Positioned to be the most significant North American luxury watch event of the year, WatchTime New York 2021 is only weeks away, and anticipation is growing. Among more than 25 participating brands showcasing rare and new-to-market timepieces is Greubel Forsey, returning to Midtown Manhattan?s Gotham Hall on October 22-24 and set to showcase the updated GMT Sport that it debuted earlier this year.

When it comes to luxury sports watches, several well-known brands and their iconic models instantly come to mind: Audemars Piguet and its Royal Oak, Patek Philippe and its Nautilus, Vacheron Constantin and its Overseas, to name just a few of the obvious contenders. Ultra-high-end Greubel Forsey was thus an unlikely entrant to this field, but it began asserting itself in the luxury-sport space in 2019 with its original GMT Sport. At Watches & Wonders 2021, the brand amps up the sportiness with a new model boasting a simplified bezel and an integrated steel bracelet.
Taking cues from the original GMT Sport model (below), the new one features a slightly more streamlined take on the case design as well as an updated dial colorway. The watch is the first new model from Greubel Forsey since the GMT Quadruple Tourbillon in titanium, launched at the start of this year, which served as the brand?s only entry in this year’s Watches & Wonders event.

The original GMT Sport from 2019

The satin- and polish-finished 45-mm titanium case uses what Greubel Forsey...