piątek, 30 grudnia 2011

Pamerai Watches

1980 - A watch is designed capable of withstanding a pressure equivalent to a depth of 1000 metres. The only prototype built has a titanium case, an automatic mechanical movement, a rubber strap and a luminous dial achieved by using tiny phials of tritium on the dial face and on the hands.

1993 - Officine Panerai creates a numbered series in a limited edition of models aimed at the civilian market: Luminor, Luminor Marina and an edition of the Mare Nostrum chronograph.

1995 - A special edition of watches called Slytech is created. Sly is the nickname of actor Sylvester Stallone, a great admirer of the watch, who had requested a special edition called Submersible to use during the shooting of the movie Daylight. Subsequently, Stallone requested an edition with a white dial, named Daylight, and a personalized re-edition of the Mare Nostrum. All of these watches bear the actor's signature engraved on the back.

środa, 28 grudnia 2011

Swiss watchmakers

There are examples of modern mechanical watchmaking that simply don't look like the rest.Artya is a quintessential example of this. Withthe nrst booth placement inside the show, it washard to miss Artya - and even harder once thevisitor had stopped to take a look at this brandcomprised completely of unique pieces.Conceived by former CEO of Romain Jerome,Yvan Arpa, the featured wristwatch at GTE wascalled Farfalla and contained genuine butterflywings under the sapphire crystal.

Housed in astainless-steel "coup de foudre" case that iscreated by subjecting the stainless steel to highpressureelectrical bursts, these uniquemechanical pieces of art appeal to those lookingfor a timepiece that is not entirely conventional.Likewise for wearers of Ladoire, a mechanicalbrand that professes a certain predilection forthe "rock'n'roll" si de of watchmaking. Anintensive pre-fair viral campaign for the newestline to emerge From the minds of founder LionelLadoire and technical CEO Richard Piras is the Peter Speake·Marin's Marin 2 timepiece, animated by an in-hou se caliber developedlast year; the Artya Farfalla timepieces have real butterfly wingson the dials, adding a level of creativity to timepieces never seenbefore;

Peter Speake-Marin Black Widow, featuring very limited editions (12pieces) in highly obvious colors and shapes. Thefour models in this line tell a story, with MrGreen - a neon soul clothed in bright greenbridges, components and dial details against thebackdrop of a pitch - black movement and case- writing the nrst chapter in a murderous sagain which the timepiece, as the object of everydesire, arouses extreme reactions and"engenders irreparable damage". The story, asdaring as the watches' visuals and manufacturemadecaliber Calvet/ 02, is to be continued.

niedziela, 25 grudnia 2011

Geneva Time Exhibition

Starting a day earlier then the SIHH is the Geneva Time Exhibition catering to mostly smaller innovative watch companies.

Geneva Time Exhibition's third edition promises to be astounding! Dedicated to the art of making time.

Fair to visit to discover the latest in Haute Horlogerie: cutting-edge designs of bold, exclusive, top-quality swiss watches as already won wide recognition in the watch world, will take place.

Running from Sunday to Friday, the second edition of the Geneva Time Exhibition is twice the size of last year's show and while the exhibition new visual identity, new concept and new exhibition site: for its third edition.

czwartek, 22 grudnia 2011

Arcadia Swiss Watches

Hundreds of years ago in Switzerland, farmers had time on their hands in the winter, so they began to make clocks and then pocket watches and wristwatches inserting them into modern cases with sleek designs, made using the latest avant-garde technologies and materials.

The Arcadia renaissance is underway. With Bunter's structural and technical support, Claude Sanz has set about renovating each Arcadia calibre in the purest watchmaking tradition.