SIHH 2018 – Geneva
SIHH 2018 – Geneva
SIHH is one of the important event of the year for timepiece lovers, when the industry descends on Geneva to see the biggest new releases at the start of each year. There is so much news to discover in this very elegant lounge, for watchmaking insiders and journalists.
Let’s see together.
Il SIHH – il Salone dell’Alta Orologeria di Ginevra – è uno dei palcoscenici più importanti e prestigiosi al mondo per il settore orologiero. In questi giorni nell’elegante salotto ginevrino del SIHH vengono presentate tutte le novità e le collezioni a giornalisti ed addetti ai lavori provenienti da tutto il mondo.
Vi presento ora alcune tra le novità di questa ventottesima edizione del SIHH.
Girard Perregaux
Laureato Chronograph
Reference Number: 81020 (42mm) and 81040 (38mm)
Diameter: 42 mm and 38 mm
Case Material : pink gold or steel
Water Resistance: 100 meters (steel) 50 meters (gold)
Strap: leather strap and steel bracelet
The Movement
Case: GP 03300
Functions: Hours and minutes, date and choreograph
Power Reserve: 46 hours
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 4Hz
Girard Perregaux Laureato Skeleton Ceramic
Girard Perregaux Classic Bridges
Ulysse Nardin
Executive Tourbillon (left) and Freak Vision (right)
Reference Number: 2505-250
Diameter: 45mm
Case Material: Platinum, with lateral “brancards” coated in blue rubber
Water Resistance: 30 meters
Strap/Bracelet: “Rubber-like” leather with titanium folding clasp
The Movement
Caliber: UN-250
Functions: Hours and minutes, with “carrousel tourbillon” movement rotating inside the case
Power Reserve: 50 hours
Winding: Automatic, via Ulysse Nardin “Grinder” high-efficiency winding system; can also be would as manual-wind Freak models through use of the caseback bezel
Frequency: 2.5 Hz (18,000 vph)
Additional Details: fFtted with Ulysse Nardin Anchor Constant Escapement and silicon “self-regulating” balance with pure nickel inertial weights
Ulysse Nardin Diver Deep Dive Hammerhead Shark
Reference Number 3203-500LE-3/93-HAMMER
Diameter : 46 mm
Case Material: Titanium
Water Resistance: 1000 meter
Strap: Rubber strap
The Movment
Caliber : UN – 320
Functions: Hours , minutes , date function and automatic Screw-on decompression valve system at 9 o’clock
Power reserve: 48-hour
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 4Hz
Addictional details: the strap automatically expands using a spring based on water depth.
Ulysse Nardin Marine Tourbillon Blue Grand Feu
Ulysse Nardin Torpilleur Collection
A. Lange Soehne
1815 “Homage to Walter Lange”
A.Lange Soehne 1815 Chronograph
Reference Number: 414.031 (black dial), 414.032 (silver dial)
Diameter: 39.5mm
Thickness: 11mm
Case Material: Pink gold
Dial Color: Silver or black
Indexes: Arabic numerals
Lume: No
Strap/Bracelet: Alligator strap in black (black dial) or reddish-brown (silver dial)
Caliber: L951.5
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, flyback chronograph
Diameter: 30.6mm
Thickness: 6.1mm
Power Reserve: 60 hours
Winding: Manual
Frequency: 2.5 Hz (18,000 vph)
Jewels: 34
Thickness: 6.2mm
Case Material: White gold
Dial Color: Solid silver, goldstone, copper blue
Indexes: Applied white gold sticks
Lume: No
Strap/Bracelet: Dark blue glossy alligator strap
Caliber: In-House Caliber L093.1
Functions: Hours and minutes
Diameter: 28mm
Thickness: 2.9mm
Power Reserve: 72 hours
Winding: Manual
Frequency: 3 Hz (21,600 vph)
Jewels: 21
Jaeger- LeCoultre
Polaris Chronograph WT
Reference number: 905T471
Diameter: 44mm
Thickness: 12.5mm
Case Material: Titanium
Dial Color: Black or Blue
Indexes: Applied Arabic numerals and trapezoid batons
Lume: White Super-LumiNova
Water Resistance: 100m
Strap/Bracelet: Brown leather strap
Caliber: In-House Caliber 752
Functions: Hours, minutes, second timezone, chronograph with 30-minute and 12-hour totalizers, and worldtimer
Power Reserve: 65 hours
Winding: Automatic
Jaeger- LeCoultre Polaris Date Automatic
Diameter: 42mm
Thickness: 13.1mm
Case Material: Stainless steel
Caseback: Closed, stainless steel
Dial Color: Black, with sunray, grained, and opaline finishes
Indexes: Applied Arabic numerals and trapezoid batons
Lume: Vanilla Super-LumiNova
Water Resistance: 200m
Strap/Bracelet: Black rubber with Clous de Paris pattern or stainless steel bracelet
The Movement
Caliber: In-House Caliber 899/1
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date
Diameter: 26mm
Power Reserve: 38 hours
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 vph)
Jewels: 32
Jaeger- LeCoultre Polaris Collection
Jaeger- LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duoface Large ( Fagliano Edition strap )
Vacheron Constantin
Traditionnelle Tourbillon
Reference Number: 6000T/000P-B347 (platinum), 6000T/000R-B346 (pink gold)
Diameter: 41mm
Thickness: 10.4mm
Case Material: Platinum or pink gold
Dial Color: Platinum (platinum), Silvered opaline (pink gold)
Indexes: 18k white gold hour markers (platinum), 18k pink gold applied markers (pink gold)
Lume: No
Water Resistance: 30 meters
Strap/Bracelet: Dark blue or brown alligator strap
Caliber: In-House Caliber 2160
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds (on tourbillon)
Diameter: 31mm
Thickness: 5.65mm
Power Reserve: 80 hours
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 2.5 Hz (18,000 vph)
Jewels: 30
Vacheron Constantin Collezione Métiers d’Art
Reference Number: 7610U/000G-B210/243/244/245/246
Diameter: 40mm
Thickness: 12.74mm
Case Material: White gold
Dial Color: Varies with model; relief engraving with plique-à-jour enameling
Water Resistance: 30 meters
Strap/Bracelet: Colored alligator leather with white gold folding clasp
Caliber: 2460 G4/1
Functions: Hours, minutes, day of the week, date
Diameter: 31mm
Thickness: 6.05mm
Power Reserve: 40 hours
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 4 Hz (28,800 vph)
Jewels: 27
Vacheron Constantin Fifty Six Collection
PH: Giacomo Mario Perotti