Piaget – famed for its pioneering and leadership position in the work of ultra-thin calibers – has done it again. In just about 10 days at the SIHH in Geneva, the brand will be unveiling to the world the skeletonized Altiplano Ultra Thin, which was several years in the development stages, and requires months to …
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Watch Stops: Pre-SIHH — Richard Mille Unveils New In-House CRMA1 Caliber
Just in time for SIHH in Geneva, Richard Mille announces his all new CRMA1 caliber – available in titanium, red or white gold case. The new movement is a skeletonized automatic with hours, minutes and adjustable rotor geometry. The base plate and bridges are made of titanium with Titalyt treatment to offer stronger rigidity. Bridges …
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Time Capsules: Product — Bremont Watches Ejection-Seat Test the MB Series
The English Brothers – both pilots – have one of the most interesting stories to tell. Theirs is a story of life, death, flight and time – time that translates to the Bremont Watch Co. Just a few years old, Bremont Watch Company has fast made a global name for itself. Founded by Nick and …
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Weekend Sojourn: Dinosaurs Invade the Franklin Institute
Looking for something to do that is great fun and maybe even informative? Plan on going to Philadelphia for a weekend – and try to be there on December 10, when an exciting new exhibit makes it debut at The Franklin Institute. Giant Mysterious Dinosaurs is set to premiere December 10, 2011 and run through …
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Watch Stops: Pre-SIHH – Audemars Piguet Says Happy Birthday Royal Oak with Open-worked Ultra-Thin Limited Edition
The year was 1972. No, this is not about flower power or other 70’s era memories. This is about the legendary Gerald Genta designing the daring and bold Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch – a luxury sport timepiece that wowed the world with its magnificent steel case and gold price. The Royal Oak was an …
Time Capsules: Product — Franck Muller Watches Takes a Closer Look at Women’s Mechanics
Since October was all about Halloween, skeletons and contests here at Atimelyperspective, we decided to, conversely, make November a month that celebrates the world of women’s watches. Each week we will focus on a beautiful women’s watch, or trends in this arena. For instance, this Lady Tourbillon Automatique was recently unveiled to the world by Franck …
Time Capsules: Product – Bell & Ross Watches – Unleash the Skeleton in your Closet
We promised to bring a few more skeleton images on luxury timepieces to the table this month, and with Halloween just five days away, here we are again. This Bell & Ross BR01-92 Airborne II watch, though is so much more than a cool skeleton design – in many ways. Easily the most intriguing fact …
Trend Report: Skeleton and Open-Worked Watches
Richard Mille RM038 Skeleton watchA timepiece that is sculpted by hand, a skeleton watch is one whose movement has been carved away to such an extreme degree that often as much as 60 or 70 percent of the metal is gone – leaving an open-worked masterpiece that is one of the most alluring mechanical works …
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Time Capsules: Product — Expensive Watches Extraordinaire—Jacob & Co.’s Crystal Tourbillon on the wrist
There are expensive watches and then there are really expensive watches – and with good reason. Let’s get it out of the way, the extraordinary Jacob & Co. Crystal Tourbillon retails for $900,000 – and it is NOT a one of a kind timepiece. It is, however, created in a limited edition of 180 pieces. …
Time Capsules: Product – Linde Werdelin SpidoSpeed Dons new Pushers
Linde Werdelin, launched in 2006 to create top-notch Swiss-made, Danish-designed luxury sport watches, treads boldly in the world of avant-garde technology. Specializing in producing limited-edition watch series of between 22 and 222 for each model, all Linde Werdelin watches house an automatic mechanical movement and have a 42-hours of power reserve. What’s more, this brand …
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