BVLGARI – OCTO Bi-Retro BRAZIL

BVLGARI – OCTO Bi-Retro BRAZIL Limited Edition NEW

Hoist the flag! Bulgari pays tribute to Brazil by dressing its Octo Bi-Retro watch bearing the attributes of the flag of a country that is revolutionary in several respects.

The colourful, technical and daring new Bulgari Octo Bi-Retro Brazil watch appears in a 50-piece limited edition clad in blue, yellow and green.
Created by the master artisans of the Manufacture Bulgari, at the heart of the Swiss Jura, the dial of the Octo Bi-Retro Brazil is meticulously hand-crafted in three different colours using the precious champlevé technique, a delicate and complex exercise. This respect for traditional Haute Horlogerie skills does not preclude fanciful and modern touches, since the motif chosen to evoke Brazil is a resolutely contemporary interpretation of the colours of the flag adopted by the Brazilian Federal Republic on November 19th 1889.

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Green, the traditional colour of the House of Braganza, the former Brazilian royal family, symbolises hope and nature. It is a direct reference to the Amazon Forest, one of the world’s major treasures.
Synonymous with the many riches of Brazil, yellow evokes gold, the emblematic colour of the Habsburg dynasty, as well as the natural resources of a country capable of drawing upon its roots, its history and its native soil to nurture its growth and its development.
Finally, blue is a tribute to the stunning sky over Rio de Janeiro, one of the world’s most festive cities where much of the 2014 World Cup will take place and which was the nation’s capital from 1763 to 1960 – the year when the modern city of Brasilia designed by the visionary Oscar Niemeyer was built.

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The singular nature and sophistication of the Octo watch by Bulgari enable it to assert its original lines stemming from a clever blend of Haute Horlogerie and architecture. Its 43 mm case, interpreted in this instance in steel with ceramic and rhodium inserts, and fitted with a rubber strap secured by a steel folding clasp, is a constant source of surprises with its 110 facets. The octagon shape is directly inspired by the octagonal motif of the roof on the Roman Basilica of Axentius and also recalls the ingenious works of Leonardo da Vinci, or the boldness of the modernist movement of which Oscar Niemeyer was one of the major representatives.

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Driven by a movement developed and produced by the Manufacture Bulgari – mechanical self-winding Calibre GG7722 with a 45-hour power reserve – the Octo Bi-Retro is a sporty timepiece designed for intense living. Featuring jumping hours as well as retrograde minutes and date, this exceptional model is issued in a 50-piece worldwide limited edition.

 Its display enables swift and efficient reading. The hour is immediately visible thanks to the jumping hour technique, which reveals it through a 12 o’clock aperture.
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To provide an accurate display of the minutes and seconds, the dial is laid out like an ingenious instrument panel: sweeping across a broad 210° sector, a retrograde hand indicates the minutes with the help of markings on the bezel serving to read off intermediate minutes in ten-minute segments. The equally retrograde date display appears on a 180° sector at the bottom of the dial. All the informations are displayed in snapshot in a very original mode.

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Technical Specifications

 Model: BVLGARI – OCTO Bi-Retro BRAZIL Steel and Black Ceramic

Case :  
Case Shape:    Octogonal
Case Material:    Steel
Case Diameter:    43.00 mm
Case Thickness:    12.35 mm
Bezel:    Black Ceramic
Case Back:    Transparent 
Movement : 
Calibre:   Gerald Genta GG 7722
Movement Type:   Automatic
Power Reserve:   45 Hours
Functions:   
• Jumping Hours
• Retrograde Minutes
• Retrograde Date
Dial :   
Blue Champlevé Lacquer with Green (Minutes) and Yellow (Date) Chapters  
Functions: 
Jumping Hours, Retrograde minutes,
Date, calendar window at 12-o'clock position
Retrograde date display on a 180° sector at 18-o'clock position 
Power reserve : 45 hours 
Gem: 108 gems 
Waterproof: 100 meters
Strap :
Bracelet:   Black Rubber
Clasp: Steel Folding Buckle

Year: 2014

Limited Edition: 50

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EBERHARD & CO. – CONTOGRAF Chronograph

EBERHARD & CO. – CONTOGRAF Chronograph Edition NEW

TRIBUTE TO CONTOGRAF - 1960s

On the occasion of the prestigious Baselworld 2014 exhibition Eberhard & Co. presents the world preview of the new Contograf, re-edition of the 1960’s Brand’s creation of the same name, emblem of its era thanks to its innovative features.

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The company, which bears the name of the founding watchmaker, Georges Eberhard, was created in 1887.

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This makes it one of the oldest companies which in La-Chaux-de-Fonds, a small village in the Swiss Canton of Neuchâtel, invented the craft of watchmaking, established its criteria and spread its values.

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To preserve the memory and to offer today’s enthusiasts the chance to wear one of these historic timepieces, Eberhard has started revisiting various points on its long adventure by relaunching some of the milestone timepieces from its past.

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One of them is the Extra-fort, reissued to celebrate one of the classic chronographs from the 1940s - protagonist of several international auctions - which has now become one of the company’s best-selling models. The next chapter will be told by the Tribute to Contograf, contemporary interpretation of a creation from the 1960’s.

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An era of optimism, lively creativity and innovation, and also of growing wealth which, among other things, allowed more people to buy fine objects which until then had been considered a privilege for the few, mechanical watches from Switzerland.

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The 1960’s Contograf boasted some very innovative characteristics, in the pure style of a watchmaker which has always been ahead of its time. It was a precision chronograph with two counters and a large date window at the 6 o’clock position, featuring a fast-changing date, something of a revolution at the time.

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This feature and its waterproof buttons made it a piece for everyday use, helping promote the view of a watch as an indispensable accessory. One interesting element was the minute counter, divided into three units and designed to measure the duration of a telephone call, at a time when long-distance or even international calls were undertaken with a degree of caution...

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Most of these original features have been maintained in the new 2014 edition, but there is no shortage of innovative details: the new ceramic bezel with unidirectional rotation serves as a frame for the tachymeter scale inspired by automotive design.

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The caseback is screwd-in like in the original version and contains the inscription “Tribute to Contograf - 1960s”.

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The date window at 6 o’clock has kept its particular trapezoidal shape. The innovations include the new metallic bracelet Chassis and an original black leather strap with a “red arrow” embroidered detail . The deployment buckle Déclic (Patented) is available as an accessory.

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The 8147 calibre (base ETA 7750 13¼) guarantees the reliability and precision that have made Eberhard & Co. one of the points of reference for mechanical chronographs.

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The tradition of the past and the inspiration of the future: today the watchmaker’s motto is embodied in the new Contograf

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Technical Specifications

Reference: 31069.3
Reference: 31069.2

Movement:
Calibre 8147 base ETA 7750 13 ¼
mechanical chronograph with automatic winding
2 counters (30 chronographer’s minutes at 3 hours – small seconds at 9 hours)
Rapid-adjustment date at 6 hours
Central hand for the chronographer’s seconds
Case:
Steel
Diameter of the case: 42.00 mm
Thickness of the case: 14.70 mm
Case-back: in steel, screwed-in, personalized with the engraving “TRIBUTE TO CONTOGRAF – 1960s”
Bezel: steel base with outer toothing, insert in black/anthracite with numbering, small indexes of the hours scale and triangle at 12hours, engraved, palladium treated.
Rotating unidirectional bezel, counter clockwise, with the following functions:
- Indication of a second time zone
- Indication of an hourly memo
- Indication of the chronographer’s hours
Water-resistance: 50 m
Crown: in steel, screwed-in, water-resistant, personalized with the “E” initial in relief
Glass: sapphire glass, domed, anti-reflective
Dials:
White, Black, Black with white counters, white with black counters, 9 applied indexes, faceted
Date window at 6 hours with a particular trapezoidal shape and applied profile, red numbering.
All these elements have been maintained from the 1960s model.
Counter of the chronographer’s minutes at 3 hours with the addition of a 3 minutes lapse counter, a feature of the 1960s to control telephone calls timing.
Tachometer scale on base 1000 in km/h
Hands: hours and minutes, “dauphine”, “squelettes” with luminescent insert.
Leaf-shaped hands for the small counters.
Central seconds hand in red for the following dial versions
- Black
- Black with white counters
- White with black counters
“Nickel noir” central seconds hand on the white dial version
Strap:
Black leather with “red arrow” detail
Steel buckle, personalized “E&C”   
Bracelet:
Chassis®, in steel - 3 links: the internal one is satin while the other two are polished
Optional: deployment clasp Déclic (Patented)

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ARMIN STROM – Tourbillon Royal Flush

ARMIN STROM – Tourbillon Royal Flush Limited Edition NEW

NO BLUFFING — ARMIN STROM PLAYS A WINNING HAND

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All bets are off when ARMIN STROM is at the table. Matching their prowess in crafting open-worked or skeletonized movements and hand finishing and assembling timepieces, the brand's watchmakers are known to play a mean hand of poker.

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On May 30 at the Eadness event at the Mandarin Oriental Vegas during JCK, ARMIN STROM will show its hand when it debuts its custom engraved 18k rose gold Tourbillon featuring a Royal Flush on the reverse side of the movement.

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Technical Specifications

Ref. CO12-TC.50   Tourbillon Royal Flush

Movement
ARMIN STROM Manufacture calibre ATC11 16½‘‘
Manual-winding,
Tourbillon, double spring barrels,
10-days power reserve,
Small seconds and off-centre time indications
Regulating system: Screwed balance with Breguet overcoil
Winding-mechanism: Manual wind-up with crown wheels turning on the dial side
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Number of jewels: 24
Number of individual parts: 184
Distinctions:
Barrel bridge hand engraved with the
Royal Flush combination
Functions: Hour, minute, small second, Tourbillon
Power reserve: 10 days
Case
18ct rose gold
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment
Diameter: 43.40 mm
Height: 13.00 mm
Water resistant to 50m Dial ring:  Black with founded appliques
Hands: Rose gold
Straps
Delivered with a genuine brown alligator horn-back strap and
double-fold clasp in 18ct rose gold as well as an additional brown rubber strap
Edition
Unique piece

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GIRARD-PERREGAUX – Chrono Hawk Pink Gold

GIRARD-PERREGAUX – Chrono Hawk Pink Gold NEW

Girard-Perregaux’s expertise in manufacturing watches, adds a new addition to the Hawk collection. The note worthy new ambassador boasts a powerful, technical chronograph with a pink gold case, and is reinforced with ceramic and rubber components.

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The angular, sculptural cases that characterize the timepieces in the Hawk collection have forged the reputation of this sporty and contemporary line. Respecting these stylistic canons to the tee, the design of the new Chrono Hawk Pink Gold marries the sumptuousness of precious metal with the technical sophistication of black ceramic and rubber. A case that is both luxurious and innovative presents a polychrome face in which the intensity of the dark components heightens the warmth of the gold. In the same spirit it embraces the novel combinations, with the high-tech rubber strapped encased with alligator.

The case is made up of 62 different parts and demands a high degree of skill to produce. With a frame fashioned from satin-finished pink gold and measuring 44 mm in diameter, it serves as the basic structure that incorporates the other parts, starting with those made of ceramic and rubber. The ceramic is extremely resistant to wear and tear with a Vickers hardness of 1,400. It is composed of micrograins with a diameter of 0.2 microns, compressed at very high pressure. Because it is scratch-proof, ceramic is used for the bezel, in particular, but also the chronograph push piece parts, including the push piece protectors and the crown.

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The dial of the Chrono Hawk Pink Gold displays a motif inspired by the shape of the famous Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon Bridges. It is encircled by a three-dimensional flange graduated with the minutes scale and showcases the indexes striped with bands of luminescent material to enable night reading. The hands are also visible in the dark. The small seconds are viewed on a subdial at 3 o'clock, while the chronograph functions are displayed via a central direct-drive seconds hand and a subdial at 9 o'clock for the minutes. An aperture at 6 o'clock shows the date.

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The Chrono Hawk Pink Gold houses a GP03300 self-winding Manufacture movement with 431 components. Its arrow-shaped oscillating weight and the decorative finishes on the movement can be admired through a sapphire crystal case-back, which is itself engraved and secured with screws. This latest version of the Hawk is water-resistant to a depth of 100 meters and has a strap with a folding buckle.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Reference: 49970-34-633-BB6B

Case
Case: pink gold and ceramic
Diameter: 44.00 mm
Bezel: ceramic
Dial: black
Crystal: anti-reflective sapphire
Case-back: sapphire crystal, secured by 6 screws
Water resistance: 100 meters (10 ATM)
Calibre
Girard-Perregaux movement GP03300-0076
Mechanical, self-winding movement 
Diameter: 29.30 mm (13’’’)
Frequency: 28,800 Vib/h - (4 Hz)
Power reserve: min. 46 hours
Jewels: 61
Functions:
Hour, minute, small second, chronograph, date
Strap
Technological rubber base coated with black alligator
Folding buckle
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IWC – PILOTS Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Patrouille Suisse”

IWC – PILOTS Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Patrouille Suisse” NEW

Schaffhausen, 27 May 2014 – This year sees the launch of a special edition from IWC Schaffhausen that honours the fabulous flying skills of the Swiss aerobatic squadron. For fifty years, Patrouille Suisse pilots have acted as airborne ambassadors to Switzerland, demonstrating unmatched precision and perfection far beyond the country’s borders. Watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen, which has made Pilot’s Watches since 1936, dedicates the Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Patrouille Suisse” to the flying aces of the Swiss Air Force. The special edition of this watch classic is limited to 250.

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“Both our Pilot’s Watches and the Patrouille Suisse team stand for Swiss precision and technical perfection,” explains Linus Fuchs, Managing Director Switzerland of IWC Schaffhausen. “Our shared values and passion for flying inspired a special limited edition designed to be a fitting tribute to the excellence of these outstanding pilots,” continues Fuchs.

FUNCTIONALITY FOR THE COCKPIT

The Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Patrouille Suisse” features a cockpit design with coloured highlights. Mirroring the functionality of flight instruments, the displays are generously sized and clearly laid out. The hands and indices have a white luminescent coating that guarantees high legibility. The optics of this decidedly masculine timepiece are rounded off by an attractive shot-blasted stainless-steel case and a black soft strap with back-stitching.
An altimeter-shaped date display further underscores the instrument-inspired look. Three signal red elements provide highlights: the small red seconds hand, which indicates normal running; the red stopwatch seconds hand; and the small triangle on the triple date display. Another eye-catching feature is the third push-button at “10 o’clock”. This can be used to stop the split-seconds hand at any time and then pressed again to resynchronize it with the stopwatch seconds hand, making it ideal for timing laps or intermediate times.

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PROFESSIONAL INSTRUMENTS FOR PILOTS

With a soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields and a sapphire glass secured against sudden falls in pressure, the watch has all the credentials of a watch designed for flying. The 46-millimetre stainless-steel case of the Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Patrouille Suisse” is water-resistant to 6 bar and houses a rugged 79230 - calibre self-winding chronograph movement. The movement permits the recording of single and aggregate times up to 12 hours and has a power reserve of 44 hours.

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The case back is decorated with an engraving of three jet fighters that allude to the Northrop F-5E Tiger II, in which Patrouille Suisse pilots fly tightly knit formations at speeds of up to 1000 kph. The inscription “TRIBUTE TO PATROUILLE SUISSE” and the consecutive numbering (1/250, 2/250 etc.) indicate the special limited edition. The Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Patrouille Suisse” will be available from May 2014, initially only from IWC Boutiques in Switzerland and Swiss retailers, but later at IWC Boutiques worldwide.

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PIONEERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PILOT’S WATCHES

IWC developed its first Pilot’s Watch almost 80 years ago. In 1936, the so-called Special Pilot’s Watch started out on a professional mission in the service of pilots. It was designed to withstand the difficult conditions encountered in the cockpit of aircraft at that time. The Schaffhausen - based manufacturer’s passion spurred its engineers and watchmakers on to ever-greater technical achievement. Today, IWC’s Pilot’s Watches are very popular and elegantly combine modern technology with traditional values.

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Technical Specifications

 Model: PILOT Double Chronograph Edition “Patrouille Suisse” Limited Edition
                        PATROUILLE SUISSE JUBILEE EDITION

Reference: IW377805 Grey dial

FEATURES
    Mechanical chronograph movement
    Self-winding
    Day and date display
    Small hacking seconds
    Stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds
    Split-seconds hand for intermediate timing
    Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields
    Screw-in crown
    Glass secured against displacement by drop in air pressure
    Limited Edition to 250 consecutively numbered watches
MOVEMENT
    Calibre: 79230  (based on the ETA Valjoux 7750 )
    Frequency: 28,800 A/h / 4 Hz
    Jewels: 29
    Power reserve: 44 h
    Winding: automatic
WATCH
    Materials: shot-blasted stainless-steel case,
    Grey dial, black soft strap, folding clasp in stainless steel (shot-blasted)
    Glass: sapphire, convex, anti-reflective coating on both sides
    Water-resistant: 6 bar
    Diameter: 46 mm
    Case height: 17.5 mm

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BREITLING – S3 ZeroG Chronograph

BREITLING – S3 ZeroG Chronograph NEW

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In 2015, the S3 company (Swiss Space Systems) will be organizing its first weightless ZeroG flights to a broad public. As the main partner in this project, Breitling will equip passengers with an exclusive chronograph specially designed for this experience. Registration is now open! 

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In 1962, Breitling made its maiden weightless flight on the wrist of Scott Carpenter with a Navitimer Cosmonaute – the first space-traveling wrist chronograph. The brand with the winged B is now the main sponsor of the Swiss project S3 (Swiss Space Systems), of which the avowed aim is “space for all”. For this purpose, S3 has notably set up a program of weightless flights.

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The ZeroG project will begin in 2015 in over 15 locations around the world, including Asia, the Middle East and Central America. These flights of around two hours aboard an Airbus will each include 15 “parabolas” or free floats lasting between 20 to 25 seconds and providing a chance to experience total weightlessness by floating as if in space.

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Passengers’ equipment will include a Breitling chronograph specially created for the occasion. Equipped with a light and sturdy black titanium case and a SuperQuartz™ movement (ten times more accurate than standard quartz), this S3 ZeroG chronograph is distinguished by its S3 logo appearing on the dial and the rubber strap, as well as by its caseback engraving depicting a parabolic flight.

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It will serve as a boarding card for passengers and will not be commercialized outside this flight program. Along with their flight suit, the lucky partakers in the ZeroG experience will be entitled to keep this authentic high-performance and functional instrument for professionals, water-resistant to 100 meters, as mementoes representing the equipment having accompanied them during this unique and unforgettable moment.

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Technical Specifications

Ref: A13341C3|BD19|162A

Functions:
    Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date,
    Chronograph, Calendar
Case:
    Round
    Black Titanium
    43.00mm
Dial:  Volcano Black (S3 logo)
Bezel: Unidirectional ratcheted rotating bezel
Glass: Cambered sapphire, glare proofed on both sides
Movement:
    Caliber 13  (Base Movement: ETA 251.232)
     SuperQuartz fast time zone adjustment
     COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute)
     Chronograph: 1/10th second, 60 minutes, 12 hours (split-second hand)
Straps: 
    Rubber Strap S3 logo
    Buckle Titanium Buckle   
Crown: Screw-locked and pushpieces
Water resistance:
   100 m (330 ft)
Year: 2014

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