Embodying both a return to the company’s roots and its vision of the future, the Tradition product line now includes a 7057 model with a white gold case 40 mm across. Its unconventional design reveals the details of its hand-wound movement, arrayed on either side of the mainplate. An aperture at ten o’clock in the silvered gold dial, engine-turned by hand, features the bridge of the 50-hour power-reserve indicator.
Frédérique Constant is delighted to introduce its new Manufacture timepiece for women: the “Maxime Manufacture Lady”. A watch as technical as it is elegant. In 2004, Frédérique Constant joined the elite circle of Swiss watch brands that develop and produce their movements in-house. After the successful introduction of the iconic Heart Beat Manufacture, the innovative Geneva-based brand created the surprise of 2008 by presenting its first Tourbillon Manufacture movement.
Topping the pyramid of Blancpain’s Basel 2010 new releases is the Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus. This grand complication, for the first time in watchmaking history, combines a flying one-minute carrousel and a cathedral gong minute repeater. Few in the watchmaking industry are able to offer the minute repeater complication and of those only a handful have developed their own minute repeater movement.
Launched in 2009, the Ti-Bridge wrote a new chapter in the company’s history with the creation of a new line in Corum’s collection and the advent of the second in-house caliber. A completely different and resolutely contemporary spirit of the baguette movement, the taut lines of the CO007 were highlighted with a set of two titanium “cross bars”.
The Baroncelli line targets the moon with its new moon phase model. Combining timeless elegance with technology, this timepiece preserves the refinement that is so emblematic of Baroncelli models. Precise geometry, attention to detail and balanced contours create an aesthetic of rare beauty.
The Confrérie Horlogère Hublot, the brand's highly specialised team responsible for producing watch complications, has unveiled a reinterpretation of the pocket watch in the form of a gun cartridge, poetically christened "Liberty" and housing a Tourbillon. The designers took their inspiration from the concept of liberty to create an unusual Haute Horlogerie piece symbolising at once power, luxury, aesthetic beauty and the promise of escaping conventional interpretation.
At Patek Philippe, announcements of totally new watch models are typically years apart. But the company places all the more emphasis on keeping its existing collections up to date with continuous refinements. Because of this ongoing care, the success stories of the individual timepiece families have been particularly enduring: the Calatrava since 1932, the Golden Ellipse since 1968, the Nautilus since 1976, etc.
It is the light that catches every eye, the heavenly body that fires poetic dreams in the dark of night. The magic of the Moon inhabits one of the legendary Jaquet Droz models that the Manufacture has just reinvented. The Eclipse is a real feat of watchmaking; it not only displays the day, month and year, but also the phases of the Moon which have fascinated astronomers, explorers and artists of all times and every culture.
It is absolutely legitimate to assign Patek Philippe’s split-seconds or rattrapante chronographs to the category of Grand Complications which also includes minute repeaters, tourbillons, and particularly elaborate calendar mechanisms as well as astronomical functions. The Ref. 5951P, which combines a split-seconds chronograph with a perpetual calendar, will therefore no doubt rank among the most exciting debuts at this year’s Baselworld show.
The Paul Picot C-Type range has long occupied an enviable position in the world of exclusive diving watches. Striking shapes, distinctive colours and successful innovative features give this extraordinary chronograph its uniqueness and its exceptional character. Moreover, the high-quality titanium of the watch guarantees its lightness on your wrist. The Paul Picot 48mm C-Type is opening a new chapter on models functions, aiming particularly at professional divers.
This high tech perpetual calendar with a dual time function and the legendary in-house developed and manufactured self-winding movement is the most consumer friendly perpetual calendar ever produced and has passed the tests of time. The striking aesthetic of El Toro combines modern materials with a timeless dial design that inspired its name. The bezel and pushers are made in ceramic. The squeletted hands permit easy reading of all calendar functions and the sapphire caseback allows to observe the mechanics of time.
To mark its 30th anniversary, Hublot is presenting an exclusive model named the "King Power Tourbillon Manufacture", in a limited edition of 50 pieces. Inspired by the interior design of the workshops in Hublot's new manufacture, this King Power houses a Tourbillon movement manufactured in-house by the Confrérie Horlogère Hublot, specialists in complex watch complications.
Eberhard & Co., historic watchmaking company with a strong masculine identity, now turns towards “Her” and is pleased to present Gilda, the new “feminine” wristwatch of the Maison. Authentic and with a multifaceted character, the Gilda collection celebrates and embodies the elegance and initiative of today’s woman.
The balance spring is a vital component of the heart of a watch movement. It is also the most decisive in terms of improving the precision of time-measuring mechanisms. Its steady oscillations give the movement its rhythm and regulate the flow of time. The balance spring is best described as a very fine spiral-shaped coil spring. Usually made of metal, it is vulnerable to shocks, magnetic fields and even the pull of gravity, which can cause warping.
The firmly established Sintra collection is now ready to reveal the latest member of its family. The new Sintra Skeleton Automatic is the first in this Rado collection to feature this special movement. A movement custom made for Rado, all in black. The definitive design of the barrel shaped case and bracelet is highlighted by the fusion of seemingly endless curves and lines. The timepiece is agile yet robust.