The Luxury Network International Magazine Issue 12
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Baselworld is the world’s foremost show for watches, jewellery, precious stones and<br />
related industries. It interconnects the industry’s top brands (including Rolex, Patek<br />
Philippe, Chopard, TAG Heuer, Hublot and Breitling), the most influential media and<br />
the world’s most important buyers. Baselworld is the exclusive platform on which the major<br />
watch and jewellery brands present the year’s innovations to an eagerly curious international<br />
audience. Everyone who wants to know what the latest trends are and how 2019 “ticks” will<br />
find the answers live and firsthand at Baselworld.<br />
Baselworld 2019 has opened its doors, find here some of the latest creations that the Swiss<br />
Exhibitors present from March, 21st to 26th.<br />
ZENITH has been showcasing its Defy collection as a platform for<br />
the brand’s renewed emphasis on advanced technology and materials,<br />
including its single-piece oscillator that beats at an extremely<br />
high frequency of 18Hz or <strong>12</strong>9,600 vph, compared to the usual 4 Hz<br />
or 28,800 vph. This year, the watch with the super-oscillator is no<br />
longer a limited edition concept and will be produced in a run of<br />
several hundred pieces. <strong>The</strong> revolutionary single-piece oscillator<br />
replaces the traditional 30-piece standard regulating organ, and is<br />
made of silicon. <strong>The</strong> case is made of lightweight titanium and the<br />
textured bezel is made of Aeronith, an aluminium-polymer composite<br />
that is three-times lighter than titanium. <strong>The</strong> dial is openworked<br />
to resemble a stylised propeller, with blades evoking the ZENITH<br />
star.<br />
PATEK PHILIPPE’s manual-wound CH 29-535 PS chronograph calibre,<br />
originally introduced in a ladies’ watch in 2009, has been used<br />
in the men’s 5170 series since 2010, and the new 5172G-001 is the<br />
fifth iteration. <strong>The</strong> movement has six patented innovations that optimize<br />
the chronograph function, including refined tooth profiles,<br />
blocking lever and hammers, and an optimized split seconds wheel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> result is ultimate precision, improved amplitude and a greater<br />
element of self-adjustment. <strong>The</strong> white gold case of the 5172-001 has<br />
vintage-style three-tier lugs and a sapphire box glass crystal, as well<br />
as guilloched chronograph pushers. <strong>The</strong> sporty blue dial with large<br />
baton-style luminescent hands has a matching navy calfskin strap<br />
with top-stitching.<br />
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