Manero Tourbillon Limited Edition from Carl F. Bucherer

csm_tourbillon_brown_detail01_c0a2d8b70fAlmost one hundred years – since 1919 – Swiss watch manufacturer Carl F. Bucherer is around and he was one of the first watchmakers to adopt the watch strap. The brand was repositioned in 2001 and in the same year the company launched the now famous Patravi watch collection.
Since its development in the late 1700s the tourbillon is regarded as one of the great challenges and as the supreme discipline in the art of watchmaking in view of its complexity and mechanical sophistication. The function of the tourbillon is to csm_tourbillon_brown_detail02_3e4174279fcompensate for the errors in accuracy of a mechanical watch that are caused by the effects of gravity. Therefore the escapement and balance wheel are mounted in a rotating cage which revolves once a minute.

Carl F. Bucherer launches the Manero Tourbillon Limited Edition 2015 in an exclusive edition of 188 pieces. The shiny velvet brown of the dial which was specially developed for the watch manufacturer. The indices and hands are in red gold, like the case.
The dial is not only functional but easy to read as well. The watch features two subdials – the one at 9 o’clock shows the power reserve, the one on 12 o’clock the 24-hour display. But the tourbillon on 6 o’clock dominates the dial. The design is generous and stylish and it provides an unimpeded view of the complication.
The elegant shaped rose gold case measures 41,8 mm in diameter and 12,58 mm in csm_tourbillon_brown_detail03_31284f0f87height and should be suitable for almost every wrist without appearing oversized. The watch features a convex sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating over the dial. The watch is water-resistant to 30 metres.

The Manero Tourbillon Limited Edition is powered by the manual winding calibre CFB T1001. It provides a power reserve of 70 hours.
In this sophisticated timepiece, Carl F. Bucherer unites the classic elegance of the Manero line with the supreme achievement represented by the tourbillon.
The watch features a brown leather bracelet.

Limited Edition: Geo.Graham Tourbillon

Graham has introduced a new piece, a no-nonsense tourbillon with classic good looks. The Geo.Graham incorporates the visible tourbillon at 6 o’clock, complemented by a classically styled dial. There are Arabic numerals outside a railway chapter ring marking the seconds, and Roman numerals on the inside marking the hours. The blued houre and minute hands stand in contrast to the white dial. The pink-gold case is 40 mm in diameter.

geograhamtourbillonInside the Geo.Graham Tourbillon beats a Swiss-made movement, the caliber G1796. The movement features a micro-rotor for automatic winding and a double-bridge construction of the 60-second tourbillon. The whole movement is under 10 mm thin and can be seen through the sapphire crystal back.

Now we’re waiting for Baselworld in march 2015 for a longer, more detailed look and more information on that georgeous watch. It is limited to 100 units.