iW Magazine Winter 2019 | Page 98

2019 ROGER DUBUIS INTRODUCES THE 1815 TOURBILLON HANDWERKSKUNST IW PREVIEWS NEW WATCHES TO BE DEBUTED AT THE 2019 SIHH IN GENEVA. On the following pages we’ve gathered many of the timepieces we’ve learned about just prior to the annual watch show. We’ll have more SIHH debuts in the next print issue and online at iwmagazine.com and our social media channels. WITH THE NEW CLIFTON BAUMATIC PERPETUAL CALENDAR. Baume & Mercier for the first time combines its Baumatic movement with a perpetual calendar. In addition to five days power reserve, the Clifton Baumatic Perpetual Calendar offers a precision of –4/+6 seconds per day throughout its power reserve period. It can also resist magnetic fields of up to 1,500 gauss and will require no maintenance for at least five years. Its functions and indications include: date, the day of the week, the month and the phases of the moon (while automatically taking into account the variable lengths of months and the leap year cycle). The watch requires no date correction before March 1st, 2100, a non-leap year. 98 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | WINTER 2019