Performance watch maker Suunto drops this limited edition Vector in a sporty rouge (red) color. In addition to telling time, the Vector is capable of multiple functions including serving as an electronic compass, altimeter, and barometer, which is why this watch has been a favored one amongst the outdoorsy type.
From its Prestige Collection, Braun will be launching the new BN0106 Watch in the coming weeks. The German made watch measures 41.8mm x 36.7mm with a 10.1mm thick steel case. It will be available in stainless steel or black plated stainless steel. Both versions come with either a stainless steel bracelet or a rubber strap. Braun introduces with this watch their patented EasySkroll v2.0 operating system and the watch is also 3 bar (30m) water resistant. The lens is scratch resistant K1 hardened glass.
Look out for a release of the Braun BN0106 Watches in early December 2011. You can already pre-order them here.
Inspired by the instrument gauges of vintage Italian racing cars, Autodromo Watches ($425) will give your look some added RPMs. The lineup includes three models — the Brescia, Vallelunga, and Veloce — all of which feature a sporting face, a 42mm case in brushed or PVD-coated black stainless steel, a perforated leather wrist strap, and Swiss made Ronda movements with an oversized date window.
The Stealth MK I Rolex Submariner is project X latest design inspired by the historic models of the past and the legendary british SBS, combining subtle styling modifications with enhanced functionality.
Furthermore the watch comes with a matt finish case and bracelet, crown guard removal evoking the Bond Subs of the 1950s, military bars, STEALTH dial text in red, black dial lume, black bezel dot, skeletal hands and the edition number engraved on the back of the case. We love the subtle changes of the watch, without changing too much the classic appearance of the watch. Limited to only 24 watches, a release is scheduled for later this month.
This creation is the idea of a man called Arnaud Tellier, former head of the Geneva Patek Philippe museum. The unique 2LMX watch uses a movement of four drums to display the time. Its drums within drums concept allows for ten digits to be shown in the limited space in a clever and modern way. The watch only has a 24 hour time format but what will really surprise you is its sapphire crystal face lets everyone see the magic of the gears and tourbillion in action, in real time.
A manual winding system helps preserve over 120 hours of power making it truly forward in spirit. The watch case is 41mm wide and 50mm tall. The 2LMX watch comes in titanium, platinum, white gold and pink gold. The strap options include black and white rubber, alligator or leather whichever catches your fancy. But you will have to wait for this new age timepiece till 2012.
Developed by Swiss designer Jorg Hysek, we present the HD3 Slyde Watch, fusing the latest design trends and cutting-edge electronic technology.
“SLYDE takes the underlying principle of the smartphone – the possibility to change applications by merely sliding a finger over a tactile screen – and adapts it to the world of 21st century watchmaking. Jorg Hysek was inspired by the automobile world (’which influences our entire aesthetic approach’) in crafting the watch’s streamlined appearance. He came up with a de luxe timepiece perfect for modern, aesthetic, instantaneous time-reading.
The refined, no-frills square case has a tactile screen that moves vertically and horizontally. This revolutionary display means that, by simply sliding across the watch screen, the user can generate an unlimited variety of timepieces on the wrist – corresponding to any event, desire, or particular moment. Creating a range of ‘different’ watches within a single timepiece is made possible thanks to a range of top-quality virtual modules.
SLYDE covers all forms of Time:
- The Past, by inserting modules like the automatic count-down from private events, and the chance to personalize the watch by inserting photographs
- The Present, with the immediate creation of watch interfaces providing aesthetic, made-to-measure time-reading
- The Future, with an automatic countdown to future events as per the user’s requirements
SLYDE is a veritable Swiss-made luxury watch, placing all the technological savoir-faire developed for its conception at the service of universal Time. There are no telephone applications, games, or other accessories among the customized modules. All that matters is apprehending Time, whether latent or real.
Each year, in cooperation with leading watchmakers, HD3 will develop new virtual mechanical movements that will be downloadable in limited series. This project represents a fine opportunity for them to forget about physical contingencies and to give free rein to their most ambitious ideas!
SLYDE watches are available with cases in black or grey titanium or in pink gold. Straps are in printed alligator leather or rubber. Every component of a SLYDE watch, complete with sapphire glass and water-resistant to a depth of 30m, derives from luxury watchmaking.”
The HD3 Slyde Watch is now available from colette for 5230 Euros. Check out the preview video of the watch here below.
Blancpain has unveiled the X Fathoms dive watch, a derivative of their Fifty Fathoms collection. The watch has the most accurate mechanical depth gauge in the world, which can measure up to ninety meters of depth, is water resistant to three hundred meters, and has a five day power reserve. The large titanium case holds a continuously running counter that measures decompression times, and the gauge measures the current depth and maximum depth reached.
Bernard Richards isn’t the foremost name on the list of famous watch makers, but those who know him, are fan of his abstract designs for sure. We had earlier shown you his genius in the BRM V-12 T-44 watch for Fiat Abarth, and the Birotor BRT-3 as examples, but taking a rather different approach is his latest BRM TB 10,000 limited edition watch. Never seen in such a form is a vertical dashboard inspired timepiece, with a movement operating at a 90-degree angle.
Speaking of the body, its industrial grade titanium and carbon fiber make up the vertically triangular structure. The dial of the timepiece, taking a close shot at vintage car dashboards, carries the essence rather well, with the red hour, minutes and second hands on the small circular white marked Arabic numeral dial, on a black background. On the side is the white BRM logo. This whole set up is protected by a sapphire glass covering, making it scratch resistant and anti-reflective. Water resistance is till a depth of 100 meters.
For those of you techie horologists, the movement is a Swiss 2671 ETA automatic, specific to this timepiece alone. For those fashionistas, the strapping is black leather with red buckle and stitching, making it a sporty timepiece, blending in the equally neat and brush finished chassis.
Like most things precious, this is a limited edition watch of 25 pieces, which shall start retailing December 2011, with a price tag of $11,300 each.
Anything to do with James Bond, expect something out of the ordinary. After the 1976 Lotus Spirit amphibian vehicle (driven by Roger Moore as James Bond) went up for sale, it’s the turn of the 1973 Rolex 5513 timepiece to go under the hammer. The Rolex will also have the original magnetic field generator and buzz saw bezel, which was used during the James Bond movie Live or Let Die, by Roger Moore.
Since involved in a James Bond, the watch was recreated and manipulated in its features to do extra ordinary things that the franchisee is known for. The movement of the timepiece was removed, to install a razor disc with small pinhole and a magnetic field generator. Though the movie showed James Bond using the watch to unzip Madeline Smith’s dress, but in actual, this particular pinhole had a thin wire which actually did the work!
The disc edges were also used in a crucial sequence to save Bond and his accomplice. And finally, the mysterious magnetic field generator was helped protecting Bond from a bullet by changing its path, apparently! The Rolex 5513 by itself was rather sophisticated in its looks. With a contrastic white on black dial, and stainless steel chassis and strapping, it looked like the perfect accessory for the British spy. But unlike other Rolex’s, it had the special add-ons to set itself apart.
The current auction of the timepiece will be conducted by Christie’s for their event in November 2011. Estimation of the price for this unique Bond watch is currently stated in the range of $230,000-450,000. The current sale will also have the drawings which describe the unique working mechanism of the watch. For other such auctions, we suggest going through our coverage of the Golden Gun replica sale, and Submarine auction. It looks like the world of the British spy was truly shaken and not stirred.
The world’s craziest watch maker is back with yet another mind-boggling piece of mechanics. The Urwerk UR-110 ZrN Torpedo Watch ($TBA) gets its ZrN moniker from its Zicronium Nitride ceramic coating which gives it a champagne-colored finish and incredible hardness, and also boasts an asymmetrical case with three arrow-shaped “torpedoes” indicating the time, a titanium case, an “oil change” indicator that lets you know when it needs serviced, a day/night indicator, and twin turbines on the back. Limited to 12 pieces, due to the amount of time it takes the magical Swiss elves to make one.