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This Summer We’re Celebrating Our Favorites From My Daily Feature, With Exceptional Pieces From Girard-Perregaux, Patek Philippe, F.p. Journe And Many More
This Summer We’re Celebrating Our Favorites From My Daily Feature, With Exceptional Pieces From Girard-Perregaux, Patek Philippe, F.p. Journe And Many More
This timepiece was one of six new iterations of the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph released as part of the ‘26470’ Collection at SIHH 2014. It features a 42mm pink gold case, dial, and bracelet. While the Royal Oak’s eight signature screws are still in place on the bezel and the waffle-like ‘Méga Tapisserie’ pattern on the dial remains untouched, this new model does feature some subtle changes. For example, black ceramic replaces rubber on the crown and pushpieces; the hour markers are more sculpted; and the counters and date window feature polished decorative fillets and a luminescent coating. The engraved 22-carat gold oscillating mass of the Calibre 3126/3840 Manufacture movement has also been made visible through the sapphire crystal caseback.
Known as the “White Demon,” this limited edition timepiece is exclusively available in North and South America. It features a skeletonized automatic winding movement, housed in a 50mm x 40mm x 16.5mm white ceramic case. Functions of this impressive piece include: hours, minutes and seconds, as well as the month, the date, a flyback chronograph, a 60-minute countdown timer, a 12-hour totalizer and an annual calendar. It boasts a 55-hour power reserve. For this piece the manufacture combined 5N red gold, the high-tech material NTPT carbon, and ATZ sand-blasted ceramic. It is fitted with a white rubber strap with a 5N red gold and titanium clasp. Only 30 pieces were produced.
This new piece is part of the Patrimony family by Vacheron Constantin and features a round 42mm case in 950 Platinum. It houses the Caliber 2260 Vacheron Constantin, a manual winding movement with an approximately 336-hour power reserve, or, as its name indicates, 14 days. The 950 Platinum dial shows the hours and minutes, as well as small seconds on the tourbillon, and a power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock. The sapphire crystal caseback showcases the movement, which is certified with the Hallmark of Geneva stamp. It is fitted with a beautiful dark blue Mississippi alligator leather strap, complete with a 950 Platinum folding clasp.
This watch, which was launched at BaselWorld, is powered by a Manufacture HUB6017 manual-winding skeleton tourbillon movement with a five-day power reserve. The case is a perfect combination of polished and satin-finished titanium with a vertical satin-finished titanium bezel. The openworked dial of the Red Vitrail showcases Hublot’s ‘Art of Fusion,’ with colored stained glass filling the spaces within the skeleton movement. The glass is very high-tech and will withstand wear and tear, and will not fade with time. Polished rhodium-plated hands mark the hours and minutes. It is fitted with a black rubber and alligator leather strap. Only 20 pieces will be produced.
IWC introduced a totally revamped Aquatimer collection at this year’s SIHH, including a trio of special edition watches dedicated to the research and protection of the Galapagos Islands. The Aquatimer Chronograph Edition “50 Years Science for Galapagos” commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Charles Darwin Research Station, a scientific institution set up by the Charles Darwin Foundation on the archipelago. IWC has supported the Charles Darwin Foundation since 2009. The watch contains the Caliber 89365, a self-winding chronograph movement. It boasts an external/internal rotating bezel, a date display, small hacking seconds and luminescent elements on the hands, dial and internal rotating bezel. It also features IWC’s quick-change bracelet system and is water resistant to 300 meters. The caseback is engraved and numbered. Only 500 pieces will be produced.
This impressive perpetual calendar timepiece features the Calibre 13” UN-32. With this movement, the date can be adjusted either forward or backward, a wonderful consumer-friendly advancement in timekeeping. It also boasts a chronometer, a second time zone on the main dial, and a big date double window on the white dial. This self-winding movement, which holds a C.O.S.C. certificate, has a 48-hour power reserve. This 43mm timepiece will be produced in two limited editions: 250 pieces in 18K 5N red gold, and 250 pieces in 950 platinum. The Perpetual Manufacture is fitted with an alligator leather strap and folding buckle.
This latest version of the Bathyscaphe, which was reinvented by Blancpain last year, is equipped with a new self-winding F385 movement with flyback function. This movement, which was manufactured in-house by Blancpain, allows the wearer of this watch to reset and instantly restart the chronograph simply by pressing a pusher, thereby avoiding damage to the timepiece. It is housed in a 43mm brushed black ceramic case, and features a black dial with lines and dots serving as hour markers. The rectangular hands on the dial are modeled after the original Bathyscaphes of the 1950s. There is also a date window at 4 o’clock. True to Blancpain’s marine heritage, this is an ideal diver’s watch, with water-resistance to a depth of 300 meters. It is fitted with a black NATO fabric or canvas strap.
This spectacular timepiece is part of limited edition of just 28 pieces. The impressive Double Flying Tourbillon comes adorned with baguette-cut diamonds which are fully set onto the 45mm 18K pink gold case, as well as the lugs. At its heart is a caliber RD100, a hand-wound movement created in-house by Roger Dubuis, with the brand’s signature of all hand-finished parts, and a 50-hour power reserve. The dial is done in a rhodium-plated guilloché design and features pink Roman numeral appliques, along with a charcoal grey flange and white minute circle. Of course, the center of attention is the flying tourbillons on the bottom half of the dial. The sapphire crystal which protects the caseback features Mr. Dubuis’ signature. It is fitted with a fully adjustable brown alligator leather hand-stitched strap, complemented by a pink gold adjustable folding buckle, which is also set with baguette diamonds.
The 5271P-001 is a diamond-clad version of the 5270, Patek Philippe’s most iconic perpetual calendar model. The 5271P-001 features a 41mm platinum case, a bezel and lugs set with 58 baguette diamonds, and a black lacquer dial. A tachometer scale circles the outside of the dial, and the hands and hour markers are in platinum. It is powered by the Caliber CH 29-535 PS Q, a mechanical manually wound movement. Functions include hours and minutes, a central chronograph hand, the day and month in apertures at 12 o’clock, a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, a leap year indicator in an aperture between 4 and 5 o’clock, the date and moonphase at 6 o’clock, a day/night indicator in an aperture between 7 and 8 o’clock, and small seconds at 9 o’clock. The Ref. 5271P-001 boasts a 65-hour power reserve. A shiny black alligator strap secured with a fold-over clasp set with 22 baguette diamonds completes it.
The newest model joining the Graham family is the Chronofighter Oversize
Superlight TT. An ultra-lightweight timepiece constructed of carbon nanotube speckled composite, this watch weighs less than 100 grams. The case is 47mm and houses a Calibre G1747, automatic self-winding movement with a 48-hour power reserve. With its motorsport-inspired design details and functions, the Chronofighter Oversize Superlight TT is able to measure speed with a tachymeter scale based on the length of the TT Circuit, in addition to measuring laps. Fitted with a black techno-fabric strap with red stitching, this watch is limited to 200 pieces.
This special timepiece celebrates Girard-Perregaux’s passion for the cinema and highlights the manufacture’s commitment to the big screen as the Exclusive Timekeeper and founding supporter of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which will be located in Los Angeles. The Chrono Hawk Hollywoodland is housed in a 44mm ceramic case with anti-reflective crystal and caseback. Its pink gold bezel, which gives this watch a unique look, merges perfectly with the black ceramic case. It is powered by a Girard-Perregaux GP03300-0073 mechanical self-winding movement that boasts a 46-hour minimum power reserve. The dial features luminescent hands and markers, chronograph counters, and date box at 6 o’clock. It is fitted with a stylish technological rubber base strap, coated with black alligator leather, and a PVD titanium and ceramic folding buckle.
This is a platinum version of the GMT, Greubel Forsey’s original method of visualizing world time using a three-dimensional globe, which rotates like the Earth, along with a second time zone indication and inclined tourbillon. Housed in a 43.5mm platinum case, the dial of the GMT also features small seconds, day/night and power reserve indicators. On the back of the timepiece, there is a world time ring listing cities in 24 time zones, along with a gold sun indicating the noon position. It is powered by the Calibre GF05 movement. It is completed by a hand-sewn blue or black alligator leather strap with a platinum folding clasp, hand-engraved with the Greubel Forsey logo.
This exceptional 49mm diamond-set timepiece showcases Piaget’s mastery of both the watchmaking and jewelry arts. The 18K white gold case is set with 650 brilliant-cut diamonds, 92 emerald-cut diamonds, and 44 baguette-cut diamonds, while the crown is set with eight baguette-cut diamonds. While those gems are dazzling, it’s the baguette-set skeleton Calibre 1270D that really catches the eye. The only baguette-set skeleton movement on the market, this ultra-thin movement also features a flying tourbillon. Both sides of each of the functional elements of the movement are set with diamonds, including the tourbillon carriage and the platinum oscillating weight. In total the movement is set with 561 brilliant-cut and 71 baguette-cut diamonds.
This watch is one of the twelve pieces recently unveiled by Jaeger-LeCoultre. It is part of the manufacture’s Hybris Artistica collection, which showcases Jaeger-LeCoultre’s dedication to design, craftsmanship, technology, and art in watchmaking. The Duomètre Sphérotourbillon Enamel encompasses all of these and more, with a Dual Wing concept featuring two distinct areas on the dial: on the left, the Sphérotourbillon and on the right, the local time. There is also an additional dial that shows the time in a second time zone and a small seconds counter positioned on the lower part of the dial. The starry blue of the paillonné enamel dial features silver block shavings, which lend it its twinkly look. The bezel is decorated with the same enamel detailing. The side of the case is engraved with a design inspired by the Doge’s Palace in Venice, and features a tiny sapphire window. At the heart of the Duomètre Sphérotourbillon Enamel beats the Calibre 382 movement, a multi-axis tourbillon movement with a transparent sapphire bridge.
This timepiece brings together the arts of watchmaking and jewelry to capture a star-strewn night sky. The Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine features a 39mm white gold case. The bezel and lugs are adorned with 382 brilliant cut diamonds, as are the contours of Jaquet Droz’s signature figure-eight motif on the dial. The dial and oscillating weight were cut from aventurine, a mineral with tiny gleaming shards that sparkle like stars. The hours and minutes are shown on an off-center mother-of-pearl dial, just below the beating tourbillon. Blued hands mark the hours and minutes, as well as seconds on the tourbillon. The first Jaquet Droz timepiece with a tourbillon and a mineral dial, this piece is equipped with an amazing complication boasting a self-winding movement and featuring a 7-day power reserve. Only 28 pieces will be produced.
The Astronomia Tourbillon is out of this world! At the heart of it, a four-armed carousel carries a tourbillon, a subdial for hours and minutes, a briolette-cut diamond representing the Moon, and a white gold globe representing the Earth. All of that rotates every 20 minutes inside this gigantic watch, which measures 47mm in diameter and 18mm from the base of the movement to the top of the sapphire crystal. This one-of-a-kind watch is powered by the manually-wound Caliber JCEM01, with a 72-hour power reserve.
Created in polished platinum, the 45mm case of this timepiece features a screw-down winding crown, decorated with the Officine Panerai logo, along with polished platinum push buttons that operate the chronograph, at 2 and 4 o’clock. It is powered by the Panerai OP XXV caliber, a hand-wound mechanical movement with a 55-hour power reserve and beautiful Côtes de Genève decoration on the bridges. The bezel is also polished platinum, and the timepiece features a see-through sapphire caseback. The ivory dial, with luminous dots and hour markers, offers optimum readability, with a minute counter at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock, a central chronograph hand, and a tachymeter scale on the outer edge of the dial. The Radiomir 1940 Chronograph Platino is fitted with an alligator leather strap and is part of a limited collection of just 50 pieces.
This 39mm 18K rose gold timepiece boasts the most coveted astronomical complication: a perpetual calendar. Unlike an ordinary “full calendar,” a perpetual calendar always shows the correct date and requires no manual adjustment, not even at the end of a month with fewer than 31 days and also not at the end of February in a leap year. A self-winding mechanical Calibre MB 29.15 powers the Meisterstück Heritage Perpetual Calendar. This movement has a balance paced at 28,800 semi-oscillations per hour (4 hertz) and, if kept sufficiently wound, will require no manual adjustments until the year 2100. On the silver-white sunburst dial, the features are elegantly displayed, with the date at 3 o’clock, the day at 9 o’clock, the month and leap-year at 12 o’clock, and the moon phase at 6 o’clock. The sapphire crystal casback offers a clear view of the elaborately embellished movement.
An exclusive F.P. Journe Calibre 1300.3 unidirectional automatic winding movement in 18K red gold powers the Octa Lune Gold. It boasts a power reserve of 120 hours. The case is also 18K red gold, and measures 40mm (there is also a 38mm version). The dial features red gold and silver, with integrated gold embossed numbers and golden hands. Indications on the dial include central hours and minutes, small seconds between 4 and 5 o’clock, large date between 11 and 12 o’clock, power reserve indicator at 9 o’clock, and moon phase at 7 o’clock. The Octa Lune Gold features stunning detail, with circular Côtes de Genève on the bridges, and beautiful graining and polishing on the movement. It is fitted with a brown alligator leather strap.
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