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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