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BASELNEWS 2010 Breguet Marine Royale 5847 - Alarm can be operated underwater

Extremely well received at its launch in Basle in 2009, the Marine Royale design returns this year in a new white gold execution featuring an engine-turned silvered gold dial. A boldly contemporary sport-spirited bracelet design in gold completes every version of the Marine Royale. It will be remembered that this timepiece features an alarm that can be operated underwater to a depth of 30 bars (300 metres, about 985 feet).

BASELNEWS 2010 One watchmaker’s masterpiece: OMEGA Skeleton Tourbillon Co-Axial Platinum Limited Edition

The OMEGA Skeleton Central Tourbillon Co-Axial Platinum Limited Edition is the ultimate expression of the watchmaker’s art. Each watch is handcrafted in OMEGA’s Cellule Haut de Gamme in Bienne by a select group of horologists. In a Tourbillon movement, all of the main components responsible for the timepiece’s precision are assembled in a rotating cage. OMEGA is the only watchmaker ever to have created an automatic central Tourbillon.

BASELNEWS 2010 Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde SWTITANIUM

Creativity, lightness, improvements, homage to the number 8 as the symbol of the Manufacture… a host of words and ideas that fashioned the concept of the Grande Seconde SWTITANIUM. With its fluted bezel, its pure-bred design and its hollow horns, it clearly embodies passion for style and modernity. A perfect example of the fusion of tradition with the Avant-Garde spirit of the Manufacture, this wristwatch demonstrates all that Jaquet Droz stands for: love of design, perfection in every detail and mechanical excellence.

BASELNEWS 2010 The masters of revolutionary watchmaking present the Cabestan Nostromo

Created by Jean-François Ruchonnet and Eric Coudray , nicknamed “the masters of revolutionary watchmaking”, the Cabestan Nostromo draws its inspiration form the world of science fiction, more exactly the legendary film Alien. A single crystal on the case reveals the vertical wheels and drums as well as the ingenious articulated drive shaft used to transmit the energy to the movement.

BASELNEWS 2010 Blancpain L-evolution Semainier Grande Date 8 Jours with week indication of the year

Blancpain’s L-evolution Collection, which debuted at Basel in 2009, expands this year with a new long power reserve complication, the L-evolution Semainier. Powered by an in-house automatic winding movement with three mainspring barrels and a titanium free-sprung balance, the L-evolution Semainier offers week of the year, large date, day of the week and power-reserve indications in addition to its extraordinarily long 8-day power reserve.

BASELNEWS 2010 Strong character: Cuervo y Sobrinos Espléndidos Cronógrafo

The Espléndidos family is a very important icon within the Cuervo y Sobrinos collection. With its unmistakable art deco design, the Espléndidos is a watch for “connoisseurs”, for the discriminating individual seeking the unusual. With the presentation of the new Espléndidos cronógrafo, Cuervo y Sobrinos opens up a new chapter of this very successful product line.

BASELNEWS 2010 The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Collection - A New Complete Calendar Moon Phase Flyback Chronograph

Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms Collection is home to the most rugged sports watches in all of Blancpain’s lines. For 2010 Blancpain expands the Fifty Fathoms domain of sport to embrace the complications of a moon phase and a complete calendar married with the traditional sport companion of a column-wheel controlled flyback chronograph.

BASELNEWS 2010 The OMEGA Speedmaster Professional Apollo-Soyuz 35th Anniversary

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission is remembered for its political, technological and historical significance. It was the first time that spacecraft built by different nations had docked and it signalled an era of cooperation in space which would lead to the efforts to build a permanently occupied space station. 

BASELNEWS 2010 Patek Philippe Nautilus Chronograph Ref. 5980/1A and 5980R

Four years ago, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the entire Nautilus collection was subtly refined and scaled up with new models. Special acclaim was garnered by the Nautilus Chronograph with a sporty complication to enhance its intrinsic casual elegance. Within the scope of its chronograph premières at Baselworld 2010, Patek Philippe is now launching two further Nautilus chronograph models that with their differentiated personalities will appeal to an even broader audience.

BASELNEWS 2010 La Tradition Breguet 7057

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Frédérique Constant: New MAXIME MANUFACTURE LADY

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Blancpain Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 CORUM Ti-Bridge Tourbillon - Contemporary high horology

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”.

BASELNEWS 2010 New moon phase model: MIDO BARONCELLI

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Autant en emporte le temps: The Confrérie Horlogère Hublot presents LIBERTY

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Second platinum model: Patek Philippe Annual Calendar chronograph Ref. 5960P

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Jaquet Droz The Eclipse: A real feat of watchmaking

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Patek Philippe Ref. 5951P - One of the Top-Watches at BASELWORLD 2010

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Functional – The Paul Picot C-Type model equipped with a helium valve

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 A powerful Timepiece: Ulysse Nardin Perpetual calendar El Toro

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 A Tourbillon Manufacture to celebrate 30 years of Hublot

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 Eberhard & Co. Gilda: the fascination of an entirely feminine world!

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 The Breguet Tradition 7047 with tourbillon, fusee and silicon Breguet overcoil balance spring

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 RADO Sintra Skeleton Automatic - Limited Edition Basel 2010

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.

BASELNEWS 2010 ZENITH El Primero Striking 10th - The first calibre with ultra-accurate 1/10th of a second measurement and display

The El Primero Striking 10th chronograph embodies the grand return of the Manufacture Zenith to the technical values that have forged the brand’s success. Unequalled to date, the legendary El Primero calibre was the world’s first automatic chronograph to beat at a rate of 10 vibrations per second. It is the most sophisticated mechanical ‘motor’ and the one boasting the highest degree of precision, since the vast majority of other mechanical movements beat at 8 vibrations per second at best.

BASELNEWS 2010 Das erste vollständig handgearbeitete Tourbillon-Uhrwerk von DeWitt: Das neue Uhren-Kaliber DW8028

Just DeWitt! Yes, the master watchmakers of DeWitt have done it: create the first entirely home-made Tourbillon movement. A major step forward, a landmark in the history of the brand. DeWitt’s audacious approach to contemporary watchmaking is once again brought to light. In these challenging times for the industry, DeWitt has recognized a fantastic opportunity to create, to consolidate, and to showcase its autonomy and the depth of its know-how.

BASELNEWS 2010 Breguet is introducing a reinterpretation of a legendary chronograph

For the 60th anniversary of the first deliveries of the famed Type XX watches designed by Breguet in the 1950s for the French naval air arm, which this year is celebrating its first century of service, Breguet is introducing a contemporary, technically updated reinterpretation of that legendary chronograph, the Type XXII design.

BASELNEWS 2010 CORUM Golden Bridge Tourbillon - 33 pieces paying tribute

In 2010, Corum also celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of its extraordinary Golden Bridge. During its thirty year history, its immediately recognizable esthetical codes and fascinating baguette movement have made the Golden Bridge an emblem of CORUM, and an icon of high horology.

BASELNEWS 2010 Rebirth of the minute repeater: Ulysse Nardin Jaquemarts Minute Repeater Circus Aventurin

Ulysse Nardin was one of the earliest manufacturers to fuel the rebirth of the minute repeater. The minute repeater was made even more unique through the inclusion of animated figures called Jaquemarts on the dial and to this day, Ulysse Nardin remains the only manufacture in the world to use Jaquemarts on the dial of its minute repeaters.

BASELNEWS 2010 The Seamaster Ploprof 1200M - OMEGA’s mythical diver in white

In 1970 OMEGA launched the Seamaster Professional 600, the so-called “Ploprof” (the first letters of plongeur professionnel – the French words meaning “professional diver”), one of the most rugged, robust and seaworthy divers’ wristwatches ever manufactured. Last year OMEGA introduced a completely updated version of the divers’ classic. Equipped with a Co-Axial calibre 8500, the new Ploprof 1200M is, as its name suggests, water resistant to an astounding 1200 metres (4000 feet, 120 bar) and it is an artful union of its ancestor’s legendary features and OMEGA’s state-of-the-industry Co-Axial technology.

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