Thursday, March 8, 2012

OMEGA - Speedmaster Racing














Presenting the NEW  OMEGA - Speedmaster  Racing watch.
 The new Speedmaster Racing honours the chronograph’s decades-long connection to motor racing – before the Speedmaster was worn on the Moon or at the North and South Poles, it was found on the wrists of men and women driving high-performance automobiles (1957, the first Speedmaster).


























The OMEGA Speedmaster Racing chronograph has a 40 mm stainless steel case with a matt black aluminium tachymetric ring on its bezel. It is offered in a choice of grey, grey/yellow or grey red tachymetric scaling. The screw-in caseback features the familiar Seahorse emblem.
The dial and sub-dials are available in the range of colour combinations described in the watch’s technical specifications.  The 30-minute and 12-hour counters and the small seconds hand sub-dial are textured with a triangular “Clous de Paris” pattern. There is a date window at the 6 o’clock position. The hour and minute hands as well as the hour markers are coated with Super-LumiNova.
The Speedmaster Racing, powered by an exclusive OMEGA calibre 3330, has a column-wheel chronograph mechanism and is equipped with a Co-Axial escapement and an Si14 silicon balance spring. The combination delivers such reliable timekeeping performance and stability that the chronograph comes with a full four-year warranty.
The Speedmaster Racing is presented with either a stainless steel bracelet or a black rubber strap. It is water resistant to 100 metres / 330 feet / 10 bar.
It has been 55 years since OMEGA announced the launch of a chronograph ideally suited for calculating the speed of racing cars. More than half a century later, the Speedmaster Racing commemorates the brand’s partnership with great automobiles and the people who drive them.

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Christophe Claret - Baccara Dragon

Christophe Claret - Baccara Dragon Limited Edition

Video of the new model Baccara Dragon, which continued the line of "gaming" watches of the company, was posted on our site.

Presented last year, the wristwatch 21 Blackjack made a furor on the watch market. But the novelty of Baccara Dragon does not yield to it both in technical and design terms.
With such luxury watch Baccara Dragon gamblers can enjoy their favorite games baccarat, roulette and dice. But, of course, in addition to games the watch is performing a traditional for them function – time indexation. The novelty will be available in two versions: with a case in white and pink gold. World premiere of new items will be held at the world exhibition Baselworld-2012.







































The elegant case in the classical round shape represents a unique combination of 18K gold and titanium black PVD-coated. The Baccara Dragon watch is the true standard of refined taste and magnificence. The case diameter is 45 mm. The watch water-resistant watch is minimal - 30 meters. This is not surprising. Luxury watch from Christophe Claret is meant for "extremals of the gaming front," rather than lovers of scuba diving. The elegant bezel of the novelty is marked with black lacquer-coated indexes. The matt dial is made of sapphire, adorned with a magnificent picture of a dragon. Completed cards - three for a player and three for a banker - are located in the elegant square-shaped apertures. Dices are displayed in two transparent windows, built on the side of the case, where are also installed the gong with a hammer. The massive roulette wheel can be seen through a sapphire crystal, which serves as the case back.
























The "heart” of Baccara Dragon is a manufactory automatic movement BCR09 with two winding barrels. The mechanism on the 40 jewels includes 501 parts and 7 double sets of ceramic ball bearings. The caliber provides a 72-hour power reserve and the balance frequency of 28,800 vph. The mechanism provides an indication of hours and minutes with the relevant central hands and is modified with three built-in mechanical games.
The novelty comes on an alligator strap fitted with a buckle in white or pink gold. Each version of the model is released in a limited edition to 9 items.
The watch with the case in 18K white gold will be available at a price of 198 000 Swiss francs, while the version with the case in 18K rose gold - at a price of 194 000 Swiss francs.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Baccara Dragon White gold

Movement
Mechanical self-winding movement
Caliber: BCR09
Components: 501
Jewels: 40
7 double sets of ceramic ball bearings
Twin barrel
4 Hz, 28’800 v/h
Power reserve: approximately 72 hours

Functions
Hour, minute
Three games: Baccarat with chime, roulette and dice
Case
5N rose-gold and grade-5 black PVD titanium
Black lacquered bezel indexes
Diameter: 45 mm
Two side windows, one revealing the striking mechanism’s hammer and gong, the other a pair of dice
Watertight to 3 ATM (30 m)
Dial
Titanium and grey sapphire decorated with a dragon motif
Front with three “BANKER” windows and three “PLAYER” windows
Back: 3D roulette wheel that rotates as the watch rotor moves
Strap
Black alligator with a two-screw attachment system. This attachment system helps prevent damage to the case when the strap is changed

Limited Edition
Each version will be limited to a maximum of 9

MANUFACTURE SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE EXCLUSIVE OF VAT
CHF 194’000 
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