— After the presentation of a steel version of the chronograph, here is ref L2.775.8.23, in pink gold.
As part of the Longines Heritage Collection, the new Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph models recall the very first chronograph wrist Rolex Replica watches created by the brand in 1933.
End of January, WorldTempus presented one of the three new models, featuring a steel case and Arabic numerals. For amateurs of more precious Fake Watches UK, here is the version in pink gold.
Dial created with floral marquetry. Ballon Bleu de Cartier parrot Replica Watches
Not so very long ago, the métiers d’art in watchmaking were essentially concerned with the preservation of rare and ancient crafts. Not so today, as innovation and optimisation of costs have emerged as decisive factors in brands’ strategy in this domain.
Diamond-set logo in sapphire crystal. Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Platinum
The métiers d’art have been prominent in watchmaking for a number of years. Proof of a brand’s capacity to master other areas of expertise than pure mechanics, their role is to be both a thing of beauty and a source of wonder. Whereas initially very few brands had access to these skills in-house, now entire departments have been put together for this purpose. Such a development poses a new challenge for Fake watchmakers: how to distinguish themselves from the competition in an increasingly crowded segment. Some have lost no time in appointing teams specifically to develop new techniques, or to study applications for existing crafts which have never previously been used on timepieces. Independent artisans are making their contribution too, encouraged by manufacturers. Yet changes have been observed. Once restricted to the circle of watchmaking’s pre-eminent names, these decorative arts have caught the attention of the entire profession and, as the trend trickles down, new factors emerge such as cost-reduction through the introduction of semi-industrial processes.
Petrified petals
“As with its watchmaking hub, Cartier also has a research and development unit dedicated to the métiers d’art,” explains Thierry Lamouroux, who is watchmaking marketing director for the French firm. “Its role is to scour the world in search of as yet unknown craftsmen and techniques, and study their applications to Rolex Replica watch exteriors. This year, for example, Cartier presented a dial created with floral marquetry. The idea was actually put to us by a supplier. Working together, we developed a way to stabilise this technique to ensure the petals keep their colour and structure in all conditions and with no limitation of time.”
Multi-layered dial of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Poetic Wish
Piaget has also had its eyes open for rarely-seen techniques, and this year unveiled dials decorated with bolino and scrimshaw engraving. In January, on Geneva’s Rue du Rhône, Omega demonstrated an innovative gem-setting technique which uses a Liquidmetal platinum alloy to diamond-set its logo in sapphire crystal. First the logo is cut into the sapphire surface, making triangular cavities to contain the alloy. The diamonds are then set in the Liquidmetal using traditional setting techniques.
Two years ago it was the turn of straw marquetry, seen on dials at Hermès and Cartier. “The brands are encouraging us to develop new ideas, to really push the envelope,” confides Oliver Vaucher, an engraver whose studio masters five different techniques. “They now see the métiers d’art as offering potential for research and innovation.”
Micro-sculptures and multiple tiers
Among the craftsmen who, within the confines of their studio, are seeking new ways to bring dials to life, Olivier Vaucher is renowned as one of the most inventive. His company, which employs 33 people, is behind the multi-layered dial of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Poetic Wish and the micro-sculptures circling the dial of the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Round Table, among other realisations. “At one time, the most decoration you would see on a watch was taille-douce or low relief engraving on gold,” he comments. “Since then we’ve added volume with high relief engraving, and even three-dimensional engraving or carved stones.”
This latter technique, known as glyptic, appears on the dial of the Métiers d’Art Fabuleux Ornements Chinese Embroidery Replica Watches UK by Vacheron Constantin. Its flowers are sculpted from garnets, cuprites and rubies, which have a hardness of 9 on Mohs scale (only diamond scores 10). “Our role is to bring out the full potential of a technique in the most innovative, most beautiful way,” says Vaucher. No longer limited to exclusively decorative pieces, today’s métiers d’art extend to Rolex Replica watches in every register. The technically complex RM 51-01, recently unveiled by Richard Mille, is living proof, with a sculpted gold dragon and tiger clutching the movement.
Keep it real
Micro-sculptures of the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Round Table
Ultimately the bottom line is creativity, which has to be channelled. Says Olivier Vaucher, “As craftsmen, we sometimes have to rein in our customers’ enthusiasm. They want a technical tour de force when what matters is the beauty of the finished piece.”
Naturally, the rising popularity of the métiers d’art hasn’t escaped attention. Several brands have plans to add them to their catalogue and in doing so attract a new clientele. But these techniques come with a high price tag, sometimes prohibitively so, and certain brands could be tempted by less costly methods. This raises the question of how to explain to the end customer the difference between the two… no doubt the intention behind Patek Philippe’s “rare handcrafts” campaign, launched in April 2013.
F.P. Journe “Élégante” ladies collection Replica Watches UK
It took 8 years of research for F.P. Journe to develop this innovative movement that combines the comfort of use of an electromechanical watch with feminity, elegance and precision.
A revolutionary new horlogical concept
Always ahead of his time, conciliating tradition, innovation and modern technology, for his first ladies collection F.P. Journe has developed a revolutionary horological concept. It was designed and conceived exclusively for women, with extremely precise technical specifications that make it a long-lasting Rolex Replica watch. The “élégante” measures time impeccably, allowing it to be stopped and started again. This is the dream of all women and of all watchmakers as well.
It took 8 years of research for F.P. Journe to develop this innovative movement that combines the comfort of use of an electromechanical watch with feminity, elegance, and precision. It offers the wearer 10 years of use when worn and up to 18 years in standby mode.
All the mechanical elements of the “élégante” movement are manufactured by F.P. Journe, based on his own criteria of excellence in state- of-the-art haute horology. The electronic components were developed by a Swiss engineer and were made in Switzerland according to exclusive and exacting standards, with a microprocessor specifically created for the Fake Watches.
The concept of this electromechanical watch features a mechanical motion detector visible on the dial at 5 o’clock. When the watch is not worn, it stops after about 30 minutes. In standby mode, the microprocessor continues to keep time, while the mechanical parts – gears, rotors and hands – stop moving in order to save energy. When the “élégante” is again worn, it automatically sets itself to the correct time, taking the shortest path – either clockwise or counter clockwise – again, for the purpose of energy conservation.
F.P. Journe “Élégante” ladies collection
The novel luminescent dial of the “élégante” in its Titanium version recalls the shimmering surface of white mother-of-pearl. It offers max- imum legibility, by day and by night. At night the hands count off the hours, as in a shadow theatre. As a finishing touch to his first ladies collection, F.P. Journe has chosen a flat Tortue case, whose design is trademarked ®.
As François-Paul Journe says: “I created this watch because for 20 years, women have been asking me to design a watch for them; a watch that was different and comfortable to wear, and that suited their needs and desires. I therefore created this long-lasting watch es- pecially for them. Today the “élégante” features the only electromechanical movement conceived and created for the luxury market and offering a true vision of luxury.”
The case of the “élégante” is available in Titanium, with 7 coloured rubber partitions and a matching rubber strap: white, rose, light blue, mid- night blue, chocolate, burgundy red, and khaki green. Its ergonomic shape perfectly hugs the wrist. The 18 ct. red gold version comes with a chocolate strap; the Platinum PT 950 version with a dark blue strap. A jewellery version of the “élégante” is available, with a diamond– set bezel and a dial that can be set with precious stones upon request.
The philosophy of the “élégante”
If electronics had existed in the 18 th century, they would have been used by master horologists for marine chronometry, to achieve maximum precision during ocean navigation, while offering a sophisticated construction and luxurious design.
F.P. Journe produces haute horology movements; each watch is fitted with a sapphire back that reveals its magnificent movement. Faithful to the specifications of his haute horology production, F.P. Journe reserves a special treatment for the movements of the “élégante”, with an outstanding decor that may be admired through the sapphire case back.
The exceptional horological savoir-faire that characterises all F.P. Journe watches, and his exclusive mode of assembly, are both present in the “élégante”.
The basic conception of the electronic components is very important, which is why F.P. Journe made it a point to develop an efficient move- ment that consumes less energy – with its inherent ecological benefits. The integrated circuit of the “élégante” – in a sense the watch’s brain – incorporates high-performance electronic components. 10 years of use if worn, and up to 18 years in standby mode. In an ultimate feminine touch, a heart adorns the back of the movement, showing the location of the microprocessor that symbolises the heart of the Replica Watches UK.
The flat Tortue case and rubber bracelet fit all wrists with sensuality and perfect ergonomic design. For the dial, true to his philosophy, F.P. Journe emphasizes legibility. Based on the principle of cloisonné enamel, the case of the “élégante” is decorated with rubber partitions.
F.P. Journe “Élégante” ladies collection Fake Watches
Both classic and contemporary, possessing the inherent magic of all F.P. Journe creations, the “élégante” is sure to make its mark in horo- logical history.
— This cheap Replica Watches displays the moon’s phases in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres and shows the age of the moon in days.
The Montblanc Star Collection Rolex Replica watches feature round cases, black Arabic numerals and rich finishes in the tradition of Haute Horlogerie. All of these characteristics are expressed in the new Montblanc Star Twin Moonphase.
Its automatic Montblanc calibre MB 29.13 was constructed for a new type of complication that is used exclusively by Montblanc and gives the watch its name: a moon-phase display that shows the moon’s phases in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres and the age of the moon in days.
The moon’s phases appear differently depending upon whether they’re observed from the Northern or the Southern Hemisphere. The lunar phases follow one another in the same sequence regardless of an observer’s location: full moon is full moon and waxing moon is waxing moon, but the geometries of the waxing and waning moon as seen from the Southern Hemisphere are mirror images of their counterparts as viewed from the North. The waxing moon’s crescent always appears to curve toward the right when seen by an observer in the Northern Hemisphere, but curves toward the left when viewed from the South.
Most timepieces with moon-phase displays depict only the lunar phases as they appear to observers in the North. But not the Montblanc Star Twin Moonphase, which also does justice to the perspective of people who dwell in the Southern Hemisphere.
A classical moon-phase display with its characteristically shaped window is combined here with a pointer for the moon’s age in days. This slim hand is positioned diametrically opposite the conventional moon-phase display in the lower half of the lunar subdial, where it points to symbols that show the appearance which the moon’s phases present to viewers in the Southern Hemisphere.
All this takes place at “6 o’clock” on a classical subdial. The moon’s age is shown in days along the periphery of the subdial, the upper portion is reserved for a familiar moon-phase display with a characteristically shaped window in which golden-coloured Luna glides above a dark blue background and gradually changes her appearance to keep pace with the phases of the moon as seen by observers in the Northern Hemisphere. The surface below it is adorned with a pattern shaped like Montblanc’s emblem and wreathed by moon-phase symbols as they appear in the sky above the Southern Hemisphere.
The dial is adorned with a fine guilloche décor. This continues to the clearly structured scale for the minutes and seconds along the outermost periphery of the dial. The scale has an aperture between “one o’clock” and “two o’clock” for the asymmetrically arranged pointer date, as well as a cartouche at “10 o’clock” with the MONTBLANC script logo and the word “automatic”.
Black Arabic numerals clearly contrast with the silvery grey background. This setting strongly contrasts with blued steel hands: leaf-shaped hour- and minute-hand, a baton-shaped second-hand with the revised Montblanc emblem as a counterweight, a slim and straight pointer for the moon’s phases and age, and a very slender date-hand with a bright red crescent at its tip.
The special polished stainless steel case offers a diameter of 42 mm and an overall height of 12.7 mm. A domed and antireflective sapphire crystal protects the dial. A pane of sapphire crystal is inserted into the screwed back to provide a clear view of mechanical self-winding Calibre MB 29.13. The movement with asymmetrical pointer date ticks at a pace of 28,800 semi-oscillations per hour (4 Hz). The date and moon-phase displays can be adjusted in single-day increments via two buttons inset into the flank of the case.
The timepiece is worn on a strap crafted from alligator leather with large reptilian scales. It is equipped with a triply folding stainless steel clasp.
The Montblanc Star Twin Moonphase will be available in Montblanc boutiques and at selected Breitling Replica watch and jewellery stores starting in the autumn of 2014.
