Montres Karsten Fräßdorf unveils the Spirograph, an innovative, oversized tourbillon fit for daily wear and tested to resist shocks of up to 5000g.
Category: 2018
Ateliers DeMonaco : Admiral Chronographe Flyback
This year, Ateliers deMonaco has introduced a new model to its prestigious Admiral Chronographe Flyback collection; the Prato. The pieces – launched in March of this year – were presented as the fruit of the brand’s new partnership with Prato Automobiles. Further completing the collection, is a new timepiece in rose gold. A standout piece that asserts the brand’s luxurious standards and passion for mechanics.
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Franck Muller : 15 years of Crazy Hours
Housed in Franck Muller’s famous Cintrée Curvex case, the Crazy Hours 15th Anniversary Asia Exclusive brims with caprice and personality. At the heart of the watch is the world-renowned Crazy Hours complication, which has enthralled horological aficionados for years.
The dial shows time in the most unconventional fashion; it is designed to express the concept of time as an abstract construct – that time is ultimately what one makes of it. In a Crazy Hours watch, the hour numerals are not displayed in order. As such, after every 60 minutes, the hour hand would jump to the next correct number, often snapping almost halfway across the dial to do so. Meanwhile, the minute hand follows a traditional 60-minute cycle revolving around the dial.
Franck Muller : Vanguard Lady Moonphase
Poetic complication, the moon phase, naturally found its place at 6 o’clock to harmoniously complete the Vanguard ™ Lady collection.
With a self-winding mechanical movement, this mythical and mesmerizing horological complication displays the different cycles of the moon as we see it in the sky, on a guilloché or full diamonds dial.
Blancpain Ocean Commitment watches
Blancpain launches the third limited edition series of Blancpain Ocean Commitment watches
On the occasion of the World Oceans Day, Blancpain and its President & CEO, Marc A. Hayek, are proud to unveil the world premiere of their third series of Blancpain Ocean Commitment (BOC) limited edition diving watches. By purchasing one of these 250 timepieces, each client contributes to Blancpain’s participation in the cause of ocean protection. The brand commits to donate 1,000 euro for the sale of each watch, implying a total of 250,000 euro added to Blancpain’s much larger support.
Blancpain : Fifty Fathoms Grande Date
Since the debut of the modern Fifty Fathoms in 2007, date indications have appeared through a window placed at the 4 o’clock position. Now for the first time, Blancpain has brought its signature instant-change large date complication to the Fifty Fathoms, displayed in two windows located at 6 o’clock.
Blancpain : Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s
Following its 1956 debut – three years after the launch of the Fifty Fathoms –, the style of Blancpain’s Bathyscaphe evolved with the times. The 70s saw bold dial markings with Arabic numerals and windows for the day of the week and date at 3 o’clock. The new Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s, which will be limited to 500 pieces, captures the allure of that model while incorporating Blancpain’s current technical advances.
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Blancpain : Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Annuel
The Bathyscaphe, a pillar of the Fifty Fathoms collection, pairs for the first time sport with a useful complication in a new annual calendar model. All of the diving watch DNA is fully preserved in this Baselworld debut with clear readability, robust movement and a unidirectional rotating bezel.
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Blancpain : Villeret Grande Date Jour Rétrograde
Blancpain introduces a new complication in the Villeret collection: a retrograde day of the week indication. Presented with the Villeret Grande Date Jour Rétrograde, it is complemented by a large date displayed in two windows.
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Blancpain : Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde
Blancpain is reinterpreting this year its flying tourbillon, which was the first of its kind to equip a wristwatch at the time of its launch in 1989. At Baselworld 2018, the Manufacture is pairing it with new complications – jump hours and retrograde minutes –
in the Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde model. In addition to the remarkable construction of the tourbillon, which appears to be floating on air, this new launch is distinguished by an entirely decorated movement and a grand feu enamel dial handcrafted in the Blancpain workshops.
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