The new SIHH 2016 Cartier Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton makes its appearance only a year after the Clé de Cartier model was first introduced in 2015. It owes its name to its winding crown, the shape and clicking action of a key inspired by traditionally key-wound clocks, which Cartier now transposes onto the wrist, thus inventing a new watchmaking gesture.
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SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Cartier Ballon Bleu de Cartier Enamel Granulation Limited Edition. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
You all know, that we rarely feature ladies' watches here. However, when it comes to this new watch from Cartier, we just had to. This new Cartier Ballon Bleu de Cartier Enamel Granulation in 18K yellow gold presented at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, is definitely worth talking about because of the special Etruscan enameling technique utilized on its dial.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Cartier 'Drive de Cartier'. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
One of the most important releases this year at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève, was the brand new watch from Cartier, called Drive de Cartier. Inspired by automobilism, at a glance, the new SIHH 2016 Cartier Drive de Cartier is undeniably easily recognizable as a Cartier watch all the way from the guilloché pattern on its dial to the blue sapphire winding crown.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Presented at the SIHH 2016, all three models in the Top Gun line from IWC had undergone a few modifications. First, instead of a soft strap, the watches now feature an embossed black calfskin strap. Optically speaking, the change is virtually unnoticeable, but leather is considerably more robust and harder wearing. Second, the Top Gun logo is now engraved on the reverse side of the case of the Big Pilot’s Watch Top Gun Miramar and the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar.
Insider: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph ref. 26703ST. Hands-on Review and Our Most Objective Thoughts.
Last week, we brought you the news straight from Geneva at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Geneve, on the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph ref. 26703ST. With all the hype and energy about the novelties while at the SIHH 2016, we had very little time to really analyze this new watch from Audemars Piguet in depth and give you our objective thoughts and feelings about it.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new HYT H2 Tradition. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
After the news came out the first week of January of 2016, we finally got to see in person the newest creation from HYT —the hydromechanical horologists—, while we attending the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. The newest watch from HYT, the H2 Tradition ref. 248-TW-10-BF-AB brings classic cues with a contemporary design to their super avant-garde way of telling time via fluid.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
To celebrate the Reverso’s 85th anniversary at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève, Jaeger-LeCoultre unveiled five new Reverso watches with sixteen different references and you can see all of them here. To further commemorate the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the birth of this iconic watch first presented in 1931, Jaeger-LeCoultre decided to also present an exceptional out of this world Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the New IWC Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph 'Antoine de Saint Exupèry' Limited Edition. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Perhaps, one of our favorite new releases from IWC at the SIHH 2016, the new IWC Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph 'Antoine de Saint Exupèry' 1000-piece Limited Edition ref. IW371808 is a watch that comes with one of the most beautiful and striking brown dials out there. The sunburst brown dial along with the light colored hands and applied Arabic numerals are coated with luminescent material and against the dark background, they offer outstanding legibility both during the day and at night.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph ref. IW395001. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
The largest number of new watch releases this year at the SIHH 2016, came without a doubt from IWC. Not only the brand redesigned some of their most iconic watches within the Pilot's collection, but they also presented a watch that is definitely worth talking about. The new IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph ref. IW395001, is the first worldtimer in the world, that permits the user to set a new time zone using just the bezel.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new IWC Big Pilot's Heritage 48. More Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Earlier last week, we brought you our first images of the new IWC Pig Pilot's Heritage 48. Well, here's what you asked for, another round of live pictures of the new IWC Big Pilot's Heritage 48 presented at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. With a slightly smaller but still imposing case diameter of 48 mm, the Big Pilot’s Heritage Watch 48 —limited to 1,000 pieces— is a practical alternative for everyday use and perhaps more suitable for average wrists than the new IWC Big Pilot's Heritage 55 that we showed you here.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new MB&F Horological Machine No. 6 SV HM6 Sapphire. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
One of our favorite releases at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie is MB&F's new iteration of their Horological Machine No. 6. This time, the MB&F Horological Machine No. 6 HM6 'Space Pirate' —reviewed by us here— comes with a sapphire crystal case instead of titanium or 18K rose gold and also with a new name.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Vacheron Constantin Overseas Date ref. 4500V/110A-B128. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Straight from the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève we bring you the fourth out of the five new Vacheron Constantin Overseas models just released by this manufacture. Nestled in a 41 mm diameter case in stainless steel or in 18K pink gold, the new Overseas Date ref. 4500V/110A-B128 is available either with a sunburst blue or silver-toned dial, swept over by white gold hands and hour markers with luminescent material.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Vacheron Constantin Overseas Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Here we are bringing you more news about all the new Vacheron Constantin Overseas models released at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève. This time, we bring you our hands-on live pictures and details on the brand new Vacheron Constantin Overseas Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar with its calibre 1120QP.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Thanks to a clear arrangement of the calendar display around the time indication, the new A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar just released at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie presents an abundance of information at a single glance.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the New Piaget Emperador Coussin XL 700P. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Perhaps one of the most intriguing and exciting launches this year at the SIHH 2016, was the unveiling of the new Piaget Emperador Coussin XL 700P. This new watch is truly the first hybrid timepiece with a mechanical and quartz beating heart. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first in-house quartz movement —the famous ultra-thin 7P calibre presented in 1976— Piaget unveiled the Emperador Coussin XL 700P at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the New A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing of this 100-Piece Limited Edition.
This was for sure a big year for A. Lange & Söhne at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. The new A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon is a masterpiece of horology that took the center stage at the Lange booth this year and one of the most impressive watches of all brands exhibiting at the salon.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the New A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase Lumen. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Here's another one of our favorite pieces this year at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. Presented in a limited edition of 200 watches in a 41 mm x 9.5 mm platinum case, the new A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase 'Lumen' combines a brilliant moon-phase display with a mystically luminous outsize date that reflects the characteristic style of the brand.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the New A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
This year at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, A. Lange & Söhne took the center stage one more time with the launch of seven new timepieces. One of our favorite timepieces we were able to review hands-on while we were attending the Salon in Geneva was the new A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds ref. 252.025.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Richard Mille RM 011 Red TPT Quartz. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing of this 50-Piece Limited Edition.
While the new Richard Mille RM 011 Red TPT Quartz was officially released at the beginning of October of 2015, it wasn't until the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie last week, that the watch was available to the press and the rest of the world for hands-on review. The new Richard Mille RM 011 Red TPT Quartz we finally saw at the SIHH 2016, is not a quartz watch —battery operated— as the name might suggest, but quartz as in one of the components used in its case material.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the New Richard Mille RM 50-02 ACJ Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph. Hands-on Live Pictures of the $1,050,000 30-piece Limited Edition Watch.
As you all know, when Richard Mille launches a new watch he goes above and beyond to make sure that the new watch overdelivers in terms of design, looks, quality and craftsmanship. As we've seen it during its short history, Richard Mille is a brand that doesn't require any marketing gimmicks or celebrity endorsements to sell its watches.
