February 2016 – WORLD OF LUXURY

Monthly Archives: February 2016

Ball Moon Phase

The lunar calendar with moon phase indicator is a special category of fine watch complications. Aesthetics, romance, mystery – all this is moon phase.

We first see the calendar with moon phase indicator is in this configuration, how it was created by Ball in a recent men’s watches Moon Phase. What is the difference of the indicator Moon phases from the others?

We will answer the question, but first invite you to become familiar with the subject of the above conversation. These watches are worth it!

Officine Panerai PAM 786 Luminor 8 Days Set

Founded in 1860. Giovanni Panerai, founder of the family business, opens the first watchmaker shop in Florence and establishes contact with the most prestigious and well-known Swiss watch manufacturers. For Giovanni to be his son, Leon Francesco.

1890-1900. Guido Panerai, grandson of the founder, expand the businessof his grandfather and gives new impetus to the cause – specialized in high precision mechanisms. The company became the official supplier to the Royal Italian Navy. Since then, for decades, the Panerai brand has been a symbol of high-precision mechanisms, as required sailors.

SIHH-2016: Montblanc A Blue Riband

A Montblanc brand, named after the highest peak in Europe and known as the best producer of luxury stationery, for many years sought to take an equally prominent place among manufacturers of watches.

The history of this world famous brand began more than a hundred years ago, when in 1906 the merchant stationer Claus Johannes Voss, engineer August Ebershteyn and businessman Alfred Neemias decided to make a quill pen in Berlin. Their minimum program was to create a design is not worse than the American Parker. The maximum program automatically implied famous German pedantry: the production technology and precision fit of all parts, and thoroughness of manual assembly should be of the highest quality. The company was named “Simplo Filler Pen Company”, and the handle, which it has begun to produce, in terms of engineering solutions and advanced technologies has become for Europe at that time revelation.

The New Cartier Rotonde De Cartier Astromysterieux

Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astromystérieux model worthy of the award not only as one of the most beautiful releases on the exhibition SIHH 2016, but also as a clock as the true French character timepiece. This is- a model of a growing collection tourbillons, which takes inspiration from the amazing classic Cartier watches. In recent watches, transmitting “mystery tourbillon», Cartier returned to the popular Rotonde body, and it is actually three transparent sapphire glass disc – clockwork components, which every hour makes a full turn of the dial.

Roger Dubuis: exquisite sumptuousness for ladies

In 2016, most Roger Dubuis attention will be paid to women: the company is proud to announce this year of Diva Velvet. Diva of the world Roger Dubuis has inimitable diva temperament and multifaceted personality. Incomparable complexity of the women nature make a unique ability to turn reveal their various parties and boldly demonstrate this or that facet of character, depending on the situation and mood.

A. Lange & Sohne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds

The name Richard Lange Jumping Seconds watches reveals the essence of the new mechanism. Richard Lange Jumping Seconds – a new interpretation of the theme of scientific observatory chronometers, one of the typical features of which – a combination of outstanding accuracy and clarity of the dial move. Balance mechanism receives a stable portion of energy from one second stroke constant tension. A device with one second hopping, an integral part of this mechanism makes it possible to display seconds arrow metering time crisp-second increments. Platinum watch shell with a diameter of 39.9 mm, equipped with impressive dial style “controller”. This model is released in a limited edition of 100 copies.

SIHH-2016: Parmigiani Toric Quaestor Ripple

The inspiration for Toric Quaestor Ripple model was Japanese garden. Sometimes this inspiration can be found in the idyllic islands of fine sand, forming concentric waves and curls, causing the association with relaxing tides. That this story was embodied on the face of extraordinary Toric Quaestor Ripple watches, praising the Japanese Zen philosophy.