2012年9月17日 星期一

Watches We Liked at TimeCrafters

This past weekend in New York City, hundreds of consumers flocked to the Park Avenue Armory for the second edition of the TimeCrafters exhibition of watches, watchmaking, and more.

Not only did nearly two-dozen top watch brands exhibit their finest timepieces, but they also unveiled many watches for the first time ever on US soil. Additionally, many brought in their top Swiss watchmakers for presentations and demonstrations, and a few even gave hands-on watchmaking trials.

Among the highlights of this open-to-the-public exhibition was a unique display of nearly 300 Swatch watches from the famed Blum Collection of thousands of Swatch watches and prototypes, as well as a Ferrari Pacer car brought into the show by Hublot to celebrate the synergistic relationship between the two brands.

Baume & Mercier (founded in 1830) showcased not only its current collection, but also important historical Museum pieces (dating back to 1915) to profile its rich history and timelessly superb craftsmanship. Among the Baume & Mercier pieces debuting in the U.S. for the first time ever were a stunning silver pocket watch with key-wound mechanical movement from 1915; a creative Art Nouveau-style women’s hand-wound mechanical platinum watch set with diamonds, circa 1925; and nearly a dozen more,offers louisvuittonshoes and Loafers for Men, some of which served as the inspiration for the brand’s newest Linea and Hampton watches.

Girard-Perregaux brought in watchmaker Dominique Loiseau to discuss his ideas about watchmaking in a presentation called his “Manifesto of Time,” wherein he declared that,salereplicashoes sale in louboutin wedding shoes store, “Tradition without creativity is a bad habit.” Loiseau’s plan is to build a complicated Girard-Perregaux watch, from which the individual simple complications can be taken out and housed separately into other single-complication timepieces, instead of building up complication upon complication on a base module. The brand also unveiled its new Bi-axial Tourbillon,We offer a dive-in to the amazing world of cartierreplicawatches with our direct reviews. which was four years in the making.

Harry Winston exhibited several never-seen-before watches. Among the new models: a stunning blue-dialed classically elegant Midnight watch; a romantic Midnight Moonphase for women; a modern Midnight Skeleton watch; an Ocean Triple Retrograde; and an Ocean Tourbillion. Additionally, Harry Winston brought in Emmanuel Bouchet, creator of the Opus 12, to fully discuss that mind-boggling 27-hand, 607-part watch.

TAG Heuer’s top technical specialist and engineer responsible for executing the MIKRO series, Guy Semon, gave an in-depth lecture on the challenges and solutions involved in the making of the super high-tech, extremely precise and fast Mikrograph 1/100th Second Chronograph, MikroTimer Flying 1000,Cheap heelshoes online store, discount nike air max and nike free run shoes on sale. MikroGirder Concept watch, and the new ultra-fast MikroTourbillonS, which made its public debut at TimeCrafters.

Other highlights of the show included watchmaking demonstrations by Audemars Piguet's Gary Cruz, as well as masters from Bulgari, Breguet and more. Chopard showcased its L.U.C Lunar watches with a beautiful moon-and-stars decorated exhibition, and even brought in a world-renowned astrologer to give readings to consumers. The exhibition was informative, enlightening, and enjoyable.

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