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Luxury SIAR 2017 – Mexican Salon: report and list of award winners Replica Trusted Dealers

Even though the recent earthquake of Mexico on Sep 19th 2017 affected severely the flow of life and business in Mexico City, the SIAR 2017 Organizing Committee and the participating brands decided to rise to the challenge and continue with the most important watch exhibition in South America. The Salon SIAR 2017 ran from October 17th until October 19th at the prestigious Hotel St. Regis in the center of Reforma Avenue in Mexico City.

During the three days of the exhibition, relevant figures of the Mexican and South American political, financial and social communities visited the stands and meeting rooms where prominent Swiss watch companies and their respective CEOs and leaders explained their products, concepts and designs in a direct manner.

Mexican Salon: report and list of award winners

Christophe Claret was at the SIAR with its new creations

As in previous SIARs, several brands introduced new products and limited editions at the venue, such as Hublot with its new Hublot Big Bang Classic Fusion Calaveras, Baume & Mercier Clifton Club Seleccion Nacional de Mexico, Manufacture Royale Androgyne Mexico and Louis Moinet Metropolis Sunrise Sonora, the sale proceeds of which will be used to help the citizens affected by the Sep 19th earthquake.

The SIAR 2017 presented awards in several categories to notable watches and brands at a Gala that was used to collect and donate funds to those affected by the earthquake. Bulgari was awarded the Watch of the Year award for the Bulgari Octo Finissimo  Automatic, Chanel scooped the Ladies Award for the Première Camélia Skeleton and Hublot took the honors in the Sport Watch category with the Techframe Ferrari 70 years Tourbillon Chronograph.

The Rising Brand award was received by Roger Dubuis for its Excalibur Aventador S, while the Chronograph prize was awarded to Richard Mille’s RM 50-03 McLaren F1 Split Seconds Tourbillon Chronograph. In the Concept watch category the Zenith Defy LAB was the winner and in the High Complication the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Celestial Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 received the recognition from the SIAR 2017 Jury.

Finally, in the Watchmaking Value category, Patek Philippe received the award for its 5320G Perpetual Calendar and Chopard’s Karl-Friedrich Scheufele was recognized with the Special Tiempo de Relojes Award.

The SIAR 2017 once again offered a solid platform for watch brands to present their watches and to get closer to the aspirations of the Mexican and South American markets. Communication and perception are key in these markets and the SIAR affords a great opportunity to encounter, in an intimate fashion, these two sides of the business.

It wouldn’t be a novel Richard Mille Tourbillon Watches Replica sports opinion with no tourbillon, which the RM 70-10 is not missing. The manually-wound 3Hz tourbillon-escapement grade RM07-01 motion has 70 hours of power reserve and indicates just the moment. Most of the movement structure is produced from titanium, and its allure is very much in the plan. Again, this watch is supposed to function as prestigious super high-end lifestyle sports watch maker’s first foray into the world of biking (which, mind you, is just modestly exploited by the luxury watch industry now), so it needed to be as on-theme as possible.Richard Mile really took inspiration from bicycle pedals for the design of the movement — which you can kind of see. The motion offers only the time, but also includes a discreet power reserve indicator close to the tourbillon. The “Mechanical Odometer” is technically its own system and can step up to 99,999 Km (or anything else you would like the numbers to represent).On the wrist, that the Richard Mile RM 70-01 Alain Prost isn’t something I have yet seen, but the curved instance looks persuasive. It is produced by Carbon TPT, which provides that trendy Damascus steel-style organic layered appearance. That is because, like layered steel, this case is machined pieces of carbon dioxide. The titanium case is 49.48mm broad, 54.88mm tall, and 17.65mm thick. This isn’t the first asymmetric Richard Mille watch (I think one of the Yohan Blake models was), however, the RM 70-01 is certainly the first that’ll capture most people’s interest.
Mexican Salon: report and list of award winners

Louis-Joseph Touron (Swiss Ambassador in Mexico), Carlos Alonso (CEO of the SIAR) and Carlo Lamprecht (CEO of the GPHG) proceed with the formal opening of the SIAR 2017 at the St. Regis Hotel.

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Review Of Richard Mille – Alexis Pinturault double ambassador Replica At Lowest Price

At Richard Mille’s suggestion, Alexis Pinturault met with us at the end of the season at the family hotel created by his grandfather, the Anapurna, now managed by his father and sister. The Courchevel 1850 five-star establishment is the highest in the resort, situated on the ski runs and offering a breathtaking view over the playground of the local high-flyers whose posters stud the resort. As a child, did he not see himself taking up the hotel baton? “I was more attracted to sport than anything and I tried loads of different varieties. Skiing featured repeatedly and I have always loved it and competing completely took over my life: results followed one after another and I decided to focus on skiing. I earned my first world cup podium finish at the age of 19. I was completely involved in it and had no time to even think about my studies or anything else.” Two years before Alexis Pinturault became first French skier to win the World Cup Combined Event in 2016, an instructor from the resort mentioned the prodigy’s potential to Tim Malachard, marketing director at Richard Mille. A quick call to his father and a meeting with the relevant party sealed the partnership. It all went very quickly thereafter for Alexis Pinturault who remains a smiling, lively young man of great simplicity, who is above all passionate about winning.

Back to the future

All this mentioned, thanks to its above Magic Mixture of pricing and recognizability, the RM011 became the “go-to, f**k-all wealthy watch” of the time — and while the uncannily amazing wearing comfort and the balance of design is what makes it the most grail Richard Mille Watches Replica for many, it could at this point be a bit too ubiquitous (as much as a $150,000-dollar watch may possibly be). And so, I imagine there to be a growing group of buyers that want all that Richard Mille as a watch brand can offer, minus the prompt focus and all that comes with that. And that is really where a sleeper Richard Mille comes into the picture.The Richard Mille RM033 belongs to what is an exclusive, though slowly expanding group of Richard Mille watches: which of the curved ones. If you really, really know watches very well, then you’ll most likely be able to tell from the opposite side of the dinner table that this is a Richard Mille — although the absolute majority of folks I have met, even those who are in the watch business, could not tell that this was “that an RM. “The Richard Mille branding in 12 o’clock is nearly microscopic and while the big, futuristic appearing Arabic numerals are very much an RM design, they from afar that I assume are difficult to tell apart from the busy appearing, skeletonized movement directly behind them. There is another edition of the RM033 with bold Roman numerals all over the dial — which is a more often seen iteration of the RM033 that I imagine a few more could have recognized out of a distance.So, while Richard Mille’s tonneau shaped watches would be, instead deservedly, stated to be strings that lots of wear not only for themselves, but only as much for other people to view, the new watches that are round, and especially this very RM033, is the exact opposite of all that.At 45.70mm wide and available in ceramic, or 18k white or reddish gold, the Richard Mille RM033 is only 6.30mm thick, all cased up. Even though that leaves it one fantastic thing to maintain the hand, these filigree measurements also allow the RM033 to slip under shirt sleeves with ease. The RM011 is well over twice as thick and hence a hundred times less likely to slip under even a loose sleeve of a shirt or jacket. Wearability we’ll discuss in only a bit, but because we’re talking exterior, let’s take a closer look at the standard of execution.

He is preparing for the most promising period of his athletic career and there is no doubt that the smart-thinking head protected by his Shred helmet is a guarantee of a successful professional reconversion: “The next five years are meant to be the best for top athletes: between 25 and 30 years old athletes reach the peak of their art, as they are not only physically very strong but also technically very experienced and have the benefit of maximum maturity.” As this versatile champion unhesitatingly admits, his two key athletic aims lie “obviously” in a gold medal at the Olympic Games and the great crystal globe (awarded to the winner of the overall ranking of the World Cup). The tip that helped him reach this point? “Nothing in particular, but I remember what my coach constantly repeated when I was 14, at a time that was somewhat difficult for me: “Don’t worry about falling, don’t focus on what you can’t do, but rather on what you do well. You start by building on the things you do well and then you work on the weak areas.”

Alexis Pinturault double ambassadeur
The relationship with Richard Mille

Alexis Pinturault never wore a watch prior to meeting Richard Mille, because “they either bothered me or I broke them.” Even when provided by a committed new sponsor, graduating to a watch such as the RM010 that costs nearly € 70,000 was a potential hurdle. “They set me at ease from the word go by telling me that the aim of the partnership was to improve, to grow, to target performance, and therefore I needed to wear it without worrying about breaking it, thus enabling them to see what they could do to improve it and avoid this happening again. Seeing as during slalom I whack it into the posts at every second gate, we have made enormous progress together!” In a second phase, How Much Is Richard Mille Watches Replica provided him with an RM 035-02 (the famous Nadal ultra-light model), and then in April 2017 with an RM 035 Ultimate Edition in NTPT carbon that was even lighter and tougher, as explained by Tim Malachard who delivered it to him personally at Courchevel during this intimate event. Asked about his relationship with Richard Mille, Alexis Pinturault claims to have rediscovered the same philosophy of performance with other partners such as his equipment supplier Head: “constant improvement is part of all well-functioning companies and it’s an approach that I like a lot. Richard Mille listens to me, tirelessly optimises its watches, comes back with innovative solutions that I agree with and is a valuable partner so in the light of this we have not hesitated to extend our sponsorship contract by another three years.” No surprise then that the Savoyard skier’s motto is “smile at life and it will smile back”.

Alexis Pinturault double ambassadeur

The best addresses in Courchevel

Although Alexis Pinturault spends most of the season racing on ski runs all over the world and trains elsewhere, his recommendations at Courchevel are worth their weight in gold. In addition, he would greatly like to see the poshest resort in the French Alps diversify its offer: “Courchevel has a good image because its authorities target excellence, but as a result all the hotels are of the same top-end level, while the restaurants are geared to the elite, and what is really needed are establishments that would allow it to widen the scope of its potential client base.
•    His three favourite runs at Courchevel: the nice and sunny Marmottes when it’s nice and sunny and it’s well-groomed; the Comble de la Saulire which is north facing with exceptional snow; and the slalom stadium because “I’ve spent days, weeks and years training there, so it goes without saying that I am attached to it.”
•    Off-piste runs at Courchevel: “between the trees there are loads here that are fantastic, especially when you come down from Courchevel 1850 to Praz at 1,300 metres when there is enough snow, but also many passages all around whose names I have forgotten. The same goes for the area above Méribel.”
•    His favourite downhills on the circuit: “If I had to name a discipline, it would be: for slalom, Schladming in the Austrian cauldron with 60,000 people awaiting you at the finish; for giant, Adelboden (Switzerland) because it is the most complete with a wall at the finish with a more than 40° drop which is really very, very steep at the end; and for Super G, it would be Beaver Creek (USA), a magnificent, highly technical, very fast Super G.”
•    His favourite bar in Courchevel: “It has changed its name but I think it is called the Fun House now, and is on the first floor at the Forum in a corner: I love its friendly atmosphere and great music which doesn’t prevent one from talking”.
•    His favourite restaurants in Courchevel: “The Panoramic and the one at Saulire, both of which have incredible views of Courchevel and great food.”

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Top 10 Richard Mille – Racing driver Louis Delétraz is the watchmaker’s newest ambassador Japanese Movement Replica

This year, the young driver entered the Formula 2 championship with Spanish team Racing Engineering, and at the same time he was invited to become one of Richard Mille’s sporting ambassadors, where he rubs shoulders with tennis players Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev, golfer Bubba Watson, skier Alexis Pinturault, dressage rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and his F1 colleague Romain Grosjean, whom he knows well.en.

“The partnership is really quite new,” Louis Delétraz told us a few days ago. “Not everything has been finalised yet. I’m back home from the first test session in Barcelona and I have the Richard Mille decals on my car, helmet and overalls.”

Le pilote Louis Delétraz nouvel ambassadeur

The young man, who turns twenty in April, has deep roots in Geneva and motor racing in his blood. “I was born in Geneva, my parents are from Geneva and my family has lived in Geneva for several generations,” he points out. “My father was a racing driver, and I can’t have been more than two years old when I first set foot on a racing circuit. I was born into a motor racing environment, and I have always wanted to be behind the wheel, ever since I was a little kid.”
He started out in karting when he was eleven, and continued to learn the ropes there until 2011, moving into the monoplace category in 2012, where he finished 4th in the mini-championship. 2013 was his debut year with Formula Renault 2.0 NEC. He stayed with them for three seasons, winning the championship in 2015. The following year, Louis Delétraz signed up with British stable Fortec Motorsport6 in the Formula V8 3.5 category, recording a brilliant season crowned with a championship silver medal.

This year, Louis Delétraz is driving for the Racing Engineering team in Formula 2, and is now devoting himself to motor racing 100%, after having passed his high school diploma.
Now, Richard Mille Watches Copy Replica debuts their initial watch aimed directly in the world of cycling (it even includes a bike when you purchase it). It is the RM 70-01 Tourbillon Alain Prost, also with its interesting “swoosh” case design, seems to have answered the question of “what should Richard Mille made one of the hand-held tally counters” — like the ones often used by event doorway guys to count the number of people attending. It’ll be the ritzy modern-looking “superb watch” brand’s most current toy to get its fans talking about the brand, as well as an exciting new look by the new into the world of cycling.This is going to be one of those bizarre and incredibly rare Richard Mille watches everyone spends a few weeks asking why Richard Mille decided to make 30 of these, and whether or not the new is losing their mind. In a few years from now, people will be remarking on the genius of this opinion, all but denying their first cynical reaction to it. I can’t imagine how the whole idea of the watch did not begin because the product of a phone call between Richard Mille and Alain Prost, with one of these bringing up, “just how do we make an watch for when you are on a bicycle.
“Formula 2 is the stepping stone to F1, and I want to get there as quickly as possible,” says Richard Mille’s new ambassador. “But of course that will depend on my results this year, although there are other parameters that will come into play. It’s very rare to do just one season in F2 before moving up to F1, because it’s a difficult championship and new young drivers have a lot to learn. The average age in F2 is between 19 and 26, so there are plenty of experienced drivers there. All of them want to move up to F1, because you can’t make a professional career in F2. I hope to achieve that in one or two years.”

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How Much Watches and Formula 1 – No changes on the grid for watchmakers Replica Clearance

Apologies in advance if you don’t need a definition of what the grid is in motor racing, but for the avoidance of any doubt I’d just like to remind the reader that it is “a pattern of lines marking the starting places on a motor-racing track.”.  The pedantry is to explain the absence of Rolex from the following list, which includes the teams participating in the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship. They alone are the ones who battle it out in qualifying for positions on the starting grid. Rolex is the official timepiece of Formula 1, as well as the title sponsor of the season opener in Australia and the prestigious British Grand Prix. Formula 1 is just one element in the brand’s strong presence in world motorsport. But you will never find Rolex on the grid, quite simply because that would mean partnering with a team, which opens up the possibility of losing. And Rolex does not lose.

After a flurry of activity on the grid last year, with Bell & Ross teaming up with Renault, Richard Mille with both McLaren and Haas F1, and TAG Heuer with Red Bull Racing, the configurations remain the same this year. The big changes this year are with the cars, which are wider in almost every respect (bodywork, tyres, front wing and rear wing). Here are the teams, their drivers and their watches (in order of last year’s World Championship rankings).

Mercedes AMG Petronas and IWC
Finland’s Valtteri Bottas replaces 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg to join Lewis Hamilton at the 2016 World Constructors’ Champion. IWC Schaffhausen has been a partner of the team since 2013 and the brand’s Ingenieur chronograph model features in every race in an original way, since it is printed on the drivers’ racing gloves.

No changes on the grid for watchmakers

Red Bull Racing and TAG Heuer
TAG Heuer secured marketing gold last year by grafting its name on to the official team name as official power unit partner. At the closing Grand Prix of the 2016 in Abu Dhabi, TAG Heuer announced an extension of its partnership with TAG Heuer branded engines for Red Bull Racing for the next two seasons. The drivers remain unchanged and TAG Heuer has the perfect watch collection for Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen to choose from: the Formula 1 collection.

Ferrari and Hublot
Maybe it’s because gloomy as color is particularly en vogue at this time, or because of how well the RM 11 collection has aged. What makes this watch particular from a watch collector’s view is that the grade RM11 movement continues to stand out. The 4Hz, 55 hour power reserve automatic mixed both a chronograph as well as an yearly calendar (month as well as a big date index) together. As functional as this combination appears like, few if any other watch brands have attempted to offer a rival product.The RM11 movement also looks fantastic. Entirely skeletonized, being made using finely completed ceramic bridges, the motion view is a less than subtle reminder to the owner of why an item like this might cost so much. Few manufacturers are as skilled as Richard Mille Watches For Sale Ebay Replica when it comes to displaying modern microcosms in their full mechanical glory. In an age when mechanical watches are increasingly distinct from their smartwatch siblings, displaying the guts of your watch hasn’t been more popular.The RM 11-03 in the Quartz TPT case follows the traditional Richard Mille tonneau-shape but with some crenelation for your case screws. The watch comes on a “vented” custom black rubber strap and looks about as similar to a modern super-machine about the wrist because you could hope for. If you have to spell out why Richard Mille does as well as it will, it is because it simplifies the principles of traditional watchmaking while comprising almost entirely modern design elements and themes.
A presence on the cars of the Scuderia Ferrari is just one element in Hublot’s 360-degree partnership with the brand with the prancing horse. Messrs. Vettel and Raikonnen will therefore be looking to emulate the watch brand’s flagship and make a big bang in the 2017 F1 season.

Force India and Felio Siby
US lifestyle brand teamed up with Sahara Force India during the course of the 2016 season. Felio Siby has its own line of luxury Swiss Made timepieces equipped with high-end Vaucher Manufacture movements, including a special Force India collection. As the team finished a respectable fourth in the 2016 constructors’ championship, the newcomer benefits from excellent exposure on the nose cone of the cars driven by Sergio Perez and new team-mate Esteban Ocon.

Williams and Oris
First Felipe Massa retired, to be replaced by 18 year-old Lance Stroll from Canada, but then Valtteri Bottas moved to Mercedes, so Massa “un-retired”, meaning that Felipe Massa will continue to wear his beloved Richard Mille timepieces at the wheel of his Oris-sponsored FW40.

McLaren Honda and Richard Mille
Veteran Jenson Button did genuinely retire at the end of last season, to be replaced by another youngster, 24 year-old Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne. He will compete alongside the experienced Fernando Alonso at one of two Formula 1 teams sponsored by Richard Mille.

No changes on the grid for watchmakers

Torro Rosso and Casio Edifice
For an Italian team with a French engine and Russian (Daniil Kvyat) and Spanish (Carlos Sainz) drivers it makes absolute sense to have a Japanese watch partner to complete the global appeal. Edifice is the sub-brand for Casio’s electronic multi-function chronographs.

Haas F1 Team and Richard Mille
Richard Mille has a discreet presence on the side of the nose cone for the 2017 VF-17 fielded by Haas Racing, which has long-time Richard Mille “friend of the brand” Romain Grosjean at the wheel, partnered by Kevin Magnussen, who transferred from Renault Sport.

Renault Sport and Bell & Ross
Bell & Ross are making the most of their partnership with Renault Sport as it enters its second season, taking advantage of the official reveal of the R.S. 17 chassis to present the corresponding limited-edition BR 03-94 R.S. 17 ceramic chronograph, whose colour flashes are inspired by those on the cars that Nico Hulkenberg and Jolyon Palmer will be driving this year.

No changes on the grid for watchmakers

Sauber and Edox
Edox became a partner of Swiss team Sauber just before the start of the 2016 season and continues this year. The brand dedicated a limited edition of its Chronorally collection to the partnership. This collection is unique in offering both left and right-handed versions of its quartz chronographs. Sauber and its two drivers, Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein, will be hoping to improve on a disappointing 2016 season in which the team picked up just two points.

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Benefits Of Buying Auctions – The Laurent Picciotto Collection of Contemporary Watches Japanese Movement Replica

A pioneer of contemporary watchmaking, Laurent Picciotto’s unique collection encompasses 43 watches & encounters including masterworks by Richard Mille, Urwerk, De Bethune, MB&F, Girard-Perregaux, Audemars Piguet, Hublot and HYT. An embodiment of his lifelong passion for contemporary watches, and the distinct watches that crossed his path, the collection showcases limited editions and one off pieces from the leading manufacturers of contemporary watchmaking.

Aurel Bacs, Senior Consultant Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo states: “ Laurent Picciotto is cool, and so is his watch collection, it is a perfect mirror of his personality. There are people who simply purchase watches and there are consumers, but Laurent always had an encounter, relationship or story as the starting point before adding a watch to his collection. This is why this watch collection is so unique, each watch is telling us a personal and fascinating story.”

Laurent Picciotto is a renowned Parisian retailer who has been a driving force behind the rise of contemporary watchmaking for the last 30 years. As the proprietor of Chronopassion, which first opened for business in 1988 as a Gerald Genta boutique, he has since represented leading contemporary watchmakers and was one of the original founders of Richard Mille. Demonstrating his visionary leadership, Picciotto opened the first Audemars Piguet Boutique in 1997 and the first Hublot Boutique in 2007. A champion of independent watchmakers in the new millennium, Laurent Picciotto lent his support during the inception of leading brands including MB&F, Urwerk, and HYT, which in turn allowed him to add unique pieces to his personal collection.

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My regret (as somebody who likes bicycles) is that the innovation (beyond the design — which may be the real winner here) from the opinion is an incremental electronic counter which Richard Mille relates to being like an “odometer.” Do not overthink this. A panel on the dial has five rollers and also is the screen of this “totalizer.” Fundamentally you manually input each mile (or whatever you want to count) about the “horological odometer” and be on your merry way. Richard Mille says such as that cyclists can manually input each mile they rode after the actuality. Are they going to find out this? Probably by imitating an electronic device that’s recording the quantities of miles traveled — which can keep track of this information anyways.Richard Mille no doubt has other (let’s imagine they are nefarious) uses in mind for this totalizer complication. What if this were a watch for hit guys or mercenaries to track their body counts? Or imagine if something much more mundane happens and people who own one of those rare luxuries will delight in the uncommon experience of this exotic fidget spinner letting you count as large and pretty much anyone can in one sitting… and then simplifying the entire to zero. C’mon, it’s about as cathartic as idly spending time on a casual smartphone game.Richard Mille isn’t ignorant of the fact that the totalizer isn’t the most exciting innovation in the world of watches, but they do worry that the upsides indicating that the rollers align very precisely, that the machine is intended to prevent “accidental manipulations,” along with a lock to ensure overall equilibrium. In other words, Richard Mille would like you to be aware that the process of pressing in digit after digit through the instance button will feel incredible for all those tactile mechanical button fetishists (we know that we are).
The Hong Kong Watch Auction: Four, 30 May 2017, 1pm & 6pm HKT
Location: Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central, Hong Kong

The auction catalogue is accessible online here, Picciotto collection starting from lot 991.

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Good Quality Chronopassion – Vintage watches and unique pieces Low Price Replica

If there’s one retailer who cannot be accused of being tight-lipped, it’s the founder of the Parisian watch mecca, Chronopassion. Laurent Picciotto was also invited to be master of ceremonies at the 2009 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. Comfortably ensconced in a club armchair, in his Ali Baba’s cave of an office on the lower floor of his store, surrounded by guitars and model motorbikes, he muses on the wisdom of vintage watch collectors. It’s his belief that, a few decades hence, we will look back on the 2000s as haute horlogerie’s most fertile years.

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Laurent Picciotto in his office © WorldTempus/Brice Lechevalier

Why buy a watch for 5 million when it cost $300?

“The stories we’re hearing from the sale rooms these days are quite disturbing,” declares the man who entrusted a good portion of his personal collection to Aurel Bacs (Phillips, Bacs & Russo), to auction off in Hong Kong last spring. “At the sale, I met many collectors and clients who had switched over to vintage. I told them I was puzzled: you say you’re not interested in contemporary haute horlogerie, but you know very well that every object, no matter what it is, will be vintage one day! And beginning in the year 2000, we saw the biggest surge in haute horlogerie creation in the entire history of the wristwatch.” A number of factors came into play: “A resurgence of complications, growing confidence among independents, the emergence of vigorous new niche brands, which were enthusiastically adopted by the market, with relatively buoyant prices, a reaction from the big institutional brands, who rose to the challenge of contemporary haute horlogerie, confirming that they too could outdo themselves…” Laurent Picciotto believes that some creations were more contemporary art than watchmaking. “There was genius in the air! I think the first decade of the 21st century will be recognised as a milestone, and in due course enthusiasts will look back with nostalgia on a decade when we had such a concentration of talent.”

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Gibson Les Paul electric guitar

As a musician himself, he compares the 2000s in watchmaking to the 1970s in rock, which witnessed the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones. He expands his argument: “You meet clients who have turned their backs on contemporary watches, and now look at pieces in terms of their rarity value alone, regardless of their intrinsic worth. Watches that were mass-produced back then in huge quantities, that cost a few hundred dollars, some people are now prepared to spend 5 million on them.” For this enlightened French retailer, these vintage watches often have no technical interest, unlike contemporary haute horlogerie watches. “I am extremely familiar with this kind of approach, and you either go for it or you don’t. But a watch isn’t going to magically transform into an haute horlogerie creation because someone’s paid 5 million for it at auction.” Making a further comparison with the music world, he takes the example of a 1959 Gibson Les Paul, considered the Holy Grail of electric guitars: “Not many were made, they were hand-crafted, not mass-produced, and they cost $265. Today they can go for $200,000, up to a million; even more if they were owned by a star. But the big difference is that, when I play this guitar, I know that there hasn’t really been anything better, either before or since. However, when it comes to the standardised movements in vintage watches, these days the industry is producing movements that are far higher quality, and more original.” The retailer concludes (as we would expect, given his business interests): “The vintage thing is quite disconcerting. Sometimes, it feels like a mug’s game.”

The Only Watch phenomenon

In case you missed it, the biennial Only Watch sale saw 50 unique pieces sold for a total of over ten million francs. That’s very good news for myopathy research, which took all the proceeds, and for the watch industry, which can take it as a solid mark of confidence. The results varied significantly depending on the brand; seven watches went for CHF 100,000 or more. Is it an indicator of future brand value? According to Laurent Picciotto, “The role of dealers in the vintage market should not be underestimated; values have been fabricated by the markets for years, in our industry as in others. When you look at Only Watch, all the elements come together: not only the intrinsic strength of the brand, but also the various interests of certain buyers, who might prefer to buy an extremely expensive unique piece to preserve the value of their collection.”

It is a terrific chance for Richard Mille Watches Online Replica to experiment with colors and further develop the mythical RM 11 view collection which helped put the brand on the map. In its advanced form, the RM 11 has the same useful movements, but a exotic case produced from Quartz TPT, a material made in Switzerland and made from performance vehicles. The substance is a dense layering of hundreds of sheets of silica that are mere microns thick for each layer. The blue is only cosmetic, but it wouldn’t be a Richard Mille with no invigorated splash of color.Richard Mille first published a Quartz TPT-cased wait back in 2015 using the RM 27-02 Rafael Nadal. In that previous article you’ll be able to find out more about the lightweight, yet very robust and visually intriguing substance. No, it isn’t as iconic as silver or gold (but you can not “impregnate” — which is the actual term Richard Mille uses — these traditional luxury materials with colors like blue, black, red, yellow, yellow, and white since was achieved to a assortment of high-end limited watches by the manufacturer). A brief glance at Richard Mille watches produced from Quartz TPT coated on aBlogtoWatch demonstrates the visual variety accessible — more so, how successful utilization of exotic and contemporary materials such as this have been for a brand like Richard Mille.Richard Mille himself, along with the brand do indeed hang closely with folks like Mr. Todt. Part of this honesty in their connection is the thing that makes limited editions such as this perhaps more interesting to watch lovers than those we see from many other watch brands in which the relationship feels a lot more like easy marketing. This Jean Todt and Richard Mille would continue to celebrate Todt’s own life and achievements together makes sense — partially because Mr. Todt himself would be the archetype of somebody who should be a Richard Mille customer.
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Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, unique piece created for Only Watch © Audemars Piguet

The unique piece by Audemars Piguet was one of the standout results, with the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar selling for 800,000 francs. “We’re starting to see Royal Oaks from 1972 being sold for around 100,000 euros, which makes Audemars Piguet a brand whose prices make it attractive for both old and new watches. But it has to be sustained.” While on the theme of the Only Watch ‘100,000 Club’, Laurent Picciotto shares his thoughts on the use of the term ‘unique piece’: “A truly unique piece implies the creation of something more consequential than just a dial. Look at the approach of Urwerk and Laurent Ferrier, for example; there’s a truly emotional dimension, and that has far more meaning to me. They have executed a stylistic exercise that pushes the boundaries. But this is Urwerk, not Audemars Piguet, so the bidding stopped at 100,000. Which, in fact, is pretty cheap for a piece that genuinely conveys the emotion of its two creators!” Noting that some companies make an effort, while others make a mockery of the concept, the champion of independent watchmakers recalls the Only Watch timepieces created in 2005 and 2007 by Richard Mille and Philippe Starck: “Their association was exemplary, and their creative process was authentic, and that’s part of what gives watch brands an attractive history.”

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Where To Buy Richard Mille – Charles Leclerc Swiss Movement Replica Watches

Charles Leclerc, current GP3 Championship titleholder, took the grid in pole position for his first race with the Prema Racing team on April 15. On that day, he secured a third place on the podium.

“Timeless and classic” are not terms you’d generally hear from anyone speaking about Are Richard Mille Watches Good Replica goods — notably people at the company itself. Inspired by the doctrine of a whole focus on the performance-over-cost mentality borrowed from different sectors such as the world of Formula 1 racing, Richard Mille products are all about pushing the envelope of possibility.Depending on which you ask, which push by Richard Mille seems to be equally in regions of technical mechanics, design, marketing plan, and needless to say, pricing. Let’s return to this particular limited edition of 150 pieces RM 11-03, which again sees Richard Mille paying homage to Mr. Jean Todt of racing, Ferrari, and Formula 1 fame. The particular goal of this watch is on the thinner side, being directly attributed to observing the 50th anniversary of Jean Todt’s “career.” More specifically, such as lots of other luxury watches, this particular product is, in fact, an authentic celebration decoration for Mr. Todt, his buddies, and lovers (I wrote here why watches make the best decorations).The celebration is indeed for Mr. Todt (and Richard Mille) as opposed to the buyers themselves, but it is a tacit reminder by Richard Mille for its consumers that “you should make or purchase a watch when you too have such a party to understand.” It is well established in the luxury world that consumers (no matter their budget degree) would be the most motivated to purchase something such as watch when they’re working to commemorate something.

The day after, his only goal was to win. While leading the sprint race, he undertook a tyre change just 9 laps before the finish. This daring move forced him to give the race his all. He proceeded to gain on the leading drivers at a rate of three to four seconds per lap, flying by his rivals to a podium position two laps before the end of the race. One lap later, and Leclerc had caught up to Rowland and Ghiotto to claim his first triumph in Formula 2 by a 1.569-second margin.

Following these two podiums, one of them a victory, Charles Leclerc now tops the Provisional Overall Ranking for the F2 Championship, with a total of 36 points. These results demonstrate once again he has all the qualities of a Formula 1 driver: discipline, determination, and verve.

Charles Leclerc

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Top Grade Best-selling watches in the UAE – The best-selling watches in the UAE Replica Watches Online Safe

The watches enjoying the highest sales figures in the Middle East are surprisingly diverse in style. This is because the United Arab Emirates, particularly Dubai, is a regional hub that welcomes people from literally all over the world (China, India, Australia etc.), and also because the resident population is constantly changing, and becoming increasingly well-informed about the subtlety and breadth of Switzerland’s watch industry.

As Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, commercial director of Seddiqi Holding (one of the region’s major watch distributors and retailers) told us: “Middle-Eastern customers – particularly the younger generation – are well-informed and very discerning. As they do everywhere, people buy a watch that they have seen someone else wearing, thanks to social media like Instagram, or after visiting a shop such as Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons. To some extent, Dubai Watch Week has helped to educate people and make them better-informed, by offering a genuine opportunity to interact directly with the brands, particularly independent brands.” The growing interest of collectors in independent watch brands confirms his observation. (There is also a notable demand for steel watches.)

Richard Mille enjoys a strong position in the Middle East, with those High Net Worth Individuals we keep hearing about, as well as with fans of ultra-light watches. Here, the RM 11-03 Flyback Chronograph is the most popular model, followed by the RM 035, RM 055, RM 029 and RM 030. For women, there’s the RM 07-01 and the RM 037.

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IWC customers in the region are particularly keen on limited editions, as well as iconic collections such as the Portugieser. The Portugieser automatic with perpetual calendar and 7-day power reserve (adjusted by a single crown) has become a must-have for local collectors.

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Mr Seddiqi adds: “Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Rolex have their own base of aficionados, which continues to grow. Overall, I’d say that there are more and more collectors. They base their choice on personal preference, and what they themselves consider to be ‘classic’, ‘discreet’, ‘sporty’ or ‘versatile’. Millennials, for example, prefer trendy watches, while conservative collectors are more likely to buy established brands.”

For Audemars Piguet, it’s one of the brand icons that stands out here, as so often elsewhere: the Royal Oak in steel is popular with many men. Women are generally more attracted to the two-tone version, closely followed by the gold model.

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Breguet doesn’t admit to any particular bestseller, but some models are clearly successful in the region: the Reine de Naples 8918 in white or rose gold, the Marine Chronographe 5827 in rose gold, the Classique Hora Mundi 5717 in platinum and the Tradition Automatique Seconde Rétrograde 7097 in rose gold.

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Women in the region love their watches, particularly jewellery watches. This is all to the good for Chopard, whose jewellery watches are a pillar of their collection. One of their bestsellers is an 18 karat rose gold watch from the L’Heure du Diamant collection, which features 21.09 carats of diamonds.

Piaget has a number of models that are particularly sought after: the Possession, the Piaget Rose and the Limelight Gala, along with the Tradition for clients more focused on the mechanical side. But attitudes are changing among women too, and this is partly due to the marketing efforts of the brands themselves, who are increasingly prepared to venture outside their comfort zone.

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All this noted, thanks to its above Magic Mixture of pricing and recognizability, the RM011 became the most “go-to, f**k-all rich watch” of our time — and while the uncannily amazing wearing comfort along with also the equilibrium of style is what makes it the grail Are Richard Mille Watches Worth It Replica for many, it may at this stage be a bit too ubiquitous (as much as a $150,000-dollar watch can possibly be). Therefore, I imagine there to be a growing group of buyers who want all that Richard Mille as a watch brand can offer, minus the immediate attention and all that comes with that. And that is where a sleeper Richard Mille comes to the picture.The Richard Mille RM033 belongs to what’s an exclusive, although gradually expanding collection of Richard Mille watches: that of those curved ones. If you really, really know watches really nicely, then you will most likely have the ability to tell from the other side of the dinner table that this is a Richard Mille — but the most people I have met, even people that are in the watch industry, couldn’t tell that this was “an RM. “The Richard Mille branding in 12 o’clock is almost microscopic and while the big, futuristic looking Arabic numerals are very much an RM layout, they from afar I presume are difficult to tell apart from the busy looking, skeletonized movement directly behind them. There is another edition of the RM033 with bold Roman numerals all over the dial — that is a more frequently seen iteration of the RM033 that I guess a few more could have recognized out of a distance.So, while Richard Mille’s tonneau shaped watches would be, rather deservedly, said to be strings that many wear not just for themselves, but only as much for other people to view, the brand’s round watches, and especially this very RM033, is the exact opposite of all that.At 45.70mm wide and available in titanium, or 18k white or red gold, the Richard Mille RM033 is only 6.30mm thick, all cased up. Even though that renders it one fantastic thing to maintain the hand, such filigree measurements also allow the RM033 to slide under shirt sleeves with ease. The RM011 is well over twice as thick and hence a hundred times less likely to slip beneath even a loose sleeve of a shirt or jacket. Wearability we’ll talk about in only a bit, but because we’re talking exterior, let’s have a better look at the quality of execution.

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Cheapest Richard Mille – On board for the 8th edition of Les Voiles de St Barth Japanese Movement Replica

The 8th edition of Les Voiles de St Barth took place from the 8th of April until the 15th of April. Distributed among 70 crews competing in 9 different classes, the seafarers all set sail under middling conditions, with a wind oscillating between 12 and 15 knots. These weather conditions delighted tacticians, who had a fight on their hands for the long and technical itinerary imposed by the race route. After two days of exhausting races under weak or unstable wind conditions, the crews came ashore for a well- earned day of rest.

An opportunity to relax for some, while others pursued recreational activities, this day also witnessed the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first Richard Mille Watches Wiki Replica Boutique in St Barts. Guests at the inauguration enjoyed an opportunity to view some of the most beautiful pieces in the collection, especially the RM 60-01 Flyback Chronograph Regatta, one of which was conferred on the overall winners of the Maxi Yacht class.
This automatic timepiece in grade 5 titanium supports high-seas navigation thanks to a specially-designed rotating bezel bearing the four cardinal points and a 360° graduated disk with a 24-hour scale. A partner of Les Voiles from the very first, Richard Mille confirms the significance of the nautical world for the brand: ‘My commitment to a field like sailing is all the more fervent because the domain encourages full expression of the Richard Mille philosophy. It’s an opportunity to combine extreme performance, cutting- edge technology and a strong artistic component, while respecting the hallowed traditions of a discipline. Thousands of hours of R&D are needed to bring a superyacht into being; the same is true of our watches. To say nothing of the race against time!’

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The competition became difficult going forward, however, as crews struggled to make the most of ‘gentle breezes’. The conditions were such that the Racing Committee had no choice but to cancel Saturday’s races. As a result, there was no change to the rankings. While this was a very unusual scenario for the Les Voiles, the event closed following what were nonetheless three intensive and beautiful days of regattas.

Peter Harrison, CEO of Richard Mille EMEA, wore his sailor’s cap for the occasion. With his sailboat, Sorcha TP 52 sporting the livery of Richard Mille, he finished 1st in the CSA 0 class, after placing 3rd and 2nd in 2015 and 2016 respectively. Victory in the Maxi Yacht category went to Proteus, belonging to the American George Sakellaris, who also took the top spot in the general rankings, as he did in last year’s regatta.

As of now, skippers and sailing enthusiasts can register for the next edition of Les Voiles, set to take place on 9 – 14 April 2018, as always with the unwavering support of Richard Mille. 

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Despite its slim case, the RM033 has fantastic quantity to it. The “spline screws” that hold the bezel, case-band and case-back collectively force the case-band to possess protruding tunnels for the screws to go through, while everywhere else on the case’s side, plenty of substance has been removed. This negative distance really adds quantity to the RM033 — with bare eyes, or even looking through a high magnification loupe or rectangular lens in smaller segments of the instance, there is simply so much to look at and appreciate.The five-prong skate screws of this bezel sit in their little valleys, surrounded by exceptionally fine grained, beveled and polished curves — all eight of them. Four only hold the bezel, however, one in every lug seems to repair the lugs to the case-band and case-back. The latter is just one solid piece that includes the curve to go under the lugs, that’s the conventional and highly ergonomic curved case profile that Richard Mille has on all its watches, no matter how thin.The crown is enormous and intricately crafted out of unusual stuff: the black piece is ceramic and the detailing is in a material that matches the case — here it has an 18k white gold spike. The ceramic even has alternating finishing that is something I have not seen done on such a little bit. This crown must be so ridiculously difficult to source and get right that things such as this will hardly ever exist on even mid-five figure watches — it just will not be, because designers at the vast majority of other luxury brands do not even dare think of things like this, and especially not with these regularity.While functionality-wise the crown is so strong as it should be, with dual O-rings and a totally over-engineered clickyness to it, it took me a great time to get used to its looks — it just leaves the entire watch more feminine in my eyes at least, though I’m sure it would not stand out this much if the watch has been about a black strap (more about the strap at a bit).

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Good Quality Richard MiIle – RM 07-01 in gem-set black ceramic Replica For Sale

With this unprecedented marriage of diamond and black ceramic, the brand illustrates its determination to develop its offerings for women who are as much fascinated by technicity as by beauty. The RM 07-01 in gem-set black ceramic will be on view for a sneak peek at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, next January.

“After our work on setting gems in Carbon TPT®, we wanted to extend this innovative setting technique to new materials”, explains Cécile Guenat, Technical Director for Jewellery-making at Richard Mille. “We naturally gravitated to ceramic, because it had never been done before. There is now no subterfuge in the way diamonds are incorporated, thanks to way the mitraillage is performed by machining the material directly.”

In addition to its exceptional hardness and scratch resistance, black TZP ceramic possesses an extremely fine grain, ensuring a perfect finish with a matte effect. The latter is the outcome of a long and delicate process of milling and micro-shot peening, whereas showcasing the complex shapes of the bezel and case bottom requires the intervention of a finisher, who polishes each angle by hand.

RM 07-01 in gem-set black ceramic

RM 07-01 in gem-set black ceramic © Richard Mille

Separately produced, and carefully polished, red gold prongs are embedded in the many settings, each 0.25 millimetre in diameter, receiving and holding fast the full-cut diamonds of exceptional clarity. Thus do the velvety black of the ceramic and the sparkle of diamonds set each other off spectacularly. The same is also true for the 5N red gold dial, set with black onyx and diamonds.

This noted, I can still enjoy it for what I mentioned above: to find this type of detail in this quantity, you either go for a near six-figure watch or you will miss out. Having seen numerous manufactures and handled so many costly watches, it’s mind-numbingly complex and difficult-to-make details like this that are what actually make a watch stick out from the rest. And if there is anything that I do enjoy in a Richard Mille view, it’s you could sort of get lost in it and expect to discover such details even weeks after sporting the watch.And I’m sorry, but a conventional watch with a conventional exterior must possess one totally amazing movement to warrant a similar six-figure price — and again, lots of collectors who today are buying (and sporting) Richard Milles do so since a new dial onto a 5270 often just is not exciting enough when on other watches everywhere you look, you see detailing which won’t ever be current on proudly conventional watches. Before you light your torches and pull out your pitchforks, I’m not saying one is superior to the other, or one should not exist and the other should, but rather that beyond the show-off element, there is another reason why Richard Mille watches (and other people, like an MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual or Urwerk UR-110, et cetera) do so well at a period while others struggle.What leaves room for criticism concerning the situation itself is the fact that 18k white gold scratches if you look at it the wrong way — things tougher than white gold include melting icehockey, or even the Queen’s royal selection of feather cushions. The ceramic alternative won’t be that much better, but will surely offer an improvement in this regard, at a price of lost sheen that only valuable metals can produce. Water resistance, despite the double-O ring crown is rated for 30m. I keep saying all contemporary watches should have at least 100m depth rating, though the way things are going, 30-50m seems to become the standard among non-dive watches.
The timpeiece houses the in-house Calibre CRMA2, an automatic movement assembled on a baseplate and bridges crafted in grade 5 titanium. Its variable-geometry rotor in 18-carat 5N red gold makes it possible to adjust the automatic winding to the activity levels of its wearer.