Top Elegant Watches Are Showed At BaselWorld 2011
Half a century ago, Piaget senior watchmaking factory began the journey of developing the ultra-thin watch. In the beginning of 1957, Piaget created the 2mm thickness mechanical movement named 9P. Among the terms of the watch industry, 9P represents 9 ligne. The watch was equipped with 9P movement or the 12P automatic movement and launched in BaselWorld2011. These two movements had become the world’s thinnest movements at that time. Since then, Piaget had developed 29 pieces movements, 17 pieces of them were the ultra-thin ones, which laid a stable position for the brand in the field of creating ultra-thin movements.
In this year, Piaget launches the new ultra-thin Altiplano collection at SIHH. This new collection first appeared in 1998, and it was famous for compact case and simple dial. The new collection is committed to the original one’s characters and added Piaget’s jewelry making crafts. The new collection seems more noble and elegant than the original one.
IWC launches the Portofino collection at the beginning of the year. Portofino Fino is a beautiful harbor town of Ligurian coast. The people in this place live a leisure and casual life. In 1984, the first Portofino watch appeared. The watch came in 46mm diameter case with the function of moon phase display. It was equipped with thin caliber9521 movement. Since then, IWC gradually modified this collection but remained the simple and elegant style. The new Portofino automatic watch features a delicate dial. It came in modern style case with 40mm diameter. After being exquisite crafted and re-designed, the watch become much thinner. And the Portofino GMT watch’s strap is made by Italian high quality shoes manufacturer Santoni. The wearer can adjust the time-zone and the date through the crown.
In this year, Baume&Mercier launches two new watches: Linea collection and Capeland collection. These two watches integrate the coastal elements. Therefore, during the period of SIHH, Baume&Mercier holds a special beach party, and more than 900 guests take part in the grand party.
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