The new Zeitwerk watch, unveiled last month by A. Lange & Sohne, is one of the most daring and controversial models from the German manufacture. While the concept of a mechanical watch with a digital time display format is by no means new (a similar approach was used in the new IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month watch), the movement design is revolutionary and the watch itself is stunning in its combination of simplistic exterior and highly complicated mechanism.
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Graham-London, the brand that -together with Arnold and Son- belongs to the Swiss-owned The British Masters SA group has revealed the new member of its Chronofighter collection. Called the Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph, the model features the trademark trigger button on the left side of the case, a transparent tourbillon and, of course, a chronograph — the now-omnipresent complication that was originally created by George Graham in the beginning of XVIII century.
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The new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tour Auto 2009 Chronograph watch is not really a new watch. It is the same R.O. Offshore equipped with the new AP 2326/2840 chronograph caliber, but featuring a little bit different combination of materials and colors.
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The recently introduced 1911 Tekton Real Madrid is Ebel’s first watch that features bezel-less design. Unlike the vast majority of mechanical timepieces, the Real Madrid special edition model has no bezel at all, sporting in its stead a flat sapphire crystal, which is anchored to the case with six polished screws over an aluminum ring and gasket.
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At the last Basel show, the American-run Swiss watch making company has revealed a number of new models from their C1 family including an outrageous QuantumGravity and some variations on their more practical Chronograph watch. But it was the C1 Biretrograde that I liked the most.
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The new Timex Expedition WS4 watch will soon be available in the United States and on some of the overseas markets.
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Known among enthusiasts for their superb diving watches, but somewhat lacking enough attention from the media, the Swiss brand Edox has revealed yet another object of attraction. Called Class 1 Ice Shark, this model comes in a 45mm stainless steel PVD-coated case with a unidirectional ceramic bezel, which is also black.
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The Swiss watch Manufacture Jaquet Droz has revealed another member of the Hommage Londres 1774 Collection family. Featuring an elegant stainless steel case with Grand Feu enameled dial and delicate hour and minute hands, the L’Origine Email is one of the best “classic” dress watches currently available on the market. And it is more or less affordable, too.
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The Swiss manufacture Audemars Piguet has created a special edition version of its Royal Oak Offshore high-end sports watch. Produced exclusively for the Spanish market, the watch will be sold by the recently opened Don Ramon de la Cruz super-luxury boutique.
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Although Jaquet Droz is not the first name that comes to mind when you start to think about Swiss watchmakers of the past, the patriarch of the industry may be more important for the human’s history than, say, Abraham Louis Breguet. His famous automatas were the first androids on the face of the Earth, for that matters. Currently owned by the Swatch group, Jaquet Droz stays in a good company of such established brands as Breguet, Blancpain, Glashutte Original and Omega.
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Louis Moinet is readying to start selling its new Tempograph model. Besides a touch of steampunk charm, the watch also features a ten-second retrograde indicator at 3 o’clock, not very useful but still a fascinating gadget.
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Just like the recently unveiled Franc Vila Cuatro Tourbillon Dial-Side Column Wheel Monopusher Chronograph watch, their new SuperLigero Skeleton Tourbillon Orange Lightnium timepiece is not really a new product. In fact, it is a differently colored version of the skeletonized tourbillon watch first introduced in August last year.
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To mark its 10th anniversary, the German watch making company UTS Watches has created a special edition version of its Bauhaus-styled 1000M Diver watch.
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This year the Swiss-American brand will bring to market its new family of Seaview dressy diving watches. Available in 42mm GMT, 44mm AutoChrono and a huge 46mm Automatic version, the new range will be one of the most affordable offers in Hamilton’s current model lineup.
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Breitling, which is best known for its aviation heritage, is cooperating with the British luxury car maker Bentley for the last three years. First presented at the 2006 international motor show in Geneva, all Breitling for Bentley watches feature bezels decorated with a unique pattern.
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If my memory serves me well, the Franc Vila Cuatro Tourbillon Dial-Side Column Wheel Monopusher Chronograph (phew…) watch was first introduced in 2007, only two years after the ambitious young Spaniard Franc Vila presented his eponymous brand. At the Basel’2009 show, he presented a number of limited edition watches, including a new take on the above mentioned tourbillon chronograph model.
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In a couple of months Vacheron Constantin, the brand that shares its title of the Greatest Swiss manufacture of all times with Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe, will start selling a new edition of its Overseas model range of sporty watches. First presented in its current form five years ago in 2004, the Overseas was initially available in gold and steel. Now the choice of materials also includes titanium. That is why it is called the Overseas Gray.
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Eberhad & Co. is about to start selling their new take on the elegant 8 Jours manually-wound watch with an 8 day power reserve. Although preserving the same basic dial layout with seconds sub-dial at 6 o’clock and the power reserve indicator at 9 o’clock, the watch grew slightly bigger to match today’s standards and now sports more modern appearance with more prominent lugs and cleaner design.
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Although TAG Heuer is best known for its Carrera, F1 and Monaco series of racing cars-inspired watches, the Aquaracer range of professional diving watches is also gaining in popularity among the watch buying crowd. Available with both automatic and quartz movements, these timepieces are starting at ridiculously low prices well South from the €1000 mark.
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The new TAG Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 36 RS2 Caliper Chronograph Ti2 watch was first revealed less than a month ago at the Baselworld’09 trade fair. Sporting a mid-sized -by today’s standards- 43mm black titanium case, the watch is powered by the same Calibre 36 RS COSC-certified movement that beats at 36,000 vibrations per minute and allows for both measuring and actually displaying 1/10 of a second time intervals.
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