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11 April 2024, 05:10 PM | #91 |
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Konstantin Chaykin Joker Classic (40mm!)
https://watchesbysjx.com/2024/04/kon...r-classic.html Diameter: 40 mm Height: 12.2 mm Material: Stainless steel Functions: Hours, minutes, and moon phase Limited edition: No, but no more that 100 pieces will be produces each year Price: CHF16,900 |
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Moser Skeleton Streamliner Tourbillon
I was at their booth at W&W on opening day and got hands on with several of their novelties and also higher end pieces. The skeleton streamliner tourbillon was just out of this world. The intricate movement and the finishing left me in awe - an absolute stunner! At that price point there simply is not much competition and the craftsmanship is fantastic. Big up!
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Likewise, but out of my league.
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12 April 2024, 12:59 AM | #98 |
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Speake Marin Ripples Dune Date Edition
https://monochrome-watches.com/first...s-specs-price/ 40.3mm diameter x 9.2mm height - stainless steel Limited to 60 pieces CHF 24,900 |
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This watch has appeared somewhere in this thread but more details below. Love the size.
De Bethune DB28XS Purple Rain https://monochrome-watches.com/hands...n-specs-price/ De Bethune’s DB28XS is the smallest model in the brand’s repertoire and joined the collection in 2023. Distilling the main elements of the iconic DB28 with its floating lugs, delta-shaped bridge, crown at noon and futuristic silhouette, the DB28xs has a more compact 38.7mm diameter coupled with an ultra-slim case height of 7.4mm. Exceptionally lightweight, just about everything on the DB28XS is made from grade 5 titanium, starting with the mirror-polished case and floating lugs. One of the most challenging aspects of creating the DB28XS was miniaturising the brand’s famous, patented floating lugs. The dial is no less spectacular and reveals a wonderful wavy surface referred to as a ‘random guilloché pattern’ invented by De Bethune. Traversed by a series of undulating purple waves, the titanium dial comes alive with motion, texture and reliefs. The different-sized dots you can see on the dial are hand-applied spherical gold pins to recreate the reflection of stars in a purple sea or bubbles – take your pick. A raised, rounded, purple titanium chapter ring frames the scenery and hosts the transferred silvery Arabic hour numerals. Time is read with the custom-made and hand-polished openworked titanium hour and minute hands. 38.7mm diameter x 7.4mm thickness - grade 5 purple titanium Limited to 25 pieces CHF 90,000 USD 99,000 |
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12 April 2024, 05:42 AM | #101 | |
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Narrowing it down and coming back to your question if I understood it correctly: The finishing on the case and the bracelet is solid but certainly not the pinnacle of the watch world. What is your take on Moser generally and do you happen to own any of their watches? What I love is that with a watch like this from an indy brand that is not very well known, one flies under the radar with a stellar horological ufo on the wrist. |
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I don’t own any Mosers but I would like to. I really enjoy the Endeavour Concept Centre Seconds and the Streamliner models but it’s been a combination of bad timing with funds / not the right watch being made yet. I really enjoy the brand but I would like if they upped the finishing a little even if it meant a higher price point. |
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Speake-Marin Openworked Tourbillon Ultra-Violet
https://monochrome-watches.com/intro...cs-price-pics/ 38mm or 42mm diameter x 12.35mm thick – Piccadilly design – grade 5 titanium case Dial: multi-layer satin-finished and rhodium-plated openworked dial – grid with positive ultra-violet PVD coating – micro beaded bevelled edges – rhodium-plated micro beaded pockets – luminescent rhodium-plated heart-shaped hands with blue glow - black mainplate with circular graining, bridges with bead-blasted surfaces - 60-sec flying tourbillon at 1:30 with topping tool cage - power reserve indicator at 7:30 – engraved barrel and tungsten micro-rotor 42mm limited to 5 pieces, 38mm limited to 4 pieces 38mm - CHF 79,500 42mm - CHF 79,900 |
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David Candaux new DC1 titanium watch. Its unique features include an asymmetrical case resembling a bassinée and a retractable “Magic Crown” at 6 o’clock.
The DC1 collection introduced several groundbreaking elements, such as an all-titanium movement requiring novel manufacturing techniques and a 30-degree inclined tourbillon for enhanced precision. The latest addition to the collection, presented in April 2024 in Geneva, is crafted from titanium, embodying the brand’s commitment to simplicity, ergonomics, and wearer comfort. This timepiece serves as a tribute to David Candaux’s father, a master of complications, and to his mentor, Philippe Dufour, in the esteemed AHCI. _n2.jpg
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Khemea is a new independent watch brand, and its first watch, Arkhea, is the brand's masterpiece. This watch is the crystallization of years of painstaking efforts of the founder of the brand - Shona Taine. It has been designed, polished and produced many times, and finally presented to us.
The brand name Khemea comes from "alchemy" in ancient Greek, which is the brand founder's understanding of watches: it is the product of the fusion of talents, technologies and elements from many aspects, just as the alchemists combined various Just as materials come together to create treasures, Khemea's watch is also a precious treasure. Tourbillon, moon phases, poetic date, and power reserve on the movement side of the back of the watch POWER RESERVE 100 Hours with a single barrel FREQUENCY 21600 vib/h or 3Hz _n2.jpg _n3.jpg
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15 April 2024, 10:40 AM | #111 |
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Vianney Halter Art Deco Metropolis
https://www.vianney-halter.com/wp-co...Metropolis.pdf "The Art Deco Metropolis stands as a legacy from the Classic, to which I made some deep transformations. Its Modern Streamline case and dial boast a tri-dimensional architecture. The lug bases became rectangular geometric ornaments. Massive gold rivets and crown reminds one of the Belgian type 12 locomotives, the epitome of futuristic speed. The sapphire is heavily beveled – a shape that is typical from the 1920’s – enabling the possibility to slim down the case. This configuration allows us to fully appreciate the details and volumes of the 3-part dial, for which each material texture has been worked for enhanced contrast, depth and light. The titanium center is hand engraved, to contrast with the diamond cut radiating solid gold rays. The Art Deco font is applied to the blued circle-brushed titanium ring with railway indices on the outer rim that expand thanks to the sapphire window geometry. Alternating textures on the dial create a shimmer, underscored by brushed and polished steel geometric hands. The VH122 automatic caliber is entirely decorated using traditional methods and is made of Maillechort (also called german silver), the same material used to make quality pocket watches. This metal permits a finer finishing than brass. It oxidizes very little and needs no surface coating. If needed, decorations can be redone and the beauty of the caliber will be kept during many decades of servicing." 39.8mm diameter, 8.2mm thickness (11.85mm with glass) Titanium and 18Kt gold rivets CHF 79,000 |
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Not a W&W release but please bear with me.
https://hypebeast.com/2024/4/massena...acs-russo-info In Association and Bacs & Russo, Phillips has unveiled a very special 1952 Observatory Dial watch, a limited-edition crafted in collaboration with Massena LAB and independent watchmaker, Raúl Pagès — the winner of the first LVMH Watch Prize. Drawing inspiration from the Observatory-grade Patek Philippe Ref. 2458, the timepiece showcases a platinum dial that is imbued with historic references and modern codes. Measuring 38.5mm in diameter and 10mm in thickness, the watch case comes in a stainless steel build. Massena LAB’s proprietary manual-winding movement, the M690, can be observed through the watch’s open sapphire crystal caseback. In spotlighting the alluringly understated yet radiant appeal of the 1952 Observatory Dial limited edition, the wristwatch is paired with a taupe leather strap. Limited to 99 examples, this special edition has a price tag of 8,000 CHF (around $8,762 USD) and will be available for purchase via Phillips exclusively. |
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28 April 2024, 01:16 AM | #115 |
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I looked through again these 4 pages of new releases, and I think last year's W&W was way better. The 2941, SBCA and FFC were 2023's crop and they are beyond delightful (at least for me). The 2941 and SBCA in particular made me love watches like a child all over again.
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No one mentioned the 20th anniversary Voutilainen Tourbillion?
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16 May 2024, 10:54 PM | #118 |
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Tried this pair earlier and was very impressed. Obviously they are too big for my wrist but the lumen is quite out of this world. The blue dato is pretty in that dial but the SA told me a bundling is required.
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As far as wrist size goes they definitely are larger watches and will wear too big on most wrists. But if I could own one I’d still get it and wear it. Yea it would look monstrous but damn what a watch. Thanks for sharing the pics. |
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I do like the blue Dato and still thinking of it after I left the boutique. I will see what the bundling requirement is... |
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