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PUSH AND PULL
This year marks the 220th anniversary of the tourbillon, which was first created by master watchmaker
Abraham-louis Breguet in the summer of 1801. A mechanism that constantly rotates a watch’s balance wheel, balance spring and escapement while the movement is running, a tourbillon counters the effect of gravity and increases the timepiece’s accuracy. The pictured 18-karat gold pocket chronometer by Breguet was sold by Christie’s auction house in 2014 for an eye-popping US$898,000.
No 1176 by Breguet
PLAY THE GAME
The new Chronomaster Sport is the first regular production Zenith to be powered by the watchmaker’s Caliber 3600, which has already been used in a few of the brand’s limited-edition timepieces. The chronograph’s overlapping sub-dials and colour scheme take their cues from the 1969 El Primero A386, while a 41 mm case and sleek steel bracelet bring this wristwatch well and truly into the 21st century.
Chronomaster Sport by Zenith
THE REAL THING
One of the most established watch retailers in Hong Kong, the Oriental Watch Company is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and, to mark the occasion, H Moser & Cie has launched the Endeavour Centre Seconds Concept, which is limited to just eight pieces. “We wanted this watch to be extremely exclusive,” Edouard Meylan, H Moser & Cie’s CEO, tells Tatler. “One has already been reserved for Dennis Yeung, who is the managing director of Oriental Watch Company and a dear friend.” The watch’s sunburst pattern dial comes in the watchmaker’s signature colour—cosmic Green—and pays tribute to the retailer’s anniversary by having “60” stamped at the 12 o’clock position. A glossy white-gold case is strapped onto the wrist using a hand-stitched black alligator strap.
Endeavour Centre Seconds Concept Special Edition by H Moser & Cie
ICEBOUND
Tudor has announced it will back professional free diver Morgan Bourc’his and his latest documentary,
The Quest for Nature,
which will film the free diver swimming in the icy fjords of Norway alongside whales. Tudor is known for its robust dive watches, including the Pelagos, which features applied square hour markers and a dial with a triangle at 12 o’clock and rectangles at six and nine. The collection’s metal bracelet is comfortable and easy-to-wear, but we recommend pairing your Pelagos with its practical and playful rubber strap.
Tudor
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Crafted with the Italian fashion house’s peerless sense of style and state-of-the-art Swiss watchmaking expertise, the Gucci 25H is a contemporary culmination of fashion as well as function— marking the brand’s maiden foray into fine watchmaking. This timepiece also features one of Gucci’s first self-winding, ultraslim movements: the GG727.25 watch calibre, which only measures up to 3.70mm in height.
Gucci 25H by Gucci