GENEVA
DEBUTS
2019
COMPLICATIONS
GREUBEL FORSEY
BALANCIER CONTEMPORAIN
Usually working with a larger canvas, Greubel Forsey needed to
carefully consider each micron of dial and movement space when
realizing this new watch. At 39.6mm in diameter, the white gold case
(the watchmaker’s smallest to date) does perfectly display the unusual
(for this brand) tourbillon-free basics: hours and minutes, small
seconds and power reserve. The latter displays the remaining power in
the two-barrel system that will operate for 72 hours on a full wind.
As usual, proportion is just one challenge that Greubel Forsey
masters here, with the ultimate frosted, mirror-polished and blued steel
finishes all vying for the viewer’s attention. A high-domed sapphire
crystal framed by a thin white gold bezel ensures that the large
balance, with its ultra-polished bridge, is prominently displayed. The
watch is stunning in the metal, and certainly one of the SIHH’s highlight
debuts. Price: 195,000 Swiss francs. For the more extravagant, Greubel
Forsey has also made a version with 9.5 carats of diamonds set into the
bezel, case, lugs and crown.
Bulgari Octo
Finissimo
Tourbillon
Automatic, with
carbon case and
bracelet
The stunning Vacheron
Constantin Overseas
Perpetual Calendar,
now in blue.
Parmigiani Fleurier Toric
Chronometre Slate
88 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SPRING 2019