Form and function are the hallmarks of the high-end watch industry. Water-resistant dials are made in gold, while complications depicting astronomical movements are encrusted in diamonds. BT More packs in all the action from recent Swiss watch fairs: Basel World and Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) after a record setting year for one of the country's best-known industries. If Breguet immortalised Marie Antoinette's extravagance with brilliant cut diamonds, Rado infused gold stripes into ceramic.
Tag Heuer upped its speedometer in a sparkling steel dial. Similarly, Omega embedded a diving scale onto a rose-gold case and Parmigiani reintroduced the second hand from a centuries-old pocket watch on an arty watchface. Vacheron stunned with more mtiers d'art engravings and Blancpain turned a watch's inner-motions into poetry. Browse through the best of the best in our annual watch special. You may just find your next family heirloom.
