SIHH 2019: The 15 category standouts at the Geneva watch fair

Indeed the most colourful release at the fair, Richard Mille's bonbon-inspired watch, will set you back more than 33 times that amount, prices for each of the 10 variants in RM confectionary-inspired collection beginning at around $235,000 If that seems like fantasy-land other brands were more cautious, IWC delighting attending retailers with a highly saleable squadron of pilot's watches that retain familiar lines but come clothed in fresh garb with in-house movement upgrades - classic stuff but conspicuously contemporary The main problem seems to be the appearance of the 13 models in the line-up, the consensus being that while the mechanisms announced were impressive and the finish of the watches incredible, the design was, well, pallid.

The watch, presented only in gold or platinum casing, has a double-curved crystal, its octagonal middle-case sandwiched between the round bezel and back, with distinctive lugs and an unusually 'clean' dial In the flesh it's an impressive watch, but yes, let down by a curiously underwhelming facade, like a decent wine without the appropriate bouquet From left: H.

Moser & Cie's Nature watch; HYT's Time is Precious watch is conspicuous by design; the covetable Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Bani McSpedden is watch editor of The Australian Financial Review. . Source