Baselworld/SIHH

Dear PuristS, The PuristSPro Team is pleased to tender the SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Summary Report. This is an edited, collaborative effort by many authors and photographers, which is reflected in the bylines of each of the 16 Brand sections. It is not meant ... 

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: A.Lange and Sohne (Fr-X. Overstake & PuristSPro Team) Last Years' (2012) Star of the Show: Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon 2013 Themes: Tribute to the A. Lange & Sohne Pocket Watches 3 new movements and 7 novelti...  

Lumen: daring trend-inspired design meets stoic icon. and the reserved classicism of the up/down ...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Audemars Piguet (M. Cornella & PuristSPro Team) Last Year's (2012) Star of the Show: Royal Oak 40th Anniversary Edition 2013 Themes: 1) Tradition and Complications. 2) Women's Collection. 2013 embarks upon a new period for...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Baume & Mercier (M.Teillol-Foo & PuristSPro Team) Last year’s (2012) Star of the Show: Capeland Flyback Chronograph 44 mm 2013 Themes. Baume & Mercier is the 7th oldest Swiss brand founded in 1830 by brothers Louis...  

for a young or beginning/ budding watch afficionado... I could see myself buying this 12 years ago instead of my first Tag. very nice in its range. ...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Cartier (M. Teillol-Foo & PuristSPro Team) Last Year's (2012) Star of the Show: Rotonde Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon It is difficult to pick a single watch as the Cartier juggernaut churns out so many models each year...  

man, they are iconic and they do what they do so well.

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Gruebel Forsey (M. Teillol-Foo & PuristSPro Team) Last Years' (2012) Star of the Show: GF 05 GMT 2013 Themes: Greubel Forsey continue to Innovate by Exploring Chronometry & Materials First Double Balancier in Watchmaki...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: IWC (M. Teillol-Foo, P. Yuan & PuristSPro Team) "The mechanics in the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team have a maximum of 3 seconds to change tyres and carry out minor repairs. By way of comparison: in 3 seconds a Fo...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: JLC (N. Fondaneche & PuristSPro Team) Last Year's (2012) Star of the Show: Grande Reverso 1931 Rouge 2013 Brand Themes Basically, JLC focused on three families: The Master Control, the Ultra Thin, and the Grande Tradition....  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Montblanc (O. Meindl & PuristSPro Team) The whole booth looked very much like an interesting gallery for modern art, but there was much more to see and to experience. Last Year's (2012 Retrospect) Star of the Show: 2012 wa...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Officine Panerai (M. Bosse & PuristSPro Team) Panerai is one of those companies I admire even though their watches are (in most cases) not my cup of tea. Panerai is pretty much looked (historically speaking) on the two bas...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Parmigiani (M.Teillol-Foo & PuristSPro Team) Last Year's (2012) Star of the Show: Tonda 1950 Diamond-Set Personally, I prefer the unadorned Tonda 1950 but the rules of the report is to mention last year's novelties. Still,...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Piaget (M.Teillol-Foo & PuristSPro Team) Meeting the clients in-person and showing the products is important in the Piaget culture. This is personal and different from some brands whose CEO suddenly this year "do not hold ...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Ralph Lauren (M.Teillol-Foo & PuristSProTeam) Last Years' (2012) Star of the Show: Ralph Lauren Sporting Automotive The Ralph Lauren watch collections offer new variations of existing models. This was so in 2012 when a ste...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Richard Mille (A. Hildreth & PuristSPro Team) La Bête et la Belle: the “Beast” takes on Richard with the RM059 It was a Yohan Blake / Jamaica themed booth at SIHH in 2013 Last Year's (2012) Star of the Show: TOURBILLON RM 056 ...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Roger Dubuis (M. Bosse & PuristSPro Team) The Manufacture Roger Dubuis unloaded a firework of novelties during this year's SIHH. It was an impressive year for them with two new greatly complicated watches, a totally new ca...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Vacheron Constantin (M. Teillol-Foo, W. Lind & PuristSPro Team) Last Years' (2012) Star of the Show: Métiers d’Art "Les Univers Infinis". Shell, Dove and Fish 'The Fish' possibly being the favourite of PuristS and featured...  

SIHH 2013 PuristSPro Report: Van Cleef & Arpels (M. Teillol-Foo, Fr-X Overstake & PuristSPro Team) Last Year's (2012) Star of the Show: Poetic Wishes (His & Her) Lady Arpels Poetic Wish 39 mm Automaton 5-minute Repeater Midnight Poetic Wish 43...  

GAWD!!! VC and A are peerless designers. ...  

by the offerings every year. The ballerina is my pick of of 2013. VCA is very much under appreciated. Perhaps its my own exposure. Thanks for the report.

Dear PuristSPro Team Thank you so much for all your effort, time, amazing pictures and impressions on this year's SIHH!!! For all those who couldn't make the trip, your report is a saviour.

I seized the day and read all the reports - result? A sore arm, permanently wide-opened in awe eyeballs, and a great sense of gratitude to you all. I'm starting to think it's time to re-juggle the Cazalea Collection for 2013! Thanks Cazalea

To post comments, please click on the link located at the bottom of each brand's report to get redirected to respective brand's discussion forum. Thanks! - Anthony