AEROWATCH SKELETON ARCADA
DEBUTS AT BASELWORLD
Aerowatch has launched a new version of the collection Arcada, the Skeleton. The new model features a hand-winding mechanical movement which allows discovering the heart of the mechanism.
Produced in steel, the cambered case has two sapphire crystals showing a complete transparency. The wearer may observe the time which scrolls continuously by means of components in permanent rotation. It is also possible to see the winding up of the spring barrel, storing the necessary strength for the functioning of the time-keeper.
The steel hands have been blued for added visibility. The silvered ring-dial is transferred by 12 Roman numerals completing the exterior of this new design. The brown leather strap is fitted with a customized folding clasp.
The movement is a 10 ½ (Lines) Peseux 7001 and employs 17 jewels yielding 21,600 vibrations per hour. The skeleton movement is Rhodium plated. Indications include hours and minutes. The case is 42 mm x 37 mm. The Skeleton Arkada features a domed sapphire crystal on its face and sapphire crystals on the watch back, as well as 12 printed roman numerals. It is water resistant to 5 ATM. The new design from Aero Watch carries a suggested retail price of $2,280. For inquiries contact Bob Siragusa at bob@winwithwatches.com.
BEDAT & CO. FOCUSES ON NO 3
SIGNATURE COLLECION INTROS
According to a company statement, “The ‘Joallier de l’Acier’ (Steel Jewellers) re-focuses on the core elements which made it successful: simply numbered watches, whose timeless allure and fine workmanship recognisably belong to Bedat & C°.
Says the company, “Over the last 12 years, the N°3 collection has been key to the success of Bedat & C°. This year, the brand re-interprets the collection’s emblematic Ref. 384 in two exciting versions: imperial topaz and garnet vanadium.
The first, Imperial Topaz, offers a subtle pink hue and stainless steel case. The second, Garnet vanadium, presents a light green satin look in which the stones change color depending on light and temperature. Both timepieces feature a dial inspired by the Art Deco traditions. Their tonneau-shaped cases are waisted at 6 and 12 o’clock. The new designs retail for approximately $4310. For inquiries contact sales@bedat.ch.
CIMIER OFFERS NEW
HEUERE SECTORIELLE TIMEPIECE
Zug, Switzerland based Cimier, with routes going back to 1924 has introduced a new specialty piece for 2009 named Heure Sectorielle.
Retailing for approximately $2935, this design employs a 43 mm diameter case in polished and brushed stainless steel. The 17-jewel movement is a Unitas 6497-1, turned upper-side viewable through an open dial. Functions include hours, minutes and small second.
The hands are tipped with red arrows and the hour hand features a special double-sided design. The strap is crocodile leather with folding clasp. For inquiries contact Bob Siragusa at bob@winwithwatches.com.
ERNST BENZ DEBUTS
NEW ‘CHRONOSCOPE’ LIMITED EDITION
The new 47 mm “Chronoscope” limited edition of 250 pieces from Ernst Benz features a black PVD brushed stainless steel case and retails for $5900.
The watch runs on an automatic Valjoux 7750 Caliber with functions including hours, minutes, subsidiary seconds, day and date and chronograph with hours, minutes and central seconds. Front sports domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on the lower side with exhibition back of sapphire crystal as well. The watch is water resistant to 50 meters.
The dial comes in black matte with white luminous numerals or black matte/orange luminous numerals; or black carbon fiber/white luminous numerals; or black carbon fiber/orange luminous numerals. The calendar system is color matched to the dial. Strap comes in nylon, calf leather, aviator leather, handmade alligator, and handmade aviator alligator. For inquiries contact Lydia@ernstbenz.com.
LINKS OF LONDON WATCHES
INTRODUCES SWEETIE COLLECTION
Based on the success of its Sweetie jewellery bracelet, Links of London watches added a new collection called Sweetie to its watch offerings at Baselworld. The company reports it is aiming to capture the “fun and frivolous nature of Sweetie through watch design.”
Designs include rose gold and black PVD finishes complimenting black mother of pearl dials. Selection offers watches that feature diamonds and pink sapphires in a contemporary style.
Precious stones frame the cases in horizontal lines or are arranged across the dial in “a playful way.” The top-of-the-line watch, or the “ultimate wrist candy,” as Links of London calls it, is a diamond encrusted Sweetie watch (shown) that incorporates over 450 diamonds on its dial, case and around the bracelet.
The collection starts at a suggested retail price of about $513 and goes up to about $2125. For inquiries contact http://www.linksoflondon.com/ and complete the contact form or call 1-888-295-4657.
NEW LONGINES ADMIRAL CHRONOGRAPH
EXPANDS SPORT COLLECTION
Focusing on its goal to marry elegance with performance, Longines has added to its 2008 Admiral collection launch with the addition of new models including a 24 hour Chronograph.
This Chronograph 24h (second time zone) model is fitted with the L686 automatic self-winding mechanical movement, producing 28,800 alternations per hour and offering a power reserve of 46 hours. Its chronograph mechanism has a central seconds dial, 30 minutes counter at 12 o’clock and a 12 hours counter at 6 o'clock. The meteor grey dial shows the date, hour, minutes and the seconds counter at 9 o'clock. It also features an additional hours hand which can be used together with the 24-hour scale.
The piece is embellished with a “big 12” and superluminova luminescent applied hour-markers. This model has a case in stainless steel with screwed back as well as a stainless steel bezel indicating the tachymeter. The screwed crown and push-pieces are sheltered by a protective shoulder. The crystal is sapphire with anti-reflective coating. The bracelet is stainless steel with a triple security deployment buckle and the watch is water-resistant to 100 meters. One of three new introductions in the Admiral collection, the new Chronograph 24h retails for approximately $3,500.
For inquiries contact http://www.longines.com/ and complete the inquiry form or call 1-800-233-0335.
ROMAINE JEROME LAUNCHES
LIMITED EDITION MOON DUST-DNA COLLECTION
Authentic Moon Dust, fragments of the Apollo XI and Soyuz spacecraft, as well as elements
from the International Space Station are integrated into new timepieces from Romaine Jerome.
As part of its DNA of Famous Legends concept, which also includes the Titanic. the company says the new collection pays “homage to the most fascinating human adventure of all: the conquest of space.”
Moon Dust-DNA features a lunar dial based on a mineral deposit including Moon dust; A 46 mm steel and titanium case incorporating steel from the Apollo XI spacecraft; Rusted steel paws including fragments of the Soyuz spacecraft; and a strap composed of fibers from a spacesuit worn during the ISS mission. Romain Jerome guarantees that the origin of each of these materials is duly certified by a legal document authenticated in Switzerland. Each piece in the Moon Dust-DNA collection will also be accompanied by a certificate from the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) saluting the approach of Romain Jerome and the tribute it is thereby rendering to the conquest of space.
The collection offers a BNB Caliber 1000RJ Tourbillion. The movement is mechanical with manual winding mechanism. A 1-minute tourbillion suspended without ball bearing is arranged at 6 o’clock. The 19-jewel movement has a power reserve of 120 hours. Functions include hours, minutes and tourbillion. The dial is of a mineral structure containing Moon Dust. The case is 46 mm. The carbon fiber bezel evokes solar panels of spacecraft, with titanium and steel comprising fragments from the Apollo XI spacecraft. The paws are steel melted with fragments of the Soyuz spacecraft or blackened steel. The crown is designed as space tools. The hands are inspired by Sputnik antennas. The strap is alligator leather partly woven with fibers from an ISS spacesuit. The folding buckle is blackened satin-finished steel. The collection will be limited to 9 pieces. For information contact k.valy@romainejerome.ch.
STEINWAY & SONS LUXURY SWISS WATCHES
DEBUTS THE SECONDE MÉTRONOMIQUE
Steinway & Sons (of piano fame) Watches has introduced their first complicated model: the world’s first wristwatch featuring a one-second metronome called The Seconds Métronomique.
A metronome is an instrument providing both an audible and visual signal to indicate a tempo: the beat to which the music should be played. A pendulum of fixed length and weight swings in isochronous movements - the oscillations do not have the same amplitude, but they do have the same duration. The duration of the oscillations is inversely proportional to the length of the pendulum, i.e., half the length equals double the speed, double the length equals half the speed.
Classically trained musicians learn that the beat of the metronome gives the tempo of black to 60, or one tick per second. Repeating music and scales over and over to the beat as regularly as possible “is almost a school of life”, says Fabrizio Cavalca, designer and founder of Steinway & Sons Watches.
Developed by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht - winner of the award for ‘Best Watchmaker’ in the 2007 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève - The Seconde Métronomique features a one-second metronome on the dial. While simple in appearance, a one-second retrograde was until this time considered impossible to develop in a mechanical movement, according to Steinway.
Called the Model C, The Seconde Métronomique will be made in a limited-edition of 300 pieces and features hours, minutes and seconds indications and hand-crafted hands with unique metronomic seconds. The movement is a Caliber C 60, hand-winding with 19 jewels. The case is available in 18 karat white, yellow or rose gold, with case dimensions of 43.7 mm by 26 mm by 10 mm. The piece is water resistant to 30 meters. The watch presents a domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment and a display back. The dial is “Grand Feu” black enameled in 18 karat white gold. The strap is calibrated Louisiana alligator with a custom solid-gold buckle complimenting the case shape. The Seconde Métronomique retails for about $15,800. For inquiries contact Bob Siragusa at bob@winwithwatches.com.
STROM CRUIZING TIME
INTROS BIG CRUIZER STEALTH
Strom Cruizing Time has introduced among its new collections for 2009 the Big Cruizer Stealth watch in satin finish. The Stealth features an ETA 2894-2 mechanical chronograph automatic movement. The dial is comprised of real carbon fibre and the bracelet is an exclusive steel and carbon fibre design. Double curved sapphire crystals sport anti-reflective treatment.
Marketing support includes Strom’s sponsorship of events including Germany’s Next Top Model with Heidi Klum, as well as various auto racing and motorcycle affiliations.
The new Big Cruizer Stealth retails for approximately $3907 and complements a broad Cruizer collection, starting with Cruizer Basic at about $775. For inquiries contact Bob Siragusa at bob@winwithwatches.com.
VOGARD PRESENTS ‘CHRONOZONER’
IN LIMITED EDITION OF 24 PIECES
According to the company, which focuses on world time wrist watches, the introduction at Baselworld of its “Chronozoner” marks the “first chronograph to change time zones via its bezel.” The new design will retail for approximately $12,650 in Titanium and about $16,500 in Platinum. One piece will be made for each time zone. Each watch will be individually numbered from No -12 to No +12.
The Chronozoner is geared to the internationally minded sports enthusiast and combines two complications in a single watch. According to Vogard, the new model offers improved functionality over standard chronographs thanks to the unique arrangement of its winding crown and push pieces. The crown is positioned at six o'clock, while the chrono stop/start pusher is found at four o'clock and the reset pusher at eight o'clock. The watch also offers extra large pushers that are described as “finger pedals” based on the design of a sports car’s control pedals.
The dial design was inspired by the speedometer and rev-counter layout that traditionally dominates most car dashboards. The Chronozoner's time zone adjustment is accomplished by opening the locking lever at the side of the case and rotating the engraved bezel so that the city relevant to the required time zone is at 12 o'clock. The lever is then closed and the watch is now securely set to local time and synchronized with a skeletonised 24-hour hand to differentiate between night and day.
Vogard reports it is the only manufacturer to produce a time zone watch that accounts for daylight saving time and that offers bezels personalized with the cities of the wearer’s choice. The 48 mm case is made from Titanium and integrates the alligator leather strap’s locking system. The mechanical movement is made 90% in-house, with the plate made by a leading manufacturer of aviation components, according to Vogard. For inquiries contact mike.vogt@vogard.com.
VOLNA PRESENTS NEW
TYPHOON SIBERIA CHRONOGRAPH
According to the company, it has developed significant expertise in machining titanium grade 5, which is completely hypoallergenic. The case, bezel, crown and push-pieces of the new Typhoon Siberia collection are all executed in titanium grade 5 in two series, each limited to 125 pieces.
The case exhibits satin, polished and micro-bead finishes. The shaped crown is marked with directional indications. It is connected to the security indicator on the dial which confirms that the case is water-resistant again after the crown has been operated. The hands and the applied oversize numerals and markers are coated with the red Superluminova.
The chronograph functions, security indicator and date are set in applied ruthenium panels, satin-finished and angled by hand. The watch features a notched unidirectional bezel and large push-pieces that reflect the faceted forms of the horns and the crown.
The 46.5-mm case features a Volna Calibre VM-94-01 automatic, mechanical chronograph movement with a centre seconds hand, as well as 30-minute and 12-hour counters. Other functions of the Typhoon Siberia include hours, minutes and date. The power reserve is 42 hours. The watch is water resistant to 300 meters. The crystal is cambered sapphire 2.5 mm thick with anti-reflective treatment on both sides. The strap is hand-stitched rubber with a double tongue, blackened titanium g5 buckle. For inquiries contact francois.candolfi@volna.ch or http://www.volna.ch/.
