SIHH 2015: Vacheron Constantin had everyone swooning at Geneva watch fair
Every dreary January, the luxury watch world and its dog enjoys brief respite from the month’s enforced abstinence inside a vast exhibition complex next to Geneva airport. Here, for the past 25 years, the Richemont Group has provided its own alternative to the chaotic jamboree that is spring’s watch and jewellery fair in Basel, staging the altogether more serene Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). Here, in a cocoon of eggshell tones with champagne and sushi on tap, 15,000 invite-only retailers, VIPs and journalists are introduced to the new year’s new tickers from the likes of IWC, Cartier, Montblanc and Jaeger-LeCoultre.