ARMIN STROM – Gravity Date Fire

ARMIN STROM – Gravity Date Fire Limited Edition NEW

THE BEST GIFTS COME WRAPPED IN GOLD - AN 18k ROSE GOLD ARMIN STROM WRISTWATCH

Give the gift that lasts a lifetime - an exceptionally crafted, mechanical wristwatch. The independent Swiss watch manufacture ARMIN STROM develops, produces and hand finishes each of its watches in its dedicated workshop in Bienne.

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The timepieces in its collection embody the venerable tradition of Swiss watchmaking combined with a modern look and technical prowess. The brand's signature, on all ARMIN STROM watches, is open-worked designs that reveal part of the interior movement from the dial, celebrating the mechanical artistry of the timepiece.

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18k rose gold - which ARMIN STROM signifies as the element "fire" - is a popular choice among the brand's collectors.

ARMIN STROM  – Gravity Date Fire Calibre ADD14

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ARMIN STROM’s Gravity Date Fire combines esthetics with functionality. It’s hands indicate hour, 60 seconds counter and day/night indicator, with a pointer for the date within the same aperture. The clear integration of these features makes the timepiece very user friendly. ARMIN STROM’s ADD14 Calibre, created and manufactured in-house, is a true work of art, with a micro-rotor powering the automatic movement with five-day power reserve.

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Technical Specifications

RG14-DF.90 GRAVITY DATE FIRE 18k Rose Gold

Manufacture movement
ARMIN STROM calibre ADD14
Automatic, 5 days power reserve, small seconds,
date display with day/night indication, off-centre time indications
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Jewels: 30
Number of components: 206
KALIBER ADD14 16½‘‘‘   
Specification: 
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds, date display with day/night indication
Winding-mechanism: Automatic with micro rotor turning on dial side
Impulse: Single going barrel
Plate and bridges: Plate and bridges are decorated at the highest level,
hand-engravings always correspond to each element
Escapement: Escape wheel and pallets made of massive gold with hardened functional
areas
Regulating system: Screwed balance with Breguet overcoil
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Number of Jewels: 30
Number of individual parts: 206
Diameter: 36.60 mm
Height: 6.20 mm
Power reserve: 5 days
Case
18ct rose gold
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment
Diameter: 43.40 mm
Height: 13.00 mm
Water-resistance: 50 m Dial ring
Black with founded appliques
Hands
Rose gold
Straps
Delivered with a genuine brown alligator horn-back leather strap and
 ardillon buckle in 18ct rose gold as well as an additional brown rubber strap.
A double-fold clasp in 18ct rose gold is available on option
Edition
Limited to 100 pieces

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Haigh & Hastings – M2 Divers SASR 50th Anniversary Limited Edition

Haigh & Hastings – M2 Divers SASR 50th Anniversary Limited Edition NEW

Haigh & Hastings Limited Edition Commemorative Timepiece

PRESS RELEASE

A Time to Remember

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), the SAS Historical Foundation has commissioned Australian watch company, Haigh & Hastings, to supply a limited number of quality mechanical timepieces, specifically designed to commemorate this special Golden Jubilee Anniversary milestone.

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 Haigh & Hastings timepieces are specifically designed in Australia to meet the exacting demands of ‘adventurous men’ – those who love the adrenalin rush of testing themselves in a variety of challenging pursuits – in sport, in business, in life, in action and in service, at home or abroad.

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James Ross, Managing Director of Haigh & Hastings, said: “As an Australian quality watch company, we’re honoured to be commissioned to supply the specifically designed, Limited Edition timepiece to commemorate this significant milestone – the 50th Anniversary of the Special Air Service Regiment. It’s a perfect match – ‘Timepieces for Adventurous Men’ and the outstanding men of the SASR.

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Our blue‑bezelled M2 Diver watch with black strap has been customised to suit this special occasion, with an embossed Limited Edition case-back design commemorating the Golden Jubilee Anniversary. The box has been specially created to carry the SASR badge and each of the 1000 timepieces comes with its own Limited Edition Certificate of Authenticity”.

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Major Brett Warner of the SASR Historical Foundation said: “All of us who have served with the Special Air Service Regiment can be immensely proud of this historical milestone – our 50th Anniversary. As a not-for-profit organisation, the SAS Historical Foundation is pleased to offer this Limited Edition Haigh & Hastings ‘Timepieces for Adventurous Men’ range as a way to commemorate this special milestone in our proud history of service. The Limited Edition range is for sale exclusively through the SAS Historical Foundation website.”

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Technical Specifications

Collection: M2 Divers

Model: M2 Divers 50th Anniversary SASR Limited Edition

Limited Edition of 1000 Pieces
Case:
    1000ft/300m water resistance
    44mm (3-9) x 53mm (12-6)
    Thickness:  approx. 13mm
    Solid 316L stainless steel
    22mm lug spacing
    Crown Screw down 7mm crown
    Screw down 40mm
    Engraved case back:  "50th Anniversary 1964-2014 of the Special Air Service Regiment "
Bezel:
    Blue Uni-directional, graduated for tank diving
Movement:
    NH35A movement Seiko
    Mechanical automatic
    Bi-directional winding rotor
    Manual winding feature
    Sweep second hand
    Date display
    Quick date setting
    Hacking feature (second hand stop when crown is in setting position)
    21,600 vibrations per hour
Crystal:
    Sapphire
Dial:
    40mm
    Hour and minute indexes
    Superluminova
Hands:
    Plongeur Black style minute hand; White/Diver
    Block style hour hand; White
    Seconds hand Blue
    SuperLuminova
Water resistance:
    1000ft/300m 
Strap:
    22mm Natural European Rubber
    Non-allergenic
    Salt and UV resistant
    Odour resistant
    Stainless steel hardware
    Available with locking dive clasp or buckle
Weight: approx. 131g

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Major Brett Warner and
Major Greg Mawkes
SASR Historical Foundation
brett.warner@defence.gov.au
James Ross
Managing Director, Haigh & Hastings
james@haighandhastings.com.au
+61 423 536 579
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HAUTLENCE – INVICTUS Morphos Limited Edition by Eric Cantona

HAUTLENCE – INVICTUS Morphos Limited Edition by Eric Cantona NEW

HAUTLENCE LAUNCHES ITS FIRST CHRONOGRAPH IN 

PARTNERSHIP WITH ERIC CANTONA:
INVICTUS, Morphos Limited Edition flutters onto
the watchmaking scene

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LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS, September 2014 – HAUTLENCE leverages its recent partnership with Eric Cantona in order to write a brand-new page in its history. Together, this outstanding duo have developed and designed the first HAUTLENCE chronograph, a model named INVICTUS, Morphos Limited Edition by Eric Cantona, which was unveiled to Swiss and European media representatives on September 2nd in Neuchâtel, the home of the brand.

Intrigued by every form of artistic expression, Eric Cantona, a multi-faceted aesthete, and HAUTLENCE, the brand known for timepieces with a powerful, architectural design, share a special sensitivity to design. Like its name, an anagram of the brand’s home town of Neuchâtel, HAUTLENCE is expert at mixing things up and providing a decidedly different way of seeing things.

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This talent has given rise to a new self-winding chronograph model, designed and developed in tandem by Guillaume Tetu, CEO and co-founder of the brand and Eric Cantona and proudly named INVICTUS – from the Latin phrase meaning “unbeaten and unbeatable” and the butterfly of the same name. This is a bold, ambitious name that is perfectly in harmony with the values embodied by Éric Cantona and the HAUTLENCE man – and which represents a watch that is unlike any other.

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In line with the reputation of HAUTLENCE for turning accepted norms upside down – and then reinventing them in entirely different ways, the INVICTUS, Morphos Limited Edition by Eric Cantona chronograph is a symphony of poetry and delicacy. Issued as a 250-piece limited edition, and nestled in a titanium case, the dial bears the colour and iridescent reflections of the large, magnificent blue butterfly for which it is named, while mother-of-pearl insets subtly illuminated with black decals emulate the markings on its wings. The case-back is numbered and engraved with the name “INVICTUS”, along with Eric Cantona’s signature and an engraving of his digital fingerprint - a kind of entrance pass to the Gentlemen Rebels Club of which he and every owner of a HAUTLENCE timepiece are members.

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With its mechanical prowess and avant-garde design, to which Eric Cantona has made a significant contribution, INVICTUS, Morphos Limited Edition by Eric Cantona perfectly embodies the characteristics that initially attracted Eric Cantona and Guillaume Tetu to each other. But it is above all the butterfly theme that most eloquently hints at the personality of an individual who was one of the greatest footballers of all time. For Eric Cantona, the butterfly is the very embodiment of the word ephemeral, symbolising freedom, a carefree existence and a zest for life resulting from the fact that given the shortness of one’s time on earth, one needs to live every second to the full.

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The butterfly also represents metamorphosis or change. It is the link between before and after, between our desires and their realisation, demonstrating by its very essence that it is possible to change and to make what already exists even more beautiful, on condition that trust prevails and one remains true to oneself. This philosophy is very dear to Eric Cantona and the members of the Gentlemen Rebels Club.

In line with this, and like his own multi-faceted personality, Eric Cantona is involved in multiple aspects of the products that bear his name, including a new advertising campaign in commemoration of the tenth Anniversary of HAUTLENCE. Incorporating a visual that stands out by its refined, serious nature, the INVICTUS, Morphos Limited Edition chronograph features Éric Cantona personally in the campaign entitled, CROSS THE LINE: an open invitation to be different and stand out become a member of the Gentlemen Rebels Club.

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Other models born of the partnership between HAUTLENCE and Eric Cantona are in the wings, as it were.

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Technical Specifications

Collection: Destination 

Model: INVICTUS Morphos Limited Edition by Eric Cantona Chronograph 

Limited Edition of 250 Pieces

Movement
Self Winding/Automatic
Swiss Made Dubois Dépraz 293
Power Reserve:  42 Hours
Hours, minutes, seconds.
Chronograph
Date
Case
Material: Titanium
Diameter: 46.00 x 42.00 mm
Thickness: 12.80 mm
Crystal  Antireflective sapphire
Water-resistance: 30 m
Dial
Opaline Black with Blue Mother-of-Pearl Inserts and
Black Decals to Simulate Butterfly Wings
Strap Black Alligator
Buckle Titanium Folding Buckle

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Guillaume Tetu, CEO and Co-founder - g.tetu@hautlence.com
Caroline Büchler, Marketing & Communication Manager - c.buechler@hautlence.com
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BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Chronographe Pulsomètre

BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Chronographe Pulsomètre NEW

A brand-new Chronographe Pulsomètre

This timepiece from the Villeret collection is welcoming a brand - new self-winding movement this year, beating at a rate of 36,000 vibrations per hour (5 Hz) and equipped with a flyback chronograph function. Moreover, for the very first time, it also displays a pulsometer function serving to check a heart rate quickly and easily.

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This new model in the Villeret collection houses a new 13-ligne Manufacture-made calibre F385 perfectly suited to the size of the case. This new movement with its heart beating at 36,000 vibrations per hour, a first at Blancpain, comprises 322 parts including a silicon balance spring. It is equipped with a vertical clutch as well as a chronograph mechanism controlled by a column wheel. It also features a flyback function enabling instant chronograph resetting and restarting simply by pressing a pusher at 4 o’clock – a device that proves extremely useful when measuring successive time periods.

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These functions are for the first time complemented by a pulsometer. In an era when taking a pulse used to involve a 60-second measurement during which the number of beats had to be exactly counted, the pulsometer was devised to enable doctors and nurses to take their patients’ pulses more rapidly. The chronograph hand in association with a specially graduated scale makes it possible to display the patient’s heart beat directly on the dial without any need for calculations. All that is required for the hand to indicate the number of heartbeats per minute on the pulsometer scale is to start the chronograph and then stop it after counting off 30 heartbeats.

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In keeping with the classic aesthetic of the Villeret collection, this new model comes with a cambered white Grand Feu enamel dial. The pulsometer scale surrounds enamel-painted Roman numerals, while the centre bears the chronograph 30-minute and 12-hour counters as well as a date window at 6 o’clock.

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The sapphire case-back reveals the latest Blancpain calibre featuring its oscillating weight adorned with a honeycomb motif. The 43.6 mm - diameter red gold case is teamed with a brown alligator leather strap setting the perfect finishing touch to this model.

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Technical Specifications

 References:  6680F-3631-55B

Complications
Flyback Chronograph   
Specificities
Pulsometer
Date
Silicon balance spring
Case
18ct red gold
Case thickness:     13.50 mm
Case diameter:     43.60 mm
Water resistance:     3.00 bar
Between horns:     23.00 mm
Sapphire back
Dial
Cambered grand feu white enamel
Movement
Manufacture Calibre F385

• Self-winding
• Calibre thickness:     6.65 mm
• Calibre diameter:     31.80 mm
• Power reserve in hours:     50
• Jewels:     37
• Components:     322

Strap/Bracelet
Brown Alligator lined with alzavel
Folding clasp

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Le Rocher 12
1348 Le Brassus
Suisse
Tel.  (+41) 21 796 3636
Fax (+41) 21 796 3637
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Bell & Ross – Vintage Collection - BR 126 Sport HERITAGE GMT & Flyback

Bell & Ross – VINTAGE Collection - BR 126 Sport HERITAGE GMT & Flyback Limited Edition NEW

Bell & Ross has always been passionate about military history and particularly aviation, which made precise timekeeping one of its key navigational tools. Its collections illustrate the unique parallel between the history of aeronautical development and that of watch-making.

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In the VINTAGE Collection, the Vintage Sport Heritage line pays particular tribute to the watches worn by civil aviation pilots in the 1960s.

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The BR 126 SPORT HERITAGE GMT & FLYBACK model is the vital tool for pilots and long-haul travelers.

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Using the most modern techniques to recreate the effects of passing time, the Heritage style manifests the authentic look of timepieces of the past. With gold-plated metal appliquéd numerals and index, its brushed steel case and its gold leather strap, the BR 126 SPORT HERITAGE GMT & FLYBACK is a sophisticated version of the Heritage style.

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A chronograph designed according to professional specifications, this aviation chronograph is fitted with a Flyback, making it possible to instantly restart the measurement of time, and a GMT function displaying a second time zone in 24-hour format.

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Technical Features

Model: BR 126 Sport Heritage GMT & Flyback
Limited Edition of 500 Pieces

Movement
Mechanical automatic
Functions
Hours, minutes, small seconds
Chronograph with 60 seconds and
60 minutes accumulators and Flyback Function
Second time zone 24h
Date
Tachymeter scale
Case
Diameter 43mm
Polished steel
Immovable black bezel with alumunium ring
Crystal: domed antireflective sapphire
Screw-in caseback with anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 100 m
Dial
Black
Golden appliqué index and numerals
Skeletonised golden hours and minutes hands filled with Superluminova®.
Strap
Calfskin with hot stamping
Buckle: folding buckle in polished steel

* Flyback function: back to zero and fast restarting of the measure of time. The flyback optimizes the speed in the measurements of several successive times.
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Backes & Strauss – Harrods Princess

Backes & Strauss – Harrods Princess NEW

Backes & Strauss, the world’s oldest diamond company and Gemfields, the leading supplier of responsibly sourced coloured gemstones, partner to create a diamond and emerald ‘pièce unique’ watch for Harrods’ Biennale des Antiquaires.

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The Harrods Princess
PIECE UNIQUE 2014

The Harrods Princess, made exclusively for the famed luxury department store, is hand-set with 80 Gemfields Zambian emeralds and 241 natural diamonds for a total of 23.5 carats and will be unveiled at Harrods in the Fine Watch Room for the Biennale des Antiquaires exhibition.

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The pièce unique was crafted in Switzerland, each Gemfields emerald has been carefully selected, and cut specifically for the Harrods Princess, ensuring depth and consistency of colour, combined with Backes & Strauss’ signature diamonds. The white gold case is set with Ideal Cut diamonds to match the dial, and a beautifully engineered bracelet created from a series of hand-crafted links adorned with a further 136 diamonds and emeralds, alone weighing 18.6 carats.

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Ian Harebottle, CEO, Gemfields, “It gives me great pleasure to see our Zambian emeralds being used in such diverse ways and set by such fine craftsmen and who are so clearly able to showcase the inherent value contained within each and every gemstone. As a watch enthusiast myself, I am envious of the lucky woman who will have the pleasure of wearing such an exquisite and rare timepiece and look forward to creating future masterpieces with a company as highly regarded as Backes & Strauss.”

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Exceptional in every detail, the Harrods Princess is recognisable due to its unique and elegant design. A part of the Princess collection, it draws its inspiration from the Blue Velvet suite and the Red Rose drawing room at Carlton House, the palatial London residence of the Prince Regent, gifted to him in 1783 by his father, George III, to mark his coming of age.

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“We are absolutely delighted to be collaborating with Gemfields. Backes & Strauss uses only the finest natural conflict free diamonds and it was of the utmost importance for us to find an equally discerning partner. Their Zambian emeralds are among the finest responsibly sourced coloured gemstones and the perfect complement to create the Harrods Princess. This ‘pièce unique’ underlines our credentials as bespoke craftsmen ready to rise to the challenges of our most demanding clients,” comments Vartkess Knadjian, CEO, Backes & Strauss.

ABOUT BACKES & STRAUSS

As the world’s oldest diamond company (est. 1789), Backes & Strauss has constantly looked forward, pioneering new diamond cutting techniques and enthralling connoisseurs with its compelling designs.

Today, Backes & Strauss is part of the Franck Muller group. Backes & Strauss and the Franck Muller Group are masters of the art and science of their respective crafts. While Backes & Strauss is occupied with light and Franck Muller is concerned with time, both share a devotion to mathematical precision.

The result of this meeting of masters is a collection of timepieces so intricate; they are veritable masterpieces both inside and out.

ABOUT GEMFIELDS

Gemfields is the world’s leading supplier of responsibly sourced coloured gemstones, specialising in high quality emeralds and amethysts from Zambia, and more recently rubies from Mozambique. The company has pioneered leading environmental, social and safety standards within the sector and by doing so is able to provide discerning customers the assurance they require of the responsible journey their gemstones have taken from mine, to market.
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Technical details:
Size: 37 mm
Case: 18k White Gold case set with 28 Ideal Cut diamonds – 4.06 carats
Dial:
Diamond and Emerald Dial set with 144 Ideal Cut diamonds – 0.57 carats, 12 Gemfields Baguette Cut Zambian emeralds – 0.20 carats and mother-of-pearl
Hands: Sword-shaped Hands with superwhite Luminova
Crown: One Ideal Cut diamond "The Jewel in the Crown" - 0.09 carat
Movement: Automatic movement
Display: Hours, Minutes and Seconds
Bracelet:
Jewellery bracelet in 18k White Gold set with 68 Ideal Cut diamonds – 8.80 carats, and 68 Gemfields Round and Square Cut Zambian emeralds – 9.80 carats
Total carats:
241 Ideal Cut diamonds – 13.52 carats / 80 Gemfields Zambian emeralds – 10.00 carats

Reference: Harrods.Princess.37
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Angular Momentum & Manu Propria – Iron & Bronze Timepiece

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Angular Momentum & Manu Propria  – Iron & Bronze Timepiece Limited Edition NEW

Experimental Timepiece, limited to 10 pieces

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Construction

Five-body case, made of iron, the crown, the revolving bezel and the back and movement holder
made of bronze. The dial patinated brass with applied iron circle. The hour indexes represented by iron spheres. Brass hands with luminous oyster powder bound in reisin. Natural rubber strap with Angular Momentum special locking system. Historical hand-winding movement Fontainemelon, Caliber FHF 96

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Iron treatment

The iron parts have been milled and turned out of solid iron. After the iron parts have been adjusted and finished, they were rusted with a special solution made of vinegar, salt and Hydrogen peroxide. Finally the rust particles were removed by Hydrochloric acid. The structure of the rust layer remained and was preserved by a durable PVD coating.

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 Pulverstrasse 8, 3063 Ittigen-Bern, Switzerland
Tel: +41-31-311 83 00
 info@angularmomentum.com
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