Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Spider-Man”

Audemars Piguet presents the Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man, as the second part of its collaboration with Marvel that began in 2021.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man Limited Edition

Limited to 250 pieces, the Royal Oak Concept Spider-Man Tourbillon watch is accompanied by a unique piece, which will be auctioned off to benefit the First Book and Ashoka associations, non-profit organisations that work to empower young people to create change and a positive impact.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Spider-Man” Limited Edition

Following the AP Royal Oak Concept “Black Panther” Flying Tourbillon, which launched in 2021, this second collaboration with Marvel features Spider-Man, one of Marvel’s most popular Super Heroes.

Presented in a 42 mm titanium case contrasted with a black ceramic bezel and crown, this timepiece stands out with its new and exceptionally crafted open-worked movement.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man Limited Edition

Based on the Calibre 2948, the new hand-wound Calibre 2974 required all the open-working expertise of Audemars Piguet’s engineers, watchmakers and craftspeople. This movement comes with a high level of transparency that allows Spider-Man’s character to appear in a three-dimensional form as if suspended in the void through the sapphire crystal.

The silhouette and volume of the character are first cut from a block of white gold using a CNC machine. The Super Hero’s suit is then laser-engraved to obtain the differences in texture that give it its textile appearance. After this step, touch-ups and engraving-related finishings are meticulously done by hand by a single artisan, making each piece unique.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man Limited Edition

The character is ultimately hand-painted to give him his recognizable two-tone aesthetic, contrasting mat red and metallic blue.

The dial hosts alternating black PVD-coated gold hour-markers and Arabic numerals that are overlaid by hands designed in the same material. All have a polished finish and are enhanced with a white luminescence that turns blue in the dark, subtly referring to the world of Spider-Man.

The AP Spiderman watch is adorned with refined decorations that are faithful to watchmaking tradition and the design codes of the Manufacture. The case alternates between polished and micro-blasted finishes on the top and bottom, while the sides are satin-finished. The movement, however, features a range of decorations, from traits-tirés to sandblasting and polishing.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Black Suit Spider-Man”

Limited to 250 pieces, this model is accompanied by a unique piece called the Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Black Suit Spider-Man”.

This one-of-a-kind timepiece comes in a white gold case decorated with a spider leg motif. The case is first laser-engraved to create the spider’s legs, which are then filled with luminescent hybrid ceramic.

It is then polished and finely engraved by laser once more to form a spider’s web in the background. It is combined with a black ceramic bezel with ceramic also adorning the caseback that bears the words “Royal Oak Concept Unique Piece” in white.

Spider-Man appears on the dial in a black suit, a reference to the one worn by the Super Hero in several 1980s comics, notably The Amazing Spider-Man #252 in 1984.

Interchangeable strap system

For the first time, the 42 mm Royal Oak Concept case is equipped with an interchangeable strap system, which allows the owner of the watch to change the strap and buckle in a few simple steps.

Equipped with a black and grey rubber strap and a titanium AP buckle, the Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Spider-Man” comes with a second black and red rubber strap, matching the famous suit of the Marvel Super Hero.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man Limited Edition

The unique Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon “Black Suit Spider-Man” comes with a black rubber strap with a velvety texture and a second black calfskin leather strap with a textile effect and white stitching.

Technical details

Model: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon Spider-Man 42 mm
Reference 26631IO.OO.D002CA.01

Case
Titanium case
Diameter: 42mm
Case thickness: 15 mm
Black ceramic bezel
Screw-down crown
Glare-proofed sapphire crystal and caseback
Water resistant to 50 m

Movement
Hand-wound Calibre 2974
Total diameter 32, 25 mm (14 ¼ lignes)
Total thickness 5.82 mm
Number of parts 197
Number of jewels 19
Minimum power reserve guaranteed 72 h
Frequency of balance wheel 3 Hz (21,600 vibrations/hour)

Functions
Tourbillon, hours and minutes

Dial
Open-worked movement
3D Spider-Man character in hand-painted gold
Gold hour-markers and hands with luminescent coating

Bracelet
Black and grey rubber strap with interchangeable system and AP folding clasp
Additional black and red rubber strap

DUKE Clarity Tourbillon

Luxembourg based haute horlogerie brand Duke presents Clarity Tourbillon, an exclusive horological marvel created by Manufacture Grand-Ducale in the Swiss Jura Valley.

DUKE Clarity Tourbillon

Limited to 8 pieces, Clarity Tourbillon watch is driven by an in-house caliber, the 9600. Its oscillating weight is made of sapphire crystal, enabling the unobstructed view of the entire movement from case-back side.

DUKE Clarity Tourbillon watch

Beating at 21,600 vibrations per hour (3 Hertz), this self-winding mechanical tourbillon movement offers a power reserve of 72 hours.

Boasting a stunning design with a 100-degree opening with softened edges and a floating tourbillon cage, this new timepiece offers a new perspective to the prestigious horological complication invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet 200 years ago.

DUKE Clarity Tourbillon

The “DUKE Clarity Tourbillon” First Edition comes with an octagonal shaped case. Its case structure and its bottom flanks are made of titanium-carbon fiber, while its bezel, including the lugs, as well as its case back and its crown are made of Grade 5 Titanium.

DUKE Clarity Tourbillon

This exclusive timepiece by Duke Horlogerie encompasses fine watchmaking finishes like hand-beveling, polished-mirror effects, reliefs made of alternating grained, sun-brushed or shot-blasted surfaces.

Technical details

Model: DUKE Clarity Tourbillon

Movement
Manufacture Caliber Ref. 9600
Self-winding mechanical movement with tourbillon complication
30 jewels
Frequency 21’600 alt/h (3 Hertz)
Finishing touches exclusively by hand: angling, mirror polishing, straight and circular graining, sunray brushing, shot blasting
Mysterious & silent sapphire rotor
«Clarity» Tourbillon’s cage
360°/ minute double sapphire bridges

Functions
Hours & Minutes
Tourbillon

Dial
Tinted sapphire shot-blasted
Appliques: 18k white gold (PD210) straight grained
Flange: 18k white gold (PD210) engraved mirror polished
Hands: 18k white gold (PD210) mirror polished

Case
Titanium grade 5 bezel, case back, horns, crown, middle case
Carbon fiber titanium cap
Water resistance: 50 m

Edition
Limited edition of 8 pieces

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface

Vacheron Constantin presents a new Traditionnelle watch model with an open-worked dial featuring Tourbillon and Retrograde Date display.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface

Heir to the iconic references like 47245 (Patrimony 31 Day Retrograde) and 47247*, the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle tourbillon date retrograde openface combines its retrograde display with a partially open-worked dial, another signature of the Maison since the early 20th century.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface

Housed in an 18K pink gold case measuring 41 mm in diameter and only 11.07 mm thick, this new timepiece comes with a grey alligator strap secured by a pink gold folding clasp.

It boasts the Traditionnelle collection’s characteristic attributes like the stepped round case and lugs, a fluted caseback, a slim bezel, a railway minute track, bi-facetted Dauphine hands and gold baton-type hour-markers. Resulting from three years of work and dialogue between artisans and master-watchmakers, this timepiece features alternating hand-finishes that endow it with remarkable depth.

The open-worked sapphire dial, which also has a guilloché segment, reveals in-house Calibre 2162 R31, whose retrograde mechanism plate is highlighted by a slate grey surface treatment, achieved by a succession of thin galvanic layers.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface

It is further enhanced by vertical hand-brushing on the upper part, its surface having been smoothed with a dedicated abrasive serving to create subtle light effects, as well as a hand-guilloché lower part. The retrograde date display, complemented by a tourbillon, thus gains added depth in an ultra-contemporary yet very watchmaking style.

Stylised in the shape of a hollowed-out Maltese Cross, the tourbillon features a set of refined and complex finishes: the inside of its carriage is hand-bevelled, its cone-shaped transversal bar is hand-polished to give it a mirror-like gleam close to perfection.

Proudly bearing the Hallmark of Geneva, the Traditionnelle tourbillon retrograde date openface watch houses a 242-component in-house movement. Calibre 2162 R31 revisits the concept of High Watchmaking by adapting it to modern times with its NAC slate grey finish, 72-hour power reserve and decorated gold peripheral weight.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface

Beating at a rate of 18,000 vibrations per hour and measuring just 6.25 mm thick, Calibre 2162 R31 combines a retrograde date with a tourbillon. The retrograde mechanism is visible to the naked eye through the open-worked dial. The majestic tourbillon is set in a contemporary mainplate with a very high-quality watchmaking finish reflecting the grand Geneva tradition.

Technical details

Model: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Retrograde Date Openface
Reference 6010T/000R-B638

Movement
Calibre 2162 R31
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding
31 mm (13½”’) diameter, 6.25 mm thick
Approximately 72 hours of power reserve
2.5 Hz (18,000 vibrations/hour)
242 components
30 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Hours, minutes, small seconds on tourbillon carriage
Tourbillon
Retrograde date

Case
18K 5N pink gold
41 mm diameter, 11.07 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 metres)

Dial
Openface, assembled in four parts:
– 18K gold slate grey openface plate with a hand-guilloché upper-part, surrounded by an opaline flange with railway minute-track
– 18K gold applied hour-markers
– Sapphire glass
– 18K gold tourbillon second’s ring
18K 5N pink gold hour & minutes hands
18K gold blackened date hand with white crescent

Strap
Grey Mississippiensis alligator leather strap with alligator leather inner shell, hand-stitched, saddle finish, large square scales

Buckle
18K 5N pink gold folding clasp
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

* Reference 47247 was unveiled in 2002 on the eve of the millennium, for the 247th anniversary of the Maison. This 247-piece limited-edition watch made in a 37 mm platinum case features a retrograde date, a trailing days subdial at 6 o’clock, and an open-worked dial enabling the retrograde date mechanism to be admired.

Frederique Constant Classic Manufacture Tourbillon Steel Versions

After unveiling the rose gold limited anniversary edition at Watches and Wonders exhibition 2023 in Geneva, Frederique Constant is now presenting two all-new variations of its Classic Manufacture Tourbillon in a 39-millimetre steel case with a blue or silver-coloured dial. Each of the two versions will be available in a limited edition of 350 pieces.

Frederique Constant Anniversary Classic Manufacture Tourbillon Steel Version with blue dial

Not only is 2023 Frederique Constant’s 35th anniversary, it’s also the fifteenth anniversary of the brand’s first Manufacture tourbillon movement, released in 2008.

Presented at the Geneva Watches and Wonders show (27 March to 2 April, 2023), the Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture anniversary edition in rose gold is a limited edition of just 150 pieces.

Frederique Constant is now continuing its 35th anniversary celebrations with two new editions of its Classic Tourbillon Manufacture in steel, with 350 of each version being made.

Frederique Constant Anniversary Classic Manufacture Tourbillon Steel

The first features a sun-brushed midnight blue dial in a fully-polished steel case mounted on a matte blue alligator strap. The second comes with a sun-brushed silver-coloured dial and a matching strap.

Frederique Constant Anniversary Classic Manufacture Tourbillon Steel Version with silver dial

The restrained diameter of 39mm makes the new models perfect on both men’s and women’s wrists, to which the Manufacture has returned after previously using a diameter of 42 millimetres for the model.

The dial boasts a minimalist, contemporary decoration. It has slim, diamond-cut and hand-applied hour markers. The same technique has been used for the hands, resulting in a hand polished finish. Below the ‘Frederique Constant – Genève’ signature at 12 o’clock, an opening at 6 o’clock reveals the tourbillon complication.

Inside the Classics Tourbillon Manufacture beats the FC-980 in-house automatic movement. Thanks to a silicon escapement wheel and anchor, the movement is more resistant to the adverse effects of magnetism and temperature variations. A central seconds hand complete with a stop seconds function glides over the tourbillon.

The individual number of each piece is marked on the tourbillon cage and engraved on the caseback. The sapphire case-back offers the view of various fine watchmaking finishes employed on the FC-980 Manufacture movement– bevelling, beading, circular graining, straight-grained flanks and mirror polishing.

The suggested retail price of each Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture watch in steel is 14’495€.

Technical details

Model: Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture, Reference FC-980N3H6

Frederique Constant Anniversary Classic Manufacture Tourbillon Steel Version with blue dial

Dial
Blue dial with sunray finishing
Applied diamond cut indexes
Hand-polished silver colour hour and minute hands
Heart Beat opening at 6 o’clock with 60 seconds tourbillon, silver colour second hand

Strap
Blue alligator leather strap with matt finishing

Edition
Limited to 350 pieces

Recommended retail price
14’495€

Model: Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture, Reference FC-980S3H6

Frederique Constant Anniversary Classic Manufacture Tourbillon Steel Version with silver dial

Dial
Silver colour dial with sunray finishing
Applied diamond cut indexes
Hand-polished silver colour hour and minute hands
Heart Beat opening at 6 o’clock with 60 seconds tourbillon, silver colour second hand

Strap
Blue alligator leather strap with matt finishing

Edition
Limited to 350 pieces

Recommended retail price
14’495€

Common specifications

Functions
Hours, Minutes, 60 Seconds tourbillon

Movement
FC-980 in-house caliber, automatic
Chamfering (anglage), circular graining (perlage& cerclage), flanks drawing (étirage des flancs), mirror polishing (poli miroir) decorations
Silicon escapement wheel and anchor
38-hour power reserve, 28’800 alt/h, 33 jewels

Case
Polished stainless steel 3-part case
Diameter of 39 mm
Height of 10.99 mm
Scratch-resistant and anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back
Water-resistant up to 5 ATM/50m/164ft

Frederique Constant 35th Anniversary Classic Tourbillon Manufacture Limited Edition in 18K Rose Gold

This new Classic Tourbillon Manufacture limited edition watch in 18K rose gold was unveiled at the 2023 Watches and Wonders exhibition in Geneva to mark the 35th anniversary of Frederique Constant.

Developed entirely in-house and hand-assembled, this special edition Classic Tourbillon Manufacture features a 39-millimetre 18K rose gold case, available in a limited edition of just 150 watches.

Frederique Constant 35th Anniversary Classic Tourbillon Manufacture Limited Edition in 18K Rose Gold

Founded in 1988, Frederique Constant is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2023. To mark this milestone, the Geneva Maison has created a new interpretation of its Manufacture tourbillon.

First unveiled 15 years ago in 2008, the FC-980 movement immediately became one of the firm’s showcase developments, and has been used to power this brand-new Classics Tourbillon Manufacture.

Frederique Constant FC-980 in-house caliber
Frederique Constant FC-980

The new Classics Tourbillon Manufacture therefore honours the finest traditions of watchmaking art right down to the very last detail.

Frederique Constant 35th Anniversary Classic Tourbillon Manufacture Limited Edition in 18K Rose Gold

Previously offered in a 42mm diameter, all Classics Manufacture timepieces will now be housed in a 39mm case in a new style featuring modern, harmonious curves, for maximum comfort on the wrist. The tourbillon reigns in majesty at 6 o’clock.

Frederique Constant 35th Anniversary Classic Tourbillon Manufacture Limited Edition in 18K Rose Gold

Developed in-house the Frederique Constant manufacture tourbillon incorporates a silicon escapement wheel and anchor. This design choice allows owners to benefit from a non-magnetic movement unaffected by variations in temperature, thus helping to ensure the watch stays accurate.

A discreet hand passing above the tourbillon cage marks off the seconds. The cage itself – made of 81 components – is engraved with the individual serial number of the watch, also to be found on the rim of the sapphire caseback.

Through the transparent case-back, one can admire the decorations of the FC-980 caliber, such as bevelling, beading, circular graining, straight-grained flanks and mirror polishing. This automatic mechanical movement has a 38-hour power reserve.

For 2023, Frederique Constant has revisited its Classics Tourbillon Manufacture, giving it a new, more refined look. Since 2008, the tourbillon aperture has had a distinctive ‘comma’ shape – a style allowing it to fit snugly into the dial in dynamic and unusual fashion. For this edition, however, the comma has been replaced by a perfect circle.

Frederique Constant 35th Anniversary Classic Tourbillon Manufacture Limited Edition in 18K Rose Gold

On the dial with applied hour markers, hand-polished golden hands (redesigned to be narrower and longer) move smoothly over the anthracite grey sun-brushed surface. In addition, the hour markers and hands now feature diamond cut edges, ensuring the brightest gleam possible.

The Classics Tourbillon Manufacture comes on a dark matte brown leather strap sporting a deployment clasp with the Frederique Constant coat-of-arms, especially reserved for Manufacture pieces.

Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture 30th Anniversary Edition

The suggested retail price of the Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture 35th Anniversary watch is 25’995€.

Technical details

Model: Frederique Constant Classic Tourbillon Manufacture 35th Anniversary Edition
Reference FC-980G3H9

Functions
Hours, Minutes, 60 Seconds tourbillon

Movement
FC-980 in-house caliber, automatic
Chamfering (anglage), circular graining (perlage & cerclage), flanks drawing
(étirage des flancs), mirror polishing (poli miroir) decorations
Silicon escapement wheel and anchor
38-hour power reserve, 28’800 alt/h, 33 jewels

Case
Polished 18K rose gold 3-part case
Diameter of 39 mm
Height of 10.99 mm
Scratch-resistant and anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back
Water-resistant up to 3 ATM/30m/100ft

Dial
Grey dial with sunray finishing
Applied diamond cut indexes
Hand-polished rose gold plated hour and minute hands
Heart Beat opening at 6 o’clock with 60 seconds tourbillon, rose gold plated second hand

Strap
Dark brown alligator leather strap with matt finishing

Edition
Limited to 150 pieces

Recommended retail price
25’995€

TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant Garde Chronograph Tourbillon

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the iconic Carrera collection, TAG Heuer presents a new Carrera Plasma Chronograph Tourbillon watch incorporating the Diamant d’Avant-Garde technology.

This breakthrough technology allowed the Swiss luxury watchmaker to introduce lab-grown diamonds on case, crown, dial and indexes of the TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Tourbillon Nanograph in 2022. This year, the brand takes its cutting-edge and industry-defining CVD expertise one step further, adding lab-grown diamonds in custom, creative shapes to the exclusive timepiece’s aluminum bezel and bracelet.

The spectacular new TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant D’Avant-Garde is a matte black chronograph echoing the signature features of the TAG Heuer Carrera, with its highly legible, uncluttered bicompax dial, facetted lugs, sporty elegance, reliability, and a timeless spirit.

TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant Garde Chronograph Tourbillon

The 44-mm case, bezel and bracelet are made of sleek black sandblasted anodized aluminum, set with lab-grown diamonds of various imaginative shapes throughout. The case includes 48 lab-gown diamonds for 4.3 carats, the bezel features 26 for a total of 1.9 carats, while the bracelet holds 34 for a total weight of 1.9 carat.

The crown is a 2.5-carat single lab-grown diamond, cut specifically for this piece and optimized to make it even more symmetric. The two steel chronograph pushers at 2 and 6 o’clock have been enhanced with a black DLC coating, to match the watch’s modern matte aesthetic and boldly frame the bright diamond crown.

The arresting dial is made of 4.9 carats composed of 12 diamonds and 3 polycrystalline diamond plates, one of the most groundbreaking features of this piece. This unique dial design is punctuated by 12 indexes made of white gold set with lab-grown diamonds.

The hours and minutes hands are rhodium-plated with matte black lacquer and white Super- LumiNova® for optimal legibility, joining the fine rhodium-plated central hand.

At 3 and 9 o’clock one finds the two elegantly contrasting minutes and hours chronograph sub-counters made of black polycrystalline diamond and animated by finely polished rhodium-plated hands.

The black aluminum bracelet echoes the signature TAG Heuer Carrera H-shaped link tapered bracelet, dotted with a constellation of 34 avant-garde diamonds of a total 1.9 carats. It comes with a steel double folding clasp with safety push buttons, in matching matte black.

TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant Garde Chronograph Tourbillon

With almost every visible component of the standout new chronograph set with Diamant d’Avant-Garde diamonds, the piece weighs a total of 15.5 carats (124 diamonds in total). These lab-grown diamonds attentively selected for the TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma are manufactured by a network of partners, such as Lusix and Diamaze.

Inside this watch beats the Heuer 02 Tourbillon Nanograph Calibre. Developed and manufactured in-house, the COSC-certified chronograph movement features a tourbillon, beating through the dial at 6 o’clock. It offers a 65-hour power reserve in a unique version especially developed for the TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma.

This special edition has been extensively hand-finished and features the oscillating weight in the form of the TAG Heuer shield.

Thanks to its exclusive carbon nanotube hairspring, it delivers exceptional levels of anti-magnetism, shock resistance, stability across temperature ranges and refined geometry for excellent chronometric performance.

Only a limited number of pieces of this highly exclusive watch will be produced. It will be made available upon order in TAG Heuer stores worldwide as of September 2023 at a price point of CHF 500’000.

Technical details

Model: TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant Garde Chronograph Tourbillon 44 mm, Reference CNBN5A91.BZ0000

Movement
Calibre Heuer 02T Nanograph COSC

Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, tourbillon

Dial
Polycrystalline diamond dial of 4.9 cts total – composed of 12 diamond indexes and 3 polycrystalline plates

Case
Black aluminum case set with 48 avant- garde diamonds of 4.3 cts
Crown: One single diamond of 2.5 cts
Black aluminum bezel set with 26 avant-garde diamonds of 1.9 cts

Bracelet
Black aluminum bracelet set with1.9 cts composed of 34 avant-garde diamonds
Steel double folding clasp with safety push buttons, in matching matte black

Availability
September 2023

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication

The new Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon is a one-of-a-kind dual-faced Grand Complication watch powered by a brand-new in-house movement with 11 complications.

This timepiece houses the new in-house Calibre 2755 TMRCCQP, which offers 11 horological complications including minute repeater, perpetual calendar, precision moon phases, sky chart and tourbillon.

The double moon phase display is the key feature of this grand complication watch in white gold. Often relegated to the background, the moon display is now very much in the forefront on this model, asserting its striking presence both by its colour code and by its size.

It offers a vision of the Earth’s satellite as it appears in the northern and southern hemispheres, the central moon phase indication, already a rarity in the watchmaking world, is therefore characterized by a double display. This complication, already featured in the Les Cabinotiers Tourbillon Armillary Perpetual Calendar – Planetaria watch, makes a strong statement in this highly technical grand complication.

Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication: Front Dial

The front dial features Off-centre mean solar time with hours and minutes, Precision moon phases and age in both hemispheres, Gregorian perpetual calendar with day, month, leap-year indications and instantaneous retrograde date hand.

This highly complex model is distinguished by the legibility of its hourly and astronomical functions.

On the front of the watch, the eye is drawn to the depiction of the moons in the two hemispheres on a disc coaxial with the central hands and shaped like a starry dome. Its deep blue colour makes a striking contrast with the silvery hue of the dial as it performs a complete rotation in 59 days, 12 hours and 45 minutes.

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication

These astronomical moons respect the duration of the synodic months with a discrepancy of only 24 hours every 122 years and 16 days. The age of the Moon is indicated around a periphery scale graduated from 1 to 29½. On this titanium dome graced with rhodium- plated moons on a blue-sky background obtained by physical vapour deposition (PVD). The uneven surface of the moon, like the brilliance of the tiny stars, was achieved by diamond cutting.

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication

The display of the hours and minutes of mean civil time complete with lunar cycles has been slightly off-centred upwards to enable the harmonious integration of calendar indications.

Instead of the traditional pointer-type dials used for perpetual calendar indications, this timepiece features rotating discs. The semi-instantaneous display of the day and the instantaneous display of the month and leap-year appear through apertures, as does the date display. Here again, this display positioned on the upper rim of the dial is shown through a semi-circular window, but with a retrograde hand.

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication

The four-part dial construction and the finishing of each fully matches the technical nature of the model. A 0.35 mm thick sapphire dome is placed on a silver-toned metal baseplate with a sandblasted finish and openworked calendar apertures.

This dome beneath which the moon-phase disc turns is fitted with two ‘masks’ whose smoky appearance is achieved by metallisation. It is held in place by a curved brass ring, satin-brushed with an opaline varnish, which in turn bears the white gold hour-markers.

Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication: Back Dial

The back dial of this Les Cabinotiers Grand Complication watch indicates Tourbillon regulator, Sky chart and Sideral hour display. To ensure the moon phases take priority on the front of the watch, the opening revealing the tourbillon regulator has been placed on the back dial. The one-minute-rotating tourbillon is distinguished by its carriage shaped like Vacheron Constantin’s Maltese cross emblem, with its delicately hand-polished bar.

To reduce the weight to improve performance as well as for aesthetic reasons, the tourbillon components have been skeletonised – notably the fixed wheel which is entirely openworked.

The reverse side also displays sidereal time and constellations against a celestial backdrop. This timepiece integrates the notion of sidereal time – also known as “sidereal hour angle” – enabling astronomers to calculate the meridian of the stars.

Using a fixed star in the sky as a reference point, the time it takes the Earth to complete a full 360° revolution – or sidereal day – is exactly 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds. As the Earth both spins on its axis and revolves around the sun, it takes about four minutes to return to its starting point in relation to the given star.

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication

A fixed dial, bearing a blue dot representing the celestial horizon, is positioned below a movable sapphire crystal engraved with the constellations, while the rim features month markings as well as five-day graduations.

By performing a complete rotation according to sidereal time, this mobile disc gives the exact position of the constellations – delimited by the celestial horizon – at the time when the watch is consulted by pointing it northwards. Sideral time is read off counter- clockwise, facing the current date on the fixed PVD-treated blue outer ring bearing a 24-hour scale along with the cardinal points.

Minute Repeater

To create this particularly complex striking mechanism controlled by a repeater slide housed on the caseband, Vacheron Constantin drew inspiration from the iconic La Tour de l’Île watch.

This double-sided anniversary timepiece produced in a 7-piece edition for the Maison’s 250th anniversary is the most complicated wristwatch ever made with its 16 complications, including a minute repeater with a centripetal strike regulator.

This silent system also found in the Dual moon Grand Complication enables the duration of the musical sequences to be perfectly timed in order to obtain a distinct and harmonious sound of the notes played for the hours, quarters and minutes by the hammers striking two circular gongs.

As an additional feature, the gongs of this repeater have been slightly ovalised to avoid them overlapping the tourbillon and without affecting their crystal-clear sound.

Calibre 2755 TMRCCQP

The Cal. 2755 TMRCCQP is an evolution of the iconic Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2755. This movement has undergone major transformations over the years, notably in the realm of astronomical functions.

Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2755 TMRCCQP

The new manual-winding 2755 TMRCCQP calibre is a masterpiece of complexity with its 774 components. Endowed with a 58-hour power reserve, this grand complication beats at a rate of 18,000 vibrations per hour.

Vacheron Constantin Calibre 2755 TMRCCQP

Circular satin-brushed and hand-bevelled, with a Côtes de Genève motif on the rear bridges as well as mirror-polished hammers and strike-regulator bar, this in-house movement has been meticulously finished. To ensure a smoother match with the 46 mm-diameter case in 18K white gold, it has also been entirely rhodium-plated.

Technical details

Model: Vacheron Constantin Grand Complication Les Cabinotiers Dual Moon Grand Complication, Reference 9770C/000G-007C

Movement
Caliber 2755 TMRCC QP
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, manual-winding
33.30 mm diameter, 11.20 mm thick
Approximately 58 hours of power reserve
2.5Hz (18,000 vibrations/hour)
774 components
50 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Functions
Hours and minutes
Minute repeater
Perpetual calendar with retrograde date with instantaneous hand return, semi-instantaneous day and month & year instantaneous
Precision Moon phases and age of the Moon for North and South hemispheres
Sideral hour indication (24H)
Celestial chart
Tourbillon

Case
18K white gold
46 mm diameter
17.10 mm thick

Dials (face & back)
Metal, Sand blasted silvered
18K gold hands and applied hour-markers

Strap
Dark blue Mississippiensis alligator leather, hand-stitched, saddle-finish, large square scales
Buckle 18K white gold folding clasp
Half Maltese cross-shaped

Box
Les Cabinotiers box

Unique timepiece
« Les Cabinotiers », « Pièce unique », « AC » hallmark engraved on caseback

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon in Platinum with Sunburst Green Dial

The new Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle tourbillon watch has a 41 mm diameter platinum case and a majestic sunburst green dial.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon in Platinum with Sunburst Green Dial

Obtained by galvanic treatment, the dial’s sunburst green tone endows the model with depth and intensity, vitalizing the brilliance of platinum case with brightly shimmering reflections. The contrast is further enhanced by the white gold baton-type hour- markers and Dauphine-style hands.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon in Platinum with Sunburst Green Dial

This new Traditionnelle tourbillon has a slender case, thanks to the ultra-thin in-house Calibre 2160/1 measuring only 5.65 mm thick.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon in Platinum with Sunburst Green Dial

The tourbillon regulator beats at 18,000 vibrations per hour (2.5 Hz). Often found in historical pocket watches, this slow rhythm provides an opportunity to appreciate its mechanical ballet. This self-winding mechanical movement is also capable of delivering a power reserve of 80 hours.

Visible through the sapphire crystal caseback, the 22K gold peripheral rotor guarantees the slenderness of the movement as well as an unobstructed view of its operation.

Calibre 2160/1

The movement has a circular grained baseplate appearing on the dial side and hand-bevelled bridges adorned with Côtes de Genève on the caseback.

The tourbillon, with its Maltese cross-shaped carriage features the small seconds indicated by a blackened screw. Its suspension bar has been delicately polished to obtain a conical and semi-cylindrical shape.

Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon in Platinum with Sunburst Green Dial

This new Traditionnelle Tourbillon watch comes with a green alligator leather strap with a 950 platinum folding buckle.

Technical details

Model: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Platinum with Green Dial
Reference 6000T/000P-H025

Movement
Calibre 2160/1
Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin
Mechanical, self-winding, peripheral rotor
31 mm (13½’’’) diameter, 5.65 mm thick
Approximately 80 hours of power reserve
2.5 Hz (18,000 vibrations per hour)
188 components
30 jewels
Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications
Hours, minutes, small seconds on tourbillon carriage (coloured screw)
Tourbillon

Case
950 platinum
41 mm diameter, 10.4 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approx. 30 meters)

Dial
Deep green color, sunburst finishing

Strap
Deep green Mississippiensis alligator leather strap with alligator leather inner shell, hand-stitched, saddle-finish, large square scales

Clasp
950 platinum folding clasp
Polished half Maltese cross-shaped

Hublot Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon

Hublot presents a new Big Bang watch by uniting a micro-rotor tourbillon manufactured in-house with an ultra-lightweight, robust carbon fibre and Texalium case and a seamlessly integrated strap.

Hublot Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon

Limited to only 50 pieces, it fuses traditional Fine Watchmaking with Hublot’s cutting-edge spirit. Equipped with a tourbillon and micro-rotor, the in-house manufactured, skeletonised high-complication movement offers three days of full power reserve.

As for the tourbillon, Hublot has designed it to be skeletonized and suspended, integrated within a bottom plate dotted with transparent sapphire bridges.

Hublot Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon
The new Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon watch highlights successful fusion of various materials. Its movement is inserted in a carbon fibre case that is 43 mm in diameter. Thanks to its exceptionally well-built yet ultra-light construction, the watch head (case and calibre, without the strap) weighs just 42 grams.

For the new Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon, Hublot has covered the casing with Texalium, combining a fibreglass core with a thin top layer of aluminium. The fibreglass is integrated in a special resin to provide impact resistance, while the aluminium is 99.99% pure and scratch-resistant. All together it weighs approximately as much as a “full carbon” case.

Hublot Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon

Bringing together the interwoven nature of carbon fibre and Texalium with the HUB6035 Manufacture Calibre, Hublot created an exclusive openwork back plate for this timepiece. Placed behind the watch’s components, this open-worked structure allows light to penetrate to the heart of the movement.

Individually numbered, each timepiece comes with emblematic Big Bang features like the integrated strap (100% carbon fibre, protected by Texalium), crown with rubber insert, two side lugs to protect the case, six iconic functional screws on the bezel and the double sapphire crystal (face and back) with anti-reflective treatment.

Hublot Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon

Designed, manufactured and assembled in-house, the strap weighs just 26 grams, making it one of the lightest straps available today. Moreover, it is extremely comfortable thanks to a perfect integration with the case, but also because of the links exclusively designed for this model. Each link is individually machined and finished to achieve the perfect surface quality.

Technical details

Model: Hublot Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Full Carbon
Reference 455.YS.0170.YS

Edition
Limited to 50 pieces

Case
Carbon fiber and texalium
Diameter: 43 mm
Thickness: 14.15 mm
Water Resistant: 3 ATM
Case-back: Microblasted black-plated titanium
Bezel: Carbon fiber and texalium

Dial
Sapphire

Movement
HUB6035 Manufacture automatic tourbillon movement
Frequency: 3 (21,600 A/H)
Power reserve: Approx 72 hours
Number of components: 282
Jewels: 26

Strap
Carbon fiber and texalium with black-plated titanium
Deployant buckle clasp

Suggested retail price
120’000.00 CHF/ 132’000.00 EUR/ 127’000.00 USD/ 109’000.00 GBP