Just discovered these that also were introduced at Basel.
Nomos Tangent Automatik (quite nice, especially being that it's less than $3K)
Sapraneva Black Badger (
http://quillandpad.com/2015/03/03/au...dic-seasons-2/)
Cool because the lume isn't SuperLuminova, but rather a composite material made by the Black Badger company (
http://bridgeandbarrel.com/black-bad...ed-composites/ and
http://www.blackbadger.se/) and it's glow is claimed to last through the night, which is something only vast amounts of SuperLuminova can do. This could be the next "new thing" in watch illumination and actually be an excellent alternative to tritium.
Hermes Slim
I don't know why, but for some reason, Hermes' watches are competitively priced, unlike everything else they offer. Indeed, given the movements they carry, they are a downright bargain seeing as those very same movements run about 2.5 times Hermes' price if you buy them inside a Parmigiani Tonda. (Parm and Hermes both have ownership of the movement maker Vaucher.)
MB&F Melchior -- No, it's not a watch, but it's cool as hell!
And let's face it, you can spend ~$35K for Melchior, or you can spend ~$25K for the JLC Atmos Mark Newson. I'll take the robot. Thank you, very much.
Tag Heuer - Monaco Panda
Movado Bold
Raymond Weil Toccata
Louis Vuitton Escale Worldtime - The thinnest world time watch in the world and hand painted/decorated. LV, like Hermes and Ralph Lauren watches are very serious watches. Some years back LV bought a haute horology class movement maker and they've been cranking out some serious "watch geek" pieces ever since. (
http://quillandpad.com/2014/10/09/lo...ana-or-meyrin/) Like Hermes, their watches are usually priced competitively with other, similarly
haute makers' products.
(
http://www.hodinkee.com/blog/introdu...-travel-watch-)
Luois Vuitton Minue Repeater -- This one is actually priced well below, a couple hundred grand below, comparable minute repeaters, most of which lack hand painted dials and the cachet that comes with that sort of thing. I sure hope the trend for "fancy pants" designers making serious watches and pricing them below market continues. Heck, I hope the "below market" pricing extends to the rest of what LV and their ilk make. LOL
Laurent Ferrier -- Okay, LF watches are very hard to come by in the U.S., and they are never inexpensive and they are always more impressive than most any other simple, conservative watch one can buy, IMO. This watch, the Galet, isn't any different, and none of that is news. What's news is that this watch will be offered in stainless steel. That's a first for LF and a welcome move.
All the best.