Three winning watches heading to SIHH 2019 from Girard-Perregaux, IWC and Audemars Piguet

Perhaps no one noticed, but the watch column took an extended break over the holiday season SIHH 2019: who's in - and out - at this year's Geneva watch fair For all the star power IWC can muster, the watches are the real centre of attraction and this year the brand is releasing the Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun Ceratanium.

This is the first IWC pilot's watch to come in jet black and to feature a ceratanium case Finally, we have the 2019 editions of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronographs The watch is a typical Royal Oak Offshore, with a 44mm case that comes in steel or rose gold, and features the famed mega tapisserie dial and the octagonal screwed-down bezel.

Inside the watch is a 3126/3840 move­ment that has 50 hours of power reserve. . More