SIHH 2018 Day 1 Rewind: IWC, Vacheron, Montblanc, Ulysse Nardin, MB&F, Girard-Perragaux, HYT, DeWitt

Subscribe for more amazing luxury watch content! https://www.youtube.com/@the1916company/?sub_confirmation=1 “Day One” of Watchbox’s SIHH 2018 luxury watch deep-dive began in the new Carré des Horlogers, a collection of the independent watchmakers and independent watch brands that have gravitated to SIHH from Baselworld over the last half-decade. As Baselworld had shrunk, premier independent brands including MB&F, HYT, and (Kari) Voutilainen have found their natural home among peers in the Carré des Horlogers. MB&F led the line with its HM8 MoonMachine 2, a collaboration with Max Busser’s “friend” Stepan Sarpaneva. The MB&F HM8 features a number of Sarpaneva’s signature design cues including his “corona” halo and man-in-the-moon moonphase blazon with… Sarpaneva’s own face. 12 pieces will be offered in each of titanium, blackened titanium, and titanium with rose gold. The MB&F Legacy Machine 2 Split-Escapement was on hand to demonstrate MB&F’s latest interpretation of “retro-futurism” in high horology. HYT joined the fray in 2016, but SIHH 2017 marked the hydro-mechanical watch brand’s first serious set of new model launches at the Geneva venue. HYT launched both the yellow-gold HYT H0 lug-less watch and a lug-less version of its existing HYT H2 model, now dubbed “H20.” Jerome DeWitt marked his brand debut at SIHH with a personal touch from him and his business manager, his wife Viviane. The DeWitt watch brand is undergoing a reorganization and rebirth for 2018, and the Je