An unforgettable event makes wonderful memories, and this one created them in abundance. All weekend, the people mingled with the watchmakers, and the watchmakers mingled with the people, and within that beautiful light-filled room something special was born.

If there’s one piece of watch industry news that’s pretty much guaranteed to stop the traffic, it’s the news that Rolex has dropped its hotly predicted 2020 line-up for the centrepiece of its portfolio, the Submariner collection, and for a few days at least, the only number in the world that really matters at all right now is 41.

It’s been a decade since Ressence unveiled their utterly fascinating method of indicating time. In celebration of the anniversary, the company have created a new series, Collection X and its first piece is the limited edition Ressence Type 1 Slim X.

Following up its award-winning Krayon Everywhere was never going to be easy for this youthful Independent watch company. Perhaps the best thing to do was to make a more attainable and wearable edition. With their Krayon Anywhere timepiece, that’s exactly what they have done.

With its new Antarctique collection, Geneva based Czapek enters the highly exclusive luxury sporty-chic watch set with a highly impressive statement of intent, which is both modern yet classical in its stylish integrated stainless steel case and bracelet, and which also boasts an all-new in-house movement.

One of Vianney Halter’s great gifts is his ability to make so obvious the sources of the ideas which inspire him, while still making his watches unique and individual in their own right . It is genius I’m sure, and in the Grande Voyageur once again there is little left to the imagination in either its name or its design as to where its influence comes from.

It would almost be tantamount to sacrilege to suggest that a new case material and dial colour equate to a make-over when you’e talking about a timepiece like the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater by A. Lange & Söhne. However, even a nip and a tuck to a “Lange” are enough to warrant that we pay attention.

With five new dial editions to ponder over the Hermès Arceau L'Heure de la Lune collection is grabbing attention once again, because when you have created an exquisitely whimsical, yet complex masterpiece then you have definitely earned the right to play with your design.

With the doors of Geneva's Palexpo exhibition centre open for business, SIHH 2018 is go, and with no fewer than thirty-five brands exhibiting their latest novelties in this increasingly important showcase, surprises await around every corner!