Introducing Girard-Perregaux 1966 Skeleton Watches

In addition to the new Laureato, Girard-Perregaux watches will debut a new openworked timepiece at Baselworld 2016, called the 1966 Skeleton.

Based on caliber GP1800, the anthracite gray ruthenium movement has been skeletonized, and then hand chamfered, polished, and satin-brushed. Automatic caliber GP01800-0006, consists of 173 total components, 25 jewels, and has a 54-hour power reserve. Visible at 12 o’clock is a Microvar variable inertia balance that oscillates at 4Hz (or 28,800 vibrations per hour) and is exclusive to Girard-Perregaux.

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A sleek 38 mm x 9.27 mm 18k pink gold case, with a sapphire caseback, houses this impressive movement, which displays just hours, minutes, and seconds.
Leaf-shaped hour and minute hands correspond with the chapter ring, which consists of applied hour indexes and minute transfers, on the flange – because there is no actual dial.

The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Skeleton watches is paired with a hand-stitched black alligator strap with a pink gold pin buckle. Water-resistance is 30 meters. (Ref. 49549-52-001-BB60) The price is $55,400.

In my opinion, the case is a perfect size, and the watch looks great overall. However, the huge “GP” logo applied to the flange at 12, throws off the visual balance of an otherwise nicely executed dial. Hopefully, that changes between now and delivery of the watches for men in the Fall.

Harry Winston unveils the Midnight Diamond Stalactites Automatic 36mm

The House of Harry Winston continues melting women’s replica watches hearts with its new Midnight Collection ladies timepiece, elegantly adorned with an astonishing diamond stalactite motif.

The enchanting rose gold Midnight Diamond Stalactites presents a fitting addition to the extraordinary lineage of precious Midnight creations. This year, time has suspended its light and water has frozen over.

Top-flight gemsetting

Building on its gemsetting expertise, Harry Winston designers established a unique rhythm to recreate the random appearance of frozen ice found only in nature. In-house artisans delicately set the dial with brilliant-cut diamonds, depicting splendid stalactites.

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The exquisite charm of mother-of-pearl

Harry Winston’s latest creation is adorned with a delicate and ever-changing mother-of- pearl dial, perfect for the face of a feminine cool watches. The beaded mother-of-pearl shimmers with subtle hues, accentuating the brilliance of the diamonds.

A 36mm case for the Midnight collection

Harry Winston Midnight Diamond Stalactites Automatic 36mm, like the House’s Premier and Ocean Collections, appears in a 36-millimeter case. This new case size maintains the precision and seamlessness of its predecessors, while revealing an intimate forest of stalactites that at once radiates both strength and delicacy.

This timepiece is driven by a mechanical automatic movement equipped with a silicon balance-spring, which can be seen through the sapphire crystal case back. The Côtes de Genève finishes have been perfected with the greatest of care. The dial, case and lugs sparkle with 245 brilliant-cut diamonds on the rose gold model, secured by an elegant taupe alligator strap.

Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire

Cut straight from sapphire, the transparent case of the new Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire reveals all the details of the black PVD treated movement.

Sapphire - a material which is almost as hard and scratch-resistant as diamond (9 on the Mohs scale as opposed to 10 for diamond) - is difficult to machine and until today was used only for exclusive timepieces created in very few examples. Capitalising on its experience with this material, Hublot was able to create a series of 500 pieces. Never before cheap fake watchmaking sapphire had been cut on such a large scale.

Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire

The 45 mm case features a polished sapphire crystal bezel enriched by six H-shaped and polished titanium screws. The crown is made from transparent silicone and satin-finished titanium, a material which is used also for the push pieces.

The skeleton dial in transparent composite resin has white luminescent hands and hour markers with a date aperture at 3 o'clock.

Developed and manufactured in-house by Hublot watches, the HUB 1242 Unico is an automatic 4 Hz (28,800 vph) movement offering a flyback chronograph function with column wheel and double clutch visible on the dial side.

Completed by a transparent strap with deployant buckle in titanium, the Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire is water resistant to 50 metres / 165 feet. The retail price is Swiss Francs 55,000 / Euro 57,100 / US$ 57,900.