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BASELWORLD 2015 : are you ready for the magic?

ZENITH Academy Georges Favre-Jacot Still located in the premises where it was born in 1865, Zenith is celebrating its 150th anniversary by introducing an exceptional watch imbued with the visionary genius of its founder, Georges Favre-Jacot. Genius was indeed required to transpose the fusée and chain system borrowed from historical marine chronometers to the tiny …

BASELWORLD 2015 : the countdown has begun

JAQUET DROZ Grande Seconde Deadbeat Deadbeats seconds is an extremely rare complication first introduced in the Age of Enlightenment, the very era when Pierre Jaquet-Droz was travelling the length and breadth of Europe to present his timepieces to royal courts across the continent. This technique means that the seconds hand no longer moves in a …

BASELWORLD 2015 : all the Time in the world!

ARNOLD & SON Instrument Collection DSTB Arnold & Son celebrates its 250 years of history by offering an exceptional model honouring both its British origins and the traditions upheld by the field of Swiss Haute Horlogerie, of which it is one of the finest ambassadors. In tribute to its founding father John Arnold, who together …

BASELWORLD 2015 : Time Tales

MANUFACTURE ROYALE 1770 Rose gold This timepiece, named 1770 after the year Manufacture Royale was established, captures the very essence of the brand. On the one hand, the creative verve of a bold and contemporary design, straight from the imagination of Eric Giroud. On the other, the infinite expertise that comes with the grand tradition …

BASELWORLD 2015 : If you have the inclination, here is the time!

BREITLING Transocean Chronograph 1915 At a time when chronographs had just a single pushpiece in the crown, in 1915 Breitling invented the first independent pushpiece at 2 o’clock, which ensured a better separation of functions and adapted more naturally to the user’s hand. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of this milestone invention that would change …