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Chopard L.U.C. 1860 Lucent Steel (2023)

36.5mm case in Lucent Steel A223 with a thickness of 8.2mm, sapphire crystal with display caseback.  Gold salmon dial with hand guilloche, white gold indexes and hands.  Automatic in house calibre L.U.C. 96.40 with both COSC and Poincon de Geneve certifications.  22k gold micro rotor, dual winding barrel. Power reserve is 65 hours. Priced at US$23200

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TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Glassbox (2023)

Stainless steel case in 39mm with domed sapphire crystal (glassbox), sapphire display caseback, water resistance to 100m.  Blue dial with date at 6 or Black dial reverse Panda with date at 12.  Automatic integrated chronograph calibre TH20-00, column wheel with vertical clutch. Power reserve is 80 hours.  Priced at €6500

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Christophe Claret Maestro in Titanium (2017)

Grade 5 Titanium case in 42mm, thickness is 16mm. It has a unique date display at 5 o’clock, and a very interesting Memo function to remind the wearer of a single event daily. Movement is the caliber DMC16, a hand-wound movement with 342 components and a power reserve of 168 hours. Limited to 88 pieces. Priced at 68,000.00CHF

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David Candaux (2016)

This very first version of the “1740” embodies his personal vision of Fine Watchmaking. The “1740” encapsulates David’s talent, his ideas and his artistic and technical sensitivity. Innovative a piece, it combines 3 patents and 8 design registrations. Named “1740” in memory of the year when the presence of a watchmaker was notified for the first time ever in the Vallée de Joux, this timepiece embodies the maxim “The Heart and the Spirit”. Stainless steel case in 43.5mm, the watch features a manual winding 30 degree inclined tourbillon, big centre seconds hand, power reserve indicator at 12 o’clock. The movement is made of 287 components, power reserve at 55 hours. Limited to 8 pieces only. Priced at 216,800.00CHF

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Ulysse Nardin Lady Diver Rainbow 39mm (2022)
  • Divers have a modified Sellita-based calibre inside (UN-816) with hours, minutes, central seconds and date functions
  • Both have stainless steel cases, but the black one is coated with black DLC. The bezel is decorated with 40 brilliant-cut stones in the hues of the rainbow – ruby, aquamarine, topaz, tsavorite and sapphire. Eleven diamonds sparkle on the dial, on the indices and Super-Luminova shines on the hands and on the 12 o’clock marker
  • 39mm Lady Diver in two versions, a black and white Rainbow model, each in limited editions of 300 timepieces
  • Collection 2022
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IWC Military

IWC Mark XI Military British Royal air force circe 1950s.   Stainless steel case in 36mm. Fixed lugs, antimagnetic cover tap. Manual winding Caliber 89.   Sweeping centre seconds, arabic numerals and circled T (tritium).

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Piaget Gouverneur Jumping Hour (2017)

Piaget Gouverneur Jumping Hour (2017). Cased in 18K white gold, 43mm and its limited to only 18pcs. Priced at US$132,000.00

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DOXA ARMY WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND EDITION (2022)
  • CASE: Matt ceramic, container in titanium
  • Diameter 42.50 mm x 44.50 mm
  • Height 11.95 mm
  • Screw-down crown
  • Water resistance 30 ATM / 300 meters / 984 feet
  • Stainless steel, screw down case back
  • MOVEMENT: Swiss mechanical automatic, self-winding, COSC certified Chronometer Power reserve 42 hours Frequency 28,800 vph (4.0 Hz)
  • 25 Jewels
  • CHF 4,200 / Limited to 100 pieces
  • It was one of the very first watches to use a coating process for cases that was relatively new to the watchmaking industry: the stainless-steel case was blackened by oxidation, giving it a matte black finish that prevented any glare, a key criterion for military equipment. This visual effect, quite original at the time, is maintained in today’s reissue through the choice of matte black ceramic for the case
  • Collection 2022
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Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec (2017)

This watch is a faithful re-created on the Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms Mil-Spec, and it has a fully-functional humidity indicator at 6:00. This indicator is very important, in the event of moisture entering into the case, the upper half-circle of the indicator changes from white to orange letting the diver know the waterproofness had been compromised. Automatic Caliber 1150, ultra-slim, two-barrels, four-day power reserve. Silicon hairspring, anti-shock and anti-magnetic. Stainless steel case in 40mm. Limited to 500pcs. Priced at US$14,100.00

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A Lange & Söhne 1815 Hommage to Walter Lange (2018)

First time in modern Lange history to offer this jumping sweep seconds with start stop function. Also, with subsidiary seconds with zero reset. 18k gold case in 40.5mm. Manual wind L192.4 movement with 60hours power reserve. Limited to 90 pcs in PG, 27pcs in YG and 145 pcs in WG. Priced at 47,000€

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