their sotirio bvlgari watch is a tribute to its founder, 1 bvlgari watches 25 years ago. besides limited editions, tributes and anniversary models, brands are also introducing regular models [pheww]. blancpain already spread the word on their blancpain 500 fathoms watch. this 48mm diameter titanium built watch is water-resistant to 1000 metres.

smaller brands, such as linde werdelin, are introducing their new watches as well of course. linde werdelin’s spidolite watch with a movement finished by svend anderson. ariel adams over at ablogtoread.com already blogged about this watch.

as a rolex fan, i wonder what this geneva based company is going to reveal this year. they are known to keep their new watches secret till the day of the baselworld expo. i also wonder whether the atmosphere in basel will be influenced by the global credit crisis, as it did during the sihh expo a few weeks ago.

glashütte original senator navigator perpetual calendar. and as of today, th women's swiss rolex e firm from glashütte introduced a whole serie of new watches during baselworld 2009.

all the news from glashütte original is summarized in the two photos below, send to me by rené marx of glashütte original.

monochrome covered some of the new models already in detail, and i suggest you visit the baselworld 2009 forum over at perpetuelle.com for all the latest news, pictures and details.

as my interest is growing in this brand from glashütte, i am looking forward to meet the guys behind the brand tomorrow in basel. finally able to hold some of their watches in my hands and have a look at them in detail. the senator meissen tourbillon and senator louis vuitton watches chronometer are very interesting timepieces, being classic and still suitable for the young(er) wrist

the pre-basel news is already flooding the various watch portals. my earlier post on the omega speedmaster pro 40th anniversary model should also classify as pre-basel news. omega has their press-kits already available for the large public. breitling will be introducing their navitimer 125th anniversary model, as does bvlgari.