BASELWORLD 2019 NOTABLES
TAG HEUER
Autavia
TAG Heuer’s new Autavia collection includes five 42mm
steel watches and two 42mm bronze-cased watches
that feature the familiar rounded case, large crown and
beveled lugs from the first Autavia generation in the
1960s. Each also sports a bidirectional rotating bezel
with a 60-minute scale in black ceramic, blue ceramic or
stainless steel. As a technical bonus, the newest edition
of TAG Heuer’s Caliber 5 chronograph movement features
a carbon-composite hairspring, indicated by TAG Heuer
with the word ‘Isograph’ on the watch’s dial. Prices start
at $3,500.
MB&F
Legacy Machine Flying T
As the first MB&F watch collection made specifically for women, the Legacy
Machine Flying T is not only MB&F’s smallest-diameter model, at 38.5mm across,
but it’s also the first MB&F horological art piece designed with what historically
have been considered feminine touches, including a generous helping of diamonds.
This watch, stunning on any wrist, is made with a round white gold case, a
cambered bezel and long thin lugs set with diamonds. A high convex sapphire
dome protects and focuses the eye on a dramatic, slow beat flying tourbillon – the
Flying T in the collection’s name. Prices: $115,000 (black lacquer dial plate with case
set with brilliant-cut diamonds; $145,000 (dial plate and case both fully set with
brilliant-cut diamonds; $315,000 (dial plate and case both fully set with baguette-
cut diamonds).
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