Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Geneva’s annual Watches and Wonders show is regarded as the launch pad for the most interesting, imaginative, covetable and collectable models of the year. It’s the one occasion that brings together watchmaking’s heavyweight competitors including Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Vacheron, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC and Chopard.
But if there was one message to take away from this year’s edition in April , it’s that the horological renaissance is facing quite a challenge as true breakthroughs seem a thing of the past. In the early 2000s, there was a revival in watchmaking; we were learning the rediscovered histories of landmark models such as the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso , the Cartier Santos, the Breitling Navitimer, Panerai’s Radiomir and the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.
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