With scores of brands and thousands of watches on show, Baselworld is an overwhelming experience. It takes a concerted effort to analyse and digest the many fascinating and innovative pieces presented, some of which are profiled in the previous pages. And there are always a few that create extra buzz. Here are four of them.
MAKING HISTORY Harry Winston is not quite done impressing the high watchmaking gods, as we see in the Histoire de Tourbillon 7 watch. This tour de force features two bi-axial tourbillons and a power reserve counter at 6 o’clock. The crown bears the...
GLOBETROTTER Patek Philippe’s headliner at Baselworld was easily the World Time Chronograph Ref 5930G. It is the first time the watchmaker has combined a world timer and chronograph in a single timepiece since 1940 (that watch, referred to as No. 862...
DAYTONA DAZE Rolex has finally refreshed the steel Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona after more than a decade. The biggest change for the 2016 Cosmograph Daytona is its black Cerachrom bezel. The size remains 40mm and the movement Calibre 4130.
WEARING THIN Bulgari’s big announcement turned out to be a very slim one: the Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater. With a movement a mere 3.12mm thick— and a scant 6.85mm cased up—this timepiece breaks the record for thinnest minute repeater in the world...