When Pascal Raffy acquired the Dimier 1738 Manufacture in June 2006, he gave Bovet 1822 absolute control over its developments.

Having cast off their dial, having rid their movement of extraneous matter, skeleton watches reveal all, or almost all, their mechanical anatomy. Take a peek, in images, at a branch of horology that has nothing to hide.

For the very first time, Peter Speake-Marin combines two of his leitmotifs on the same dial. The Skull Face to Face Tourbillon uses the English watchmaker's favourite complication to remind us that life is short. And oh so sweet!

Do your eyes light up at the sight of diamonds, emeralds and sapphires? Do you long for a world of beauty and sophistication? Look no further, as this year's Baselworld was truly a diva's delight.

A watch that adapts to you, and not the other way round? Introducing EMC "Time Hunter", which enables its owner to monitor its functioning and control its precision when worn.

Its reversible case lends itself to all manner of wild and wonderful designs. In this instance, the Reverso pays tribute to René Magritte and offers its "other" side to a reproduction of one of his most famous paintings, The Treachery of Images.