Friday, July 31, 2015

BVLGARI – Diagono MAGNeSIUM















BVLGARI Diagono MAGNeSIUM Concept watch NEW

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DIAGONO MAGNeSIUM

THREE HIGH TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS 

FOR ONE HIGH PERFORMANCE WATCH
 

Urban and pioneering, Diagono Magnesium plays on stylistic rupture, 
form and function, performance and design

Creating. Shaping matter, materials. Bringing them to life through fire or fusion. The entire jeweller’s art lies in sublimating the elements. Technical mastery. Avant-garde vision.

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Diagono Magnesium.
The watchmaker’s skill explores the complexity of the measuring of time. Building on more than 130 years of innovation and creativity, Bulgari remains constantly ahead of its time through its exceptional skills. A new milestone has now been set: Diagono Magnesium. A watchmaking piece with a well-defined character. Urban and contemporary, structured and high performance, Diagono has a knack of always turning up where you least expect it. As a sports watch, it has a particularly spicy and chic allure. As an elegant timepiece, Diagono fears nothing.

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This duality which is not a sign of inconstancy, but, on the contrary, evidence of adaptability and inspiration. Like a tribute paid to its double culture: Swiss watchmaking precision and creative Italian genius.

Rising to new challenges: such is the spirit that drives the Diagono range, inspired by the symbol of the Discobolus of Myron. The Discobolus is undoubtedly the most famous work by Myron d’Eleuthères, a Greek sculptor and bronze smith from Attica. It is thus hardly surprising that the very name of the Diagono watch is derived from the ancient Greek word “agon”. This classical term is the expression of competitiveness and efficiency. Qualities displayed to the exclusion of brute force or excess and in harmony with the rules of sport: in other words, through the elegance of well measured gestures.

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Diagono: a story of innovation. 
Ever more active and inventive. Ever more urban and more contemporary, Diagono Magnesium perpetuates a heritage of boldness and the unexpected. Launched in 1998, the Bulgari Diagono was one of the very first watches to use materials such as aluminium. This light and hard-wearing metal at the time a material of choice among aeronautical engineers.

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It represented a dramatic turn of events on the international watchmaking scene and sparked a complete upheaval in the design world. Celebrity figures adopted it. An airliner toured airports all around the world, bearing the Bulgari’s colours and the effigy of the Diagono watch. An incredibly daring world first. And then came the era of titanium in the Noughties. Further audacity, a new challenge, new success. The rubber strap was also a first. Who would have dared? All these were revolutions at the time in the sedate world of beautiful watchmaking. Significant tokens of daring for fans of style, fashion and design.

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In 2015, it is once again through the unexpected pooling of their experiences that the engineers of the Manufacture Bulgari have succeeded in pushing the boundaries of innovation and efficiency a little further, by daring to work with resolutely contemporary materials: Magnesium, PEEK and ceramic.

Once again, Bulgari springs a surprise where it is least expected, combining state-of-the-art materials in the realm of watchmaking.

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Magnesium: resistance and lightness.
Renowned for its many properties, both organic and chemical, Magnesium is a silvery-white metal. It is very light and has strong properties in terms of structural and mechanical strength for a minimum weight. Hardly surprising that it is used in very cutting-edge high technologies, such as super-cars, aeronautics, space research or Formula 1 motor-racing.

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All these are areas in which absolute performance is key and the valuable research and experiments conducted in these fields subsequently enables these discoveries to be applied to more accessible sectors such as cars or Fine Watchmaking.

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PEEK: the polymer that revolutionised the space industry.
Stepping things up a notch in terms of efficiency, Bulgari decided to design the pieces of the Diagono watch with an ultra-resistant, light polymer used to replace metal in aeroplane or space shuttle design.

Its technical name is polyetheretherketone. In the industrial world, it is known under the acronym PEEK (which stands for PolyEtherEtherKetone).

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Its advantages? PEEK is exceptionally robust. Its rigidity and dimensional stability enable it to withstand high temperatures and hostile environments. It is easy to work with and light compared to steel, aluminium and titanium. Watchmakers appreciate its low coefficient of friction and its high resistance to wear without lubrication.

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The Bulgari movement thus benefits from an unprecedented technological component, with the addition of ceramic. The latter material, known for its malleability before glazing and extreme resistance afterwards, enables the creation of mechanical elements that are highly resistant to scratching, hairline cracks and vibrations.

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Motorlac: like a new skin.
Alongside these three contemporary technological materials, Bulgari’s engineers used a unique lacquer inspired by car racing: «Motorlac», a very high quality protective coating. It both clothes and protects the competitive mechanics of the most beautiful sports cars. This is no mere adornment or decorative element, but instead an entirely technical component able to withstand extreme temperatures or variations in expansion of materials. Moreover, «Motorlac» makes it possible to create surprising grained textures and colours, and shimmering new light effects that guided the choices made by Bulgari’s designers. Boldly graphic and strongly contrasting, it represents an aesthetic element in its own right.

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Functionality guides form.
Entirely in line with its forebears’ identity, the new Diagono maintains the structured case and picks up the bezel with the double brand-name engraving.
A slimmer bezel compared to the original model serves to achieve a more streamlined effect and provide a broader dial aperture to enhance information read-off. This is one of the highlights of this sporty timepiece: the perfect match between form and function.

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A stylish element perfectly suited to an urban, modern, sporty and pleasure-seeking existence, the Diagono Magnesium is available in four chromatic dial versions, all naturally fitted with the Magnesium case and teamed with a rubber strap.

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Diagono retains both its personality and its identity while reaffirming them with this new Magnesium interpretation. The 41mm dial of the Diagono Magnesium also benefits from innovative touches including the use of “Motorlac”.

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The first version features a coppery brown lacquer as well as Superluminova-enhanced black hands and hour-markers. A second declination comes in anthracite grey with rhodium hands and hour-markers, while the third features a deep blue lacquer, rhodium hands and hour-markers. The collection is completed by a silver grey-lacquered variation with black hands and hour-markers.

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Bulgari makes a strong statement of sporting intent with the new Diagono Magnesium, always with that little extra something in terms of style imbuing it with the very Italian notion of sprezzatura: chic born of studied nonchalance, a well-designed form of laid-back attitude imbuing urban elegance with an effortlessly supple, free-flowing charm.

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Absolute 100%
100% Mechanical
100% Swiss Made
100% Swiss technology and components
100% Interactive
100% Multifunctional
100% Safe
100% Autonomous power supply
100% Limitless updating without any time limits
100% Useful for every aspect of daily life
100% Flexible: can be activated at any moment
100% Designed to evolve
100% IOS and Android compatible
100% Social
100% Contemporary: technology on demand



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Technical specifications

DIAGONO MAGNeSIUM

• 41mm diameter steel case, case middle in Magnesium and PEEK (polymer),
ceramic bezel engraved with double Bulgari logo,
black PVD caseback; steel PVD crown set with a black ceramic lozenge;

• Case middle surface treated with anthracite,
brown, silver or blue Motorlac; matching dial in the same colour;
• Mechanical self-winding movement,
42h power reserve, 28 800 Vph (4Hz);
• Vulcanised rubber strap with PEEK pin buckle.
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Thursday, July 30, 2015

HUBLOT – BIG BANG Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain
















HUBLOTBIG BANG Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain Limited Edition NEW

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HUBLOT AND PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN SCORE
ON TOP OF ROCKEFELLER CENTER
Hublot Reveals the Limited Edition Watch of the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club
 
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Hublot and Paris Saint-Germain, the world-renowned French Football Club, debuted the Official Watch of Paris Saint-Germain, Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain, in celebration of the team’s North America summer tour. Hoton the heels of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™, where Hublot served as the Official Timekeeper, this partnership and timepiece are another example of Hublot’s love for global “football” and ongoing support of the “Hublot Loves Football” campaign launched during FIFA World Cup Brazil™ last summer.

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Hublot’s U.S. Managing Director, Jean-Francois Sberro, hosted an exclusive cocktail event with the team at a private rooftop garden atop the historic Rockefeller Center to launch the Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain timepiece. Star players in attendance included Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Blaise Matuidi and Thiago Silva, as well as Kevin Trapp who officially joined the Parisian Club last week.

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The timepiece unveiling was hosted by former New York Giants’ Quarterback and Friend of Hublot, Jesse Palmer, and included VIP attendees, including New York Giants’ star Victor Cruz, New York Knicks’ basketball player Lance Thomas, FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ champion Kelley O’Hara, and LVMH USA CEO, Pauline Brown.

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Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot, noted, Hublot is thrilled to welcome the Paris Saint-Germain team to New York City as we show our support for this great team through our dedication to the sport of football. Our brand has an exciting history with Paris Saint-Germain, and here tonight, we continue to celebrate „Hublot Loves Football‟ and the Art of Fusion by blending together different aspects of the French culture through sports, art, music and food.”

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The Big Bang Unico Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-GermainHublot’s second timepiece with the French football champion – is limited to 100 pieces and features a 45.5mm titanium case with a sapphire anti-reflective treatment and the Paris Saint-Germain logo printed on the case back glass.

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Inspired by the iconic team colors, embellishments of red, white and blue are reflected throughout the dial, hands and strap. Manufactured with Hublot’s in-house UNICO self-winding bi-retrograde movement and designed to time two halves of a soccer match, the sleek and sporty timepiece will be available exclusively at Hublot boutiques around the world.

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As the first luxury watch brand to become involved with European football in 2006, Hublot has since built a strong presence in the world of football. Hublot’s relationship with the French Club began in 2013 when it became the Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the team and introduced the first timepiece known as the King Power Paris Saint-Germain.

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Paris Saint-Germain recently launched a new campaign, “Paris Loves US,” to support its North America tour during the International Champions Cup – demonstrating how keen it is to pursue development on the continent. Throughout the team’s 18 days in North America they will travel from New York City to Charlotte, Chicago, and Montreal to play matches against some of Europe’s top clubs. Paris Saint-Germain also launched a dedicated website for their North America Tour, allowing fans across the world to follow along the team’s journey and celebrate “Paris Loves US.”

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Technical specifications

Model: BIG BANG UNICO Bi-Retrograde Paris Saint-Germain

Reference: 413.NX.1129.LR.PSG15 - Limited to 100 numbered pieces

Case
Big Bang Unico
Diameter: 45.5mm
Polished and satin-finished titanium
Bezel: Polished and satin-finished titanium with 6 H-shaped titanium screws
Glass: Sapphire with anti-reflective treatment
Bezel Lug: Blue composite resin
Crown: Black rubber and satin-finished Titanium
Pushers: Titanium with red and black rubber
Case back: Titanium, satin-finished and “100 NUM” engraved
Case back: Glass Sapphire with interior anti-reflective treatment and Paris Saint-Germain logo printed 
Dial
Metallic blue multilayer dial
Hands    
Red retrograde minute hand
White retrograde second hand
Satin-finished and micro-blasted rhodium-plated minute,
hour and small second hands with white luminescent Superluminova™
Movement
 HUB  1261 UNICO 
Manufacture self-winding Bi-retrograde movement with central chronograph and column wheel
Components:  385
Power Reserve:  72 Hours
Water Resistance: 10 ATM (100m)
Strap material
Strap:  Black rubber and blue alligator strap with white stitching
Buckle:  Titanium deployant buckle clasp

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Perrelet – Turbine XL Sheriff – Only Watch 2015


PERRELET 1777 Turbine XL Sheriff – Only Watch 2015

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The Turbine Sheriff by Perrelet on behalf of Only Watch 2015

Immerse yourself for just a moment in your childhood memories and travel back in time. You are in hot pursuit of the bad guy, equipped with your popgun and proudly wearing a sheriff’s badge on your chest. With its Turbine Sheriff watch exclusively created for the Only Watch charity auction, this is precisely the fond memory that Perrelet invites you to relive.

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For all those who enjoy indulging in a bit of nostalgia, Perrelet has created a one-of-a-kind Turbine XL Sheriff watch. It stands out with its 48mm-diameter pink gold case middle creating a striking contrast with the black PVD-coated bezel and alligator leather strap. The exhibition back provides a chance  to view its in-house mechanical self-winding movement: Perrelet Caliber P-331, paying tribute to the founder Abraham-Louis Perrelet, a pioneer of the self-winding movement in 1777.

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The black dial features a black gold tipped sheriff’s star badge, a rose gold inner ring, luminous Arabic numerals, hour-markers and hands. Its under-dial is inscribed with humoristic references to great American Western movies. The 48mm rose gold case creates a striking contrast with the black rubber-coated bezel and alligator strap.

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This watch will be sold, along with 43 other unique pieces, during the Only Watch charity auction taking place in Geneva on 7 November 2015 to benefit research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

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Technical Specifications

MOVEMENT
Mechanical automatic
Turbine
CALIBER P-331 / In-house caliber
FUNCTION
Central hands indicating hours, minutes and seconds
DIMENSIONS
Thickness (oscillating weight included): 3.85 mm
Fitting diameter: 25.60 mm
Total movement diameter: 26.20 mm
SPECIFICATIONS
Vibrations per hour: 28,800 (4 Hz)
Number of rubies: 25
Number of components: 92
Autonomy in hours (fully wound): 42 hours
SPECIAL FINISHING
Mainplate: Circular grained, rhodium plated
Bridges: Côtes de Genève, rhodium plated
Screws: Blue
Oscillating weight: Hollowed and adorned with Perrelet decoration
SYSTEMS
Automatic winding mechanism with ballbearing-mounted oscillating weight
Anti-shock system on the balance wheel (Incabloc® shock absorbers)
Fine adjustment device
CASE
Pink Gold
Brushed
Bezel: Black rubber-coated
Dimensions : 48 x 14.3 mm
DIAL
Black dial
Dial is inscribed with humoristic references to great American Western movies
Black gold tipped sheriff’s star badge,
Rose gold inner ring, luminous Arabic numerals,
Hour-markers and hands.
WATER RESISTANCE
3 ATM/ 50.00m / 165.00ft
STRAP
Black Louisiana alligator leather
Pin Buckle
Stainless steel

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

ArtyA – Arabesque Tourbillon

ArtyAARABESQUE Flying Tourbillon - Pièce Unique NEW

Here’s exactly why it’s exceptional:

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Firstly, there’s the way the case have been made – engraved out of grade 5 titanium, more usually renowned for its outstanding hardness. The floral motifs draw inspiration from foliage patterns on historic gun stocks. The watch is made from as-cast titanium and inlaid with 18-carat gold.

Secondly, the ArtyA-manufactured flying tourbillon has bridges that  have been cut into multiple layers of carbon fibre arabesques.

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Is it still worth pointing out that this is something all-new from ArtyA, a first in watchmaking, and a creation that will probably inspire many imitations? Yes and no. Yes; because quite simply, this is indeed the case. But then again no, because the unique watch being announced today is typical of what the brand – one of the most creative in contemporary watchmaking – does on a daily basis.

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Even so, even the keenest ArtyA fans are likely to be in for a surprise: the piece unveiled by Yvan Arpa, the brand’s CEO and Creative Director, is based on a rectangular case format that is completely new to ArtyA. His name is a reflection of his uniqueness: “Arabesque Tourbillon”.

























A first: a 100% titanium case, hand-engraved, contrasting techniques that deliver extraordinary result.

This hand-produced pattern is in himself an outstanding achievement for any craftsman. But the really eye-catching exploit for any connoisseur is that for the first time in watchmaking, it is engraved in grade 5 titanium.

This material is already used in watchmaking – for its hardness. So engraving patterns on it is counter-intuitive, to say the least. And that was precisely the approach that attracted Yvan Arpa: “titanium is sold to us as an absolute, the epitome of toughness: resistant to impacts, corrosion, temperature, and so on. In actual fact, it’s simply a little more resistant than the reference materials we have always been used to, such as steel. And instead of machining it clinically, it can be worked with to produce a piece of art – as I have now demonstrated.”

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Inspiration
The choice of arabesque patterns is a highly personal touch by Yvan Arpa. “I got the idea from a western,” he explains. “I noticed the engraved stock of a rifle. The patterns were perfect. I drew some patterns in the same spirit then validated the model and procedure with Tech Graving, a former partner of the historic Liege School of Gunsmithing, founded in 1897 and an authority recognized worldwide for its expertise in this field; they went on to fashion this outstanding watch.”

The arabesque motifs on the watch were so difficult to work on that the chisel used by the master engraver had a life expectancy of just 120 seconds. Every two minutes, it needed replacing to continue the engraving – which required over 100 hours of relentless work. The final result stands in the age-old tradition of royal gunsmiths.

Hot and Cold
The watch is imposing and solid, made from pure titanium with hand-made engraving, featuring inset gold in its motifs, made exclusively for ArtyA by craftsman Bram Ramon. These hand inlays give a unique brightness to the watch – a combination of as-cast titanium and warmer gold. On the back, the bridges of the watch are machined in layered carbon fibre – equalled only by titanium in toughness. As a result, the rear side of the decor is fully in keeping with the dial side.
The Arabesque Tourbillon has a 52.5 x 40 mm case. The piece is powered by a hand-wound Swiss-made mechanical caliber, regulated by a flying tourbillon with an outstanding three-day (72-hour) power reserve.
The watch is engraved with “Pièce Unique – 1/1”, and fitted with a hand-engraved tang buckle on a full-skin crocodile strap.

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Technical details

Model: Arabesque Tourbillon

World premiere
Over 100 hours of engraving

Movement:
Swiss-made mechanical caliber
Flying tourbillon
Power reserve: 72h
Case:
Grade 5 Titanium
Unique piece in titanium hand engraved with 24cts gold inlay
Case back:
Grade 5 Titanium
Engraving and screwed back case
Arabesque rear bridges in carbon
Dial:
Arabesque Black dial, unique engraved case
Dimensions: 52.5 x 40 mm
Height: 14.4 mm
Crown : titanium with micro-machined and hand engraved "A"Logo
Water resistance: 3 atm
Strap:
Full-skin Crocodile strap
Clasp:
Hand-engraved tang buckle

Unique piece 1/1 pieces
Price: 212'000 CHF

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