A quick glance to the UR-220 could be misleading. Look again because everything has changed here. Although the UR-220 has adopted some of the features of its predecessor, the entire movement has been reconceived, redesigned and reworked.

The year 2020 has posed a number of challenges to us all, in every facet of life. Even in times of adversity, however, we find moments of pleasure, moments to celebrate, and the occasion of the announcements of this year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) is one such moment.

All things equal

Innovation is nothing new to Armin Strom. For founders Serge Michel and Claude Greisler, it has always been a founding principle for their independent brand to consistently present something new in each of their watches, pushing the boundaries of traditional mechanical watchmaking.

The Swiss Manufacture comes with a reworked version of the celebrated Dual Time, a watch for the voyager who spends as much time in the air as he does on the ground.

MAKING GOOD USE OF GREY MATTER

As in all its new creations, Richard Mille combines innovation and luxury. Here, grey Cermet is used for the first time, transforming the esthetics of sports watches.

Confession — I don’t dive. I’m neither a professional diver (no surprise there) nor even a recreational one. Subsequently, you may be forgiven for thinking that you don’t have to believe what I say about this.

Every new creation is a world unto itself. A wholly new space born of a play between spirit and sensation. Singular yet timeless, innovative and performance-driven, the RM 72-01 Lifestyle In-House Chronograph is poised at the intersection between Haute Horlogerie, dance and music.

Watchmaking is full of paradoxes. No matter how extreme the case materials get, each new metal lighter and stronger than the last, when circumstances call for a strap that can handle just about anything, it always comes back to good old basic nylon.