The Luxury Network International Magazine Issue 12

The Octo Finissimo collection has been the venue for BVLGARI’s
expression of modern high watchmaking, with innovation designs,
complications and world records. The latest interpretation is the
Tourbillon Carbon, which combines the world thinnest ultra-thin
flying tourbillon with an innovative case material. The case and
bracelet are made of carbon CTP (Coal Tar Pitch). The movement,
a technical marvel at only 1.95 mm thick, thanks partly to an innovative
peripheral rotor. It is showcased in an openworked dial with
black finishing, and can also be seen through a transparent caseback.
The Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Carbon is the thinnest-ever automatic
carbon watch. It is a limited edition of 50 pieces.
CHOPARD embraces the basics of traditional fine watchmaking with
the classic L.U.C Quattro. The satin-brushed dial is an extraordinary
greyish-green shade, evoking private gentlemen’s clubs and a formal
air of elegance, yet with eccentric details, including the dial’s
satin-brushed finish, Arabic numerals at 3 and 9 o’clock and the Super-LumiNova
covered Dauphine fusée-type hands. The movement,
caliber L.U.C 98.01-L, has two pairs of stacked barrels for an incredible
216-hour (nine-day) power reserve.
Despite this Quattro mainspring power, the movement is still ultra-thin,
and the case is only 8.84 mm thick. This is a 50-piece limited
edition in 18k white gold, with a 43 mm case. It is finished to
Poinçon de Genève standards.
Now in its 14th year of creating collaborative works of audacious
horological art for the wrist – and sometimes for the tabletop –
MB&F has finally created a timepiece dedicated exclusively to women.
The Legacy Machine FlyingT is a three-dimensional creation,
with a steeply cambered bezel and slender, beveled lugs on a round
case that is fully set with diamonds. The high, convex domed sapphire
crystal hovers over a curved dial plate.
An asymmetric opening frames a raised flying tourbillon escapement,
the carriage of which is topped by a single large diamond. A
dial of white or black lacquer with blued gold hands sits on a 50° tilt
at the 7 o’clock position. The watch is set with either round-brilliant
or baguette diamonds.
This dazzling jewellery version of the Maximus Royal, the world’s
largest tourbillon, is now completely set with diamonds. This creation
contains 453 invisibly-set baguette-cut diamonds totalling
18.47 carats. It is part of a 14-piece edition of made-to-order jewellery
versions of the Maximus Royal Tourbillon that will be set with
gems, including emerald, jade, ruby and aventurine. The movement
is a marvel of precision, with an astounding 27 mm tourbillon carriage
made of 73 components that rotates once every 6 minutes instead
of the conventional 60 seconds. In addition to the accuracy
ensured by the tourbillon itself, an 18k gold flyweight was added
to fine-tune the balance of the cage. The use of titanium keeps the
tourbillon cage lightweight, ensuring that despite its size, it can rotate
without losing precision. A fixed balance-spring stud prevents
any changes in position due to shocks, further ensuring precision,
and the balance wheel can be finely adjusted.
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