Watch complications

Girard-Perregaux Tri-Axial Tourbillon Limited Edition – a high-speed tourbillon on three separate axes

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A watch defying gravity. Tri-Axial Tourbillon in white gold. Although the tourbillon was introduced more than two hundred years ago, watchmakers still trying to improve its efficiency.  High-end Swiss watch manufacture Girard-Perregaux, a great historical specialist in this queen of complications intended to combat the negative effect of gravity,now increases its complexity and pushes the limits … Read more

A ballet of new watch complications: exceptional mechanical at Baselworld 2013

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Out-of-the-box approach to time @ BASELWORLD 2013 – The World Watch and Jewellery Show Switzerland’s Basel is once again calling the watch lovers from around the world for a new editon of prestigious Baselworld (April 25 to May 2, 2013) – the biggest and one of the most important events in the watch and jewerly industry … Read more

Watchmakers to design intricate watch movements for the neglected female market

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Converting women to grandes complications $21 billion Swiss watchmaking industry intends to transform the neglected female market into a lucrative customer base. From a market mostly dominated by simple quartz watches under $1,100, Swiss watchmakers at the Baselworld fair said they were now taking pains to design new collections of mechanical watches for women, especially … Read more