Great video that discusses Audemars Piguet movement design and includes coverage of the new AP Escapement.
Archive for February, 2009
Movement Design Video by AUDEMARS PIGUET
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009Masterpiece Chronographe Squelette by MAURICE LACROIX
Friday, February 13th, 2009
2009 Baselworld Preview Spearhead of the Maurice Lacroix manufacture, the Masterpiece line is a skilfully proportioned combination of technology, tradition and modern aesthetics. The skeleton dial, sculpted with a goldsmith’s precision, reveals all the workings of the movement, a delicate labyrinth in which the gear-trains have been refined to a bare minimum. The structure of the Chronographe Squelette, a veritable metallic sculpture, transforms the lifeless material into a living mechanism.
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URWERK 103T – The Tarantula
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
The ‘T’ in the 103T is at first a mystery, but only until the first look down through the massive sapphire crystal into the mechanism below. There you will sense a shape before you see it. A form slowly emerges from the orbital cross and stretches its mesmerising legs: ‘T’ for Tarantula! URWERK’s latest addition to the UR103 collection has a few genetic codes borrowed from one of the most famous members of the world of arachnids. The Aesthetics. In the classic UR103, the central element is an orbital cross in titanium.
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Video: Patek Philippe- Birth of a Legend
Monday, February 9th, 2009This is a video of the manufacture Patek Philippe, and the process they go through to make a timepiece.
IWC Celebrates SIHH 2009 with Kevin Spacey
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
(Photos by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Europe) Looks like Kevin Spacey is wearing the Limited Edition IWC Top Gun watch and George Kern is wearing one of the new IWC Aquatimers. PRESS RELEASE: Swiss Watchmaker IWC Celebrates SIHH 2009 With Kevin Spacey, Zenedine Zidane, Ronan Keating, And Other Stars In the company of prominent guests such as Zinédine Zidane, Ronan Keating, Jean Reno and Marc Forster, IWC Schaffhausen celebrated the premiere of its watch novelties on the occasion of the SIHH from 19 to 24 January 2009.
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February Gem Faire Updates
Sunday, February 1st, 2009Gem Faire is now on Facebook. And right now for limited time, we’re offering a special gift coupon exclusively for Gem Faire fans.
And right now for limited time, we’re offering a special gift coupon exclusively for Gem Faire fans. Go to Facebook, search for Gem Faire Page and become a fan to receive the gift coupon. You can also post comments or tell us your experience at Gem Faire.
Please note that Monterey Gem Faire has moved from Feb. 13-15 to Feb. 6-8.