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De GRISOGONO devoted themselves to developing the brand’s first tourbillon timepiece Tondo Tourbillon Gioiello gem watch to dedicated to the ladies who mechanical timepieces and jewelery.

Tondo Tourbillon Gioiello is naturally an art work of advanced watch, sharing the jewelry artistic value and complex mechanical timepieces ultimate function. As brand president and founder Fawaz Gruosi, said: “during the past two decades, De GRISOGONO created endless gorgeous moment for women and presented our current expertise skills; this year, available first De GRISOGONO Tourbillon is same for ladies and its art and mechanical beauty will be appreciated by ladies without doubt.” The new watch is available in three designs. They are inlaid Baltic Brown, white diamond and brand black diamond respectively.

The launch of the Tondo Tourbillon Gioiello witnesses the improvement to a further level of the brand watchmaking technology: this new watch is equipped with brand’s first self-made self-winding tourbillon movement which rarely locates in the 8:00 in the extremely complex mechanical structure. The movement was invented in 1801 by Abraham-Louis Breguet and utilized in the pocket watch at that time to offset the error caused by the gravitation to the movement accuracy while putting in vertical. As soon as tourbillon born, it has become the power for different generations watch masters to pursue excellence.

The DG 31-88 movement researched and developed by De GRISOGONO match with the oval Tondo XL case without flaw. The bottom is inlaid brown, white or black mother-of-pearl to replace the sealing dial to make the brand-made plywood, tourbillon structure and spring barrel be seen clearly. The movement offers the power reserve about 72 hours and hour and minute display.

The detail modification of the DG 31-88 movement in great detail: paets are polished and chamfered by hand adhering to the traditional technology; out of the movement is polished by Côtes de Genève motif; ratchet wheel of spring barrel at 12:00 is engraved brand logo.

The platinum case is waterproof 30 meters. Case, bezel and lugs are set with more than 8 carats of diamonds. Bezel is set 33 diamond and the crown is inlaid a most representative Black Diamond of brand.

The white gold or red gold Dauphine hand is processed with polish that is another basic design of De GRISOGONO-the pearl skin strap has white, brown or black color to correspond with main tone of watch.

The appearance of the Tondo Tourbillon Gioiello watch is amazing and the timepiece technology is wonderful, once again showing the extraordinary creativity of De GRISOGONO.

I-Gucci ‘GRAMMY Museum’ wristwatch is a latest edition of I-Gucci XXL Sport Collection. The benefit of this wristwatch will donate to sport the classic music conservation and storage project held by Gucci and The Grammy Museum. I-Gucci watch has a 49mm big case and contains a serious of technological parts, for example the double numbers time display, double time zone display, date display and alarm collection. Grammy Museum special edition even has some new complicated function, including spilt second movement, countdown function, speed measurement and special designed navigation chronograph for surfing competitions. The latest I-Gucci watch is equipped with luminous background and the hands can replace the number to show local time.

The most outstanding specialist of this collection is there ‘GRAMMY Museum Gucci Limited Edition’ characters sealed at the bezel. The grey PVD polished back case also carved with the logo of Grammy Museum logo. The surface is made of brilliant black and golden color which is perfect match the black leather strap. The Swiss made logo is at 6 o’clock, which is a powerful witness to prove this watch’s statues. Gucci watch is a close partner of Grammy Awards and this watch is full of musical style.

I-Gucci Sport functions cover number display, double time zones display, date display and alarm clock. The LCD technology will help to display time in a very direct and clear way. The wearable and durable sapphire crystal made surface shows Swiss made exquisite craftsmanship. This watch will be recommended as a limited edition, so it will be a very hot item. The creative appearance design can meet the fashion trendy very well. The one who wears this I-Gucci watch will be a focus among the crowd. And it is a very practical and stylish timepiece for daily wearing or attending important occasions.

The revolution of local Chinese brand has started. The Chinese timekeeper has already become focus on the international stage.

The special structural design of CKT 13 three hands jade mechanical watches from the Chinese timekeeper has become sui generis on all luxury which shows its status and rally point with the irreplaceable unique Chinese craft and aesthetics.

With the exception of clear brand character, CTK13 reminds us that wearing jade is Chinese tradition. As the first brand using jade series to be main wristwatch product, its precious materials and daring design make many watch fans surprise and fondle admiringly.

In order to make the black dial become more easily to read, the Chinese timekeeper chooses a light jade for black PVD special edition. The brand name “the Chinese timekeeper” is engraved meticulously in the inner incline bezel. And the separate serial number is engraved on the steel case.

Specification:
Movement: mechanical movement CTK2189, 27.4 mm in diameter and 4.74 mm in thickness, 20 jewel, 21,600vph, 36 hours power reserve.
Functions: hours, minutes and seconds
Case: 44mm in diameter, 4 AISI 316L black electroplating steel
Bezel: 4 black electroplating steel screws
Case back: black electroplating steel case, the trademark of the Chinese timekeeper and production date are engraved on the case with circular arc arrangement: “the Chinese timekeeper”, “stainless steel”, serial number ”12CTK13” and waterproof“50m”
Crown: engraved with“the Chinese timekeeper” trademark
Dial: setting handcraft jade on every hour markers, rifle color trademark“the Chinese timekeeper” is on 12 o’clock position
Inner inclined bezel: black electroplating steel inner bezel and engraved with“the Chinese timekeeper”
Crystal：anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 5 the atmospheric pressure (50m)
Strap: black buffalo hide with black stitching, embossed with “the Chinese timekeeper” impreza
Buckle: round black PVD electroplating steel folding buckle, embossed with “the Chinese timekeeper”

This year, the major brands shine in Basel World and the number of the female watch is the largest in history. 2010, it is time to choose a favorite for women, the luxury models or the fashion models, or even the crafted models. Ten lady watches must be the good choices

Luxury Models

Piaget Limelight Garden Party Watch: the diamonds are the lady’s best friend. The solid dial matching with the black leather strap express the luxurious and sparkle of the diamonds to the extreme.

The LadyGraff watch: on the edge of fine polished diamond, every diamond also is set carefully by hand to form a slightly overlapping effect and create the three-dimensional and smooth beauty, making the pure lights of the beautiful diamonds fully bloom. The unique timepiece is set with more than 170 pieces of diamonds, a total weight of more than 43 carats.

Breguet Naples Queen Series: the lady watch is decorated with a variety of precious stones to highlight the distinguished status of the wearer.

The Craft Models
The first floating Tourbillon Permiere watch of Chanel: the elegance of Chanel is wanted by every woman. This time, Chanel combines the elegance and high-tech and introduces the first floating tourbillon female watch. I believe that many women will not miss it.

Blancpain Moon Phase watch: the timepiece has the moon phase function and retrograde date display and combines the romantic feeling and creative watch making perfect. It must capture the hearts and minds of thousands of female fans.

Patek Philippe Ladies First Calendar watch: there is nothing more than the calendar watch to make women dream. The super-complex watch can be called the immortal incarnation no matter we consider its function, permanent value, the reliability of the heritage to several generations, the classic and elegant design or the long-lasting diamonds.

Fashion Models
Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Lady Ultra Thin Watch: the watch perfectly shows the essence of the reverso watch and combines the tradition, fashion and elegance into one. Every element of the watch all reflects its own characteristics.

Chanel J12 GMT White Ceramic Watch: J12 with the pure white and the material of the ceramic has become the essential thing for the lady pursing fashion and elegance, no matter how fashion the appearance is and how anti-scratched the material is.

TAG Heuer Link Lady Watch: the whole body of watch is covered by 18K 5N rose gold and inlaid with 192 pieces of diamonds, a total weight of 1.35 carats, gorgeous and stunning. It is the miracle of the perfect combination of the mechanical and aesthetic, and is the most prominent star, the most brilliant constellation and the most beautiful lady in the ball.

Dior Christal Watch: re-designed and integrated into the new watch making features, Dior Christal launched a new model. 33mm quartz movement style and 38 mm automatic movement style are decorated with diamond bezel or dial and the pyramid cutting sapphire crystal bracelet. These luxurious lady watches are all used red or purple. The color preference of Mr. Dior is evident.

Portofino watch family reflects the attitude towards life. For more than a quarter of a century, it has been the unassuming star of the IWC collections, an expression of understatement and good taste. Today, in our blog, we will particularly recommend one IWC Portofino replica watch, once again interpret the inner charm of Portofino.

Made of a stainless steel case measuring 41 mm, this Swiss replica watch is simple and generous. Polished and smooth bezel is quite thin, enlarging the wideness of the dial. One ordinary fluted crown is standing on the lateral. Protected by a transparent sapphire crystal glass face, the pure milk white dial is considerably clear and clean, vividly indicating the steel markers. The 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock hour markers are Roman numerals, while the remaining are the stick markers. A square date window is rightly next to the 3 o’clock position, which displays the change of each day. Red chronograph and small pointers accentuate the atmosphere of this watch. The beautiful hour and minute hands are leisurely directing the present time. Two subdials are sitting on the upper and lower side of the dial. In the middle is lettered the “IWCSCHAFFHAUSEN PORTOFINO” words. A high precision Automatic movement hiddens in the stainless steel case, providing the great power for the time indication and date function.

Movement: Automatic movement
Brand: IWC
Series: Portofino
Model: Stainless steel case, white dial, two subdials, stainless steel stick markers, calendar, brown leather strap
Movement: Top quality automatic movement
Material: Solid 316 stainless steel, high quality genuine leather
Crystal: Sapphire crystal scratch durable glass face
Dimensions: 41 mm
Water-resistant

Italian top class jewelry Bvlgari built a splendid pavilion on 2012 Basel World, and the works it showed were very attractive and unique. Bvlgari exhibited some very unique and charming timepieces on the show. The timepieces inherit Bvlgari brand culture and adds more creative element to make it more fashionable and outstanding. Next let’s have an over look at some typical editions. Bvlgari Octo Maserati wristwatch is an creative top class timepiece, the power source is a Haute Horlogerie movement. The functions include minute, calendar, 12 hours chronograph and 30 minutes function. The movement is designed and manufactured by famous Bvlgari watch factory locates at Le Sentier. It is really a very accurate and reliable mechanical timepiece.

In the field of exquisite and complicated watch making, minute repeater is the most difficult and complicated one. Bvlgari is one of the rare brands that can develop and manufacture this kind of complicated wristwatch. This latest Daniel Roth showed on Basel World proved Bvlgari’s extraordinary craftsmanship in making minute repeater timepieces. It fixes a Bvlgari self-made DR3300 movement: the accurate specification can ensure its normal operation and to play perfect sound. It is very amazing for such a luxury jewelry manufacturer to make such a complicated minute repeater tourbillon timepiece.

Much of different culture contains the same and perpetual value point, such as the snake pattern has closed connection with human being’s civilization. Bvlgari Serpenti collection inspired from this significant culture symbol and it has become a perpetual theme among jewelry and watches. Now Bvlgari continue to recommend new Serpenti collection on 2012 Basle World. As it expected, it caused wide public attention. It is really a very charming and stylish jewelry timepiece that inherits cultural essence and creative diamond design. From the performance on Basel World, we can see there is a bright future for Bvlgari.

This year, Patek Philippe launches six new Grand Complications wataches. And in this article, let’s mainly talk about Ref. 5208 watch. This new watch contains three complex functions, including minute repeater, chronograph and perpetual calendar. It is Patek Philippe’s first model that integrates with various kinds of functions. The brand applies strong watchmaking crafts to finish the process of the watch. Ref. 5208 Watch is definitely elegant and reliable, it satisfies the demand of daily use; thus, it attracts lots of people’s attention, including connoisseur. And the watch is regarded as the “annual watch king2011”.

Minute repeater is in delicate design. Column-wheel chronograph is only 2.4 mm thickness. The highly complex R CH 27 PS QI movement (32 mm diameter, 10.35 mm height, and 5.7 cm3 volume) is formed by 701 parts, and most of these parts are handmade. The movement is placed on a platinum panel. This Calatrava architectural style panel is full of exquisite parts. The sapphire crystal decoration matches well with this outstanding technology product. The polished perfect pure gold markers also catch people’s eyes. Ref. 5208 watch is the most complex model following Patek Philippe tourbillon watch as it integrates minute repeater with chronograph. At the same time, this watch is also an exquisite version with hand winding barrels. In addition, Pulsomax escapement and Spiromax balance Spring are made from pure Si. That is Patek Philippe: perfect combination of tradition and innovation.

Patek Philippe is a Swiss famous watch brand built in 1839. Each watch’s average retail price of this brand is from $ 13,000 to $ 20,000. It is one of the genuine independent watch manufacturers exist in Swiss. The whole process of making the watch is done by brand’s watch factory. It is said that it costs 10 years to train a Patek Philippe watchmaker. And owning a piece Patek Philippe watch is the sign of the nobility of watch enthusiasts. The noble realm of art and expensive materials has got good reputation for the brand.

LUMINOR MARINA 1950 3 DAYS-47mm (PAM00422) is the best witness to combines Panerai’s exquisite design and top technologies. The unique case design’s inspiration comes from an old Panerai watch edition. This special case design was very significant, because it witnessed the process that Panerai Radiomir turned to Luminor. This LUMINOR MARINA 1950 3 DAYS-47mm is an upgrade edition of Luminor 1950. LUMINOR MARINA 1950 3 DAYS-47mm wristwatch’s black dial is Panerai’s classic design: a sub-second dial set at 9 o’clock position, and it adopts extra-big number markers which inherits the tradition. The dial’s structure is a Sandwich-type; there is a layer of Super-LumiNova painting between two boards. The luminous layer can release light through the skeleton structure so that the dial looks deeper and easy to read. On the dial, there seal popular characters of “Luminor Marina” and “Panerai”, which makes the design perfect.

LUMINOR MARINA 1950 3 DAYS-47mm wristwatch fixes a hand-winding P.3002 movement. This efficient and boutique movement is made in Panerai’s factory which locates at Neuchatel. The two winder boxes can provide three days power storage, the 13.2mm balance wheel can adjust the rotor’s speed rate so that to decrease the mistake. P.3002 movement is a very exquisite and extraordinary operation system for this vintage watch. Through the watch’s crystal case back, the movement’s operation can be seen very clearly. And the power storage displayed on the bridge board can be seen at the same time.

LUMINOR MARINA 1950 3 DAYS-47mm wristwatch’s functions covers hour, minute, sub-second, power storage display and return to zero device. The case is made of top-class stainless steel, very wearable and endurable. The leather strap is sealed with PANERAI logo, very cool and wearable one. LUMINOR MARINA 1950 3 DAYS-47mm wristwatch is really a symbol masterpiece to perform Panerai’s extraordinary craftsmanship and advanced technology.

Certina and Robert Kubica are the perfect partners of highly accurate wrist watch and genius racing diver. Swiss wrist watch brand Certina, has become loyal partner of the outstanding BMW sauber F1 racing driver Robert Kubica. Now Certina grandly launched new energy series watch to commend the outstanding racing driver. This watch is a unique chronograph designed specially for racing fans. It shows the sport feature from the classic and modern style design. It enjoys the personal color of Robert Kubica just like the color on his racing protection helmet, adding a special style. The case back is engraved with unique serial number with transparent window to show the operation of the movement with the profile of Robert Kubica and signature made of gold silver string. This watch will brings undaunted courage strong mind to this talented Poland racing driver and fans.

In virtue of its bold feature, the most avant-garde design and excellent sturdiness, it has become the indispensable extreme sport wrist watch for people who like extreme speed and extreme life style. The limited edition watch in 4000 pieces all has serial number with Robert Kubica signature. It is specially designed to satisfy the taste of watch connoisseur and created for people who engaged in racing, technology and innovation.

Certina DS chronograph Certina DS limited edition wrist watch

Parameter:
Model: C013.417.27.207.00
Limited edition: 4000pieces
Movement: ETA quartz movement G10.211
Function: hour, minute, second, date, 30-minute timing, 60-second timing, 1/10 second timing
Case: 42.5 stainless steel case
Mirror: anti-dazzling sapphire glass
Strap: rubber strap and stainless strap
Waterproof: 200m

At the time that Hamilton entered the 120 anniversary of the timing of land, sky and sea, Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer Limited Edition watch reproduced deep ocean history of the brand. The precise timepiece is elaborately contemporary interpretations of the 1940’s Hamilton marine chronometer, with the dual use of the watch and desk clock. Conversion of the two forms is very clever and simple, highlighting the essence of modernity. This watch is based on the year of establishment of company in limited edition of 1,892 only and each is attached the serial numbers and exclusive Pará rubber trees box reproducing the wartime “predecessors”. Its design combines the proven pioneering spirit and dedication to detail to create the extraordinary appearance and performance. The wearer can choose to enjoy contemporary precise timing on the wrist or proudly put the watch on a safe and balance position of the desk or watch box without bring any negative impact to the and trend and operation.

The original Hamilton marine chronometer demonstrates unparalleled precision and is called “zero error” perfection by the U.S. Naval Observatory. The current Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer Limited Edition watches today hold the same great ambition, aiming against the highest standards of reliability. Swiss-made manual-winding mechanical movement drives this watch. Its exclusive decoration and unique carving is the evidence of the signature fine watchmaking technology and highlights the brand’s 120th anniversary milestone. Constantly walking second pointer on the independent dial at 6:00 matched perfectly with hour and minute pointers. The waterproof up to 100m makes a perfect ending for the watch.

The force power of 2012 Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer Limited Edition watch is nostalgia and interprets the latest watchmaking technology and materials. Handmade marine blue pointer reminds people of the 1940s Hamilton marine chronometer unique blue pointer. The traditional case modeling integrated leather strap link ring as well as detailed side profile bezel, silver satin polish dial are full of classical luxury style. Tailor-made desk clock stainless steel universal joints or stitching leather strap to firmly fix the watch on the wrist erected an ultimate design of the bridge for the past and the present. In 2012, the marine chronometer enjoys wear-ability, multi function and fashion – and perfectly suit to life on land.

Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer Limited Edition
Case: stainless steel case
Diameter: 46.5mm
Dial: silver stain dial
Strap: brown stitching leather strap
Movement: 6498 manual winding movement
Mirror: sapphire crystal glass mirror
Waterproof: 100m
Limited edition: 1892