Watches from Basel 2001

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IWC
GST Perpetual Calendar

The GST Perpetual Calendar completes IWC?s successful collection of sports watches for individuals who demand nothing but the very best. The chronograph with the perpetual calendar and the most accurate moon phase display available comes either in a stainless steel case with a rhodium-plated or salmon (left and right) or the most purist of avant-garde materials, ultra-cool titanium (centre). Both versions have the following features in common: aggregate timing from one-eighth of a second to 12 hours, mechanical programming until the year 2499 and a complete four-digit year display (IWC patent). A replacement slide for the 23rd, 24th and 25th centuries is supplied in a sealed glass vial.

Movement: Mechanical, automatically-wound.
Function: Hours, minutes, small seconds, chronograph, perpetual calendar (4 counters for the day, date, month and moon phase, window for four-digit year).
Case: Steel or titanium, screw-down back and crown. Antiglare sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 120 m
Dial: Rhodium-plated or salmon (steel model), black (titanium model).
Bracelet: Steel or titanium, pushbutton with security system.

EBERHARD & Co - Chrono 4

With its Chrono 4, Eberhard & Co. is revolutionising the way in which chronographs are read. This innovation, now offers four counters minutes, hours, 24 hours and small seconds all aligned horizontally over the dial.

Movement: Mechanical chronograph automatic, 53 rubies.
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, date and chronograph.
Case: Steel or 750 (18 K)pink gold. Cambered sapphire crystal. Screw-down back and crown. Water-resistant to 50 m
Dial: Matt white or black, Date window at 12 o'clock.
Bracelet: "Chalin" in steel or crocodile leather. Clasp in steel or 750 (18K) pink gold.

PATEK PHILIPPE - Calatrava Travel Time

The famous Calatrava in its latest, large-sized version with a smooth bezel incorporates a completely new, manually-operated double time zone system which is easy to use. It shows both the local time (black hand) and the original time, with a day/night indicator at 12 o'clock (gold hand). If this function is not required, the central hour hands are superimposed on each other, gold on black. The black hand is moved with the buttons on the left, one (at 10 o'clock) for backwards and the other (at 8 o'clock) for forwards. If both buttons are accidentally pressed together, then the forward button will respond. Everything remains completely synchronised when the watch is adjusted via the crown.

Movement: Manual, 215 PS FUS calibre, 28'800 V/h, 178 parts, 18 rubies, 44-hour power reserve, poinçon de Genève.
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, day-night indicator, double time zone
Case: Yellow, pink or white 750 (18K) gold, sapphire crystal and screw-down back.
Dial: Off-white, 750 (18K) gold appliqués. Leaf hands in 750 (18K) natural or tarnished gold. Small seconds at 6 o'clock, day-night indicator for 24h at 12 o'clock.
Bracelet: Crocodile leather with folding clasp in 750 (18 K) gold, engraved with Calatrava cross

PATEK PHILIPPE - Sky Moon Tourbillon

The Sky Moon Tourbillon has two fascinating faces, one towards the dial showing mean solar time and a perpetual date, and the other on the base with a map of the night sky, the angular movement of the moon, the moon phases and sidereal time. This is not only the most complicated wristwatch currently produced by Patek Philippe but also the first double-face wristwatch to be produced in the entire history of Geneva watch-making. It incorporates 12 complications. The mechanical module for the astronomical indications on the sky-side dial has been awarded a Swiss patent.

Movement: Mechanical, hand-wound, containing 686 hand-finished and hand-assembled components.
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, perpetual date with retrograde date, day, month, leap-year cycle, age of the moon, minute-repeater, tourbillon, celestial map, sidereal time, angular movement of moon, and moon phases, COSC-certified chronometer, poinçon de Genève.
Case: Reversible, 750 (18K) yellow gold or platinum, sapphire crystals.
Dial: Front: gold with opalescent silvered coating "Leaf" hands in blued steel and "pear" hands in gold and steel
Back: Sky background represented by a disk of sapphire crystal"Pear" hands painted white.
Bracelet: Crocodile leather.

CHOPARD - Bay Watch

This chic and relaxed model from the Happy Sport collection takes up the idea of precious stones moving freely between the dial and the crystal. Chopard has chosen three small fishes in ruby, blue sapphire and yellow sapphire. To ensure that it sparkles at great depths, the Bay Watch is equipped with a bracelet in vulcanised natural rubber and a case which is water-resistant to 100 m.

Movement: Quartz.
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, perpetual date in window.
Case: Steel, Sapphire crystal, Water-resistant to 100 m
Dial: Ocean blue with three mobile fishes in ruby, blue sapphire and yellow sapphire.
Bracelet: Vulcanised natural rubber.

CHOPARD - Mille Miglia Titanium

The 2001 edition of the Mille Miglia automatic chronograph is housed in a particularly lightweight case, made of titanium, on the famous rubber bracelet inspired by Dunlop tyres from the Sixties. Its central seconds counter, accurate to within 1/5 of a second, makes it an exceptional watch. A special edition, engraved with "Competitor" and numbered from 1 to 350, will be created for the race held from 17 to 20 May, and offered to the participants. This model will also be commercialised in a limited edition, and numbered from 1 to 1'000.

Movement: Automatic, 40-hour power reserve.
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph, COSC-certified chronometer.
Case: Titanium, bezel with tachometric scale, antiglare, cambered sapphire crystal, Water-resistant to 50 m
Dial: Central counter for 1/5th second, Counters for 12 h to 6 h and 30 min to 9 h, Small seconds at 3 o'clock.
Bracelet: Rubber.
Other version: Limited series of 1'000, in titanium without number or year. Limited edition of 100 in 750 (18K) yellow or white gold.

EPOS - Action Team

The latest model from the Action Team collection is equipped with a hand-wound, mechanical movement with small seconds and a big date.
The decoration, comprising Côtes de Genève and blued screws, can be admired through the transparent base of the steel case.

Movement: Mechanical, hand-wound, based on an ETA 6498
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, date.
Case: Stainless steel, Sapphire crystal and back, Water-resistant to 50 m
Dial: Silvered, Applique hour-markers, Small seconds at 6 o'clock, Big date window at 12 o'clock.
Bracelet:Leather.

EPOS - Carré

The new automatic chronograph from Epos deliberately opts for squares for the case, the buttons, the links on the bracelet and the appliqué hour-markers.
Housed in steel, it totalises the hours and minutes on a silvered dial and shows the date in a big window cut out at 12 o'clock.

Movement: Automatic, 2892-A2 DD 4500 calibre.
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph.
Case: 316L steel, Sapphire crystal, Water-resistant to 50 m
Dial: Silvered, Luminescent hands, Totalisers for 12 h and 30 min
Small seconds at 3 o'clock, Big date window at 12 o'clock.
Bracelet: Stainless steel.

GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL - Die Senator "Auf und Ab"

The latest gem from Saxon manufacturers Glashütte Original, the Senator "Auf und Ab" stands out by virtue of its power-reserve display, allowing the spring tension to be checked at a glance. Its movement, which constitutes an example of the finest in watchmaking, is housed in a sober and elegant case in 18K pink gold. The true art of watchmaking "Made in Germany".

Movement: Automatic, 39-44 calibre, top-of-the range finish and skeleton rotor in gold.
Function: Hours, minutes, central seconds, 40-hour power reserve, moon phases, calendar in window.
Case: 750 (18K) pink gold, Sapphire crystal and back, Water-resistant to 50 m
Dial: Silver with appliqués, power reserve at 2 o'clock, moon phases at 11 o'clock and calendar window at 6 o'clock.
Bracelet: Louisiana crocodile leather with folding clasp.

OMEGA - Co-Axial De Ville Steel

The new Omega De Ville is equipped with the revolutionary Co-Axial calibre, developed in cooperation with the eminent master watchmaker, George Daniels. The model depicted here is the version with two time zone. The case and bracelet of this watch, with a classic look, are reminiscent of the models which made the brand so successful in the Fifties.

Movement: Omega 2628 automatic calibre with Co-Axial escapement 44-hour power reserve, Côtes de Genève decoration, certified chronometer (COSC).
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, second time zone.
Case: Stainless steel or 750 (18K) yellow gold. Antiglare cambered sapphire crystal , water-resistant to 100 m
Dial: Cambered black, applied faceted hour-markers, Date window, luminous Alpha-style hands, Central 24-hour hand.
Bracelet: Stainless steel.
Other version: Ruthenium dial, 750 (18K) yellow gold case, 750 (18K) yellow gold bracelet or alligator leather with folding clasp.

BREGUET - Classique 1801

This model has been manufactured in honour of the most famous invention of Abraham-Louis Breguet, the tourbillon, discreetly hidden behind an engine-turned cover. The fluted case is in 18-carat pink gold. The hour dial with its distinctive decoration can be seen through the opening on the cover. The movement, a true example of fine watchmaking, is visible through the sapphire crystal back.

Movement: Mechanical, hand-wound, 21 rubies, Tourbillon, individually numbered and signed Breguet and engraved with "Brevet du 7 Messidor An 9".
Function: Hours, minutes, small seconds.
Case: 750 (18K) pink gold with hand-guilloché cover bearing the inscription "Tourbillon" and with a sapphire crystal back, Spherical sapphire crystal.
Dial: Silvered gold, hand-guilloché, numbered and signed, Roman numerals for the hours, tourbillon cage at 6 o'clock with small seconds, Breguet hands in blued steel.
Bracelet: Crocodile leather.
Other version: 750 (18K) white gold.

JEAN D'EVE - Vistosa

Paying tribute to the Swiss watch-making tradition, the Vistosa collection displays the heart of its hand-wound mechanical movement in a window cut out of its engine-turned dial. In solid yellow, white or red gold, on a strap of crocodile leather, it comes in a limited edition with each watch numbered.

Movement:Manual.
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds.
Case: 750 (18K) yellow, white or red gold, Cambered sapphire crystal, Water-resistant to 30 m
Dial: Engine-turned, Small seconds at 6 o'clock, Window opening onto the heart of the movement.
Bracelet: Crocodile strap, pronged buckle in 750 (18K) gold.

CORUM - Horizontal

Born of a wish to return to small sizes, the "Horizontal" is a true pleasure to behold and wear. Set with diamonds and fitted with a discreet dial in natural mother-of-pearl on a small tube of steel and sapphire, which is subtly positioned horizontally on the arm, this ultra-feminine watch is worn like a jewel. It comes with a bracelet in coloured pearly crocodile, held in place by hoop attachments.

Movement: Quartz.
Function: Hours, minutes.
Case: Stainless steel with 18 diamonds (0.37 cts), Sapphire crystal, Water-resistant to 30 m
Dial: Natural mother-of-pearl.
Bracelet: Varnished crocodile leather, with a pearly finish.
Other Version: Yellow gold, black dial, Steel bracelet or crocodile leather in pastel, colours with iridescent reflections.