Artistic
We have heard of Maori-inspired tattooed watches, and now we have an engraved watch with a tribal-inspired design. The aptly named Maurice Lacroix Aikon Urban Tribe is entirely decorated with engraving over the bezel, case, and integrated bracelet. It is a unique stylistic effect with motifs that are in perfect harmony with the fully skeletonized automatic calibre, all presented against a tone-on-tone shade of grey. Well, it is the colour of an urban landscape after all!
Outstanding
Once again, Czapek confirms its outstanding watchmaking expertise, combined with genuine aesthetic research, with this Place Vendôme Complicité. Its calibre features a double escapement whose origins date back to the 1930s. Two independent oscillators, balanced by a differential, set the pace before the wearer’s own eyes, as this technical marvel is visible on the dial side of the watch. It is a technical and artistic feat of engineering involving three pyramid-shaped sub-dials linked by sapphire bridges. The result is a timepiece with a particularly unique character.
Brand-new
Frederique Constant celebrates 35 years of success this year with a new Manufacture movement. There have been 31 entirely in-house, manufacture movements to date, including this self-winding FC-735 reference with a 50-hour power reserve. Combining three complications – large date, power reserve, and moon phase – it powers the Classic Manufacture, presented here in a classic platinum case, but it is also available in steel, for those who prefer.
Futuristic
The new iconic Octo Finissimo is presented with a futuristic finish. Sculpted from a whole block of carbon, the dial is enhanced by rose gold hour-markers, Arabic numerals, and hands, while the case is fitted with a rose gold crown. A new must-have in the Octo by Bulgari saga, this new timepiece is powered by the BVL 138 manufacture calibre with a small seconds indication, which remains the thinnest in its category, a record which was set back in 2017.
Poetry
The first thing that struck me about this new Trilobe timepiece was its very poetic name – Nuit Fantastique Brume – which is in keeping with the brand’s vision for new ways of telling the time. Here, there are no hands but three rotating discs dedicated to the hours, minutes, and seconds on a guilloché dial with a motif halfway between a grain d’orge and a clou de Paris design. My second favourite part is the colour of the dial, which is a subtle blend of grey and brown that is reminiscent of a morning mist.
