Elite Traveler Fall 2019

elite traveler FALL 2019 101

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CORUM Golden Bridge Dragon

In a highly detailed work of wearable art, Corum places a superb miniature 18K gold sculpture within a watch. While the brand has occasionally created dragons inside its square Golden Bridge watches, this marks the first time the fantastical beast graces a round watch; the case shape gives the artists more room to work and bring it to life. The finely sculpted gold dragon intertwines itself around Corum’s famous vertical in-line movement. Top artisans spend hundreds of hours hand-engraving the dragon and work in tandem with the watchmakers during its creation. First, they developed the dragon’s shape so it properly embraces the movement. Then, it was finely hand-polished, finished with a pearl (the tail curls around it) and two rubies as eyes. It offers hours and minute indications and 40 hours of power reserve. $98,000 in 18K rose gold, Bellusso in Las Vegas, +1 702 650 2988, corum-watches.com

LOUIS MOINET Ultravox

Ultravox represents the independent Swiss brand’ first hour-strike timepiece, a rare complication in watchmaking. Unlike a minute repeater that strike hours, quarter-hours and minutes past the hour, t unique mechanism strikes only the hours on the h emitting a melodic chiming sound. If desired, ther silencer mechanism so the wearer can disengage chime. The mechanism’s levers, cams and springs visible dialside, with the activator finger (flirt) that whips the striking hammer at 11 o'clock into action The balance wheel channels the force to regulate cadence of the hammer. Created to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of its namesake, Lo Moinet, the exclusive movement needed a host of revisions, with watchmaker extraordinaire Eric Coudray completely redesigning the caliber (it is signed Eric Coudray & Co), working in tandem wit brand. The watch takes its name from the Latin w for 'the ultimate voice.' The highly complex movem plate has more than 50 jewels to engage the chim components without friction. Via the transparent caseback, one can view the system of parallel dou rotors that endow this watch with 38 hours of pow reserve. $149,500 in 18K rose gold, Grenon’s of Newport, Rhode Island, +1 401 846 0598, louismoinet.com s t

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