Portofino winding 8 days on bracelet Santoni

The invention of the chronograph by Nicolas Rieussec is 190 years old this year. The opportunity for Montblanc tribute to the man and the Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph, the first to have measured short time intervals. This anniversary edition will be available in limited series of 190 red gold watches, 90 white gold and 25 Platinum. And, since 2008, Montblanc has developed its own calibres in its factory located in le Locle in Switzerland. Low Cap.

Nicolas Rieussec chronograph.

This factory created in 1874, one appreciates the watchmaking know-how embodied in the Altiplano, the finest selfwinding mechanical watch model of the world, the name of this high plain from near Bolivia in the desert of Atacama, a rare location and stunning beauty. Piaget innovates again with this time, a jeweller performance: a circular hemming of the most beautiful effect including the dial keypad and 574 735 diamond depending on the chosen model of 34 or 38 mm in diameter. Brilliant. Crimp Altiplano.

The trend of the ultra-fine already found last year is confirmed, including at Audemars Piguet, with this sublime Jules Audemars extra-plate simple and timeless elegance with the automatic movement does not exceed the 2.45 mm thick. A real performance of watchmaker. Housed in a 41 mm rose gold case, the extra-plate Jules Audemars is without ostentation, just modern.

Jules Audemars extra-plate.

Recent in the world of watchmaking, Ralph Lauren takes the thickness with three new models: a chronograph Sporting watch Bugatti magnifying glass (inspired by the dashboard of one of the cars of collections held by Ralph Lauren) wooden-bottomed, the Stirrup declined in large model and pink gold and, the choice of limited series, the Slim classic square version whose movement is signed Piaget. With a silhouette of the 1930s, this new timepiece displays Roman and Arabic numerals in concentric squares that give the whole a timeless spirit. Chic. Classic slim square.

Avalanche of new features, this year, Cartier. Difficult in this deluge of mechanical prowess and jewellery to not select that one. The Astrorégulateur Rotunda, a surprising name for a watch that is equally will be our choice. His movement, particularly interesting, offers a clever alternative to the hustle and bustle. The Cartier Astrorégulateur anti-gravity system innovates by using the mobile element which is always in the same position on the vertical plane: the oscillating mass. Bluffing!

Rotunda Astrorégulateur.

For several years, Van Cleef etArpels develops a certain idea of the time with a collection of the poetical complications similar to arrays. With his hot air balloon in yellow enamel champlevé in cloudy skies in mother-of-Pearl marquetry housed in a casing in white gold, her latest creation, five weeks in a balloon, indicates the time with the same ball anchor and the minutes by the flight of a bird. Magic. Five weeks in a balloon.

The name of the address which housed the first headquarters of the factory in Geneva, the Quai de l'Ile collection, created in 2008, is enriched this year of a new complication: the day annual. As useful as technical, it takes into account the calendar irregularities and requires only a setting per year. Moreover, Quai de l'Ile opus 2011 customizes 700 ways, glasses, background or Crown. Unique.

Annual date Island Dock.

The winding Portofino is one of the four novelties of the family of the classic Portofino, born in 1984. Flagship of the collection, it promises a 192 hours power reserve, or a record of 8 days which allows a daily use. All variants are worn with a bracelet in alligator, light brown or dark, signed by the renowned for their patina Santoni shoe factory. Fashion.

Portofino winding 8 days on bracelet Santoni.

D.R.; VAN CLEEF etARPELS; LAZIZ HAMANI / CARTIER 2010.