Sports Watches: Watch Your Time for The New York

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BOLD AND
BEAUTIFUL
–o–––- carol besler
The sports watch muscles
its way into the winner’s circle
of collectibles
AUTO CONNECTIONS
The chronograph is the most popular,
because it captures the essence of most
sports: speed. It measures elapsed times
and is therefore often associated with the
world of auto racing. TAG Heuer practically
invented this tradition, with links to the auto
A new level of appreciation is emerging for the sports watch.
racing world dating back to the 1960s. This
It has become the ultimate showcase for the exploration of
is the year of the Carrera, the brand’s iconic
new materials, movements and engineering, and evidence
chronograph particularly associated with racof the willingness by watch brands to push the boundaries
ing, as TAG Heuer celebrates its 50th anniof design. This gives the modern sports watch a cachet
versary. The Carrera was created in 1963 by
that rivals the traditional classic collector’s watches. There
Jack Heuer, who retires this
are also an increasing number of limited ediyear as honorary chairman of
tion sports watches. At least two brands are
HOW DEEP IS
the brand. The Carrera Calicelebrating anniversaries this year of their
THE OCEAN
bre 36 Chronograph Flyback
iconic sports models: Blancpain’s Fifty Fath—
is the star among several models celebrating
oms and TAG Heuer’s Carrera with special
Frank Sinatra
the anniversary. Inspired by vintage Heuer stoplimited-edition commemorative models.
—
watches, it has a large 60-seconds scale on the
The sports watch has a specific aesthetic: it
“How deep is the ocean?
outer main dial, and hours and minutes on the
is robust, colorful and utilitarian with promiHow high is the sky?”
inner main dial. Small seconds and minute totalnent dials and multiple indexes that suggest
izers are at 3 and 9 o’clock. The racing version is particularly
precision and movement. The reason so many aficionados
spirited, with a carbide/titanium case, perforated strap and
become hooked on the sports watch is this design bravado,
red dial highlights.
combined with technical credentials — the things that make
Chopard is another brand with auto connections, and is a
it a sports watch, rather than just a “sporty” watch. It should
meet several requirements; it should be built strong enough
particular fan of classic car rallies. The brand sponsors and/
to resist serious impacts; it should contain a function beyond
or participates in a global circuit of glamorous rallies, includregular time in order to give it utility for the sport at hand;
ing the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race from Brescia to Rome,
and it should be water-resistant to at least
and the Historic Grand Prix de Monaco, an adjunct to the
100 meters.
Grand Prix that involves vintage racing cars. In the sports
watch arena, Chopard has earned its racing stripes, both
through its authentic involvement in the auto world and in
the creation of purpose-built manufacture movements.
The new Superfast Power Control houses caliber
01.02-M, with hours, minutes, small seconds, date
window and a power-reserve indicator. It is a certified chronometer, which means enhanced accuracy and reliability, and exudes racing car design
DIOR CHIFFRE ROUGE CHRONOGRAPH.
THE CHIFFRE ROUGE COLLECTION WAS
codes: vertical lines on the dial resemble the
L AUNCHED IN 2004, DESIGNED BY THE
cooling fins on air-cooled racing engines;
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT DIOR HOMME. ITS
numerals resemble the markers on sportsINSTANTLY IDENTIFIABLE ASYMMETRIC
CASE, RED DATE AND MOLDED RUBBER HAVE
car rev-counters and speedometers. · ⁄ ·
OMEGA SEAMASTER PLANET
OCEAN 600M GOODPLANET.
OMEGA’S ENDURING MARITIME
LEGACY INSPIRED THE CRE ATION
OF THIS MODEL, AN INNOVATIVE
WRIST WATCH THAT SERVES AS A
TRIBUTE TO THE GOODPL ANET
FOUNDATION AND THE POSITIVE
WORK IT DOES FOR OUR
ENVIRONMENT AND UNDERWATER
ECOSYSTEMS .
ESTABLISHED THE CHIFFRE ROUGE AS
THE ULTIMATE DIOR MEN’S WATCH.
LONGINES HYDROCONQUEST. FOUNDED IN 1832 IN SAINT-IMIER, THE FAMOUS SWISS WATCH BR AND
LONGINES CAN BOAST A LONG TR ADITION CHAR ACTERIZED BY THE ELEGANCE AND PERFORMANCE OF ITS
PRODUCTS . THOSE VALUES ARE PERFECTLY REPRESENTED BY THE LONGINES SPORT COLLECTION. THE
HYDROCONQUEST LINE IS DEDICATED TO MEN AND WOMEN LOOKING FOR A HIGH PERFORMANCE TIMEPIECE
THAT COMBINES TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND ELEGANCE. LONGINES NOW EXTENDS THIS LINE WITH NEW
MODELS IN BRIGHT COLORS . WITH A SCREW-IN CROWN, A SCREW-DOWN CASE BACK AND THE L ATER AL
CROWN PROTECTION, THESE TIMEPIECES ASSURE A WATER-RESISTANCE OF 30 BAR (300 METERS).
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R ADO DIAMASTER CERAMIC AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH XXL.
THIS YE AR, R ADO PRESENTS A DIAMASTER COLLECTION IN HIGH-TECH
CER AMIC FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. PL ASMA HIGH-TECH CER AMIC
CRE ATES A STRIKING AND MYSTERIOUS METALLIC BRILLIANCE,
A NOD TO OLD DAYS
ROLE X OYSTER COSMOGRAPH
DAY TONA PLATINUM. FOR THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
OYSTER PERPETUAL COSMOGR APH
DAY TONA , ROLEX PRESENTS A NEW
VERSION OF THIS COSC-CERTIFIED
CHRONOGR APH IN 950 PL ATINUM,
WITH A MONOBLOCK CER ACHROM
BEZEL WITH AN ENGR AVED
TACHYMETER SCALE AND
AN ICE BLUE DIAL.
IN A WARM GREY COLOR, WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY METAL.
The pilot’s watch is a special breed of chronograph
that, rather than timing dives, is a nod to the days
when an airplane’s navigational instrumentation
consisted solely of the wristwatch. The
main priority for navigation is optimum
legibility, with large numerals, hands
and plenty of Super-LumiNova. Zenith
celebrates its heritage as a maker of
pilot’s watches this year with several introductions in its Montre d’Aéronef (“onboard
watch”) Type 20 collection. Two new Type
20 GMTs pay homage to famous aviators. The
first is dedicated to early aviator and Zenith customer Louis Blériot, who was the first to fly across
the English Channel in 1909. The caseback is composed of a medallion struck with the image of Blériot’s plane.
The second is a tribute to Albrecht von Richthofen, known as
the Red Baron, the legendary ace who piloted a bright
red-painted Fokker Triplane Dr.1 and shot down some
80 allied forces planes during World War I. (He
was finally shot down, by a Canadian stationed in
France). It has a case of black DLC-coated
steel, with red-tipped GMT hand, red markings and a caseback medallion depicting the
Fokker Triplane Dr.1. IWC’s Big Pilot’s collection is another important part of the canon
of heritage pilot’s watches. The latest is the
Perpetual Calendar TOP GUN Boutique Edition, with a tough ceramic case (about seven
times harder than steel) with titanium back and
crown. The dial epitomizes the pilot’s watch code
of legibility, with markings that glow at night.
SUITABLE IN ANY CASE
Officially, in order to be called a sports watch,
the rule is that the case must have 50-meter
water resistance. Any respectable diver’s
watch, however, one that is vying for the
hearts and minds of the connoisseurs of
the genre, should be able to stand the pressure to depths well beyond that. Aside from
water-tight cases and strong crystals, the other
qualities of a diver’s watch — luminescent markers,
screw-down crown, some sort of shock absorber
system and a double safety clasp — are standard
issue for watches built for extreme performance,
and they qualify as suitable equipment for any sport.
The diver’s category is dominated by blue-chip classics, including the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver, with its
famous tapisserie dial and eight bezel screws. It
is water-resistant to 300 meters (1,000 feet),
as case, bezel and even crowns are made of
ceramic. The dive time indicator is indexed in
orange on the inner dial for maximum legibility
— orange and blue are the preferred colors
for underwater visibility.
The Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk is
also pressure-resistant to 300 meters,
and is distinguished by its high-tech
ceramic case. It is a good example of
the use of space-age materials in the
realm of sports watches. · ⁄·
AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE DIVER.
FULLY COMPLIANT WITH THE NIHS 92-11 (ISO 6425) STANDARD, THIS
SELF-WINDING WATCH IS CUT OUT FOR USE IN EXTREME UNDERWATER
CONDITIONS . IT APPE ARS FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A CASE, BEZEL
AND E ASY-GRIP CROWNS IN BL ACK HIGH-TECH CER AMIC.
STEPHEN URQUHART,
PRESIDENT OF
OMEGA
In Greek mythology,
Thetis dipped Achilles in the River Styx
to make her son invulnerable, but left him with
one weak spot: his heel. Not so Omega, whose
Seamaster Aqua Terra > 15’000 gauss is immune
to absolutely any kind of magnetic field, whatever
its strength. As the brand explains, “one of the
most dramatic technological innovations in recent
memory, the Omega Co-Axial calibre 8508 is
resistant to magnetic fields greater than 1.5 tesla
(15,000 gauss), far exceeding the levels of mag-
netic resistance achieved by any previous watch
movement and solving a problem that has challenged watchmakers for many decades.” There
are magnetic fields everywhere we turn, and these
INVULNERABLE
OMEGA AQUA TERRA > 15’000 GAUSS. THIS MODEL USES SELECTED NONFERROUS MATERIALS IN THE MOVEMENT ITSELF. EVEN AFTER EXPOSURE
TO A MAGNETIC FIELD GRE ATER THAN 15,000 GAUSS, THE MOVEMENT
STILL PERFORMS AT THE CHRONOMETRIC LEVEL DEFINED BY THE COSC.
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disruptive elements can compromise the performance of a mechanical watch. At 80 gauss, it can
suffer anything from a temporary loss of accuracy
to stopping the movement dead. Knowing that
certain magnets in the home have a strength of
14,000 gauss (1.4 tesla) gives some idea of the
scale of the problem. Swatch Group put all its
resources into finding a solution, with the result
that “unlike other efforts to combat the effects of
magnetism, the Omega movement does not rely
on a protective container inside the watch case
but on the use of selected non-ferrous materials in the movement itself,” as Omega explains.
The watch contains Omega’s own silicon balance
spring and its Co-Axial escapement in nickelphosphorous, both anti-magnetic. The Seamaster
Aqua Terra > 15’000 gauss marks the debut
of a calibre whose principles should gradually be extended to Omega’s entire production.
PIAGET
EMPERADOR
COUSSIN ULTRATHIN MINUTE
REPEATER. THE
PRESTIGIOUS
MINUTE-REPE ATER
COMPLICATION
IS THE L ATEST
EMBODIMENT
OF PIAGET’S
EMPER ADOR
COUSSIN. TRUE
TO ITS REPUTATION, PIAGET
ACCOMPLISHES
THE FE AT OF AN
ULTR A-THIN MOVEMENT THAT ME ASURES BARELY
4.8 MM HIGH.
The inscription that circles the inertia
flywheel of the Piaget Emperador Coussin Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater speaks
volumes about the philosophy that
drives the Manufacture: Toujours faire mieux que nécessaire — always do better than
required. This is a world in
which not even the best is
good enough… as the
timepiece in question,
presented earlier in
the year, perfectly
illustrates. Joining
the Tourbillon Autom a t i c U l t r a -T h i n
in t he Emp e rad o r
Coussin collection, it
is Piaget’s first minute
repeater, one of the major
horological complications
and among the most complex to make considering the
difficulties inherent to producing the crisp and audible sound
that many minute repeaters lack.
Once again, Piaget has raised the
bar with a 1290P calibre assembled from
407 parts, measuring 4.8 mm high and
housed inside a water-resistant case just
9.4 mm thick. Yet another “world’s thinnest” from a company that is no stranger
to records in this domain. “We intend
to make ultra-thin a constant source of
amazement,” declared Chief Executive
Philippe Léopold-Metzger at the
Salon International de la Haute
Horlogerie in Geneva, “although
this will never distract from the
elegance we impose on all our
creations. Technique must
benefit design. Yes we do
have a number of records
to our name but this isn’t
an objec tive in it self.
PIAGET ALTIPLANO DATE.
PIAGET RISES BRILLIANTLY TO THE
CHALLENGE OF A SIMPLE, UNDERSTATED
DESIGN, WITH THE ADDED FLOURISH OF A
DATE APERTURE POSITIONED VERY SLIGHTLY
OFF-CENTRE FROM A SMALL SECONDS INDICATOR
TO CRE ATE A SUBTLE HINT OF TENSION.
To take the example of our Minute
Repeater, had we been forced to choose
between thinness and the clarity of the
chimes, we would not have hesitated a
single second; the latter would have taken
precedence over the former.” Be that as it
may, Piaget has again achieved the impossible: certain wheels in the movement
measure a mere 0.12 mm, barely
thicker than a human hair.
PIAGET LIMELIGHT GALA. INSPIRED BY
THE CAREFREE FANTASY THAT REIGNED
THROUGHOUT THE 1960s, PIAGET HAS
IMAGINED THE LIMELIGHT GAL A .
THE LUGS, WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED
WITH DIAMONDS, EXTEND ASYMMETRICALLY TO INSTIL A FEMININE PERSONALIT Y INTO A WATCH THAT IS BOTH
ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE.
ONE OF A KIND
Such technical prowess is mirrored by the extreme care
which prevails over the
movement decoration.
The 1290P calibre benefits from the most
prestigious level of finish ever produced by
Piaget, dubbed “image
finishing” and which takes
house almost every single
watchmaking complication
but to do so within the context
of its ultra-thin mechanisms.
Jewelry is, of course, still very
much in evidence as the Couture
Précieuse and Piaget Rose collections show. The latter is represented by
jazz vocalist Melody Gardot. She performed
at the first Piaget Rose Day, celebrated on
RAISING THE GRADE
THE PIAGET
MANUFACTURE
IN THE CANTON
OF GENEVA
70 hours to complete, each movement being decorated entirely by
hand. With requirements this
high, Piaget’s success in
watchmaking should come
as no surprise, yet when
Philippe Léopold-Metzger
took the reins back in 2000,
the company was widely viewed
as a jeweler which happened to
make watches too. Not so today,
with the “balance of power” shifting
to watchmaking as the Manufacture
acquired the expertise to design,
develop and not only produce in-
June 13th in Paris in honor of a line that
made its debut in the 1960s. Also paying
tribute to women this year, the Piaget Limelight Gala with its elongated, asymmetric
lugs is the very essence of Piaget, being at
once classic, contemporary and creative.
Yet another way to capture the elegance
which the brand instills into the watches,
jewelry and combinations of the two that
make Piaget one of a kind.
E. D.
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TUDOR HERITAGE CHRONO. THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN TUDOR’S “BACK
TO THE FUTURE” STR ATEGY WAS THE HERITAGE CHRONO THAT BECAME
R ADO D-STAR RAT TRAPANTE LIMITED EDITION. R ADO SHOWS ITS TRUE
ALPINA
COLORS WITH THE DASHING AND DEBONAIR R ADO D-STAR R AT TR APANTE
AN IMMEDIATE ICON OF THE BR AND. BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THE
TUDOR OYSTERDATE CHRONOGR APH OF THE 1970S, THIS MODEL
STARTIMER PILOT
IN BL ACK MAT TE HIGH-TECH CER AMIC. THIS UNIQUE CHAR ACTER SHOWS
REVISITS ITS CODES WHILE UPDATING THEM TO TODAY’S TASTES.
CHRONOGRAPH
ANOTHER SIDE TO R ADO, BUT UNDERLINES THE SWISS BR AND’S
STATUS AS A LE ADER IN HIGH-TECH MATERIALS .
R ANGE OF ALPINA
Absent from the United States since the
late 1980s, Tudor is making its comeback to
the American stage with nationwide coverage. “This is a crucial market for the brand
which is rolling out across all five continents,”
explained Davide Cerrato, Head of Marketing & Product Development at Tudor. “It
really is a fundamental stage in our strategy,
particularly as our products are positioned
in what is a very buoyant segment in the
United States. And we’ve got what it takes!
Since 2010, Tudor has revised its
collections from top to bottom.
Each collection reflects a very
distinct aspect of the brand and
PILOT TIMEPIECES
It is tough and watertight, so even if you have no desire
to plunge to the depths, it is good to know the watch will
nevertheless hold together if you have a spectacular fall
while water skiing. The Omega Seamaster Bullhead 1969
is an exceptional example of that collection and, like the
TAG Carrera, is a tribute to a vintage model. The crowns —
one for setting and winding, and the other for the inner bezel
to time dives — are uniquely placed at 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock.
Blancpain celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Fifty Fathoms,
the iconic diver’s watch it first launched in 1953. Diving enthusiast Jean-Jacques Fiechter set out to create a reliable instrument capable of accompanying him on his underwater adventures. It was christened Fifty Fathoms after the British
measurement corresponding to around 91 meters, then
considered to be the maximum depth divers could reach
given the compressed air technology of the time.
The anniversary edition, the Bathyscaphe,
was inspired by the original design but
it is a dressier version and contains a
modern movement. It is water resistance to 300 meters and comes
with an optional NATO-style strap.
SHOWCASING EXPERTISE
BIG DATE. THIS NEW
WAS DESIGNED FOR
SERIOUS PILOTS WHO
FLY IN FAST JETS AND
MAKE SPLIT-SECOND
DECISIONS ABOUT
THE LIMITS TO WHICH
THEY CAN PUSH
THEIR PL ANES AND
THEMSELVES .
Despite their design bravado, today’s sports watches are also
sleeker and more refined than they have been at any time in
the past decade. This makes them as suitable for business
wear and casual endeavors, in between those weekends when
you are plunging into the Marianas Trench or participating in
the Indy 500.
ˇ
Given the success of the first
Heritage Chrono, this year Tudor
presents the Heritage Chrono
Blue which takes its cue from
a 1973 Tudor Montecarlo. “Like
all the watches in the Heritage
line, the Heritage Chrono Blue
is a unique reinterpretation in
which past, present and future
converge in both time and style,”
says the brand. “The aesthetic
codes that contributed to the
historic model remain, while
BACK TO THE FUTURE
TUDOR HERITAGE
ADVISOR. A TRUE
EXPRESSION OF
TUDOR’S VINTAGE
SPIRIT, THE ADVISOR
IS A MODERN VERSION
OF THE EMBLEMATIC
GUCCI DIVE. GUCCI TIMEPIECES & JEWELRY
1957 ALARM WATCH.
PRESENTS ITS L ATEST TIMEPIECE FOR MEN,
ITS MOVEMENT IS
THE GUCCI DIVE. AVAIL ABLE IN STAINLESS STEEL
EQUIPPED WITH A
OR ROSE GOLD, BOTH WORKED IN BL ACK PVD,
TUDOR PELAGOS. THE PEL AGOS MODEL,
THIS WATCH REPRESENTS A NEW STANDARD
WHICH IS WATERPROOF TO A DEPTH OF
OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE TIMEKEEPING FOR
500 METERS (1640 FEET), IS A FUSION
GUCCI TIMEPIECES & JEWELRY.
MECHANICAL ALARM
CLOCK MODULE, EXCLUSIVELY DEVELOPED BY
TUDOR AND PRODUCING
OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. ITS
A PERFECTLY UNIFORM,
SPORTING CHAR ACTER AND IMPECCABLE
CRISP AND CLEAR
RELIABILIT Y WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
SOUND.
OF AFICIONADOS OF THE DEEP.
TUDOR HERITAGE
CHRONO BLUE. IN
THE RICH SAGA OF
TUDOR HISTORIC
CHRONOGR APHS,
PETER STAS,
FOUNDER AND CEO
OF FRÉDÉRIQUE
CONSTANT
ACCESSIBLE
Frédérique Constant takes
its name from Frédérique
Schreiner (1881-1969) and
Constant Stas (1880-1967),
two men won over to the watchmaker’s art who
worked side by side in the early 1900s. When in
1988 Peter Stas, a fourth-generation descendant
of Constant Stas, and his wife Aletta Bax decided to
revive a forgotten name, they immediately knew what
they would call their brand and what its philosophy
LUXURY
would be. “Because we are a family business, we’re
extremely flexible in terms of distribution and production,” Peter Stas explains. “We position ourselves
within a range of accessible luxury through our three
pillars. These are our Manufacture watches whose
movements we develop and produce ourselves,
our automatic timepieces which run on a Sellita
base, and our men’s and women’s watches which
are driven by a Ronda quartz
movement.” Last year the brand
produced 130,000 watches
which were sold at 2,700 points
of sale, including 120 in the
United States. “We’re growing
fast in North America,” adds
Stas. “You’ll find our watches at
places like Tourneau, Bloomingdale’s and Mayors. Westime in
Los Angeles also carries our
products.” Communication is
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centered on a newly published book, Live Your Passion, which traces the rapid rise of a company that
mastered the secret of silicon components long
ago; on its charity initiatives which include support
of the World Heart Federation, led by Inès Sastre as
the brand’s charity ambassador; and on the vintage
mood conjured up in collections celebrating Austin
Healey classic cars, or the Runabout range inspired
by the boats that skim the waters
of Lake Geneva or Lake Tahoe.
Frédérique Constant has created
its own world where passions are
to be lived to the full and luxury is
something to enjoy.
FRÉDÉRIQUE CONSTANT SLIMLINE TOURBILLON
MANUFACTURE. FOLLOWING ON FROM THE
SUCCESSFUL L AUNCH OF ITS L ADIES’ SLIMLINE
COLLECTION, FRÉDÉRIQUE CONSTANT PRESENTS
THE GENTLEMEN’S SLIMLINE TOURBILLON
MANUFACTURE WITH AN APPE AR ANCE THAT
REFERENCE 7169
— BET TER KNOWN
AS THE TUDOR
its exciting past. This isn’t about Rolex, even
if we are part of the group. We are two completely separate entities, each with its individual philosophy, complementary ranges,
and products that compose a well-balanced portfolio. Tudor is affordable luxury.”
“MONTECARLO”
CHRONOGR APH — IS
AN ABSOLUTE ICON.
TO REVITALIZE THIS
LEGENDARY CHRONOGR APH TUDOR
HAS DECIDED TO
REINTERPRET IT AND
UNVEIL THIS YEAR
THE NEW HERITAGE
CHRONO BLUE.
HERITAGE, A SYMBOL
Tudor has decided to shine the spotlight
on a rich legacy of iconic models. This has
produced the Heritage collection, which is
distinct from the Grand Tour and Fastrider
ranges — both very much devoted to motor
sports, as the brand’s partnership with Ducati
confirms — and of course the Clair de Rose
line of women’s watches. As Tudor is quick
to point out, these Heritage watches aren’t
simply reissues. They reinterpret a vintage
model in a way that brings past, present
and future together. Tudor’s designers have
retained the spirit of the original, as well as
the key technical and aesthetic features of
the historic models, and brought them well
and truly into the modern world. The design
has been brought bang up to date with subtle
contemporary touches, while new technical
specifications optimize performance. The
Heritage Chrono was first to launch, in 2010.
Its inspiration is an early 1970s chronograph.
“We were adamant that we weren’t going to
launch an identical watch, which would have
diminished the value of the original model,”
says Davide Cerrato. “Instead we adapted it to
today’s trends, in particular the case diameter
which we increased from 39 mm to 42 mm. It
got a great reception, which of course motivated us to carry on in this vein.” And so a year
later, Tudor proposed a new interpretation
of the Advisor, a 1950s alarm watch which
now comes with a titanium case to produce
a clear sound, and a completely revamped
alarm module. In 2012, the Pelagos delivered
its version of the Tudor experience in a dive
watch that traces its origins back to 1954.
modern touches update the iconic spirit of
the watch. A faithful synthesis of the original timepiece, the Heritage Chrono Blue
is destined to become tomorrow’s icon.”
Accentuating the new spirit that is sweeping the brand, and which is evident in
its expertise, Tudor equips its Heritage
watches with fabric straps. These are produced in France by a company which has
been hand-weaving for more than a century. This is, says Tudor, “an added touch
of elegance and refinement” that confirms
its identity as a modern and sophisticated
brand. Developed for Tudor and showcasing a unique skill, these straps bring “a new
dimension to the watch and the expression
of a style that is both unique and exceptionally comfortable to wear.”
Christophe Roulet
IS AT ONCE CL ASSICAL AND TIMELESS .
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