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Once known as the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), Watches and Wonders is undoubtedly one of the most hotly anticipated watch fairs each year. For its first 2022 outing – held in Geneva earlier this month – 38 internationally acclaimed brands showcased their latest products to almost 22,000 visitors. Celebrating the spirit of innovation and precision engineering, hundreds of watches were on display, with the seven below deserving special mention.
Cartier&nbsp;Masse Mystérieuse
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First on our list is Cartier’s Masse Mystérieuse, a stunningly sleek skeletonised design. Crafted from 950 platinum, this innovative watch is a study in minimalism, with half of its open-worked fascia remaining wholly transparent, while the other half reveals the inner workings of the Calibre 9801 MC automatic movement floating underneath. Adding a splash of colour to proceedings is the ruby cabochon crown, while a charcoal grey alligator leather strap completes its almost industrial appeal.
 Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept
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Similarly open-worked is Piaget’s Altiplano Ultimate Concept. The brand is known for crafting super-slim designs – it holds several records for the thinnest timepieces in existence – and this new creation is a tribute to a model first presented four years ago that measures a scant two millimetres thick. To deliver this streamlined look, Piaget has fused the traditional four-layer structure (bezel and crystal, dial, movement and caseback) into one complex construct. Elsewhere, several touches nod to the exact moment this watch was dreamt up.
Montblanc&nbsp;1858 Geosphere Chronograph 0 Oxygen LE290
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Achieving different heights of invention, Montblanc has crafted a timepiece to withstand some of Earth’s harshest conditions – atop Mount Everest. The 44mm titanium case of the 1858 Geosphere Chronograph 0 Oxygen LE290 is literally devoid of all oxygen in a bid to avoid fogging and oxidation at extreme altitudes and sub-zero temperatures. Then there’s the bidirectional bezel, which marks the cardinal points to ensure climbers keep their bearings. To prove that this isn’t just all promotional hype to boost sales, the brand has partnered with acclaimed Nepalese mountaineer Nimal Purja – scaler of the world’s 14 highest peaks in just six months and six days – who will wear the watch on his next Everest ascent.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht_Master 40
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Rolex’s new gem-set Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master 40 is inspired by the multitudinous colours of the aurora borealis. Equipped with a 40mm waterproof Oyster case in white gold, the latest avatar of this iconic timepiece comes burnished with the cutting-edge calibre 3235 movement and has been paired with the latest Oysterflex bracelet for optimum comfort and durability. A dazzling design, it’s sure to ensnare any passing gaze thanks to the shimmering blue, grey and pink diamonds and sapphires that stud its bezel.
Patek Philippe&nbsp;Ref. 7130R-014 Ladies’ World Time
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Also treading a precious path, Patek Philippe has unveiled the new Ref. 7130R-014 Ladies’ World Time. Dominated by an all-green motif, this 36mm vintage-inspired creation sees its rose-gold bezel and buckle adorned with 62 and 27 diamonds respectively for a glimmering allure. The self-winding Calibre 240 HU movement, in addition to tracking home time, allows users to view all 24 time zones simultaneously in a ring around its dial – a convenient feature for the post-covid jet-setting fashionistas indeed.
Chopard L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire
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Gentlemen in search of a modern statement timepiece might give Chopard’s L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire an admiring look. Created to mark the L.U.C collection’s 25th anniversary, its claim to fame is a fully transparent design that affords 360-degree views into the internal workings of its calibre L.U.C 08.01-L movement as well as the chiming minute-repeater complication. Limited to an exclusive five-piece release, this see-through effect has been achieved by crafting many of its parts from robust sapphire crystal.
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Hybris Artistica Calibre 945
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Last on our list of wow-inducing Watches and Wonders Geneva highlights comes courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Hybris Artistica Calibre 945, which literally looks to the skies for its inspiration. Simply brimming with complications, this master class in high-end watchmaking features a zodiac calendar, minute repeater and sky chart with a celestial vault. At 12 o’clock is the gorgeous celestial flying tourbillon, which makes one full cycle circumambulation for each day. Crafted in Galaxia pink gold or Atomium white gold with just five of each available, it’s a guaranteed collector’s item.

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The best of Watches and Wonders Geneva 2022

Although the world of haute horology is, today, a male-dominated sphere, the industry actually owes the rise of wristwatches to demand from the fairer sex.&nbsp;During the late 19th century, when pocket watches were still the norm,&nbsp;it was women who had began adorning their wrists with fashionable gem-studded timepieces. Today, high jewellery watches blend the best of haute horology and high jewellery traditions in utterly stunning expressions that make for captivating timepieces that ensure all eyes are firmly on you…
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<a href="https://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/hk/en/chronicles/new-reverso-one-precious-flowers.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Purple Arums</a>&nbsp; 
The line between art and watchmaking is often blurred when it comes to high jewellery watches, and renowned Swiss horologist Jaeger-LeCoultre plays with this amalgam exceptionally well with its latest Reverso,&nbsp;Purple Arums.&nbsp;Taking inspiration from decorative jewellery worn in the &#8217;20s, the 40mm self-winding wristwatch, powered by the watchmaker&#8217;s patented Calibre 846 movement, introduces a truly unique&nbsp;Reverso iteration replete with the model&#8217;s iconic double-sided rectangular case. Its vivid&nbsp;floral&nbsp;design seamlessly flows across the rotatable case front, exhibiting a high level of&nbsp; craftsmanship that required a painstaking 95-hour process of gem-setting, enamelling and engraving to create.
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<a href="https://www.vacheron-constantin.com/en4/watches/egerie.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwn6GGBhADEiwAruUcKkZdeZ719MsUdDMWkvzTVokAdDLjVSehRGdRY_fs-tjl58i6KeNADBoCX-EQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds#tab=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vacheron Constantin Égérie </a> 
Staying with manual-winding chronographs, Vacheron Constantin celebrates the multiple facets of femininity through its new Égérie self-winding diamond-pavé models. Presented at the Watches &amp; Wonders 2021, the ultra chic and elegantly versatile 35mm jewellery watch is truly worth of being added to the collection of any discerning fashionista. Featuring the maison&#8217;s signature off-centre display and asymmetrical geometry (artfully interlace two circles), a total of 574 round-cut diamonds punctuate the dial as well as the watch&#8217;s bezel, flanks and lugs, imparting an added sparkle to proceedings.&nbsp;
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<a href="https://www.piaget.com/ww-en/watches/limelight-gala?gclid=CjwKCAjwn6GGBhADEiwAruUcKj9r0PlPX5GzpdF-UDzgc5bwR44FKPZAUv59FcItK3_NCZqtTaY5PxoCLycQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piaget Limelight Gala Precious Sunrise</a> 
The next entry&nbsp;on our list of stunning high jewellery watches comes courtesy of Swiss luxury watch and jewellery maker Piaget. The Limelight Gala Precious Sunrise is an automatic movement that features an eye-catching 32mm 18K white gold case and a bezel&nbsp;set with 32 brilliant-cut blue sapphires and 10 brilliant-cut diamonds, all of which were carefully sifted through to create the seamlessly flowing gradient that outlines the snowy, diamond embellished dial mixed with different-sized gemstones — a true beauty for the modern-day woman.&nbsp;
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<a href="https://www.franckmuller.com/double-mystery-peony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Franck Muller Double Mystery Peony</a> 
Next up, a marriage between haute horology and haute couture comes through a combination of technical innovation and the art of watchmaking – the intricately detailed Double Mystery Peony from Swiss horology brand Frank Muller.&nbsp;The 42mm mechanical complication, powered by a 42 DM PEONY D 2R CD movement, boasts a gorgeous gem-studded dial replete with 662 brilliant-cut diamonds and precious stones, all of which were painstakingly hand-set.&nbsp;Further accentuating its avant-garde aesthetics are the hour and minute indicators, which are placed on rotating discs at its centre.&nbsp;
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<a href="https://www.cartier.hk/en-hk/collections/watches/women-s-watches/baignoire.html?&amp;mid=2300e0n25828&amp;mkwid=s_dc&amp;pcrid=441800671607&amp;kword=%2Bcartier%20%2Bbaignoire%20%2Bwatches&amp;match=b&amp;plid=&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwn6GGBhADEiwAruUcKpmvO2zntL8MIXfjOqE5rP7qNTGov32tI8SzCEs3rNXh_Jug05vz1BoCwaoQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cartier Libre Baignoire Turtle</a> 
Rounding out our list of high jewellery watches is luxury maison Cartier&#8217;s limited-edition&nbsp;Libre Baignoire Turtle watch. Taking inspiration from its 2019&nbsp;Baignoire predecessor, just 30 pieces of this masterclass in jewellery watchmaking will be produced. Playful, sophisticated and all-but-guaranteed to ensnare any passing gaze, its geometric motif is punctuated with anthracite, buff-topped sapphires and&nbsp;pavé diamonds that together call to mind the scaling of a turtle&#8217;s shell.&nbsp;

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Wrist Candy: Five dazzling high jewellery watches to add to your collection

When renowned watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet invented the tourbillon back in 1795, it was rightly hailed as a revolution in the horological arts. After all, this tiny mechanism – a genius bit of engineering that houses the escapement and balance wheel in a continuously rotating cage – counteracts the effects of gravity by continuously correcting any positional errors. This innovative mechanism ensured that the popular pocket watches of the day – worn vertically and hitherto susceptible to gravity-derived inaccuracies – told precisely the right time no matter where they were positioned.
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In the contemporary, wristwatch-favouring era, of course, tourbillons are inevitably a little less indispensable. This, though, has in no way diminished their appeal to the more discerning collector, with haute horology houses subsequently never more keen to unveil ever-more ornate iterations of the original design. While their numbers truly are legion, seven in particular merit especial consideration…
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First up is the somewhat unconventional DB Kind of Two Tourbillon, a relatively new offering from independent Swiss watch manufacture De Bethune, which boasts not one but two distinct faces on its 42.8mm titanium pivoting case. On one side lies a traditional blue-on-white guilloché watch face with Arabic hour markers ringed by a seconds indicator. The reverse dial, though, is all about contemporary appeal, with a lovingly crafted titanium Ultra-light De Bethune 30” tourbillon taking pride of place at 6 o’clock. Blending the past and present with true aplomb, extra-supple alligator straps complete its appeal.
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A more futuristic twist, meanwhile, comes courtesy of Chopard with its new Mille Miglia Lab One. Conceived as a concept watch and a homage to the high-performance race cars of Italy’s famous Mille Miglia race, this stunning timepiece has been crafted from ultra-lightweight black bead-blasted titanium. The brand’s first self-winding tourbillon chronometer, under the hood of this 20-piece limited release can be found a Chopard 04.03-M movement, effortlessly powering a titanium tourbillon at 6 o’clock.
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Similarly opting for an ever so cool all-black aesthetic is the Octo Roma Carillon Tourbillon, which is now available from the indisputably luxurious Bulgari brand. Fetchingly, its noir fascia comes fitted with an open-worked metallic grille, allowing a fascinating glimpse of its new BVL428 manual-winding movement. Housed in a black DLC titanium case, this 44mm timepiece effectively combines both a tourbillon and a three-hammer case while maintaining a minimalist – almost industrial – flair.
<a href="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-56675" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon.jpg" alt="Master Ultra Thin Tourbillon Moon" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gafencu-time-gmhk-gravity-defying-watch-tourbillon-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Master-Ultra-Thin-Tourbillon-Moon-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a>
Deservedly meriting our fourth slot is the stunningly slim Master Ultra-Thin Tourbillon Moon&nbsp;from Jaeger-LeCoultre, which comes complete with a classic white-on-rose gold motif. Unashamedly taking tourbillon stylings to a new height – quite literally – this elegant wrist adornment’s flying tourbillon is paired with a moon phase aperture ringed by a jumping date indicator at the top of the dial. The design’s thinness – something of a signature look for JLC – belies the complexity of its engineering and measures a scant 12.1mm.
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Another precision engineering masterpiece setting its sights on the skies is the Code 11:59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon, with its 18K pink gold case – burnished with a shimmering black aventurine dial reminiscent of a star-lit night sky – making it a real standout. Equipped with a Calibre 2950 movement that combines a flying tourbillon with a central rotor, this 41mm timepiece is also available as a white gold-blue aventurine avatar.
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For those in search of something a little more outré, German luxury label Montblanc’s new Star Legacy Exo Tourbillon Skeleton Limited Edition 8&nbsp;skeletonised tourbillon timepiece delivers in spades. Its innovative open-worked approach, for instance, affords direct views into the inner workings of its Calibre M B M 18.69 movement – a mechanism comprising 188 disparate parts, all lovingly handcrafted by the maison’s skilled artisans. Its dial proper, meanwhile, has been neatly bisected, with an off-centre hour-and-minute dial at 12 o’clock perfectly balancing the Exo Tourbillon on its southern hemisphere. As its name suggests, this fine example of haute horology is available in a limited edition of just eight.
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A true statement timepiece, however, concludes this month’s round-up – Vacheron Constantin’s recently-unveiled Traditionnelle Tourbillon Qilin. Launched to welcome the Lunar New Year, its hand-guillochéd black dial comes elaborately burnished with a pair of matching hand-engraved Qilin – the mythical hooved chimeric creature of Chinese legend. The tourbillon proper at 6 o’clock, meanwhile, comes fitted with a small seconds indicator and sits beneath a gold-accented power-reserve indicator. A perfect blend of precision engineering and gorgeous aesthetics, this is a future collector’s piece in waiting.

Tourbillon and on: The continual rise of the world’s favourite gravity defying watch…

Intricate, sophisticated watches have been something of a staple in the blockbuster&nbsp;Kingsman series, and the latest instalment &#8211;&nbsp;The King&#8217;s Man, set to release in Hong Kong threatres come September 17th&nbsp;&#8211; looks to be no different. To fill in the time until the movie releases, though, haute horology enthusiasts can have something of a sneak peek courtesy of a special partnership between luxury watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre and MR PORTER, the online fashion portal dubbed the Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Watch.&nbsp;
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Available exclusively on MR PORTER, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Watch actually features as part of the upcoming motion picture&#8217;s costume collection. With&nbsp;The King&#8217;s Man set to transport audiences some 100 years into the past to the founding of the Kingsmen agency, the wrist candy is set to be limited to a release of just 100 pieces. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-51700" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27.jpg" alt="Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Watch: Just 1.85mm thick" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/700x466-27-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />
Similarly looking to its past, Jaeger-LeCoultre&#8217;s new design harks back to a 1907 pocket watch predecessor named &#8216;Couteau&#8217;, or &#8216;knife&#8217; in French, and is equally sleek and slim at just 1.85mm thick. Fitted with an in-house calibre 849 movement, the Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Watch is available now until September 6th.&nbsp;
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Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Watch: A limited-edition release

In the grand scheme of things, it wasn’t all that long ago that women’s watches were something an afterthought, largely uninspired designs with only the most basic of functions. They were, indeed, poor relations to the ever-more stunning, complex and precise pieces that constituted chap-oriented chronometers. This was, of course, because the majority of horological houses were solely preoccupied with churning out macho statement timepieces in the belief that men would always be the primary purchasers of high-end horological items.
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That, of course, has all changed over the course of the last 10 years, with the more elegant lady watch-loving collectors now accounting for a significant proportion of international timepiece sales. As a consequence, the watchmaking industry has risen to the challenge of reinventing the outdated design aesthetics and mechanics that once characterised the watches-for-women sector. Indeed, gone are the days when petite, nondescript wrist accessories were deemed to suffice. In their place is a new generation of intricate, chronologically advanced mechanisms that are more than a match for their male counterparts in terms of stature. Of these, we’d recommend six femme-focused timepieces for your particular perusal…
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First up is Breguet, with its all-new Marine Dame 9518 encapsulating a cool aquatic aesthetic. This is largely thanks to its beautifully hand-guillochéd wave-motif blue mother-of-pearl dial, fetchingly enhanced with a diamond-set bezel. Under the hood, the balance spring, escape wheel and lever have been ably crafted from ultra-lightweight silicon, with the self-winding Calibre 591A movement – visible through the transparent sapphire crystal caseback – extending to powering a date indicator. Water resistant to 50m, blue leather straps complete its memorably maritime appeal.
<figure id="attachment_51246" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-51246" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-51246" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-IWC-Portofino-Automatic-34.jpg" alt="Femme-focused timepieces - IWC Portofino Automatic 34" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-IWC-Portofino-Automatic-34.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-IWC-Portofino-Automatic-34-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-IWC-Portofino-Automatic-34-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-IWC-Portofino-Automatic-34-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-IWC-Portofino-Automatic-34-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-51246" class="wp-caption-text">IWC Portofino Automatic 34</figcaption></figure>
Another unusual design comes courtesy of renowned Swiss watchmaker IWC in the form of its defiantly distinct Portofino Automatic 34. Boasting an 18K 5N gold case ringed with 92 diamonds, its dial is all entrancingly silver-plated and fetchingly embossed, bestowing upon it a glamorously glittering sheen. Powering this 34mm style icon is a Calibre 35100 movement, complete with a 42-hour power reserve. Four other fresh-out-of-the-workshop models of the Portofino 34 are also available, all with an easy quick strap change system, giving wearers the option of matching a different look to their particular mood.
<figure id="attachment_51250" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-51250" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-51250" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Zenith-Elite-Moonphase.jpg" alt="Femme-focused timepieces - Zenith Elite Moonphase" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Zenith-Elite-Moonphase.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Zenith-Elite-Moonphase-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Zenith-Elite-Moonphase-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Zenith-Elite-Moonphase-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Zenith-Elite-Moonphase-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-51250" class="wp-caption-text">Zenith Elite Moonphase</figcaption></figure>
Looking more aloft for inspiration, meanwhile, is Swiss manufacturer Zenith’s Elite Moonphase. With its silvery white dial burnished with a sunray-patterned motif, it comes neatly punctuated with a small running seconds hand at the nine o’clock slot. Housed in a slimly-elegant rose gold case and ringed with a diamond-set bezel, the jewel in its particular crown is undoubtedly its blue six-o’clock-set moonphase indicator.
<figure id="attachment_51247" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-51247" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-51247" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Reverso-One-Duetto.jpg" alt="Femme-focused timepieces - Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Duetto" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Reverso-One-Duetto.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Reverso-One-Duetto-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Reverso-One-Duetto-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Reverso-One-Duetto-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaeger-LeCoultre-Reverso-One-Duetto-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-51247" class="wp-caption-text">Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Duetto</figcaption></figure>
In a departure from the usual circular case scenario, Jaeger-LeCoultre opted for a rectangular frame for its new Reverso One Duetto. Taking its inspiration from an earlier ’30s innovation, this red-hued hour-tracker was conceived with flexibility very much in mind. Its front face, restrained yet refined, is just about perfect for everyday wear, while its reverse side is all opulent elegance, led by a shimmering burgundy lacquered dial with the hour markers stretching outwards sunray-style.
<figure id="attachment_51248" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-51248" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-51248" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaquet-Droz-Lady-8-Petite-Ruby-Heart.jpg" alt="Femme-focused timepieces - Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Petite Ruby Heart" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaquet-Droz-Lady-8-Petite-Ruby-Heart.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaquet-Droz-Lady-8-Petite-Ruby-Heart-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaquet-Droz-Lady-8-Petite-Ruby-Heart-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaquet-Droz-Lady-8-Petite-Ruby-Heart-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Jaquet-Droz-Lady-8-Petite-Ruby-Heart-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-51248" class="wp-caption-text">Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Petite Ruby Heart</figcaption></figure>
Similarly opting for a bold scarlet style is the delicate Lady 8 Petite Ruby Heart, the latest offering from Jaquet Droz. Available in a limited edition of just 28, it measures a mere 25mm in diameter, but its diminutive dimensions are more than made up for by the intricacies of its design. Ringed with diamonds and set in a rose gold case, this alluring piece of rococo wrist enhancement is crafted in the brand’s iconic figure-eight form. Its lower half is all minimal grace, with its ruby heart dial featuring solely hour and minute hands. The upper segment, by contrast, is all whimsical flourish, while housing a ruby ball bearing that swivels freely in line with any movement of the wrist.
<figure id="attachment_51249" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-51249" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-51249" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Panthère-de-Cartier-Watch.jpg" alt="Femme-focused timepieces - Panthère de Cartier Watch" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Panthère-de-Cartier-Watch.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Panthère-de-Cartier-Watch-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Panthère-de-Cartier-Watch-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Panthère-de-Cartier-Watch-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Femme-focused-timepieces-Panthère-de-Cartier-Watch-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-51249" class="wp-caption-text">Panthère de Cartier Watch</figcaption></figure>
In the coveted number six slot on our list of femme-focused timepieces comes one of the most outré lady’s timepiece currently on offer – Cartier’s all-new Panthère de Cartier Watch, a tribute to the marque’s much-feted twin expertise in fashioning fine jewellery and watchmaking. The watch proper – a 22mm wide yellow gold case with a gem-set bezel and diamond hour marker – comes mounted with the inevitable bejewelled panther, an iconic Cartier emblem since 1914. Arresting, attention-grabbing and unabashedly conspicuous, it stands as an apt homage to the indomitable spirit of womankind.

Fairer Secs: Making time for the ladies with these femme-focused timepieces

It’s no secret that, pretty much since it was invented by Thomas Mudge, an intrepid English watchmaker, back in 1762, the perpetual calendar has taken pride of place on the fascia of countless treasured timepieces from many of the world’s most well-loved haute horology houses. For the uninitiated, these are mechanisms capable of not only keeping track of the date, day and month, but also of every passing year – including leap years. In the case of most currently available models, their movements can remain untweaked until 2100 at the very least.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-45988" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs.jpg" alt="Perpetual calendar designs" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Perpetual-calendar-designs-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />
Today, despite the time and effort that go into creating these notoriously complex complications, there is no shortage of innovative new iterations. A particularly admirable example comes courtesy of <a href="https://www.chopard.com/intl/watches">Chopard</a> in the form of its L.U.C Perpetual T Spirit of the Dragon and the Pearl. A homage to the Tian Long dragons of classical Chinese mythology, two such beasts majestically adorn the watch’s beautifully hand-engraved rose gold case – a process said to require some 200 hours of work by one of the brand’s finest artisans. The dial proper then boasts a tourbillon at 6 o’clock, while the perpetual calendar indicators can be found at 3 and 9 o’clock. Fitted with a hand-wound Calibre L.U.C 02.15-L movement as standard, this one-of-a-kind timepiece is a collectors’ item in waiting.
<figure id="attachment_45980" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45980" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-45980" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-L.U.C-Perpetual-T-Spirit-of-the-Dragon-and-the-Pearl-by-Chopard.jpg" alt="1 L.U.C Perpetual T Spirit of the Dragon and the Pearl by Chopard" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-L.U.C-Perpetual-T-Spirit-of-the-Dragon-and-the-Pearl-by-Chopard.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-L.U.C-Perpetual-T-Spirit-of-the-Dragon-and-the-Pearl-by-Chopard-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-L.U.C-Perpetual-T-Spirit-of-the-Dragon-and-the-Pearl-by-Chopard-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-L.U.C-Perpetual-T-Spirit-of-the-Dragon-and-the-Pearl-by-Chopard-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1-L.U.C-Perpetual-T-Spirit-of-the-Dragon-and-the-Pearl-by-Chopard-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-45980" class="wp-caption-text">L.U.C Perpetual T Spirit of the Dragon and the Pearl by Chopard</figcaption></figure>
Eschewing the outré in favour of the more minimalist, <a href="https://www.montblanc.com/en/collection/watches.html">Montblanc’s</a> Heritage Perpetual Calendar opts for a truly timeless white-rose gold combination. A 100-piece limited-model, it boasts a moon phase movement and a dual-time function, as well as its duly-forefronted perpetual complication. One particularly adept addition is a nifty new safety feature that prevents users from adjusting the chronogram between the hours of 9pm and 3am – a move that ensures its precision mechanism remains tamper-free and its useful life is extended and optimised.
<figure id="attachment_45981" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45981" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-45981" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2-Montblanc’s-Heritage-Perpetual-Calendar.jpg" alt="2 Montblanc’s Heritage Perpetual Calendar" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2-Montblanc’s-Heritage-Perpetual-Calendar.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2-Montblanc’s-Heritage-Perpetual-Calendar-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2-Montblanc’s-Heritage-Perpetual-Calendar-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2-Montblanc’s-Heritage-Perpetual-Calendar-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2-Montblanc’s-Heritage-Perpetual-Calendar-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-45981" class="wp-caption-text">Montblanc’s Heritage Perpetual Calendar</figcaption></figure>
Delightfully clean counters are also on offer from <a href="https://www.alange-soehne.com/en/home">A Lange &amp; Söhne</a> and have been ably enshrined in its blue-and-white Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “25th Anniversary”. Beneath its dazzling dial – elegantly embellished with an off-key, off-centre hour-and-minute subdial, a moon phase display and day-date-month indicators – beats the house’s legendary Calibre L082.1, a self-winding movement that’s so complex it comprises 624 individual parts. With a hidden subdial tourbillon only adding to its sophistication, it is daringly debonair yet unobtrusively opulent.
<figure id="attachment_45982" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45982" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-45982" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-Lange-1-Tourbillon-Perpetual-Calendar-“25th-Anniversary”-by-A-Lange-and-Sohne.jpg" alt="3 Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “25th Anniversary” by A Lange and Sohne" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-Lange-1-Tourbillon-Perpetual-Calendar-“25th-Anniversary”-by-A-Lange-and-Sohne.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-Lange-1-Tourbillon-Perpetual-Calendar-“25th-Anniversary”-by-A-Lange-and-Sohne-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-Lange-1-Tourbillon-Perpetual-Calendar-“25th-Anniversary”-by-A-Lange-and-Sohne-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-Lange-1-Tourbillon-Perpetual-Calendar-“25th-Anniversary”-by-A-Lange-and-Sohne-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3-Lange-1-Tourbillon-Perpetual-Calendar-“25th-Anniversary”-by-A-Lange-and-Sohne-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-45982" class="wp-caption-text">Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “25th Anniversary” by A Lange and Sohne</figcaption></figure>
Again sporting an eminently elegant blue-and-white gold livery is the Master Ultra Thin Perpetual Enamel, one of the latest offerings from the ever-innovative house of <a href="https://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/">Jaeger-LeCoultre</a>. Elegantly showcasing the marque’s renowned artisanal craftsmanship, its hand-guilloché dial is the perfect counterpoint to its fascia-featured perpetual complication and moon phase movements. Polished and poised, this ultra-slim limited-edition model is an apt homage to beautiful yet intricate watchmaking at its very finest.
<figure id="attachment_45983" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45983" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-45983" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4-Master-Ultra-Thin-Perpetual-Enamel-by-Jaeger-LeCoultre.jpg" alt="4 Master Ultra Thin Perpetual Enamel by Jaeger-LeCoultre" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4-Master-Ultra-Thin-Perpetual-Enamel-by-Jaeger-LeCoultre.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4-Master-Ultra-Thin-Perpetual-Enamel-by-Jaeger-LeCoultre-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4-Master-Ultra-Thin-Perpetual-Enamel-by-Jaeger-LeCoultre-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4-Master-Ultra-Thin-Perpetual-Enamel-by-Jaeger-LeCoultre-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4-Master-Ultra-Thin-Perpetual-Enamel-by-Jaeger-LeCoultre-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-45983" class="wp-caption-text">Master Ultra Thin Perpetual Enamel by Jaeger-LeCoultre</figcaption></figure>
Acknowledging the current ascendancy of the super-slim look, <a href="https://www.vacheron-constantin.com/en4/home.html">Vacheron Constantin’s</a> new Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar, meanwhile, weighs in with a positively waif-like depth of 5.7mm, a feat made more miraculous still by the fact its sensationally-slender width houses a perpetual calendar, a moon phase and a minute repeater. Powering all this is the remarkable manual-winding Calibre 1731 movement, a feat of precision engineering comprising 438 individual wafer-thin components. One of the true hero pieces in the watchmaker’s widely-admired Les Cabinotiers range, only two one-off versions – one in white gold and one in pink gold – are ever destined to see the light of day.
<figure id="attachment_45984" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45984" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-45984" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5-Vacheron-Constantins-Minute-Repeater-Perpetual-Calendar.jpg" alt="5 Vacheron Constantin's Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5-Vacheron-Constantins-Minute-Repeater-Perpetual-Calendar.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5-Vacheron-Constantins-Minute-Repeater-Perpetual-Calendar-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5-Vacheron-Constantins-Minute-Repeater-Perpetual-Calendar-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5-Vacheron-Constantins-Minute-Repeater-Perpetual-Calendar-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5-Vacheron-Constantins-Minute-Repeater-Perpetual-Calendar-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-45984" class="wp-caption-text">Vacheron Constantin&#8217;s Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar</figcaption></figure>
With its eye firmly on the Asian market, for its part, <a href="https://www.blancpain.com/en">Blancpain</a> has opted to release an exclusive boutique version of its rightly-lauded Villeret Quantième Perpétuel. Available in a limited edition of just 88, the white gold case of the original has been upgraded to platinum, while its redesigned dial rejoices in an all-new sunray-brushed deep blue hue. In a particularly deft move, Blancpain has also damage-proofed the perpetual calendar via an integral security system within the self-winding Calibre 5954 movement.
<figure id="attachment_45985" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45985" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-45985" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Blancpains-Villeret-Quantième-Perpétuel.jpg" alt="6 Blancpain's Villeret Quantième Perpétuel" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Blancpains-Villeret-Quantième-Perpétuel.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Blancpains-Villeret-Quantième-Perpétuel-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Blancpains-Villeret-Quantième-Perpétuel-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Blancpains-Villeret-Quantième-Perpétuel-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6-Blancpains-Villeret-Quantième-Perpétuel-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-45985" class="wp-caption-text">Blancpain&#8217;s Villeret Quantième Perpétuel</figcaption></figure>
The title of Perpetual Calendar King – were it on offer – though, would surely go to <a href="https://www.patek.com/en/home">Patek Philippe</a>, long considered among the most masterful of marques when it comes to grand complications. As proof incontestable, the latest iteration of its Grandmaster Chime Ref.6300G-010 is undoubtedly its most complex to date, a title attested to by its incorporation of 20 individual complications.
<figure id="attachment_45986" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-45986" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-45986" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Grandmaster-Chime-Ref.6300G-010-by-Patek-Philippe.jpg" alt="7 Grandmaster Chime Ref.6300G-010 by Patek Philippe" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Grandmaster-Chime-Ref.6300G-010-by-Patek-Philippe.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Grandmaster-Chime-Ref.6300G-010-by-Patek-Philippe-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Grandmaster-Chime-Ref.6300G-010-by-Patek-Philippe-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Grandmaster-Chime-Ref.6300G-010-by-Patek-Philippe-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7-Grandmaster-Chime-Ref.6300G-010-by-Patek-Philippe-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-45986" class="wp-caption-text">Grandmaster Chime Ref.6300G-010 by Patek Philippe</figcaption></figure>
With a touch of the avant-garde, its entire case can be rotated around its lug connection points, with both fascia deployed to display its intricate inner workings – which, in addition to the perpetual complication, include five different chiming modes, a second time zone display with day / night indicator and a moon phase. In a knowing nod to the kind of wealthy, debonair gentlemen likely to sport such a horological high-water mark, each watch comes boxed with complimentary complementing cufflinks boasting the same blue opaline-on-white gold motif as this truly timeless timepiece.
Text: Tenzing Thondup

Perpetual Bliss: A round-up of the latest perpetual calendar watches

No matter how nice a watch you got for Christmas or just which top timepiece you wielded as you ticked down the dying seconds of 2018 in Victoria Harbour, your head was probably half-elsewhere – almost certainly more than 9,500km away in Geneva, the second-largest city in Switzerland and – far more importantly – home to the annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). An event that almost every true haute horologist across the world looks forward to, more than 20,000 of them make an annual pilgrimage to the Salon to see just what the world of watches has in store for the coming year…
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-42626" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH.jpg" alt="Best watches from SIHH" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Best-watches-from-SIHH-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />
As ever, the 2019 edition – the 29th iteration of the event – saw hundreds of dazzling dials, burnished bezels and marvellous movements all unveiled for the many keen acolytes of accurate timekeeping in attendance. While, in truth, every one was a wonder of watchmaking wizardry, seven superb, collector-friendly chronographs particularly stood out…
<figure id="attachment_42628" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42628" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42628" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cartier-Libre-Collection-Baignoire-Allongée-Black.jpg" alt="Cartier Libre Collection Baignoire Allongée Black" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cartier-Libre-Collection-Baignoire-Allongée-Black.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cartier-Libre-Collection-Baignoire-Allongée-Black-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cartier-Libre-Collection-Baignoire-Allongée-Black-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cartier-Libre-Collection-Baignoire-Allongée-Black-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cartier-Libre-Collection-Baignoire-Allongée-Black-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42628" class="wp-caption-text">Cartier Libre Collection Baignoire Allongée Black</figcaption></figure>
In a knowing nod to the rise of watch-minded women everywhere, Cartier opted to use the event as the launchpad for the latest additions to its Cartier Libre Collection. Multicoloured, multi-faceted and bejewelled to the hilt, each of these distinctly avant-garde timepieces was an apt celebration of the beauty of non-conformity, complete with a selection of unconventional bezels and dials that proved both sophisticated and playful.
<figure id="attachment_42631" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42631" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42631" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Piaget-Altiplano-–-36mm.jpg" alt="Piaget Altiplano – 36mm" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Piaget-Altiplano-–-36mm.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Piaget-Altiplano-–-36mm-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Piaget-Altiplano-–-36mm-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Piaget-Altiplano-–-36mm-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Piaget-Altiplano-–-36mm-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42631" class="wp-caption-text">Piaget Altiplano – 36mm</figcaption></figure>
Piaget, meanwhile, opted for a subtler approach, with its undeniably understated Piaget Altiplano – 36mm boasting a classic dark blue-white gold combination, while a selection of baguette-cut diamonds proved fine enhancements to its bezel and hour markers. With an ultrathin Calibre 430P movement as standard, this 36mm watch was made for the wrist of a truly femme fashionista.
<figure id="attachment_42629" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42629" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42629" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultres-Master-Ultra-Thin-Moon-Enamel.jpg" alt="Jaeger-LeCoultre's Master Ultra Thin Moon Enamel" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultres-Master-Ultra-Thin-Moon-Enamel.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultres-Master-Ultra-Thin-Moon-Enamel-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultres-Master-Ultra-Thin-Moon-Enamel-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultres-Master-Ultra-Thin-Moon-Enamel-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultres-Master-Ultra-Thin-Moon-Enamel-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42629" class="wp-caption-text">Jaeger-LeCoultre&#8217;s Master Ultra Thin Moon Enamel</figcaption></figure>
Debonair gentlemen looking for a similarly uncluttered conceit were best steered towards Jaeger-LeCoultre’s elegant Master Ultra Thin Moon Enamel. Once again, a blue-and-white gold colour scheme dominated, with the watch’s handcrafted guilloché blue enamel dial an apt showcase of the marque’s artisanal skills. Just over 10mm in depth, its crowning jewel is undoubtedly its reworked 6 o’clock moon-phase setting.
<figure id="attachment_42624" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42624" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42624" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arceau-78-by-Hermès.jpg" alt="Arceau 78 by Hermès" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arceau-78-by-Hermès.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arceau-78-by-Hermès-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arceau-78-by-Hermès-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arceau-78-by-Hermès-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Arceau-78-by-Hermès-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42624" class="wp-caption-text">Arceau 78 by Hermès</figcaption></figure>
Another fine example of the ‘less is more’ conceit was Hermès’ Arceau 78. A model first made public in 1978, this latest incarnation features a fetchingly grained anthracite dial, intriguingly ringed by a matte beat-blasted bezel. In a break from tradition, its numeral hour markers are slightly italicised, giving the look of a horse at full gallop. Dubbed a Very Large Model (40mm) and fitted with natural Barénia calf straps, this is minimalism to the max.
<figure id="attachment_42627" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42627" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42627" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Big-Pilot’s-Watch-Constant-Force-Tourbillon-Edition-“Le-Petit-Prince”-by-IWC.jpg" alt="Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition “Le Petit Prince” by IWC" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Big-Pilot’s-Watch-Constant-Force-Tourbillon-Edition-“Le-Petit-Prince”-by-IWC.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Big-Pilot’s-Watch-Constant-Force-Tourbillon-Edition-“Le-Petit-Prince”-by-IWC-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Big-Pilot’s-Watch-Constant-Force-Tourbillon-Edition-“Le-Petit-Prince”-by-IWC-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Big-Pilot’s-Watch-Constant-Force-Tourbillon-Edition-“Le-Petit-Prince”-by-IWC-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Big-Pilot’s-Watch-Constant-Force-Tourbillon-Edition-“Le-Petit-Prince”-by-IWC-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42627" class="wp-caption-text">Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition “Le Petit Prince” by IWC</figcaption></figure>
Moving to the somewhat sportier end of the spectrum, IWC had on offer a very special limited edition – the Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition “Le Petit Prince”. Created in collaboration with the estate of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (the author of The Little Prince), just 10 such items will be made. The product of a truly unique partnership, it is both the first pilot watch ever to feature a constant force tourbillon and the first to be fashioned from a special, ultraresistant red gold. In another plus, its perpetual moon phase complication won’t require any adjustment until at least 2595.
<figure id="attachment_42630" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42630" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42630" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Panerai-Submersible-Chrono-–-Guillaume-Néry-Edition.jpg" alt="Panerai Submersible Chrono – Guillaume Néry Edition" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Panerai-Submersible-Chrono-–-Guillaume-Néry-Edition.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Panerai-Submersible-Chrono-–-Guillaume-Néry-Edition-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Panerai-Submersible-Chrono-–-Guillaume-Néry-Edition-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Panerai-Submersible-Chrono-–-Guillaume-Néry-Edition-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Panerai-Submersible-Chrono-–-Guillaume-Néry-Edition-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42630" class="wp-caption-text">Panerai Submersible Chrono – Guillaume Néry Edition</figcaption></figure>
Eschewing outer space for deep sea depths, Panerai introduced a timepiece co-authored with Guillaume Néry, the French free-diving champion – the Panerai Submersible Chrono – Guillaume Néry Edition. Combining performance, strength and reliability, its robust and waterproof titanium case, its unidirectional rotating bezel and its luminescent hour markers have all been designed with the safety of underwater explorers very much in mind.
<figure id="attachment_42625" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42625" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42625" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Audemars-Piguets-Royal-Oak-Offshore-Chronograph-“Camo”.jpg" alt="Audemars Piguet's Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph “Camo”" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Audemars-Piguets-Royal-Oak-Offshore-Chronograph-“Camo”.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Audemars-Piguets-Royal-Oak-Offshore-Chronograph-“Camo”-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Audemars-Piguets-Royal-Oak-Offshore-Chronograph-“Camo”-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Audemars-Piguets-Royal-Oak-Offshore-Chronograph-“Camo”-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Audemars-Piguets-Royal-Oak-Offshore-Chronograph-“Camo”-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42625" class="wp-caption-text">Audemars Piguet&#8217;s Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph “Camo”</figcaption></figure>
And finally, rounding out this year’s list of SIHH standouts were the latest additions to Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Offshore collection – the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph “Camo”. Of the three new versions, it is perhaps the company’s first-ever brownceramic chronogram that merits most approbation. Crafted in pink gold and mounted on caramel-and-brown camouflage rubber straps, an extra-large Mega Tapisserie chequerboard guillochéd dial completes this 44mm watch’s rugged appeal.
Once again, SIHH did not disappoint, allowing all attendees a tantalising glimpse of many of the latest trends in global haute horology. From marvellously minimalist designs to super-sporty standouts, from artisanal avant gardery to precision-built mechanical marvels, no technique lacked a true showpiece, no style was bereft of a standard-bearer and no complication was denied its day in the Swiss sunshine. And, take heart, the next SIHH showcase is now just over a year away.
Text: Tenzing Thondup

SIHH Standouts: Highlights from the Geneva-based haute horology fair

It&#8217;s no secret that the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) watch fair kicks off the watch industry&#8217;s annual calendar each year. Last month, the 29th iteration of the illustrious showcase kicked off in Geneva, with some of the world&#8217;s leading watchmakers unveiling some serious showstoppers in a bid to be the Brand with the Best Watch. From the hundreds of newly launched timepieces, here are four fabulous watches that particularly caught our eye at SIHH 2019.
<figure id="attachment_42329" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42329" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42329" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultre-Rendez-Vous-Night-and-Day-Jewellery-watch.jpg" alt="SIHH 2019: Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Night and Day Jewellery watch" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultre-Rendez-Vous-Night-and-Day-Jewellery-watch.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultre-Rendez-Vous-Night-and-Day-Jewellery-watch-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultre-Rendez-Vous-Night-and-Day-Jewellery-watch-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultre-Rendez-Vous-Night-and-Day-Jewellery-watch-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Jaeger-LeCoultre-Rendez-Vous-Night-and-Day-Jewellery-watch-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42329" class="wp-caption-text">Jaeger-LeCoultre –&nbsp;Rendez-Vous&nbsp;Night and Day Jewellery</figcaption></figure>
<a href="https://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/hk/en/watches/rendez-vous/rendez-vous-night-and-day-medium/3448430.html">Jaeger-LeCoultre</a> Rendez-Vous Night &amp; Day Jewellery
Watch-minded women were not left wanting at SIHH 2019, with a veritable slew of wrist candy designs up for grabs. Of these, perhaps Jaeger-LeCoultre&#8217;s new Rendez-Vous Night &amp; Day Jewellery is worth a more serious look-see. Created with an eye-catching diamond-and-mother-of-pearl conceit, the day/night indicator at 6 o&#8217;clock further burnishes its sophisticated appeal. Fitted with an automatic movement, both pink and white gold models of this 36mm timepiece are equally chic – a fitting addition to the wrists of any femme fashionista.
<figure id="attachment_42331" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42331" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42331" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger.jpg" alt="SIHH 2019: Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Imperial Tiger" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Imperial-Tiger-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42331" class="wp-caption-text">Vacheron Constantin – Les Cabinotiers Imperial Tiger</figcaption></figure>
<a href="http://www.vacheron-constantin.com/en4/home.html">Vacheron Constantin</a> Les Cabinotiers Imperial Tiger
Long known for its dedication to precision handcraftsmanship and creative flair, Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin did not disappoint at SIHH 2019. Several stunning one-of-a-kind additions to its Mécaniques Sauvages range were unveiled, each boasting a unique combination of wood marquetry and &#8216;bas-relief&#8217; artisanal designs, paired enticingly with a majestic animal motif. Among these models, it was perhaps the Les Cabinotiers Imperial Tiger that truly stood out, with the eponymous golden tiger perched mid-prowl atop a rockface and surrounded by foliage.
<figure id="attachment_42330" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42330" style="width: 700px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42330" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off.jpg" alt="SIHH 2019: Roger Dubuis Excalibur One-Off" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Roger-Dubuis-Excalibur-One-Off-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42330" class="wp-caption-text">Roger Dubuis – Excalibur One-Off</figcaption></figure>
<a href="https://www.rogerdubuis.com/watches/excalibur/excalibur-one-off-rddbex0765/">Roger Dubuis</a> Excalibur One-Off
Roger Dubuis, with its penchant for all things avant garde, pulled back the curtains on its all-new Excalibur One-Off. The latest instalment of its successful partnership with Italian motoring marque, Lamborghini, this sporty chronogram was inspired by the recently-launched Lamborghini SC18 Alston supercar. Boasting clean lines, an aggressively-styled fascia and bezel in a bold red-black theme, the jewel in its crown is undoubtedly the double flying tourbillon placed at 4 and 8 o&#8217;clock.&nbsp;
<figure id="attachment_42328" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-42328" style="width: 466px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-42328" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIRARD-PERREGAUX-Cosmos-Soldat.jpg" alt="SIHH 2019: Girard-Perregaux Bridges Cosmos" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIRARD-PERREGAUX-Cosmos-Soldat.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIRARD-PERREGAUX-Cosmos-Soldat-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIRARD-PERREGAUX-Cosmos-Soldat-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIRARD-PERREGAUX-Cosmos-Soldat-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/GIRARD-PERREGAUX-Cosmos-Soldat-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-42328" class="wp-caption-text">Girard-Perregaux – Bridges Cosmos</figcaption></figure>
<a href="https://www.girard-perregaux.com/en/bridges/cosmos-99292-21-651-ba6f">Girard-Perregaux</a> Bridges Cosmos
Swiss watchmaker Girard-Perregaux, meanwhile, opted to look beyond terra firma to the cosmos as inspiration for its Bridges Cosmos. Heralded as being &#8216;a new dialogue between earth and sky&#8217;, this outré timepiece is aptly fitted with two globes – a miniature Earth and a micro star chart – that take centrestage on its generously spacious dial. If that weren&#8217;t enough, this all-encompassing creation also boasts a tourbillon and a second time zone indicator as well, a move sure to inspire interest from even the most discerning haute horlogerie enthusiast to peruse the veritable treasure trove of horological designs to bless SIHH 2019.
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Wrist Candy: Four fabulous watches that caught our eye at SIHH 2019

Whether you&#8217;re truly invested in astrology or just appreciate its aesthetic value, it&#8217;s hard to resist the temptation of showing off your zodiac sign with a darling little accessory. And how could you refuse when&nbsp;the conversation and craze around sun signs is at its peak now, with the turn of the year leaving everyone wondering just what their stars have in store for them, come 2019! Indeed, the stars themselves seem aligned to the trend with many designers such as <a href="https://www.chanel.com">Chanel</a> and Givenchy already embracing the star signs constellations and element characteristics to pattern their pretty pieces whether it be shoes, jewellery, or even candles.
Here at Gafencu we want to help you embrace your sun sign and show off to the world the persona it embodies. So whether you&#8217;re a fiery Leo who&#8217;s comfortable in the spotlight or a Virgo doing their best to stay fashionable and minimalist at once, we&#8217;ve got you covered with these dreamy statement pieces.
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Text: Bailey Atkinson

Astro-inspiring: Our top picks for luxury astrology accessories

Every year, a select band of haute horology enthusiasts set off, pilgrim-style, to explore the wonders of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), Geneva’s annual and highly-exclusive watch-fest.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34567 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights.jpg" alt="SIHH Highlights" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SIHH-Highlights-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />
Set two months before the mighty Baselworld, the January-held SIHH gives all true chronographic aficionados their first opportunity to get a sense of how the year is likely to sit in the annals of all things timepiece.
And, if the 2018 event was anything to go by, the next 12 months are set to prove vintage for all those rightly mesmerised by fine mechanical movements. Overall, a staggering number of designs, with intricacy and intrigue matched in equal parts, made their debut in Switzerland’s second city. While it would be folly to try and list all of the event’s highlights in one brief article, a few items clearly merited particular mention.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34563 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JLC-Reverso-Tribute-Duoface.jpg" alt="JLC Reverso Tribute Duoface" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JLC-Reverso-Tribute-Duoface.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JLC-Reverso-Tribute-Duoface-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JLC-Reverso-Tribute-Duoface-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JLC-Reverso-Tribute-Duoface-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/JLC-Reverso-Tribute-Duoface-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" />
Resurrected, re-invented classics always receive a warm welcome at the SIHH with <a href="http://www.jaeger-lecoultre.com/hk/en/home-page.html">Jaeger-LeCoultre</a>’s Reverso Tribute Duoface proving no exception. Reviving the marque’s iconic flippable Reverso face – a feature that debuted back in 1931 – the new model fetchingly mounts that self-same flipping mechanism on twotoned leather straps by Casa Fagliano, the rightly-famed Argentinean bootmaker.
Its slate-grey front dial ably displays hours, minutes and seconds, while its silvered Clous de Paris guilloché back features an additional day-night indicator. With the words “Limited Edition – One of 100” etched into its caseback, it simply couldn’t be more of a collectors’ item.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34568 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ulysse-Nardin-Diver-Deep-Dive.jpg" alt="Ulysse Nardin Diver Deep Dive" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ulysse-Nardin-Diver-Deep-Dive.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ulysse-Nardin-Diver-Deep-Dive-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ulysse-Nardin-Diver-Deep-Dive-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ulysse-Nardin-Diver-Deep-Dive-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ulysse-Nardin-Diver-Deep-Dive-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" />
<a href="https://www.ulysse-nardin.com/">Ulysses Nardin</a>, too, opted to immerse itself in its own regal past, taking its Diver Deep Dive model – one of the most famous manifestations of its legendary prowess in the nautically-engineered sector – to a whole new level. Water-resistant to 1,000 metres, this high-performance timepiece makes full use of the company’s proprietary UN-230 movement, while flaunting its maritime credentials through hammerheads on its crown guard, dial counter and caseback.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34569 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale.jpg" alt="Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Grand Complication Ornementale" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Vacheron-Constantin-Les-Cabinotiers-Grand-Complication-Ornementale-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />
<a href="http://www.vacheron-constantin.com/en4/home.html">Vacheron Constantin</a>, meanwhile, chose to revisit its more recent past with a comparatively swift upgrade to its 2005 masterpiece – the Tour de l’Ile. This fresh take – Les Cabinotiers Grand Complication ‘Ornementale’ – is simply audacious and boasts 16 unique complications.
While its front dial – resplendent with a minute repeater, tourbillon, perpetual calendar and sunrise/sunset indicators – is fulsome enough, its true beauty can be found on the caseback, where a dizzying array of astronomical complications await. At its very epicenter lies a fascinating sky chart, richly encircled by season, zodiac and moon phases indices.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34562 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A.-Lange-Sohne-1815-Tribute-to-Walter-Lange.jpg" alt="A. Lange &amp; Sohne 1815 Tribute to Walter Lange" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A.-Lange-Sohne-1815-Tribute-to-Walter-Lange.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A.-Lange-Sohne-1815-Tribute-to-Walter-Lange-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A.-Lange-Sohne-1815-Tribute-to-Walter-Lange-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A.-Lange-Sohne-1815-Tribute-to-Walter-Lange-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/A.-Lange-Sohne-1815-Tribute-to-Walter-Lange-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" />
Despite such worthy contenders, the timepiece that truly topped the tribute list was <a href="https://www.alange-soehne.com/">A. Lange &amp; Söhne</a>’s 1815 Homage to Walter Lange. More than just a touching homage to the brand’s late chairman, it’s also a fastidious reinvention of the jumping seconds complication, an innovation first introduced more than 150 years ago.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34570 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium.jpg" alt="VCA Lady Arpels Planetarium" width="700" height="466" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium.jpg 700w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium-200x133.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium-421x280.jpg 421w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium-120x80.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium-500x333.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium-400x266.jpg 400w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/VCA-Lady-Arpels-Planetarium-600x399.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />
Moving from the celebratory to the more outré, this year’s SIHH featured a timely treat for watchloving women the world over in the sprightly form of <a href="https://cn.vancleefarpels.com/cn/zh.html">Van Cleef &amp; Arpels</a>’ Lady Arpels Planétarium. This diamond-studded 38mm white gold watch features miniaturised models of Mercury, Venus and the Earth, all orbiting around a centrally-set ‘sun’ in real time.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34565 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Richard-Mille-RM-53-01.jpg" alt="Richard Mille RM 53-01" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Richard-Mille-RM-53-01.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Richard-Mille-RM-53-01-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Richard-Mille-RM-53-01-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Richard-Mille-RM-53-01-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Richard-Mille-RM-53-01-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" />
For its part, <a href="https://www.richardmille.com/">Richard Mille</a> opted for something a little more gentlemanly, with its RM53-01 Tourbillon Pablo Mac Donough proving an apt ode to the world of that true Sport of Kings – polo. Created in partnership with Donough, one of the sport’s finest practitioners, the RM53-01 is supremely smash-resistant and boasts a striking suspended tourbillon in its open-faced dial.
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-34564 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MBF-and-Stepan-Sarpanova-MoonMachine-2.jpg" alt="MB&amp;F and Stepan Sarpanova MoonMachine 2" width="466" height="700" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MBF-and-Stepan-Sarpanova-MoonMachine-2.jpg 466w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MBF-and-Stepan-Sarpanova-MoonMachine-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MBF-and-Stepan-Sarpanova-MoonMachine-2-186x280.jpg 186w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MBF-and-Stepan-Sarpanova-MoonMachine-2-120x180.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MBF-and-Stepan-Sarpanova-MoonMachine-2-400x601.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" />
Overall, though, if pushed, it would have to be conceded that the most unconventional timepiece on show came courtesy of Stepan Sarpaneva, an independent Finnish watchmaker, and <a href="https://www.mbandf.com/en">MB&amp;F</a>, one of Switzerland’s more progressive ateliers, and took the unmistakable form of the MoonMachine 2.
Acknowledged as experimental high-end watchmaking at its very best, its futuristic open-worked dial and distinctive trapezium-style bezel was only topped by its projected moon phase display, something of a first in the world of haute horology – and something that proved an apt reward for the many who found their way to the 2018 SIHH in search of something truly timeless.
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Text: Tenzing Thondup

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