SIHH 2007...

Huh? What is that? SIHH stands for Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, and is one of two major watchmakers conferences that occur each year in Geneva, Switzerland (the other is Baselworld, which occurred last week in Basel, Switzerland). These conferences are eagerly anticipated by collectors & most watch forums are abuzz with posts of pictures & press releases by manufacturers of their latest models & special creations.

Some of the more interesting:

1) Girard-Perregaux's Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillion (~$500K)

2) Bell & Ross Phantom - which uses Black Luminova to produce a completely black dial during the day.


















3) Panerai has used Ceramics to replace some of their older, PVD coated steel watches. This should be a great improvement, as the Ceramic is supposedly 5x harder than steel. (the old PVDs were notoriously easily scratched.) The Panerai Radiomir Black Seal Ceramic, ref. PAM00292