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Introducing the Chopard L.U.C 1860 Revolution Edition

Felix Scholz — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:10:54 +0000

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The Ralph Lauren × Revolution & The Rake “Snow Beach Bear Watch” marks a seminal moment in fashion history

Wei Koh — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:00:38 +0000

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Up Close with Nomos × Revolution Tangente neomatik 41 Update ‘Resilience’

Revolution — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 15:00:48 +0000

Get up close with our newest limited edition in collaboration with NOMOS Glashütte, the Nomos × Revolution Tangente neomatik 41 Update ‘Resilience,’ featuring the Fibonacci sequence, a symbol of growth and resilience, subtly integrated into its minute track.

For a sleek, pared-back aesthetic, it has a midnight blue dial with white indexes and hands and a Yves Klein blue date indicator, all housed in a 40.5mm stainless steel case. The Nomos × Revolution Tangente neomatik 41 Update ‘Resilience’ is powered by the in-house caliber DUW 6101, which consists of a unique date complication using a double patented date mechanism with ring display and bi-directional quick correction feature for significantly shorter date setting. The caliber is operating at 21,600 beats per hour (3Hz) with 42 hours of power reserve.

The Nomos × Revolution Tangente Neomatik 41 Update ‘Resilience’ is priced at USD 4,100 excluding taxes and limited to 55 numbered examples.

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Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

Wei Koh — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:54:02 +0000

Presenting our first collaboration with Massena LAB, the Uni-Racer 1949, a modern mechanical chronograph with an elegant mid-century aesthetic.

It gives me great pleasure to announce our collaboration with Massena LAB, a Massena LAB Uni-Racer inspired by a legendary chronograph watch from 1949. It uses the 39mm Uni-Racer platform created by William Massena and features a tribute to a Patek Philippe chronograph with one of the most famous dials ever created — a black lacquer model with a luminous Roman numeral sector ring, and luminous syringe hands in blued steel surrounded by a tachymeter.

The striking black dial and luminous Roman numerals of the new Massena LAB × Revolution Uni-Racer was inspired by a Patek Philippe ref. 130 chronograph from 1949, as pictured here in Auro Montanari's incredible "Patek Philippe Steel Watches"

While the vintage watch is a million-dollar-plus unicorn, we wanted to create a contemporary timepiece that channels the emotional expressiveness of this unique design, with all the benefits of an excellent Swiss-made mechanical sports chronograph.

The Massena LAB Uni-Racer 1949 will be made in just 120 examples and is priced at USD3,750.

Massena: Made for Greatness

There is a picture of William Massena in 1978 when he was seven years old, around the time he received his first watch. What is extraordinary about this image is that you can already tell that Massena was already in full possession of a preternatural sensitivity to elegance. In the picture, his hair is wind swept and coiffed like a miniature polo player riding resplendently back after a victorious sixth chukka. His scarf is slip knotted and canted at a debonair angle. The fit of his navy cardigan and slacks is immaculate. And the sage green Omega Seamaster 120 adorning his wrist is worn with rakish élan.

William Massena was 7 years old when he received his first watch. (Image: William Massena)

Now, I have come across many people in the world who think they have taste — individuals fully convicted that their personal vision of style is the apotheosis of irrefutable elegance. Most of them are wrong. Indeed, I can count on one hand the number of human beings (Nick Foulkes and Mark Cho amongst them) I know who are in full possession of an aesthetic sensibility so refined that if style were a martial art, they would have achieved a 10th-degree black belt, though one invariably crafted from woven silk and hand monogrammed by the Colban siblings of Charvet fame.

Massena is one of these individuals. Even Massena’s manner of speech is so erudite, cosmopolitan and totally unplaceable (he grew up between Switzerland and the South of France) that I’ve always thought he would either make the perfect gentleman spy, or perhaps the greatest Bond villain of all time.

William Massena, founder of Massena LAB

It is Massena’s intelligence, his fierce intellectual curiosity, his encyclopedic knowledge of all things sartorial and horological, his fearlessness in disagreeing with others and his rapier sharp wit that make him the center of attention at any table. But it is his capacity to share information and his love for discourse that saw Massena becoming one of the seminal figures in shaping watch knowledge in the 1990s.

An AltaVista search on “Rolex Sea-Dweller” brought him to TimeZone in its nascent form, and there, he became a central figure in the very first online watch forum. Before long, Massena found his attention turned toward Patek Philippe.

One of his first acquisitions occurred in 1998 and it was (at the time) the earth-shatteringly large Lemania 2310 based chronograph and successor to the legendary 1463 — the 42mm Patek reference 5070. He was also an early champion of A. Lange & Söhne and is the owner of a first-generation Datograph on a highly coveted Wellendorff bracelet. He owns one of François-Paul Journe’s earliest Tourbillon Souverain watches, which he ordered after meeting the man at lunch and falling in love with his watchmaking vision.

What is special about Massena is his capacity to immediately identify greatness and fully commit to it with complete confidence. Oftentimes, watch collectors wait for a global consensus to form before ordering a watch or deciding to support a watchmaker. Massena — and I mean this in the best way possible — only listens to himself, to that inner compass that invariably steers him toward to truth and greatness.

The Story of Massena LAB: What If … He Made a Watch?

Massena has had many incarnations over his professional life. He started off as a banker but his love for watches eventually had him opening a vintage watch shop in Miami and in New York. He went from moderating TimeZone to becoming its managing director when it was purchased by WatchNet. Eventually, the auction house Antiquorum purchased TimeZone and made Massena an offer to become its chief operating officer. But it was with the creation of Massena LAB in 2018 that William Massena found his true calling.

He describes Massena LAB not so much as the creator of collaborative limited edition watches but more of a “horological think tank.” He explains, “It is a place where we can explore the question ‘What if?’ I remember as collectors we would always ask each other, ‘What if a brand were to make this or that version of their watch, or they were to resurrect a past icon?’”

One of Massena LAB's earliest collaborations with Habring², the Erwin LAB 01

Massena then draws an analogy between Massena LAB and an independent movie production house. He elaborates, “It all starts with an idea. Either I pitch the idea to a watch brand who acts like the movie director, or they pitch the idea to me. If we like it, we agree on a budget and I finance the movie and we put it into production. The watchmakers are like actors who make it a reality and as the producer, I distribute the movie.”

Of course, the rapid proliferation of social media and e-commerce also means that Massena is able to reach the client directly and they transact with his company. Says Massena, “Yes, social media, in particular Instagram, is a game changer. The fact that millions of people can see the image of a watch the moment it is launched and shared is incredibly powerful.”

A showcase of Massena LAB collaborations

In fact, the roots of Massena LAB reach back to 2015. Says Massena, “It was TimeZone’s 20th anniversary and I wanted to celebrate this by creating a limited edition of 20 watches. One of my favorite watchmakers is Richard Habring, so I approached him to create a monopusher chronograph. The success of this collaboration motivated me to create a second watch with Habring2 in 2016, which was a 39mm deadbeat seconds model which did very well. With both of these watches, I loved the experience of letting my imagination run free. I am very inspired by historical watches and love adding a few references here and there that, if you know vintage watches, you will see, are a kind of clin d’œil.”

UNIMATIC x Massena LAB U4S-BRZ-ML

Habring² x Massena LAB Chrono Felix Perpetual

What is irrefutable is that the watches and occasional clocks created by Massena LAB have shaken up the watch world, demonstrating the incredible expressive capacity of Massena’s imagination and yielding some of the most coveted timepieces around.

Massena LAB x Luca Soprana “Old School”

They include multiple Unimatic watches (you could argue that Massena LAB was a huge launching pad for the brand), the phenomenal “Old School” watch in collaboration with Luca Soprana, featuring a bespoke three-quarter-plate German silver movement, several Habring2 watches including a sublime monopusher chronograph perpetual calendar, partnerships with Louis Erard, Mathey-Tissot and independent watchmaker Raúl Pagès.

Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Massena LAB

Massena LAB in collaboration with Romaric André, aka seconde/seconde/ present Uni-Racer

But it was in the creation of his own watch model, named the Uni-Racer, a modern watch inspired by the Universal Genève Compax chronographs, that Massena developed a cult following all of his own, with the watch even forming the platform for a collaboration with Romaric André, otherwise known as seconde/seconde/.

Massena LAB's Uni-Racer, here with black and white dials, is a modern watch inspired by the Universal Geneve Compax chronographs

The size of the Uni-Racer’s 316L steel case is perfect at 39mm in diameter and 9mm in thickness. It features an acrylic crystal, produced by Kyburz et Cie in Switzerland, replicating the look of a vintage unit. The movement within is the Sellita SW510 M Elaboré with 58 hours of power reserve and a 4Hz vibrational rate. The Uni-Racer is confirmation that, in his own right, Massena is a brilliant watchmaker.

For this super cool collaboration with Angelus, Massena used the legendary THS designed oscillating pinion chronograph movement designed by FP Journe for Cartier's Tortue Monopusher chronograph

He says, “It was an intimidating move. To keep the movie analogy, I went from being a producer to directing my first film.”

The success of the Uni-Racer demonstrated that if Massena LAB was all about the “What if?” then William Massena had just emphatically answered the question IF he could create his very own watch. He could and it kicked ass — just as his next watch, the Geometer launched in 2022, would continue to do. I was so impressed with the Uni-Racer that I eventually tracked Massena down to ask if he would consider a collaboration with me.

Massena LAB Geometer

Massena’s Take: The Uni-Racer 1949

During our conversation, we realized that we both were huge fans of vintage Patek Philippe history and the extraordinary tome Patek Philippe Steel Watches created by our mutual friend Auro Montanari, whose own nom de plume is John Goldberger. The book is an extraordinary chronicle of the ultimate unicorns. Why are steel Pateks such an anomaly and rarity?

Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

Says Montanari, “Before the advent of the Nautilus, there were very few made simply because they cost almost the same as a precious metal watch. You had to be a rakish sportsman, roughish adventurer or remarkably cool maharaja to order one of these timepieces from Patek.”

A rare Patek Philippe stainless steel 1463 chronograph

The Patek Philippe reference 130 with a three-body circular case style that was launched in 1936

The array of steel horological finery, in particular focused on the reference 130 and 1463 chronographs, to me represents the most thrilling watches ever created. In particular, I was captivated by one watch displayed in Montanari’s book. Said Massena when I mentioned this, “Wait, I’m pulling up an image of a watch I designed and that I think you will like.”

And with that, he showed me an image of a watch with a dial that was an absolutely faithful tribute to the incredible timepiece that I was totally enamored with.

Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

It appears on page 220 of Montanari’s book. It is a reference 130 chronograph featuring a Valjoux 23 ébauche configured as the famous Patek caliber 13-130. The movement was manufactured in 1940 and encased and sold in 1949. It goes to show you how rarely chronographs were sold in that era. It is fitted, of course, in the signature three-body circular case of the reference 130 of the style launched in 1936.

But it is the dial of this watch that makes it truly transcendent. Because the dial is configured as a black lacquer base featuring a luminous sector track with Roman numerals — probably the one and only time that Patek Philippe used this design. This incredible timepiece is complemented by bold blued steel luminous syringe hands.

Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

“Oh my God, that’s the watch!” I exclaimed. This moment should have been accompanied by Richard Strauss’ Thus Spake Zarathustra as a soundtrack. Massena simply chuckled knowingly. And with that, the question “What if we were to collaborate?” was answered.

OK, bear in mind this was over two years ago. Since then, my dear friend Andrea Furlan has totally independently created one of his lovely mecha-quartz chronographs with a dial in the same spirit. I recall the moment I saw this watch and shared its image with Massena. He asked, “What do you think? How shall we proceed?”

The 38mm Furlan Marri Ref. 1022-B “Farro” in 4N Rose Gold (©Revolution)

I replied, “I think Andrea is brilliant, but our watch is different. It’s your Uni-Racer with the dial we love. And it is a Swiss-made mechanical chronograph, while his watch is a mecha-quartz.” We were both in agreement and forged ahead.

The perfectionist that he is, Massena took multiple passes at the prototype. The first watch, which I considered to be almost perfect, caused him to shake his head in disdain: “No, the lacquer of the dial is not right. It has to be much more glossy as I imagine the original watch was when it was delivered in 1949. Also, even though the lume is color-matched to the vintage watch, it needs to be far brighter at night.” With that, we embarked on prototype number two, which set us back almost another year.

Similarly inspired by inspired by the legendary 1949 reference 130

A fine Vyntage mecha-quartz example launched earlier this year

During this time, we saw that our friend, the brilliant Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, had also been inspired by the legendary 1949 reference 130 for his brand Vyntage, but again it was a mecha-quartz version.

Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

Said Massena, “Look, when someone picks up this Uni-Racer, I want them to immediately feel the quality and attention to detail. Yes, it’s a bit fun and quirky to be inspired by a vintage reference 130, but we need to create a timepiece that feels perfect on the wrist, functions flawlessly and that has that sense of quality and permanence that will have you wearing it for decades!”

With this statement, I can see the same fire in his eyes that you see in the image taken when he was seven years old wearing his first watch. It speaks of the relentless pursuit of excellence.

The Road to Realizing a Dream

The push for excellence is something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently. During my trip to the Maldives with MB&F — incidentally, Massena LAB also collaborated with them on an amazing clock — I met Wen Hsieh, a legend in Silicon Valley and one of the managing partners of Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm that backed Google, amongst others. He said to me, “In life, there are missionaries and mercenaries. The irony is that the mercenaries who are coin-driven never make that much coin, because they are only interested in the short term. Conversely, if you are driven to achieve excellence and create real value for the world, the coin will always come.”

Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

It is clear to me that with Massena LAB, William Massena is in it for the long term. He is a missionary, albeit one clad in a bespoke Sabino suit and with years of experience in the watch game under his woven silk Charvet 10th-degree black belt in elegance. He explained, “It would have been easy to make as many Uni-Racers as the market demanded, but I didn’t want that. I wanted each person who got one to feel it was a special watch. And maybe this is the most special of the editions we’ve made so far, as it’s the most far-reaching dial. That’s why I preferred to keep it limited to 120 pieces, so that owners know they have something rare.”

With that, I give you our Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949 — a Swiss-made mechanical chronograph made in a limited edition of 120 pieces and priced at USD3,750, excluding taxes.

Tech Specs

Massena Lab x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

Movement: Manual winding Sellita SW510 M Elaboré; 58-hour power reserve
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds and chronograph
Case: 39mm; stainless steel; water resistant to 50m
Dial: Black sector display; Roman numerals with luminescent coating
Strap: Deerskin strap with stainless steel tang buckle
Price: USD 3,750, excluding taxes
Availability: Limited edition of 120 pieces

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Rabbit on the Moon: Revolution × De Rijke & Co. Miffy Double Moonphase

Wei Koh — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 14:02:12 +0000

The world’s most beloved cartoon bunny takes center stage in this whimsical timepiece from Dutch independent watchmaker Laurens de Rijke.

Wait, what’s that? The beloved Dutch cartoon character and symbol of optimism, Miffy, is gazing beatifically at you, ensconced in her graceful repose on a crescent moon. Suddenly, you feel all your worldly troubles slip away as you are spiritually uplifted to join her amongst the world of luminous stars. That was precisely the effect that Laurens de Rijke’s wonderful Miffy Moonphase watch had on me the first time I set eyes on it last year. So what could be better than one Miffy sitting on the moon sending you positive energy? How about two Miffies, the second of which is now revealed, thanks to the translucent sapphire dial on the Revolution × De Rijke & Co. Miffy Double Moonphase?

The Revolution × De Rijke & Co. Miffy Double Moonphase

From a technical perspective, this special watch has the added benefit of acting like a dual hemisphere moonphase indicator, giving you a depiction of the waning and waxing of the heavenly body from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. You may feel awash in warm comforting sensations as if swaddled in your favorite blanket. I get it, and you are not alone, such is the positive emotional effect of this timepiece. But let me tell you a little bit more about its creator, Laurens de Rijke, and his fateful meeting with the world’s most edifying cartoon rabbit.

The Vespa, the Vostok and the Watch Brand

Laurens de Rijke got the idea for his watch brand riding a restored 50-year-old Vespa along the Silk Road, making his way from Europe to Asia. As he looked down at his wrist, he realized that the orientation of his vintage Vostok watch made it hard to read while he was clutching his handlebars. So with a deftness of mind and the dogged determination of youth, he set about rectifying this problem. De Rijke looked at solutions offered by traditional driver’s watches such as the Cartier Tank Asymétrique and the Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921.

Laurens de Rijke doing maintenance on his Vespa bike along the Pamir Highway, Tajikistan.

Says de Rijke, “Both of these watches are masterpieces of design. However, in both cases, the case is angled and fixed in place. But the reality is, depending on how you drive or if you are riding a motorcycle or scooter, your wrist might be in many different positions. To me, the solution was to create a watch with an inner case that could rotate or pivot, so that you can position it exactly how you want it.” As luck would have it, de Rijke had a degree in mechanical engineering, and while not a trained watchmaker, was highly skilled with his hands. Indeed, he had earned money through school restoring Vespas to concours quality. He was also fortunate to be a brilliant autodidact and soon picked up the skill set of micro- machining from the renowned Dutch industrial designer Bruno Ninaber. To fund the creation of his watch brand, de Rijke sold his prized vintage Vespa, promising himself that if he managed to sell his first watches, he would try to buy it back.

Inspiration hit De Rijke while he was on a road trip, and he decided to create a driver’s watch with an inner case that would rotate to suit the positioning of the wearer’s wrist.

After some experimentation, de Rijke was satisfied with his watch. The two-part case allowed the inner container to rotate 90 degrees, so that the dial of the watch could be oriented to the owner’s preference. He explains, “For those of us who like to ride vintage bikes or drive vintage, the dream drive is the road along the Amalfi Coast [in Southern Italy]. This is a challenging road because it is so narrow, but it is also one of the most beautiful vistas in the world. So, my idea was, if you are piloting your vintage Alfa Romeo downshifting into the turns, the last thing you want is to take your hand off the steering wheel. Using the rotation system on my watch, you can orientate the dial so that it is perfect for you to check the time at a glance.”

Accordingly, the name he selected for his watch was the evocative “Amalfi Series.” At 38mm in diameter and just 9.5mm in height, the original Amalfi Series channeled de Rijke’s love for vintage timepieces and classic proportions. The horse bit lugs, which are made in one piece with the outer case, are charmingly designed and ergonomic. The quality of the 316L stainless steel case, and especially the smoothness of rotation when changing the dial position, speaks of de Rijke’s focus on quality. He explains, “Watches are incredibly tactile. I wanted the Amalfi to be effortless to wear and a pleasure to use. I don’t use any bearings for the rotation but simply worked on the most precise tolerance to create the correct friction between the outer and inner case.” The movement for his watch was the Swiss-made Soprod M100 automatic, which is based on the venerable ETA 2892.

The evocatively named Amalfi Series achieved a vintage aesthetic with its classic proportions and ergonomic horse bit lugs.

But de Rijke’s brand hit true critical mass in 2022 when he got the idea to put the world’s most beloved rabbit on his dial, and in so doing, created one of the most charming moonphase watches in existence. Says de Rijke, “In the Netherlands, we grow up with Miffy. Even as adults, there is so much affection for this character, which we always equate with a sense of child-like innocence and optimism. So when the opportunity arose to create a watch featuring this famous cartoon character, I was really excited.”

And Miffy is her name

Dick Bruna — the name might sound like a quaint British pudding, but in fact he was one of Holland’s most beloved, prolific and talented illustrators. While he was a devout modernist who fell under the spell of Fernand Léger’s machine art and was intoxicated by Henri Matisse’s bewitching Fauvism as a young man, he is best known for his creation “Miffy” or “Nijntje” — a cartoon rabbit. This small mammal with a beatific countenance might appear deceptively simple in pure artistic terms, but to many art historians, she represents a masterwork of expression through minimalist line drawing and primary colors. The first Miffy book was produced by Bruna in 1955, and since then, another over 30 tomes have followed. In all, her books have been translated into more than 50 different languages and have sold over 100 million copies. She has also been the subject of numerous television series and even the star of her own feature film.

The original Miffy Moonphase in blue dial is one of the most charming moonphase watches in existence.

It is the intelligence and charm with which de Rijke integrated Miffy into the Amalfi watch that really distinguishes it from more straightforward mash-ups. Says de Rijke, “Miffy is often told as a bedtime story to children. Many of us remember this. So I thought it would be great to feature Miffy sitting on the moon and have that be a moonphase indicator. But I wanted this to be really visible.”

Thanks to the generous application of different colors of Super-LumiNova, the Miffy Double Moonphase comes to luminous technicolored life at night.

With that inspiration, de Rijke set about designing one of the largest moonphase indicators in modern watchmaking so as to create a wonderful and visually appealing dial-side animation. But he didn’t stop at that. He also decided to paint all the stars, the moon and Miffy herself, including her dress, with different colors of Super-LumiNova so that in dark environments, she comes to luminous techni-colored life. Says de Rijke, “I like to imagine that owners will take their watch off and put it on their bedside tables. If they wake during the night, they will see Miffy glowing in the dark, like a sort of good luck charm. It reminds me a bit of the night-lights that children have in their rooms.”

Harking to Miffy’s role as a bedtime story character for children, Miffy appears in the watch on a specially designed moonphase indicator.

Revolution × De Rijke & Co. Miffy Double Moonphase

I remember sitting in the bar of the Hotel Beau- Rivage last year during Geneva Watch Days, when a friend of mine, a well-known collector, happened by the table where de Rijke and I were seated. He noticed the watch in my hands and asked to look at it. He lifted it to his face and paused for a moment. Then he burst into a smile and said, “Dude, you guys did a kind of Lange Lumen version of the Miffy watch!”

Both de Rijke and I laughed as it hadn’t been on our minds, but we realized there were some spiritual similarities despite the vastly different price points. What I respect about de Rijke is that he has set about creating a very real watch brand that expresses both genuine quality and value, especially considering that he makes all his cases himself and assembles the watches himself in Holland. His Miffy watch could have been endearing but unimaginative, yet he has done just the opposite and made it horologically meaningful, in addition to being incredibly charming.

Revolution × De Rijke & Co. Miffy Double Moonphase

I recall the moment I saw the Miffy watch, I knew I wanted to create a version of it with a see-through dial. Firstly, I wanted to show the inner workings of the extra large 20mm wide moonphase indicator. Secondly, I loved the idea of the double hemisphere moonphase display. I thought that by making the dial either translucent or transparent, it would allow UV light to constantly charge the luminous display with Miffy, the moon and the stars. Fortunately, de Rijke also liked this idea and acquiesced to this collaboration. In order to make the cost of the sapphire dials reasonable, we had to create a series of 100 watches. But we felt that the charm of the timepiece would help it find its audience.

The Revolution × De Rijke Double Moonphase takes this a step further by revealing a second Miffy through a translucent sapphire dial.

It gives me great pleasure to present the De Rijke & Co. × Revolution Miffy Double Moonphase, made in 50 pieces and priced at EUR 2,888. You might be surprised that, despite the cost of the sapphire dial, we’ve priced the watch around the same price range as the sold-out regular Miffy edition. That was de Rijke’s idea. He explained to me, “As it’s the Chinese Year of the Rabbit and we have a rabbit on our dial, we should give something back to the watch community.” And that is the reason I like him so much.

Revolution × De Rijke & Co. Miffy Double Moonphase

De Rijke & Co. × Revolution Miffy Double Moonphase will be available on RevolutionWatch.com on 6 June 2023, 10pm SGT / 4pm CET / 10am EST. For enquiries, please email shop@revolutionmagazines.com

Tech Specs

De Rijke & Co. × Revolution Miffy Double Moonphase

Movement: Self-winding Sellita caliber SW 288-1; 38-hour power reserve
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds and double hemisphere moonphase
Case: 38mm; stainless steel; water resistant to 100m
Dial: Translucent sapphire; Super-LumiNova coated hour markers and moonphase
Strap: Blue leather; stainless steel pin buckle
Price: EUR 3,100
Availability: Limited edition of 100 pieces

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Vulcain Cricket “Style Moderne” for Revolution & The Rake with Guillaume Laidet

Revolution — Thu, 18 May 2023 15:05:23 +0000

Wei sits down with Guillaume Laidet of Vulcain to discuss the new Vulcain Cricket ‘Style Moderne’ limited edition for Revolution & The Rake.

The Vulcain Cricket dates back to 1947 when it was introduced as the world’s first mechanical alarm watch, powered by the now-legendary caliber 120. The alarm worked with a hammer that struck an internal membrane incorporated into the watch’s double caseback. The movement proved so accurate that even though it was designed for an alarm function in 1947, it went on to win the Neuchâtel Observatory Trials for accuracy.

The Cricket was also a decidedly handsome timepiece, characterized by a smooth round 36mm in diameter case, long elegant lugs typical of the ’40s and ’50s, large easy-to-manipulate crown, and a domed pusher to turn the alarm off. It won the favor of several American presidents, including Lyndon Johnson, who wore it for the most part of his term.

Our new limited edition Vulcain Cricket ‘Style Moderne’ features the perfect 39 x 12.7mm case size made in 316L stainless steel, the iconic mechanical alarm complication, and a new two-tone sector dial configuration that is as sporty as it is chic.

The Vulcain Cricket ‘Style Moderne’ for Revolution & The Rake is limited to just 50 examples and priced at USD 4,060 excluding taxes.

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