Salon QP launches in style at The Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery: SEE PHOTOS

The bright, clean space was an apt setting to showcase the array of high-end watches. Now in its third year, the luxury event for watch enthusiasts has grown in size in terms of exhibitors and expected visitors and this year, as well as offering a range of informative talks, includes an exhibition by the Fondation de la Haute Horologerie called Mechanical Horology from its Origins to the Present Day. The exhibition, was put together especially for Salon QP and shows how far time-keeping has come over the seven centuries since the first weight-driven clocks appeared in the 13th century.

One of the highlights of last night’s champagne laden launch was the attendance of Ronnie Wood, from Rolling Stones fame who has moved into art, and is now collaborating with British watch company Bremont. His appearance drew a crowd to the Bremont stand. Read about the collaboration here.

The range of timepieces on show was impressive and just a few of those receiving admiration through the duration of Salon QP will be the Bulgari Magsonic Grande Sonnerie Tourbillon; the Tag Heuer Mikrotimer Flying 1000; the Zenith Striking 10th; Harry Winston’s new Ocean Sport Collection and A. Lange & Söhne’s chiming wristwatch the Lange Zeitwerk Striking Time.

Salon QP runs until tomorrow and the exhibitors include:

A Lange & Söhne
Baume and Mercier
Bell & Ross
Bremont
Bulgari
Bulova
Cartier
Chronoswiss
Corum
Daniels London
Frédérique Constant
Girard-Perregaux
Graham
Harry Winston
Hermès
IWC
Jaeger-LeCoultre
John C. Taylor
Manufacture Royale
Maurice Lacroix
Meccaniche Veloci
Montblanc
Nomos Glashütte
Panerai
Piaget
Roger Smith
TAG Heuer
U-Boat
Vacheron Constantin
Watches of Knightsbridge Auctioneers
Zenith

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