The biggest watch trends of 2019 from SIHH

For one, the watch world is incredibly traditional - where fashion brands embraced online retail with gusto several years ago, many of the world's major watch marques are still extraordinarily resistant to selling their wares online What's more, trends in watch making tend to come around very gradually and only become truly entrenched after several years, rather than after one or two seasons A Richemont group-dominated affair, through which many of the world's most important watch brands - from Audemars Piguet to Cartier - display their wares to the most influential watch press and buyers, this year's fair featured many key trends which have been floating around for years, but have failed to fully take hold - until now.

To help you decide what your next watch purchase should be, is our edit of the biggest trends to come from this year's fair.1) Smoking salmon Read next Best new watches at SIHH 2019 2) All blue errthang Advertisement The blue watch trend has been going strong for a while, but for 2019 it's hit full tilt The best pieces demonstrating this trend could be found at Cartier, where the Parisian marque showed a brand new take on the classic Santos Dumont watch in a teeny 38mm form, and at IWC, where a 39mm take on the Spitfire Longest Flight pilot's watch, on nato strap, had a military appeal.

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