Admire Exceptional Breguet Classique 5717 Hora Mundi Watch

At Baselworld 2011, Breguet unveiled its new Classique 5717 Hora Mundi watch. It follows the steps of the first Hora Mundi watch born in 1996.

The novelty is sculptured from 18K red gold or 950 platinum and demonstrates exceptional finishes. It catches the glance by its translucent lacquered dial. The dial shows off hours, minutes and seconds with help of central hands. The date is presented at 12 o’clock, while the city or time-zone indicator is at 6 o’clock. The large day/night display is featured between 3 and 4 o’clock.

The dial of the new Breguet watch has been created in three variations, each depicting one part of the world: the Americas, the European and African continents, or Asia and Oceania.

The complicated Breguet watch represents the first mechanical timepiece that boasts an instant-jump time-zone display with synchronized date, day/night and city indications. Due to this function, the watch shows the time in two pre-selected time zones (from among the cities listed for the 24 time zones) and the watch wearer can instantly change from one time zone to the other pressing the combined crown/pushpiece at 8 o’clock. The accurate operation of the watch is not disturbed due to a stop second system. As for the date, it gets synchronized with help of a “tracking” calendar system.

The Breguet Classique 5717 Hora Mundi watch is also special due to its highly original date display that incorporates a dragging disc. It is presented via a window at 12 o’clock. The window shows three consecutive dates at once. To make the date reading as clear as possible, the dragging calendar system has been fitted with a tiny retrograde hand that is found beneath the dial and has in a small circle at its tip.

The circle frames the today’s date the moment it appears at the left side of the window, and until it disappears at the right. At midnight, the tiny hand jumps back to the left side to frame the date of the beginning day.

The heart of the new Hora Mundi watch is the 5717 self-winding mechanical movement. The 43-jewel mechanism is based on Calibre 777. The remarkable mechanism boasts four patent-pending features:
for a watch with a mechanism with two time zones;
for the display of a time zone on demand via the main set of hands;
for a programmable and reprogrammable mechanical memory wheel for a watch;
for a mechanism for displaying a temporal dimension with help of a dragging hand.
The 44 mm case of the new Breguet watch is 30-meter water-resistant. The case construction incorporates a thin, rounded bezel, a middle part with fluted sides, added soldered strap lugs and a sapphire crystal case-back.

The Breguet Classique 5717 Hora Mundi watch is presented on an alligator leather strap.

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Rado Presents True Thinline Ultra-thin Watch

Last month at Baselworld 2011, the timepiece maker Rado unveiled a new True Thinline Ultra-thin watch.

The new Rado watch is embodied in a round-shaped ceramic case, dressed in black or white. It is outlined by a bezel, rendered in the same material. The top of the case is shielded by a high-grade sapphire crystal. The back part of the model is solid.

Housed in the new True Thinline Ultra-thin watch is a black or white dial. The time on the extremely pure display is reduced to showing just hours and minutes. The hands are crafted from gold.

The functions are driven by a Swiss made quartz movement, which is less than 1 millimeter in height.

The new Rado watch is teamed with a black or white rubber strap, which terminates in a matching ceramic buckle.

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Benarus Announces New Moray Ti47

Benarus Watches announced earlier today that they are taking reservations for the newest iteration in the Moray series. The new model, dubbed the Ti47, is available in a three hand design and as an automatic chronograph. As the name suggests the cases are made of titanium and measure a mammoth 47mm across. The three hand model is slated to cost $950 and feature 2,000m water resistance, measure 18mm tall, and feature and ETA 2824-2 movment. The chronograph model will cost $2,300 and boast 500m water resistance, a 16.6mm height and be powered by an ETA 2894 movement (chronograph version of the ETA 2892). As these are early renderings details may change but we think they look great and almost any dive watch can be improved by incorporating titanium. You can make a reservation and get more details on Benarus’ website.

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Nixon Delivers Ceramic 42-20 Automatic Diving Watch

The American-based timepiece maker Nixon is pleased to bring forth a new Ceramic 42-20 automatic diving watch.

The new Nixon watch is offered in a 42 mm black or white case, round in shape. It is crafted from steel and ceramic. The case reveals a ceramic bezel, which encircles a top sapphire crystal. The model is also equipped with a hardened mineral back part. The winding crown is found at an unusual position at 9 o’clock. The case is built to be 200-meter water-resistant.

The new Nixon Ceramic 42-20 automatic diving watch shows off a black or white dial. It is fitted with contrasting hour-markers and Arabic numerals. They are pointed at by hour, minute and second steel hands. The date indication is arranged in the aperture at 3 o’clock.

Giving life to the functions is a Swiss made self-winding Sellita SW200 movement. Paved with 26 jewels, it oscillates at the rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour and provides a 38-hour power reserve.

The new Nixon watch is teamed with a custom solid ceramic bracelet with individual screw pin links and a butterfly buckle.

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Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master II Watch for Experienced Sailors and Fans of Yachting

The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master II watch is a peerless regatta chronograph characterized by an impressive size, sleek design and remarkable functionality.

The novelty will be available in Everose Rolesor – a unique mixture of 904L steel super-alloy and 18K Everose gold. It is extremely corrosion-resistant.

The new Rolex watch boasts an innovative complication, working on interaction between the movement and the bezel. It offers a programmable countdown with a mechanical memory. With help of the timepiece, the skipper can program a regatta countdown sequence from 1 to 10 minutes.

Once he switches on the countdown, the skipper can synchronize his chronograph watch to the official race countdown. Due to this function the Yacht-Master II is a great timekeeping companion for experienced sailors and fans of yachting. The Rolex watch will assist its owner in crossing the starting line just the moment the horn sounds.

The Yacht-Master II is equipped with the brand’s exclusively created Ring Command bezel. This innovative feature is rotatable through 90° and interacts with the movement. It is used for starting and then locking the countdown programming.

The new Rolex watch is animated by the in-house 4160 movement, equipped with a Parachrom hairspring. It boasts outstanding resistance to shocks and magnetic fields. The countdown is managed by a column wheel and a vertical clutch. Operating at a frequency of 28,800 beats per hour, the officially certified Swiss chronometer 42-ruby movement offers 72 hours of power reserve.

The Rolex movement incorporates a number of micro-components produced with help of an innovative technology UV-LiGA mastered by the brand. These components are characterized by fineness or geometry impossible to create with help of traditional technologies.

The 44 mm case of the Yacht-Master II watch guarantees 100-meter water-resistance. The case construction incorporates a monobloc middle case, a screw-down case back and a Triplock winding crown. One more distinctive detail is the blue Cerachrom bezel insert, highly resistant to scratches and corrosion and non-fading.

The white lacquered dial of the new Rolex watch offers supreme legibility. It is completed with luminescent hand and hour markers. It demonstrates a red countdown minute and seconds hands that are readable at a glance, along with the clear graduations on the dial or bezel. The dial is shielded by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.

The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master II watch is presented on a highly masculine bracelet built from solid links and fitted with an innovative EASYLINK 5 mm comfort extension link and an Oysterlock folding clasp with a safety catch.

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Meet Paul Picot Technicum 1872 Watch

Paul Picot is pleased to unveil its new elegant timepiece – the Technicum 1872 watch. The hand-winding chronograph watch, demonstrating a modern, extremely pure look, is animated by a historical movement - caliber Lemania 1872, originally introduced in 1969.

The new Paul Picot watch reflects traditional values of the brand. The hand-winding movement was initially created for the Swedish Air Force and is highly appreciated by the brand’s watchmakers for its reliability.

The historic movement has been given a modern touch. The mechanism incorporates screws in blue PVD. The use of PVD-coating for levers improves their sliding and makes the chronograph easier to use.

The movement reflects thorough attention paid to every detail as for its aesthetic and technical characteristics.

The 42mm case of the watch is rendered in stainless steel or rose gold. The classically pure dial is white or anthracite.

The Paul Picot Technicum 1872 watch is sure to appeal to those who appreciate traditional mechanical watches.

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