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Post date November 30, 2017

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Tag Heuer is a curious brand in that its pieces are diverse in its price range. It makes relatively affordable quartz pieces and at the same time also has some truly outstanding and costly watches such as the Monaco V4 Tourbillion and the MikroPendulumS. And earlier this year at Baselworld, it announced a brand new chronograph movement called the CH80 and a new watch that will feature this new movement called the Carrera CH80. The watch was positively received and many were looking forward to its launch. However, production was delayed time and again and the latest news seems to indicate that Tag Heuer will cease production altogether. This all sounds very drastic, and in this round-up, we feature an article that takes a considered look at why this has happened.

If we were to take a look at the individuals who have contributed most to horology, many of them would be British. Here are some examples: John Arnold, John Harrison, George Graham, Thomas Mudge, and more recently, George Daniels. British watchmaking is enjoying a resurgence now and brands like Bremont and Christopher Ward are fast becoming household names amongst watch enthusiasts. However, all is not well, and Roger Smith, the only apprentice of the late George Daniels, wants to tell us why.

And finally, if you love complicated watches, there is no shortage of them this month as we take a close look at Bulgari’s new Daniel Roth Carillon Tourbillon Minute-Repeater, Bovet’s Recital 16 Triple Time Zone Tourbillon, and Konstantin Chaykin’s Genius Temporis Single Hand watch. We also have an in-depth look at the “engine” behind MB&F’s new and stunning HM6 Space Pirate.

1. Movement Hands-On Series Episode 1: MB&F HM6 Space Pirate

Movement Hands-on is a new series we are introducing for movement geeks. It takes an in-depth, behind-the-sapphire-caseback look at movements that we deem interesting or important. For our inaugural entry, we are featuring the recently released MB&F HM6 Space Pirate. Like all MB&F movements, the movement in the HM6 is entirely bespoke and was conceived after three years of research and development. Check out this incredibly detailed article to find out more about the difficulties in developing this movement and how it works.

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2. Bulgari Daniel Roth Carillon Tourbillon Minute-Repeater Watch Hands-On

It’s more than time to start taking Bulgari seriously as a haute horology brand: they have been making some really technical and interesting pieces lately such as the L’Ammiraglio del Tempo, which debuted at Baselworld earlier this year, and the Daniel Roth Carillon Tourbillon Minute-Repeater, which you see here. What is interesting about it is that unlike most minute repeaters, which typically have two hammers and gongs, the Daniel Roth Carillon Tourbillon Minute-Repeater has three hammers and gongs, allowing it to play a third high note. More about this mechanism, all the other peculiarities of this piece, and the Daniel Roth collection in our article.

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3. Android Wear Smartwatch Dial Designs Explode With Creativity & Variety

Another practical feature is the correction for the big date. No pusher is needed because the date could be corrected simply by pressing on the crown. And because the crown can be found in 12 o’clock, there’s no fear of casual date corrections either.As I said in the start, blancpain dark knight watches would be those you either love or hate. Personally, I’m quite fond of the elaborate styling and I will certainly nourish wealthy collectors adding one to their group. The Bovet Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date is limited to just 80 bits and priced at $199,800 in crimson gold, $209,800 in white gold, and $267,800 in platinum.If you ever want to really and clearly feel like small horological gnomes are supporting the plan, manufacturing, and assembly of your high-end wrist watch, and then something like the new-for-2016 Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star is a fantastic place to start looking. Few timepieces can combine such a sheer majesty of specifics, unconventional layout, and complications in a package that is as much fantasy as it is a slice of practical, mechanical art.aBlogtoWatch debuted the Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star watch here in the beginning of SIHH 2016. Bovet isn’t a brand that gifts at SIHH however, instead, nearby in Geneva at precisely the identical moment. It is important to note since the brand does not show at Baselworld either. I frequently like to set the new in a thematically similar position as Parmigiani because, in their own way, every includes a lot of watches that focus on technical merits and designs which, given Western standards, are unorthodox at best.

I’m generally not excited about smartwatches, as I feel that there is still a lot of work to be done for them to be truly useful devices. Battery life is one issue, and standalone functionality is another. However, one thing that is cool about them is that their faces can be customized, and already we are seeing a lot of creative individuals coming up with some interesting customized dials for Android Wear smart watches. Check out some of the craziest, most interesting options here:

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4. Konstantin Chaykin Genius Temporis Single Hand Watch With A Twist

I find single-handed watches to be excellent travelers. By only displaying the hour, I find them to be more calming and relaxing to look at – especially when on vacation. However, this can be a double-edged sword. When punctuality is required, such as when it is time to catch a flight or train, single-handed watches can be frustrating to use because of their lack of to-the-minute precision. Fortunately, this is not a problem with Konstantin Chaykin’s Genius Temporis Single Hand watch – find out how it manages to overcome this problem in our hands-on article.

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5. Bovet Recital 16 Triple Time Zone Tourbillon Watch Hands-On

When I think of Bovet, I think of highly skeletonized and classically styled watches that seem to come from the past through a time machine. The Recital 16 Triple Time Zone Tourbillon Watch that we see here follows in Bovet’s rich tradition of skeletonized watches, and it even has a very classic looking case, but somehow, it looks more modern. Perhaps its in complex looking dial, which, by the way, can display the time in three time zones. Or maybe its because of the movement that is peeking from underneath, called the “Calibre Rising Star II,” which is finished in a very modern way.

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6. The World’s Most Expensive Watches Book Party Photos

In case you didn’t know, Ariel (our Editor-in-Chief and the founder of this blog) recently launched his first book: The World’s Most Expensive Watches. Don’t be fooled by the simple title. Even though the book takes an exclusive look at über expensive watches, it is, in the words of Ariel himself, meant to capture the essence of what the most valuable timepieces in the world embody in our modern age. Hublot and Ariel recently hosted a launch party at Los Angeles and here is what went on at the event.

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Post author By cryowatch
Post date November 30, 2017

Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Watch Review Wrist Time Reviews

The newest “Virtuoso” model from blancpain womens watches for 2015 is this “Bovet Amadeo Fleurier Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar” watch that, in addition to our review, is being officially launched today. I have had the opportunity to wear this model for a while prior to launch and have some interesting things to say about Bovet’s latest complicated timepiece. Because the name of this Bovet watch is tantamount to a tongue twister, I will refer to it merely as the “Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII.”

“Virtuoso” is actually the name of a movement family produced in-house by Bovet which serves as a base for a growing number of models. The Virtuoso movement is interesting not only because it is designed as a base to be built upon (that is rather common), but more so, because it is designed to offer dual-sided timepieces. Bovet isn’t a stranger to watches that you can wear in a number of ways. In fact, there are at least five ways I can think of off the bat that you can use the Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII (I’ll get more into that later). So not only is the Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII a “convertible watch,” but it is also a dual-sided watch.

Bovet debuted the Virtuoso family in 2014 with the release of the Bovet Recital 12 (hands-on here). Offering the most stripped down version of the Virtuoso possible, the Recital 12 is a fantastic watch for its ultra-thin nature. If you look at the dial of the Recital 12, you’ll notice that it is the exact same as the “back” of the Virtuoso VII, only turned 45 degrees.

One of the key elements of the Virtuoso movement family is what blancpain day night describes as the “double co-axial seconds” indicator which means that the subsidiary seconds dial goes right through the dial – and is visible on both sides of the watch. You can actually see right through the dial in the subsidiary seconds dial, and it has two hands so that you can view it from both the front and rear of the watch.

Of course, both sides of the watch have displays for the time, but they aren’t on the same part of the movement, so you can notice some fancy gear work is going on underneath. It would have been a lot simpler for Bovet to include the dials for the time in the same places on the movement, but they did not. For this reason, on one side of the watch, the dial for the time is in the center, while on the other side, it is under the 12 o’clock position.

Bovet refers to this movement as the caliber 13BBM12-AIQPR. It is hand-wound with 5 days of power reserve operating at 3Hz (21,600 bph). On the most simple dial, you get the time, subsidiary seconds, and a power reserve indicator. On the more complicated side of the watch, you have the time, and a perpetual calendar display.

The perpetual calendar layout is interesting, but familiar if you are used to the types of watches that blancpain l-evolution r grande date tends to design. The center of the face is the dial for the time, and it is enveloped by a retrograde date indicator. This is a nice design, but the small arrow that indicates the date is going to be a pain for people with vision problems to see. Actually, while I am on that note, I am going to generally recommend against watches such as this for people with vision problems as they will be squinting entirely too much. As Bovet owner Mr. Pascal Raffy likes to say: the Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII is full of “artistic density,” and that means reading all the little indicators is a bit on the harder side.

If your vision is very good, then allow me to move on to the indicator for the day of the week (to the left of the time dial), the indicator for the month (to the right), and the leap year indicator (above). Each is displayed on a transparent disc with the current value being read against a white back plate. Each of the perpetual calendar functions can be individually adjusted via inset pushers on the side of the case, and Bovet includes a small tool to do this.

This “Retrograde Perpetual Calendar” side of the dial is perhaps uniquely symmetrical for Bovet. In this 18k white gold case, the dials are white lacquer, and in the also available 18k red gold case, they are in black. There is of course the matter of the skeletonized dial with a view of the elements of the movement. Look closely, and you’ll notice areas of hand-engraving where Bovet includes a series of small, but pleasant Arabesque decorations.

It doesn’t bother me too much that there is a lot of “explanatory text” on each of the dials. This is actually visually downplayed because, for the most part, the text is in cursive, so it doesn’t look as prominent as it would otherwise. With that said, I don’t know how necessary much of this text is. I mention this because some people seem to be a lot more sensitive to dial text, and it can annoy those who are.

While some of the auxiliary information on the blancpain l-evolution tourbillon carrousel Amadeo Virtuoso VII is on the harder-to-read side, the dials for the time are rather legible, which is a positive. I also like how on the perpetual calendar side the dial sits under a domed sapphire crystal and is visibly quite three-dimensionally. This makes for a great view from angles as well as directly from above. The sapphire crystal on this “front” side of the watch is more domed than the crystal on the other side.

According to Bovet, the sapphire crystals add about 4mm of thickness to the case which in total is 15.8mm thick. While this is never going to be considered an ultra-thin watch, that isn’t too thick when you consider the watch has two distinct dial sides. The Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar case is 43.3mm wide and wears rather comfortably, given the shorter lug structures. Because this is an Amadeo-style case, you have the crown over 12 o’clock with the “ribbon-style” crown protector which is inspired by pocket watches. In the crown and on the ends of the single-piece-style lugs are sapphire crystal cabochons.

The designs of blancpain leman moonphase watches aren’t for everyone, but the brand is going for a decidedly non-mainstream appeal (if you haven’t noticed). There is a lot of beauty here if you can get behind what is inherently a non-traditional look – which is, nevertheless, inspired by traditional design elements.

Opposite the GMT world on the left side of this Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star’s dial is a moon phase indicator, also offered on a dome-style display. Here, we’ve got a “dual moon stage” which is really only a mirror representation of this moon given its relative phase as seen from the southern or northern hemisphere. Bovet uses a moon phase indicator system which is accurate to approximately 122 years before it requires adjustment – but I really doubt anyone will have this or any other mechanical watch working continuously for 122 decades. Once more, you see use of the very cool tiny ruby wheels utilized to make sure that the dome turns with nominal friction.At the cover of the dial is the indicator for the time with an included power reserve indicator. Bovet clearly designed the dial of the Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star to have four “hemispherical” quadrants comprising the four round regions that are the GMT globe, moon phase indicator, tourbillon, and upper screen for the moment. This latter part includes complications as well such as the retrograde display for those minutes and the jumping hour indicator. As far as “unusual” screens for the time go, this is actually decently legible and, naturally, an exercise in complication for complication’s sake. In other words, after all, why you can spend a few hundred hundreds of dollars on a mechanical watch, right?Dial and movement, as stated above, are more or less merged into a single and the outcome is (at least in my view) a glorious combination of artistic and mechanical layout. Not only is the design of the in-house made Bovet caliber 17DM01-HU movement aesthetically interesting, but it features the viewer so much to look at in terms of how the mechanism works. On top of that, there is a whole lot of hand-decoration in addition to engraving to enjoy. Turn over the watch, and most of the rear of this Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star is full of hand-engraved stars along with other “perspectives from space.”

Above, I mentioned that the Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII is a convertible style watch thanks to its Bovet Amadeo case. I last reviewed a Bovet Amadeo watch in 2014 with this Meteorite-dialed model here. The Amadeo case is designed to do a few things, but being double-sided is not always one of them. So in the case of the Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar you also get the benefit of wearing the watch on either side.

Amadeo cases allow you to wear the watch as a wrist watch, pocket watch, pendant, or use it as a table clock. You can see that I have the blancpain x fathoms pocket watch chain which connects to the upper lug structure. To “convert” the case, you need only press in on the sides of the upper lugs to remove the strap or chain, and then unhinge the rear “leg” of the case to release the lower strap. It works quite well and, when attached, all the parts feel secure. I’ve mentioned this in the past, and I’ll say it again: I am pretty sure most people end up “using” their Bovet Amadeo watches in mostly one form. With that said, I like that built in versatility which makes this toy a lot more fun to play with.

Note, also, that the strap on this particular review watch is not the retail strap. Brands typically send over watches with faux-alligator straps through customs due to CITES – which makes the importation of reptile straps a lot more difficult. So if the strap doesn’t look quite right to you, that is why.

The Bovet Amadeo Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar is of course a limited edition. Most all Bovet watches are. I sort of love the idea of being in the position of a product manager at a company that only does limited edition models. You get to create something interesting or beautiful, or weird, and then don’t need to completely dedicate to it. If it becomes a success, then you get to revisit it with a similar model in the future, if it isn’t a success, then you chalk it up to a learning experience and experiment that will likely appeal to a handful of collectors.

Bovet will likely release additional Virtuoso models in the future which build on and add to this concept. In a sense, blancpain monza design is like a moving target because they keep adding more. For really well-funded fans, this is a good thing, because the brand keeps the level of variety high. For others, it can be daunting to invest in a Bovet watch because it is difficult to know what they will come out with next. That, I suppose, is a common concern with luxury brands, because there is always something else interesting around the corner that might excite and delight you.

The Bovet Amadeo Fleurier Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar is an interesting model with a lot of appeal. I suppose the best suited customers are those looking for a diverse and unique watch with a perpetual calendar, but that don’t want to pay for the premium of a tourbillon (which many Bovet perpetual calendar watches have). That “saves” you a lot and still delivers a lot of what makes Bovet… well, Bovet. Price is $82,800. bovet.com

Necessary Data
>Brand: Bovet
>Model: Amadeo Fleurier Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar ref. ACQPR002
>Price: $82,800 USD
>Size: 43.3mm
>Would reviewer personally wear it: Yes
>Friend we’d recommend it to first: Complicated watch lover who delights in Old World style but wants something unique and fun to play with.
>Best characteristic of watch: Lots of wearing variety and good execution of interesting concept with a lot of nice details.
>Worst characteristic of watch: Expensive despite level of exclusivity. Quality is there, for sure, but some of the design choices don’t always seem as refined as they could be.

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Post date November 30, 2017

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Based on the ground floor of the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Central Park South, the new Bovet boutique had a grand opening ceremony late last year, hosted by the owner and Brand President Pascal Raffy. Also in attendance were artisans from the manufacture, demonstrating the hand-painting techniques used in their elaborate custom dials. The New York boutique is the brand’s fourth, with other locations in Moscow, Baku, and Berlin. As they have done in their previous locations, Bovet is offering an exclusive collection of 50 unique timepieces commemorating the New York opening.

Spinning after each 24 hours, the world has a hand over it which indicates either a second time zone or can be set to be a synchronized 24-hour hand. The hand and the world is able to move independently, and that’s obviously component of their inherent complexity of the system. Transferring the 24-hour GMT hand over the world is where more interesting pleasure comes in, as it is linked to the “dual drum” reference town selector placed only over the entire world system. This is maybe one of my preferred complications in the Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star.When you press at the crown, the mention city advances. To acquire all 24 major time zones, there is a drum that sits inside of the outer drum. This makes more sense once you see it in operation – and it is super cool. I have always liked rolling drum-style screens, but they are rather uncommon. Christophe Claret is a specific fan of these and made such drums into Jean Dunand watches (lastest one here), and most of the current timepieces from Maîtres du Temps. From the Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star, Bovet made these carefully moving drums to work together with the indicator arrow to signify that the next time zone in conjunction with the GMT hand which goes across the world. It works amazingly well and is tasteful in its implementation in addition to that. Moreover, playing with the machine by pressing in the crown is most likely just too temping a means of overworking the movement and possibly prematurely breaking something, because whoever owns a Recital 18 will likely be playing with this complication quite a bit.

Bovet, the storied Swiss watch manufacture chartered in 1822, has joined the growing ranks of high-end timepiece brands establishing a greater foothold on the American market by opening a flagship boutique in New York City. Known mainly for their incredibly ornate cases and hand-painted dials, Bovet hopes to capture the attention of a growing legion of high-horology enthusiasts and collectors in the Big Apple.

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Post date November 30, 2017

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The blancpain l-evolution flyback chronograph Pininfarina OttantaSei 10-Day Tourbillon watch is also rather light – especially in the two titanium versions. I must admit that awarded the “bow style” crown position in 12 o’clock, it wears in a rather large trend, but it is not uncomfortable. Bovet asserts that even in gold, the case only weighs 51.66 g (minus the strap). There are a number of four sapphire crystals on the case, and also the use of flat crystals on the top in addition to the horizontal planes on the sides make the watch feel just like a large coin onto your wrist. Laser engraving is used on the faces of the instance to print the “limited edition” and “Pininfarina” tagging, whereas the partial seconds indicator scale is printed onto the one of the chief crystals and then read on the opposite side. The case is water resistant to 30 meters.Inside that the Bovet Pininfarina OttantaSei 10-Day Tourbillon is a new movement known as the caliber 17BM03MM. Manually wound, the movement operates at 18,000 bph (2.5Hz) and has a long power reserve of 10 times in 1 barrel. To see and operate the movement is real beauty. Bovet chose to keep things as simple and classy as possible by providing the time on a subsidiary dialup, large-diameter tourbillon (which doubles as the small seconds index), and a power reserve indicator.

The watch industry is a place I became a part of by accident, and in a sense my love of watches themselves was an accident. Stumbling upon the world of timepieces, I quickly identified with a number of values I had that were shared in the design and construction of high-end timepieces. What I later learned is that this story is anything but unique. Many people who entered the watch industry of their own volition never had the desire to be involved with watches but rather found a number of values in the watch world that they could identify with. In my opinion, this explains the recent history of Mr. Pascal Raffy, formerly of the pharmaceutical industry who purchased the historic watch maker blancpain quantieme complet 8 jours in 2001.

Bovet produces all the components for their watch movements in-house, and also happens to use their industrial capacity to produce small machine parts for the medical and aerospace industry. This is an important point to begin with because what Bovet is not is a marketing machine in the sense that many other luxury watch makers today are. It is a brand I have enjoyed getting to know for a few years now, possibly because, in its own way, Bovet is a very faithful representation of what some might describe as “old world luxury.” Their products represent not only an interpretation of what the brand has produced for about 200 years, but also produces unique designs even among other luxury watch makers today.

One of the things that makes Bovet special is the owner. Mr. Raffy did not invent the brand, but is more a steward of its history and reputation. When he purchased the company in 2001, they were producing under 200 watches per year, and right now they are producing under 4,000 watches per year. That is still a small amount, but he was able to increase its size and yet retain an incredibly diverse amount of pieces in the collection. As of 2014 there are over 500 SKUs the brand currently has in its catalog.

This article is not complete without viewing the interview video included herein. Mr. Raffy and I sit down for about 25 minutes to discuss some interesting topics related not only to the brand, but we explore his personality and how it helps shape what is already a character-rich watch maker. Now, let me say that according to Mr. Raffy Bovet does not produce watches, but they instead produce “timepieces.” Particular with his choice of verbiage, Raffy is an emotionally-driven leader who has a panache for business. For Pascal, a watch is a mere item that tells the time, while a timepiece is an a more emotionally produced item which happens to tell the time but does so much more.

Personally, while I don’t subscribe to his choice of distinction, choosing to use “watch” and “timepiece” interchangeably, I do respect his position on the matter. What it does is help frame the scope and purpose of his mission owning the brand and creates a definable mission for work. Defining his work is quite important to Mr. Raffy, and others like him who have a very personal relationship not only with the companies they run, but also with the items they produce. Mr. Raffy is perhaps Bovet’s biggest fan, and the design and development of each new model is an exploration of values and purpose rather than an exercise in marketing.

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Post author By cryowatch
Post date November 30, 2017

Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 Meteorite Watch Review Wrist Time Reviews

One of the more interesting and boutique timepieces I got to review over the last year has been this meteorite-dialed version of the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 watch. There is a lot to discuss and some interesting hidden features in what is a pretty cool watch if the style and price match your needs.

With a retail price of about $45,000 blancpain l-evolution super trofeo flyback chronograph isn’t trying to offer a budget watch with the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43, or any of its other watches. Expressly high-end, the Amadeo Fleurier 43 is meant to be both a luxury item in design and cost. Do you get what you pay for? That all really depends on how you evaluate watches. Are there cheaper watches in 18k rose gold with meteorite dials? Yes, but there is a lot more to the the Amadeo Fleurier 43 than these elements.

I will be honest that before I ever really spend time with a blancpain l-evolution flyback chronograph Amadeo-cased watch I was skeptical of how “Western” the design would be. Bovet’s history is in making very ornate pocket watches and most of its watches have a “ribbon-style” crown at the top of the case meant to allude to the look of pocket watches. This includes a crown located at 12 o’clock as well as a pivoting crown guard that turns into the single piece lug structure.

A second single piece “bar style” lug structure is used at the bottom of the watch for the other strap piece, and in general, this is considered to be a more feminine versus masculine design element. I suppose my major concern was that although this particular Amadeo Fleurier watch came in a 43mm wide case, it would not be as masculine a design as I tend to like on my own wrist.

So with the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 on my wrist I set out to see how I felt about this interesting, but highly unorthodox design given my American tastes. The first thing that I noticed was how little you can tell it has a unique case design while wearing it on your wrist. Even though the lugs are atypical and the “ribbon crown” is unique, it very much feels like a standard watch – so that was certainly a positive sign.

Another piece of good news is that I am very into meteorite dials. Not all of the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier watches have meteorite dials, but this ref. AF43029 model does. It is offered in that typical gray color, which means a limited amount of acid color in comparison to some of the colored meteorite dials available out there. The crystalline metallic structure is interesting to look at and of course the fact that it was cut from a rock that fell from space adds a pleasant emotional element to the design. Who doesn’t want at least something they can wear made of alien rock?

So basically, it’s, in my mind, anything that makes us feel, as opposed to telling us what to think. Lots of stuff fall into this class, even game! Literature qualifies because the words, such as brush strokes, paint a picture in our minds that’s different for everybody. A technical guide does nothing but instruct; artwork enables lateral thought, individual emotion, along with a exceptional takeaway. The watch is part of Bovet’s convertible selection, meaning that the watch can easily be detached from the wrist strap (which can be genuine blue alligator) and turned into a pocket view, or table clock. A cool touch which adds a small bit of technical attention to something that’s otherwise little more than jewelry.So the main thing you will notice when you examine the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 is probably the rather striking image of a horse-mounted, crown-wearing, bow-toting riders of the Apocalypse bedecked in a cloak, galloping over clouds. Right. Not so much. This is a thing for the connoisseur. I mean, it’s easy to gripe over this watch’s lack of mainstream appeal (especially at Bovet’s price bracket), but if you’re only earning one (and this piece is truly exceptional in that feeling) you do not require a lot of people to like it. There are a startling amount of people in the world who have enough cash to get this sort of product, and the odds are at Bovet’s favour which among them will think it’s the bees knees. And anyhow, artwork has a weird habit of appreciating in value for the strangest reasons.Watches are not any different. Swatch once published a watch featuring the late Nicolas Hayek’s face on rotating discs, that matched every so often to make a perfect picture of the guy himself. It was widely derided for its appearance, but nevertheless sold like hot cakes. These days, instead of his passing and his confident place in history, the Hayek Swatch is among the most collectable and sought after. Now, I’m not saying this Bovet has exactly the same kind of importance to the industry, but it may have that kind of emotional appeal to somebody with a specific penchant for the dial topic.

This isn’t the first Bovet watch with a meteorite dial I have been interested in. Back in 2009 I first discussed the Bovet Saguaro Sportster watch collection that also has meteorite dials. Those models are a bit sportier than the newer Amadeo-style cases of course. Looking at the size and proportions of the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 on my wrist more and more, I began to like it. I wouldn’t say that I fell in love with it, well at least not in the traditional way that I do with tool-style sport watches. I gained a respect and appreciation of the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier’s design, and quickly thought to myself that I would prefer a watch like this as a dress timepiece over something more traditionally classic.

Bovet also makes a 39mm wide version of the Amadeo Fleurier, but I don’t think I would be interested in that model. Any smaller and the larger-than-life style design of the watch would be lost. At this size, the crown ribbon easily folds over as it wraps around my wrist and the entire person of the watch can be appreciated. I even began to enjoy the serpentine style hands on the dial that for so long I suspected might be distracting.

As far as Bovet dials go this Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 is rather simple actually. You have just Roman numeral hour markers, hands, a subsidiary seconds dial, and a power reserve indicator. Each of these elements is useful, and I am happy that Bovet decided to not cut a hole in the dial for a date window. The applied gold indicators are attractive, but in certain lighting they can blur, damaging legibility. This is because they are rounded versus using a more flat style of finishing and polishing.

Having said that, the hands are the right length, and the legibility issue is something I am willing to overlook on a piece with such a lovely meteorite dial that will be used for mostly formal purposes only. Overall, I like the mixture of simplicity with decorative elements on the dial, which makes it all quite pretty.

The Bovet Amadeo case is an interesting treat. This case actually transforms, offering a case that can be worn on the wrist, as a pocket watch, around the neck as a pendant, and even on set on a table as a desk clock. None of this is obvious just by looking at the watch and someone could easily own the piece for a long time without even knowing that it offered the ability to transform. The engineering is simple, but highly effective.

Bovet offers an optional necklace or pocket watch chain for its Amadeo-cased watches. It is a fun trick to remove the straps and lower the caseback “foot” to show people how the watch can be used like a little clock. Though I suspect that these features are rarely used in any practical sense. I have to admit that the ability for the case to transform is interesting and adds value to the watch. Having said that, I think that most owners are going to spend 95% of their time or more wearing the Amadeo Fleurier watch on their wrist.

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Swiss Grade BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends March 14, 2014 Replica Trusted Dealers

Post author By cryowatch
Post date November 30, 2017

BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends March 14, 2014 ABTW Round-Ups

As spring approaches, we check out new watches from Panerai, Bovet, Christophe Claret, F.P. Journe and many more. We also find out how time is kept and measured; pay a visit to Roger Smith on the Isle of Man; find out more about the story of one man’s hunt for his grail watch; and get a rare sneak peek into the workshops of one of the biggest brands in the world, Rolex.

1. Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM557 Destro 3 Days Watch Hands-On: A Lefty PAM372

If you love watches from Panerai, the new PAM 557 Destro 3 Days Watch should be one to look out for. It is essentially a left-handed version of the earlier and extremely popular PAM 372, which I reviewed, and it was only announced this year at SIHH. Here’s a quick look at this new highly anticipated watch.

So essentially, it’s, in my mind, whatever makes us feel, as opposed to telling us what to think. Loads of things fall into this class, even game! Literature qualifies as the words, like brush strokes, paint a picture in our minds that’s different for everyone. A technical manual does nothing but teach; artwork empowers lateral thought, person emotion, along with a exceptional takeaway. The Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43, therefore, qualifies as art in my thoughts. The watch is part of Bovet’s convertible range, meaning the watch can easily be detached from the wrist strap (that is real blue alligator) and turned into a pocket watch, or table clock. A cool touch which adds just a little bit of technical attention to something that is otherwise little more than jewelry.So the main thing you will notice when you examine the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 is probably the rather striking picture of a horse-mounted, crown-wearing, bow-toting riders of the Apocalypse bedecked in a spin, galloping over clouds. Right. Standard wrist candy? Not too much. This really is a thing for the connoisseur. I mean, it’s easy to gripe over this watch’s lack of mainstream appeal (particularly at Bovet’s price bracket), but if you are just making one (and this bit is truly exceptional in that sense) you don’t need a lot of people to enjoy it. You will find a startling number of people in the world who have sufficient cash to get this sort of product, and the chances are in Bovet’s favour that among them will think it’s the bees knees. And anyway, artwork has a weird habit of appreciating in value for the oddest reasons.Watches are no different. It had been widely derided for its appearance, but nevertheless sold like hot cakes. These days, instead of his passing and his confident place ever, the Hayek Swatch is among the most collectable and sought after. Now, I’m not saying this Bovet has the exact same type of importance to the industry, but it may have that kind of emotional appeal to somebody with a specific penchant for the dial up topic.

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2. Bovet Recital 12 Watch Hands-On: The Thinnest One Yet

Bovet is an interesting brand that offers very classically-styled watches with heavily decorated movements and highly stylized dials. This year the company is releasing four new watches to their high-end Dimier Recital collection and here is a closer look at the thinnest one of them all, the Recital 12.

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3. Bulova Precisionist Champlain Chronograph Watch Review

No matter your opinions or feelings towards quartz watches, there can be no denying that when it comes to accuracy and precision, quartz watches often do it better than mechanical ones. The Bulova Precisionist Champlain Chronograph is one such watch and it is a chronograph that can measure up to 1/1000th of a second.

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4. Christophe Claret Poker Watch Hands-On

Christophe Claret makes some really interesting watches and his latest Poker watch is no different. The last of a trilogy of gaming-related watches, this watch lets you play Texas Hold ‘em with yourself and it is entirely mechanical. The movement consists of a whopping 655 parts and 72 jewels and even beats a modern rate of 4Hz. Check out this really cool watch in our hands-on article.

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5. F.P. Journe 10 Year Anniversary Tourbillon Limited Edition Watch Hands-On

Considered as one of the top watchmakers of this generation, François-Paul Journe celebrated the 10th anniversary of opening his first boutique in 2003 in Tokyo, Japan by releasing the 10 Year Anniversary Tourbillon, which is actually a reworked version of last year’s Anniversary Tourbillon. Though the watch is simply designed, it is, as is the case with watches from Monsieur Journe, also fantastically exquisite and well worth a closer look.

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Swiss Grade Bovet Recital 12 Watch Hands-On: The Thinnest One Yet Replica Watches Buy Online

Post author By cryowatch
Post date November 30, 2017

Bovet Recital 12 Watch Hands-On: The Thinnest One Yet Hands-On

So essentially, it’s, in my mind, whatever makes us feel, as opposed to telling us what to think. Loads of stuff fall into this category, even sport! Literature qualifies because the words, such as brush strokes, paint an image in our minds that is different for everybody. A technical manual does nothing but instruct; artwork empowers lateral thought, person emotion, and a unique takeaway. A cool bit which adds just a small bit of technical interest to something that’s otherwise little more than jewelry.So the principal thing you’ll notice when you examine the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 is likely the rather striking image of a horse-mounted, crown-wearing, bow-toting rider of the Apocalypse bedecked in a cloak, galloping more clouds. Right. Standard wrist candy? Not too much. This is something for the connoisseur. I mean, it’s easy to criticism within this view’s lack of mainstream appeal (especially at Bovet’s price bracket), but when you’re just earning one (and this piece is truly exceptional in that sense) you do not need a great deal of people to like it. There are a startling number of people on the planet who have sufficient cash to buy this sort of product, and the chances are at Bovet’s favour that among them will think that it’s the bees knees. And anyhow, art has a bizarre habit of appreciating in value to the strangest reasons.Watches are no different. It was widely derided for its look, but still sold like hot cakes. Nowadays, instead of his departure and his confident place ever, the Hayek Swatch is among the most collectable and sought after. Now, I am not saying this Bovet has exactly the same type of importance to the market, but it might have that sort of emotional appeal to someone with a specific penchant for the dial subject.

Bovet is a brand I always like to watch carefully because they tend to come up with truly interesting new products and often in a quirky way. What do I mean by quirky? Well let’s take their high-end Dimier Recital collection. This year they released a total of four new Recital watches (often it is maybe just one). Those being the Recital 11, 12, 15, and 16. Why no 13 and 14? Well because according to Bovet those are unlucky numbers in one culture or another. Ok then… So, this is the Recital 12 and it uses a new movement concept. It also happens to be the thinnest Recital watch, being 9.10mm thick. Not “ultra-thin” but still really thin given most Bovet Dimier collection watches.

It also has an impressively long and regal sounding name that I happen to be quite amused by. For the most part I will just call this watch the “Recital 12,” but its full name is the “Bovet Récital 12
‘Monsieur DIMIER’ Calibre Virtuoso II Spécialité Horlogère Dimier 1738.” Impressive sounding right? What do they mean by “Monsieur Dimier” exactly? Not really sure. A lot of Bovet design language exists on a plane of existence that I have not yet ascended to. Perhaps someday I will. Until then, I will respect that there are forces at play larger than myself which are both designing and giving titles to these timepieces.

The dial is done in typically Bovet fashion, and that’s to say it is both very classical and elaborate in its own styling. What captures your attention first are the two big sub-dials in 10 and 2 o’clock. The former is a power reserve indicator and the latter holds the big date complication. At 6 o’clock is your dual face flying tourbillon. Bovet also provides a choice of dials and owners are going to be able to choose from black lacquer, ivory, or blue aventurine.The movement inside continues to be designated the 17BM03-GD, and it is lavishly hand-decorated to Bovet’s usual high standards. The plates and bridges are chamfered and polished, the disc plates are sunk and also chamfered, and many bridges have been painstakingly engraved by hand.The flying tourbillon deserves particular mention since the bridges have been made out of titanium to reduce inertia and magnetism. But more importantly, they have been formed to resemble wings and also have been mirror-polished to accomplish maximum sheen.Aside from being beautiful to look at, the movement also has some practical features. The 10-day-long power book means owners need not wind them regularly, but this kind of long power reserve usually requires dull winding as well. Not so in the case of the Bovet Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date, because the winding mechanism includes a spherical differential that halves the numbers of turns required to completely wind the watch. Incredibly, it does so without raising either the friction or induce required.

Not many Bovet watches are on my aesthetic liking, however, the watches themselves do not seem to mind much. That type of confidence makes my respect, and I’d pretty much wear some other Bovet watch simply as a celebration of its ability to successfully be different and interesting. You don’t actually utilize a Bovet as a fashion item or as an accessory. You wear a Bovet because of exactly what it is, and you don’t ask a Bovet to be anything other than what it’s attempting to be. Sometimes, that type of confidence in a product is reassuring since you can’t ever get the feeling what it is you are wearing has an identity crisis.The most enjoyment anyone will escape a Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star is at just working and looking carefully at the dial. Bovet designed the entire flow and movement to unite together and the details are outstandingly interesting. One detail that is not hard to overlook is the three little wheels which move the globe to the right of the dial. These wheels are produced from synthetic crimson – exactly the same material as observe “jewels.” Neat to check at, they also create a very low friction link so that the world can turn again and again with nominal wear.Another related detail would be the world itself. A mere glimpse might cause you to reasonably presume it’s only a half-globe, however it is not. According to Bovet they were not able to find an present complete map of this world in this shape. So what they needed to do was really commission someone to generate a complete map of the earth on this dome-style half-globe contour – and that is what they did.

The watch itself is a relatively handsome creation that emphasizes mechanical interest as well as Bovet’s more eccentric take on elegance. Complex features are minimized in favor of a more simple movement that is nonetheless pleasant to look at with welcome convenience features. The movement is the Calibre Virtuoso II (13.75-70-A1) and it is a new base movement that does something interesting. The seconds hand pin goes straight through the movement giving it the ability to have a seconds hand on both sides of the dial or offering a view of the seconds hand mechanism from both sides of the movement. In terms of thickness the Virtuoso II is 3.9mm thick. The Recital 13 watch also uses this same base calibre for a similar effect.

In the Recital 12 you can see the seconds hand gear assembly spinning through the rear of the movement. On the dial side the seconds hand has only a partial distinct dial with numerals, but it does have a three-sided blued steel hand so that you can always track the seconds properly. This is part of a trio of circular elements which include a view of the gear train to bottom and above, a view of the balance wheel. Clearly the design of the movement was for it to be viewed and its detailing and symmetry is certainly enjoyable to observe.

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Top Grade Bovet Recital 16 Triple Time Zone Tourbillon Watch Hands-On Replica Expensive

Post author By cryowatch
Post date November 30, 2017

Bovet Recital 16 Triple Time Zone Tourbillon Watch Hands-On Hands-On

I am never shy about taking an opportunity to cover one of Bovet’s exciting Recital collection timepieces and here is a look at the new for 2014 Bovet Recital 16. In the video below, you’ll see a bit of the Bovet Recital 16 as well as the other new Recital watches for the year. Recital watches exist in the Bovet Dimier collection, which is most notably marked by their lack of a “ribbon” crown protector (and crown) at 12 o’clock. Therefore, in addition to being often rather complex, the Bovet Dimier watches tend to have more traditional cases with crowns at 3 o’clock.

I believe that the official name for the Recital 16 is the Bovet Recital 16 Collection Dimier 7-Day Tourbillon With Triple Time Zone. It contains a mechanical movement known as the “Calibre Rising Star II,” and offers the main time plus the time in two other cities. For lovers of the complex and the bold, the Bovet Recital 16 is going to be a delight, even if it doesn’t have the elegant grace some aficionados seek out.

The dial is done in typically blancpain tourbillon carrousel style, and that’s to say it’s equally very classical and elaborate in its own styling. What captures your attention first would be the two big sub-dials at 10 and two o’clock. Time is read using both slightly off-center hour and minute hands. At 6 o’clock is the double confront flying tourbillon. Bovet also offers a choice of dials and owners are going to have the ability to select from black lacquer, ivory, or blue aventurine.The movement within has been given the 17BM03-GD, and it is lavishly hand-decorated into Bovet’s usual high standards. The plates and bridges are chamfered and polished, the disc plates have been sunk and also chamfered, and numerous bridges have been painstakingly engraved by hand.The flying tourbillon deserves particular mention since the bridges are made from titanium to decrease inertia and magnetism. But more importantly, they’ve been formed to resemble wings and have been mirror-polished to achieve maximum sheen.Aside from being beautiful to look at, the motion also has some practical features. The 10-day-long power reserve means owners want not end them regularly, but such a long power reserve usually requires dull winding as well. Not so in the event of the Bovet Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date, because the winding mechanism contains a round String that halves the numbers of turns necessary to fully wind the eye. Incredibly, it does so without increasing either the friction or force required.

Speaking of elegance and grace, there are other Bovet watches for that. Recital timepieces are often about technical excellence and pushing the design envelope. I also like that Bovet sort of exists out side of the rest of the watch making world. They produce their own movements, they produce a lot of their own parts for the cases and dials, they produce parts for other brands, and their design ethos is refreshingly unconcerned with what other luxury watch brands are doing.

For more about what the blancpain endurance monza brand is all about, I feel it useful to point to my interview of Bovet owner Mr. Pascal Raffy. There are really not that many luxury executives worth listening to at length, but Mr. Raffy is one of the exceptions. Perhaps because he actually has interesting and thought provoking things to say not only about luxury itself, but also in regard to the process of creating luxury goods. With that said, let’s explore the Bovet Recital 16 a bit more.

Considering that the “visibility” theme of the motion, one can intimately see the performance of this tourbillon from either side of this case. Bovet printed part of this second scale on the rear of the sapphire crystal so as to read it from the front – just another small but appreciated detail that shows the attempt of this very small watchmaker gnomes in action. When you put money into a timepiece of this ilk you should truly be investing in certain extreme when not obsessive attention to detail.The movement itself is manually wound and has a power reserve of five times – functioning at 3Hz (21,600 bph). Its layout might not be to everyone’s tastes (like I said, Bovet really isn’t going for this), but it’s damn impressive, and I think nearly any watch fan would feel blessed to have one of them in their collection.Bovet proceeds to come out with intriguing and exceptionally complicated watches like the Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star in an yearly basis. Few if some brands push so hard – even in uncertain times – to keep creating cool and amazing stuff. Though you might not like all of it, you have to give Bovet charge for keeping things fresh and interesting frequently. I applaud them, also, for keeping so many watchmakers and micro-engineers employed.On the wrist, the Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star is predictably a large but wearable watch at 46mm wide, here in 18k white gold. There is also an 18k red gold edition of this Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star that will be made this year. In addition to the different case substance, there’s the white lacquered dial choice in addition to a blue aventurine dial (where the time is indicated) alternative. The Bovet Recital 18 Shooting Star is also 18.15mm thick (given the big domed crystal – which, incidentally, has excellent AR-coating for its shape), and is water resistant to 30 meters.

There are two versions of the blancpain quantieme complet 8 jours Recital 16 that you can see in this article. One model is in 18k red gold and the other is in 18k white gold. This latter model has a few other decorative elements that include mother-of-pearl dials for the secondary and tertiary time zones, as well as a ring of baguette-cut diamonds around the bezel. While these aren’t traditionally particularly masculine decorative features, they actually work pretty well in the Bovet Recital 16 and don’t take away from the “men’s watch” appeal of the piece.

The dial is done in typically Bovet fashion, which is to say it is both very classical and ornate in its styling. What catches your attention first would be the two large sub-dials in 10 and 2 o’clock. The former is a power reserve indicator and the latter retains the huge date complication. At 6 o’clock is your double face flying tourbillon. Bovet also provides a choice of dials and owners will be able to choose from black lacquer, ivory, or blue aventurine.The movement within continues to be designated the 17BM03-GD, and it’s lavishly hand-decorated to Bovet’s usual high standards. The bridges and plates are chamfered and polished, the disk plates are sunk and also chamfered, and numerous bridges are painstakingly engraved by hand.The flying tourbillon deserves particular mention because the bridges are made from titanium to reduce inertia and magnetism. But more importantly, they have been shaped to resemble wings and also have been mirror-polished to achieve maximum sheen.Aside from being beautiful to check at, the movement also has some practical capabilities. The 10-day-long power reserve means owners need not wind them frequently, but this kind of long power reserve usually necessitates tedious winding as well. Not so in the case of this Bovet Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date, since the winding mechanism includes a spherical String that halves the numbers of turns necessary to completely wind the watch. Incredibly, it does so without increasing either the friction or induce required.

At 46mm wide and relatively thick, there is perhaps little that can take away from the masculinity of the blancpain piece unique Recital 16. Even with the large size, the curved lugs ensure a very pleasant fit on the wrist, that never feels loose or obnoxiously large. 46mm wide is one of those sizes that can make a watch look much too large on most wrists, or absolutely appropriate, depending on the shape of the case. Note the rounded blue sapphire crystal as the cabochon in the crown (most commonly seen in Cartier watches).

Some 195 years ago, Bovet was founded by Edouard Bovet in London, who would go on to create watches to market in China. The history thereafter is a bit hazy, but something that’s sure is that Bovet watches are unlike any other. Love them or loathe them, many of Bovet watches have a fashion quite unlike anything else, and I need to respect them for that. Unlike other manufacturers that might seem subject to trends and fads, Bovet seems blissfully unconcerned, producing watches which are uniquely theirs. Furthermore, many of the high-end pieces feature interesting technical inventions. Since 2017 marks the 195th anniversary of Bovet, the brand has just released the brand new Bovet Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date watch, a limited-edition piece to commemorate the occasion.The Bovet Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date watch will probably be available in three case materials: 18k red gold, 18k white gold, and platinum. Case size is 44mm wide with a depth of 13.45mm. Coupled with its unique and elaborate drag construction, we now have here a huge watch with certainly lots of wrist presence.But beyond this, what’s special about the case layout is the fact that it’s tapered such as the Bovet Récital 18 Shooting Star and Récital 20 Astérium – meaning that it is in its thickest at 12 o’clock and then gradually becomes thinner sloping toward 6 o’clock. Bovet calls this “a likely crystal aperture.” Whatever you call it, it’s pretty cool as it’s something which you don’t see much in other watches.

Perhaps the most interesting thing to do with the Bovet Recital 16 is adjust the time. Typically such a basic act isn’t all that interesting, but here you get the added delight of seeing all three of the time dials moving at the same time. It is a fun view despite being, of course, rather simple. With that said, it is clear that you can adjust all of the time zones at the same time, which will all have synchronized minute hands. That means this isn’t the type of watch that allows each of the different times to be totally independently set. Having said that, you’ll find that on a travel watch, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

What makes the other two time zones interesting isn’t just that they are there, but that they each have their own day/night (AM/PM) indicator, as well as reference city indicator. The former function is displayed in the middle of the subsidiary dials as a disc displaying the sun or stars moving around slowly throughout the day. This is a pretty useful feature, as the other time zones are in a 12 hour format – making it difficult to know whether it is day or night in those places.

That includes all three case styles that are accessible as the reference TPINS002 in 18k red gold, the TPINS001 in organic titanium, and the TPINS003 from DLC-coated black titanium. Last, it seems that blancpain leman moonphase has also updated the guarantee in their watches (at least some of them) in light of moves from other watch industry players, so the Bovet Pininfarina OttantaSei 10-Day Tourbillon will have a movement guarantee of five years. Including all three case styles that are available as the reference TPINS002 in 18k red gold, the TPINS001 in natural titanium, and the TPINS003 in DLC-coated black titanium. Last, it appears that Bovet has also updated the warranty in their watches (at least some of them) in light of moves by other watch business players, therefore the Bovet Pininfarina OttantaSei 10-Day Tourbillon is going to have a movement warranty of five years. Price is $165,000 in titanium and $180,000 from 18k red gold. I’ve been writing about watches for a very long time; I have been working on these even longer; and I have been in the market more still. I’m not certain when I decided where I stumbled on the “are watches art?” Problem, but I can tell you that: I can not remember regarding watches like anything but works of art. Some of it’s high forehead, a few of it low. It doesn’t really matter where the watch falls upon the scale in order for it to be regarded as an art form. But maybe that has more to do with your definition of art (and that I have a true broad definition of the term). What I have always thought is that something qualifies as art if it is that the “expression of what cannot be said.”

Pushers on the side of the case are used to adjust the second and third time zone indicator faces on the dial. The good news is that the Bovet Recital 16 case doesn’t have a lot of extra crowns on it, but the bad news is that you’ll need a small tool to adjust the watch as your naked fingers will not be able to do it. Bovet isn’t the only brand to do that, and I wonder how owners feel when it comes time to adjust their watches. Actually, to be fair, most watch makers supply little pusher tools to adjust the watch which will not scratch the case. Then again, how many owners carry these small tools around with them? I’ve always thought it would be good to have a small tool in the strap buckle if a watch relies upon inset pushers to make adjustments to the movement.

The Calibre Rising Star II is a rather complex manually wound movement that also contains a tourbillon and 7 days of power reserve. What makes it the most interesting to me isn’t what it does, but more how it looks. The Bovet Recital 16 has no real dial, but makes the most out of having a totally open movement with various dials and pieces of information on it. Let’s be honest, despite the many items on the dial, hands, and indicators, the Bovet Recital 16 is rather legible for what it is. There is even lume on the hands for darkness reading.

I must acknowledge that given the “bow style” crown position in 12 o’clock, it wears in a rather sizable fashion, but it is not uncomfortable. Bovet asserts that even in gold, the case only weighs 51.66 grams (minus the strap). The whole purpose of this design was to create the Bovet Pininfarina OttantaSei 10-Day Tourbillon light-looking… and light-feeling. There are a total of four sapphire crystals in the situation, and using flat crystals onto the top in addition to the horizontal planes on the sides make the watch feel just like a massive coin onto your wrist. Laser engraving is used on the faces of the case to publish the “limited edition” and “Pininfarina” tagging, whereas the partial seconds index scale is printed on the one of the main crystals and then read on the other hand. Manually wound, the movement operates at 18,000 bph (2.5Hz) and has a very long power reserve of 10 times in one barrel. To see and operate the motion is real beauty. Bovet decided to keep things as simple and elegant as possible by offering the time on a subsidiary dialup, large-diameter tourbillon (which doubles as the small seconds index), and a power reserve indicator.

A question you probably shouldn’t ask is “who needs to know just three time zones?” I am sure enough people do and hopefully they will find Bovet. Thankfully, the complex dial is also laid out more-or-less symmetrically – which adds a few attraction points to the watch. The top of the watch dial contains a power reserve indicator for the movement indicating the full seven days, while the lower part of the dial has the tourbillon on its long and thin bridges. Don’t miss the dark gray finishing of the movement bridges which add just a bit more visual interest.

Bovet didn’t design the Bovet Recital 16 for all luxury consumers able to afford its rather outstanding price. It is the shining example of a niche model for a select group of people that nevertheless aims to garner enough “horological street cred” to ride with the bigger boys. Price for the Bovet Dimier Recital 16 watch starts at $299,000 in 18k red gold and $304,500 in 18k white gold. Price in 18k white gold with the diamonds is $373,500. bovet.com

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White Dial IWC Portuguese Chronograph Replica Watch Ref.IW371431

Post author By cryowatch
Post date March 25, 2017

The Warhorse of Schaffhausen White Dial IWC Portuguese Chronograph Replica Watch, released in 1993, incorporated split-seconds, a tourbillon and a minute repeater. Calibre 79350 has a perfectly respectable 44-hour power reserve, is water resistant to 30 m, and the following functions: hours, minutes, seconds and chronograph. There’s a 30-minute counter at 12 o’clock and small seconds at 6 o’clock. You’ll also see there’s a nicely understated tachymeter on the monochromatic dial. But there’s a ‘but’. Calibre 79350 is a Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750 automatic movement.

The secret of its success lies in its universal appeal, a modest 40 mm case diameter, an uncluttered and highly legible dial, and recessed subdials. It was a hard-won success. Like many great books and works of art, when the first Portugiesier was unveiled in the 1930s, its reception was decidedly lukewarm.

IWC Portuguese Chronograph Replica Watch is more than just a pretty white gold case and bezel, a grey dial and a gorgeously smooth bracelet. It’s a genre-defying timepiece. On paper, it’s a luxury sports watch. But it’s also an elegant everyday watch, and it most certainly wouldn’t be sniffed at if it put in an appearance at a board meeting or a dinner table.

It’s been modified by IWC but it’s not an IWC in-house movement. Whether that’s important is largely down to personal preference. In-house movements are generally more highly favoured but that doesn’t mean that an outsourced movement is necessarily inferior by comparison.

Calibre 79350 lies beneath the dial. You’d expect a watchmaker that’s a partner of the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team to be pretty good at making movements. IWC Portuguese Replica Watch are one of the best. Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx have both been photographed wearing IWC watches. Scott Eastwood and Dev Patel are brand ambassadors. And Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Orlando Bloom are also well-known lovers of IWC’s superior craftsmanship. That’s quite the members club.

Who wears IWC Replica Watch? Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg for starters. Valtteri Bottas too, now that Rosberg is retired. The brand has found favour amongst Hollywood’s A-listers too. Instantly recognisable thanks to its sleek, refined case design, hand-stitched crocodile leather bracelet and embossed Arabic numerals in a serif-style font, IWC Portuguese Chronograph – IW371431 is a timeless classic and a symbol of good taste. Calibre 89 was famed for its accuracy.

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Rose Gold Ulysse Nardin Freak Cruiser Watch Replica Online For Sale

Post author By cryowatch
Post date March 20, 2017

The Rose Gold Ulysse Nardin Freak Cruiser Watch Replica Online are currently the most high-end Freak models because they include tourbillons in the movements as part of the in-house produced caliber UN-208 movements. Let me be clear that I am personally a Ulysse Nardin Freak kinda guy, but I don’t have anything against people who aren’t. It is really just a matter of your taste and personality.

Coming back to the Ulysse Nardin Freak Cruiser Watch Replica collection, I think you get your money’s worth of Freak in the Cruiser or other models that focus more on the core concept of what the watch is about.

Whether you can pull off a Freak on the wrist is a question high-end watch lovers all need to ask themselves at some point. It may seem like a small issue, but it goes to the heart of what type of watch lover you are. Lovers of watch movements appreciate their complexity and attractive aesthetics, but they don’t really add much to the overall horological equation when it comes to performance. In many ways tourbillons are like the chrome trim of the watch world – often worth it when you want to look your best, but you aren’t really adding a ton of value for their cost.

The watch like the Ulysse Nardin Freak Replica Watch has the power to polarize watch lovers. It isn’t that people will disagree on its quality or mechanics, but rather, the entire concept is something which people either love or simply can’t stand behind.

There is nothing at all wrong with wanting a tourbillon to spice up your watches, but I am rarely convinced of their value proposition unless you are frequently doing business with difficult to impress oligarchs. I’ve written a lot about the Ulysse Nardin Freak watch collection over the years, and this isn’t my first Freak watch review.

Tourbillons, in many parts of the world, exist to show off wealth and prestige. Several years ago, in 2011, I reviewed the higher-end Ulysse Nardin Replica Watch (which in a different color was later called the Ulysse Nardin Freak Phantom).

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