BASEL
When is a complication really not a complication?
Depends who you ask. Some argue that unless you add
information (moonphase, chronograph, date, etc.) then a
complication it is not. I’m on the other side of the coin and
will openly call certain feats of engineering a “complication.”
Whether tourbillon or remontoire, fusee’ or unique display,
I’m of the mind that when something so miniature and amazing is, by definition “complicated”, then it has earned the
right to be called as such. Here’s a quick look at some standouts from the spring releases that fall under the WristWatch
definition of “complication”.
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1. MAGNETICALLY SUSPENDED SPHERES
ACCURATELY DISPLAY THE HOURS AND
MINUTES ON THE NEW DAMASCUS
GARBED X-TREM-1 TOURBILLON BY
CHRISTOPHE CLARET.
2. BREGUET TRADITION MINUTE
REPEATER TOURBILLON APPLIES MODERN
SCIENCE IN ACOUSTICS TO ACHIEVE
CRYSTAL CLARITY OF THE CHIMING TONE,
WITH ALMOST NO INTERFERENCE FROM
THE REGULATING MECHANISM.
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WRISTWATCH | 2016