In a freshly restyled AIKON case, Maurice Lacroix has fitted a new manufacture, openworked, automatic caliber of unique design. True to its vocation of manufacturing high quality timepieces at an affordable price, deeply rooted in urban and contemporary culture, Maurice Lacroix introduces AIKON Automatic Skeleton.
With its all new fiftysix automatic series Vacheron Constantin opens a complete new audience. Yes, the traditional Manufacture definitely stands in line with the other top power houses. But it was always quiet a challenge to gain enough funds to surprise yourself with an authentic Vacheron Constantin.
If you thought you have seen everything: big mistake! In our opinion, we saw the one and only ‘shut-the-fuck-up watch!’ today. We’re talking about the Greubel Forsey GMT Earth.
If you thought you have seen everything, big mistake! The ambitions of the Greubel Forsey team are reaching for the stars but now at least covers Mother earth in a stunning way.
A technological and aesthetic revolution, the Minute Repeater Tri-Axial Tourbillon embodies the GP approach to horological complications. Made from titanium so as to chime with greater intensity, this 48 mm-diameter model powered by a mechanical manual-winding calibre houses two of the most challenging horological complications: the minute repeater and the tourbillon simultaneously gravitating around three axes.
This year, SIHH expanded with a few new brands to 35 exhibitors. The second day of the exhibition we made a small trip through Europe and visited the Italian Panerai, the French Cartier and Montblanc and Girard Perregaux with Swiss roots.
Alberto Santos Dumont was legendary for his innovative and creative thinking and his friendship with Cartier.
Therefore the the new Santos with his name on the model most be an instant success. And we can asure it will!
The Montblanc 1858 geosphere is in our perspective the star of the new collection with its turning globes it brings a tribute to 7 summits challenge, which are all engraved on the case back. Especially when worn on the calf leather bund strap, from Montblancs own Pelletteria in Florence, Italy.
2 New automatic caliber and new sizes 45 mm pam00943 3 days automatic in steel with anthracite dial, sun-brushed sandwich dial, small seconds and on the back a sapphire window to see the pam 4.001 movement with power reserve on the back the other model with second timezone and the power reserve on the dial, including day/night indicator
SIHH 2018 brings 35 exhibitors. On the first day of a week full of innovation and surprises from the world of Fine Watchmaking we love to share a few of our favourite highlights.
The well known American approach to super size almost everything is not applicable to the size of IWC's watches nowadays. But the in 1868 by Florentine Ariosto Jones founded International Watch Company, founded in 1868 by Florentine Ariosto Jones, is certainly celebrating it's 150 anniversary!
