Elite Traveler January-February 2018

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BRAND PROFILE ATELIERS DEMONACO

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Ateliers deMonaco, whose launch was the culmination of Fredérique Constant head watchmaker Pim Koeslag and CEO Peter Stas’s lifelong dream of creating a minute repeater. The brand focuses exclusively on high horology, blending Monaco’s enduring glamour with Swiss precision. In 10 short years it has earned four patents, including a perpetual calendar that is adjusted using only the crown, and achieved the prestigious Geneva Seal on multiple timepieces. Each watch is impeccably finished, undergoing over 100 hours of hand- polishing, making the movement as beautiful as the dials.

Tourbillon Casino de Monte-Carlo Using its patented automatic Tourbillon XP1 movement, which holds one of the most precise tourbillons in the industry, this unique piece also highlights Ateliers deMonaco’s artistic prowess. An 18K white gold dial features three hand-engraved plates depicting the famous Belle Époque casino. The namesake tourbillon takes the place of the central fountain in front of the casino. $154,700 Quantième Perpétuel Turini The patented movement is a gift to collectors everywhere, removing the difficulty and tools generally required to adjust a perpetual calendar. Push the crown to the desired setting, then turn the crown to make the adjustment. The partially skeletonized dial allows you to admire the movement through a smoky or black sapphire. Each color is limited to 88 pieces. $34,600 La Sirène Rubis It wouldn’t be a Monacan brand without a nod to the royal family. La Sirène is dedicated to Princess Charlene of Monaco. On the dial is the king protea, the national flower in her home country, South Africa, rendered in rubies, sapphires and

THE FB 1.4 CHRONOMETER

A modern ode to a revered 18th-century watchmaker who created marine chronometers and was the official clockmaker to the French king and navy, Ferdinand Berthoud is a special division within Chopard. This group of watchmakers is dedicated to interpreting his works through a 21st-century lens using high-horology techniques. In its first watch, the FB 1, it brought the fusée-and-chain transmission back to the modern era. This method has fallen out of favor over the years, but in Berthoud’s time, it was a technological marvel. It provides constant force, which renders the watch incredibly accurate, even at the end of its power reserve. Part of this unique movement is visible through an opening on the dial. Previously available in white gold, red gold and platinum, it is now available in an all-titanium case, making it much lighter — including the strap, it weighs just 2.82 ounces. The case has also evolved. Whereas the three previous versions had portholes on the side to view the movement, the sides are closed in the titanium edition and the movement is visible through the caseback. Also new are the sapphire half-bridges, which allow more light to enter the movement now that the sides are closed, and showcase the polished power-reserve cone for the first time. The COSC-certified chronometer is available with a black or silver-toned dial, and each color is limited to 20 pieces. FB 1.4, $207,900, available by appointment, contact +41 328 622 121, ferdinandberthoud.ch

diamonds. The watch features an automatic movement with a 42-hour power reserve, unusual for a high-jewelry timepiece. $178,700 Photos F.Bertin Photographe USPP, Guy T. BOVE

The FB 1 is now available in an all-titanium case, the FB 1.4

From top : The detail on the FB 1.4; assembling of the chain; the sapphire bridge being put together