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22/01/2012
SIHH 2012: Best of the Geneva Watch Fair

What are the 2012 trends in watch design? Traditionally, the SIHH watch fair in Geneva reveals the latest ideas from the world’s greatest watchmakers. We’ve put our personal selection of the best timepieces under the microscope.

A. Lange & Söhne ‘Lange 1 Time Zone’

It might come as a surprise to the uninitiated, but not all high-end watches are made in Switzerland. Germany has an honourable tradition of watchmaking, with the Saxon manufacturer A. Lange & Söhne perhaps its most famous name... more >>

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Extra-Thin

This year sees the 40th anniversary of the famous Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, and the landmark is being celebrated at the SIHH with the unveiling of the new Openworked Extra-Thin... more >>

IWC Top Gun Miramar

Since the mid-1930s, IWC has been making robust and reliable pilot's watches. And at this year’s SIHH, IWC presents the Top Gun Miramar... more >>

Jaeger-LeCoultre Deep Sea Vintage Chronograph

With the Deep Sea Vintage Chronograph, Jaeger-LeCoultre is introducing a new water-resistant watch that reinterprets a famous classic – the Memovox Deep Sea. This nod to the past illustrates how the watchmaker has chosen to follow the current fashion for retro-styled pieces... more >>

Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Open Home Time

Maintaining its connection with the ingenious 19th Century French watchmaker Nicolas Rieussec, Montblanc presents a new chronograph at this year’s SIHH... more >>

Panerai Radiomir ‘California 3 Days’

The great Italian brand Panerai has revisited one of its earliest designs at this year’s SIHH. “Directly descended” from a prototype created for Italian naval frogmen in 1936, the Radiomir ‘California 3 Days’ is unusual in that it features both Arabic and Roman numerals on its dial... more >>

Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Special Edition

The manufacturer Parmigiani is a jewel of the Swiss watch industry. With the men's 1950 Tonda Special Edition, company patriarch and watchmaking legend Michel Parmigiani once again shows his flair for extraordinary timepieces... more >>

Rotonde de Cartier Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon

Cartier welcomes in the New Year with a double-complication wristwatch, a very limited edition – to just 100 pieces – masterpiece that is being introduced to the public at the SIHH... more >>

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