SIHH 2013

A tribute to feminine beauty by Piaget SIHH 2013: The Couture Précieuse collection

Piaget is renewing its tribute to feminine beauty with the continuation of its "Couture Précieuse" collection. Once again, the Geneva-based watchmaker and jeweler showcases its style with power and elegance. Piaget adorns women in jewelry and watches as exceptional as they are spectacular; true secrets of seduction revealed for all to admire.

Perpetual calendar chronograph watch SIHH 2013: The Rotonde de Cartier

The Rotonde de Cartier perpetual calendar chronograph watch offers a rare luxury: it combines the measurement and display of short periods of time with a mechanism whose gears possess the ability to compensate for the irregularities of the Gregorian calendar.

Gracious Elegance with Noble Horological Mechanisms SIHH 2013: Montblanc Collection Princesse Grace de Monaco

To design a collection that bears the name of such an incomparable and unforgettable celebrity is both a challenge and a source of enduring pride for Montblancʼs designers and jewellers, who were inspired by the grace and preferences of this European-American style icon to create a palette of new models that pay homage to the memory of Princesse Grace de Monaco.

Cartier d’Art explores an age-old decorative technique SIHH 2013: Rotonde de Cartier 42 mm watch, panther with granulation

With its strong curiosity about the world and its wonders, this year Cartier has developed a passion for a goldsmith’s technique born in the cradle of civilisation: granulation. The reinterpretation of this millennia-old artistic craft is part of a desire to bring rare, sometimes forgotten crafts back to life, which Cartier adapts and renders even more beautiful.

Ultimate femininity SIHH 2013: The Piaget Limelight Gala

The 1960s were pervaded by a resolutely fanciful spirit. Piaget adorned the elegant women of the time with dazzling jewellery watches. The Limelight Gala collection draws a wealth of inspiration from this fascinating period and establishes itself as the new Piaget icon.

With double jumping second time zone watch SIHH 2013: The Ballon Bleu de Cartier tourbillon

The Ballon Bleu de Cartier tourbillon with double jumping second time zone watch has been designed like a regulator. With its central minute hand and its two jumping hour counters – one for local time and the other for starting-point time, it revolutionises the world of travellers’ watches. It is a subtle yet complex masterpiece of balance, stamped with the Geneva Seal, that makes its transparency into a game for knowledgeable watch lovers as it enables them to discover the details of its fascinating, moving mechanism.

We Travel from One Time Zone to Another SIHH 2013: The Montblanc TimeWalker Watches for Globetrotters

Globalization ranks among the most important aspects of modern life. Goods and services are exchanged around the planet. Financial currents follow the opening hours of the world’s stock exchanges and flow around the world once each day. Residing in Germany, cultivating business relationships in the USA and enjoying holidays in the Seychelles: such arrangements and countless variations on them have become everyday features in modern people’s lives.

A chronograph for day and night SIHH 2013: Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours

After observing the evolution of Montblanc’s Nicolas Rieussec chronographs, one might be tempted to conclude that time is a disc. Montblanc first used rotating discs to replace the hands on the chronograph’s counters for sixty elapsed seconds and thirty elapsed minutes.

Performance Engineering for the wrist SIHH 2013: The new Ingenieur watch collection from IWC Schaffhausen

The completely remodelled 2013 Ingenieur watch collection from IWC Schaffhausen focuses entirely on its new partnership with the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team. For the next three years, the watch manufacturer will be the Official Engineering Partner of the Mercedes-Benz works team. For the new collection, IWC’s design engineers took their inspiration from Formula One™.

A lot of celebrities joined the Event SIHH 2013: The IWC Race Night at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie

At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva, IWC Schaffhausen hosted around 800 international guests and media representatives from around the globe for the launch of its new Ingenieur watches. The latest collection aptly expresses the spirit of the new partnership between the Schaffhausen watchmaker and the MERCEDES AMG PETRONASFormula One™ Team.

A beautifully written new musical score expressing the fine art of watchmaking SIHH 2013: The Piaget Emperador Coussin Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater

The latest embodiment of Piaget’s virtuosity in the field of ultra-thin movements since 1957, the Emperador Coussin Automatic Minute Repeater sets another double record for slenderness in its category: 4.8 mm for its calibre, and 9.4 mm for its case.

Timeless classicism SIHH 2013: The Piaget Altiplano Date

A new complication, a new double record for extreme slimness. For the very first time, an Altiplano is equipped with a date display, while also taking its place as the world’s thinnest watch in its category in terms of both the movement and the case. Automatic Caliber 1205P is a mere 3 mm thick, while the case of the new Piaget Altiplano Date measures only 6.36 mm thick.

A strictly confidential object of desire SIHH 2013: The Crash watch cultivates the prestige of rarity

Created in 1967 at the very heart of “Swinging London”, the Crash watch bears the effervescent, carefree spirit of an era of freedom. It crystallises the encounter between the great creator of shaped watches and the joyful wave of popular transgression that overturned conformity.

Revisiting the Golden Fifties SIHH 2013: Baume & Mercier Clifton - urban times

Blending tradition with modernity, Baume & Mercier presents Clifton, a new line of men’s watches inspired by the models that had their heyday in the “Golden Fifties”. This decade is considered the golden age for wristwatches and is marked by the creation of elegantly designed timepieces.

Brand new Manufacture chronograph movement SIHH 2013: The Calibre de Cartier chronograph watch

With its strong lines and robust case, the Calibre de Cartier watch, created in 2010, has made its mark as a distinguished timepiece whose balance relies on a contrasting combination of satin-brushed and polished finishes.

Time to please SIHH 2013 Preview: The Excalibur 36 with a halo of 672 diamonds

One model in the Excalibur collection adds a precious touch to its daring designs. The Excalibur 36 in pink gold and set with a halo of 672 diamonds (approx 4.78 carats) sparkles with the light of a thousand fires. Its aesthetic codes- dynamic shapes, sharp angles, powerful design – give it an allure that links refinement and beautiful watchmaking, without affecting the Roger Dubuis signature in any way.