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Panerai, famed for its link to Italian combat divers, introduces the Panerai Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech™ – 47mm as a 33-piece limited edition. Made from carbotech, a material based on carbon fibre, this professional dive watch delivers remarkable technical performance.

With only a handful of collections launching at SIHH 2019, it was left to the brands’ most recognisable lines to inject newness and fresh designs, which they did wonderfully well. “Variations on a theme”, what they lack in surprise factor, they more than make up for in instant appeal.

In the 3-minute video above, you can get a glimpse of the main highlights of the day on the Salon.

The 29th Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie ends this evening after a highly successful four days with over 23,000 visitors. Millions of views across social media, new audiences, fabulous watches and a packed programme of keynotes and panels were only some of this year’s highlights. In an ultra-connected world where experience and innovation count, the Salon’s new formula delivered on all its missions in making Fine Watchmaking more desirable than ever.

Traceable and accountable. Andrew Bone from the Responsible Jewellery Council, Diana Culillas from the Swiss Better Gold Association and Claire Piroddi from the Kering Group explain what is at stake for the fine watchmaking industry.

IWC Schaffhausen comes to SIHH 2019 with a new Spitfire line, in honour of the engineers behind the legendary British fighter plane. All the Spitfire watches are equipped with IWC in-house movements, including this Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar.