segunda-feira, 3 de maio de 2010


Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph...movement JLC Calibre 752, automatic, 279 parts, 41 jewels, 5.6 mm in height, 22-carat gold rotor, 28,800 vph, in-house...movement with several complications: Date, chronograph, movement operating indication, world time, GMT...power reserve of 65 hours.
Titanium / Stainless steel.
Leather strap and optional Rubber strap. Limited edition of 500 pieces. One of the best chronograph of the world.

Hublot Bigger Bang All Black. When they say ‘all black’, they definitely mean ‘all black’. The case is ceramic, showing definition through the use of both brushed and polished finishes. The H-shaped titanium screws provide a welcome contrast, and show off the watch to very good effect. This is one watch you won’t forget in a hurry. This watch came in a Limited Edition of 18 pieces, individually numbered.
Some specs. Movement: HUB1400CT, Tourbillon chronograph with manual winding and direct coupling on the cage. Power reserve: 120 hours with chronograph stopped. Water resistant to 50m.


In the middle of the worldwide economic crisis the Swiss watch market does not seem to stand still and continues to innovate. The latest exciting brand to come from the heart of Europe is Snyper.
The Snyper One is the first watch to come out from the new brand and it will be released in June 2009. Today we can give you an early preview of this exciting time keeper, which pushes both the limits of watch design and technical innovation, with this only being the start of it all.
The 44mm steel case is studded and coated in matte black PVD. The bezel is fixed; two steel fixation bars are assembled at 8 and 10 o’clock allowing additional modules to be added to the case. The sapphire glass back is engraved with a target. The time-adjustment crown has the appearance of a sight instrument, while the chronograph function controls remind of two triggers. The watch sports a 7755 S caliber, an evolution of one of the most recognized Swiss watch movements to ever be produced. The movement also features blue screw details and of course the red Snyper signature. The rubber bracelet underlines the overall sporty and military inspired look of the watch.
The entire watch, every single piece, has been produced and assembled in Switzerland, which is something even most big luxury brands do not offer anymore today. You can rest assured that the level of quality on the Snyper watch is of very high standards. This type of craftsmanship still impresses us today.
Look out for many exciting features to be rolled out in the coming months, including modules that can be clipped onto the metal bars on the side of the watch. We do not want to spoil the fun, and will wait to present those in the near future.
The Snyper One is a limited edition of only 100 watches, each individually numbered on the back.

Alain Silberstein chrono bauhaus II...limited edition of ony 999 pieces...40 mm titanium case in polished finish...Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date, Day, Month, Moon phases, Chronograph, Display 24h selfwinding complicated watch...one of the best french watchmakers.
Another absolute salary killer. Chanel by Audemars Piguet. Its part of Chanel’s J12 Collection. What can be said that cannot be seen: a 42mm case in traditional ceramic and 18kt yellow gold, gold buckling, and the crystal and display back are sapphire. Lets not forget a 60hour reserve, and 22kt gold rotors. This is a monster of a timepiece.Audemars Piguet manufacture caliber.
German watchmakers often have a leaner, more austere aesthetic than their Swiss counterparts, in whose shadow they toil. But this creates alternatives for you that are very high quality, affordable, leverage Swiss internals, and are distinctive enough to set you apart. This Jorg Schauer Kalisse is a good example. This is an automatic mechanical chronograph with a beautiful, simple dial for precise reading of elapsed time. The case is stainless steel, hand-finished to a matte ground, with a striking screw-attached bezel. The crystal is slightly-domed sapphire and there is a display case-back revealing the decorated movement. A leather strap is standard, with stainless steel bracelet options offered. Other Kulisse models offer white faces with blue hands, as well as additional complications. This is the cleanest, meanest Kulisse.


Limited Edition of 1000...PAM00187...black dial with date chronograph...47mm steel case...automatic movement...screw down push buttons...unidirectional rotating bezel with applied white gold numerals, markers and triangle on bezel.
Water resistant to 1000m. Black rubber Panerai strap with tang type buckle.
Comes with an additional diving strap with steel buckle. Helium Escape Valve.


Rolex Daytona 16520. "A" serials...already in classic status...movement by Zenith.

The IWC Big Pilot watch is perhaps the ultimate mans sport watch on the market today. In fact to call it a sports watch is an injustice since the Big Pilot Watch is truly a Pilots Watch. IWC first developed a Pilot’s watch in the 1930’s, launching the initial model in 1936. Early aviation pioneers all faced the same problem when it came to measuring the time. Pilots relied on oversized pocket watches to track their flight time and fuel consumption, but these pocket watches were cumbersome and difficult to accessIWC attacked the problem by taking the pocket watch and designing a version that would fit on the pilot’s wrist over his flight suit. The first version of the Pilot watch was massive. IWC designed a 55mm case with a black dial, high-contrast luminous hands, and a rotating glass bezel. This glass bezel had an arrow which the pilot used to measure flight time. Pilots attached the watch to their wrist using an oversized long leather strapToday the Big Pilot’s watch is smaller than the original version but still massive compared to other large sport or pilot watches on the market. Measuring 46.2 mm IWC’s Big Pilot watch is now available in steel or platinum. The Platinum Big Pilot’s Watch is limited to 500 pieces per year, and features IWC’s patented Automatic Pellaton winding system. IWC has maintained the original black dial design but added a date window at six o’clock and a power reserve indicator at three o’clock. With a seven day power reserve the Big Pilot Watch is in a class of its own. The platinum version is also available with a blue dial and blue leather strap. IWC only offers the stainless steel version with a black dial and brown strap.


The Octopus 1111m features a rather large by today’s standards 46mm x 49mm case. Being only 13.5mm thick, it is made of steel treated with black scratch-resistant DLC coating. It is powered by the ETA 2892-A2 caliber that has a good reputation of both rugged and accurate movement (fit with a chronograph module from Dubois-Depraz.

To ensure the maximum protection for the movement, the watch is equipped with a screw-in crown and a thick 4.0mm sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment. The AR coating is applied on the crystal’s inner side, so unavoidable dents and scratches will not be such a serious issue for prospective owners.

Its jet-black dial with thick SuperLuminova-coated hour and minute hands and huge Arabic numerals doesn’t look like the most elegant thing on the face of Earth, but it will quite useful deep underwater in extremely poor lighting conditions.
Of course, like all LW’s watches, the Octopus 1111m may be coupled with both The Rock or The Reef computers. It is limited to only 22 pieces.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore chrono...all black PVD steel case...customization by BLACK OUT CONCEPT...

Kanye West wearing his ROLEX BLACK OUT...

The new collection Contagiri by the well-known designer from Florence – Giuliano Mazzuoli – made a strong impression on many watch amateurs who appreciate original but simple ideas in watch design. The new collection of timepieces was inspired by the design of Alfa-Romeo’s speedometer. But still the most impressive and significant creation by Giuliano Mazzuoli is his Manometro collection that features watches with the dial and case copying the image of the same device.

Classical and easily read dial makes the Manometro watch absolutely universal. The only deviation form the traditional style is exaggeratedly high case measuring 14.8 mm in height and 45.2 mm in diameter.
The new
Giuliano Mazzuoli watch is powered by a classical movement ЕТА 2824/2. But what makes this watch a really universal present is limited number of timepieces in the series. The collection includes only 365 pieces in titanium case with ivory dial.
The dial shows the manually made inscription: the individual number of the model that can be chosen in compliance with one’s birthday for example.

The RAYMOND WEIL Nabucco mechanical collection has enjoyed rapid international success since being unveiled in 2007. Now the Swiss watchmaker is set to mark new bondaries with the launch of a new, exceptional model from this exclusively masculine range - a timepiece plunged into total darkness, symbolising the quintessence of masculine elegance. Black PVD titanium case and all black dial.

Manufacture Eterna, licensee Porsche Design since 1998, developed and manufactured in its workshops a module of special movement grafted on the gauge ETA Valgranges A 07.111, intended for Porsche Design World timer P’ 6750.
This module makes it possible to add to this movement a function GMT. The three needles in the center of the dial thus post the hour of the time zone in which one is. On discs turning under the dial, the movement posts moreover, in two counters, a place of reference and the hour corresponding to this time zone. The second time zone turns in a way synchronized with the principal hour of the watch.
Eterna presented at the time of the living room of the clock industry and the jeweler Basel world 2007 for the first time Porsche Design World timer P’ 6750. The new chronometer of Porsche Design posts simultaneously the hours of two different time zones. An additional crown with integrated push rod allows an easy adjustment of the universal time. The adjustment of the place of reference can be modified using the crown placed at two hours. In order to transfer the hour from the second time zone on the needles, it is enough to press the push rod integrated in the crown located at two hours.
During the modifications of time zone, the automatic movement continues to function without interruption; thus no second of the setting per hour of origin is lost. Obvious abbreviations are used for the designation of the towns of reference. These abbreviations are explained by an engraving on the back of the watch.
The crown placed at four hours is used for the adjustment of the needles of the minutes and the hours for the center. It also allows the reassembly of the watch. The decorative structure in “wire nails” of the crowns does not have an only aesthetic goal: it also facilitates the catch of the fingers on the crowns.
The design of Porsche Design World timer P’ 6750 consists of simple cylindrical forms which mark the shape of the titanium case: the material characteristic of Porsche Design. The typography, the design and the colors of the dials underline the functionality of the watch. In addition to the titanium checkmate case, there is also a covered titanium version of black Developing Country.These two versions are equipped with black rubber bracelets, whose interior face is shaped by a reason for longitudes and latitudes. Comfort with carrying is some improved, because the air can thus circulate between the skin and the bracelet. The deploying loop of the bracelet is also out of titanium.Porsche Design is one of the first marks of luxury in the sector of the accessories of high range for men.
The mark Porsche Design was founded in 1972 by professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, with which the products are synonymous since then of design functional, timeless and of a great purity, and who convince by their technical innovations. The products Porsche Design are distributed in the whole world, exclusively in shops Porsche Design, stores frankness’s, shops-in-shops prestigious department stores and exclusive specialized trade. Timeless, functional, purified, P’6750 carries the signature clearly of PORSCHE DESIGN. The simple cylindrical forms characterize the new case, and the choice of materials is quite as typical. Titanium gives a lightness particular to the case of a diameter of 45 Misters. Moreover, titanium resists corrosion and it is antimagnetic. This model is also declined in a version pink checkmate 18 carats, more luxurious and more elegant gold.


Chronographe Suisse Mangusta Supermeccanica... black PVD steel case (51.40 mm) mechanical automatic chronograph equipped with a Calibre 26 Chronographe Suisse movement. Black dial, Arabic numerals with Superluminova, chronograph indications at 3 and 9 o’clock for the Due-Qudranti model and 3, 6 and 9 o’clock for the Tre-Quadranti model, rotating bezel for depth measurement, small seconds at 9 o’clock, screwed caseback, self-contained protection system for crown and buttons at left of case (patented), curved sapphire crystal, large-scale alligator or rubber strap, water-resistant to 200 metres.

The Fondale’s roots can be traced back to the 1980s, when in 1985 Officine Panerai set about developing a professional diving wrist watch with the intended purpose of serving the Italian Military, in particular the Incursori / Comsubin. After about two years of development two prototypes were ready and the Fondale as we know it today was born, although one of the models featured Panerai’s crown locking system, which is absent on the ENNEBI version as it’s an exclusive trademark of Officine Panerai.The prototypes both performed incredibly well, meeting and exceeding (in many cases) every requirement, however due to insufficient orders Offiicne Panerai never put the watch into production.Almost twenty years later in 2004, two men from the original team of Officine Panerai engineers who had worked on the prototypes, Alessandro Bettarini and Luciano Nincheri set up ENNEBI Instruments and brought the original prototype design back to life in the form the Fondale.

Exquisitely crafted from Grade 5 titanium that has been micropeended (a very fine bead blasting process) the Fondale’s case is utterly unique and wholly original, at 47mm it is relatively large, but as with all titanium cases any bulkiness that might make a watch of this size less wearable is counteracted by the use of titanium a light weight non-corrosive and hypoallergenic metal that is very comfortable to wear.



UTS is a watch company in Germany...they have been in business for over 10 years. All watches are hand made in Germany.
This UTS
3000M was developed by mechanical engineer Nicolaus Spinner and the watch is hand built.
The divers bezel is affixed by screws turns by a ceramic ball bearing
system in either direction with a locking mechanism at 2 o-clock. Black steel PVD case. All UTS watches are limited edition of 200 pieces.

Officine Panerai Radiomir Regatta SplitSeconds and Foudroyante... The case, in titanium, measures 47mm. The crystal is an AR-coated sapphire and it is water resistant to 100 meters. Movement is the automatic Panerai chronograph caliber OPXXI with 40 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. The chronograph can time to 1/8th of a second. It is hand decorated with perlage and Cotes de Geneva finish.


Hublot F1 King Power...The case, measuring 48mm, is done in satin-finished zirconium, with a bezel done in zirconium and ceramics, disc brake decoration with 6 H-shaped black PVD titanium screws in relief. The crystal is an AR-coated sapphire. The bezel lugs are of black composite resin, with lateral inserts also in black composite resin. The caseback is satin-finished zirconium. The crown is black PVD titanium with black rubber insert, as are the push pieces for the chronograph. It is water resistant to 100 meters. Movement is the Swiss automatic Hublot caliber HUB 4100 with 27 jewels and a power reserve of 42 hours. The bridges are micro-blasted, bevelled & polished, with black PVD screws. The rotor is tungsten carbide with black PVD treated dimpled surface. The strap is black rubber with the Hublot and F1 logo inside and black Nomex outside and a titanium clasp, with black PVD folding mechanism.


Graham Chronofighter Trigger Back in Black...Split-Seconds Chronograph. The case, in black stainless steel PVD, measures 46mm x 16mm. It has a sapphire crystal and is water resistant to 50 meters. Movement is the Swiss automatic Graham caliber G1743 with 31 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours...

Richard Mille sometimes offers special limited edition watches that are available only in North American markets. This is in addition to their other standard world-wide available limited edition watches. Given the complexity and expense of creating too many new models, Richard Mille breathes maximum life out of their impressive luxury watch models by adding color variations in limited quantities. This time the RM 011 watch is given a black DLC coated titanium case with orange trim in the dial and a rubber ring around the crown. The RM 011 watch in its iconic Richard Mille tonneau case has a skeletonized movement with the time, 12 hour chronograph, 60 minute countdown timer, and annual calendar with month and date. The watch is 40mm wide and 50mm tall. The RM 011 DLC Titanium Orange will be limited to just 30 pieces. It is cool, but is it cool enough? No doubt Richard Mille will find 30 buyers, but just a few months ago they released an almost identical watch but with white instead of orange trim with the Richard Mille Ti Americas White Limited Edition watch. If you are interested in the piece, don't just get it because it is a limited edition - but rather because you like the colors more than other RM 011 watch.


The U-51 Rattrapante couples the complicated split-second chronograph function with a massive and rugged case. The 51mm case offers a large crown-protecting cap on the left of the case with the start-stop pusher within its hinge mechanism. The case is held together in part by 5 screws that are visible from the front of the case and a sapphire crystal protects the matte black dial. The watch is fitted with a hand-made extremely fine alligator scale and rubber strap.


Specifications


Movement: Automatic movement with split-second chronograph and date functions.
Case: 51mm stainless steel case with sapphire crystal and see-through back.
Bracelet: Chocolate brown alligator back leather with reinforcing rubber contour
Dial: Matte black dial with large luminous hands and markers, date indication in subdial at 9 o'clock



The original Mare Nostrum is one of Panerai's most rare watches. It was designed for deck officers of the Italian Navy in 1943. The watch however never made the intended production process and - as far as documented - only three prototypes were made. It was unknown what happened to these three prototypes and all documentation was lost when Florence was flooded in the sixties - until one of the watches was offered for sale at Christies in 2005. Officine Panerai bought the watch for their museum for the sum of 85,000 EUR.
Panerai did already reproduce the Mare Nostrum in 1993 but the new 2010 PAM300 is made to more exactly meet the specifications of the original Mare Nostrum. The case of the PAM300 has the same shape and size (52mm) as the WWII original and the dial looks very similar. Except that tritium was used on the indices of the original watch. The watch - like the original - has a sandwich dial. The color of the luminova on the new PAM300 does seem to match the color of the original watch quite closely. Panerai did a great job on the olive green canvas strap too. The PAM300 has a Panerai OP XXV movement - based on a Minerva movement (photo below). The original Mare Nostrum had an Angelus movement. You can admire the beautiful movement through the crystal case back. The original Mare has a closed case back.

domingo, 2 de maio de 2010


The most rugged U-Boat watch yet, the Classico U-1001 boasts a water resistance rated to withstand pressures at 1001 meters below the water's surface. The style of the case also re-invents the traditional Classico case with the use of grade 2 titanium, and new forms for the bezel and crown.

U BOAT U-42

The design for Italo Fontana's U-42 is based on the 65mm brother, the U-1942. Like its bigger brother, the U-42 is a limited edition. 999 examples of each variation - so far two variations have been announced - will be produced. The case is also very similar as the U-1942. It is made of grade 5 titanium and incorporates all the major features of its predecessor, such as the lever-locking rotating bezel and the specialized crown system. The major difference occurs in the size of the U-42, which measures at a comparatively modest 53mm.

ROLEX deep sea BLACK OUT



Customized Rolex Deep Sea by swiss design label BLACK OUT CONCEPT...stainless steel case with black PVD treatment and customized black dial with red BLACK OUT inscriptions...www.blackoutconcept.com

LACO fliegeruhren



LACO Replica Original HANDWINDING Type A (without inner circle); limited 50 pieces; sand blasted stainless steel case, diameter 55 mm, height 20 mm, domed Sapphire crystal, massive steel back with laser engravement and serial number, waterproof up to 5 ATM; display of hours, minutes and seconds, Swiss Automatic movement ETA A07.111 with Côtes de Geneve, blue screws. Modified into handwinding movement. Original Pilot strap dark brown. Wooden box with garantee booklet and brass plate with serial number