SIHH 2019 THE WATCH EDIT

The 29th edition of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) held in Geneva, feature watches from over 35 luxury brands. Here are our top picks from the watch fair

A. LANGE & SÖHNE DATOGRAPH PERPETUAL TOURBILLON

A reinterpretation of the 2016 Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon, this watch retains the combination of

yback chronograph and perpetual calendar with jumping displays. Here, the brand presents a model in white gold for the rst time — featuring a pink gold dial. e watch is powered by L952.2 manufacture calibre movement, has a power reserve of up to 50 hours and is available with a strap in hand-stitched alligator leather in dark brown.

Notice the le subsidiary dial displaying the day of the week and the day/night indicator, and the precisely jumping minute counter, the months, and the leap-year indicator on the right sub-dial. e model is limited to 100 watches. alange-soehne.com

BAUME & MERCIER CLIFTON BAUMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR

Baume & Mercier’s creation for SIHH 2019 is this sophisticated piece that combines the BM13 version of the Baumatic movement along with a perpetual calendar, featuring three sub dials.

Baume & Mercier Cli on Baumatic Perpetual Calendar has a 42mm 18-carat red gold case, and is protected by a domed antiglare sapphire crystal. e moon phase is displayed at the 6’oclock hour, and also accounts for leap years making it a complex masterpiece.

Additionally, the timepiece comes with a warm-white porcelain with golden hour, minute and seconds hand and an interchangeable black alligator strap with an 18-carat red gold buckle. baume-et-mercier.com

GREUBEL FORSEY ART PIECE EDITION HISTORIQUE

Greubel Forsey pays tribute to art and architecture with its new innovation and a variation on the theme of the Double Tourbillon 30° Edition Historique. e eye-catching tourbillon is set against a royal blue background, with the at black polished bridge and hand-bevelled and open-worked cage pillars. e small seconds on this beautiful 44mm dial is positioned between 10 and 11 o’clock. e 72 hour powerreserve is indicated by large Arabic numerals and a blued steel hand and above at 2 o’clock displays the o set hours/minutes sub-dial. It is limited to 33 pieces out of which 11 are designed in platinum. greubelforsey.com

CARTIER SANTOS DE CARTIER SKELETON NOCTAMBULE

With the calibre 9612 MC and skeletonise bridges in the shape of Roman numerals, the new Santos de Cartier illuminates under dim lighting conditions. e bridges are coated with Super-LumiNova pigments which, while invisible during the daytime, reproduce and radiate the stored light once night falls. It features the ' uickSwitch' strap interchangeability system and beats at a frequency of 28,800 vph while providing power reserve of 3 days. cartier.com

HUBLOT CLASSIC FUSION TOURBILLON ORLINSKI

In partnership with visual artist Richard Orlinski, Hublot has launched three versions of the Fusion Tourbillon timepiece. e timepeces are o ered in Sapphire, King Gold and Black Magic variants, and are limited to 30 pieces each. e dial of the timepieces feature either matte gold, matte black and matte anthracite grey. e Classic Fusion Tourbillon Orlinski comes with a HUB6021 manufacture manual-winding movement with a power reserve of 115 hours. hublot.com

HERMÈS ARCEAU L’HEURE DE LA LUNE

e dial of Arceau l’Heure de la Lune consists of two moons — one indicating the earth’s satellite from southern hemisphere and other seen from the northern hemisphere. e two mother-of-pearl moons add a classy touch to this chronometre. One of the moons features a subtle Pegasus artwork. e watch is powered by Hermès H1837 movement, and has two varying dials, and is limited to just 100 pieces. hermes.com

HYT H TIME IS FLUID

e HYT watch is an innovative timepiece that accepts, visualises and celebrates the ow of time. It’s a three-dimensional device which allows time to be viewed from all angles and coloured and clear liquids trace the paths of elapsed and pending time respectively.

e watch’s philosophy Time is Fluid is machined from a single metal ring and lled with luminescent material to glow in the dark.

e display of the minutes is o -centred on a subsidiary dial and complemented with a small second’s indication while the larger dial shows the hour. It comes with a power reserve of 192 hours and two limited editions of 20 watches – either in yellow gold or in stainless steel. hytwatches.com

IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN BIG PILOT’S WATCH CONSTANT FORCE TOURBILLON EDITION “LE PETIT PRINCE

Characterised by a stunning 46.2mm blue dial with luminescence, e Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition Le Petit Prince comes a brown calfskin strap that perfectly ts your wrist. Available in 18-carat hard gold case, this watch is powered by in-house calibre 94805 and has a power reserve of 96 hours. Additionally, the water resistance is up to 6 bars. iwc.com

JAEGER LECOULTRE MASTER GRANDE TRADITION GYROTOURBILLON WESTMINSTER PERPETUAL

e new Jaeger-LeCoultre watch is a perfect combination of class and high-end technology. Its manual movement, calibre 184 provides 52 hours of power reserve and water resistance of 3 bars. e watch is limited to 18 pieces.

e highlight includes its blue enamel guilloché dial that signi es the art of watchmaking. jaeger-lecoultre.com

MONTBLANC GEOSPHERE LIMITED EDITION

For the spirited modern day adventure seeker, Mont Blanc has reinterpreted the Minerva pocket watches taking inspiration from the world of mountain explorers. It has a vibrant Khaki colour dial with historical luminescent cathedral-shaped hands. It also includes beige SuperLumiNova-coated Arabic numerals, a railway minutes track and the original Montblanc logo. It is equipped with high-quality woven “NATO” straps which are handcra ed in France. Powered by automatic MB 29.25 Calibre, the watch displays date at 3 o’clock and a second time zone at 9 o’clock. e animated globes at 12 and 6 o’clock represent the Northern and Southern Hemispheres with a 24-hour scale and day-night indication. Limited to 1858 pieces. www.montblanc.com

PANERAI SUBMERSIBLE CHRONO GUILLAUME

NÉRY EDITION

Panerai has launched the Submersible Chrono – Guillaume Néry edition celebrating the French freediving champion worldwide — Guillaume Néry.

is diver’s watch has an automatic calibre P.9100, a 3-day power reserve, submersible up to 300 m and can also calculate the duration of a dive. e dial is extremely legible under all lighting conditions, even in darkness due to a combination of white and blue luminescent indices against a grey background.

e sub-dial at 9 o’clock displays running seconds and elapsed chronograph hours are counted at 3 o’clock. e back-case is engraved with the signature of the champion and an image featuring his recordbreaking dive of depth of 126 meters reached in only one breath. e watch comes in blue rubber strap and trapezoidal titanium buckle. panerai.com