Four to watch at Baselworld 2019, the world's biggest watch show

Hundreds of important new timepieces will make their worldwide debut in Switzerland next week at the 2019 Baselworld watch-industry trade fair For 2019 the watchmaker has introduced a manual-winding movement made entirely in-house, placing it inside four new models in its dressy Elegance collection Japanese artisanship is also on display on two of the four dials, finished in the centuries-old urushi lacquer process, in which sap from a specific Japanese tree is applied layer by layer to the dial.

Offered in a 200-piece edition in rose gold and a 1,000-piece series in steel, the watch sports a handsome brown elm burl dial reminiscent of the wood inserts on the car's dashboard, with contrasting black chronograph subdials and a racing-inspired tachymeter scale Powering the watch is Breitling's self-winding in-house caliber B01 Price: Starting at US$9,500.

While Zenith's biggest news of 2019 is the 50th anniversary of its groundbreaking El Primero chronograph models, the brand is not neglecting its historically inspired Pilot Type 20 collection Zenith is launching the first of the military aviation-inspired watch in a case made of silver, a precious metal found only rarely in the watch world. . Source