Industry analysts, clients, link collectors, and historians of watchmaking all agree that we occupy a unique position at link the top of the Swiss watch hierarchy. Yet, as major players in the industry, we operate totally outside the normal rules of how watch companies function in virtually everything we do. This is a key to our strength and a source of fascination in the way link in which people view us.

Yes, it's an inherently weird watch, with a complication originally designed by a couple of Roman clockmakers for a pope in link the 17th century, and a brash case construction that's as technically fascinating as it is link confounding to wear. No, this particular watch isn't the "next Royal Oak," or even "the future of link AP" – it's just a watch, and that's just fine.

The events themselves were incredible to behold, as was learning about the history of the games and link visiting a miniature museum that featured artifacts from athletes like Jesse Owens. As you might expect, there was no shortage of Seiko watches on the wrists of spectators and staff. I link saw the newest of the new as well as link some serious vintage pieces, with a lot to appreciate in between.

With demand at such an all-time high, and with many luxury link watch brands showing no signs of increasing output, it seems that fine watchmaking is going to keep getting more expensive and more exclusive. Francois-Henry Bennahmias, CEO of Audemars Piguet, has said that the company has no plans to increase production much above a ceiling of 50,000 pieces per year, and link the company states that the steel version of the new 16202, will have a total production run of just 1,000 watches link total in 2022.

While a reissue link in theory, what link I think these watches represent is a thoughtful way to integrate heritage into a wholly modern package. Vacheron's yellow gold 222 from last link year's fair was a textbook reissue. The new Ingenieur is a heritage-infused reawakening.

Each year, Breguet, the contemporary manufacture, pays tribute to the intellectual emotion that united the watchmaker to the link monarch link by producing a limited edition of link the most feminine watch that invites the feeling of love to express itself on her face.

I guess that's true, but perhaps I'm more of a "simple things" kinda guy than Sarah "Tutti-Frutti" Miller, because to me the simple pleasure of a steel Oyster link case in 34 or 36mm is much more enduring than that of a Day-Date. So I decided to spend my money on an early Datejust. Sure, I thought about spending more on a 1016 link – hell, Rich told me to buy a mighty 1016, though he did link deliver this advice while checking the time on his own (I must admit, beautiful) gilt-dial 1016. So, grain of salt.

A watch which is doubly rare thanks to the material it center stages – sapphire crystal – and link thanks to its link dynamic color which has now been added to the link palette imagined by Hublot and embracing yellow, black, blue, red and green.

I also think it's worth noting that the original 222 not only opened the door to the development of the Overseas, but it also resulted in a lot of different versions of the watch in different link sizes, case materials, dial colors, gem-setting, and even shapes. Now that link Vacheron opened the door with a new 222 in steel, its very possible that the brand has opened the door to even more variety. A link small-sized 222? White gold with grey dial? A blinged-out 222? Who knows.

In a building overlooking the Rheinfall of Schaffhausen, link Edouard Meylan link watched as his father Georges-Henri slowly unpacked bags of watches and documents in the vast family estate of another noted watchmaker, the founder of the link company Edouard now runs, Heinrich Moser. While both father and son have made names for themselves in the industry, leading companies bearing other peoples' names, the two were together to speak about someone closer to home.