2019
sixty-five days.
Roger Dubuis scored four patents for its new Excalibur
One-Off, a 47mm ceramic-and-carbon-cased watch with
caliber RD106, a 90° V-Shape double flying tourbillon. At
Girard-Perregaux, the new Cosmos features a terrestrial
globe that serves as a day/night indicator, while a sky chart
takes its place at 9 o’clock.
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s latest multi-axis tourbillon, the
impressive Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon
Westminster Perpétuel, features a Westminster carillon
minute repeater that replicates the chime of Big Ben in
London, with a silence-reduction mechanism.
Audemars Piguet, in case you missed it, launched Code 11.59,
a wide-ranging new collection that signaled its deep technical
know-how in both case making and movement engineering.
The launch includes six new calibers, three of which are
totally new: an integrated column wheel chronograph with
flyback function, an automatic caliber with seconds and
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date indication, and an automatic flying tourbillon.
The collection’s historically rooted dial designs took
some flak online, but a few observers amended their first
impressions following some time spent with the actual
watches.
Zenith, Bulgari and TAG Heuer showed their mettle with
wide-ranging debuts outside of the SIHH halls. The latter
showed a technically advanced Nanograph 02T featuring a
carbon hairspring. We’ve dedicated a separate feature to
this new watch (see page 74). Zenith expanded its Defy
Classic collection with the Defy Classic Ceramic Black,
White and Blue, each with their namesake ceramic 41mm
cases. As with all Defy Classic models, each is powered by
Zenith’s own Elite 670 skeletonized movement with silicon
escape wheel and lever. The three ceramic Defy Classics are
each priced at $7,500. In addition to these colorful, high-
tech Defy offerings you’ll find the effervescent Zenith Defy
Classic Two-Tone.
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