One of the most technically flamboyant watches on display came from Swiss-based Audemars Piguet. In the making for over eight years, the company drafted in an expert on stringed instruments to create the Royal Oak Acoustic Research Concept . The achievement here is a timepiece that squeezes the pleasing mechanical chimes reminiscent of a Grandfather Clock into the miniature real-estate of a wristwatch.
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Piaget unveiled the Altiplano Chronograph which, with its 4.6 mm movement and 8.24 mm case, is the world's thinnest ever chronograph.
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The Rotonde de Cartier Grande Complication watch, Cartier's most complex watch to date, is made up of 578 components and takes 15 weeks to create. It includes a perpetual calendar, a minute repeater and a flying tourbillon, and only needs to be adjusted once every 100 years.
Montblanc's Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Vasco da Gama was inspired by the Portuguese explorer, who established the first ocean route from Europe to Asia. A disc around each globe, which represent the northern and southern hemispheres, rotate once a day to reflect the passing of day and night.
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Montblanc's exhibition stand featured a giant suspended mechanical component against a backdrop of alpine firs.
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Although the showroom may have evinced the company's heritage, with the TimeWalker Urban Speed e-Strap, Montblanc is looking firmly to the future, bridging the worlds of traditional watchmaking and wearable technology.
The interchangeable strap, which can be used with some Android phones and iOs devices, acts as an activity tracker, receives notifications, and can be used as a remote control.
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Founded in 1995, Swiss watchmaker Roger Dubuis is one of the youngest to exhibit at SIHH. And while many of the maisons were at pains to emphasize their long-standing heritage, Roger Dubuis used its youth as an advantage, putting on a display of unabashed cyber futurism.
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The web-like motifs were there to evince the spirit of their new Excalibur Spider Double Flying Tourbillon which takes the skeleton design - where mechanical parts are intentionally exposed - to an extraordinary degree.
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Panerai's new Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech is the first to be developed from from a new carbon fiber-based composite material that gives each model.
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IWC's Portugieser Perpetual Calendar with a double moon reflects with phase of the moon in both hemispheres. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Portugieser watch family.
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The 18-karat gold magnolia adorning the Richard Mille RM 19-02 Tourbillon Fleur opens every five minutes to reveal the flying tourbillon inside.
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Vacheron Constantin's two Métiers d'Art Mécaniques Gravées watches feature stunning hand-engraved movements. (A magnifying watch is delivered with each piece to help the owner appreciate the intricate floral motif.)
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Parmigiani unveiled three watches meant to commemorate 10 years of collaborations with Bugatti. The Bugatti Type 370 Révélation even has a grille inspired by the Bugatti Veyron.
