36 DEPARTURES STYLE ON
36 DEPARTURES STYLE ON THE PULSE Best in Show This year’s Salon de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva was highlighted by an eclectic extravaganza of wristwatches, from nostalgic anniversary editions to brand-new instant classics. by Elisa Vallata 1 1 Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpetuel with 43mm white-gold case, guilloché enamel dial, manual-winding movement 2 Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Chronograph with 44mm titanium case, self-winding movement, dial composed of two superimposed, hollowed plates 3 Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Selfwinding with 41mm pink-gold case, lacquered dial, pink-gold applied hour markers and hands 2 3
COURTESY OF THE WATCHMAKERS 7 4 4 Piaget Altiplano with 40mm pink-gold case, meteorite dial, ultra-thin self-winding movement 5 Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual Calendar with 42mm platinum case, transparent sapphire-crystal caseback, manual-winding movement, gold guilloché dial 6 A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 “25th Anniversary” with 38.5mm white-gold case, silver argenté dial, hand-wound movement 7 Cartier Baignoire Allongée with pink-gold case set with brilliant-cut diamonds, manual-winding movement 8 Richard Mille RM 07-03 Automatic Marshmallow with white TZP ceramic case decorated with tsavorites, pink sapphires and citrines, skeletonised automaticwinding movement, hand-enamelled titanium and red-gold dial 6 8 5 37 DEPARTURES
