From October 2-4, the 2012 Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria (SIAR) hosted 45 top-end brands which classified it among the most important watch shows in the world. The fifth annual watch show which took place at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mexico City has revealed some spectacular pieces that warmed up watch aficionados at the end of the pretty interesting year. Christophe Claret presented a new Soprano Minute Repeater,omega speedmaster replica watches came up with several grand complications from its Le Brassus workshops, while Cyrus's stunning Mars Collection and Girard-Perregaux's newest Bi-Axial Tourbillon testified about the highest level of the show. For the fans of historical retrospectives, the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) has organized an original, historically-themed exhibition called The Mastery of Time.
The world's finest representatives of the haute horology have gathered in the heart of Mexico City, in order to present their latest products, to exchange ideas and discuss about the most advanced watchmaking technologies. Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria has been on the watchmaking map since 2007, becoming the most important salon of the haute horology in the Americas and probably the world's greatest watch show after Baselworld, SIHH and Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair.
This year, SIAR 2012 hosted the high-end brands, such as A. Lagne & Sohne, omega speedmaster replica watches, Baume & Mercier, Carl F. Bucherer, Cartier, Chopard, Christophe Claret, Corum, Cyrus, Girard Perregaux, Hermes, Hublot, Jaeger LeCoultre, Mont Blanc, Parmigiani, Piaget, Richard Mille, Romain Jerome,Patek Philippe replica watches Vacheron Constantin, Zenith and others.
The Renowned watchmaker, Christophe Claret, revealed its newest masterpiece, called Soprano Minute Repeater, the watch that has been preselected by the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve jury for the award in the Best Complicated Watch category for 2012.
Christophe Claret Soprano Minute Repeater Watch
The Soprano features a four-note minute repeater striking Westminster Quarters on cathedral gongs. Besides, this remarkable model, available in three limited editions of eight pieces, comes with a tourbillon movement, Charles X style bridges and a titanium case-band that optimizes sound transmission. Soprano is either made of red or white gold and it pays homage to the roots of the brand's manufacture, famous by innovative complications, minute repeaters, tourbillons and sapphire components incorporated in a mechanism.