Elite Traveler Fall 2019

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CARTIER Privé Tonneau XL Skeleton Dual Time Known for its high complications, Cartier skillfully blends the art of skeletonization and specialty shapes (something else it has long mastered) in this new watch. The elegant timepiece was inspired by the brand’s first tonneau-shaped watch, which was presented in 1906. Part of the brand’s Privé collection, which honors Cartier’s historic timepieces, it’s powered by an all-new, in-house, skeletonized manual-wind movement, the 9919 MC Caliber, developed for this case; it’s even curved for a perfect fit. Instead of using two movements like the original (one to set the home time and the other a secondary time zone), the new watch runs on a single movement with the gear train in a single line. Pressing the crown at 4 o’clock sets the second time zone. The sapphire crystal and caseback enable an exceptional view of the finely finished components. Just 100 numbered pieces will be made. $78,500 in platinum, Cartier in New York, +1 631 318 6145, cartier.com HUBLOT Classic Fusion Tourbillon 5-Day Power Reserve Orlinski In a rare collaboration, Hublot and artist Richard Orlinski partnered to create a watch collection designed by Orlinski. He’s known for his Wild Kong gorilla and crocodile sculptures, crafted using geometric angles and futuristic styles. Their newest collaboration takes the Classic Fusion Tourbillon 5-Day Power Reserve watch to new artistic heights. In this version, the 45mm watch is totally skeletonized and see-through, allowing a grand view of the highly sculpted manual-wind HUB6021 manufacture movement and bridges. The complex caliber consists of 183 finely finished components and is equipped with a one-minute tourbillon. The transparent sapphire case, faceted bezel and the case-to-bracelet lugs are all sculpted — requiring hundreds of hours of machining and polishing to reinforce the artist’s style. It is finished with a transparent rubber strap. $137,000 in polished sapphire, Hublot in New York, +1 646 582 9813, hublot.com

ARNOLD & SON Time Pyramid Tourbillon The Time Pyramid has been a sought-after watch in the Arnold & Son lineup for years. Now, the skeletonized watch is joined by an important horological feat: the tourbillon. The all-new, hand- wound movement, A&S8615, is organized in a pyramid-shaped format (in tribute to the clocks that the Arnold family built in the late 18th century) and showcases the tourbillon escapement at the 12 o’clock apex. With the added tourbillon escapement, chronometric precision is enhanced. So as not to disrupt the visual elegance of the watch, Arnold & Son places the crown at 6 o’clock on the case. The hours and minutes are depicted on the lower dial ring, and the seconds appear on the tourbillon. The blued steel hands on either side of the dial at 3 and 9 o’clock indicate the power reserve (90 hours) and display how the right barrel takes over when the left barrel is low on power. $49,995 in 18K rose gold, Provident Jewelers in Jupiter, Florida, +1 561 747 4449, arnoldandson.com directly with the wheel train, making for a highly transparent and geometric layout. Even the silicon escapement has a new angled shape to conserve space. The high-energy barrel beats at 4Hz and offers 80 hours of power reserve. Each of the 325 caliber components is meticulously finished with traditional perlage, chamfering, engraving and more. $240,600 in platinum, Breguet in New York, +1 646 692 6469, breguet.com BREGUET Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Squelette 5395 Underscoring its high-horology expertise in ultra-thin movements, Breguet’s newest Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Squelette 5395 is fitted with a 3mm thick skeletonized tourbillon movement with a new architecture. To achieve this incredible thinness, watchmakers removed nearly 50 percent of the metal from the extra-thin caliber 581SQ. To save even more space, they placed the rotor on the periphery of the gold movement, and the titanium carriage of the tourbillon forgoes the pinion and base and connects

GIRARD-PERREGAUX Quasar Girard-Perregaux is no newcomer to high

BOVET 1822 Récital 26 BrainstormChapter One An all-new case shape for Bovet 1822 —with the slope of an old-fashioned writing desk — is one of the architectural highlights of the new Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter One watch. Fashioned from sapphire, the crystal-clear 48mmDimier writing desk case allows for viewing of the highly complicated movement. The all-new, hand-wound Caliber 17DM04-SMP displays the hours, minutes and seconds on the tourbillon; big date; dual hemisphere moonphase indication; and 10-day power-reserve readout. The movement is built vertically atop a small mainplate and holds three patents, including a patent on the double-face flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock, the spherical differential winding system and the tri-dimensional tooth concept with multiple gearing. Just 60 movements will be made, and collectors have the choice of dial colors: black, rhodium- plated metal, or blue or green quartz — all with a propeller motif. $318,000 in sapphire, Cellini Jewelers in New York, +1 212 888 0505, bovet.com cased watches offer. It showcases the brand’s complicated GP9400-1035 tourbillon movement with 260 parts and no mainplate. Coating the bridges with sandblasted, blackened titanium adds futuristic and stealth appeal to the movement. $194,000 in sapphire, Wempe Jewelers in New York, +1 212 397 9000, girard-perregaux.com complications; in 1884, it patented and debuted its famed Three Bridges Tourbillon. However, the newest Quasar watch is a deft blend of high-complication watchmaking and futuristic aesthetics. The watch features a case crafted entirely of sapphire crystal — allowing the brand’s iconic Neo-Tourbillon Three Bridges Skeleton movement to be fully visible from all sides and inspiring the name, Quasar, which is the active nucleus in the center of our galaxy. The 45mm three-dimensional case takes more than 200 hours to machine and polish, and it is even equipped with a sapphire crown — something few other sapphire-