Richard Mille SIHH 2013: RM 59-01 Yohan Blake Tourbillon

Well another model has been released for the Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake.  He known by his nickname  "The Beast" and his hand actions he makes (see photo below).  This has been incorporated into the design.

"The Beast"

The watch is a limited edition of 50 pieces.  I am not really a big fan due to the colour of the case but I do like the dial and the bridges.

Movement dimensions: 30.50 mm x 28.70 mm
- Thickness: 5.20 mm
- Tourbillon diameter: 10.90 mm
- Balance wheel diameter: 9.12 mm
- Number of jewels: 19
- Balance wheel: Glucydur, with 2 arms and 4 setting screws, moment of inertia 11.50 mg.cm2, angle of lift 53°
- Frequency: 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
- Balance spring: ELINVAR by Nivarox®
- Shock protection: KIF ELASTOR KE 160 B28
- Barrel shaft in nickel-free Chronifer (DIN x 46 Cr 13 + S), with the following characteristics:
stainless – non-magnetic – tempered

De Bethune DB28 Skybridge

An infinite expanse of the heavenly firmament stretches across its dreamlike face. Ancestral skills and the latest scientific breakthroughs meet and mingle under the impetus of David Zanetta and Denis Flageollet. They merge to make this timepiece a perfect summary of highly aesthetic ambition and peerless technical precision. Skybridge embodies the entire repertoire of the Manufacture De Bethune.
While classically inspired in terms of its round shape, its 12 o’clock crown and its hunter-type back borrowed from pocket watches, the ultra-light mirror-polished titanium case of the DB28 with its distinctive floating lugs nonetheless proclaim the collection’s modern and indeed futuristic nature.
A nocturnal window on infinity, Skybridge features a whole host of astonishing shimmering effects, in turn brilliant or intensely radiant with the blue that has been a House signature for the past eleven years.

Richard Mille SIHH 2013: RM27-01 Rafael Nadal Tourbillon

A new release from Richard Mille.  The original RM27 was a revelation in terms of technical design and practicality.  It was worn by Rafael Nadal while playing tennis matches.  It was so light it could even float on water.

Limited edition of 50 timepieces

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A. Lange & Söhne Grand Complication

Limited to a mere six pieces: The most complicated and most exclusive A. Lange & Söhne timepiece ascends to the pinnacle of precision watchmaking.

The Grand Complication features a host of fascinating functions and yet again manifests the ability of the Saxon master watchmakers to conquer ever new peaks with their undisputed ingenuity. Beneath the lucidly configured enamel dial, the horological opus with the calibre designation L1902 incorporates scores of lavishly finished parts, bringing to life the most elaborate complications which the art of haute horlogerie has to offer: Chiming mechanism with grand and small strike, minute repeater, split-seconds chronograph with minute counter and flying seconds as well as a perpetual calendar with moon-phase display.

The development of the Grand Complication is an adventurous expedition into the cosmos of complexity. The result is a watch that is extraordinary in every respect, reflecting the brilliance of the Lange dynasty's forebears and the virtuosity of today's watchmakers.

De Bethune DB16 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar

De Bethune has gained a reputation for their innovation in striving to create a more accurate watch using different designs and materials.

David Zanetta and Denis Flageollet deserve tremendous praise for creating such beautiful and complicated timepieces with technical precision.

I have always loved their take on displaying the moonphase using a spherical ball instead of a disc.  The intense blue of the hands on their watches is captivating.

A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar

The 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar melds the technical fascination of a rattrapante chronograph with the enduring precision of a perpetual calendar that does not need to be corrected until the year 2100, and then by only one day.

The meanwhile eighth chronograph calibre developed by A. Lange & Söhne is yet another manifestation of the brand’s exceptional competence in this apotheosis of precision watchmaking. With a rattrapante chronograph, a perpetual calendar, a moon-phase display, and a power-reserve indicator, it unites more horological complications than the well-organised dial suggests at first sight.