“The Big Unit” Chronograph
“The Big Unit” Chronograph by Ulysse Nardin is a very special timepiece created to honor baseball great, Randy Johnson also known as “Big Unit”. The 45.8mm case is stainless steel and coated with rubber. “The Big Unit” features a Caliber UN-35 automatic movement with a 30-second chronograph, small seconds, date indication and 42 hour power reserve. The seconds hand is personalized with a baseball symbol and inscribed with “Big Unit” along with a red number “51” marking on the bezel, to recognize the baseball legend. “The Big Unit” Chronograph by Ulysse Nardin is limited to 100 pieces.
RM 035 Rafael Nadal Chronofiable Certified
In celebration of Rafael Nadals’ tennis championships, Richard Mille developed The RM 035. With a caliber RMUL1, manual winding, skeletonized movement designed to withstand extreme conditions, the RM 035 maintains the utmost performance in time keeping. A combination of Aluminum 2000 and an alloy called WE 54, treated with PVD, make the RM 035 tonneau case extremely light, yet durable. This milestone creation by Richard Mille is the first manual winding movement in the collection to have Chronofiable certification (a registered trademark belonging to the Laboratoire Dubois SA.)
H1 Black DLC Pink Gold
HYT merges fine watch making, engineering and fluid mechanics to create a watch that uses a fluorescent liquid to tell time in this amazing timepiece. The HYT H1 Pink Gold model with brushed and satin finished surfaces, features a titanium in black DLC case measuring 48.8mm with brushed pink gold bezel, lugs and crown. The movement is a mechanical hand-wound exclusive HYT caliber with a 65-hour power reserve and retrograde fluid hours, minutes and seconds functions.
AMVOX7 Chronograph
The Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX7 Chronograph is the first vertical trigger chronograph equipped with a radial power-reserve display. Inspired by the Aston Martin Vanquish, the AMVOX7 titanium case houses a Jaeger- LeCoultre Calibre 756 automatic movement with a 65 hour power reserve. The vertical trigger allows the chronograph functions to start or stop when pressing on the watch glass at 12 o’clock and resets to zero when pressing at the 6 o’clock position. The AMVOX7 Chronograph by Jaeger-LeCoultre is a perfect example of haute horlogerie inspired by the automobile world and Aston Martin.
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