Baselworld 2015’s Best Timepieces

From a sleek $750 world traveler watch to a $750,000 timepiece with a mechanism that mimics Big Ben, these are the standouts from the world’s premiere watch show.

Baselworld 2015, the premiere watch showcase held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, saw an exceptional cross-section of timepieces that ran the gamut in style, function, mechanism and heritage. Yes, technology and the onslaught of smartwatches may have largely dominated this year’s fair, but the craftsmanship of haute horology was anything but an afterthought. Here are twelve outstanding timepieces that all showcase an unbridled passion for watchmaking.