RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Limited Edition

RJ-Romain Jerome -  Skylab Limited Edition NEW

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RJ-Romain Jerome celebrates "Orbital" accomplishments


Fascinated by our Universe and man’s accomplishments, RJ-Romain Jerome re-interprets contemporary history through the design of a new and aesthetically advanced timepiece, the Skylab.

The infinity of space has intrigued mankind for centuries. When Magellan established the spherical shape of our planet or when Galileo, the father of modern observational astronomy, discovered Heliocentrism*, the reality of space changed the vision of contemporary dreamers.

In honour of these discoveries, the iconoclastic brand has imagined a new timepiece with an avant-garde design that features RJ-Romain Jerome’s first skeleton timepiece, the Skylab.

Named after NASA’s first space station and celebrating the 40th anniversary of its launch, RJ-Romain Jerome has designed its Skylab featuring a skeleton structure housed in a 44 mm case that recalls the original space station and its revolutionary construction by combining sleek lines and a complex system of solar panels.

The generous yet refined case nests a complex five layered skeleton giving place to one’s imagination : every single component of the movement looks like it is floating in space carefully held by angled bridges that recall the geometrical patterns of a computer mother board. At the same time, the transparent sapphire glass at the back enhances the sense of zero gravity highlighting the single barrel at 12 o’clock and revealing the balance wheel at 6 o’clock while the RJ-Romain Jerome’s monogram subtly appears at 3 o’clock on the inferior level.

Externally, the timepieces’ paws have been enlarged to enhance this new model while the lugs have been hollowed to lighten the watch and create a unique case closing system with fewer visible screws than on a regular timepiece.

By enabling the main parts of the movement to be seen, the architecture of the skeleton shines in anthracite or represents the infinity of space in black PVD coated-steel, both declinations are finished with a hand drawn stroke. True to the DNA of the brand each watch contains material from Apollo 11 mission on the bezel. Also available in 5N Rose Gold, the Skylab timepieces echo the brightness of a stellar system seen from a porthole.

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The Skylab is a combination of Man’s never-ending imagination through the looking glass of a fantasy world and his thirst for knowledge and discovery of unknown territories.

The brands new design is a testimony to the conquest of space and the underlying dreams that made it possible.


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RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Heavy Metal

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Technical Specifications

Skylab Heavy Metal

Reference    RJ.M.AU.023.01

Caliber    RJ004-M  Mechanical movement
Frequency    28,800 A/h
Jewelling    21 jewels
Power reserve    48 hours
Water resistance    3 atm (30 meters)
Functions    Central hours and minutes, small second at 9 o’clock
Case    Ø44 mm, steel with sapphire case-back
Paws    Steel polished
Bezel    Satin-finished steel
Dial    Rhutenium coloured skeleton movement
Hands    Rhodiumed and satin-brushed hands with superluminova C1 « blue emission » on the tips
Strap    Black calf
Buckle    Satin-finished steel pin buckle
Limited edition    Limited series of 99 pieces

Retail price    USD 16,950.-* / CHF 15’950.-* / EUR 14,950.-*

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RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Speed Metal

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Skylab Speed Metal

Reference    RJ.M.AU.025.01

Caliber    RJ004-M  Mechanical movement
Frequency    28,800 A/h
Jewelling    21 jewels
Power reserve    48 hours
Water resistance    3 atm (30 meters)
Functions    Central hours and minutes, small second at 9 o’clock
Case    Ø44 mm, black PVD-coated steel with sapphire case-back
Paws    Steel polished
Bezel    Black satin-finished steel
Dial    Black coloured skeleton movement
Hands    Black and satin-brushed hands with superluminova C1 « blue emission » on the tips
Strap    Black calf
Buckle    Black PVD-coated steel pin buckle
Limited edition    Limited series of 99 pieces

Retail price    USD 16,950.-* / CHF 15’950.-* / EUR 14,950.-*
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RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Red

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Technical Specifications

Skylab Red

Reference    RJ.M.AU.028.01

Caliber    RJ004-M  Mechanical movement
Frequency    28,800 A/h
Jewelling    21 jewels
Power reserve    48 hours
Water resistance    3 atm (30 meters)
Functions    Central hours and minutes, small second at 9 o’clock
Case    Ø44 mm, black PVD-coated steel with sapphire case-back
Paws    Polished black PVD-coated steel
Bezel    Red gold (5N)
Dial    Black coloured skeleton movement
Hands    Red gold coloured and satin-brushed hands with superluminova C1 « blue emission » on the tips
Strap    Black calf
Buckle    Black PVD-coated steel satin-finished pin buckle
Limited edition    Limited series of 99 pieces

Retail price    USD 19,950.-* / CHF 18’950.-* / EUR 17,550.-*

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ARMIN STROM - Tourbillon Gravity Fire Limited Edition

ARMIN STROM - Tourbillon Gravity Fire Limited Edition NEW

Armin Strom announces new Tourbillon timepiece with a micro rotor winding mechanism – the Tourbillon Gravity Fire

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December 2013 - Armin Strom, the Swiss watch manufacturer, celebrated the UK launch of a new timepiece: its Tourbillon Gravity Fire, a tourbillon watch with a micro rotor winding mechanism.

The introduction is less than a year after the release of Armin Strom’s first calibre with a rotating carriage.

The timepiece was unveiled at an exclusive VIP reception hosted by The Markerstudy Group at Salomons Country Estate in Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, on December 3. Guests included Max Chilton, Formula 1 driver of the Marussia F1 Team, a watch enthusiast and Armin Strom brand ambassador, plus some of Kent’s most affluent and influential style setters and decision makers.

On the dial side, the timepiece reveals the two opposites that animate every watch movement: winding and regulation. While the tourbillon mechanism makes regulation more precise by reducing the effect of gravity, the micro rotor harnesses this same power to supply energy to the gear train, thus exploiting both the positive and negative impacts of the Earth’s gravitation. The hands display the time from an off-centre axis.

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Serge Michel, owner of Armin Strom, said: “We are delighted to launch the new Tourbillon Gravity Fire at such a prestigious occasion. As with all our timepieces, this watch demonstrates the highest level of handmade craftsmanship, which has been the success behind Armin Strom for over 40 years. It is a timepiece that will prove irresistible for collectors who value this level of manufacture.”
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Armin Strom was established by founder, Armin Strom, 40 years ago. As a Master Skeletonizer, his unique design style created a skeletal appearance which showed off the hand-finished movement of the watch considered too good to remain hidden behind a dial and a steel case back. This iconic horological design remains central to the company philosophy today.

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The Armin Strom Tourbillon Gravity Fire continues this unique design style and features the flame motif inspired engraving, which adorns all Fire timepiece movements, together with an 18ct rose gold case. The new edition will be limited to 50 pieces.

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Technical Specifications

RG14-TF.M.90 TOURBILLON GRAVITY FIRE

Manufacture movement
ARMIN STROM calibre ATM13
Automatic-winding, Tourbillon, 110h power reserve, small seconds
and off-centre time indications
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Jewels: 26
Number of components: 197
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KALIBER ATM13 16½‘‘‘  Specification: 
Functions: Hour, minute, small second, Tourbillon
Winding-mechanism: Automatic winding with micro rotor turning on the dial side
Impulse: Single going barrel Plate and bridges: Plate and tourbillon bridge are decorated at the highest quality level, hand-engravings always correspond to the element Fire
Escapement: Escape wheel and pallets made of solid gold with hardened functional areas
Regulating system: Screwed balance with Breguet spiral
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Number of Jewels: 26
Number of individual parts: 197
Diameter: 36.60 mm
Height: 6.20 mm
Power reserve: 110h
Case
18ct rose gold
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment
Diameter: 43.40 mm
Total 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 strap and
double-fold clasp in 18ct rose gold as well as an additional brown
rubber strap
Edition
Limited to 50 pieces

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Jaeger-LeCoultre - Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 Chocolate-toned dial

Jaeger-LeCoultre presents a preview of the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 in preparation for the 2014 SIHH

 

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On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of this timepiece that has become a cult object, Jaeger-LeCoultre chose to return to the very origins of a legend by presenting the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931, directly inspired by the aesthetic codes of the historical model.


 Jaeger-LeCoultre - Grande Reverso Histori 1934
 
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This creation, distinguished by an ultra-thin case, contemporary dimensions and remarkably faithfulness to the original, was enthusiastically received by devotees of the Reverso and by watch connoisseurs who expressed the wish that this vintage edition should not remain a one-off model. In response to their desires, the Manufacture already introduced the Grande Reverso Rouge with a deep red dial in 2012, followed the next year by the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Duoface Blue. For 2014, Jaeger-LeCoultre unveils the third member of this splendid trilogy: the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 with a chocolate-toned dial.

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The new model, entirely in keeping with its historical ascendance, vividly evokes the finest hours of Art Deco. Its shape, its colour and its materials are the ultimate expression of a movement that heralded the inception of industrial design while favouring hand craftsmanship executed to perfection. Entranced by this delightful colour palette, the eye naturally lingers on the pleasing contrasts between the glowing chocolate shade of the watch face and the pink gold of the case, including the traditional gadroons framing the dial.

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This irresistible association is further underscored by the judicious reinterpretation of the aesthetic principles governing the original. Apart from the 12 o’clock numeral, the hours are shown by baton-shaped hour-markers, while the hour and minute hands feature a dagger-type profile. The small seconds at 6 o’clock perform a once a minute rotation on the dedicated rectangular subdial. This picture of pure, restrained refinement would not be complete without a mention of the “REVERSO” inscription exactly reproducing that appearing on the historical model. Everything might seem to have been said, and yet it is only now that the distinctive emotional ties uniting an owner and his Reverso can begin to be woven.

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A new strap by Casa Fagliano

For the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre, Casa Fagliano has agreed to produce hand-crafted straps in successive stages following the strict principles of time-honoured tradition in working with cordovan leather, which is renowned for its exceptional resistance.
Delivered along with each watch, the strap made in the Casa Fagliano workshops is distinguished by its elegant suppleness and hand-made mode of production that makes it truly one of a kind. The Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre is proud of this partnership that further strengthens the ties between polo and the Reverso.

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Technical Specifications

Reference: Q2782560
 

Movement: 

Mechanical with manual winding
Calibre 822/2 Jaeger-LeCoultre designed, assembled and decorated by hand
Frequency: 21,600 vibrations per hour
Jewels: 19
Height: 2,95 mm
Power reserve: 45 hours
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds
Dial:  

Chocolate with numerals and powdered hours
Hands: Baton faceted and gold plated
Case:  

18K Rose Gold
Height: 46.8 mm
Width: 27.4 mm
Thickness: 7.3 mm
Finish: Polished
Glasses: Sapphire
Mention "1000 Hours Control" on the bottom
Sealing: Up to 3 bars
Bracelets: 

Leather matte brown alligator 20/18
2nd bracelet cordovan leather, manufactured by the "Casa Fagliano" Buenos Aires
Clasp: 

Buckle in 18K pink gold

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PANERAI - Luminor 1950 3 Days Left-Handed - 47mm PAM 577

OFFICINE PANERAI -  Luminor 1950 3 Days Left-Handed - 47mm PAM577  2013

SIHH 2014

There are some watches which on their first appearance come across as true icons of a brand, from their ability to communicate their identity and history through their design. One of these is the Luminor 1950 3 Days – 47mm, the clean lines of which have an immediate appeal for enthusiasts looking for a model in the simplicity of which all the vintage fascination of Panerai watches can be found. 

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The Luminor 1950 3 Days is now also available in a version enhanced by another historic detail: Officine Panerai presents the left-handed version, in which the winding crown and the crown-protecting device are at 9 o’clock, on the left side of the case.

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 Left-handed watches are very much part of the history of Panerai. The commandos of the Italian Navy had to wear several instruments on their wrists at once: not only the watch, indispensable for synchronising their attacks and for keeping track of the length of time spent in the depths of the sea, but also the compass and depth gauge.
 
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For convenience, some of them preferred to wear the watch on the right wrist, and for them Panerai created the watch with the winding crown on the left side, as can be seen in some rare contemporary examples which still survive today.

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The steel case of the Luminor 1950 Left-Handed 3 Days has a unique detail which distinguishes it from the classic Luminor 1950 case: the caseband has a cusped shape, hinting at the form of a cushion case. This little detail, picked up directly from some examples of the period, tells the story which brought about the transformation from the Radiomir, created in 1936, with a classic cushion case, to the Luminor, more massive in its proportions and identified by the device protecting the winding crown.

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Another element of great interest is the absolute purity of the black dial, with the large numerals at the cardinal points, on which the words “Luminor Panerai” are engraved in the lettering of the time. The clarity and legibility of the dial are enhanced by its sandwich structure, being formed of two superimposed plates enclosing a layer of Super-LumiNova® which guarantees a high degree of luminosity. The dial is protected not by a sapphire crystal but by a Plexiglas® one, similar to the polymethyl methacrylate used in the historic models.

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The movement of the Luminor 1950 Left-Handed 3 Days is the hand-wound P.3000 calibre with a power reserve of three days, completely developed and made in the Officine Panerai manufacture at Neuchâtel.

 Panerai Сalibre P.3000

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With a diameter of 16½ lignes, the calibre has a distinctive structure with wide bridges, two spring barrels which provide the power reserve of three days and a balance wheel 13.2 mm in diameter. The P.3000 calibre also has the rapid time-changing device, by means of which the hour hand is moved in jumps of one hour at a time, without interfering with the minute hand or the running of the watch.

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The Luminor 1950 Left-Handed 3 Days (PAM00557) is water-resistant to a depth of 100 metres (10 atmospheres). It is fitted with strap of natural, untreated leather, fastened by a brushed steel buckle inspired by that of the period model.
It is supplied with a second strap made of rubber and a spare Plexiglas® crystal.

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CERTINA - DS Podium Chronograph Automatic

CERTINA - DS Podium Chronograph Automatic

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Sporty precision in elegant dress 

The Certina DS Podium line has the expert touch when it comes to blending elegance with undeniably sporty influences. The DS Podium Chronograph and its precise automatic movement in a brushed/polished case follows in those footsteps. Bright, open and at ease next to any style of dress, it brings together chrono functions, a see-through case back and traditional Certina quality.

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The DS Podium’s classy sunray-finished silver dial immediately sets the tone, with its bright surface crisply outlined by a black outer rim and broad, black nickelled HM hands, both trimmed with Superluminova to ensure great legibility in all lighting conditions.

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The Swiss Made ETA automatic movement provides 6h, 30min, 60sec chronograph functions, activated by black PVD-tipped push-buttons next to a protected crown inscribed with the letters “DS”. Arabic numerals are used only at 3 and 9 o’clock, in a strong design touch which reserves the vertical axis for the two black chrono counters (with red indicator hands) and a date window at 6 o’clock.

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The 42mm brushed/polished 316L stainless-steel case is equipped with a tachymeter-scale bezel, a sapphire crystal treated with anti-reflective coating, and a see-through case back that allows watch connoisseurs to admire the movement and rotor, decorated with the traditional Certina turtle logo, perennial symbol of reliability and durability.

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The DS Podium Chronograph – Automatic is equipped with the famous Certina DS Concept – as its name suggests, to ensure water resistance up to a pressure of 10 bar (100m). The model comes with a white-stitched black leather strap held by a twin push-button butterfly buckle. Other versions are available, including a particularly sporty model with a black dial and silver chrono counters, and a three-row (polished central row) steel strap

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Movement:
ETA C01.211, Swiss Made automatic
Hour, minute, small seconds, date
Chronograph with 6h, 30min, 60sec counters
Case:
316L stainless steel,
brushed-polished,
42mm diameter
Dial:
Silver colour with sunray finish
with black counters for 30min
and 6h and silver small-second (60sec) counter
Water resistance:
Water-resistant up to a pressure of 10 bar (100m)
Crystal:
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Crown:
Protected, letters “DS” (Double Security) on tip
Watch strap:
Black leather strap with twin push-button butterfly buckle
Specificity:
DS (Double Security)
References:
C001.427.16.037.01 Silver dial, black leather strap
C001.427.11.057.01 Black dial, stainless steel bracelet

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BREITLING - Super Avenger II Military Chronograph Blacksteel Limited Series

BREITLING - SUPER AVENGER II Military Chronograph Blacksteel Limited Edition NEW

An elite force.

 A concentrated blend of power, precision and functionality, the new Super Avenger Military chronograph by Breitling certainly lives up to its name. Its rugged steel case, water-resistant to 300 meters (1,000 ft), features an ultra-resistant carbon-based black coating. The result is a non-reflective stealth look clearly geared up for the most extreme missions. The equally black dial provides a 24-hour “military time” display to avoid any potential confusion in the heat of action. The offroader strap is made of a durable and comfortable synthetic fabric such as those adopted for their operations by the elite armed forces.

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500-piece limited edition, the Super Avenger Military is also distinguished by its screwed-in pushpiece guards, its large screw-locked crown with non-slip grip guaranteeing maximum functionality; its thick glareproofed sapphire crystal, as well as the oversized hands, hour-markers and numerals ensuring optimal readability.

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A true instrument for professionals, it is equipped with a selfwinding movement chronometer-certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute) – the highest official benchmark in terms of precision and reliability, as well as the only one based on an international norm. Super Avenger Military: an elite force on the wrist.

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 Reference: M2233010/BC91/100W/M20BASA.1
  
Movement
Breitling  Caliber 22, (Base : ETA 2892-A2)
Officially  chronometer-certified  by  the  COSC,
Selfwinding, high-frequency (28,800 vibrations per  hour),
38 jewels. 1/4th second  chronograph, 30-minute and 12-hour totalizers.
Flyback function.
Calendar
Case
Black steel, 500-piece limited series
Water-resistant to 300 m (1,000 ft/30 bars)
Screw-locked crown
Unidirectional ratcheted rotating bezel
Cambered sapphire crystal,
glare-proofed on both sides 48 mm in diameter
Dial
Volcano black
Strap
Military strap
Limited series
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