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Since the launch of The Double Tourbillon 30° in 2004, Greubel Forsey has released 3 lines based on this invention, namely: Contemporaine (which includes Vision and Secret models), Invention (which includes the Invention Piece 1 model) and Technique (the Double Tourbillon 30° Technique model).
The wonderful world of unique timepieces in the "Luxury Watchmaking" sector commands insanely unaffordable prices in the real world. Such watches remain the privilege of the exceptional few, not to mention the exceptionally wealthy few. But it took the imagination of Yvan Arpa and his team, or rather teams, to rise successfully to the challenge of creating "unique pieces" at mass-production prices.
In professional diving, pressure is not just a metaphor. It’s 1,000 kilos a cubic metre. A watch that can withstand this crushing force, not to 50 or 100 but to 500 metres under water, is no more an “accessory” than a diving mask or an oxygen tank. Without it — to check elapsed time, to time safety stops during ascent — you shouldn’t be in the water.
Part of the series of ArtyA watches featuring skeleton movements, the Tesla Skeleton Tourbillon shows up in a self-winding version at Baselworld 2010. The famous machine sculptures of Jean Tinguely are once again celebrated through this timepiece featuring a Made in Arpa construction and design revealing a new and decidedly contemporary expression of the watchmaking art.
With its asymmetrical case, deconstructed time display and gentle curves contrasting with a powerful architecture, the LADOIRE RGT disrupts codes and combines opposites in providing an offbeat and resolutely avant-garde take on Haute Horlogerie. Since 2007, the Geneva-based House of Ladoire has been playing with contradictions and associating extremes within atypical creations featuring cutting-edge complications and sophisticated aesthetics.
A triple-axis tourbillon is extremely rare; a triple-axis tourbillon wristwatch even more so. However, Thomas Prescher's triple-axis flying tourbillon is not simply extremely rare – it is absolutely unique. Prescher's Triple Axis Tourbillon Regulator features one of the world's most exclusive and most difficult complications to assemble, set to stunning advantage in a jet-black natural onyx dial that contrasts beautifully with the pink-gold case.
A woman, like the tiger, possesses a mysterious poetry of strength, power and sensuality, emitting a presence that is both commanding and curious. Ulysse Nardin feeds her fantasies with the Caprice Tiger: a jewel of a timepiece worthy of a fierce fight. The Caprice Tiger in 18-karat white gold transfixes those who cross its path. With eyes made of emeralds and a form glistening with diamonds, the tiger, although dreamlike, appears alive, as if it’s moving stealthily through the grasses.
Haute horlogerie is (usually) a very restrained and serious business; however one of Maximilian Büsser main goals in creating MB&F was to bring a child's sense of awe and sense of playfulness into high-end watchmaking. There is no doubting that with the HM3 Frog, MB&F have certainly achieved that aim . . . and more!
Launched in spring 2009, the Chronomat houses Caliber 01, a high-performance selfwinding chronograph movement entirely developed and produced in the Breitling workshops. A perfect blend of power and elegance, it has rapidly asserted itself as the new benchmark in the fi eld of mechanical chronographs, indeed as the ultimate chronograph.
A clever blend of ruggedness and lightness, technical accomplishments and extreme refinement makes the Overseas Dual Time Self-Winding Steel and Titanium model the ideal companion for enthusiasts of excellence looking to get away from it all. Equipped with a dual time-zone display powered by mechanical self-winding Calibre 1222, it explores the rich palette of grey shades composed by steel, titanium and leather.
A faded appearance combined with cutting-edge technology. A vintage look matched by avant-garde energy. The C1 Vintage chronograph plays with paradoxes through a bold stylistic exercise reflecting Concord's unique approach to mechanical engineering. Featuring an instantly recognizable and athletic stature, the C1 Vintage chronograph dares to explore distinctive style effects.
The new TimeWalker TwinFly Chronograph underscores the status of the Montblanc manufacture in Le Locle with its complete spectrum of capacities, beginning with the initial development of its own watch movements, continuing through their design and engineering, culminating in their final assembly and quality control. The fact that this model is a column-wheel chronograph adds additional appeal to the newcomer because this type of chronograph ranks among the most discriminating and most avidly sought constructions in its genre.
Stunning transmutations fuelled by boundless creativity embody Artya's signature. Always brimful of ideas and thoroughly steeped in contemporary art, Yvan Arpa launches a new venture out of the blue, and presents an horological creation crowned with a dinosaur's coprolite dial.
A special watch with almost perpetual accuracy of the moon phase display. After more than 1,000 years of uninterrupted service, the error of this display is only 1 day. Yet this alone was not enough to satisfy the master watchmakers at Moser. They have created a movement in which the moon phase can be set to the minute. There is also a scale, with the help of which the internationally accepted 8 astronomical standard phases of the moon can be predicted.
A redesigned case, with an impeccable profile and curve, the “Diamond Flower” collection combines materials and perpetuates the charm of unique technology. Very chic, the new Perrelet design is surprisingly radiant. Its ceramic case, either profoundly black or immaculately white, overlaid with a diamond-set bezel, embodies elegance and perfect harmony. Charm and seduction emanate from the intensity of the black and its iridescent mother-of-pearl dial.