The Purists just published a sneak peek of a new timepiece that Jaeger-LeCoultre will unveil at SIHH 2012 next week - the Deep Sea Vintage Chronograph. It is a vintage inspired 100 meter dive watch powered by automatic caliber 751G and housed in a 40.5 mm case. This is not a professional diver watch and it is not recommended to activate the chronograph underwater.

The Deep Sea Chronograph is similar to the Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea that Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced last year. According to Jaeger's Tumblr site, it is "a remarkable reinterpretation of the legendary Memovox Deep Sea watch."

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SIHH 2012 is just around the corner; and Montblanc has released an image of a hot new in-house mono-pusher chronograph, the Villeret 1858 Vintage Tachydate.

The Tachydate features a newly developed Minverva based manufacture monopusher chronograph caliber MB M16.32. Highly regarded watch manufacture Minerva, was acquired by Richemont (who owns Montblanc) in 2007. Start, stop and reset functions are all controlled via a single pusher located in the crown. The date is displayed via the subdial at 6 o'clock.

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This is the new Maurice de Mauriac DLC Tourneau Skeleton. It features a blacked out skeletonized Concepto chronograph movement. Sapphire crystal on the front and back. Case is tourneau shaped in steel with a beautiful polished grey DLC treatment. Partially skeletonized dial. Leather strap shown is standard, although there are quite a few options if the strap is not to your liking. Read more about Maurice de Mauriac.

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Baume & Mercier introduced the Capeland Flyback Chronograph collection last year at SIHH. Next month, at SIHH 2012, they will introduce a new vintage inspired Capeland.

Aesthetically, the new Capeland has been redesigned with an all new two register layout, as opposed to three registers in last year's collection; and a new vintage inspired dial, including gilt Breguet style hands.

Functionally, the Capeland is virtually the same as the 2011 model. Available in either a stainless steel or 18k red gold case that measures 44 mm in diameter and 16.5 mm thick. Inside, is a La Joux-Perret automatic bi-compax chronograph movement with flyback and date. The movement runs at 28,800 vph (4Hz), has 27 jewels and a power-reserve of 48-hours.

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A number of wristwatches have been worn in space, but none are as famous as the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch.

The Speedmaster was first launched in 1957 and was originally designed as a sports and racing chronograph in conjunction with Omega's partnership as the official timekeeper of the Olympic games. It was powered by the manually wound Omega Calibre 321, developed in 1946 by Albert Piguet of Lemania, which had been acquired in 1932 by Omega's parent company, SSIH. The model featured a 12-hour, triple-register chronograph layout, domed Hesalite crystal (plexiglas), and high-contrast indexes.

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Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronometer

This is the new Maurice de Mauriac Skeleton Chronograph. It features a top grade 25 jewel Concepto openworked movement with perlage, Geneva stripes, skeleton rotor and a black PVD finish. According to Daniel Dreifuss, founder of Maurice de Mauriac, the openworked collection is available in three sizes (39 mm, 42 mm, 45 mm); it is available in your choice of steel, titanium, gold, PVD steel, DLC titanium cases. The bezel, pushpieces and strap are also customizable. Each piece is hand assembled in the brand's Zurich atelier, and adjusted to chronometer specifications of +/- 5 seconds per day.

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Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronometer