Parmigiani Fleurier introduced the Restoration collection at SIHH 2010. Below is the official press release and lots of interesting images.

"It is a rare pleasure to restore a timepiece. Setting it free from the ravages of time and man equates to bringing it back as a temporal truth essential to our memory."

-Michel Parmigiani

These days, the watchmaking industry only very rarely has recourse to the art of restoring old pieces. Mastery of its secrets is now becoming a prime asset for those involved in the industry. At Parmigiani Fleurier, restoration has never ceased to be the soul of the brand.

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IWC introduced numerous Portuguese watches at SIHH 2010 last week. This is IWC's oldest and most popular watch collection. The new collection is far ranging with a Grand Complication, two Tourbillons, two Perpetual Calendars, two chronographs, an Automatic, a Hand-wound, and a Minute Repeater. The Perpetual Calendar with Midnight Blue dial and 18-carat white gold case is pictured above. More watch photos and the full press release below.

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Vacheron Constantin, one of the oldest and most famous high-end watchmakers in the world, released five new models within their Patrimony Traditionnelle collection at SIHH 2010 last week. Case sizes range from 38 mm all the way up to 44 mm. All Patrimony timepieces are available in either 950 platinum or 18-carat white gold, no red or pink gold (which was immensely popular with many brands last year). As far as complications, they range from a chronograph all the way up to a minute repeater.

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Last week at SIHH 2010, Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced two new Memovox automatic alarm watches. The Master Memovox and Master Memovox International. In 1956, Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced the first automatic alarm movement, powered by Calibre 815. The latest generation of JLC's automatic alarm movement , Calibre 956, is based on this famous movement. The latest generation movement, however, is more accurate, reliable and robust. It now has a large free-sprung balance and a winding rotor on ceramic ball bearings that need no lubrication or maintenance. Its gear wheels have a new kind of tooth profile that ensures smoother transmission. Calibre 956 has a frequency of 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 45 hours. Finally, it is equipped with a rapid date-change mechanism.

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Last week at SIHH 2010, Audemars Piguet unveiled two new Royal Oak Equation of Time watches. Below are two more images and the full press release. Also check back early next week for photos of Audemars Piguet's new Skeleton Royal Oaks. I just spoke with the AP Press Director, Juliane Gauthier, and she said that they were not scheduled to have the Royal Oak Skeletons ready for the show. Fortunately, the watchmakers at Audemars Piguet actually ended up finishing them early, just in time for SIHH 2010.

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This week, at SIHH 2010, IWC unveiled a new tonneau shaped chronograph, the Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic. IWC says, "that in 1986 they introduced the world's first case made from the extremely hard, scratch-resistant and impact-resistant ceramic, zirconium oxide. This milestone in case engineering also bore the name Da Vinci." Most of the 44 x 52.8 x 15.1 mm case is made of ceramic, however, the bezel and caseback are made of grade 5 titanium. The titanium bezel has been blackened and polished. The dial is black with a with a réhaut volant. The sapphire crystal is convex and has an anti-reflective coating on both sides. The movement is visible through the see-through caseback. Inside, is a self-winding IWC in-house movement, Calibre 89360. It beats at 28,800 vph, has 40 jewels and features a 68 hour power reserve. Water-resistance is 30 meters.

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A. Lange & Sohne has introduced a new Saxonia at SIHH 2010, the Saxonia Annual Calendar. They have already offered a Perpetual Calendar function (which corrects for a period of many years) in the past, but now for the first time, they are offering an Annual Calendar function (only needs to be corrected once per year) in one of their timepieces. Offered first by Patek Philippe, in 1996, the Annual Calendar complication is now widely regarded as an important function in high-end watches. The new Saxonia Annual Calendar also offers a moonphase indicator and Lange's iconic outsize date window.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre has unveiled a new version of their iconic Reverso model, the Squadra Chronograph GMT Palermo. Inside the new timepiece is the famous Calibre 754 automatic movement. For this watch, however, what is inside is not necessarily the biggest story. Instead, the highlight is the vulcanized rubber case. Creating a case from vulcanized rubber was not easy to engineer and, of course, took countless hours to perfect. The end result, though, is a robust rubber and stainless case. Custom tailored for the rugged world of Polo.

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