iW Magazine Summer 2019 | Page 88

SWATCH GROUP BRANDS LAUNCH NEW WATCHES SIX SWATCH GROUP BRANDS, INCLUDING OMEGA, Jaquet Droz, Breguet, Harry Winston, Blancpain and Glashütte Original, debuted their 2019 models in May during a three-day press event in Switzer- land. Among the highlights: Breguet skeletonized one of its impressively thin tourbillon move- ments, Caliber 581, to create the Classique Tourbillon Extra-Flat Skeleton 5395. Additional Breguet debuts include three all-titanium Marine models, several new Reine de Naples watches, a stunning blue-dialed Marine model for women and a ladies Classique watch with a mother-of-pearl guilloche dial – a premiere dial technique for Breguet. Jaquet Droz unveiled its first-ever Grande Seconde Chrono- graph, an impressive monopusher chronograph in a 43mm red gold case (a limited edition priced at 31,000 Swiss francs) or as an off- center version in a 39mm or 43mm steel case with a choice of three different dial hues. The watchmaker has also added a ceramic case to its Grande Second Skelet One, updated its Grande Seconde Dual Time with four new versions, debuted the Magic Lotus Automaton with rotating animations, and has birthed the stunning Petite Heure Minute Smalta Clara Hummingbird, a direct descendent of the brand’s existing Charming Bird. Finally, look for two new Lady 8 models, one with a malachite dial and one with a mother-of-pearl dial. Glashutte Original’s many debuts include an entirely new collec- tion, Spezialist, of vintage-inspired dive watches, including the SeaQ, the SeaQ Panorama Date and SeaQ 1969. In addition to that highlight, 88 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2019 The Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Flat Skeleton 5395 Harry Winston’s new Project Z13, with moonphase and retrograde date.