Watch Facts
Quiz: 2024.04.11 Quiz (Independent)
Titanium case in 46.5mm with a thickness of 17.4mm, sapphire crystal with display caseback, water resistance to 100m. Manual winding in house movement showing Hours, minutes, seconds, GMT, world time, and day-night indicator. Power reserve is 72 hours. Limited to 66 pcs. Priced at USD400,000
Stainless steel watch case in 42mm. Globolight hour indexes which is a ceramic embedded with luminescent pigments. HMC 200 automatic calibre with bi directional pawl winding system. Power reserve at 72 hours
18k white gold case in 43mm. Moon phase display for both the southern and northern hemispheres; time display on one disc and date on another. The moon display was designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko; there is a secret (hidden) horse, can you find it? Two versions are available; one with a meteorite dial & grey lacquered disc, the second one with an aventurine dial and white lacquered discs. Automatic Hermes caliber H1837 with a patent-pending module. Power reserve is at 50 hours. Limited to 100pcs to each version. Priced at US$25,500.00
HYT is known for using linear liquid indicator for the hours along a rotating cubic linear hour scale, along with a retrograde minute hand. The movement was developed in collaboration with APRP (Audemars Piguet, Renaud & Papi) The manual winding movement has a power reserve of 170 hours 62mm wide by 41mm in Titanium and Platinum. Limited to 25 pieces.
- The Klokers KLOK-08 inspired by the circular slide rule, a once ubiquitous calculating instrument.
- A slide rule is a mechanical analog computer usually comprising three scales, one of which slides between the other two.
- The color schemes of the KLOK-08 respresent this 1960’s style.
- In a similar way, the dial is composed of three circular disks — one each for the hours, minutes and seconds — which rotate at different speeds to slide past each other.
- And it has interchangeable heads.
- Quartz movement.
- Priced at 379€
40mm steel case with a thickness of 11mm with a rugged industrial look and a 30m water resistance. The dial is a 3D masterpiece with 468 hand-applied cylindrical pegs, illuminated by orange Super-LumiNova. Inside, the La Joux-Perret G101 automatic movement. Power reserve is 68 hours. Priced at CHF 2,666.66.
- Designed by Aisslinger; inspiration came from vintage cars gauges; and it took 4 years to master the dial production and design.
- Stainless steel case in 41mm.
- New Caliber DUW61, Automatic bi-directional winding with 42 hrs power reserve.
- Newly developed date mechanism enable safely changing it forward and backward.
- Priced at 3,800€
Raúl Pagès was the restorer at Parmigiani whom worked on the original Breguet Symphatique clock, he also worked on numerous restoration projects on automatons. Not long ago, he started his own workshop, continuing restoration projects for museums and private collectors. He also created his own automaton; the mechanical tortoise (will show this later). This year (2016), he released his first wrist watch – . The watch features a robust vintage 1950’s Cyma 586k caliber. All the bridges and balance have Raúl’s personal touch. Soberly Onyx, obviously has a black onyx dial, with handmade 18ct white gold indexes; hardened steel hands all done by hand work. I was told that the design of the watch was heavily influenced by the Art Deco style. Art Deco style started in the 1920s, the term was first used by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. 18k grey gold case in 40mm. 42 hours power reserve The Soberly Onyx is priced at 48,000CHF – only 10pcs will be made
This is the 2nd polo watch from RM. This RM53-01 incorporates a cable system to suspend the movement; acting as shock and vibration absorbers. This watch also has a unique sapphire crystal; it is laminated with a poly vinyl – a first in the watch industry. This layer of lamination ensures upon breakage of the sapphire, the piece will remain intact; much like the windshield in an automobile. TPT Carbon case in 44.5mm X 49.9mm. Manual wind Tourbillon with 48 hours power reserve. Limited to 30pcs. Priced at 900,000.00 USD
