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