Welcome to this week’s round-up of all the latest watch news in our regular series, The Wind Up. In this week’s instalment, we’ll be featuring new watches from Hublot, Jaquet Droz, NOMOS Glashütte and Chronoswiss. Enjoy gents!
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Hublot Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami
The first of two new releases from Hublot is the Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami, made in collaboration with the esteemed Japanese contemporary artist. The Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami features the artist’s distinctive emblem, with the smiling flower endowed with 456 brilliant-cut diamonds as its petals and 107 brilliant-cut diamonds for the face, all of which are set as black diamonds. The Hublot Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami will be released in a limited run of only 200 pieces and is available now.
- Brand: Hublot
- Model: Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami All Black
- Reference: 507.CX.9000.RX.TAK21
- Case Diameter: 45 mm
- Case Thickness: 13.45 mm
- Case Material: Black ceramic (satin-finished and polished)
- Water Resistance: 50 m
- Movement: MHUB1214 Unico, self-winding flyback chronograph, 28,800 vph, 30 jewels
- Power Reserve: 72 hours
- Strap: Black rubber with black-plated steel deployant buckle
- Price (at launch): USD$27,300
Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatique Sapphire Orange
If you’ve got a $225,000 hole burning in your pocket, then this might be the piece for you. This is Hublot’s second new release of the week and boy is it a special piece. The Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatique Sapphire Orange is clad in an orange sapphire case, a first for the brand that has utilised sapphire in its purest form and in different colours extensively over the years. The orange sapphire case was achieved by the utilisation of titanium and chromium in a special manufacturing process, thus giving the sapphire that distinct orange look. The Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatique Sapphire Orange is no slouch in the movement department either, boasting an automatic tourbillon and a calibre that is visible from almost every angle. Insane.
- Brand: Hublot
- Model: Big Bang Tourbillon Automatique Sapphire Orange
- Reference: 419.JO.0120.RT
- Case Diameter: 45 mm
- Case Thickness: 15.30 mm
- Case Material: Polished orange sapphire crystal (titanium/chromium doping process)
- Water Resistance: 30 m (3 ATM)
- Movement: Calibre MHUB6035 — in-house manufacture automatic tourbillon, 243 components, 26 jewels, 21,600 vph, 22K white gold skeleton micro-rotor
- Power Reserve: 72 hours
- Strap: Transparent orange structured lined rubber with titanium deployant buckle (One Click interchangeable system)
- Price: AUD$225,000 (at launch — 50-piece limited edition, sold out)
NOMOS Glashütte Releases Three New Limited Editions
NOMOS Glashütte has released three new colourways of its acclaimed Club, each limited to only 175 pieces, to celebrate Glashütte region’s 175th year of watchmaking. The three new models include an onyx dial variant, a navy dial variant and an olive-green dial variant. Our favourite of the three is definitely the olive-green model, accentuated by the white hour numerals and hands. Each of the new models comes with a light grey and blue-black textile strap for the olive-green and navy models, while the onyx model will come on a sports bracelet.
Shop the Club Automatic at NOMOS
Chronoswiss Skeletonised Opus Chronograph Flag
We haven’t heard much from Chronoswiss but this impressive watchmaker has just opened up its 2021 account with a bang. Here is the Skeletonised Opus Chronograph Flag, an intriguing timepiece that walks the fine line between tradition and modernity. Featuring a stainless steel case and an openworked dial, the Skeletonised Opus Chronograph Flag is certainly a captivating watch whose intrigue is accentuated by hints of galvanic blue and silver, reds and golds throughout. Unique and very much against the grain, the Chronoswiss Skeletonised Opus Chronograph Flag is an ode to innovation and ingenuity.
- Brand: Chronoswiss
- Model: Opus Chronograph Flag (Skeletonised)
- Reference: CH-7543.1S-BLSI
- Case Diameter: 41mm
- Case Thickness: 14.80mm
- Case Material: 316L stainless steel
- Water Resistance: 100m (10 bar)
- Movement: Chronoswiss Calibre C.741S, automatic chronograph (skeletonised), 28,800vph
- Power Reserve: Approx. 46 hours
- Strap: Louisiana alligator leather with deployment clasp
- Price: Approx. USD 14,200
Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One
Jaquet Droz’s hallmark is its simplistic approach to watchmaking and pioneering dynamism, with the Grande Seconde Skelet-One being one of the manufacture’s most intriguing timepieces. The Grande Seconde Skelet-One is now available in three new colour variations, green, sky blue and yellow. Each model continues on with the foundational look of the original Grande Seconde Skelet-One, but of course with their own unique stylistic traits.
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Grande Seconde Skelet-One — Green (J003525545)
- Brand: Jaquet Droz
- Model: Grande Seconde Skelet-One
- Reference: J003525545
- Case Diameter: 41.5 mm
- Case Thickness: 12.48 mm
- Case Material: Matte black high-tech ceramic
- Water Resistance: 30 m
- Movement: Jaquet Droz Caliber 2663 SQ, self-winding skeleton, 28,800 vph
- Power Reserve: 68 hours (twin spring barrels)
- Strap: Hand-stitched green textile with folding deployant buckle
- Price (at launch): CHF 24,300
Grande Seconde Skelet-One — Sky Blue (J003525546)
- Brand: Jaquet Droz
- Model: Grande Seconde Skelet-One
- Reference: J003525546
- Case Diameter: 41.5 mm
- Case Thickness: 12.48 mm
- Case Material: Matte black high-tech ceramic
- Water Resistance: 30 m
- Movement: Jaquet Droz Caliber 2663 SQ, self-winding skeleton, 28,800 vph
- Power Reserve: 68 hours (twin spring barrels)
- Strap: Hand-stitched sky blue textile with folding deployant buckle
- Price (at launch): CHF 24,300
Grande Seconde Skelet-One — Yellow (J003525547)
- Brand: Jaquet Droz
- Model: Grande Seconde Skelet-One
- Reference: J003525547
- Case Diameter: 41.5 mm
- Case Thickness: 12.48 mm
- Case Material: Glossy plasma ceramic
- Water Resistance: 30 m
- Movement: Jaquet Droz Caliber 2663 SQ, self-winding skeleton, 28,800 vph
- Power Reserve: 68 hours (twin spring barrels)
- Strap: Hand-stitched yellow textile with folding deployant buckle
- Price (at launch): CHF 24,300
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