Elite Traveler July-August 2018

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The skeletonized movement lets you see the numbered discs slide into the apertures that indicate hole, number of shots in that hole and total score

Par for the course Forget scorecards and apps. Hublot is coming for your golf game with a new watch that allows you to count your strokes while out on the links. The cleverly designed Big Bang Unico Golf watch follows the design codes of a chronograph, but uses its pushers to count strokes and advance to the next hole. Each has golf-inspired elements — the pushers at 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock are shaped like putters, and the pusher at 8 o’clock is shaped like a tee. Click the pusher at 2 o’clock to count each stroke, and the pusher at 4 o’clock to move onto the next hole. The pusher at 8 o’clock resets the counters to zero at the end of the round and incorporates a fail-safe lock to prevent you from accidentally resetting your score, which might be tempting after a double bogey. The skeletonized movement lets you marvel at the innovative technology and see the numbered discs slide into the apertures that indicate hole, number of shots in that hole and total score. Its ultralight weight — just 97.93 grams — won’t interfere with your stroke, and Hublot’s partnership with Dustin Johnson, the world’s number-one golfer, ensures that it’s been vigorously tested and won’t become damaged during play. With this on your wrist, you’ll be the envy of your country club. Big Bang Unico Golf, $31,500, available at Hublot in New York, +1 212 308 0408, hublot.com

DPROFILE MORITZ GROSSMANN BRAN

Karl Moritz Grossmann, a founder of the Glashütte watch industry in the mid-1800s, is one of the many watchmaking giants to have the rights to his name acquired and used as a brand. So you would not be out of line to wonder what makes Moritz Grossmann watches special. First, the modern brand, founded in 2008, is based in Glashütte, the German town whose timepiece reputation now rivals that of the Swiss. Second, the modern manufacture was founded by a woman, CEO Christine Hutter. In the male- dominated watch industry, female watchmakers and executives remain uncommon, and to be both is rare indeed. After a career as a watchmaker and spending time at prestigious brands such as A Lange & Söhne, she purchased the rights toMoritz Grossmann with the intention of building a manufacture, developing and producing in-house movements, and creating timepieces with beautiful finishings and serious technical prowess. And the combination clearly works, as this year it celebrates its 10th anniversary with three fabulous watches that build on its history and look to the future. Available at Cellini Jewelers in NewYork, contact@cellinijewelers.com, +1 800 235 5464, A special anniversary watch, this unusual design suspends the petite caliber 102.0, measuring just 26mm, inside a 44.5mm case. The dial is a hand-cut relief engraving of the moon topped with two grand-feu enamel dials. It is held in place by four architectural struts, giving the impression that it is, in fact, lost in space. Limited to 26 pieces, $45,000 2. Tefnut 1001 Nights The asymmetrical case inMoritz Grossmann’s showstopping ladies’ mechanical watch was created with jewelry designer Michael Koh. The lugs are suspended on one side and topped with blue cabochons, and the asymmetry is matched in the radiant guilloché on the dial. The subdial at 3 o’clock features a beautiful desert landscape created with inlaid mother-of-pearl underneath a crescent moon. $39,000 3. AtumBackpage Continually celebrated for its beautiful movements, the marque listened to collectors and created its first watch with the movement visible on the dial, using a new caliber, 107.0. Essentially flipping and mirroring the Atum movement, it showcases the 2/3 plate construction, ratchet wheel with three-band snailing and an intricately decorated cantilevered balance cock. Limited to 18 pieces in platinum, $46,000 grossmann-uhren.com 1. Benu Lost in Space