Louis Vuitton Tambour Automatic GMT in steel, with a rubber strap embossed with a damier pattern. A second time zone appears on a 24-hour index on the inner dial. Date window at 3 o’clock. Hands are luminescent.
The Montblanc Timewalker Twinfly Chronograph Grey-Tech has an exposed date disc, 24-hour second time zone at 12 o’clock and small seconds at 6 o’clock, in a titanium case. The movement is an in-house automatic.
The dial-side rotor of Perrelet’s Peripheral Double Rotor takes the form of a bladed ring that rotates under the dial, just inside the bezel. The second rotor is visible through the caseback. The automatic movement drives hours, minutes, seconds and date function.
The small-second and minute counters on the TAG Heuer Calibre 12 are uniquely square. The automatic movement powers a chronograph function that times intervals to 1/8th of a second. It is also water-resistant to 100 metres.
The Bell & Ross BR 01 Horizon, in PVD-coated stainless steel, with photo luminescent coating on indices and numerals. In keeping with its name, grey represents the sky, and black represents earth. It contains an automatic movement and is water-resistant to 100 metres.
We’ve got this feature on monochrome timepieces (which happen to be big right now) in our upcoming April issue, so when we happened upon this Bell & Ross Military Ceramic Watch ($4,500) we had to show you. We’ve got a self-winding movement, high-precision adjustment in four positions, and a power reserve of 40 hours—all trimmings you’d expect from the luxury brand, but there’s something to be said about a subtly handsome design; it’s also got a sleek, matte khaki ceramic case and a black dial with photo-luminescent numerals, hands and index. The perfect anchor for your new checked blazer and coloured chinos.
Plus what to wear them with. An ‘12 Baselworld watch fair preview.
For more of this year’s timepieces and show information, check out the Baselworld website.
“Effortless cool” is what came to mind when we took a look at this new Chet Baker Limited Edition by ORIS. The watch is a fitting tribute to the Jazz legend, with a black leather strap, and 40mm stainless steel case with the man’s silhouette stamped on the back. The face features the score for My Funny Valentine, recorded by the Gerry Mulligan Quartet in 1952, with Baker featuring on the song’s lush, lonely trumpet solo. Each box includes its own metronome as well, a fitting homage to the man. Only 1,929 timepieces will be made – to commemorate the year of his birth.
The C2 Chronograph Black & White models feature 43 mm cases tastefully set with either white or black diamonds, symbolizing cosmic forces like good and evil or yin and yang. Both timepiece’s cases are made of steel and feature a handsome alligator skin strap fitted with lug-free attachments, complimenting each watch’s primary shade. Beating beneath either watch’s gleaming face is a 37-jewel movement working at 28,000 vibrations per hour. Above, the dial indications feature central hour, minute and sweep seconds hands, along with chronograph counters.
Pics of the latest envy-inducing timepieces that will be showcased at BaselWorld have started to leak. Here’s the Hercules Classic by Reconvilier. There’s no flashy diamonds, no studded bezel, and no gaudy gems here. No exposed mechanism, no glass-backed case. Instead, Reconvilier goes minimal, with just the hint of luxury. The Swiss-made automatic movement is housed in a case graded for water resistance up to 50 metres. The watch is available in stainless steel, as well as white or yellow 18k gold, and comes with a leather band, in your choice of black, brown, or blue leather. No word yet on availability or release dates, but we’ll keep you posted.
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