Golf Asia - February 2018

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The Salon

International

de la Haute

Horlogerie 2018

Smoothly shifting up a gear

Bigger, more connected and more open than ever, the Salon

International de la Haute Horlogerie 2018 concluded on a successful

note, heralding a promising year for Fine Watchmaking. This year the

SIHH recorded almost 20,000 visitors as a whole, an approximate

increase of 20% versus 2017, along with 1,500 media accreditations,

an increase of 12% over 2017.

The 28th edition of the Salon hosted 35 Maisons in all, compared

with 30 last year and 16 just three years ago. This implied enlarging

the total exhibition area to 55,000 sq. meters, 20% more than

previously. The Salon also generated 400,000 posts featuring the

hash-tag #SIHH2018, achieving a global reach of 288 million people

throughout the event. As we all look forward to SIHH 2019 that will

take place from January 14th to 18th 2019 at Palexpo – Geneva,

here are some highlights from the 28th edition.

A. LANGE & SÖHNE

1815 “Homage to Walter Lange”

in steel

With an extraordinary one-of-a-

kind timepiece, A. Lange & Söhne

pays tribute to the individual

who in 1990 brought precision

watchmaking back to Glashütte.

The combination of a stoppable

sweep seconds hand, a black

enamel dial and a steel case

reflects the eminent heritage of the

Saxon watchmaking dynasty. The

classic dial, reduced to the essence,

is complemented with a technical

feature that warrants a further look:

the jumping seconds hand. With

this combination, it quite likely lives

up to Walter Lange’s vision of a

perfect watch.

Horlogerie 2018

A. LANGE & SÖHNE

TRIPLE SPLIT

The TRIPLE SPLIT is

the first mechanical split-

seconds chronograph

in the world that allows

multi-hour comparative

time measurements.

Additional rattrapante

hands on the minute and

hour totalisers make it

possible to stop lap and

reference times of events

that last as long as twelve

hours.

AUDEMARS PIGUET

Royal Oak Rd#2

Complications and

ultra-thin models: two

time-honoured Audemars

Piguet specialties meet

in the Royal Oak RD#2.

It has taken five years to

develop the new ultra-

thin 5133 calibre with

perpetual calendar. The

challenge has been to

re-engineer a three-storey

movement into a single

level, making it ultra-

thin while combining

and re-arranging

functions to boost

ergonomy, efficiency and

robustness. This patented

system features a record

shattering 2.89 mm

central rotor. At just 6.30

mm, the redesigned case

shaves almost 2 mm off

the Royal Oak Extra-Thin

Jumbo, making the Royal

Oak RD#2 the thinnest

self-winding perpetual

calendar on the market

today.