lunes, 21 de noviembre de 2011

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.

miércoles, 16 de noviembre de 2011

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.

martes, 8 de noviembre de 2011

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.

miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2011

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.