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SIHH 2015: Nick's Top 5 Picks

Watch brands often only have a few different collections in their line-up. Of course within these collections a lot of different models reside. This keeps a brand recognizable, the DNA strong, and makes it easy for consumers to maneuver around. Every once in a while though an evolution of existing collections won’t do and a […]

The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, or more widely known as SIHH, is one of the few exhibitions that allow watchmakers to showcase their latest creations timepiece. As per the other SIHH, the event focuses more on the Richemont brands, as well as some other independent watchmakers. Just like any other exhibitions, there are certainlyRead More

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept RD#1

It has been 75 years since the Portugieser collection was launched, and IWC had decided to mark this milestone by giving the Portugieser Grande Complication a face-lift. Subtle changes were made to this flagship model, to give it a more subtle and contemporary image. In terms of aesthetics, there has been several changes to theRead More

What do Swiss luxury watchmaker Raymond Weil and the Brit Awards have in common? Besides bearing prestigious names in their own industries, they’re both centred on music. This year, Raymond Weil celebrates 10 years as the official watch partner of the annual Brit Awards 2015. The well-renowned music awards ceremony will be celebrating the best […]

Parmigiani Bugatti Révélation

Panerai Equation of Time 8 Days: PAM 516 and PAM 601

Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon 5-Day Power Reserve Indicator

Jaeger LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Moon

Hublot Classic Fusion Aeromoon

Rotonde de Cartier Annual Calendar

Jaeger LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel

Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Annuel Vasco da Gama

While it revives the 19th century codes of elegance and virtuosity, the Master Grande Tradition line by Jaeger-LeCoultre first and foremost reflects the spirit of this brilliant age. The latter was characterised by a distinctive fervour nurtured by the fact that anything that was mechanically measurable could now be displayed. Complications were associated in waysRead More

Twenty years after its inception, the Schaffhausen-based watchmaker have decided to launch two limited edition pieces for their Portugieser Minute Repeater. These limited edition pieces are cased in either platinum, or red gold. On the surface, the IWC Portugieser Minute Repeater may be a seemingly simple watch. It features an extremely clean dial, with anRead More

Cartier Crash Skeleton

Normally by the end of day three I am starting to see some common trends at the SIHH, but this year is a bit different. Every brand seems to be doing its own thing, which makes for a really interesting show with a large variety of timepieces. The only common theme seems to be that everyone is celebrating […]

The IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde combines the magic of a floating tourbillon with the logic of a date hand that reverts to its starting position and the power of a 7-day in-house calibre.

One of the most unusual and technically intriguing watches that I’ve seen so far this year at the 2015 edition of the SIHH is the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater.  The Zeitwerk Minute Repeater is actually not Lange’s first minute repeater –that distinction goes to the Lange Grand Complication, which is a grand et petite sonnerie, minute […]

Complex and beautiful mechanical art is not limited to horology. The Age of Reason gave rise to myriad efforts to understand nature’s inner workings, and this in turn motivated the mechanically and artistically inclined to devise and create miniature automata in the form of animals, insects and flowers. Richard Mille’s new RM 19­02 Tourbillon Fleur continues these traditions […]

Today was a great day for the ladies at the SIHH. It started at Parmigiani with a beautiful Tonda skeleton with an opaque dial. It seemed a little counter-productive to spend all that time polishing and angling to then hide the movement, but strangely enough the lace-like silhouette of the skeleton movement below the dial […]

At this year’s SIHH, Piaget unveiled a series of men and women’s wristwatches that complement each other so perfectly. Some are ultra-thin while others are reinterpretations of Piaget models from the past. No matter your taste, you’re bound to find your happiness in the brand’s variety of new timepieces. PIAGET ALTIPLANO CHRONOGRAPH If you’re a fan of Piaget’s […]

Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda 1950 Squelette, an ultra thin openworked, elegant and exclusive.

Richard Mille RM 19-02 Tourbillon Fleur

In 2015, the large digital date and month display becomes a dominant feature of the IWC Portugieser watch family.

panerai luminor submersible 1950 carbotech