Edox Chronorally

What rally driver has never dreamed of finally having a watch that would enable them to time their performance?

Edox has now made this dream come true with a collection wholly dedicated to the World Rally Championship (WRC). Developed exclusively for Edox, the new 36 calibre is a true revolution in the worlds of watchmaking and cars.

In addition to the standard displays, the new WRC Chronorally offers a plethora of new possibilities: stage timing with an accumulated stage time, recount/replay mode, countdown mode and chronograph.

All these functions are accessible by means of the pushpieces and the crown, which, with its outsize design, permits easy access for the gloved hands of a rally driver.

An instrument that is truly dedicated to the world’s best rally drivers and their co-drivers, the WRC Chronograph also boasts original car-theme details, with, for example, its raised caseback representing a wheel rim and its rubber wristband reproducing the contours of car tyres.

Edox has been taken on as the official timing partner for the WRC World Rally Championship for the next three years.

Edox Chronorally Backcase

Technical specifications

Functions:
hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph, countdown, stage timing, accumulated stage timing, replay.

Caliber:
Edox 36, Soprod base.

Number of jewels:
12.

Movement size:
36 mm 16″.

Watchcase depth:
15.2 mm.

Watchcase diameter:
48 mm.

Finish:
polished and buffed.

Pushers:
red anodised aluminium pushpiece.

Water resistance:
100 metres / 10 ATM / 300 feet.

Dial:
black carbon.

Crystal:
treated anti-reflective, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.

Strap:
genuine black rubber, structured.

Clasp:
stainless steel, engraved with the Edox logo.

EBERHARD & Co. Chrono 4 Badboy

Eberhard & Co. gives its Chrono 4 Badboy a completely new and distinctive gutsy look, which will be revealed in all its explosive energy at the watchmaking world’s most important international occasion, Baselworld 2010.

After having revolutionized the reading of time, thanks to the specially patented device aligning four counters, the Company’s emblem collection has become a “laboratory of ideas”, revealing a maximum expression of compactness, strength and dynamism.

This is the definition of a chronograph that creates a strong and decisive impact with every aspect of its design detail. From the imposing 46mm diameter steel case to the rotating bezel with PVD-treated screws, from the screw push-pieces to the crown guard, from the thick, anti-reflective sapphire crystal to the 8 screws of the screw-down case back, ensuring water-resistance to 20atm.

A particular characteristic of the Chrono 4 Badboy is its meticulous exploration of the three-dimensional and its surprising multi-level implementation of the results. Worth special mention in this context is the subtle circular metal plate mounted on the dial. Its 6 screws, emphasize the four in-line counters, and the combination of screws at intervals around the sides of the case, on the bezel, the case back and finally the flange, challenge the limits of verticality and are complemented by the tachymeter scale expressed in km.

Further confirming the distinctly sporty, gutsy character of Chrono 4 Badboy are its unmistakable red features, namely the central seconds hand and the small numeral references of the counter displays that stand out proudly on the dial. Also the attractive black rubber strap, vertically sculpted, accentuates the thickness of the material and reinforces those qualities of robustness and compactness, with which Eberhard intended to endow the model.

Chrono 4 Badboy is thus truly part of the constant evolution of the projects and ideas signed “Eberhard & Co.” that, now more than ever, are coming skillfully and dynamically into focus in a chronograph of indomitable strength.

Chrono 4 Badboy: THE INDOMITABLE FORCE OF TIME

Technical Specifications

Reference:
31060

Movement:
calibre EB. 250 12 ½ ” – basis ETA 2894
mechanical chronograph with automatic winding
Eberhard & Co. device with 4 counters in line:
minutes, hours, 24 hours and small seconds – date.
The complete mechanism works with 53 rubies.

Case:
steel, with decorative black PVD-treated screws (Physical Vapour Deposition) on the crown guard and strap attachment

Diameter of the case:
46 mm

Thickness of the case:
14,10 mm

Case-back:
polished, with engravings, slightly curved on the outer edge – secured by 8 screws

Strap attachment:
22,00 mm

Water-resistance:
20 atm

Crown:
screw-in, with crown guard and engraved elements to provide optimum grip; personalized with the ancient shield, symbol of the Maison, in bas-relief.

Push-pieces:
screw-down, with engraved elements to provide optimum grip; decorative black PVD-treated screws

Bezel:
unidirectional rotating bezel, featuring 6 black PVD-treated screws and black engraved numerals

Crystal:
sapphire, flat, anti-reflective

Dials:
- black, with black counters and red counters hands
- black, with black counters and white circular zone – 24-hours counter with red hand
- Black Or with black counters – 24-hours counter with red hand
- white, with white counters – 24-hours counter with red hand
- white with silvered counters and black circular zone – 24-hours counter with red hand.

Shiny, with matt centre zone and snailed counters – luminescent, applique hourmarkers, either rhodium-plated or black nickel-plated.
Date window at 12 o’clock – raised brand name. Red centre seconds-hand. Tachymeter scale on the flange expressed in Km.
Depending on the dial version, the subtle circular metal plate features either a satin vertical or soleil finish and 6 steel screws, rhodium-plated or black nickel-plated.

Hands:
sword-shaped, skeleton, luminescent

Strap:
black rubber, vertically sculpted. Personalized with the “E” shield, engraved in bas-relief – “E&C” personalized steel buckle

Optional:
Déclic deployment clasp in steel – Patent Pending

Note:
Patented – Registered Design

IWC Da Vinci Chronograph

What belongs together comes together. IWC Schaffhausen is treating its chronograph movement to a ceramic case made of zirconium oxide. Entirely in the spirit of its namesake Leonardo da Vinci, the Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic embodies innovation and first-class engineering in perfected form.

The world owes a great deal to Leonardo da Vinci. The universal genius from Tuscany created incomparably beautiful works of art, investigated and documented natural laws, and designed buildings and machines which were often far ahead of their time. Innumerable sketches also provide evidence of his enthusiasm for watchmaking.

Many of his pioneering discoveries in the area of helical and bevel gears and complicated screw transmissions are to this day component parts of many machines – including watches.

Fascinated and inspired by the spirit of Leonardo, the watchmakers of IWC Schaffhausen have given the name Da Vinci to particularly innovative models at regular intervals in the past. The Da Vinci model from1985, for example, made watchmaking history.

IWC Da Vinci Chronograph

At a stage when quartz already appeared to have superseded mechanics in the measurement of time, the Schaffhausen company focused its attention on the beauty and strength of mechanics and built a mechanical chronograph with a perpetual calendar, which played a part in the renaissance of the mechanical watch. The design of the complicated mechanism and its user-friendly operation can be summarized as being ingenious in their simplicity.

Only one year later, in 1986, IWC Schaffhausen provided further proof of its love of innovation by building the first watch with a case made from the extremely hard, scratch-resistant and impact-resistant ceramic, zirconium oxide. This milestone of case engineering also bore the name Da Vinci.

In the year 2007, when IWC Schaffhausen presented its newly developed flyback chronograph movement, this appropriately made its debut in the completely redesigned Da Vinci family.

The IWC-manufactured movement is conspicuous with a number of design features that are unique. Particularly noteworthy is the display of the recorded time, which has bid farewell to all its classic predecessors in the interests of improved user-friendliness. The recorded hours and minutes can now be read on a counter in the 12 o’clock position like a second time display.

The 89360 calibre also stands out with a new double-pawl winding system and a flyback function: actuation of the lower button during a timing function causes the recorded time to return to zero and restart immediately, but without stopping the stopwatch mechanism.

Such an extraordinary movement also merits anextraordinary case, in addition to a see-through sapphire-glass back; after all, the Da Vinci family is still inspired to this day by the special ability of Leonardo to think and act innovatively and imaginatively both technically and creatively.

The tonneau-shaped design, which draws its strength from the interaction between edges and curves, between convex and concave forms, has now been translated into an exceptional material combination of ceramic and titanium in the new Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic.

The central section of the ceramic case of the new Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic consists of zirconium oxide, which was first used in a watch case in 1986 – in a Da Vinci. This model was produced in only very small numbers because of the enormous difficulty in machining the hard material. Over the years, however, the technicians and engineers have acquired a lot of experience in the manufacture and machining of this extremely scratch-resistant, non-magnetic and acid-proof ceramic.

The case blanks can now be formed more efficiently and with greater accuracy than before from the mixture of zirconium oxide powder and a binder. They are sintered at temperatures between 1500 and 2000 degrees Celsius followed by cooling in a complicated process to enable the material to attain all of its outstanding properties. Diamond tools are required for the intricate finishing of the blanks. At this point, the specialists at IWC possess such thorough mastery of this technology that the new Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic will be available in unlimited numbers as a model in the collection.

What is more, the case stands out with a technical highlight that is admired by experts. It is manufactured with such precision that the movement can be fitted directly into the ceramic case – without a movement security ring.

The bezel, back, buttons and crown provide a colour contrast in the form of ultra-hard titanium grade 5, which, unlike the titanium alloys formerly used by IWC, can be polished and satin-finished. These two materials, titanium and ceramic, are not only extraordinarily robust and scratch-resistant, but they also have an extremely pleasant, silk-like feel.

The special three-dimensional design of the dial with a réhaut volant – a tonneau-shaped minute display, which appears to float above the dial – adds to the attractiveness of the latest Da Vinci model. This flying chapter ring, a first for IWC, arcs in parallel with the sapphire glass and in so doing visually reduces the height of the inside of the bezel.

The overall appearance is rounded off by a high-quality calfskin strap, to which a special finishing technique imparts a surface structure resembling that of a high-tech woven fabric. With the new Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic, IWC Schaffhausen has achieved an impressive combination of high-tech and elegance.

Pierre DeRoche - GrandCliff TNT BelCanto

A 19th century movement in a high-tech 21st century model

History of the BelCanto movement

In 2007, Pierre Dubois, Managing Director of Pierre DeRoche, while hunting through the treasures harboured by an antique dealer friend of his, discovered some 19th century pocket-watch movement blanks with hour & quarter repeater and chronograph. As a worthy heir to four generations of brilliant watchmakers, his curiosity was naturally aroused by this discovery, and he decided to buy them.

In search of the movement origins
He showed them to his father, Gérald Dubois, a retired watchmaker still passionately dedicated to his art, and the latter naturally set about examining them in order to find their origin. Right from the start, Gérald Dubois was convinced they were LeCoultre movements, despite the lack of formal proof. Building on his certainty, he undertook a systematic comparison of one of these movements with the certified LeCoultre pocket-watches in his personal collection. The similarities were striking, but the precious “maker’s mark” could not be found.

Gérald Dubois then took an interest in the 8172 patent number engraved on the mainplate. His research led to a decisive breakthrough when he consulted the Swiss federal registers which show a patent for a “New watch with pendant winding” dated May 5th 1894 and granted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property to Numa Robert-Waelti, a watchmaker in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

Looking for Numa Robert-Waelti
Gérald and Pierre Dubois then began retracing the history of this watchmaker. They consulted Daniel Aubert, a watchmaking historian based in the Vallée de Joux. They also sought advice from Mr Piguet, curator of the Watchmaking Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Nobody knew anything of Numa Robert-Waelti.

Gérald Dubois went back to work and outlined the possible history of these movements:

• LeCoultre produced the movements in the late 19th century and delivered them to établisseurs, watch manufacturers who assembled the various parts of a watch.
• While these établisseurs were generally well-known brands, this was not the case for Numa Robert-Waelti. It is thus probable that the latter bought up LeCoultre movements, made certain modifications – such as the one bearing patent number 8172 – and then sold them to établisseurs.
• These over 100 year-old movements have probably changed hands several times before an antique dealer found them and in turn sold them to Pierre DeRoche.

This scenario seemed plausible, and kind of came full circle. But there was still no proof that these movements did indeed come from the workshops of the Manufacture in Le Sentier…

The “LeCoultre & Co” maker’s mark finally shows up
It was not until Gérald Dubois began taking the movements apart that the precious token of origin finally appeared. Engraved beneath the barrel bridge, and totally invisible on the assembled movement, was the “LeCoultre & Co” maker’s mark.

Pierre DeRoche - GrandCliff TNT BelCanto on the resonance instrument

Movement characteristics

19 lignes, manual winding
Analogue display of the hours and minutes
Hour and quarter repeater
Single-pusher chronograph (with no minute counter)
Time-setting pusher.

These movements were made around the late 19th century in Le Sentier and vividly illustrate the expertise of the watchmakers of that era in the field of complicated watches. The movement is typical of that period. The frequency of the balance is 2.5 Hertz, meaning 18,000 vibrations per hour. Winding is done by a winding-crown placed at 3 o’clock on the case. The winding stem has just one position, which serves for both winding and time-setting. The latter function is activated by a pusher at 4 o’clock that directly cooperates with the time organs on the watch. Releasing the pusher returns the watch to the normal winding situation.

From a 19th century movement to the modern BelCanto

While Pierre Dubois wished to give a new lease on life to these historical movements by fitting them in wristwatches, he was nonetheless determined to maintain the original components, bearing witness to the proud watchmaking heritage of the Vallée de Joux. These “movement blanks” were thus restored, entirely decorated and then reassembled by the Dubois Dépraz master-watchmakers without any technical modifications, apart from the striking gongs and the regulating organs, which are contemporary.

An historical movement decorated by modern-day watchmakers
The expert Dubois Dépraz craftsmen meticulously decorated these three historical movements that now feature a circular-grained mainplate, bridges adorned with “Côtes de Genève”, a sunburst barrel, chamfered and hand circular satin-brushed wheels. The hour and minute wheels are openworked, as is the lower balance bridge, thus revealing the seconds wheel.

Metallization
The high-tech sapphire crystal dial of the BelCanto enables one to admire the movement through the front of the watch. First cut-out and drilled for the hands to pass through, the circular plate of synthetic sapphire – crystallised aluminium oxide that is almost as hard as diamond – is partially sandblasted, involving compressed-air projection of extremely hard particles to create a matt appearance.

On the movement side, the sapphire plate is chrome-plated using PVD technology. A second PVD metallization is then performed to create the smoked areas.

The black dial zones on the hand side of the dial are also created using this metallization technique. PVD plating involves physical (rather than chemical) vacuum deposition of metal particles. The particles thus applied are chrome, or titanium for the smoked zones. Black metallization is achieved by a coating of titanium-based particles of a different composition.

Laser engraving
Once the sapphire plate has been thus “prepared”, the non voluminous letters, numerals and hour-markers can be laser engraved. This type of engraving consists of attacking the sapphire surface with a laser beam and thus forming the letters, numerals and motifs. A varnish – white or red in this case – will then be placed in the hollow of these inscriptions so as to make them well readable.

Creating the voluminous hour-markers by galvanic growth
A “photoresist” varnish sensible to ultraviolet right is applied like a “mask” over the sapphire plate. The dial zones that are already decorated are safeguarded by exposing them to ultraviolet light, which makes the varnish resistant to the ensuing galvanic bath. The hour-marker zone is protected from the light, which means the varnish will then dissolve and mark out the area where the hour-markers will grow.

The dial is then immersed into a nickel galvanic bath. An electrolytic process coats the non-masked area of the sapphire plate with a 0.2 mm thick layer of nickel. The hour-markers are then polished and coated with a thin layer of gold by means of a second galvanic bath.

A highly contemporary rose gold case
The back and the upper bezel of the imposing 55.5 mm case are fitted with two sapphire crystals. The case middle serves to bear the repeater slide and also guarantees water resistance to 3 atmospheres. The case middle also comprises an extremely precise chronograph shunt function that ensures its user-friendliness.

The case is crafted in 750 (18-carat) rose gold, meaning an alloy composed of 75% pure gold, around 20% copper and around 5% silver.

The presentation box of the Pierre DeRoche - GrandCliff TNT BelCanto

The column-wheel chronograph
The chronograph mechanism integrated within the movement features a classic style with a single pusher located at 2 o’clock. It is the “column-wheel” kind. The column-wheel is the distributing organ in a chronograph mechanism. This particular one is a 4/12 type, meaning 4 columns and 12 ratchet teeth, resulting in a ratio of three that means the chronograph is referred to as three-function chronograph with a single start, stop and reset pusher. The sequence of functions cannot be modified in this type of chronograph.

A resonance instrument to magnify the sound of the BelCanto
A luthier known for his magnificent guitars was entrusted with creating a resonance instrument. Based on the same principle as violin or guitar soundboards, he created a base made from the wood of spruce trees from the Vallée de Joux. The sound of the repeater strike is thus magnified when the watch is placed on this base.

A presentation box worthy of this exceptional watch
Another artisan from the Vallée de Joux was commissioned to create the presentation box. This cabinet-maker known for his custom-made creations for the region’s most prestigious watch companies designed an impressively sized burr walnut presentation box measuring 45 x 32 x 17 cm. This exceptional hand-crafted object was also lined in the Vallée de Joux.

Limited edition of only three

Source: www.swisstime.ch

Eberhard & co. TAZIO NUVOLARI EDITION LIMITÉE GRAND PRIX TN

A MARRIAGE OF TRADITION AND MODERNITY

On the occasion of the next International Basel Fair, Eberhard & Co. will present as special preview the new “Tazio Nuvolari Edition Limitée Grand Prix TN” in 18 ct. red gold.

Ever mindful of all that has left its mark on history, Eberhard is once again inspired by Tazio Nuvolari, myth of motor sport, to whom it dedicates an exclusive chronograph that is distinguished by the untarnishable value and incomparable nobility associated with the intrinsic elegance of gold.

The new gold version of “Tazio Nuvolari Grand Prix” retains the distinctive characteristics of the steel one, created and produced with a deliberate philosophy, based on the instrumentation of the vintage racing car, which reflected the demands of essentialness, distinctness, ease of reading, precision, weatherproofing and shock resistance, all indispensable requirements that are also featured in the new edition of the watch. The driver’s seat of the extraordinary vehicles, in which the much celebrated driver achieved many victories, was in fact one of the sources that inspired Eberhard’s technicians, both on the aesthetic and functional levels.

Produced in a limited edition of 123 pieces, “Tazio Nuvolari Grand Prix Or” has a tough case of generous proportions (Ø 43 mm), a case back secured by 8 screws, upon which the autograph of the driver is engraved in red and, on the outer part, an elegant circular-grained finish matching the kilometers per hour tachometer scale on the flange.

The dial, enhanced by the brilliance of the refined “Black Or” finish, is readily visible, thanks to the generous diameter of the two counters, the large Arabic numerals and the luminous hands that make for maximum legibility.

Adding to the obviously sportive character of this model, the interplay of black and red chosen as the dominant colors, endows the watch with a particular toughness: the black provides the background for the dial on which the Arabic numerals stand proudly and for the ceramic bezel, while the red enhances the small details on the dial and the miles per hour tachometer scale engraved on the bezel. The final touch is provided by the black alligator strap that comes alive with the vivacious splash of its red stitching.

This is a timeless, charming proposal with which Eberhard & Co. pays homage once again to the passion for motor cars which has always been associated with the passion for measuring time, creating the perfect combination. So “Tazio Nuvolari Grand Prix Or” becomes synonymous with passion, strength and speed, all fundamental characteristics of the essence of sports racing and its long and deep-rooted tradition, cleverly incorporated in this exclusive chronograph by Eberhard & Co.

Technical Specifications

Reference:
30067. Limited Edition to 123 pieces

Movement:
base ETA 7750 13 1/4”
Mechanical chronograph with automatic winding.
Two counters:
- counter “30 minutes” at 12 o’clock
- counter “12 hours” at 6 o’clock

Case:
18 ct. red gold 5N – Ø 43,00 mm. – thickness 13,00 mm.

Case back:
locked by 8 screws – inner part polished, with engravings;
circular-grained bevel.

Strap attachment: 21,00 mm.

Water-resistance:
3 atm.

Crown:
screw-in, personalized “E”

Push-buttons:
rectangular

Bezel:
in black ceramic, with red tachometer scale in miles/h, engraved.

Glass:
sapphire, non-reflecting treatment on the internal part.

Dial:
black, with Black Or treatment (9 ct.)
Arabic numerals, luminescent, with red profile.
The central seconds hand, the small, luminescent counters’ hands as well as the counters’ contour, the inscription “Edition Limitée Grand Prix TN” and
the carapace “TN” are all further details in red color.
Black flange with Black Or treatment (9 ct.) and circular-grained finish.
Tachometer scale in km/h.

Hands:
bâton type, luminescent.

Strap:
in alligator, black with red stitching; red gold-plated buckle, personalized “E&C”.

de Grisogono Instrumento Grande Chrono N01

Acclaimed at its launch, it’s back today in a striking updated version featuring a series of unusually arrayed functions.

In 2005, when it first came out, it made quite a splash. With its oversized case and calendar aperture plus the galuchat strap that matched the dial’s bright and cheerful colours, the Instrumento Grande was welcomed with friendly, even enthusiastic applause.

Five years later, here it is again. This time in a Chrono version — but what a Chrono! While the Instrumento Grande’s case is as grand as ever, its 2010 dial displays a full measure of the uninhibited creativity that makes any de Grisogono watch stand out in the crowd.

A reader’s guide to the black, silvered or brown dial

While the watch face’s engine-turned concentric wave pattern and oversized hour markers both recall the original Instrumento Grande, the retrograding date calendar arrayed in twin arcs gives the Instrumento Grande Chrono’s dial its vibrant personality. The current day’s date stands out bright and clear, outlined by a set of tinted sapphire lenses.

Since no mechanical chronograph is thinkable without totalisers, this chronograph’s sub-dials give classic horological tradition a little jolt. The 30-minute version is white, square and situated at 9 o’clock while the 12-hour sub-dial is larger, round, black and positioned at 6 o’clock. Together with the black-and-white center seconds hand, they respond to push-pieces located on either side of the setting crown.

The time of day is shown on an hour circle that is circular enough to boast two right angles – a signature touch from a master of the creative surprise. At 12 o’clock, a discreet sub-dial for the running seconds adds a more familiar feature.

de Grisogono Instrumento Grande Chrono N02

The revealing asides of a magnificent case

Fashioned in 18 ct pink 5N gold, the Instrumento Grande Chrono is water-resistant to 30 m (~ 100 feet). Featuring smoothly rounded bracelet links, its generously proportioned case houses a self-winding mechanical movement that provides 42 hours of reserve power.

Revealing by design, the case allows connoisseurs of mechanical wizardry to observe the movement’s steady beat through a sidelight on the 9-o’clock side of the case. The to-and-fro movement of the rotor, inscribed with the de Grisogono crest, is visible through the clear sapphire porthole of the screw-secured case back – exactly as on the 2005 model, the first watch ever to feature a transparent side panel.

Black or brown depending on the dial colour, an alligator strap with pink gold deployment clasp retains the Instrumento Grande Chrono and its unforgettable face securely on the wrist.

PARMIGIANI FLEURIER Bugatti Atalante Fly-back Chronograph

Artistic excellence and technical performance – two defining concepts in the worlds of Bugatti and Parmigiani, brands which have been allied since 2001.

Continuing the Bugatti story which began with the creation of the now legendary Type 370 wrist watch, Parmigiani is unveiling a new collection designed to enhance the Bugatti watch family, famous for showcasing the brand’s iconic imagery. Taking inspiration from the Bugatti Atalante 57S Sport, one of the only private passenger cars of the 1930s, this is a watch with a sporty yet highly accessible character.

Christened the Atalante, its entirely original aesthetic is a first for Parmigiani. Its round shape (Ø 43 mm) is its only concession to tradition, while the profile of its case, its dial and its chronograph push-pieces, which are located on the left side of the middle, are completely original – a hallmark of the Bugatti spirit.

Legendary sporting performance.

Inspired by the world of automobile design, the profile of its case sees the bezel and the case-back joining to form a satin-finished area which evokes the air intakes found on the side wings of sports vehicles.

The highly original idea of positioning the chronograph push-pieces on the left to optimise the use of its functions was something which occurred naturally right from the start of its construction. The ability to press the push-pieces with the thumb to start and stop the chronograph hand considerably improves comfort, making them easier to access during races.

Its dial, which is directly inspired by the design of a Bugatti radiator grille, is responsible for much of the Atalante model’s sporting character, and reveals some of the gears and the date disc. The acronym “EB” at 6 o’clock is there to mark the official alliance which brings the two companies together.

PARMIGIANI FLEURIER Bugatti Atalante Fly-back Chronograph

Parmigiani’s first “fly-back” chronograph

As the first automatic “fly-back” chronograph, the manufacture’s own Calibre PF 335 is based on the brand’s first in-house chronograph movement, with an added chronograph fly-back mechanism. Once the chronograph hand is moving, a single press resets it instantly to zero and restarts the chronograph immediately. In addition to the chronograph’s 30-minute counter and small seconds, the Bugatti Atalante chronograph features two separate tachymetric displays. One on the bezel allows high speed events to be timed, and the other on the 30-minute counter can be used for slower events such as walking or running. The calendar is read via a window.

The “Milestone 1941” Collector’s Piece is the ninth release in OMEGA’s Museum Collection.

Friday 11 December 2009 – The “Milestone 1941” Collector’s Piece is the ninth release in OMEGA’s Museum Collection. The Museum Collection is the result of OMEGA’s desire to combine the historic values of the brand with its dedication to state-of-the-art horological standards. Each year, the OMEGA Museum Collection selects one classic timepiece – it has to be more than fifty years old – and honours it with a reissue blending its design excellence with OMEGA’s tradition of innovative contemporary watchmaking.

The “Milestone 1941” is based on OMEGA’s reference “CK 2080”, a stainless steel watch launched in 1938 and favoured by high-ranking military officers. The specific watch which inspired the ninth member of the Museum Collection was delivered in 1941 and sold at the Omegamania Auction in 2007. While the new watch has been designed with the utmost respect for its predecessor, it incorporates OMEGA’s state-of-the-art Co-Axial technology and exquisite materials.

It has a discreet 38 mm 18 Ct white gold case and is presented on a black alligator strap with an 18 Ct white gold buckle.

OMEGA “Milestone 1941” Collector’s Piece

The blend of traditional watchmaking design with contemporary horological innovation is striking: the “Milestone 1941” is driven by an exclusive OMEGA calibre 3203. The manual-winding chronograph is a COSC-certified chronometer and features OMEGA’s Co-Axial escapement with a free sprung balance as well as a column wheel chronograph mechanism.

The “Milestone 1941” has a varnished black dial with a telemetric scale on its first outer ring graduated in kilometres per hour, a minute track on its second outer ring and a “snail” tachymetric scale on the inner ring based on 1000 units per hour. The watch’s hour track features numerals and indexes which have been coated with Super-LumiNova.

There are two sub-dials: a 30 minute chronograph recorder at 3 o’clock and small seconds counter at 9 o’clock. The classic white skeletonised hour and minute hands are filled with Super-LumiNova making the Milestone 1941 easily readable in all light conditions.

The OMEGA Museum Collection Collector’s Piece Number 9, “Milestone 1941” is delivered in a special museum box and is produced in a limited edition of 1941 pieces.

Omega De Ville Co-Axial Chronometer for Ladies

Longer lasting than flowers, less fattening than chocolate

Love is meant to endure. Shouldn’t the present you give to express your love do the same thing? Chocolate is delicious but it will soon be eaten and forgotten (unless it has added unwanted pounds). Flowers are beautiful but before long, they will wilt and be thrown away (unless you gave artificial flowers which would be the wrong way to express your genuine affection).

OMEGA has some proposals for gifts which will last well beyond this Valentine’s Day. And the next. And the one after that. And the one after that.

She will cherish her De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph forever. It is at once elegant and sporty, blending OMEGA’s state-of-the-industry Co-Axial technology with extraordinary design. Its bezel is paved with 42 diamonds and it has a full chronograph function, a perfect complement for a busy contemporary lifestyle. And if she already has an OMEGA watch, remember our Fine Jewellery Constellation Griffes Collection which features rings and pendants whose timeless design was inspired by our famous watches.

And he will love his De Ville 4-Counters Co-Axial Chronograph with its four sub-dials dramatically spread across the face of the watch. In a staggered row, from left to right, they feature the small seconds, a seven-day counter, the 12-hour counter and the 30-minute counter. Just above the centre of the watch is a window which shows the day of the week. Like the Ladies’ De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph, this COSC-certified chronometer is at once sporty and elegant.

Make this Valentine’s Day one to remember with an OMEGA De Ville Co-Axial Chronograph. It will still be expressing your feelings next Valentine’s Day (we can’t say the same about the flowers and the chocolate).

Technical Specifications – Omega De Ville Co-Axial Chronometer for Ladies

Movement
- Exclusive Omega calibre 3313
- Self-winding chronograph
- Officially certified chronometer
- Jewels: 37 Frequency: 28’800 A/h (4 Hz)
- Power reserve: 52 hours
- Exclusive features with:
o Co-Axial Escapement
o Column wheel chronograph mechanism
o Omega free sprung-balance
- Luxury finish

Case
- Stainless Steel
- Diameter: 35.00 mm
- Height: 12.46 mm
- Water resistant up to: 100 m (330 ft)
- Polished case with polished bezel set with diamonds
- Polished crown set with 1 diamond briolette, polished pushers
- Domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
- Polished screw-in caseback with sapphire crystal

Dial
- Shaded grey dial with white MOP oval subdials
- Applied polished 18Ct gold Omega, date window and subdial rings
- Applied polished 18Ct gold index with white Super-LumiNova oval dot

Hands
- Diamond-polished facetted 18Ct gold hour-minute hands; white Super-LumiNova
- Diamond-polished 18Ct gold chronograph subdial and small-seconds hands
- Diamond-polished rhodium-plated central chronograph hand

Bracelet
- Black alligator strap on polished foldover clasp

Omega De Ville 4-counters Co-Axial for gents

Technical Specifications – Omega De Ville 4-counters Co-Axial for gents

Movement
- Exclusive Omega calibre 3890
- Self-winding chronograph
- Officially certified chronometer
- Jewels: 33
- Frequency: 28’800 A/h (4 Hz)
- Power reserve: 52 hours
- Exclusive features with:
o Co-Axial Escapement
o Omega free sprung-balance
- Luxury finish

Case
- Stainless Steel
- Diameter: 41.00 mm
- Height: 15.90 mm
- Water resistant up to: 100 m (330 ft)
- Brushed case
- Brushed crown with polished embossed Ω; brushed pushers
- Domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
- Brushed screw-in caseback stamped with God Chronos medallion

Dial
- Grey dial with black subdials
- Applied brushed 18Ct gold Omega, date window, subdial top numerals (60 – 7 – 12 – 3) and index (no Super-LumiNova)
- Chrono 12-hour & 7-day recording to view upside down
- Transferred red “REC” in the 3 chrono subdials
- Transferred “Co-Axial Chronometer” in 9H subdial Hands – Brushed facetted 18Ct gold hour-minute hands; white Super-LumiNova
- Brushed 18Ct gold chronograph subdial and skeletonised small-seconds hands
- Brushed rhodium-plated central chronograph hand; red tip

Bracelet
- Brushed-polished 9-row stainless steel bracelet (Omega patented screw-and-pin system) with safety butterfly clasp incrusted with polished 18Ct red gold Ω;

Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpagraph Manta

For the very first time, Parmigiani Fleurier has created a complete collection of brand new, precious models solely designed to take its expertise right to the end consumer.

Parmigiani Fleurier has unveiled a new watchmaking concept. Through these extraordinary models, beyond the classic framework of Parmigiani collections, the brand shows itself in a bolder light than usual. Featuring dials which are hand-painted or set using extraordinary jewellers’ techniques, all the models in the Atelier Collection are created in the spirit of haute couture within the Parmigiani Manufacture itself, by craftsmen renowned as the very finest in their field.

A journey of shared passion
All designed as unique or very small series models, they form a collection with richness and change in mind. Exhibited on selected occasions and in groundbreaking settings, the Atelier Collection will travel throughout the world, often beyond the boundaries of traditional watchmaking routes, on a tour organized in conjunction with the brand’s sales outlets that lie in the vicinity of the chosen exhibition locations. The models will be available for sale exclusively at these events.

The traveling spirit of the Atelier Collection is reflected perfectly in the display cases and furniture selected to accompany it. Authentic trunks, custom-designed by Parmigiani for optimum modularity and ease of transport, are used to produce a stunning brand environment specially created for the Atelier Collection.

Ten or more exhibitions will be organized worldwide in 2010, with Zermatt as the first destination in January, followed by St-Moritz during the White Turf horse racing event in February. The journey will continue on to the Middle East, Asia and the USA.

Parmigiani Fleurier Atelier Collection Kalpagraph Savane

Atelier Collection Kalpagraph Savane automatic – legend:
The traveler’s spirit, inextricably entwined with Parmigiani’s Atelier Collection, is a defining feature of the Kalpagraph Savane model. The grain and fine lines on its ostrich leather strap are perfectly stylized inside the two chronograph counters. A highly talented miniature-scale painter was responsible for this artistry, which is the only example of its kind in the world.

Atelier Collection Kalpagraph Manta – legend:
The Atelier Collection, with its travelling spirit, features a hallmark Kalpagraph Manta model in Abyss Blue. Its galuchat strap and perfect minuscule teeth are beautifully reproduced on the dial. The two chronograph counters, hand-painted in the same style, appear to be covered in the same skin. A unique feat in the world. The 444 diamonds set on the Atelier Collection Kalpagraph Manta weigh a total of 2.95 carats.

Source: Parmigiani Fleurier SA

Parmigiani Fleurier Atelier Collection Kalpagraph Manta