Browsing all posts in May, 2009.
Universal Geneve Compax
This unique watch debuted at BaselWorld 2009. We got to see the timepiece as it continues it’s historical voyage. Launched in 1936, the Compax chronograph displayed a revolutionary third chronometer counter for totalizing the hours and minutes timed. Seventy-three years – and a full history – later, Universal Genève is bringing out a version that [...]
Optimistic outlook on JCK opening
JCK Las Vegas opened today with great fanfare, long lines in registration and a wave of optimism as manufacturers were prepared to sell and retailers were eager to buy. The Show’s opening ceremony featured an exciting, traditional Lion Dotting Ceremony, sponsored by the Hong Kong Jewelry Manufacturers Association. The crowds milling about waiting to get [...]
Louis Erard 1931 Regulator Power Reserve
Regulators first appeared at the end of the 17th century, in the field of chronometry. These symbols of precision were used by watchmakers to verify the rate of watches. Four centuries later, Louis Erard pays tribute to this highly-respected instrument with the launching of its 1931 Regulator – Power Reserve. A blend of ancestral tradition [...]
Oris ProDiver Chronograph
The world of professional divers watches will never be the same again. In cooperation with professional offshore divers Oris has developed the innovative Rotation Safety System. In the world of professional diving, where mistakes can be fatal, the Oris ProDiver Chronograph is the ultimate in safety equipment. The rotating top ring has a specially designed [...]
Confrerie Horlogere – The Pulsion Tourbillon Chronograph
At the heart of its “Les Classiques” Collection, Confrérie Horlogère upmarket watch brand has placed a Tourbillon wristwatch featuring a chronograph whose column wheel couples directly with the flying tourbillon carriage. This rare and precious timepiece comes with a hand-wound mechanical movement fitted with a flying tourbillon, i.e. with suspended carriage, at 6 o’clock. Its [...]
MCT Watch Design of Sequential One
Sequential One is a masterpiece where each function is based on a combination of elements rotating on 3-dimensional axes, at different speeds and moments. The Minutes display dial in brushed sapphire is opaque enough for one to see the hour prisms gently. The watch case marries generosity and refinement in a subtle and elegant way. [...]
Vacheron Constantin watch auction for Action Innocence
Vacheron Constantin creates a unique with manual movement of the flat world skeleton and decorated by hand represents the top of the decorative arts and crafts so dear to the Geneva. For 10 years Vacheron Constantin continues its support of Action Innocence by donating a unique timepiece which can be auctioned for an exceptional profit. [...]
Concord- C1 QuantumGravity Time suspended
An aerial bi-axial tourbillon mechanism. A vertical power reserve. Individualist seconds. A stripped-down dial and spectacular volumes: the latest specimen from the C Lab Series defies all theories. Even better, it creates its own rules: emptiness is its core material, engineering its constancy; chemistry a dare and transparency a must. Designed and developed by the [...]
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Le Chronographe Squelette
Spearheading the Maurice Lacroix Manufacture, the Masterpiece collection strikes a clever balance between technology, tradition and modernist esthetics. It represents the brand’s expertise and, in particular, its mastery of retrograde complications, moon phases and chronographs, while creating a new image for the measurement of time. The timepieces of this flagship collection meet the highest standards [...]
Pierre Deroche TNT Royal Retro
Pierre DeRoche has created the first movement able to house six retrograde seconds mechanisms. While this complication has been introduced to provide an element of fun, it also reveals a totally original approach: all the retrograde hands in this model are driven by gears rather than cams and, thanks to a strip-spring that has replaced [...]
