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Precision, reliability, prestige and performance: the new “Monaco Grand Prix Historique” chronograph from Chopard was designed to meet the demands of devotees of automobile and horological mechanical engineering. In tribute to the 5th edition of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, this limited series of 500 in steel and 100 in rose gold nurtures legitimate ambitions as it revs up on the starting line.
Produced in a limited series, the new “Monaco Grand Prix Historique” chronograph houses a mechanical self-winding movement with a 40-hour power reserve.
The sunburst charcoal grey dial displays the hours, minutes, seconds, chronograph functions and the date at 4.30.
It is equipped with 30-minute and 12-hour counters and a small seconds counter at 6 o’clock featuring the prestigious emblem of the Automobile Club de Monaco.
Embodying Chopard’s characteristic concern for details, the winding-crown is adorned with a raised steering-wheel motif. Available in a technical version in steel that is blackened by a high-tech DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) process, or a more sporting-chic variation in 18-carat rose gold.
The 40 mm-diameter case is water-resistant to 30 metres. Alligator strap with overstitching and a pin buckle in blackened steel or 18-carat rose gold.
Produced in a limited edition of 500 in steel and 100 in rose gold, this collector’s object is available exclusively from Chopard Boutiques.
June 17th, 2006
Six years into the new millennium and 23 years after he guided Ulysse Nardin into the upper echelons of high watch making, you would think that Rolf Schnyder would be content to rest. The idea of resting is simply not part of Schnyder’s genetic blueprint. His desire to reach new levels of performance, his relentless search for new answers to ancient questions and his perennial passion for advancement billow the creative sails of Ulysse Nardin and propel it through the deep sea of human imagination towards its destiny as one of horology’s brightest one.
While Ulysse Nardin already dazzled us with high complications that challenge our intellects and strike a resounding emotional chord, in 2006, on the year of the Manufacture’s 160th anniversary, the curtain lifts on Ulysse Nardin’s first totally in-house conceived and executed self-winding base caliber. Moreover, this movement, like a comet blazing across the night sky, points the way forward for Ulysse Nardin.
At first look, it is a self-winding caliber with big date in a double window with a quick set corrector in either direction, a small second on the second wheel and a fifty-hour power reserve.
Not all small seconds indicators are created equal. Visually, the Caliber 160 features a small seconds indicator similar to that used in the Marine Chronometers which initially garnered the Manufacture its repute. Yet this indicator also expresses the Manufacture’s focus on functional movement design. In the new movement, this small seconds indicator is ‘direct drive’. This translates into zero loss of precision for this indication. In addition, the Caliber 160 is a hack seconds movement, meaning that the balance wheel is stopped when the crown of the watch is pulled out to set the hands. This allows the hands to be set precisely without having to compensate for a continually-running seconds hand.
Limited Edition to 500 pieces.
June 14th, 2006
At the time of its 100th birthday, the Montblanc mark presents a world innovation at the SIHH 2006 of Geneva which will
impassion the cosmopolitans as much as unconditional small wonders of the technique: a stop watch designed for the future or more precisely for the 100 next years. In addition to does the traditional functions, this innovation have a stop watch with advertisement GMT
coupled with the one of the most sophisticated complications which was born in clock making industry: The everlasting calendar. The automatic movement certified by the Swiss Official Control of Stop watches (COSC) comprises in fact three complications. The protected crown allows the precise adjustment of the second time zone and the date. The model birthday of the
Star Stopwatch GMT Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition 100 with a bracelet alligator makes hand, available in solid gold white, yellow or pink is limited to 100 specimens in each version. The most invaluable alternative, the
Star Stopwatch GMT Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition 3 out of platinum, with its rotor Art nouveau is marketed only in three specimens.
The case is composed of tantalum, metal shining an extremely robust of bluish color. This material of high technology is rare, twice heavier than steel, extremely hard and corrosion resistant. A metal which, because of its melting point raised, is very difficult to work but also very resistant to the physical constraints. Does the tantalum case of the model
Sport Tantalum Automatic Limited Edition 100, limited to only 100 specimens, with its valve automatic helium, resist a 1906 m depth, another reference to year of creation of the company. This certified automatic watch COSC adopts a resolutely sporting pace until in its least details. The bluish reflection of the case and the revolving glasses contrast on the one hand with the black dial equipped with luminous indices and a date and on the other hand.
June 10th, 2006
White’s been “the new black” for yonks, and its reign appears to be everlasting as vendors embrace the colour more passionately than sixties teens embraced rock music.
The O2 Xda Atom is the latest device to be given a white makeover, with the new version being dubbed the “Xda Atom Pure (Limited Edition)”. It offers the exact same feature-set as the original Atom, with aesthetics being the only differentiating factor.
Clearly marketing the device towards the iPod generation, O2 says the Atom Pure “will give the fashion-conscious and young mobile professional the opportunity to be stylish and co-ordinate their wardrobe without having to compromise on the functionality of their mobile device.” The fact that handheld devices are so ubiquitous that they now have an impact on our personal image and sense of style is chilling, but few can argue with the Atom’s good looks.
It’s not all form and no function, however — some of the Atom’s more distinguishing features include a 2-megapixel camera, FM tuner, 2.7″ QVGA touchscreen, O2 Media Plus multimedia playback software and the Microsoft Office software suite.
According to O2, “only 1,000 units of the limited edition Xda Atom Pure will be available in Australia from end-April at a recommended retail price of AUD$1,229, inclusive of GST and a one-year local warranty. They will be available at Harvey Norman, Harris Technology and all major IT and phone retail outlets.”
June 4th, 2006
Bulgari extends its precious Assioma Collection by introducing the new Assioma Complications references in limited editions. Precious complicated watches have been created thanks to the Swiss watch-making expertise, whilst maintaining coherence to Bulgari’s famous design and purity of shapes.
Two new versions: the Multi Complication and the Petite Complication.
The first Bulgari Multi Complication, with a refined platinum curved case will be exclusively available in 25 limited edition pieces featuring an exclusive blend of complications. Automatic Tourbillon, Perpetuai Calendar and GMT 2 time zone functions have been combined together. The calibre BVL 416 is the first Multi Complication entirely developed, manufactured and assembled by Bulgari, from which the precious 416 components movement stems.
The Petite Complication, available in pink gold, yellow gold and white gold with the limited edition number engraved on the side of each case, features a mechanical movement with Heure Rétrograde. The calibre BVL 261 with AM/PM indicator consists of 261 components and is entirely handassembled and hand-finished. The precise finishing of the sophisticated dials brings enriched quality to the pieces and reaffirms Bulgari’s tradition toward the attention to detail. A three-blade déployante buckie with a Bulgari logo engraving enhances the exquisite alligator strap.
Producing the new Assioma Complications watches and developing their movements demands two entire months of work which entails exactly 7.360 hours of research, 15.000 hours of manufacture and 3.360 hours of designing. The original architecture and exceptional style combined to the highest of Swiss manufacturing ability, contributes to the creation of technically sophisticated watches. They are watch-making masterpieces with strong personalities in which tradition and innovation represent the key elements. Bulgari combines a refined yet cutting edge design to sophisticated mechanisms, produced and controlled according to the strict and rigorous standards of Swiss certification, to guarantee high quality.
May 31st, 2006
Launch: September 2005 
Limitation: Fountain Pens
Black barrel and cream-coloured cap made of precious resin
Platinum plated fittings
Clip set with a white Akhoya pearl
Platinum plated 18 karat gold nib with heartshaped hole.
Montblancs first Special Edition for the elegant woman is modish and sensual and dedicated to the legendary film actress Greta Garbo on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
In its elegant but individual design, the exclusive Special Edition Greta Garbo reflects the beauty and independent nature of the great Hollywood star. Graceful writing instruments in three different designs, from noble to glamorous, continue the myth of Greta Garbo.
Greta Garbo, known as “The Divine”, enthralled her public with her charisma and her dark, unmistakable voice. In only a few years, the Swedish actress became an acclaimed world star with films like “Anna Karenina”, “Mata Hari” and “Grand Hotel”.
Her natural beauty and her cool, inaccessible manner made her one of the most coveted and mysterious woman of the 20th century. When only 36 she said goodbye to the silver screen for ever and so became a myth which has made her unforgotten until today.
May 7th, 2006
“The gratifiant pleasure that I tested when Baccarat proposed to me to draw objects for its ‘ rencontre’ biannual with a designer quickly yielded the place to a persistent concern due to the constraints of the crystal, news for me…
My collection meets, voluntarily heterogeneous as well in the style as in the function, moves away from the usual prototypes of the crystal as much as the places and the mythical places of the whole world whose parts bear the name. Although often culturally and geographically to the antipodes from/to each other, these places are connected by a universal destiny just like the crystal is here the angular stone essential to my work with BACCARAT.”
Clear crystal mud, red crystal spines, prickly pears out of crystal cut glass.
Dimensions: H 50 cm X L 19 cm.
April 29th, 2006
Like the high-performance, luxury sports car that inspired it, the TAG Heuer SLR for Mercedes-Benz is an audacious creation, blending Classicism and Avant-Garde, with an overall design that reflects the values of the “dream car”: power, performance, motor-racing spirit, innovation and elegance. Launched in a limited edition of 3,500 pcs, its pushbuttons are boldly positioned on the top of the case, ergonomically inclined at 45 degrees; a timekeeping scale is audaciously placed inside the case on a rotating, mechanic, unidirectional ring driven by a second crown at 9 o’clock. The exterior bezel, elegantly polished in black finish and engraved “SLR,” is thus able to feature a tachymeter, like those used by professional racers to calculate speed.
To accentuate these innovations even further, the dial features superbly high-end finishings: ten double index diamond facets have been applied by hand one-by-one; two rhodium-plated rings elegantly circle the counters at 3 and 9 o’clock; and the hands have been diamond-tipped by hand.
April 13th, 2006
Aston Martin and Nokia have announced the Nokia 8800 Aston Martin Edition. This exclusive iteration of the Nokia 8800 will be manufactured in strictly limited numbers, and features a discrete laser-etched ‘Aston Martin’ logo on the stainless steel casing. This is complemented by the words, now synonymous with Aston Martin, ‘Power, Beauty & Soul’, etched into the Nokia 8800’s unique stand-alone charging station, plus elegantly-designed packaging bearing the Aston Martin wings.
The Nokia 8800 is Nokia’s flagship phone, an elegant combination of the best quality materials and high technology. Beautifully proportioned, the Nokia 8800 feels right in the hand, whether open or closed. The slender stainless steel slider case has a weighty, machined feel, with the polished and brushed metal casing, juxtaposed with surgical-quality resin and finished with processes usually used in watch-making, offers a uniquely tactile experience. The bistable spring mechanism used in the sliding feature, which opens to reveal a concealed camera, uses ball-bearings more commonly found in high-performance cars, appropriately enough. Sliding open the phone is a precise and smooth movement takes just a fraction of a second. The colour display is protected by a specially toughened glass screen, adding to the premium feel.
The Nokia 8800 is a tri-band mobile telephone, offering a full colour 208 x 208 pixel display, complete with SVGA camera that offers both image and movie functions. In addition, the Nokia 8800 provides a digital music player with 64MB of internal memory. The Nokia 8800’s Bluetooth connectivity will synchronise with all Aston Martin models, allowing for easy operation through the car’s centre console and safe and convenient hands-free calling.
In addition to the Nokia 8800’s standard ring tones, which were created for the phone by award-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Nokia 8800 Aston Martin Edition comes loaded with a selection of exclusive Aston Martin content, including a short documentary film, striking wallpapers featuring the company’s current range, a screensaver based on the famous crystal starter button found in all Aston Martin models, and ring tones that sample the evocative roar of the Vantage’s V8 engine
April 13th, 2006
Legendary. Brilliant. Catalyst. These are some of the terms used to describe Michel Perchin, the man who headed Peter Carl Faberge’s workshop from 1885 to 1903. A self taught goldsmith from a peasant background, it was Perchin who created the Imperial Easter Eggs, as well as many other of the great works that became the hallmark of the Faberge brand. His addition to the inner circle of Faberge artisans helped to form the nucleus that would make the firm the Jeweler of Russian Royalty.
The first of our 10th anniversary collections of superior writing instruments, The Imperial, is as brilliant as its name. Inspired by the extraordinary designs of the Imperial Palace, the multiple patterns of this pen are flawlessly balanced by the stunning design work on both the barrel and cap. The special 10th anniversary 18K gold nib will only be produced this year for our 10th anniversary collections. Crafted by hand according to our meticulous standards, The Imperial is available in four dazzling colors of which three are plated in 22 karat yellow gold: Red, White and Blue.The fourth is limited to only 15 in the world and was produced in yellow and rhodium. The fifth is limited to only 50 in the world and was produced in blue and rhodium. Limited in production to 88 of each color, The Imperial is available as either a fountain pen or rollerball.
April 7th, 2006
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