Today, we start a new section within our Collector's Corner. The new section named 'The Collectors' will feature watch collectors around the globe in their element. We will be talking watches with them and of course about other luxury things they love regarding the good life. Without more preamble, let's go straight to meet our first featured collector.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing with the Loudest Water Resistant Minute Repeater Tourbillon Chronograph.
Last year, Audemars Piguet presented the Royal Oak Concept Acoustic Research Episode 1 and we brought you our live pictures and hands-on here. This year, at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève, the Royal Oak Concept Acoustic Research Episode 1 presented last year, turns into a reality and a regular production timepiece for this manufacture. The new SIHH 2016 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie is one of those watches that we like to call 'what dreams are made of'. For lovers of minute repeaters, not only this is a Tourbillon Chronograph, but in our opinion what should've been labeled the 'world's loudest water-resistant minute repeater'.
News: Pre-Baselworld 2016 Girard-Perregaux Presents the New Laureato 2016 Limited Edition. The Return of an Iconic Watch Originally Launched in 1975.
To celebrate the 225th anniversary of their manufacture, Girard-Perregaux is bringing back the iconic Girard-Perregaux Laureato. The GP Laureato was originally launched in 1975 as a competitor to the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak with a very similar type of case design with flat top around the bezel, and also sporting an octagonal-shaped bezel. The case was in between a Royal Oak and an IWC Ingenieur SL.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new De Bethune DB25 World Traveller. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
This year, was the first year that the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie invited some of the independent brands into the 26th edition of the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève. In a new section named the 'Carré des Horlogers', nine top independent brands —artisan-creators as referred to by the SIHH— had the opportunity to show their novelties for the very first time at the Salon.
Experience: Richard Mille RM S05 Fountain Pen in NTPT Carbon. Hands-On Live Pictures of the $105,000 USD Mechanical Pen.
ust as if the other two novelties presented by Richard Mille at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève weren't impressive enough, the king of NTPT carbon timepieces unveiled a mechanically operated fountain pen out of this world. The new Richard Mille RM S05 Fountain Pen in NTPT Carbon, priced in excess of a $100K USD is one of those luxury objects that are beyond fascinating.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton Carbon. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Just in case men were feeling a little neglected at the SIHH 2016, considering that the main focus of the Roger Dubuis novelties was around ladies' pieces, the brand decided to present the new Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton in carbon and in stainless steel. First presented at the SIHH 2015, the Excalibur Automatic Skeleton became Roger Dubuis’ first non-tourbillon skeleton timepiece, powered by its first skeletonized automatic movement.
News: Our New Mobile App is Out and Ready for Download at the Apple AppStore. Don't Miss Out a Single Update.
The new Watch Collecting Lifestyle App for iPhone and iPad is out and ready for download at the Apple AppStore. You can download immediately by clicking here. This is finally the App that watch collectors and our readers were waiting for. The app runs smooth, is up-to-date, very informative and everything you had asked us for. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new IWC Big Pilot's Watch Spitfire in 18K Red Gold. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
This year at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, the iconic IWC Big Pilot's watch got a facelift. In the case of the IWC Big Pilot’s Watch line, IWC has taken a step back to the roots of the original model. The triangular index is once again positioned below the chapter ring, while the numerals appear slightly bolder and the five-minute indices a little slimmer.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Officine Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days GMT Automatic PAM 627. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Four new models made their entry into the Panerai Radiomir 1940 Collection this year at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève. This time Panerai is offering Paneristi watch enthusiasts not only a broader selection of creative dial designs but also and most importantly an ever wider choice of technical features.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Cartier Calibre de Cartier Diver Bleu. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
The new SIHH 2016 Cartier Calibre de Cartier Diver is now also available with a strikingly beautiful blue dial. This new watch maintains its 42 mm x 11 mm case and will continue to be available in all other seven models available up to date.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Officine Panerai 'Lo Scienziato' Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Titanium PAM 578. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
When it comes to the Panerai novelties for SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, we decided to leave the most impressive of their new watches for publishing on a nice relaxing day like today. The new Panerai 'Lo Scienziato' Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Titanium PAM 578 from SIHH 2016 is an skeletonized tourbillon, dedicated to the Tuscan genius Galileo Galilei, who with his discoveries laid the foundations for the development of mechanical timepieces.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Moon Phase. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Here's the fifth of the seven new watches launched by A. Lange & Söhne at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Genève. The latest model of the Saxonia family stands out with its lucid design and the compelling combination of two popular complications with a precise moon-phase display and the characteristic Lange oversized date. The new A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Moon Phase with its 40 mm case is available in 18K rose gold ref. 384.032 or 18K white gold ref. 384.026.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Cartier Panthères et Colibri and the Cartier Panthère Mystérieuse. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
Yet, another two of those ladies' timepieces from Cartier that we just need to feature no matter what. We are talking about the new Cartier Panthers and Colibri —Panthères et Colibri— and the new Cartier Mysterious Panther —Panthère Mystérieuse— new high jewellery watches released at the SIHH 2016 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie.
SIHH 2016: Presenting the new Cartier Clé de Cartier Automatic Skeleton. Hands-on Live Pictures & Pricing.
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.
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.
