Showstoppers from recent Swiss watch shows
Some believe that time as we know it would end in the year 2012.
Instead, we now see it continuing to be redefined by the masters of
haute horology.
Form and function are the hallmarks of the high-end watch industry. Water-resistant dials are made in gold, while complications depicting astronomical movements are encrusted in diamonds. BT More packs in all the action from recent Swiss watch fairs: Basel World and Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) after a record setting year for one of the country's best-known industries. If Breguet immortalised Marie Antoinette's extravagance with brilliant cut diamonds, Rado infused gold stripes into ceramic.
Tag Heuer upped its speedometer in a sparkling steel dial. Similarly, Omega embedded a diving scale onto a rose-gold case and Parmigiani reintroduced the second hand from a centuries-old pocket watch on an arty watchface. Vacheron stunned with more mtiers d'art engravings and Blancpain turned a watch's inner-motions into poetry. Browse through the best of the best in our annual watch special. You may just find your next family heirloom.
Tag Heuer upped its speedometer in a sparkling steel dial. Similarly, Omega embedded a diving scale onto a rose-gold case and Parmigiani reintroduced the second hand from a centuries-old pocket watch on an arty watchface. Vacheron stunned with more mtiers d'art engravings and Blancpain turned a watch's inner-motions into poetry. Browse through the best of the best in our annual watch special. You may just find your next family heirloom.
