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» BALL WATCH Trainmaster Celsius
Ball can also lay claim to the same pioneering role in the history of watchmaking, as he introduced the first chronometry standards used by the American railroad companies[…] … Ball at the end of the 19th century was based on such stringent precision criteria that it was used by the Swiss Society of Chronometry (COSC) as the basis for its own certification system in 1973[…] … These same values of precision and reliability shared by the measurement of time and temperature have inspired BALL Watch to create a watch that celebrates the memory of Anders Celsius[…] … This timepiece is included in the “Trainmaster” series with its models that naturally hark back to the first watches bearing the “BALL’s Standard” marking and which ensured the safety of trains thanks to their unparalleled accuracy[…] … The Trainmaster Celsius has naturally been equipped with the BALL 9018 caliber including the TMT mechanical thermometer module[…] … This function, developed and patented by BALL Watch, measures the outside temperature between -35°C and 45°C with an accuracy of 97% that only a mechanical thermometer can achieve[…] … BALL Watch produces its TMT module using bi-metallic materials of the highest quality[…] … BALL watchmakers place, decorate and then assemble the jewels and pins[…] … The dial and the hand are equipped with the luminescent technology developed by BALL Watch[…] … Produced in a limited series of 310 units to commemorate the anniversary of Anders Celsius’s birth, the Trainmaster Celsius is the highest mark of esteem that BALL Watch Company could offer this exceptional scientist whose most renowned invention is still used in our day-to-day lives[…] … Today, more than ever, BALL Watch is continuing its journey and asserting its role as a key protagonist in the evolution of watchmaking history[…]
» BASELWORLD 2011 Preview: BALL WATCH Storm Chaser DLC Glow
A robust model with unpretentious lines, the Storm Chaser DLC Glow from Ball Watch pays tribute to those courageous men who brave the most extreme conditions in the name of science, storm chasers[…] … As well as the basic functions, this watch features a tachometer and a rangefinder, both of which can rapidly become life-saving functions when it is a matter of evaluating the distance and speed of a discharge sometimes exceeding 100 million volts[…] … Limited edition of 1,999 watches[…] … All informations about the watch fair: BASELWORLD[…]
» BALL WATCH: The Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster
A quintessential Ball Watch timepiece, the new Engineer Hydrocarbon has undergone numerous developments, like the unidirectional rotating bezel with an H3 micro gas light inserted into a container at 12 o’clock[…] … Another innovation is the patented triple folding clasp that the brand has machined from a single block of steel, with the folding elements under the buckle cap equally divided so that the bracelet can be extended by 22mm and the watch worn over sports equipment[…] … American navy pilot Brian Binnie took this extraordinary timepiece with him into space, an expedition that Ball Watch has celebrated by equipping the Spacemaster dial with tubes of blue luminescent gas, in the style of a spaceship’s instrument panel[…] … History BALL Watch The most adverse conditions can give rise to the greatest achievements[…] … The history of BALL watches is closely tied to that of the American railroad pioneers[…] … This catastrophe has left a lasting impression, all the more so since it was due to the inaccuracy of the watch belonging to one of the trains’ engineers[…] … Consequently, the two largest railway companies in the United States decided to take steps to prevent such a technical failure from ever happening again: they contacted the Cleveland watchmaker Webster Clay Ball, already well-known for making chronometers[…] … Ball performed timing tests on all railway employees’ watches[…] … From that moment on, the fame of watches bearing the ‘BALL’s Standard’ logo spread well beyond the American continent[…] … A spirit of adventure, a love of a challenge, endurance and no-nonsense aesthetics: these are the common denominators of BALL Watch timepieces[…] … Robust watches that express an authentic strength of character[…] … One of the exclusive qualities of BALL watches is the perfect dial visibility even in the complete absence of any light thanks to the use of Micro Gas Lights (3H)[…] … Today, more than ever, BALL Watch is continuing its journey and asserting its role as a key protagonist in the evolution of watchmaking history[…]
» BASELWORLD 2012: Kairos 2012 with a new Face
Design with tradition: The classic three-handed watch Kairos is the Chronoswiss model that kicked it all off[…] … The transparent sapphire crystal case back so typical of Chronoswiss allows a view of the highly precise, robust automatic movement with ball bearing rotor[…]
» BASELWORLD 2012: The TrainmasterWorldtime Chronograph
In 2010, BALL Watch Company was the premier watchmaker to present the first mechanical movement including a day and date function combined with a 24- hour time zone display[…] … The “Engineer Master II Diver Worldtime” and “Trainmaster Worldtime” models were the first BALL timepieces to have a caliber with this new module developed specially in our workshops[…] … To provide watches that can operate at the same time in the four corners of the globe for inveterate travellers and businessmen off to conquer the world, BALL Watch Company decided to extend its collection of a new model housing its universal time display module[…] … In this way, BALL is offering a new tool that is able to display at any given moment the common denominator of all human beings, namely the passage of time and the value that each man and woman places on it[…] … In its absolute respect for the values of precision, reliability and tradition of the “Trainmaster” series, the Worldtime Chronograph thus provides a worthy addition to the BALL watches combining a day and date function with the time display in the 24 hour zones[…] … In this way, BALL Watch has relaunched the attraction for its chronograph range, ever a timeless watchmaking complication and one of the functions unanimously appreciated by mechanical timepiece aficionados[…] … The Trainmaster Worldtime Chronograph therefore delivers the perfect combination of these two accomplished watchmaking complications[…] … The first of our chronographs to be fitted with this technical innovation, this new model also incorporates all the features for which BALL watches are renowned[…] … The first of these, the iconic signature of our brand, is the watch’s perfect legibility even in the dark thanks to the addition of 15 micro-tubes filled with 3H gas on the hands and the dial[…] … This state-of-the-art Swiss technology means a BALL watch wearer never loses sight of the notion of time, day or night, wherever he or she may be[…] … Today, more than ever, BALL Watch is continuing its journey and asserting its role as a key protagonist in the exploration of modern time and the evolution of watchmaking history[…]
» Patrick Kury is new Chief Executive Officer pro tem of Eterna
Swiss-born, Patrick Kury has accumulated considerable watch-industry experience, not least as Eterna's Chief Technology Officer since 2005[…] … His contributions include the Eterna Spherodrive technology, the ball-bearing mounted mainspring barrel patented in 2006[…]
» A LANGE ZEITWERK for kids raises money for charity
At this year’s The Kidz Horizon Appeal charity ball on 27 August 2011, a piece unique LANGE ZEITWERK in white gold with a grey dial was auctioned off for 138,000 Singapore Dollars (approximately 80,000 Euros), well above the retail price of a regular LANGE ZEITWERK[…] … The patron of The Kidz Horizon Appeal and passionate watch collector was a great admirer of A[…] … The highlight of the annual fund raising efforts is a charity ball is held annually at the Ritz Carlton Singapore[…] … The first ever Lange watch to be produced for a charity in Asia, the design of this unique version, showcasing dark/bright contrasts, is emphasised by a white gold case, grey dial and numeral discs with white numerals, a black crocodile strap, and the folding clasp, also crafted from solid white gold[…]
» A. Lange & Söhne is to make a unique awatch für Charity Ball
Lange & Söhne is to make a unique version of their LANGE ZEITWERK in white gold with a grey dial for this year's Kidz Horizon Charity Ball in Singapore, a first for the brand in Asia[…] … In August 2009, Duncan Wang, an American Chinese businessman and watch collector passed away at the age of 44 years[…] … His parents and his friends in Singapore found a fitting way to remember him, based on the two things that he was most passionate about – watches and charities[…] … One year later, the first “Duncan Watch” was auctioned off for a children’s charity in Singapore: The Kidz Horizon Appeal[…] … Lange & Söhne, it stood to reason that a special edition Lange timepiece would sooner or later be the Duncan Watch of the year[…] … This year, a one-of-a-kind LANGE ZEITWERK in white gold with a grey dial and a special engraving will be auctioned at this year's costume Charity Ball for the Kidz Horizon Appeal to be held at the Ritz Carlton Ballroom, Singapore, on 27 August 2011[…]
» Five years of intense development: The ZENITH Christophe Colomb
The decision to name this watch after Christopher Columbus relates to the very nature of this ultra-complex model which addresses one of the key issues that faced this adventurous seafarer and still haunts the contemporary watch industry to this day: how to achieve precision measurements with instruments that are subjected to constant motion that is detrimental to their accuracy[…] … Subsequently used to equip marine chronometers, this Cardan suspension system has now inspired the Manufacture ZENITH movement design engineers in seeking to compensate for the effects of gravity on the precision of a wristwatch[…] … While the tourbillon was specifically designed for this purpose in respect to vertically-carried pocket-watches, wristwatches move through constantly varying positions and thus required an entirely different approach[…] … This was of course easier said than done however, especially when one considers the numerous challenges of keeping a wristwatch flat in various daily or sporting activities such as driving, golfing, or skippering a boat[…] … Applying this to a movement beating at the exceptionally high rate of 10 vibrations per second further complicated matters, which does much to explain why a full five years of development have gone into presenting one of the major recent accomplishments in the watch industry[…] … This system consists in a cage composed of 166 parts, 10 conical-geared wheels (with 6 spherical wheels) and 6 ball bearings[…] … The watchmakers and movement design-engineers of the Manufacture ZENITH undoubtedly sense a feeling of affinity with this determination to do things their own way, and their tireless exploration has led to a discovery also destined in its own way and quite literally to change the very face of time[…] … Brain candy for tech-lovers The rating precision of a classic watch varies according to its position[…] … When it became important to make pocket-watches more accurate, the same means could not be used, because that would have involved placing in the pocket a large mechanism measuring 50 mm[…] … Working on the principle that a watch in a pocket remains in a vertical position and that only the stem leans to the left or the right, the tourbillon watch was invented[…] … Since the watch does not move very much, it is adjusted to this particular average[…] … With the arrival of wristwatches, the positions of the watch were diversified by adding positions with the horizontal dial pointing downward or upward[…] … The ultimate step thus lay in adapting the best solution, that of the constant horizontal escapement, to the wristwatch[…] … If the watch is moved in such a way as to set the carriage spinning on its axis, the coordination system compensates for this rotation and the hands continue imperturbably indicating the correct time, whatever the speed of the direction of this rotation[…]
» Stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva: The Quai de l’Ile Retrograde Annual Calendar
Resolutely contemporary and embodying as never before the concept of personalisation in the field of fine watchmaking, the Quai de l’Ile collection welcomes a new complication that is as useful as it is technical: the retrograde annual calendar[…] … A new calibre The master-watchmakers and design engineers of Vacheron Constantin have conceived, developed and crafted the new Calibre 2460 QRA, complying with technical specifications that included the need to meet the high finishing and construction stipulations laid down by the Hallmark of Geneva regulations[…] … This mechanical self-winding movement is equipped with an oscillating weight mounted on ceramic ball bearings and specially developed to match the spirit of the innovative Quai de l’Ile collection[…] … Cushion-shaped and featuring a screw-down back fitted with a sapphire crystal pane, this original case is a contemporary reinterpretation of a classic watch shape[…] … Like legendary cars that are endlessly redesigned to keep pace with style developments, the Quai de l’Ile case is a vivid expression of an avant-garde watchmaking concept, while remaining entirely in harmony with the stylistic spirit of Vacheron Constantin[…] … When launched in 2008, the Quai de l’Ile achieved a considerable impact through its unprecedented association between the watchmaking world and the most secret and sophisticated “Security Printing” technologies[…]
» RJ Romain Jerome MOON INVADER: The secret codes of a new legend
Each watch is thereby literally pervaded by memories of the lunar adventure[…] … Screws and ball-and-socket joints The functional ball-and-socket joints in the four “corners” of the “squared circle” featured on the case are cut like the feet of the lunar landing module[…] … They enable the watch to adjust to all wrist sizes[…] … As the signature feature of the MOON INVADER, the RJ security screws with four ball-and-socket joints are echoed on the functional movement-locking screw on the watch case-back[…] … On the multi-layered dial, this gridwork pattern creates a high-tech screen effect never yet used in the watch industry and which lends a symbolic functional element to the new collection codes[…] … There is infinite aesthetic subtlety in the offset position of the lugs in relation to the axes of the central X; a great deal of elegance in the way the round minute circle is superimposed on the dial grid, or how the counters are integrated within the dial structure; and a beautifully balanced effect in the respective proportions of the case, the ball-and-socket joints, the dial and the crown[…] … Case-back The promise embodied in the special MOON SILVER plate on the stellar case-back of the watch is a powerful promise of the Moon on the wrist – thanks to a silver alloy boasting an extremely low oxidisation rate and incorporating moon rocks[…] … This engraved plate depicts the lunar surface, of which the mineral particles interact on an infra-molecular level with the wearer of the watch[…]
» Technology of the future: Timepiece realised in 100% carbon fiber
“More watchmaking, more mastery, more innovation, more daring, more fusion[…] … To mark the 2011 Basel Fair Hublot is presenting a world first, with a minute repeater watch featuring two “cathedral” type gongs, a tourbillon and column wheel chronograph, with carbon fiber bridges, in a case made from carbon fiber[…] … This is a perfect illustration of “Fusion” between great watchmaking tradition and the technology of the future[…] … From a design point of view, the minute repeater bolt is ingeniously integrated into the King Power case middle, just like the chronograph control push-piece subtly integrated into the watch's crown[…] … The flying tourbillon – with suspended cage – is situated at 6 o'clock, and features an unusual structure of very high quality: indeed, the cage rotates without a ball bearing, and has a Swiss lever escapement[…] … All informations about the watch fair: BASELWORLD[…]
» BASELWORLD 2011 Preview: Mr Race and the codes of the Black Widow
The essence of fine watchmaking is distilled into just 12 pieces that taunt the onlooker to possess them[…] … Threatening to wake the bad boy slumbering in every man's soul, its design and vision geared towards the destructuring of time with powerful, post-punk pheromones, Ladoire, let us not forget, is past master of the noble art of skilful complications in the field of high-tech fine watchmaking[…] … Under the label Helvet Mechanic, it adds some surprising innovations, such as the hitherto unheard-of use of specially developed ceramic micro ball-bearings and the supremely successful automatic winding system driven by micro-rotor[…] … Ladoire Genève timepieces also defy the rules of traditional watchmaking and advocating the deconstruction of time displays[…] … The concept of Ladoire’s complication is revolutionary: entirely set on micro ball bearings, it has no hands, besides the off-center hand for the GMT[…] … Ladoire owns an international patent for this unique technology using micro ball bearings[…] … Exclusive timepieces Creations by Ladoire Genève suggest a new relationship with time reflecting a resolutely avant-garde approach to Fine Watchmaking[…] … In complete contrast to classical watchmaking, Lionel Ladoire is a conceptual watchmaker who loves nothing better than overstepping the mark and being part of the wave of young watchmakers of the 21st century[…] … Having been surrounded by micromechanics since he was tiny, and after 20 years of working in the jewellery industry, the young talent gravitated quite naturally towards watchmaking which he remodelled to suit himself, adhering to highly avant-garde, exclusive industrial and design criteria[…] … At 37 years old, led by an entrepreneurial spirit and highly particular taste for risk, he explores the exclusive universe of Fine Watchmaking with great passion, scouring the world in search of collectors and other lovers of beauty, and avidly sharing his passion with his team[…] … All informations about the watch fair: BASELWORLD[…]
» BASELWORLD 2011 Preview: The New Freak Diavolo
Ulysse Nardin, the Swiss watchmaker acclaimed for its thousands of “firsts” in watchmaking, takes the lead in ingenuity, once again with the new Freak Diavolo, a progression of the groundbreaking 2001 Freak[…] … patent pending) and throughout the majority of its escapement – the heart and most delicate part of the watch[…] … And, the Freak Diavolo reveals another development in the Freak family -- a flying tourbillon that indicates the seconds, as well as two new ball-bearing systems and a balance-wheel concept and design[…] … All informations about the watch fair: BASELWORLD[…]
» Bocuse d’Or 2011 - Timed by Hublot
Imagine a football stadium filled with pumped-up supporters[…] … Then replace the pitch with twelve mini-kitchens placed side by side in front of more than 2400 enthusiastic spectators, replace the players with ultra-experienced professional chefs, and the ball with the ingredients… And keep the fun going for 5 hours and 35 minutes precisely[…] … Their passion and commitment is complete - just like in watchmaking[…] … A whole world beavers away behind the scenes, a world without which the magic could not work: just like in watchmaking[…] … In Lyon's Halle Garnier on 26 January, at the Gala evening to round off the competition proceedings, the winner, the Danish Rasmus Kofoed, had the pleasure of receiving a Hublot Classic Fusion zirconium ceramic watch[…]
» URWERK presents the UR-110 Torpedo
The UR-110 is a watch with attitude[…] … In the UR-110, the time is always shown on the right side of the watch[…] … We finally opted for a technical solution that is radically different from any of our other creations: instead of ball bearings, a fixed axis runs the full height of the watch, providing maximum rigidity and minimum play[…] … Turning the watch over, the titanium back encloses the innovative automatic winding system regulated by dual turbines[…]
» Audemars Piguet: Tourbillon Chronograph Royal Oak Offshore
In order to grasp the essence of the Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Tourbillon Chronograph, you need to pick up the watch with your eyes closed and only open them after turning it over[…] … The Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Tourbillon Chronograph is in harmony with the finest watchmaking traditions, and yet turning it over reveals an eminently contemporary spirit[…] … A watch with two faces, an encounter between contrasts or a watchmaking union of opposites, the Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Tourbillon Chronograph is an amazing blend of two worlds[…] … The finishing of the various parts is also loyal to the grand traditions of Fine Watchmaking[…] … After each of the parts is finished and decorated, the watchmaker performs a first “trial” assembly in order to set them into motion[…] … The peripheral oscillating weight, an efficient and elegant solution Automatic winding is ensured by a peripheral oscillating weight in 950 platinum, mounted on ball bearings[…] … It also offers the additional aesthetic advantage of entirely freeing up the reverse side of the movement and thus providing full views of the mechanism, and particularly its column wheel, through the transparent back of the watch[…] … The tourbillon, the most entrancing of all horological complications Very few watch brands are capable of making their own tourbilllons[…] … In 1986, it was already the first brand to offer an ultra-thin selfwinding tourbillon wristwatch[…] … Representing watchmakers’ response to the laws of gravity, this invention serves to cancel out the disturbing effects of gravity on the movement’s most sensitive organs – the balance and spring assembly and the escapement – and to thereby achieve enhanced timing precision[…] … The experienced watchmaker devotes almost three days to assembling its 85 parts, while the overall movement takes over 15 days[…] … The inimitable design of the Royal Oak Offshore collection The name Royal Oak Offshore has become a watchmaking legend synonymous with sporty masculinity[…] … This material widely used in the field of aeronautics was introduced by Audemars Piguet into the world of fine watchmaking[…]
» Ladoire Genève introduces Black Widow
Pervaded by a dark, angst-ridden ambience, the Mr Green watch, one of the four models in the collection, writes the first chapter in this murderous saga in which the timepiece, the object of every desire, arouses extreme reactions and engenders irreparable damage… Lionel Ladoire has created a model with dimensions as daring as those of its predecessor, while featuring a slimmer and smaller case measuring 41[…] … The dial structure, openworked to reveal the movement, is multilayered and delineates three regulator-type offset Hours, Minutes and Seconds zones with patented display complication (HMS Planetary®) mounted on a ceramic micro ball bearings[…] … Moreover, the watches in the Black Widow collections also feature a GMT function with a central hand adjusted via a fastaction pushpiece at 2 o’clock[…]
» Patek Philippe presents the Spiromax® balance spring
It is an epochal step forward in the constant quest for isochronism in portable mechanical watches[…] … On the occasion of Baselworld 2006, the Geneva workshops will showcase the first watch with this innovation in a second limited “Patek Philippe Advanced Research” edition: the Ref[…] … It was developed jointly with two partners in the Swiss watch industry and a leading research institute[…] … 7)- Integral self-centering balance staff collet- No thermal or mechanical deformation at attachment points, contrary to conventional springs- More homogeneous material structure than Invar alloys- Less internal friction and greater elasticity than Invar alloys- Insensitive to minor shocks- Reduced sensitivity to centrifugal and gravitational forces because the Spiromax® is three times lighter than conventional springs- No degradation of rate accuracy as a result of repetitive minor shocks in daily use- Complies with NIHS standards on randomized shocks- Fulfills the criteria of the Geneva Seal The first Patek Philippe watch with a Spiromax® spring: the Ref[…] … ” The solid 21K gold winding rotor features a zirconium ball bearing[…] … Like the silicon escape wheel, the balls run dry and never need to be lubricated[…] … 5350R, is limited to three hundred watches[…]
» Journée Internationale du Marketing Horloger unrolls the red carpet for the Ambassadors
“The Watchmaking industry and its Ambassadors” is the topic of this 14th edition, which will take place in Neuchâtel and La Chaux-de-Fonds[…] … The role of ambassadors in the communication strategy, or identity building for watch brands will be the center point of the debate of the next rendezvous of watchmaking marketing, impossible to circumvent[…] … The topic of this 14th edition “the Watchmaking industry and its Ambassadors” aims not only the “traditional” ambassadors who are the stars of the worlds of sports and the show business, but also collectors, retailers, journalists, political personalities… and watch wearers[…] … An event organized in two sections, the first day reserved for academic research – 5th Day of research in watchmaking marketing – will take place on December 1st in the premises of the ARC school of management in Neuchâtel[…] … It will be followed by the Journée Internationale du Marketing Horloger (JIMH) International Day of Watchmaking Marketing, an exchange platform intended for watchmaking industry professionals, which will proceed on December 2nd from 9:00 a[…] … Animated by the duet of uncommon artists Plonk and Replonk, this second day will include among the watchmaking ambassadors: Sebastien Loeb, sevenfold world champion of car rally and ambassador of Marvin; Guillaume Nery, recordman of the world of diving in apnea and ambassador of Ball Watch; or Nicolas Bideau, head of the film section of the Federal Office of the Culture and future director of Swiss Presence[…] … As for the brand representatives, Antonio Calce (Corum), Richard Mille (Richard Mille), Jean-Marc Jacot (Parmigiani), Guillaume Tetu (Hautlence), Cecile Maye (Marvin) and Daniel Alioth (Watch Ball) will participate[…]
» Vulcain 50s Presidents’ Watch houses the new Vulcain self-winding movement
Vulcain revives the dynamic 1950s with the launch of the 50s Presidents’ Watch – a classic model echoing both the legend of the Cricket alarm movement and the mark it made on history by propelling Vulcain Cricket watches to the rank of “The Presidents’ Watch”[…] … Inspired by a 1950s Vulcain model, the 50s Presidents’ Watch houses the new Vulcain self-winding movement, Calibre V-21[…] … And meanwhile, across the Atlantic in Switzerland’s Neuchâtel Jura region, Vulcain’s engineers and master-watchmakers were busy attempting to resolve an equation comprising a number of hitherto unknown factors: how could one miniaturise a striking mechanism enough to house it within a wristwatch while ensuring it emits a noise loud enough to be genuinely functional? None had succeeded in doing so until Vulcain presented the Cricket alarm calibre in 1947[…] … The Presidents’ Watch New currents of thought were to emerge during the Fifties, Europe did indeed progress towards recovery, the bikini was invented, jazz enjoyed a new surge in popularity, and Vulcain’s Cricket alarm calibre gained a worldwide reputation thanks to the huge breakthrough it represented[…] … The movement was sufficiently innovative to equip a number of Vulcain wristwatches that were found on the wrists of some of the world’s most powerful men[…] … Successive American presidents succumbed in turn to its charms, to the extent that the Vulcain alarm watch simply became known as “The Presidents’ Watch”[…] … A Fifties spirit expressed through a contemporary model: such was the intention behind the creation of the new 50s Presidents’ Watch collection by Vulcain – an alarm watch inspired by a model from the Fifties, while meeting the highest modern standards[…] … With its slender case middle, its alternating polished and satin-brushed surfaces and its subtly designed lugs, the 50s Presidents’ Watch makes a perfect fit on every wrist[…] … The 50s Presidents’ Watch is also fitted with a cambered sapphire crystal and a sapphire crystal caseback adorned with the stylised “V” for Vulcain[…] … Comprising a total of 257 parts, it features unidirectional winding by means of an oscillating weight fitted with a ceramic ball-bearing mechanism[…] … A worthy heir to the famous Cricket alarm calibre that has been shaping the Vulcain legend since 1947, the Cricket V-21 movement drives displays of the hours, minutes, central seconds and date – and of course the alarm function on which the reputation of Vulcain watches has been built for over 60 years and which made a significant contribution to making them “The Presidents’ Watch[…]
» Boucheron’s sparkling interpretation of MB&F’s Horological Machine No3
The catalyst: Horological Machine No3 The original HM3, in gold and titanium, sent tremors through the fine-watchmaking world when it was launched in 2009[…] … Its kinetically energetic engine is displayed on the top of the watch, where the swinging battle-axe-shaped rotor – an iconic MB&F symbol – and the fast-oscillating balance are clearly visible[…] … The time indications parade around twin cones rising majestically from the three-dimensional sculpted case, driven by two oversized ceramic ball bearings[…] … This combination of futuristic performance art and highly technical wristwatch is a feat of micro engineering[…] … MB&F’s engineers and watchmakers machine, hand-finish and assemble the 305 parts of the HM3 engine to tolerances of a micron[…]
» OMEGA TV spot welcomes golf back to the Olympic Games
The ball’s progress is followed across Europe and across the ocean as astonished observers look up to see it flying over their heads[…] … The ball reaches South America and lands on a green in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where it roles into the cup[…] … ” You can watch the TV spot here: http://www[…] … omegawatches[…]
» A legendary man joins a legendary brand: Lionel Messi, the new Audemars Piguet icon
From his earliest childhood in Argentina, Lionel Messi enjoyed kicking a ball through the streets of his hometown of Rosario[…] … After researching which Argentinean club could help him to develop his football career, Leo's family enrolled him for recruitment testing at FC Barcelona in Spain[…] … In 2001, the entire family therefore left Argentina to settle in Catalonia in order to follow Messi's first steps on the Camp Nou football pitch[…] … Lionel Messi is currently a striker for the legendary FC Barcelona and for his national team, where he wears the legendary N° 10 shirt – the emblematic number of the world's greatest footballers[…] … He handles the ball with incredible skill and dribbles his opponents with disconcerting ease[…] … In 2009, this determined and passionate young man was rewarded by a string of titles and distinctions: FIFA 2009 World Player of the Year, the 2009 Golden Ball award and Player of the Spanish League (along with team successes with FC Barcelona, such as the 2006 and 2009 UEFA Champions League, as well as the FIFA Club World Cup and Spanish League)[…] … These partnerships owe nothing to chance; they serve to reaffirm the authentic values conveyed by the Manufacture and centred on the passion for exceptional watches and the expertise they enshrine[…] … In joining the Audemars Piguet "family", Leo Messi thus becomes the first footballer to associate his name with that of a prestigious Swiss watch brand[…]
» Second special watch-edition for Zinédine Zidane
IWC Schaffhausen is underlining its partnership with the footballer Zinédine Zidane with a new special edition[…] … The Swiss watch manufacturer is dedicating the Big Ingenieur Edition Zinédine Zidane to the outstanding footballing personality[…] … On this occasion, Zidane has been personally involved in the design of this model, which is limited to a worldwide edition of 500 watches[…] … He was awarded the title of FIFA World Player of the Year on three occasions and World Sportsman of the Year in 1999, he won the Golden Ball several times, became Spanish Champion, European and World Champion and winner of the Intercontinental Cup: his career bears witness to unquestionable team spirit and great elegance, both on and off the field[…] … With the Big Ingenieur Edition Zinédine Zidane, the Swiss watch manufacturer has created a highly individual timepiece with guaranteed robustness thanks to its solid Ingenieur case[…] … The IWC-manufactured 51113 calibre movement similarly possesses exceptional stamina and exhibits the sophisticated technical approach that also characterized the footballer Zidane[…] … 5-millimetre stainless steel case, making the Big Ingenieur one of the most high-profile men’s watches from Schaffhausen[…] … 85-metre-tall elite athlete, who is still in superb shape three years after the end of his active football career[…] … Whereas IWC Schaffhausen retained the colours of the French national team for the first Edition Zinédine Zidane, the new Big Ingenieur Edition Zinédine Zidane reflects the individual taste of the footballer[…] … The engraved name of the former football star can be seen on the winding rotor through the transparent sapphire-glass back[…] … Edition of 500 watches Zidane was also personally involved in the colour scheme and individualization of the Big Ingenieur dedicated to him and limited to a worldwide edition of 500 watches[…]