watch around no 007 spring-summer 2009

Transcription

1 76NEWRELEASES A. Lange & Söhne The Richard Lange Pour le Mérite model aims for accuracy. Its handwound proprietary calibre incorporates a fusee and chain which compensates for the declining torque of the mainspring as it unwinds. Stop seconds feature mm gold case with sapphire-crystal caseback. Enamel dial. Limited to 200 pieces. CHF 119,700 Armin Strom This Regulator Earth model from the new Elements collection signed Armin by Armin Strom has a hand-wound movement with retrograde date and a power reserve of 46 hours mm case in black PVD with sapphire-crystal caseback. Off-centre indication of the hours and minutes with openworked small seconds. Water resistant to 50 m. Alligator strap with titanium clasp. CHF 18,170 Audemars Piguet The Jules Audemars collection of classic watches welcomes a chronograph in 1920s style. Selfwinding proprietary movement with a 60-hour power reserve. 30- minute counter at 9 o clock, small seconds at 3. Tachymeter scale. 41 mm gold case with sapphirecrystal caseback. Lacquered dial, transferred arabic numerals and black pear hands. Crocodile strap with gold folding clasp. CHF 40,300 Bulgari The Roman brand celebrates its 125th anniversary with a tribute to its founder in the new Sotirio collection a reinterpretation of classic styling with proprietary movements and a bezel without the logo. Selfwinding annual calendar with retrograde date. 55-hour power reserve. Pink gold case with sapphire-crystal caseback. Limited to 250 pieces. CHF 43, watch around no 007 spring-summer 2009

2 NEWRELEASESNE Carl F. Bucherer The EvoTec DayDate model of the Patravi collection launches the company s selfwinding movement unveiled last year with its groundbreaking peripheral rotor. Patented dynamic shock absorption. 44 x 44.5 mm cushion case in steel, screw-in crown, sapphire-crystal caseback. Rubber bezel. Small seconds at 6 o clock, day and large date. Water resistant to 50 m. CHF 14,500 Cartier This new Rotonde watch has a handwound proprietary movement with an unusual central chronograph indication and a vertical clutch. 50 hours of power-reserve. Numbered, 42 mm case in gold. Sapphire-crystal caseback. Split-level dial with hours and minutes on the edge and the chronograph indications in the middle. Alligator strap with a gold folding clasp. CHF 37,200 Confrérie Horlogère In addition to the Companions own works the Confrérie has brought out a classic collection with this Tourbillon Pulsion single-button chronograph. Hand-wound five-day movement with flying tourbillon. Power-reserve indicator at 9 o clock. 30-minute and 60-second counters. Aluminium alloy bridges in a choice of colours. Gold tonneau case with sapphire-crystal caseback. CHF 295,000 Corum The Ti-Bridge houses the company s new linear calibre made in titanium. The baguette movement is held by four triangular braces. 72-hour power reserve x 41.5 mm case in titanium, fluted crown, display back held by screws. Dial border in black PVD finish. Crocodile strap, triple folding clasp in titanium. Limited to 750 pieces. CHF 16, watch around no 007 spring-summer 2009

3 NEWRELEASESNE F.P. Journe The Souveraine minuterepeater has a very low profile thanks to patented innovations: thin gongs under the dial and a novel repeating work of racks and hammers. Proprietary movement with baseplate and bridges in gold. 40 mm case in steel for the best sound. Silver dial. Small seconds at 7: hour power-reserve indicator at 3 o clock. Hammers revealed through the dial between 9 and 10 o clock. CHF 160,000 Girard Perregaux The latest in the 1966 collection has a selfwinding proprietary movement with an equation of time indicator that tracks the difference between solar time and mean time throughout the year. Free-sprung Microvar balance. Annual calendar indicating date and month. 46-hour power reserve. 40 mm gold case with sapphire-crystal caseback. Alligator strap with buckle. CHF 31,000 Graham The Tourbillograph Trigger (this version with an original Havana dial) has a 28,800 v/h chronograph movement with an excentric tourbillon designed to resist shocks. Lightweight 48-part tourbillon carriage weighing g. 46 mm gold case. Convex glass, sapphire-crystal caseback held by screws. 12-hour and 30-minute counters. Water resistant to 50 m. Alligator strap. CHF 105,000 Greubel Forsey This Quadruple Tourbillon with Spherical Differential seeks ultimate timekeeping performance by linking two independent, double-tourbillon balances through a differential that averages their rate. Exclusive, hand-wound movement comprising 531 parts. Seconds indication in sectors and 50-hour power-reserve indicator at 2 o clock mm case in pink gold. CHF 650,000 less tax 78 watch around no 007 spring-summer 2009

4 WRELEASESNEW Icelink Los Angeles Outside, Swiss Inside, the slogan of this Geneva brand from California fully applies to its new 6Timezone Mechanical model with an exclusive hand-wound movement on three inclined planes indicating timezones in five panels and the seconds in a sixth. Seconds disc at 9 o clock. 50-hour power reserve. Gold case, display back held by screws. Crocodile strap. Choice of timezone towns on request. CHF 78,000 Jacob & Co This new Epic Tourbillon model has a hand-wound tourbillon movement with a triple world-time indication. The six-layer dial has three subdials each with eight timezones to make up the 24 zones. Substantial power reserve of 120 hours. 47 mm case in pink gold. Rubber strap. US$ 220,000 Jaeger-LeCoultre This model in the recent Master Grande Tradition collection combines two complications: a tourbillon and a perpetual calendar. Proprietary selfwinding movement. Large, free-sprung balance. 48-hour power reserve. 42 mm case in pink gold. Water resistant to 50 m. Alligator strap. Also in a limited edition with silicon escapement. CHF 116,000 Jean Dunand This model with an Art Deco dial in Chinese lacquer is a new and one-off version of the Tourbillon Orbital. The one-minute flying tourbillon orbits the dial in 60 minutes. Exclusive hand-wound movement. Moonphases on the back at 9 o clock and 110-hour power-reserve indicator on the side. 45 mm gold case. CHF 424,700 less tax 79 watch around no 007 spring-summer 2009

5 NEWRELEASESNE Linde Werdelin The 3-Timer can display the time in three zones with its bidirectional 24-hour bezel and GMT hand. A digital sports instrument can be clipped to the case a brand speciality. Selfwinding ETA movement. 46 x 49 mm case, black steel bezel, screw-in crown. Galvanised dial with a dates window at 4 o clock. Water resistant to 300 m. Textile strap. US$ 21,510 Maitres du Temps Watchmakers Daniel Roth, Roger Dubuis and Peter Speake-Marin got together for Chapter Two, which features a very readable triple calendar with instantaneous change showing a large date and the days and months on two aluminium cylinders. Pushpieces on the back and side for easy calendar setting. Selfwinding 50-hour movement. 58 x 42 mm case in pink gold, sapphire-crystal caseback, silver dial. CHF 77,000 Parmigiani The openwork Pershing Tourbillon was designed with the help of the Italian yacht builder, Pershing. Hand-wound skeleton movement with 30-second tourbillon, seven-day powerreserve indicator at 12 o clock. 45 mm case in palladium, transparent back. Openwork sapphirecrystal dial. Water resistant to 200 m. Rubber strap, folding clasp. Limited to 40 pieces including 10 gem-set. CHF 265,000 Patek Philippe This new Calatrava model is in a 38 mm officer case a period style that is difficult to make with a hinged dustcover over a sapphire-crystal caseback held by screws. Proprietary selfwinding movement with date. Rounded bezel, silvered opalescent dial with an engine-turned centre and applied gold markers. Alligator strap with folding clasp. CHF 26, watch around no 007 spring-summer 2009

6 WRELEASESNEW Richard Mille The RM 021 Aérodyne handwound tourbillon watch has the external structure of the movement in titanium and carbon nanofibres with a honeycomb of titanium/aluminium alloy. Freesprung balance. 48 x 39.3 mm case. 70-hour powerreserve indicator with torque scale. Button in the crown to select winding or setting functions. 294,814 Ulysse Nardin This new model in the Maxi Marine Diver collection is a COSC-certified chronometer that is water resistant to 200 m. Mechanical hand-wound movement. 45 mm titanium case. Sapphire-crystal caseback. Gold unidirectional rotating bezel. Rubber dial. 42-hour power-reserve indicator 12 o clock, small seconds and date at 6 o clock. Rubber and gold wristband with folding clasp. CHF 19,900 Victorinox Swiss Army The Swiss Army s Cougar AS 532 helicopter is the inspiration for this Alpnach Chrono Power Gauge selfwinding chronograph mm steel case with screw-in display back. Small seconds at 9 o clock, 42-hour power-reserve indicator at 3 o clock. Turning bezel with 60-minute count-down scale. Tachymeter scale. Water resistant to 100 m. Leather strap. Limited to 532 pieces. CHF 4,250 Vogard A new step for a small but innovative brand with the Chronozoner, a chronograph combined with a patented way of setting the time in a different zone by turning the platinum bezel. Accounts for summer time. Selfwinding movement. 48 mm titanium case. Crown at 6 o clock. Water resistant to 50 m. Can be personalised with a choice of timezone cities. Numbered limited series of 24 pieces. CHF 17, watch around no 007 spring-summer 2009