Discontinued watches 2026 beyond Rolex: Patek, AP, Omega, Tudor, Cartier
Patek Philippe perpetual calendars, Audemars Piguet calibres 5134 and 5135, the Omega Globemaster, Tudor's blue Black Bay 58: the verified discontinuations of 2025-2026, their replacements, the rumours to ignore and what our market data already shows about their prices.
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Rolex's withdrawals make the news every spring, and we covered them in detail in our review of the Rolex 2026 novelties. The other houses discontinue references too, often more quietly and sometimes in greater numbers. For the pre-owned market these retirements matter as much as the launches: they freeze the new supply of a given version, and it is on that frozen supply that prices are built in the years that follow. Here is what has actually left the catalogues of Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Omega and Tudor in 2025 and 2026, what is only rumour, and what our market data already shows.
How to know a reference is really discontinued
A discontinued reference is not always announced. Depending on the house, the information comes through three channels of uneven reliability:
- The official mention on the brand's website. Patek Philippe keeps the pages of its retired references online and marks them "Discontinued". This is the most reliable source.
- The announcement of a new calibre or generation. Audemars Piguet announced the end of certain movements during its 150th anniversary in 2025; the watches that used them leave the catalogue as a matter of course.
- An observed disappearance from the catalogue, noted by the specialist press or by dealers. This is the method used for Rolex and, in 2026, for Omega. It is reliable when several sources agree, fragile when a single shop asserts it.
An episode in February 2026 shows why caution is needed. On 1 February, the day of the annual price increase, some twenty Patek Philippe pages appeared marked "Discontinued"; according to a specialist blog that documented it, several of those labels had gone by the next day. Some of these references were indeed replaced at the April show, others were not. A list circulating on social media is not a catalogue.
The 2025-2026 discontinuations outside Rolex
We only include retirements confirmed by the brand or by several consistent sources in the specialist press. The pre-owned ranges come from our listing data (dealers and private sellers) as of mid-October 2026; where the sample is too thin, we say so.
| Brand | Discontinued reference | Replacement | Source of the discontinuation | Observed market effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patek Philippe | 5236P-001 and 5236P-010 (in-line perpetual calendar, platinum) | 5236P-011, new dial (2026) | "Discontinued" on patek.com | market too thin to measure an effect |
| Patek Philippe | 5204G-001 (split-seconds chronograph with perpetual calendar, white gold) | 5204G with a new dial (2026) | "Discontinued" on patek.com | a single listing, around €219,000 |
| Patek Philippe | 5396R-011 (annual calendar, rose gold) | variant with a new dial (2026) | "Discontinued" on patek.com | no listing in our data |
| Patek Philippe | 7130R-014 (world time, rose gold) | not confirmed | "Discontinued" on patek.com | no listing in our data |
| Audemars Piguet | Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 26574 (calibre 5134) | 26674, calibre 7138 (2025) | end of calibre announced in 2025, specialist press | one isolated listing, no trend |
| Audemars Piguet | Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openworked (calibre 5135) | calibre 7139 (2025) | end of calibre announced in 2025 | outside our data |
| Omega | Constellation Globemaster (date and annual calendar) | Constellation Observatory (2026) | absent from Omega's catalogue, press and dealers | 7 listings between €4,300 and €6,700, no visible rise |
| Tudor | Blue Black Bay 58 M79030B-0001 | blue Black Bay 54 (2026) | specialist press and dealers, no press release | €2,900 to 3,600 (core of the market), below the black |
| Cartier | Ballon Bleu 28 mm quartz | n/a | a single dealer | rumour, not retained |
| IWC | n/a | n/a | no major discontinuation documented | n/a |
Two observations before going into detail. Most of the 2026 retirements are dial changes on the same case: this is a dial variant rather than the end of a model, and the effect on prices is usually small. Genuine generational changes, as at Audemars Piguet, raise a different question: that of the transitional reference and of the value of a movement the brand has chosen to replace.
Patek Philippe: dials change, cases remain
Patek Philippe presented around twenty novelties at Watches and Wonders 2026, dominated by the fiftieth anniversary of the Nautilus, as we noted in our report on the Geneva show. Behind the scenes, several complications were retired in favour of very similar versions: the 5236P in-line perpetual calendar loses its two previous dials for a new one, the 5204G split-seconds perpetual calendar chronograph changes dial, and so does the 5396R annual calendar.
For prices, these retirements weigh little in the short term, for two reasons:
- The market is tiny. These watches change hands a few dozen times a year worldwide on the secondary market. Our data contains almost none, and an isolated price does not make a valuation.
- The replacement is the same watch. Same case, same calibre, different dial: a buyer who wants the complication can find it new. Only collectors attached to a specific colour will pay a premium for the discontinued version, and that premium builds over years, not weeks.
It is different when Patek retires an emblematic reference with no direct equivalent: the precedent of the Nautilus 5711, which we analyse in our article does a discontinued reference gain value?, remains the exception that made people believe in a rule.
Audemars Piguet: the end of a calibre rather than a model
The Audemars Piguet case is more instructive. In 2025, for its 150th anniversary, the manufacture ended the perpetual calendar calibres 5134 and 5135, which had powered the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar for about ten years. Their successor, calibre 7138, introduced with reference 26674, is corrected entirely through the crown, without the recessed side correctors that required a stylus. An Openworked edition of 150 pieces closed the 5135 line.
This kind of retirement tends to work against the older generation: when the successor fixes a practical drawback, the rational buyer prefers the new watch and the old one trades accordingly. There is a counterweight, though: the last series of a calibre, or the editions that mark its end, appeal to collectors of "end of line" pieces. For the regular Royal Oak references, the price grid is in our Royal Oak 15500 and 16202 valuation.
Omega: the Globemaster gives way to the Observatory
Omega does not publish a list of its withdrawals. The Constellation Globemaster, launched in 2015 with its fluted bezel and "pie-pan" dial, no longer appears in the Constellation collection on the brand's website, where the new Constellation Observatory succeeds it in 2026. Several dealers also report the disappearance of many Speedmaster, Aqua Terra and De Ville variants; those lists rest on catalogue comparisons and we do not reproduce them one by one.
On the market, no scarcity effect is visible: our seven Globemaster listings range from €4,300 to €6,700, date and annual calendar versions combined. That is the expected behaviour of a series-produced watch with abundant pre-owned supply and an available successor. The Globemaster keeps one technical argument, that of being the first watch certified Master Chronometer; it counts for little in a pre-owned price.
Tudor: the blue Black Bay 58 makes way for the Black Bay 54
Tudor has not officially announced the end of the blue Black Bay 58, but the specialist press reported it when a blue Black Bay 54 was presented at the April 2026 show, and dealers list it as discontinued. The replacement is not a copy: 37 mm instead of 39, a different blue. Those who prefer the 58's size no longer have a new equivalent.
For now, it does not show in prices. The M79030B-0001 trades between €2,900 and €3,600 in the core of our data, slightly below the black version and well below its last retail price of about €4,300. A watch produced for several years and widely available pre-owned does not appreciate just because it leaves the catalogue. Our Black Bay 58 valuation details the grid by version.
Cartier, IWC: what we have not included
Cartier made news in 2026 for a return, that of the Roadster, more than for withdrawals. One dealer presents the 28 mm quartz Ballon Bleu as discontinued: without confirmation, we treat it as a rumour. At IWC, no current reference was withdrawn in 2025-2026 according to sources we consider reliable; the latest replaced generations, such as the Pilot's Watch Mark XVIII that became the Mark XX in 2022, are older.
Be wary of the word "discontinued" in listings: it has become a sales argument. In our data, watches still in production carry it, and watches discontinued fifteen years ago advertise it as if it were news. Before seeing a justified premium in it, check the actual date of the discontinuation and what replaced the watch.
What these discontinuations do, and do not do, to prices
Three lessons emerge from the 2025-2026 season, consistent with the trends described in our overview of the pre-owned watch market in 2026:
- A dial change is not the end of a model. The effect is small, except for colours produced only briefly.
- A better successor weighs on the older generation. This is the typical case of a new calibre that is more practical or more robust.
- Scarcity requires limited production. A watch made for ten years in large numbers remains plentiful pre-owned, discontinued or not.
Conversely, condition, completeness (full set) and service history count immediately, discontinued or not.
In summary
In 2025 and 2026, the major houses outside Rolex mainly renewed dials and calibres, with no spectacular withdrawal comparable to that of the Nautilus 5711. Patek Philippe retired several complications in favour of close versions, Audemars Piguet turned the page on its 5134 and 5135 calibres, Omega replaced the Globemaster and Tudor the blue Black Bay 58. None of these discontinuations has yet translated into a measurable rise. If you own one of these references, check its value before believing a listing that presents it as a rare piece; and if you are thinking of selling it, our guide to selling your watch covers the channels and the tax rules that apply in France (check the rules in your own country as well).
