Elite Traveler Spring 2020

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elite traveler SPRING 2020

ROLEX EXPLORER II For decades, Rolex has accompanied the finest explorers in the world on their adventures — it was the watch of choice for Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953 when they became the first to summit Mount Everest. In honor of that summit, Rolex officially launched the Explorer collection in 1953. Ever since, Rolex has supported pioneering explorers, and it also created the Perpetual Planet campaign, dedicated to protecting the environment. The Rolex Explorer II is designed to handle the most hostile conditions and places on Earth. It offers a 24-hour display, Chromalight hour markers and hands that glow blue in the dark, and is a certified Superlative Chronometer. The self-winding Caliber 3187 is equipped with state-of-the-art materials, including a Parachrom hairspring, and has been tested by Rolex to meet its in-house criteria, which is more stringent than industry- standard COSC guidelines. The watch’s Oysterlock safety clasp is patented and designed to prevent accidental opening. $8,100 in Oystersteel, Rolex in New York, +1 212 759 8278, rolex.com ULYSSE NARDIN DIVER X ANTARCTICA While Ulysse Nardin might be best-known for its rich maritime history, it has recently expanded to focus on exploring not just the ocean’s depths, but some of Earth’s most extreme locations, through its Xploration campaign. In addition to creating dedicated timepieces, Ulysse Nardin has a new roster of ambassadors, among them explorer and photographer Sebastian Copeland, known for his record- setting treks across Antarctica and the North Pole (read more on p76). The new Diver X Antarctica pays tribute to Copeland and his expeditions, and is certainly able to handle the harshest circumstances. The 44mm watch is powered by an in-house movement with high-tech silicium and DiamonSil technology that offers 60 hours of power reserve, and it is water resistant to 300 meters. It has a white rubberized and inverted, unidirectional rotating bezel and a date window with forward/backward date corrector. $8,900 in titanium, Ulysse Nardin in New York, +1 212 257 5015, ulysse-nardin.com

BREITLING AVENGER CHRONOGRAPH 43 Breitling has a reputation as the instrument of choice for professionals, and it has long ties to pilots and aviation — it also produces onboard clocks and equipment for plane Now under fairly new ownership, Breitling is redesignin certain key lines and organizing ‘squads’ of brand ambassadors to represent those lines. Breitling’s Aviati Pioneers Squad (with three pilots from different aerial disciplines) aligns with the new Avenger watches. This Breitling Avenger Chronograph is fitted with a self-win column-wheel chronograph that measures intervals up hours and is a COSC-certified chronometer. The 43mm watch is water resistant to 300 meters and features a unidirectional-ratcheted bezel and anti-reflective sapp crystal. The hands and indices are coated with Super- LumiNova for night reading. $5,200 in stainless steel, Breitling in New York, +1 855 999 1884, breitling.com BREMONT MBIII 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION Since its founding in England in 2002, British brand Bre has focused on becoming a top maker of chronometers creating military watches as well as consumer instrum watches. About 10 years ago, the brand teamed with Martin-Baker, the British aviation company that suppli more than 70 percent of the western world’s air forces fighter-ejection seats. The watches created in tandem between these two brands are built to endure extreme are even strapped to an actual ejection seat for testing. newest MBIII 10th Anniversary watch that celebrates t alliance is a GMT chronometer made in a limited numb 310 pieces. The 43mm Trip-Tick case is constructed us Faraday cage and anti-shock mechanism to protect the movement. The BE 93-AE automatic chronometer cali offers 42 hours of power reserve and is water resistant 100 meters. $5,595 in stainless steel, Bremont in New York, +1 212 321 0012, bremont.com . r