Posts Tagged ‘Swiss’
Video of my Tag Heuer Carrera Automatic. Mainly this a just a test of my video quality and compression. (15.6Mb 768×576)
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-MB&F is a creative laboratory developing three-dimensional high-end timepieces with collaborations of horological artisans and artists. Founded by Maximilian Büsser, the brand is based in Geneva, Switzerland. MB&F presented its first watch, Horological Machine No.1 in 2006 and has followed that up by presenting a new Horological Machine each year.
Founder Maximilian Büsser graduated with a masters degree in micro-technology engineering. Maximilian Büsser’s first employer was Jaeger-LeCoultre where he spent seven years in their senior management team.
Büsser was appointed managing director of Harry Winston Rare Timepieces in 1998. Whilst working on the revolutionary Opus series timepiece, he was inspired to develop the concept further.
In 2005 Büsser resigned from Harry Winston to form MB&F, with the ethos of acknowledging the contribution of the individuals who contributed to each project.
February, 2010.
… MB&F ???? ???? ???? HM2 HM1 HM3 Swiss Geneva ??? tourbillon ??????? balance time ?? clock wrist ???? hand watch hours minutes seconds calendar chronograph date GMT ?????? tachometer reserve wind automatic gears wheel movement ?????? make handmade precision timepiece crown dial skeleton art diamonds horology complication retrograde moonphase moon
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http://www.breitlingsource.com – Patek Philippe 5396R Annual Calendar watch in beautiful Rose Gold!
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Sequential One is a masterpiece based on a combination of elements rotating on 3-dimensional axes. The bespoke mechanical calibre and beautiful balance assembly can be seen through the pure sapphire crystal on the watch back . All bridges have been finished in traditional Côtes de Genève decoration.
Sequential One is manufactured from 550 individual parts. The case alone has 41 parts. It has 81 rubies and even the minute hand is made of 18 carat gold. Each timepiece features an exclusive MCT hand-wound mechanical movement.
There are 471 pieces in this ingenious mechanical hand-winding movement. A sophisticated anchor clutch is included, which prevents over-winding. It takes one hour of energy accumulation to power a single 90° rotation of the Minutes disk. Sequential One has a power reserve of 40 Hours when fully wound.
Sequential One has oversized, sequential hours and minutes, 20 visible prisms and a rotating, jumping dial, delicately crafted from sapphire. The hour is presented on a series of 5 triangular prisms in each quadrant, in turn. Minutes are indicated by the 18 carat Minute hand. When the minute hand reaches 60, the delicate sapphire crystal Minute dial rotates anti-clockwise 90°, to reveal the next hour. Without moving, the Minute hand is now automatically reset at 0 minutes.
MANUFACTURE CONTEMPORAINE DU TEMP- Denis Giguet was previously with Rolex and head of production with Harry Winston. In 2007, Denis began work on Sequential One. His MCT team is based in Geneva and Neuchatel. The watchmaker Jerome Marcu has always had passion for horology. It was at Harry Winston Watches that Denis and Jerome first met. Eric Giroud is responsible for the stunning architectural design of MCT Sequential 1. Only 300 pieces are produced a year.
MCT Sequential One ??????? ?? Swiss Geneva ??? tourbillon tourbillion ??????? balance escapement time timing ?? clock wall wrist ???? hand watch hours minutes seconds calendar chronograph date GMT ?????? tachometer reserve wind automatic gears wheel movement ?????? craft make handmade precision timepiece crown dial skeleton art diamonds horology complication retrograde moonphase moon
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Sequential One is a masterpiece based on a combination of elements rotating on 3-dimensional axes. The bespoke mechanical calibre and beautiful balance assembly can be seen through the pure sapphire crystal on the watch back . All bridges have been finished in traditional Côtes de Genève decoration.
Sequential One is manufactured from 550 individual parts. The case alone has 41 parts. It has 81 rubies and even the minute hand is made of 18 carat gold. Each timepiece features an exclusive MCT hand-wound mechanical movement.
There are 471 pieces in this ingenious mechanical hand-winding movement. A sophisticated anchor clutch is included, which prevents over-winding. It takes one hour of energy accumulation to power a single 90° rotation of the Minutes disk. Sequential One has a power reserve of 40 Hours when fully wound.
Sequential One has oversized, sequential hours and minutes, 20 visible prisms and a rotating, jumping dial, delicately crafted from sapphire. The hour is presented on a series of 5 triangular prisms in each quadrant, in turn. Minutes are indicated by the 18 carat Minute hand. When the minute hand reaches 60, the delicate sapphire crystal Minute dial rotates anti-clockwise 90°, to reveal the next hour. Without moving, the Minute hand is now automatically reset at 0 minutes.
MANUFACTURE CONTEMPORAINE DU TEMP- Denis Giguet was previously with Rolex and head of production with Harry Winston. In 2007, Denis began work on Sequential One. His MCT team is based in Geneva and Neuchatel. The watchmaker Jerome Marcu has always had passion for horology. It was at Harry Winston Watches that Denis and Jerome first met. Eric Giroud is responsible for the stunning architectural design of MCT Sequential 1. Only 300 pieces are produced a year.
MCT Sequential One ??????? ?? Swiss Geneva ??? tourbillon tourbillion ??????? balance escapement time timing ?? clock wall wrist ???? hand watch hours minutes seconds calendar chronograph date GMT ?????? tachometer reserve wind automatic gears wheel movement ?????? craft make handmade precision timepiece crown dial skeleton art diamonds horology complication retrograde moonphase moon
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HAUTLENCE timepiece with manufactures proprietary calibre.
Limited and numbered editions of 88 pieces per model.
Hand-wound mechanical movement.
Jumping hours, retrograde minutes.
Power reserve of 40 hours.
Water-resistant up to 50 metres (5 ATM).
Rotation:
21600 beats per hour; 24 jewels.
Caseband dimensions:
45mm horizontal, 43.5mm vertical and 12.5 mm thick.
Crown attached with four screws and nuts passing through the stack of components.
Convex crystal case back
Unique numbered timepiece with identification plate.
-Hautlence Watch Company was founded in Switzerland by five watch enthusiasts, in 2001. HAUTLENCE came into being on the initiative of Renaud de Retz, Guillaume Tetu, with Jean Plazenet, Jean- Christophe Chopin and Alain de Forges. Fed up with the vacuum of innovation that plagued the watch industry, de Retz and his friend, COO, Guillaume Tetu, poured their aggravation into a series of sketches. It started as a hobby, said de Retz. We began to do some drawings of what we would like to see in a watch. After two years we had all these on the table and we said, Well, there is a link between these drawings and all of these movements. It could be a brand.
Presently there are three designs:
-the HL series with variations HL01, HL02, HL03, HL04, HL05, HL06, HL07, HL08
-the HLs series with variations HLs00, HLs01, HLs02, HLs03, HLs04, HLs05, HLs06, HLs07, HLs08
-the HLq series with variations HLq01, HLq02, HLq05, HLq06, HLq07, HLq08
(HL1 HL2 HL3 HL4 HL5 HL6 HL7 HL8 HLs0 HLs1 HLs2 HLs3 HLs4 HLs5 HLs6 HLs7 HLs8 HLq1 HLq2 HLq5 HLq6 HLq7 HLq8)Hautlence ?????? watches HL HLs HLq Swiss Geneva ??? tourbillon tourbillion ??????? balance time ?? clock wrist ???? hand watch hours minutes seconds calendar chronograph date GMT ?????? tachometer reserve wind automatic gears wheel movement ?????? make handmade precision timepiece crown dial skeleton gold diamonds horology complication retrograde moonphase moon
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Patek Philippe’s story
In 1839, Antoine Norbert de Patek and François Czapek founded Patek, Czapek & C° in Geneva. At the 1844 Universal Exhibition in Paris, Antoine Norbert de Patek met Jean Adrien Philippe, inventor in 1842 of a pocket watch with stem winding and hand-setting, and offered him the post of technical director as soon as Czapek’s contract ran out. In 1845, Patek Czapek & C° was dissolved, and Antoine Norbert de Patek, Jean Adrien Philippe and Vincent Gostowski founded, in Geneva, Patek & C°. In 1851, the three men changed the company’s name to Patek Philippe & C°.
1868 Creation of a key-wound watch with brass bracelet.
1887 The Calatrava Cross became the company’s registered logo.
1902 The Gondolo Chronometer name was registered.
1914-1930 Creation of grande complication and très grande complication watches, certain of which, with astronomical complications, were sold to James Ward Packard. These included the first two most complicated pieces by Patek Philippe: one, made in 1916, with 16 complications and another, made in 1927, with 10 complications.
1915 Creation of the first ladies’ wristwatch with five-minute repeater.
1925 Creation of the first ladies’ wristwatch with perpetual calendar (inspired by a pendant watch).
1933 Henry Graves Jr. purchased what was then the most complicated watch ever made by Patek Philippe. It was sold again in 1999 for $11 million.
1936 Creation of an astronomical wristwatch with perpetual calendar and retrograde date.
1940 Special order for a wristwatch with a pulsometric chronograph and world time.
1959 Creation of watches with second time zone.
1974 Creation of the Calatrava model.
1981 Launch of the Nautilus model.
1982 Creation of the Ellipse d’or model.
1989 The Calibre 89, the world’s most complicated pocket watch (33 complications), was unveiled to commemorate the company’s 150th anniversary.
1996 Launch of the self-winding wristwatch with annual date.
1997 Launch of the Aquanaut model.
2000 Launch of the Star Caliber 2000 (21 complications) to coincide with the third millennium.
2003 Unveiling of the 10 Day Tourbillon with COSC certification.
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Longines Sport Collection: faster, further, higher, deeper
Over land, underwater, in the air: Longines has always been profoundly attached to sport in every dimension. Its forward-looking spirit has taken physical form for 175 years through numerous technological innovations in the service of timing sports events and of speed records. It also takes form in the close bond between the winged hourglass brand and sporting pioneers and their legends. Presented in 2007 in Basel, the new Longines Sport Collection expresses its essence in those exceptional men and women who, with a record, an exploit, a demonstration of courage, have left their mark in history and inspire new generations of sportsmen and women to go faster, further, higher or deeper than anyone else.
The HydroConquest line is intended to become the preferred watch for divers and enthusiasts of the open sea. It includes models that are water-resistant to 300 m, equipped with a stainless steel case with screw-down case back and screw-in crown, as well as a unidirectional turning bezel, made either of eloxed aluminium, studded steel for improved grip or steel with embossed numbers. This line is available in both automatic and quartz versions.
The Conquest series expresses the elegant dimension of performance. It is the result of considerable research into the aesthetic potential of the bezel. Here, it is offered in either the white or black glamour of ceramic, the smooth sobriety of polished steel, or with the bright dazzle of Top Wesselton VVS diamonds. All the models are water-resistant to 300 m and fitted with a screw-down case back and screw-in crown. This line is available in both automatic and quartz versions.
The GrandeVitesse series stands out for its automatically-wound chronograph movements offering an aerodynamic design, harmonious form and dial with “big 12″, evoking speed records and motor sports, especially Formula 1, that Longines has timed. Each model has a tachymeter adapted to its intended use, with speeds of up to Mach 2.
The Admiral series evokes the aesthetic and prestigious dimension of sport. It includes automatic mechanical watches and chronographs and an automatic watch with double time zone. The screw-in crown and screw-down case back assure they remain water-resistant to 100 m. The elegance of these models is clearly evident in the detailed workmanship and purity of line they offer.
The Sport Legends series pays homage to the legendary figures and exploits associated with Longines. It includes the Diver Legend, the re-issue of a 1960 diving watch revisited with the pioneering spirit of depth records. It is joined by the Longines Weems Second-Setting Watch, commemorating the invention of Captain Weems, and by the Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch, designed by the famous aviator in the wake of his exploit of 1927.
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http://www.breitlingsource.com – Video review of the affordable swiss made automatic Day-Date watch from Victorinox Swiss Army
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TAG Heuer’s story
In 1860, the young Edouard Heuer – just 20 years old – founded a watchmaking shop at Saint Imier in the Swiss Jura under the name of “Edouard Heuer, Watchmaker”. The company changed its name several times before finally settling on TAG Heuer in 1985. TAG Heuer has left its mark on the history of Swiss watchmaking, starting with the 1887 oscillating pinion up to the 2007 Link Calibre S. Over 145 years of watchmaking know-how and technical innovation has made it today’s ultimate reference in avant-garde sports watches.
1887: Patent for the renowned “oscillating pinion”.
1911: TAG Heuer develops its famous “Time of Trip”, the first dashboard chronograph designed for cars and aircraft.
1916: Patented in 1916 and used during the Antwerp, Paris and Amsterdam Olympic Games, the Micrograph was the first stopwatch accurate to 1/100th of a second.
1920: Heuer is timekeeper for the Antwerp Olympic Games, followed by Paris in 1924 and Amsterdam in 1928.
1933: launch of Autavia, the first dashboard stopwatch for racing cars and planes, often combined with the Hervue 8-day watch.
1950: launch of the Mareograph, featuring a tide indicator and chronograph functions.
1962: the astronaut John Glenn sets off on the first American manned spaceflight with a Heuer stopwatch on his wrist.
1964: launch of the Carrera series.
1966: TAG Heuer patents the Microtimer, first miniaturised electronic timer accurate to 1/1000th of a second.
1969: presentation of the Chronomatic Calibre 11, one of two first movements for automatic chronographs. Launch of the legendary Monaco in the same year.
1972: launch of the Microsplit 800, first pocket quartz stopwatch in the world to be accurate to 1/100th of a second.
1975 : launch of the first wrist quartz chronograph in the world – the Chronosplit – accurate to 1/100th of a second.
1987: TAG Heuer launches the Sport/Elegance, a unique sports watch as elegant as it is functional.
2003: presentation of the Microtimer, a true wrist timer accurate to 1/1000th of a second.
2004: Presentation of the Monaco V4 chronograph concept at the Basle Fair. The Monaco 69 is awarded the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix in the Best Design category.
2005: presentation of the Calibre 360 Concept Chronograph, first mechanical wrist chronograph accurate to 1/100th of a second. Launch of the Professional Golf Watch developed with Tiger Wood.
2006: Basle presentation of the Monaco Calibre 360 LS Concept Chronograph. Launch of the Carrera Calibre 360 pink gold limited edition.
2007: presentation of the Link Calibre S.
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