Perrelet Turbine Erotic

Antonio Mugica

House Perrelet starts playing with its watches by launching the special edition Perrelet Turbine Erotic.  This watch, with its 12 blade turbine rotor, its a homage to the erotic watches, who first emerged 200 years ago.
The watch comes in four models, each one with a different Japanese Hentai inspired character that fills the entire dial once the turbine opens completely.

For more information, Antonio Mugica recommends you to visit http://watchluxus.com/perrelet-turbine-erotic

Richard Mille RM 037

Antonio Mugica

Richard Mille presented on November 30th its latest timepiece, the RM 037, an original from the famed company based in Les Breuleux, Switzerland.
The watch has a titanium body and is skeletonized, meaning that you can see inside the body of the watch. It also has two pushers, one at 4 and another at 10 o'clock.  These pushers help you select between the three watch functions, and you can see the one selected through a small aperture at the 4 o'clock position.  The three functions are winding (W), neutral (N) and hand setting functions (H) while the second pusher, at ten o'clock, sets the date.

For more information, Antonio Mugica invites you to visit: http://watchluxus.com/richard-mille-rm-037-the-in-house-caliber-crma1

Parmigiani Toric Minute Repeater

Antonio Mugica

This watch by Parmigiani Fleurier is an innovative art piece for your wrist.  It is inspired by the Perrin Frères signed pocket watch (Neuchatel) dating from the early 19th Century, when Parmigiani undertook its restoration work.
The watch features a minute repeater with cathedral chimes plus an additional module dedicated to the second time display.  The time is displayed in a half moon aperture comprising 60 minutes indexes with quarter hour sectors divided in 5 minutes divisions.  In the dial there is also a bezel around the perimeter that serves as a decoration.  It is made of white gold and hand engraved, then covered with translucent enamel.

Hublot F1 King Power Abu Dhabi

Antonio Mugica

Hublot, the official watchmaker of the Formula 1, has produced this watch in occasion of the penultimate race of the F1 championship.
It features many unique aspects made with F1 quality materials, like a 48 mm carbon fiber case, ceramic bezel with circular grained satin finish similar to the brake disks of F1 cars.  a rubber and Nomex (synthetic fiber used in the F1 suits), and a start, reset and split push buttons.  There will only be 250 pieces.

Girard - Perregaux 1966 Small Second

Antonio Mugica

This is a beautiful watch from a house that was founded in 1791.  It has a hand grained dial with painted Arabic numerals and blue steel hands.  It also has a date aperture at three o'clock and a domed sapphire crystal.
The watch was made to commemorate two important dates, which are engraved on the back of the watch.  The first is 1889, when Girard - Perregaux won the Gold Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris for its pocket watch later known as "La Esmeralda", which was in 1900 considered without equal.  This watch will be made in a special edition of only 100 units.

Piaget Altiplano Skeleton Ultra Thin

Antonio Mugica

The Manufacture de Haute Horlogerie Piaget is showing that less is more with the introduction of its ultra thin model, the Altiplano Skeleton.  This watch, apart from having the thinnest self winding movement (2.40 mm), is also the world’s thinnest self-winding skeleton model (5.34 mm) and sports a 950 platinum rotor.
The alternation between matte, brushed and sandblasted surfaces creates a contrast with the black surfaces of the watch, a stylish effect that only Piaget can achieve. 

Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days 47 mm

Antonio Mugica

This watch was made by Panerai copying a watch of their manufacture made in the 50s and it was presented in the “O’Clock - time design, design time”  exhibition (Milan Triennale, 11th October 2011 – 8th January 2012).
The watch has a 47 mm steel case with a lever device of brushed steel protecting the crown.  The watch features a 3 days power reserve and a transparent backcase, so the user can check the reserve indicator.

BRM Records - TB

Antonio Mugica

This watch was designed by Bernard Richards and presented to the public after 4 years of research.  It has a unique shape, with a rotor that operates at 90°.
The watch was designed not only to be unique and attractive, but also functional.  It has a dial that can be read easily while driving without taking your hand off the steering wheel.  It is made from titanium, carbon fiber and stainless steel and will be limited to only 25 pieces per color.

Frederique Constant Vintage Racing Collection

The Frederique Constant house, a producer of vintage watches, comes with this latest edition, made to celebrate an event called The Ultimate Driving Adventure: From Beijing to Paris.
They have been recently chosen as the official timekeepers of the Beijing to Paris Motor Challenge, in which 100 crews compete to be the first to travel the 9,000 mile long race between Beijing and Paris.
The watch is made in a 43 mm stainless steel case and come with three dial options.  There is an elegant versions that comes with a silver dial and with the option of blackened steel or rose gold plated indexes and hands.  The sport version offers a silver dial with black chronograph counters and black outer ring.  Finally, the Vintage Racing Automatic Chrono comes with a mechanical self-winding chronograph with a transparent case back and the Beijing to Paris logo engraved.

By: Antonio Mugica

Breguet Classique 7787 Moon Phases

This new watch by Breguet has a lot of the luxury characteristics we know from the Swiss manufacturer, apart that it comes in sizes for men and women.
This watch has three central hands for hour, minute and seconds, but it also comes with a moon phase at 12 o'clock and a power reserve indicator at three o'clock.  Inside, the watch contains the Breguet Calibre 591 DRL, the thinnest self-winding mechanism of its kind, with a double barrel (up to 38 hours reserve), as well as a silicon escapement and balance spring.  Silicon was selected because is extremely light, which translates to better shock resistance, non - magnetic, and doesn't require lubrication.
The watch comes in red and white gold.

By: Antonio Mugica

Chopard Classic Racing Superfast Chrono Split Second

Chopard has introduced is latest creation, the Classic Racing Superfast Chrono Split Second, a chronometer watch certified by the COSC and which enables measurement of intermediate or “split” times making it an indispensable dashboard instrument for all aficionados of fine mechanisms.
There are many characteristics in this watch that give it a racing feel.  For example, the strap, which looks like the thread of the 1960s Dunlop Racing Tires and made of natural rubber.  Also we have the dial which evokes the counters of vintage racing cars, the minute markers on the flange are reminiscent of the numerals adorning the rev counters and speedometers.
The mechanism is housed in a 45 mm-diameter DLC blackened steel case, the self-winding movement chronometer-certified by the COSC powers the hour and minute hands, small seconds at 9 o'clock, as well as a pointer type date display in a subdial at 3 o'clock - an increasingly rare but attractive function. But the real star of this watch is the split-second chronograph, an entertaining complication that is in fact one of the most technically demanding of them all. It enables measurement of either a split time or of two events that begin at the same time but with different durations.

By: Antonio Mugica

Blancpain Villeret Annual Calendar GMT

This watch is the Blancpain Company first Annual Calendar watch combined with GMT function.  It is equipped with the new Calibre 6054F developed by Blancpain’s R&D teams.
This self winding movement watch requires just one adjustment per year, at the transition from February to March. For all other months, the watch itself moves on from the 30th or the 31st to the first day of the following month.
It also has a small 24-hour hand in a subdial at 8 o’clock, which serves as a reference time.
The hands and hour-markers match the material of the case, which is equipped with Blancpain's under-lug correctors system.  This system consists of two correctors, one at 1 o’clock to modify the day, and the one at 5 o’clock to adjust the month.
The back is transparent with a sapphire crystal cover and the watch comes in two colors, red gold or white gold.

By: Antonio Mugica

Breitling Chronospace Automatic

Breitling has introduced a new watch to its already successful line, the Chronospace Automatic.
It has a star shaped bidirectional bezel that that makes it easy to use even when wearing gloves.  This bezel has a circular slide rule serving to perform all calculations relating to airborne navigation and has a rack and pinion system that guarantees water resistance to 200 meters (600 ft), an exceptional achievement for this type of instrument.
The 12 numeral as well as the hour markings are oversized and coated in a luminescent coating, so you can read them even in poor lighting conditions.
This watch comes with Breitling's Caliber 23 selfwinding chronograph movement, and it comes with four dial colors: Volcano Black, Mariner Blue, Tungsten Gray and Stratus Silver, with a bracelet of woven steel.

By: Antonio Mugica

Longines 24 horas

En los años 50, Longines era proveedora oficial de relojes para la aerolínea nacional suiza, Swissair.  Estos relojes se desarrollaron a partir de los relojes de aviador de Longines y se distinguen por tener un dial de 24 horas.
Estas características técnicas cumplían con las necesidades de los navegantes quienes, en ese tiempo, tenían que determinar la posición del avión y fijar un plan de vuelo.  El hecho de que el vuelo cruzaba diferentes zonas horarias en ambas direcciones y debido a que el sol no estaba siempre visible como punto de referencia, necesitaba instrumentos que pudieran inmediatamente indicar la parte correcta del día.  Con un dial de 24 horas, los navegadores no tenían problemas al respecto.
El Longines 24 horas viene con calibre L704.3, movimiento de auto cuerda en donde las manecillas hacen un círculo completo del dial en 24 horas.  Los números y las manecillas están cubiertas de Super-LumiNova, un material que brilla en la oscuridad y en situaciones de poca luz, como en el modelo original.  Tiene una abertura de fecha a las 3.  Está cubierto por un cristal de safiro y la parte trasera también es transparente, aunque viene con una cubierta metálica en la que está grabado "Reedición de un reloj de navegante Longines hecho exclusivamente para navegantes de Swissair, 1953-1956" y el número del reloj.

Por: Antonio Mugica

De Grisogono Meccanico dG

This is a nice time piece designed by Fawaz Gruosi in a limited edition package of black and white with a black alligator leather strap.
The watch has a hand-wound movement composed of 651 parts.  In the upper part of the watch you have an analogue display with two white needles and in the bottom you have a digital mechanical display for a second time zone.
The latter shows the tens of hours, single hours, tens of minutes and single minutes through the action of white mobile microsegments driven by a set of 23 cams combined with gears plus a triggering/synchronisation device. The transition between one indication and the next involves the instantaneous 90° rotation of between 1 and 12 different segments. In one year, the function is activated 518,400 times and sets a massive 285 million parts into motion.
For more info, you can go to their webpage: http://www.degrisogono.com/

By: Antonio Mugica. 

Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight 'Les 4 Voyages Extraordinaires'

 La casa joyera Van Cleef & Arpels ha elaborado un set de 4 relojes que vienen empacados en una lujosa caja de madera, usando como inspiración al escritor francés Julio Verne (Nantes, 8 de febrero de 1828 – Amiens, 24 de marzo de 1905)
Diseñada por Elie Bleu, la caja tiene en su exterior un mapa hecho con incrustaciones de diferentes maderas que muestran los cinco continentes, los océanos, los mares y las capas polares.
En el mapa se encuentran también cuatro escotillas con vidrio de aumento que muestran un vistazo de lo que nos espera adentro.

En el interior hay cuatro relojes inspirados por la serie de Verne de 'Les 4 Voyages Extraordinaires' o Los 4 Viajes Extraordinarios.
Midnight 'Les 4 Voyages' Cinco semanas en globo: muestra un globo levantándose hacia el cielo y preparándose a volar sobre una montaña cubierta de nieve.  En la parte inferior podemos ver un rinoceronte cruzando la sabana.
Midnight 'Les 4 Voyages' Veinte Mil Leguas de Viaje Submarino: aquí vemos las tonalidades azules del mar mientras un hombre con escafandra explora el fondo marino.
Midnight 'Les 4 Voyages' Viaje al Centro de la Tierra: podemos ver recreada la primera escena de esta obra de Verne, la entrada de los exploradores a la boca del ardiente volcán.
Midnight 'Les 4 Voyages' De la Tierra a la Luna: aquí se observa el espacio en toda su plenitud.  La luna, las estrellas, los cometas, destacan sobre un fondo de color azul profundo.
Para estas piezas se utilizó la técnica del esmaltado paillonné que consiste en la aplicación de una muy delgada hoja de oro o plata antes de cubrir la misma con esmalte transparente y luego trabajar sobre ella, lo que le da un mayor brillo al esmalte.
Escrito por Antonio Mugica