SIHH

News and updates from Watches & Wonders, previously known as the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). WatchTime is your one-stop source for all the new watches, new collections, and breaking industry news from Geneva.

FEATURE

Time Flies: 9 Historic IWC Pilot’s Watches

IWC launched a slew of new models from its popular Pilot's collection, which continues the brand's long and storied heritage as a supplier of timepieces for aviators, at this year's SIHH. Here, courtesy of IWC's archives, we present a lineup of vintage and modern IWC pilots' watches that represent milestones for the brand — and for watchmaking history.

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Oct 8, 2020 by WatchTime

It’s Time – WatchTime New York 2024 Tickets On Sale Now!

After an incredible show in 2023, WatchTime New York, the premier collector’s event in North America, is set to return to Manhattan from October 18th to 20th, 2024. WatchTime New York 2024 promises to be even more spectacular, with the show marking the 25th anniversary of WatchTime and bringing together the world’s finest watchmakers, timepieces,...

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Jun 20, 2024 by WatchTime

Let There be (More) Light: Panerai Marks 70 Years of Luminor with Three New Anniversary Editions

Panerai is celebrating a major milestone in 2020 — namely, 70 years since the initial launch of the now-iconic Luminor watch series, named for the luminous substance first developed as the natural (and safer) successor to the radium-based (and consequently quite hazardous) luminescence of Radiomir; the Radiomir watch was launched in 1940 for use by...

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May 3, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Fair Games: A Look at the Future of Swiss Watch Trade Shows

Two weeks ago, on April 14, Baselworld’s parent company MCH Group took note “with great surprise […] of the cancellation of major exhibitors at Baselworld,” namely Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Tudor, and Chopard. Two years before that, on July 30, 2018, the company’s former CEO René Kamm was already caught off guard by Swatch Group’s...

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Apr 23, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

Watches & Wonders 2020 Launches Digital Platform to Introduce New Products

Watches & Wonders 2020, the watch salon formerly known as the SIHH, was initially set to take place in Geneva in late April but was cancelled due to concerns about the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Today, however, the Foundation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH), organizers of the event, announced that the 30 watch brands slated to...

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Apr 20, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS (UPDATED):

Watches & Wonders Geneva Cancelled for 2020; Baselworld Postponed to January 2021

The hits just keep on coming to the watch industry’s trade show and event schedule in 2020, thanks to the continued threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus. As of yesterday, the FHH has officially cancelled the Watches & Wonders Geneva salon that was scheduled to be held from April 25 to 29, citing the “potential risks...

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Feb 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

End of an Era: SIHH Becomes Watches & Wonders Geneva

Earlier this year, the SIHH announced that in 2020 it would be moving from its traditional January dates to April, to coordinate with Switzerland's other major watch fair, Baselworld. Today, the FHH announced even bigger changes to the 30-year-old salon, which will have a new format, a new concept, and even a new name.

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Oct 16, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019 REVISITED:

HYT H0 “Time is Precious” Offers a New Type of Liquid-Crystal Time Display

HYT continues to expand the horizons of what’s possible with its unique micro-fluidic time displays, introducing this year at SIHH a new model in its H0 collection that combines the technical innovation of its proprietary colored-liquid-filled tubes with the aesthetic boldness of a kaleidoscopic marquetry dial. Playfully dubbed the H0 Time is Precious, the watch...

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Feb 8, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Speake-Marin Makes Chiming History with Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Légèreté

In its third year exhibiting at the SIHH, Speake-Marin continued to establish its haute horlogerie bonafides with a unique piece that is also watch-world first: the Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Légèreté, which the brand tells us is the first minute repeater carillon timepiece with a case made entirely from sapphire.

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Feb 1, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: A Week in Geneva with the IWC Portofino Hand Wound Eight Days

You’re spending a hectic week in Geneva covering the SIHH watch salon and jumping from presentations to meetings to dinners to après-dinner cocktails with nary a moment to wind your watch. What better timepiece to have on your wrist for such a mission than a luxurious yet versatile watch equipped with an eight-day power reserve? Read on to discover m0re about my ticking travel companion for SIHH 2019, the IWC Portofino Hand Wound Eight Days, with a striking sunburst blue dial.

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Jan 30, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Cracking the Code: Inside the Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Collection

Every year at SIHH, it seems the attending watch media comes in with the same two nagging questions about Audemars Piguet: Is the brand ever going to expand its scope beyond its mega-popular and emblematic Royal Oak collections (and accept that its Millenary and Jules Audemars are niche products at best)? And is it ever...

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Jan 23, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Full Moon Fever: Hermès Arceau L’Heure de la Lune

To many, its name still conjures up handbags more than horology, but when La Montre Hermès introduces a new timepiece complication, it usually does so in a big and distinctively stylish way. In its second year exhibiting at the SIHH watch salon, the company impressed us once again with its new take on the classical...

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Jan 21, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Cartier Grows the Santos Collection With Chronographs and a Luminous Skeleton

Last year’s SIHH saw Cartier relaunch the famed Santos de Cartier, the gents’ timepiece inspired by Alberto Santos-Dumont — pioneering aviator, inventor, and buddy of Louis Cartier, who basically invented the wristwatch as a personal favor to him. The story of the Santos’s origins can be explored in a bit more detail in my report...

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Jan 18, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Girard-Perregaux Evolves the Laureato with the Absolute Collection

Three years after the Laureato first reappeared in Girard-Perregaux’s catalog, there is little doubt that it is the headlining collection for the brand. Since it’s limited-edition re-introduction at Baselworld 2016, we’ve seen skeletons, chronographs, and a large number of variations in size, material, and color. In 2019, to go along with a new Laureato Perpetual...

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Jan 18, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2019:

Richard Mille Reveals His Sweet Tooth with the Bonbon Collection

Richard Mille creations have always been easy to spot in a crowd. Thanks to their avant-garde styling, generous use of color, and overall level of technical sophistication, it isn’t difficult to comprehend how the firm has evolved into one of the most recognizable brands in contemporary horology. The new Bonbon collection, released this week at SIHH,...

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Jan 16, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2019:

Revolution Number Nine: Bovet Tourbillon Amadeo Fleurier Virtuoso IX

For its first appearance as an exhibiting brand at the SIHH, Bovet Fleurier offers up as a highlight the ninth model in its high-complication Virtuoso series. Like its predecessors, the Tourbillon Amadeo Fleurier Virtuoso IX packs a host of functions and horological highlights — here a flying tourbillon, big date, dual time-zone display, and 10-day...

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Jan 16, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Panerai Partners With Free Diving Champ Guillaume Néry to Launch New Submersible Collection

Despite offering a list of PAM-numbered references that could fill a phonebook, Panerai has long been defined by just two major families: the Radiomir and Luminor, with the rugged, dive-ready Submersible models mostly regarded as offshoots of the Luminor 1950. As of this year, however, the Submersible — whose design inspiration can be traced back...

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Jan 16, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Red-Lettered Days: A. Lange & Söhne Celebrates a Digital Decade with the Zeitwerk Date

Usually, if you’re looking for digital watches, at least as they’re commonly defined, you’d have been better off attending the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas last week rather than trekking to Geneva this week for SIHH, the year’s first major trade fair for the highest echelons of the watch industry. But not all “digital” watches...

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Jan 15, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Sands of Time: IWC’s Ceramic-Cased “Mojave Desert” Edition Headlines New Pilot Top Gun Collection

As we revealed back in December, IWC is shining the spotlight on its Pilots' collection at this year's SIHH — specifically on a trio of sub-brands within the historical, high-flying family, the Spitfire, Top Gun, and Exupéry/Le Petit Prince. Today, we look at new offerings within the Top Gun series, which has been positioned this year as the proving ground for innovative new high-tech case materials.

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Jan 15, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2019:

Montblanc Adds Six New Timepieces to the Heritage Collection

Montblanc has updated its expansive Heritage collection with six new timepieces at SIHH 2019. Borrowing on the history of the erstwhile Minerva marque, which Montblanc has claimed since Richemont purchased the legendary workshop in 2006, the new additions to the Heritage collection are part of the brand’s 2019 lineup, which includes multiple new timepieces in...

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Jan 14, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2019:

Staying Power: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual Calendar

You can admit it: how many times have you read about an amazing perpetual calendar watch (we’ve written about quite a few) that touted as a top attribute the fact that it would remain accurate and not need resetting until some year far in the future, most likely after you, the prospective owner, have exited...

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Jan 14, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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