Spotlight On SIHH

The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie Geneve (SIHH) is almost upon us. We lookat some of the Pre-SIHH 2019 watches recently launched, for a taste of what's to come.

1 TORIC CHRONOMETRE GUILLOCHE DIAL

Parmigiani Fleurier's new timepiece is more about aesthetics than timekeeping. As its name suggests, the Toric Chronometre Guilloche Dial is especially about the look of its dial, which is the work of hand guilloche - a rare artisanal technique "in which the material is engraved to produce a repeating decorative pattern". The concentric pattern on the dial of this timepiece evokes the arrangement of the scales on a pine tree - one of the Golden Ratio seen in the natural world. "The decoration is so captivating because it is based on the Golden Ratio," says Parmigiani's founder Michel Parmigiani.