The two Reservoir Airfight models are
distinguished by the white or yellow index
markings and by their canvas fabric straps
The Reservoir Longbridge Club
THE RESERVOIR LONGBRIDGE BRITISH RACING WATCH WAS
NAMED AS AMONG THE WATCHES COMPETING FOR THE
COVETED GRAND PRIX D’HORLOGERIE DE GENÈVE IN 2018.
POWER RESERVES a power reserve indicator made to echo the style of the particular collection.
Reservoir powers its full line of watches with automatic ETA movements tethered On the automotive-linked GT Tour, Longbridge, Airfight and Supercharged
to a proprietary jump-hour module that displays the hours at 6 o’clock and the models, for example, the indicator utilizes quarter-fuel tank or half-fuel tank
minutes 240-degree across the dial – like a gauge. The central retrograde minute marks to indicate how much power remains in the mainspring. The colorful dots
hand jumps back each hour just as the digital hour flips ahead. A few models or dashes in the Tiefenmesser watches are purely mechanical odes to military
include a date indicator. indicators.
“When combined together, the result is I believe breathtaking,” says Moreau.
Indeed, the unusual hand and digit activity on the dial of every Reservoir watch SWISS MADE
keeps wearers staring at their wrists. Reservoir works with well-known Swiss specialist Telos to attach the proprietary
“This is a radical way to read time, though it’s very easy to get used to,” he 124-part jump hour module to an ETA 2824-2 movement in order to power all
adds. “For instance, when you are very close to the hour jump, you tend to stop this automotive-inspired design.
what you are doing and just wait for the hand to come back. Actually, you can’t As we have noted previously, jump hour watches are typically found at the
see it as it is going to fast.” higher end of the watch price spectrum. And while a few moderately priced
Adjacent to this activity, toward the bottom of every Reservoir dial you’ll find jump hour models can also be found at brands like Oris and Meistersinger, very
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