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#OnThisDay July 7, 1990: Cartier CEO Alain Dominique Perrin announces the creation of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. The new show focuses exclusively on high-end watchmaking and highlights the five-star atmosphere in Geneva. #SIHH #Geneva

#OnThisDay April 15, 1991: The first Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) opens in Geneva. Primarily attended by Vendôme, later Richemont, it was the primary rival for the massive Basel Fair. #SIHH #BaselWorld

#OnThisDay April 4, 2005: Audemars Piguet brings a manufacture movement, Cal. 3120, to the Royal Oak for the first time in the new Ref. 15300 model, which debuted at SIHH #SIHH

#OnThisDay April 2, 2006: Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils the Reverso grande complication à triptyque at the SIHH press conference; it would win the Special Jury Prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève in 2007 #SIHH #GPHG

#OnThisDay March 31, 1992: The second SIHH show in Geneva opens, focused primarily on Vendôme brands. #SIHH

#OnThisDay January 25, 2019: A. Lange & Söhne adds a date complication to the Zeitwerk: Since the hours and minutes are shown in windows, the Zeitwerk Date uses a date disc around the edge of the dial. #SIHH

#OnThisDay January 25, 2017: Bulgari introduces the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Skeleton, an open-worked version of the world's thinnest tourbillon movement #SIHH

#OnThisDay January 22, 2018: Audemars Piguet wows the crowd at SIHH with an ultra-thin perpetual calendar prototype, the forerunner of the Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin a year later. #SIHH

#OnThisDay January 21, 2013: A. Lange & Söhne introduces the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar at SIHH; it would win both the Grande Complication Prize and Public Prize at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève later that year #SIHH #GPHG

#OnThisDay January 20, 2015: Vacheron Constantin introduces the ultra-thin grande complication chronograph Cal. 3500 in the Harmony Ultra-Thin Grande Complication Chronograph at SIHH #SIHH

#OnThisDay January 16, 2017: Girard-Perregaux re-launches the Laureato collection at SIHH #SIHH

#OnThisDay December 10, 2018: Girard-Perregaux introduces the Laureato Perpetual Calendar prior to SIHH #SIHH

#OnThisDay July 7, 1990: Cartier CEO Alain Dominique Perrin announces the creation of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. The new show focuses exclusively on high-end watchmaking and highlights the five-star atmosphere in Geneva. #SIHH #Geneva