interchangeable productions.
The integrated steel bracelet, or the structured rubber of the new rose gold versions, extends this logic. Nothing seems to be added after the fact. The watch speaks as a single unit.
Trente-Deux, a name that says something
The name of the collection was not chosen for its evocative power alone. Thirty-Twothis is the address of the house’s design studio and Parisian workshop. It is also the internal codename used for over three years of development. The figure is therefore not there to give additional marketing soul to a project already loaded with discourse. It refers to a place, a method, a duration.
This detail says something important about Trilobe. The house does not only seek to offer an original watch. She seeks to establish a territory. Paris, in-house manufacturing, the progressive mastery of the different stages, the desire not to depend entirely on traditional Swiss schemes: it is this framework which gives meaning to Trente-Deux.
New products for 2026: more shades, more density
The 2026 extension is firstly based on the arrival of two new dials, silver and greenalongside the already known blues and grays. The movement is not spectacular, but it is well seen. Green, especially, works very well with this watch. It accentuates its mineral side, its depth, its slightly cold and almost hypnotic presence.
The other important novelty is the arrival of a 18k rose gold caseassociated with a rubber strap. This transition to precious materials is not limited to a change in range. The watch really changes appearance. Pink gold brings warmth, a more sensual presence, a more carnal reading of the design. The rubber prevents the whole thing from hardening into an elegance that is too precious or too rigid. The watch retains movement, visual comfort, and a form of flexibility. The dosage is controlled. That was the sore point.
The bracelet is part of the project
On Thirty-Twothe bracelet is not treated as a secondary variable. The 316L steel bracelet extends the geometry of the case with satin-finished and beveled links, mirror-polished interlinks which feature the Trilobe pattern, and a double folding clasp without visible pushers, activated by a leaf spring.
We must emphasize this: this watch would not function in the same way with a generic bracelet. The bracelet contributes to the personality of the object, to its visual comfort, to its balance.
The rubber of the rose gold versions follows the same logic. Vertical grooves, light texture, continuity of design with the case, discreet presence of the little duck molded inside as a nod to waterproofing: all this contributes to giving the rubber a function other than purely practical.
A display that remains one of Trilobe’s true signatures
The Trilobe principle is known: three rotating rings for hours, minutes and seconds, read by fixed markers, all placed in the same plane. The idea could have remained purely theoretical. This is not the case. The collection proves once again that this display can be original without falling into the exercise of illegible style.
Reading retains an element of learning, obviously, but it remains natural after a few minutes. Above all, it produces a visual depth that conventional displays do not have. The seconds disc, with its mixture ofazure and of Guilloché Clous de Parisadds another layer of material without weighing down the whole thing.
This point is important: the watch has character without turning into a gadget. In this segment, it is far from systematic.
X-Nihilo: a movement that really carries the project
Trilobe equips the entire collection with its caliber X-Nihilopresented as its first manufacture movement. Design, development, prototyping, manufacturing, decoration and assembly are announced as carried out internally in Paris. The speech is ambitious, but it is based here on something tangible.
The automatic movement runs at 28,800 vibrations per houraccount 34 jewels, 218 componentsand offers 42 hours of power reserve. Its diameter of 35.2mm For 7mm thick allows it to intelligently occupy space.
But the interest of X-Nihilo is not only in its figures. It is in its architecture. The organization around a central island, the opening of the visual field, the staging of the raised balance wheel: all this shows that Trilobe has not designed a neutral motor to accompany a beautiful dial. The movement extends the aesthetic discourse of the watch.
Finishes that give weight to the message
This is undoubtedly where the collection reaches a milestone. Trilobe no longer remains at the stage of a good, well-designed idea. The house also works on the quality of execution of the movement: hand satin bridgesmore or less pronounced shot peening, screws and rubies highlighted by diamond-polished concave edges, rhodium-plated wheels with circular finish, rotor mixing sunburst and shot peening, on a finishing base 5N gold expected to evolve over time.
This work on textures and contrasts gives the sapphire caseback real interest. It is no longer just a question of showing an in-house movement, but of justifying the way we look at it.
The Secret version, more intimate than decorative
There Thirty-Two Secret pushes personalization in a more intimate direction. Each dial is made to order in the form of a personalized celestial mapbuilt from a date, time and location chosen by the client.
The risk of this type of proposition is known: falling into luxury sentimentalism or gadget personalization. Trilobe avoids the pitfall quite well thanks to a sober, almost contemplative execution. In the visuals, the watch holds up well. It does not give the impression of a decorative whim grafted onto the collection. It remains in the same universe, simply with a more explicit emotional charge.
This won’t be the most obvious version to everyone, but it has consistency.
Prices: an assumed ambition
Versions steel are announced at €17,500 excluding tax. The models rose gold on rubber rise to €35,500 excluding tax. The variations Secret are established at €21,500 excluding VAT in steel And €39,500 excluding VAT in pink gold.
The positioning is high. It places Trilobe in a zone where the comparison becomes serious, sometimes harsh. The house knows this very well. The difference here is that it does not ask for this price level for a simple dial variation based on a banal base. It advances with an identifiable design, an in-house movement, in-house manufacturing and a level of finishing which clearly seeks to support the message.
This is what makes the whole thing acceptable, even for a demanding eye.
Technical sheet
Collection : Trilobe Thirty-Two
Housing : 316L steel or 18 ct rose gold
Diameter : 39.5mm
Thickness : 10.15mm
Lug-to-lug : 46.18mm
Construction : casing in 7 elements
Waterproofing : 5 bar, or approximately 50 meters
Ice : sapphire with ARDUR multi-layer anti-reflective treatment
Bottom : anti-reflective sapphire
Movement : X-Nihilo, Trilobe manufacture
Kind : automatic with oscillating weight
Frequency : 28,800 vph, 4 Hz
Power reserve : 42 hours
Ruby :34
Components : 218
Display : hours, minutes and seconds by rotating rings with fixed markers
Dial : matte sunburst, seconds disc with blueing and guilloché Clous de Paris
Steel bracelet : exclusively supplied with steel versions
Rubber strap : exclusively delivered with the rose gold versions
Guarantee : 24 months
With this 2026 update, Trilobe consolidates Trente-Deux without diluting it. The new colors enrich the collection without scattering it. Rose gold on rubber opens up a more sensual reading of the watch. The Secret version takes customization further without losing the general line. The most important thing remains elsewhere: in overall coherence.
Trente-Deux is held together by its design, by its truly integrated bracelet, by its display, by its movement and by a level of finishing now sufficiently serious to support the ambitions displayed by the house. It is no longer just an original proposal. It’s a collection that’s starting to take hold.
