Baselworld: A Watch Fair First, and Last

Bulgari's snake-inspired Serpenti motif appears in jewelry and handbags but it comes to life most vividly as a watch: The version with a wraparound bracelet that tapers from swollen snakehead to poised tail is one of the most recognizable forms in women's watch design Breitling's evolution under new ownership and new management continues to position the brand as more "Urban chic" than "Professional tool watch." A partnership with the historic British motorcycle company Norton was announced last spring, and this year there's a watch to go with the collaboration One of the few remaining mainstream independent watch companies, Oris continues to produce high-spec entry-level luxury watches.

Its latest stainless steel mechanical diver's watch picks up on the trend for diver's watches that show three time zones at once; zones two and three are shown via a central hand and a 24-hour scale on a rotating bezel It's hard to look beyond the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings and the voyage of Omega's Speedmaster Professional to the moon for most romantic watch story of the year While the familiar proportions of Mondaine's new 40-millimeter steel watch will do little to make it stand out from those pieces made by the company since it acquired the license to reproduce Hans Hilfiker's 1944 Swiss Railways clock in 1986, they do bear the specific responsibility of marking the 75th anniversary of that classic design.

Louis Vuitton's collection of high-end watches starts to feel familiar - it's been 10 years since the Tambour Spin Time was introduced. . Source