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Andersen Poker Watch

Andersen Genève, Orologi Prestigiosi No Comments »

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This exceptional watch allows the wearer to read time in a tactful way without moving his wrist, thanks to the time indicator placed between the attaches at 6 o’clock.  Thus, its front-plate is free form any hands and a perfect place for unlimited personalisation according to the artist’s imagination or the customers’ wishes.

Picture shows a miniature reproduction of the famous painting “A Bold Bluff” by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.  The very tactful hour display on the case middle between the attachments at 6 o’clock can be read discreetly, while the “painting” side can be personalised almost limitlessly if the wearer wishes. Poker enthusiasts will be impressed to see that the dial window reveals hands from their favourite game.

In the window, six time indications have been replace by the following showdowns:

2 o’clock - four of a kind
4 o’clock - quint flush
6 o’clock - flush
8 o’clock - quint
10 o’clock - full
12 o’clock - quint flush royal

For a unique watch, poker enthusiasts can contact Andersen and arrange a watch to show any illustration or picture related to their favourite game.

Picture shows Montre a Tact with automatic movement, in red and white gold with 42mm case and green topstitched dark-green crocodile with gold buckle.

ETERNA Kontiki Anniversary

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The watchmaking company Eterna has presented a new, limited edition of fifty models, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the company’s KonTiki line. Already the explorer Thor Heyerdahl took an Eterna timepiece on his famous KonTiki expedition across the Pacific. These extremely sturdy and water-proof watches - a rarity in those times - developed into the Eterna KonTiki sports watch line. The KonTiki line has since come to symbolise the brand’s traditional identity. The new KonTiki Anniversary design has been modelled on the first KonTiki watch manufactured in the year 1958.

The KonTiki Anniversary line has been equipped with a new automatic Eterna 3010 movement with a fast-change date. Along with centrally positioned hour, minute, and second hands, the date can be read in a date window on the dial. The movement is a variation on the Eterna 3030 calibre movement, continuing the same slim line.

Modelled on the original KonTiki sports watch line, the watch dial depicts silhouettes of the Raroia Atoll - the successfully reached, but unintended destination, of the KonTiki expedition. The gold-plated triangular index marks filled out with a luminous coating on the domed dial pay homage to the original. Along with the highly characteristic triangular index marks, the hands - also gold-plated and filled out with a luminous coating - contrast against the black dial, ensuring easy readability at all times.

To mark the anniversary, Eterna has opted for polished and satin-finished red gold instead of stainless steel as usually used for watch cases in the KonTiki line, a decision to emphasise the exclusivity of this timepiece. Paying homage to the watch design fashions of the fifties, the watch’s forty-millimetre diameter is slightly smaller than the other models in the current KonTiki line. Like the original, the timepiece has a screw-in back sporting a KonTiki medallion. The engraving depicts the KonTiki raft in reminiscence of Thor Heyerdahl’s famous expedition. Apart from that, the timepiece is water-resistant at up to two hundred metres.

The brown crocodile leather strap with crossover stitching developed especially for the KonTiki line was inspired by the hawsers used in constructing the KonTiki raft. In addition, the red-gold buckle clasp symbolises the watch’s exclusive nature.

The KonTiki Anniversary is delivered in a hand-crafted box in the traditional Polynesian style sporting the KonTiki sun god motif. The exclusive series is planned to be available in the autumn of 2008.

Eterna presents Porsche Design Worldtimer P’6750

Orologi Prestigiosi, Porsche design No Comments »

 

 

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Grenchen/Bietigheim-Bissingen. Eterna presents for the first time the Porsche Design Worldtimer P’6750 at the Watch and Jewellery Show “Baselworld“ (April 12-19, 2007). The latest timepiece from Porsche Design displays the time in two different time zones simultaneously. An additional crown with an integrated button makes the world time settings easy to change.

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The watch producer Eterna - since 1998 licensee partner of Porsche Design - has designed and built a special movement module in its manufacture based on the ETA Valgranges calibre A 07 111 for the Porsche Design Worldtimer P’6750. The module extends this movement by the addition of an intelligent GMT function. The three hands in the centre of the watch display the time in the time zone in which the wearer currently finds himself. By means of discs rotating behind the dial, the movement additionally displays, via two dial apertures, a reference location and the present time in the corresponding time zone. The second time zone runs in synchrony with the main watch time.

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The setting of the reference location can be corrected by means of the crown at the two o’clock position. Transfer of the time at the reference location to the hands is permitted by the button integrated in the crown at two o’clock.

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While the time zone function of the watch is being adjusted, the automatic movement continues to run without any limitation – not one single second of the original setting is lost when the time zone is changed. Self-explanatory abbreviations are used to designate the reference cities. These three-letter codes are explained by an engraving on the back of the watch case.

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The crown at the four o’clock position is used to adjust the minutes and the hour hand in the centre. In addition, this crown can be used to wind the watch. The “Clous de Paris” decoration of the crowns is not provided for aesthetic reasons alone: the decorative structure makes for a better grip on the crown.

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The design of the Porsche Design Worldtimer P’6750 is typified by the usual understatement. Simple cylindrical forms shape the watch case which is made of the typical Porsche Design material, titanium. The typography, styling and colours of the dials emphasize the functional character of the watch.

 

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In addition to the case in matte titanium, another version in titanium with a black PVD coating is also available. Both versions are fitted with a black caouchouc strap with a latitude and longitude pattern in profile on the inside. This makes for enhanced wearer comfort by allowing air to penetrate between the skin and strap. The folding clasp of the strap is also made of titanium.

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Porsche Design is one of the leading luxury brands in the segment of prestigious accessories for men. The Porsche Design brand was founded in 1972 by Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche; its products have been a byword ever since for functional, timeless and understated design allied to exceptional technical innovation. Porsche Design products are distributed worldwide exclusively in own brand stores, franchise outlets, shops-in-shops, upmarket department stores and the exclusive retail trade.

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Grand Carrera Calibre 17 Pink Gold Chronograph

Orologi Prestigiosi, TAG Heuer No Comments »

 

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The iconic Tag Heuer Grand Carrera collection has been joined by a new, exceptional watch inspired by modern GT cars. The peculiarity of the watch is its distinctive chronograph display with rotating discs to feature elapsed time.

As hinted by the name, the Grand Carrera Calibre 17 Pink Gold Chronograph is crafted in luxurious 18K rose gold. The creators of the new Tag Heuer Grand Carrera have opted for the use of 18K gold to underscore the prestige of the model. The timepiece will be available in a limited edition of 1000 pieces.

The Tag Heuer watch encompasses the following functions - hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph with double rotating system, and tachometer scale. The functions are provided by the TAG Heuer 17 RS Calibre, a self-winding chronograph movement crowned by the prestigious COSC-chronometer-certification.

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The TAG Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 17 Pink Gold Chronograph has been developed in two versions: the first version with an elegant silver dial, and the second one with a tasteful brown dial (500 pieces in each dial color).

Both versions will spotlight framed chronograph dials with Cotes-de-Geneve-pattern decoration. The dial is completed with applied curved and facetted 18k-pink-gold hour-markers. The date window is positioned at 6 o’clock.

The satin-finished and polished 18K pink gold case of the Grand Carrera Calibre 17 Pink Gold Chronograph watch measures 43 mm in diameter. The construction of the model has incorporated screw-down push-pieces and crown also in 18K pink gold, as well as convex sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides.

The double sapphire back is engraved with the piece’s individual number. The model boasts 100-meter water-resistance. The Tag Heuer watch goes on a hand-sewn alligator leather strap fitted with the 18K gold buckle.

TT3 GrandPrix Limited Edition

Oris, Orologi Prestigiosi No Comments »

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The Grand Prix watch, water-resistant to 10bar/100 m, has been designed specifically with the motor sport enthusiast in mind. The sheer verve of the multi-part titanium case calls to mind the dynamic profile of racing cars. The carbon dial is presented in the sleek, high tech style of Formula 1. The black rubber strap, with its integrated flexible lugs conjures up images of racing tyres. And all the time the high-Mech movement with the famous Oris red rotor keeps moving, clearly visible through the window in the case back. Limited to 1800 pieces world wide, The 1800 watches equate to 100 circuits of each of the 18 tracks. A brand new limited edition piece.

Size     Gents
Movement     Mechanical - Automatic
Water Resistant     100m/330ft
Case Size     43.5mm
Clasp     Push Button Foldover Clasp
Case     Titanium
Dial     Silver
Bezel     Fixed
Bracelet/Strap     Rubber
Functions     Date, Day
Guarantee     2 Year Manufacturer

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