Pierre DeRoche has created the first movement able to house six retrograde seconds mechanisms. While this complication has been introduced to provide an element of fun, it also reveals a totally original approach : all the retrograde hands in this model are driven by
gears rather than cams and, thanks to a strip-spring that has replaced the classical balance-spring system, return to their initial positions after “passing on the baton” to the next retrograde hand. This innovation facilitates adjustment and enhances shock resistance.

PIERRE DEROCHE
GrandCliff TNT Royal Retro

The Dubois have been watchmakers for four generations. As well as trailblazers. Between Marcel Dépraz, son Roger, son-in-law Reynold Dubois, grandson Gérald Dubois, and great-grandsons Pierre, Pascal and Jean-Philippe (present directors of Dubois Dépraz), almost 50 patents have been registered in a century. And it is with his two brothers that Pierre Dubois, CEO of PIERRE DEROCHE, has developed the TNT Royal Rétro. The idea was born during one of those numerous and passionate discussions held around the family table: if today’s timepieces offer a triple retrograde reading of the seconds, why not go further and offer six retrograde hands? This required a movement that could house six mechanisms, remain unaffected by their velocity, and avoid any untimely stoppages. A feat that PIERRE DEROCHE has successfully achieved with the TNT Royal Rétro, which is to be unveiled at Baselworld 2009 !

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Connoisseurs will definitely appreciate the two new self-winding models dedicated to men in the SERENA GARBO collection, equipped with a big date at 12 o’clock and a dual time zone at 6 o’clock.

SERENA GARBO
Ref: 344.51.41.30D.311

Both faithful to the Casual Chic universe, the timepieces SERENA GARBO call for elegance, sober yet masculine, drawn by a polished stainless steel case with a 41 mm diameter and a 12 mm thickness. On the black galvanic or white silvered opalin dial, the rhodium plated indexes are enhanced with a refined outline, coppered or black plated according to the execution. The polished skeleton hands, in “Dauphine” style, allow an easy reading of time on the circular minute track. A second time zone indicates hours and minutes in a specific subdial positioned at 6 o’clock. It is adorned with a specific plate, coppered or black plated, screwed on the principal dial and elegantly engraved with the name “BERTOLUCCI”.

Dedicated to contemporary men for whom time is short and precious, the two versions are fitted with a Swiss self-winding mechanical calibre, to satisfy the expectations of the most experienced watch lovers. As a daily luxury which will accompany you everywhere, the SERENA GARBO Dual Time is equipped with a single crown for time setting of the two different time zones, as well as the date adjustment. Presented at 12 o’clock in a double calendar circled in coppered or steel, the big date reinforces the sportive yet distinctive style of the piece. (Bertolucci press)

SERENA GARBO « Dual Time » Gent automatic watch
Case

• Material Stainless steel
• Size Round, 41.00 mm diameter, 12.00 mm thickness
• Finishing Mirror polished
• Glass Curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
• Water resistance 30 meters (3 ATM) – 100 feet
• Functions Hours, Minutes & Seconds, Second time zone Hours & Minutes, Big Date; Time & Date setting crown at 3 o’clock
• Case back Screw-on with 4 screws

Dial

• Base Curved black opalin with a circular patterned hour track framed by a metallic coppered contour; double calendar date at 12 o’clock; azuré sub-dial at 6 o’clock with white printed hour track; “BERTOLUCCI” printed in black on the applied plate at 6 o’clock
• Index 8 trapezoid indexes with a central groove, rhodium plated; Bertolucci “B” applied at 12 o’clock, rhodium plated; sub-dial coppered adornment at 6 o’clock with two rhodium plated screws
• Hands H. & M. “Dauphine” skeleton, S. “Pendule”, Sub-dial “Bâton”; polished, rhodium plated

• Movement Swiss Automatic Watch, calibre Soprod 11½ TT651
• Bracelet Black alligator & calf leather strap with orange stitching, on stainless steel triple folding clasp; both fitted and secured by a 4 screw ring (back bezel) allowing interchangeability
• Reference 344.51.41.30D.311

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The chassis are audaciously styled, built for speed, of an inestimable prestige and allure. Inside, radically new engines redefine the pace and power of Swiss avant-garde engineering.
This season, TAG Heuer reaffirms its unchallengeable claim as the N° 1 watch brand in motor sports with an extraordinary new lineup of premium Grand CARRERA automatic chronographs and watches revved to a peak level of luxury performance.
More than daring trendsetters, more than the luxurious embodiments of TAG Heuer’s peerless timekeeping heritage and unequaled legitimacy in the glamorous world of motor racing, these are status symbols that defy the status quo.

TAG Heuer Grand CARRERA
Calibre 36 RS2 Caliper
Chronograph Ti2

From Carrera to Grand CARRERA: A Unique Motor Racing Legacy
A timekeeping tribute to the grueling “Carrera Panamericana Mexico Road Race,” the original 1964 Carrera chronograph is a standard-bearer of TAG Heuer’s motorsports pedigree — a radical synergy that began with automobile-oriented timekeeping devices like Time of Trip (1911), the first car dashboard chronograph, and continues to this day through the brand’s partnerships with top level drivers and teams in every motor racing discipline.

In 2007, the iconic Carrera became the award-winning Grand CARRERA. A powerful fusion of sleek design and visionary technology, the Grand CARRERA — the first-ever chronograph inspired by the high-performance engine of a GT sports car — represents a revolutionary new way of telling time.

The Grand CARRERA is the first mechanical line of movements powered with an ultra-exclusive Rotating System, a new technology replacing traditional watch hands with rotating discs — just like on the dashboard of a sports car — enabling instantaneous and easy-to-read access to small seconds, second time zone (GMT) and chronograph time.

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On the strength of its long experience in timing, Longines has designed a timepiece that pays tribute to the various timing mechanisms developed during the company’s history. Named the Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph, this model houses a brand new calibre whose exclusive development by ETA was mandated and financed by Longines and other brands within the Swatch Group. This self-winding, chronograph movement has a column wheel which drives the mechanism that measures periods of time – a technical device used by the famous St. Imier brand since 1878.

Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph

Longines started manufacturing timing equipment in 1878 with the launch of a simple 20 line chronograph; reference number 20H, that had a column wheel (covered by a washer) that governed the chronograph mechanism. Following Longines’ progression into the field of timing, almost all the measuring equipment devised by the company used this same principle. Both calibres for pocket chronographs made by Longines, such as the 19CH (1889), the 19.73 (1887), the 19.73N (1909) and the 19.73N with a split-seconds function (1922), the 18.72 (1929) or the 24 line calibre intended specifically for sports timing (1939) and movements for the brand’s wrist-chronographs, such as the 13.33Z (1913), the famous 13ZN (1946) or the 30CH (1947) thus all incorporated column-wheel systems for controlling and activating the chronograph functions, which varied according to the specific calibre.

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The Blancpain master-watch makers have demonstrated exceptional imagination in developing the most useful complications. Still a relatively rare feature on modern wristwatches, the alarm function is one of the noblest such creations.

Blancpain L-evolution
Réveil GMT

In presenting its new L-evolution Alarm GMT model, the Manufacture in Le Brassus is highlighting this complex mechanism combining horological technology with a continuous striking system.

Designed, developed and perfected by Blancpain, Calibre 1241H had already earned much praise among watch connoisseurs when it was presented in 2003. Featuring a completely original combination of functions, it successfully weds the precious expertise inherited from yesteryear with modern-day expectations thanks to two complications that are eminently useful to the 21st century traveller : the mechanical alarm function and a dual time-zone indication.

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TAG Heuer is unveiling its most advanced timepiece to date: the MONACO Twenty Four Concept Chronograph, a cutting-edge creation inspired by the supercharged race cars of the 24 of Le Mans.

TAG Heuer MONACO
Twenty Four Concept Chronograph
Gulf Face

The luxury watch carries an oversize “24” at 12 o’clock and the emblematic blue and orange livery of Gulf Oil – the same colours TAG Heuer Ambassador Steve McQueen wore in his 1970 film classic, Le Mans.

Based on the iconic exterior of Steve McQueen’s square-shaped Monaco, the concept watch’s unique tubular design and extreme shock-protected components are directly inspired by GT racecar technology. An innovative wonder with a unique two-part, see-through dial in an oversized, very contemporary case (40.5mm), the MONACO Twenty Four Concept Chronograph is powered by the superlative TAG Heuer Calibre 36 Movement (beating at the stunning speed of 36.000 beats/hour relentlessly as the engine of a Le Mans prototype running at 350 km/h), visible from the front and through its sapphire crystal caseback. Seriously sleek and high-tech, this daring creation of TAG Heuer’s newly expanded R&D department is a triumph of lightness and transparency, yet it looks like it could go 400 kilometres an hour down the endurance race’s fabled Mulsanne Straight.

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Carl F. Bucherer presented the CFB A1000 caliber at Baselworld 2008. This year will see the brand equip its first watch model with this extraordinary automatic caliber: the Patravi EvoTec DayDate. A specially developed functional module has been added to this outstanding watch from Carl F. Bucherer, whose innovative characteristics extend beyond its exclusive interior to adorn the exterior beautifully.

Carl F. Bucherer
Patravi EvoTec DayDate

A new – one might even say revolutionary – chapter in the history of watchmaking began at Carl F. Bucherer in 2005. It was at this time that a momentous decision was taken to crown the company’s watchmaking history with a caliber developed and produced by the company itself. But there was never any question of copying existing movements.

Quite the opposite: Carl F. Bucherer wanted to create something new in the form of an automatic movement equipped with a wealth of unique design features. Following highly specific plans developed with the company’s long term co-operation partner Techniques Horlogères Appliquées SA (THA) in Ste-Croix, on 1 July 2007, Carl F. Bucherer acquired this highly regarded workshop, together with its excellent development and production skills. The next step consisted in the systematic integration of the workshop into the Group, and the renaming of the company as Carl F. Bucherer Technologies SA (CFBT).
In addition to producing new modules to the delight of wearers everywhere – for example, the trailblazing Patravi TravelTec with its outstanding functional features – the Ste-Croix team has continued to channel its energy into the production of the exclusive automatic caliber known as the CFB A1000, which was premiered at Baselworld 2008.

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Every constellation in the universe has its brightest stars, and in OMEGA’s Constellation line, nothing glitters more brilliantly than the opulent watches in the Luxury Edition.
The Luxury Edition has been created with a strong and vivid visual identity – the dials display a dramatic supernova structure which emanates boldly from the Constellation star at 6 o’clock.

“Snow-set” round diamonds – respecting the geometry of the watch

OMEGA Constellation
Luxury Edition

The OMEGA Constellation Luxury Edition watches shimmer with round diamonds whose seemingly random distribution in an intriguing “snow setting” elegantly respects the geometry of each jewelled component of every watch.

The watches in the Edition have identical dials; there are however three distinct configurations of diamonds on their bracelets and cases. Each of these is offered in a choice of 24 mm and 27 mm case sizes fitted with the quartz calibre 1376 or a 31 mm case equipped with the OMEGA Co-Axial calibre 8421.

Thousands of diamonds
The most spectacular of the models in the Constellation Luxury Edition glistens with thousands of diamonds in its snow setting.

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Some men perform best under pressure. They thrive under stress.
When things get tough, they don’t get going, they stick it out and excel. Physical or mental, it adds up to one thing: an opportunity to truly prove something. Not to others, but to one’s self.

TAG Heuer
Aquaracer 500M Calibre 5

Pressure? The only pressure is the one we put on ourselves. This is the driving force behind the new AQUARACER 500M CALIBRE 5, a luxury watch inspired by the extreme requirements of professional deep-sea diving.
The most resistant and reliable timepiece of its generation, it is also one of the most versatile — a high-performance, go-anywhere, do-anything sportswatch that redefines the standard codes and conventions of luxury Swiss watchmaking.

Pushing the limits: The AQUARACER 500M CALIBRE 5 surpasses the depths and bounds of reliability, precision and prestige.

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Inspired by the engraved check fine jewellery collection, Burberry timepieces feature modern and elegant styles for men and women.

Burberry BU1153

All timepieces in the engraved check timepieces collection feature the classic Burberry check etched in various dimensions from a micro to mega check.

The Burberry check is one of the signature icons of the brand and is seasonally innovated and referenced across all product categories including ready-to-wear and accessories.

Women’s styles draw direct inspiration from pieces in the Burberry fine jewellery line. Key women’s styles include a feminine charm bracelet timepiece laser etched with three scales of the check and an engraved check cube bracelet in stainless steel, dark nickel, gold or stainless steel with diamond case detailing.

An introduction to the collection is the new black and white Burberry check inspired by the Burberry the Beat fragrances. The timepiece which has an engraved check case, is available in a selection of soft leather straps.

Drawing inspiration from the rich Burberry history of function and performance, a key style for men is a stainless steel timepiece with a durable innovative perforated leather strap and engraved mega check dial.

Burberry timepieces which are Swiss made, are available on-line at Burberry.com and from Burberry stores and selected retailers worldwide. (Burberry press)

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