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Frederique Constant Celebrates a Worldtimer

Frederique Constant celebrates the tenth anniversary of its Classics Worldtimer Manufacture with a pair of attractive blue-and-grey-dialed limited edition references.

Frederique Constant releases limited edition versions of its Classics Worldtimer Manufacture in steel and in pink gold.

In keeping with this Geneva brand’s ‘affordable luxury’ tenet, the Classics Worldtimer has been among the highest-value Swiss-made examples of it type, particularly as it’s supplied with an in-house worldtimer caliber (visible through the sapphire caseback).

We’ve seen Frederique Constant release the Classics Worldtimer Manufacture in a variety of hues and metals during the past decade. This new offering, in a choice of a pink gold or steel case, combines the most classic combination that represents the earth’s blue oceans surrounded by white clouds.

The worldtimer dial allows the time to be read in twenty-four time zones with clear daytime or nighttime indication. Frederique Constant applies luminescent indexes (and on the hands in the steel model) to the fairly traditional globe décor world time display. This all frames a handsome sunray guilloché date hand display at the 6 o’clock position.

Frederique Constant will make the 42mm pink gold model as a limited edition of eighty-eight while the second, in steel, will be limited to 1,888 pieces. Both pieces arrive on a matching navy blue alligator strap with a folding buckle, decorated with the Frederique Constant logo.

Prices: $4,495 today and $4,695 as of April 15 (steel) and $18,995 today, $21,995 as of April 15 (pink gold).

 

 

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Reservoir Introduces New Caliber and New Dial to Kanister

Reservoir adds a new proprietary movement and a new silver-colored dial to its retro-styled Kanister jumping hour collection. The new movement, RSV-240, is made in association with long-time partner Telos, a Swiss motor manufacturer specializing in the tailor-made manufacture of high-end mechanical movements.

The new Reservoir Kanister Silver

The new RSV-240 is a patented proprietary module of three complications (retrograde minute, jumping hour, 56-hour power reserve) with a manufacture automatic movement using a La Joux-Perret P-G100 base.

The new caliber updates the use of the Telos-made module (built on an ETA base) that Reservoir has long used to power its jumping hour watches. Reservoir introduces the new caliber in this Kanister Silver model and plans to add the movement to all its watches in the future.

You can see new Caliber RSV-240 through the sapphire case back of the Reservoir Kanister Silver

With a dial designed to echo the RPM display of a 356 Speedster from the 1950s, the 41.5mm Reservoir Kanister Silver features silver-colored dial and indicators that display retrograde minutes teamed with a jumping hour aperture at 6 o’clock. Along the lower section of the dial you’ll see the automotive-themed power reserve display.

Price: $4,400.

Specifications: Reservoir Kanister Silver

(Ref. RSV01.KN/433.SI)

Movement: 
Caliber RSV-240 mechanical with automatic winding 
composed of a proprietary patented module of 124 parts
 on a manufacture movement (LJP-G100 base)
. Power Reserve is 56 hours. Frequency: 28,800 vph.

Case: 41.5 mm polished titanium, anti-reflective sapphire crystal, screw-down crown, water-resistant to 50 meters, sapphire caseback,

Dial: Silver colored, indicators showing retrograde minute, jumping hour, power reserve.

Bracelet: Black leather strap, black stitching, additional taupe leather strap with quick-release spring bars.

Price: $4,400

 

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Bell & Ross Dives in Brown and Bronze

Bell & Ross expands its BR 03-92 bronze dive watch collection with a new model that matches a brown dial, bezel and strap to the brand’s well-known rounded square bronze case.

The new Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Brown Bronze.

The new Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Brown Bronze joins existing red, blue and green-dialed models in the 42mm collection. And, with a matte brown leather strap with beige top-stitching, the watch carries on the retro, nautical vibe of the full collection.

Indeed, the collection benefits from Bell & Ross’s inspired bronze alloy, which uses a mix of 92% copper and 8% tin, giving the metal its rosy glow. As with most bronze alloys, the wearer of this model will over time note a patina unique to his or her watch. This means each of the 999 examples Bell & Ross makes will take on a slightly different appearance.

Bell & Ross caps the bronze case with a hypoallergenic stainless steel back and anodized aluminum unidirectional bezel. The back is stamped with a diver’s helmet symbolizing scuba diving.

To fully equip the watch for underwater or at-sea escapades, Bell & Ross equips its BR 03-92 Diver Brown Bronze with 300 meters of water resistance and a second strap, made of black braided rubber.

Inside Bell & Ross fits the watch with its Sellita-based BR-CAL 302 automatic caliber powering hour, minute and seconds functions, as well as the date. Not surprisingly, the crown is screwed down and includes an extra rubber insert to ensure the watch’s impressive 300 meters of water resistance.

Price: $4,700

Bell & Ross delivers the watch in its own waterproof ‘Pelican Box.’

Specifications: Bell & Ross BR 03 92 Diver Brown Bronze

(Limited Edition of 999 pieces)

Movement: Automatic Sellita-based BR-CAL.302.

Case: 42mm by 12.05mm satin-finished and polished CuSn8 bronze. Unidirectional rotating solid bronze bezel with 60-minute scale and brown anodized aluminum ring. Screw-down crown, crown guard and steel case-back. Water resistant to 300 meters.

Dial: Brown with rose gold-plated applique indices with SuperLuminova inserts. Gold-plated metal skeletonized SuperLuminova-filled hour, minute and seconds hands.

Strap: Brown calfskin leather and woven black rubber Buckle: pin. Satin-finished and polished bronze.

Price: $4,700.

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Oris to Auction Gold Aquis to Help Restore Reefs

Oris will again assist the Coral Restoration Foundation as it works to restore the world’s coral reefs. The Swiss watchmaker is donating a yellow gold Carysfort Reef Limited Edition Aquis to the annual Raise the Reef gala in Key Largo, Florida, scheduled for March 19. The auction provides the vast majority of the annual budget for the Foundation.

The Oris Carysfort Reef Limited Edition Aquis.

Oris originally released the watch as a limited edition of fifty pieces, all of which are sold. But for the gala, Oris donated the first production piece, which features the lowest limited edition number (#02 of 50) available to the public. Oris will also donate two additional models of the watch to the non-profit Coral Restoration Foundation for other fund-raisers this spring.

The 43.5mm 18-karat gold watch is based on the Oris Aquis dive watch and was the first Oris Aquis model produced in solid gold. The 18-karat yellow gold case is complemented by a solid 18-karat gold bezel with a black and blue ceramic insert.

The automatic mechanical watch has a GMT function and can show the time in three time zones simultaneously using the 24-hour scale laser-engraved into the bezel. The watch’s caseback is decorated with a special Carysfort Reef motif. Oris expects the watch to raise far more than the $19,000 original retail price at the gala auction.

Oris has a nearly decade-long partnership with Coral Restoration Foundation is part of the Oris Change For the Better initiative. By the end of this year, the foundation will have planted more than 30,000 corals on Florida’s Carysfort Reef.

“This partnership is central to our continuing mission to bring Change for the Better,” explains Oris Co-CEO Rolf Studer. “Through the Oris Carysfort Reef Limited Edition, we’re really stepping up our ambitions and our contribution to returning the world’s corals to their original state. It’s a hugely important project and we’re excited by everything Coral Restoration Foundation is achieving through it.”

 

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Glashütte Original Adds Green to SeaQ Diver

Glashütte Original adds a green lacquer dial option to it its SeaQ Panorama Date collection. The new dial color, dubbed ‘reed green’ by the brand, joins existing black, blue and grey options within the same collection.

The new Glashütte Original SeaQ Panorama Date comes with a rubber strap, stainless steel bracelet or a grey fabric strap.

As with all dials made by Glashütte Original, the rich color of this newest hue again underscore’s this watchmaker’s unusually strong expertise at this particular craft.

This in-house ability is the result the brand’s 2006 purchase of its long-time watch dial supplier. The purchase made Glashütte Original one of just a few watch manufacturers to make its own dials in-house. (Check out this much-lauded example of how Glashütte Original excels at creating eye-catching dials.)

Glashütte Original also makes all its own movements. Inside this watch’s 43.2mm steel case you’ll find the manufacture’s automatic Caliber 36-13, made extra shock-resistant and protected from water to 300 meters under the sea.

Caliber 36-13 also offers an extra-long power reserve of 100 hours and, with a silicon balance spring, is immune to the effects of magnetic fields.

Like all the brand’s seaworthy watches, this model not only meets all the dive watch requirements set by the DIN 8306 and ISO 6425 standards, but is also passes Glashütte Original’s own Excellence Test, which entails a 24-day series of tests.

The watch’s unidirectional rotating bezel features a scratch-resistant ceramic inlay while all hands, numerals and indexes are coated with SuperLumiNova.

The new Glashütte Original SeaQ Panorama Date comes with a rubber strap, stainless steel bracelet or a grey fabric strap.

Price: $11,500.

 

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