As ever, Salon QP is the venue for a number of watches to make their first appearances. This year we have a whole host of new watch faces to acquaint you with. If you don’t have tickets yet, there’s still time – click here to register.

By James Buttery

Urban Jurgensen – the Alfred

You will probably have already read about the latest addition to Urban Jurgensen’s oh-so restrained ranks. Cased in stainless steel – a rarity for the brand, which usually favours precious metals – it has lost none of the charm and sophistication that we’ve come to expect from the revived Danish marque. 

Fears – the Redcliffe Date and Redcliffe Continental

Another brand returning to Saatchi Gallery following a successful debut in 2016 is Fears, a storied English watch brand now revived by sixth generation family member Nicolas Bowman-Scargill. The brand has clearly been busy in the intervening months as it is bringing two completely new watches to Salon QP as well as a striking new Passport Red version of its existing Redcliff Date, pictured. The first is a natty new GMT, the Redcliffe Continental, which displays its second time zone by way of a 24-hour wheel at the six o?clock position while the second is officially the brand?s first mechanical watch in 60 years, the Brunswick.
Atelier de Chronometrie – AdC5

Still fresh from launching at Salon QP last year, the Barcelona-based brand returns with its fifth creation, the AdC#5,...