Sunday, June 5, 2011

Philip Stein - Prestige Titanium










Philip Stein Ref 13TI-BCS-TSS is a new timepiece in titanium from the brand's luxury timepiece collection infused with wellness technologies.The oversized case is crafted from high grade, lightweight Titanium. The side of the case features a horizontal groove, which is typical for the Swiss made Philip Stein Prestige collection. The embossed crowns are embossed with the typical Philip Stein wave logo. A titanium bracelet and full sapphire crystal add the finishing touches to this superbly designed timepiece.


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This new timepiece is equipped with 2 independent Swiss Quartz Movements: ETA caliber G15.211 6 hand Chronograph Movement with a half dozen jewels, and a Ronda 753 movement with 3 hands and 1 jewel. The upper dial indicates the date and time, and features an additional stopwatch function. The stopwatch records time to the tenth of a second. Prestige Collection Chronographs also allow pausing the stopwatch, while it continues to record the elapsed time. The lower dial indicates the time of a second time zone, operating independently from the main dial.

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The contrast of the outer black carbon fiber dial and the silver color inner dial give this chronograph the iconic Philip Stein eight shape design. Both, upper and lower dials have applied silver hour hash marks with luminous markers. The inner circles of both dials feature a vertically striped pattern. The sub dials of the upper dial are in charcoal grey with a sandblast finishing. While the hour hands of both dials have a skeleton design, the second hands, as well as the hands of the three sub dials are in a bright yellow.

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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Van Der Bauwede - Chrono VDB Legend Rider Automatic

 Van Der Bauwede - Chrono VDB Legend Rider Automatic


Evolving in parallel and driven by the same spirit of escapism, conquest and an unconventional attitude to life, an unusual and symbolic encounter led two passionate enthusiasts of fine mechanisms, albeit in two different worlds, to join forces in an original, exclusive and strictly limited watch creation.

A resolutely non-conformist brand fascinated by thrills and freedom, Van Der Bauwede Genève shares with certain motorcyclists associations the same passion for exceptional mechanisms. In response to an official demand from such a club, Maxence van der Bauwede, CEO of the prestigious watch brand, has created an exceptional customised watch strictly reserved for its members.

Distinguished by it’s a strong character and a nonconformist appearance, the Chrono VDB Legend Rider Automatic calibre 35 stems from an exclusive variation on a theme designed for a world-renowned bikers’ club founded in 1940.

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This watch endowed with the same dynamic nature and DNA radiates a resolutely rebellious spirit that makes it a powerful symbol of identity. It embodies another kind of time measurement based on different parameters: anticipation, speed, calculated risk-taking and fast decision-making. This choice of life and freedom expresses a mind-set, a determination to stand out from conventionally correct options. The Chrono VDB Legend Rider is a rallying cry for the spirit of rebellion, for challenging established codes and preconceived norms.

Issued as a limited edition, this engraved and numbered timepiece is available in pink gold, steel or black DLC versions. Its high-tech case is composed of four parts: the back, the “engine block”, the cylinder and a bezel that can be set with diamonds or black sapphires in order to reinforce its unconventional and prestigious spirit. With their distinctive rev counter-type dials displaying day-date, seconds and chronograph indications, these models are characterised by asphalt-black stylised “Côtes de Genève” motifs. The ultra-virile and charismatic Chrono VDB Legend Rider is fitted with a crocodile leather strap with folding clasp bearing the VAN DER BAUWEDE GENEVE crest.

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Based on the same concept as a high-powered motorbike, this exceptional watch can be personalised right down to the smallest details in order to meet the demands of collectors seeking an absolute identity through a unique and customisable model. This adaptability includes the case, the movement and the surface treatment. The dial also affords impressive flexibility in terms of potential variations. The case-back may carry special engravings, and there is a wide range of choice for wristband colours and materials. Exactly like their owners’ bikes which are designed to be truly unique and reflect individual personalities, these exclusive watches can be interpreted in countless different ways. The Chrono VDB Legend Rider is available exclusively through an exclusive network of watch retailers.


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Technical details
Movement
- Self-winding, VDB Cal. 35
- Central hours and minutes
- Small seconds at 9 o’clock
- Window-type calendar display: day and date
- Chronograph: hour-counter at 6 o’clock, minute-counter at 12 o’clock, centre sweep seconds hand
- 42-hour power reserve
- 25 jewels
Case
- 316L steel, bezel in 316L steel
- 316L steel /black PVD treatment, bezel in 316L steel /black PVD treatment
- 316L steel /black PVD treatment, bezel in 316L steel /black PVD treatment set with 180 white diamonds totalling 1.53 cts
- 316L steel/black PVD treatment, bezel in 316L steel/black PVD treatment, set with 180 black sapphires totalling 1.86cts
- 316L steel /black PVD treatment, bezel in 316L steel /pink PVD treatment
- 5N 750 pink gold, bezel in 5N 750 pink gold
- 5N 750 pink gold, bezel in 5N 750 pink gold, set with 180 white diamonds totalling 1.53 cts
Sapphire crystal
Engraved, numbered and see-through back
Water-resistant to 5 atmospheres
Crown: Notched crown, Self-locking push-buttons
Dial
4 levels
Black sunray-brushed motifs for the three counters
Versions available:
- rhodium-coloured/black “Côtes de Genève” motif
- pink gold-coloured/rhodium-grey “Côtes de Genève” motif
Hands: Silvered nickel or pink gold filled with black colour and white superluminova for hour and minute hands. Red counter hands
Strap
- Black leather strap, 24/20mm
- Folding clasp with Van Der Bauwede crest


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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Breguet - Tradition 7057 New



As traditional as it is innovative, Breguet’s Tradition is a visionary model that has now entered the very exclusive circle of iconic Fine Watchmaking creations. Three new versions of this timepiece, which has a 40 mm-diameter case middle, are being introduced in 2011.

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One has an 18-carat red gold case and a 507DR calibre with red gold-plated finish, the other two have an 18-carat white gold or red gold case housing a movement with a matt grey NAC finish. This type of surface treatment deposits a charcoal-grey alloy of precious metals from the platinum family by electroplating.

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Each of these three versions highlights in its own way – whether ultra-modern or more tradition – the technical architecture of this masterpiece of micromechanics; in fact, its construction is unique, as the arrangement on both sides of the central plate shows off almost all of the components – bridges, gears, escapement and the famous “old fashioned” pare-chute shock absorber in hand-bevelled steel.

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REF. 7057BR/G9/9W6

Case: 
round, in 18-carat red gold with finely fluted caseband.
Sapphire-crystal caseback.
Rounded lugs welded to the case, with screw pins securing the strap.
40mm diameter.
Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 meters).
Movement: 
 hand-wound, coated with an anthracite grey alloy of platinum-related metals (NAC).
Power-reserve indication engraved on the front and back of the movement.
Numbered and signed Breguet. Cal. 507DR. 14 ½ lines. 34 jewels.
0-hour power reserve. Swiss straight-line lever escapement.
Breguet balance-wheel with 4 regulating screws.
Breguet overcoil balance-spring. 3Hz frequency.
Adjusted in 5 positions.
Dial: 
 black in gold hand-engraved on a rose engine, off-centred at 12 o’clock.
 Individually numbered and signed Breguet.
Chapter ring with Roman numerals. Open-tipped Breguet hands in sandblasted steel.
Strap in alligator leather.

Also available in red gold with red gold-plated movement (Ref: 7057BR/R9/9W6)
 and in white gold with NAC movement (Ref : 7057BB/G9/9W6).


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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Moritz Grossmann - BENU Collection Edition



















Moritz Grossmann - BENU Collection Limited Edition NEW

Glashütte based Moritz Grossmann watch brand is presenting its new model Benu, an extraordinary timepiece featuring a distinctive personality and discreet elegance. It has a delicate rose-gold bezel frames the solid-silver dial with its crisp Arabic numerals and the fine-tipped brown-violet hands. They have the same hue as the annealed screws that are visible on the surface of the calibre. The upper half of the dial beneath the “12” displays the traditional “MORITZ GROSSMANN GLASHÜTTE i/SA” signature. The small arc above the maker’s name and the horizontal lines on either side of the provenance symbolise the brand-typical cutout of the plate above the movement that exposes the screw balance, its beating heart, when viewed through the sapphire-crystal back.

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Following an old tradition, the subsidiary seconds dial stands above the “6” and is slightly recessed to allow the hour and minute hands to hover as closely as possible over the dial. The precision scale graduations and the slender hands are reminders that a watch is meant to accurately keep the time. The aesthetic clarity of its face is reminiscent of a Glashütte precision instrument from the 19th century. Shaped in the form of stretched rhombuses, the steel hands consist of two parts (hand and bushing), which are manually crafted, hardened and ground by Grossmann’s watchmakers. This sequence of time-consuming processes is the only way to impart three-dimensionality to the hands and achieve the daintiness of the tips. The shape of the hands and their remarkable length assure precise readings of time. Brown-violet was chosen as the annealing colour – it is the darkest hue of steel obtainable with thermal hardening.

As a prominent contrast, the eyes of the hands are mirror-polished. The antireflective sapphire-crystal back reveals the inner life of the watch with seductive depth. The curved, milled cutout of the German silver 2/3 plate, a typical Grossmann hallmark, puts the spotlight on the large screw balance and its breathing hairspring. The plate itself bears the hand-engraved brand signature: “MORITZ GROSSMANN GLASHÜTTE i/SA”. The three screwed gold chatons that secure the jewel bearings are eyecatching plate accents just like the white sapphire bearing jewels and the brown-violet screws that were naturally annealed over an open fire. Three-band snailing on the ratchet wheel complements the sublime harmony of the movement. The watch is unique in its orchestration.

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The construction of the calibre 100.0 movement is a functional work of art and a feast for the eyes of every connoisseur. The German silver 2/3 plate replaces a number of bridges and improves the mechanical stability of the movement. Polishes, graining, snailing, and wide Glashütte ribbing embellish the parts, and the inscriptions are always engraved by hand as well. German silver, steel, the brown-violet tint of the screws, as well as the gold of the chatons and of the large balance wheel rim constitute a classically discreet composition of natural material colours. A loupe allows the observer to delight in the superb finissage of the surfaces and the bevelled, mirrorpolished edges on a visual excursion across the individual levels of the movement.

A classic lever escapement establishes the link between the going train and the oscillation system of the calibre. Found in almost all mechanical watches, this escapement was modified according to considerations proposed by Hugo Müller (1863 to 1943), a well-known Glashütte regleur. The classic screw balance breathes with a Nivarox hairspring featuring a terminal curve that was first calculated by regleur and chronometer maker Gustav Gerstenberger (1886 to 1983) in Glashütte. It performs 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour, which is equivalent to a frequency of 2.5 hertz.

The Benu incorporates a number of innovations and traditional features that reflect the heritage of Moritz Grossmann:
• The oscillation system and the escapement are mounted on two hand-engraved cocks:
The large one, for the balance wheel and the hairspring, is cantilevered according to Moritz Grossmann’s design for his lever chronometers. It also carries the Grossmann micrometer screw. The escape wheel sits on the smaller, adjacent cock. At a lower level, a third, snailed cock holds the lever. Its size was deliberately reduced to showcase the escapement.

• The Benu features an index adjuster that allows the watch to be regulated to onesecond accuracy without disrupting the equilibrium of the oscillation system. The Grossmann micrometer screw enables accurate, tension-free adjustments of the index tail in both directions.

• On the inside, the balance spring is overcoiled with a quarter arc and pinned to the classic roller.

• When the crown is pulled, the seconds hand is stopped to allow precise timesetting. The stop-seconds device relies on a spring that advances a pin onto the circumference of the double roller and temporarily halts the oscillation system.

• A modified Glashütte stopwork secures the tension of the mainspring. After winding, it allows the ratchet wheel to reverse somewhat and slightly relax the mainspring. Grossmann’s watchmakers implement this controlled backlash with a slotted hole in which the pin on the stop click can slide.

• Two beautifully contoured pillars – evocative of Grossmann’s pocket watches of old – and the separately removable winder – a refinement of the Glashütte clutch winding mechanism – support the plates.

• The winding wheels have polished bevel faces in the toothing and sparkle with exceptional brilliance. The largest one, the ratchet wheel, is also decorated with traditional three-band snailing, accentuating a harmonious match with the wide ribbing and the freehand engravings on the cocks and the 2/3 plate.

• As in old Grossmann pocket watches, the jewels – white sapphire – are set in prominent gold chatons. Together with their brown-violet annealed steel screws, they stand out over the surface of the plate.







































The name of Grossmann’s first revival watch is Benu. It comes from ancient Egyptian mythology: Bennu (as spelled in English), the divine heron, settled into its nest one evening and was consumed by fire there. It left an egg from which another Bennu bird hatched the next morning.

Moritz Grossmann was an ingenious watchmaker who lived from 1826 to 1885. In the Saxon town of Glashütte, he crafted numerous pocket watches, various chronometers, and a few precision pendulum clocks that are still coveted collectors’ items at international auctions. Now, 125 years after the death of this eminent German master of superior watchmaking, watches that bear his name are once again available. The Benu radiates understated beauty; its gestalt flatters the eye and the wrist. It gives Moritz Grossmann’s horological accomplishments a new life in the 21st century: graceful in design, innovative and premeditated in its mechanical finesse, and immaculate in its traditional artisanship. The Benu is much more than the sum of its 188 parts. Every single element is crafted with the same precision and perfection. As always, details are what manifest the utmost in quality.

This also applies to the carefully hand-stitched brown alligator strap secured with a butterfly clasp that makes it easy to put on and take off the watch. It, too, is crafted from 750 rose gold, and features a dependable pushbutton catch. The Benu, Ref. 100.1010, is limited to 100 watches worldwide and is available from 2011.
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Technical details
Movement:
manufacture calibre 100.0, manually wound, adjusted in 5 positions
Reference: 100.1010
No. of parts: 188
Jewels: 17, of which 3 are in screwed gold chatons
Escapement: Lever escapement
Oscillation system:
shock-resistant screw balance with Breguet overcoil shaped after G. Gerstenberger, balance-wheel diameter 14.2 mm, frequency 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour
Power reserve: 42 hours when fully wound
Functions:
Hours and minutes, subsidiary seconds with stop seconds
Special features:

Plate movement with 2/3 plate and frame pillars made of untreated German silver, 2/3 plate as well as balance and escape-wheel cocks manually engraved, Broad horizontal ribbing on the 2/3 plate, Three-band snailing on the ratchet wheel, Screwed, raised gold chatons, Separately removable clutch winder, Modified Glashütte stopwork with controlled backlash, Handsetting with stop seconds, Adjustment with Grossmann micrometer screw on cantilevered balance cock
Operating elements: crown 750/000 rose gold, for winding the watch and setting the time
Case dimensions:

Diameter: 41.0 mm, height: 11.1 mm
Movement dimensions: Diameter: 36.4 mm, height: 5.0 mm
Case:
Three-part, 750/000 rose gold
Dial: Solid silver, argenté, with Arabic numerals
Hands: steel, annealed to a brown-violet hue
Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal, antireflective coating on one side
Strap: Hand-stitched brown alligator strap with solid 750/000 rose gold butterfly clasp
Edition: Limited to 100 watches worldwide

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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Hublot - Masterpiece “MP-02 Key of Time”


Hublot's MASTERPIECE collection is dedicated to complication watches and extraordinary movements, which are the fruit of cutting-edge research in the field of mechanics and engineering. The appearance of this new collection was made possible by Hublot reinforcing its manufacture's workforce in 2010 with a team of 30 staff of the highest level, entirely dedicated to Grand Complications. The first piece in this collection, the MP-01, was presented in January 2011. It was a barrel-shaped titanium watch with a shaped chronograph movement offering a 10-day power reserve thanks to its three barrels working in series, and produced in a series of just 100 pieces. Now Hublot introduces the second member of the MASTERPIECE collection: the MP-02 Key of Time.
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The MASTERPIECE MP-02 is an innovative timepiece that gives you the ability to manage the passing of time as you wish. The mechanism driving the MP-02 Key of Time, thanks to a three-position crown, enables you to “modulate” the speed at which the hours and minutes pass, according to your wishes.

Position 1: If you want to savour every second of the passing of time: you can slow down the speed of the watch hands, dividing time by 4, whereby 1 conventional hour is represented as quarter of an hour on the MP-02 Key of Time display.

Position 2: If you want “real” time: select normal hand speed, to retain “standard” time, whereby one conventional hour equates to one hour on the MP-02 Key of Time.

Position 3: If you want time to pass quicker: you can accelerate the hand speed, multiplying time by four, whereby a conventional quarter of an hour is represented as one hour on the MP-02 Key of Time Key of Time display.

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Hence with Key of Time, the wearer can make happy moments last four times longer or make difficult moments four times shorter, while retaining the option to “return” to real time at any moment. Three different indicators in a star arrangement on the dial each indicate the current speed of time, to avoid any confusion. You can leave this complex mechanism in position 1 or 3 indefinitely, and then, simply by returning it to position 2, watch the hands readjust to conventional time display. This performance is made possible by a genuine “mechanical memory” built into the movement. In addition to this exceptional complication, the MP-02 Key of Time boasts a vertical flying tourbillon cage, with the particularity of a seconds indicator on its edge.



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Technical details
Reference: 902.ND.1190.RX
Series: 50 pieces numbered from 01/50 to 50/50

Functions
- Hour, minute
- Seconds via the vertical tourbillon cage
- Power reserve indicator
- Speed of time indicator (3-position)
- Tourbillon without ball bearing
- Manual winding
- Time-setting 3 o'clock, 2-position: Manual winding and time-setting stem
- Speed function 9 o'clock, 3-position: stem Real time, time 4x quicker, time 4x slower

Movement
- HUB 9002 – Dimensions 40.20 x 40.10 mm – Thickness 9.30 mm
- No. of Components 512
- Jewels 74
- Hairspring Flat, for extremely accurate setting
- Frequency 21,600 Vib/hour (3 Hz)
- Power reserve Approximately 100 hours (4 days)
- Oscillator Balance with adjustment inertia-blocks
- Moment of inertia 16 mg/cm2
- Lift angle 53°
- Shock absorbers Shock absorption for main plate and balance bridge
- Main plate & bridges Brass, bevelled with drawn rims, and circular-grained recesses
Black nickel coating
- Gear train Circular-grained & bevelled wheels. Coating: black gold and rhodium
Rolled pinions

Case:
Microblasted titanium (Grade 5), with black DLC coating
Screws: Polished and bevelled heads, rounded and polished ends
Dial: Multi-part black, with green transfers
Hands: Polished black nickel, with green SuperLuminova™
Wristlet: Black rubber strap
Clasp: Microblasted black ceramic and black PVD steel deployant buckle


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