Elite Traveler Fall 2023

INSPIRE TOP WATCHES

PURNELL X PSG ESCAPE LIMITED EDITION Visually intriguing, the new Purnell watch is the result of a collaboration with the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) professional soccer club. Limited to just 11 pieces, the 245-part mechanical hand-winding caliber P11 boasts the Single Spherion, the world’s fastest triple-axis tourbillon. For this model, the constantly rotating tourbillon is housed in an exclusive PSG Ei ff el Tower (the club’s logo) outer cage, beneath which sits a fl eur-de-lis motif (the club’s symbol). The watch o ff ershour, minute and power reserve indication via a suspended mobile cone mainspring sensor. The 48mm watch is created in anthracite titanium with a sapphire crystal and caseback.

Approx. $428,000, purnellwatches.com

BIVER WATCHES CARILLON TOURBILLON BIVE A new brand was launched this year — Biver Watches — led by the legendary Jean-Claude Biver and his son Pierre. T fi rst timepieces to be introduced had to the pinnacle of watchmaking prowess: 42mm carillon tourbillon. In addition to the titanium-caged tourbillon escapem the fi rst watches also house a complex three-hammer minute repeater that chimes the hour, quarter hour and minu on demand. The watches are made by t best Swiss suppliers to exacting Biver speci fi cations for case, hands, dials, bracelets and more. The automatic cali JCB-001, created with Le Cercle des Horlogers, is wound by a meticulously decorated micro-rotor and consists of 3 individual components. This version is titanium with a wafer-thin slab of soda for the dial. $550,000, jcbiver.com S —

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FRANCK MULLER CURVEX CX FLASH GRAND CENTRAL TOURBILLON Crafted in stainless steel, this bold Curvex CX Flash Grand Central Tourbillon watch is oversized and in-your-face, thanks to its micro-blasted dial with indices made of colored composite polymer. The mechanical self-winding movement consists of 313 parts with the tourbillon escapement oversized and placed in the center of the dial. The components are meticulously realized with circular graining, snailing and Côtes de Genève on the bridges. The watch is fi nished with a bright green nylon strap. $123,800, franckmuller.com

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