11 June 2019
In search of precious time
Aesthetics, techniques. High watchmaking opens new horizons. Between tradition and fantasy. So that a dream becomes a possible utopia. And is close at hand, or better still, around the wrist
We’ll never know if Marcel Proust loved watches.
He certainly valued time considerably. Especially “lost” time.
Today’s reality is quite the opposite, with the techniques of watchmaking companies being able to “fix” time, elegantly. As demonstrated by the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, a 18k yellow gold version of its timeless Oyster Perpetual, calibre 4130, with high precision blue Parachrom hairspring, tachymeter scale on the bezel with 36 diamonds and champagne colour chronograph counters on a black lacquer pavé dial. Charm is glorified, instead, by the Grand Lange 1 Moon phase 25th Anniversary, 25 examples in white gold, with silvered dial, blue numbers and moon disk in white gold, within a 3D starry sky.
Yellow diamond watche by Graff
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Big Bang by Hublot © Protected by copyright and License Hublot International
But it is the gleam displayed by Graff Luxury Watches which emanates a bright trail of yellow-gold reflections along bracelets of uneven angles.
Hublot has electrified its Big Bang with the colours of the Paraíba Tourmaline, for the first time ever setting the most unique precious stone on a watch.
Octo by Bvlgari - © Protected by copyright and License Bulgari
Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic by Bvlgari,
proposes an automatic winding movement with peripheral rotor, 42 mm case, dial, strap and buckle all in black sandblasted titanium.
Serpenti Seduttori Oro Bianco Full Pave by Bvlgari
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Dazzling Rendez-Vous Night & Day by Jaeger-LeCoultre
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Excalibur Shooting Star by Roger Dubuis - © Protected by copyright and License
Roger Dubuis Excalibur Shooting Star is unmistakable. It features Calibre RD510SQ, skeleton flying tourbillon decorated with engraved enamel,
bezel with three lugs that hold the strap and a star-shaped bridge with stars at multiple levels.
Edited by Francesco Salerno
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Published on Avion Luxury #22/2019
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