The 12 Best Watches (and 2 Cool Clocks) from SIHH 2019

It's not just that the fair is the first major show of the season, it's that SIHH is filled with outrageous complications that require taking out a mortgage; magnificent métiers d'art pieces; and even some chic entry-level watches Three years later, the watch has been given a gorgeous salmon dial made from solid pink gold Admirers of moon-phase watches will do a double-take with the Hermès Arceau L'Heure de la Lune-and not just because it depicts the moon simultaneously in the southern and northern hemispheres.

One of the most important watches in horological history, the Cartier Santos-Dumont was designed by Louis Cartier himself in 1904 for his friend, the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, who wanted a watch he could wear while flying The Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar Spitfire is a variation on its stainless-steel cousin, but with a bronze case, olive green dial and rugged brown calfskin strap, the watch has a vintage military look that would please any RAF pilot Last year, Laurent Ferrier introduced the Montre École, inspired by the pocket watches apprentices would make while learning the craft of watchmaking.

Building on a high-precision clock first developed by Abraham Louis Breguet in the late 18th century that could synchronize a pocket watch and wind it, the independent Swiss watch brand Urwerk has been working for a nearly a decade to update the concept for the 21st century. . Source