Though not part of the SIHH, the LVMH group’s three brands released new watches during an informal showing the industry calls “Geneva Watch Week”, with chief Jean Claude Biver presiding over the launch in a boat anchored in the Geneva lake where traditionally the Richemont Le Boat was. In fact, it is perhaps even the same…
The Maison of Parmigiani Fleurier, in this year’s SIHH, decides to look back at their current line-up to improve their watches.…
For SIHH 2017 Girard Perregaux, recent double award winners of the 2016 GPHG sees the debut of a complete Laureato collection forming the Girard Perregaux foundation. Additionally, in celebration of various anniversaries and accomplisHments, Girard Perregaux also consolidated their previously disperse series of Bridge watches into a new Bridge…
For SIHH 2017 Richard Mille continues on their relentless quest for technical and material innovation; in their new Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLaren F1, Deployant believes that they have been fairly successful in their quest. Produced in collaboration with McLaren-Honda, a team which has won more F1 grand prix races than any other since 1966, the…
For SIHH 2017 Ulysse Nardin continues the daring know-how and innovative path forged by visionary entrepreneur Rolf W. Schnyder and his watchmaking genius Ludwig Oechslin. Oeschslin was the driving force behind Astrolabium Galileo Galilei in 1985, the Planetarium Nicolaus Copernicus 1988, the Tellurium Johannes Kepler 1992 or the Perpetual…
This year’s SIHH sees Panerai introducing new releases and most notably the Panerai LAB-ID and the new Submersible. These releases sees Panerai leveraging a wide variety of materials to make the watches, from Carbon to Bronze and even the use of precious metals such as Red Gold, this can only lead to a promising lineup of watches with…
For SIHH 2017 A. Lange & Sohne unveiled a new Tourbograph Perpetual “Pour le Mérite”. The fifth watch to join the “Pour le Mérite” line, a series which is emblematic of A. Lange & Sohne’s pinnacle of watchmaking skills, the series is best know for its fusée-and-chain transmission. This…
The combination of haute horlogerie and complications has always been the interest of the Montblanc Manufacture in Villeret. Ever since its early days, the Maison – established under the name “Minerva” – produced beautiful calibres with exciting complications to match. This had led Montblanc to…
For SIHH 2017 Jaeger LeCoultre is focused on composing a new chapter for the Rendez-Vous’ collection of women’s watches using the hallmarks of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Métiers Rares (Rare Crafts) – technical and artistic know-how showcasing impeccable precision and breathtaking craftsmanship. Yet despite the almost…
For SIHH 2017 Cartier has returned to a signature of the 1980s, the Panthère de Cartier. The irrepressible symbol of decadence and luxury, immortalised by its male counterpart worn by Michael Douglas in Wall Street returns as the penultimate feminine ornament – a delicious yellow gold bracelet watch, jewellery first and…