Baselworld

​Some watches are made for looks. Some are made to be tough. Making its debut at this year's Baselworld exhibition, the Bianchet Genève G5000 Active Tourbillon is made to be really tough, withstanding impacts of up to 5,000 g and still keep ticking.

The Citizen Caliber 0100 Eco-Drive is a solar-powered concept pocket watch that is accurate to within ± one second per year thanks to a new movement that incorporates self-correcting technology and the company's proprietary Eco-Drive power system.

Given the premier nature of Switzerland's watchmaking industry, the level of excitement, glitz and glamour that surrounds Baselworld should come as no surprise. Once again, Gizmag joined the thousands of trade, press and public attendees in search of the latest and greatest in wrist-worn fashion.

The Vector smartwatch is available in both square and round-faced models, and makes use of a memory LCD display alongside a low-powered OS to provide a (claimed) 30-day battery life. The product's creators were keen to emphasis the simplicity of the device, but how does it measure up in the flesh?

Gizmag managed to get up close and personal with the very latest in wrist bling at Baselworld 2014. Join us for a look through some show favorites.

Victorinox is launching a limited Titanium edition of its Dive Master 500 divers watch to celebrate 25 years of watchmaking. The new watch brings a mechanical chronograph movement to the collection, and features a generous helping of luminous markers in two different colors.

London's Graff Diamonds has unveiled The Hallucination ladies wristwatch at Baselworld 2014. The $55 million timepiece features over 110 carats of colored diamonds.

French watch maker Bernard Richards Manufacture already has three "world's lightest watch" trophies in its cabinet, and has now added a fourth. The V6-44-MK joined its featherweight siblings at Baselworld 2014, and Gizmag managed to get a closer look at the sporty quartet.

The Christophe Claret Maestoso showcased at Baselworld 2014 uses a detent escapement – a movement of remarkable accuracy that’s almost impossible to install in a watch.

Building on the success of its Cookoo "connected complication" that combined analog movement with a connected digital display, Hong Kong's ConnecteDevice has released two versions of a new Cogito model – a Classic dress watch and a fun-loving design named Pop.

In a fusing of the 21st and the 18th centuries, Christophe Claret takes a page out of the golden age of automata and turns "he loves me, he love me not" into a miniature automaton version that fits into a lady’s wristwatch.

The Earth and Moon are, we’re reliably informed, three-dimensional, so why should the Moon-phase dial on your upmarket wristwatch be flat? Swiss watchmaker Vicenterra's Luna volume 1 addresses this, showing the Earth and Moon as rotating three-dimensional spheres as part of its set of complications.