The Hottest Haute Complications From Watches & Wonders
With the 2020 edition of Watches & Wonders, formerly known as the SIHH, in full swing, lots of novelties are being introduced by the thirty participating brands. May trends already emerge, blue is holding its ground as a popular dial color, classic designs get a boost, diameters tend to get a little bit smaller, yet will exist next to their larger sized siblings. Another trend that remains strong is that for complicated watches. Many brands use these watches as their calling card, and to delight their most demanding and affluential clients. The following four are the ones that caught our eye;
Panerai Submersible Ecopangaea Tourbillon GMT 50mm Mike Horn Edition
Panerai joined forces again with explorer Mike Horn, and it resulted in what can be seen as the ultimate Submersible. It features a second time-zone, six-day power reserve, and a tourbillon, but these are not even its most exclusive features. The case is made from the drive shaft of the Pangea, Mike Horn’s sailing ship, and each of the five owners of this exclusive limited edition will also get to join him on an arctic expedition. With a diameter of 50mm is it a very serious watch, but also a rugged one, as it is water-resistant up to 300 meters.
Roger Dubuis Excalibur Diabolus In Machina
Roger Dubuis introduces us to a new Excalibur, which combines a flying tourbillon with a minute repeater. Like all the watches from this brand did they not just combine these two complications, but took them to the next level as well. Unlike many other minute repeaters are the gongs tuned to C and G flat, which gives the watch a distinctly different sound. While the minute repeater plays, a small transparent disc with the words hours, quarters and minutes spins, indicate what you are hearing. Such an incredible minute repeater deserves an exceptional case, and Roger Dubuis got that covered as well. Sintered into a solid form from a powder is CCMTM, CarTech Micro-Melt BioDur, a metal that is far more resistant to wear and will remain shiny even when scratched.
Vacheron Constantin La Musique du Temps Les Cabinotiers Grand Complication Split-Seconds Chronograph ‘Tempo’
Vacheron Constantin packed the latest creation from their Les Cabinotiers studio, the place where their most complicated watches are born, with so many features that they had to give it a special strap attachment so that you can wear it with either side up. With its 1.163 parts does the movement not only tells the time but also includes a perpetual calendar, minute repeater, chronograph with rattrapante, equation of time, sunset/sunrise time, length of the day, and night indication, as well as the age of the moon and is also a tourbillon included in this movement. Perhaps the most impressive accomplishment of the master watchmakers that developed this watch is not all the complications that they combined, but the fact that they made them all so easy to read.
A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater
This A. Lange & Söhne is, of course, nothing new, as the brand introduced a Zeitwerk with minute repeater already in 2015, yet now they combine it with a white gold case and deep blue dial. This makes us fall in love with the watch all over again. In the world of minute repeaters, this Zeitwerk knew how to hold its ground, not only because it combines it with a digital indication of the time powered by its mechanical movement, but also because it is a decimal minute repeater. This means that instead of striking the quarters after the hours, it strikes at ten-minute intervals. This most certainly adds to the character of the A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater, who becomes in this new version more tempting than ever.
