Hands dancing over a painted dial; a movement structured like a monument; a beautiful tune chiming the hours and minutes… Horology stakes more than one claim to be ranked as the 12th Art. Not only does the intrinsic crafting of replica watches often amount to authentic art, but watchmaking also cultivates powerful ties with each of the 11 first arts. The 19th century philosopher Hegel had singled out the six first - architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dance and poetry - with which certain timepieces spotted at the start of this year display fascinating parallels. ARCHITECTUREAn architectural monument calling upon the skills of civil engineering, a bridge is a term frequently used in the watchmaking world. In addition to the famous tourbillon bridge, it plays a starring role in two new timepieces. The DB28 Skybridge presented by De Bethune features a spherical moon phase extending into an arrow-shaped bridge that seems to point towards infinity. Beneath this astonishing structure, a concave-shaped polished and blued titanium sky inspired by 18th century clocks is studded with white gold and diamond stars. The hour-markers, like tiny suspended spheres, set the finishing touch to this heavenly decor guided by a mechanical hand-wound movement. DB28 Skybridge De Bethune At Corum, the Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique named in reference to the Golden Gate Bridge displays a tourbillon with no upper bridge that appears to be levitating above the finely openworked baguette-type movement. Lightness and balance are the key features of this timepiece available in three limited versions : ten in red gold, five in baguette-set red gold, and five in red gold set with round diamonds. Golden Bridge Tourbillon Panoramique Corum SCULPTUREAt Greubel Forsey, watchmaking sets the stage for an even more delicate art than that of sculpture: namely microsculpture, a speciality of British artist Willard Wigan. The author of several small pinhead-sized sculptures around the world has managed to fit one of his works inside the Art Piece 1 which also features a Double Tourbillon 30°. It takes a 23x enlarged view to enable observers to admire Wigan's work through the magnifying lens on the timepiece. Double Tourbillon 30° Greubel Forsey PAINTINGJaeger-LeCoultre gives rise to a pure masterpiece by clothing the famous Atmos Marqueterie clock, the fifth in this amazing series, with a marquetry work inspired by The Waiting, Gustav Klimt's famous frieze adorning Stocklet House, a mansion built by a Brussels banker. Produced in a 10-piece limited series, this exceptional model combines the in-house expertise in artistic crafts with the horological feat represented for the past 80 years by the Atmos that draws its energy from temperature variations. Atmos Marqueterie Gustav Klimt Jaeger-LeCoultre Meanwhile, Vacheron Constantin continues to explore the wealth of artistic crafts with a new opus in the Metiers d'Art collection, named Florilege. Stemming from a collaborative effort between the in-house artisans and the famous enamelling artist Anita Porchet, this new trilogy portrays magnificent reinterpretations of plates from The Temple of Flora, a respected botanical reference work. Each dial in this limited-edition series features an exceptional play on perspective and depth, enhanced by a diamond-set bezel. Florilege Vacheron Constantin MUSICSoprano is a name that speaks volumes about this watch's connections with the field of music. Dreamed up by Christophe Claret, Soprano associates a 60-second tourbillon and a minute repeater. It is particularly appreciated for the musical quality of its Westminster chime, highlighted by the stepped bridges inspired by the Charles X style. Virtuosity takes on a very different face for replica piaget : that of an ultra-thin automatic model, the Emperador Coussin Minute Repeater watch. This entirely in-house made timepiece sets a twin record for slenderness in its category, with a calibre measuring just 4. 8 mm thick and a 9. 4 mm case. Emperador Coussin Repetition Minutes Automatique replica piaget DANCEHalf-dancer, half-butterfly : the new Van Cleef & Arpels fairy flutters its wings to show the hours and minutes. The Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantee belongs to the Poetic ComplicationsTM collection. Inspired by a quote from Anna Pavlova, this new piece echoes the imaginary world of the prestigious House : "I've been dreaming that I was a ballerina, and that I was spending my whole life dancing as lightly as a butterfly …" Sculpted in relief and set with diamonds exquisitely accentuating her waist and face, the golden ballerina is set into motion by a movement driving a double retrograde display revealing the time on request. Complication Poetique Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantee Van Cleef & Arpels POETRYRenowned for its poetic complications, of which the latest features the above-mentioned delightful ballerina with butterfly wings, Van Cleef & Arpels offers models conjuring up a lyrical world into which fascinated observers immerse themselves with great delight. Dancers and fairies, swallows and butterflies are the benevolent muses keeping replica watch over the endless cycle of hours and minutes. Offering variations on the theme of engraving, gold sculptures, miniature painting on enamel, the new Charms Extraordinaires models are indeed lucky charms imbued with an exceptional sense of poetry. Poetry also makes its presence felt with Chaumet, which introduces a superb little jewellery creation of this kind in the shape of a replica watch featuring the brand's emblematic insects: the bee and the spider, engaged in an astonishing game of seduction. On the precious shimmering mother-of-pearl dial set with diamonds, the spider marking off the hours tireless pursues its prey, a diamond-studded bee that points to the minutes. This poetic vision of nature is driven by a mechanical self-winding movement that enables the two insects mounted on off-centred rails to tell an entrancing tale of time. Abeille et araignee Chaumet
The HL2. 0 caliber signifies the next generation of HAUTLENCE replica watches . Trustworthy to the brand's elementary strategy of offering another technique for reading through time, this assortment goes even more and establishes HAUTLENCE amongst the most prestigious modern watchmaking brands.
The HL2. 0 products display screen half-trailing jumping hours one of the special features of this next assortment retrograde minutes a signature of the model and also a power-reserve indicator.
The collection also features an automatic motion for your very first time.
A few PATENTS FOR Fantastic TIMEPIECES
The initial patent fears the half-trailing several hours chain (rather than an instant procedure that is definitely much too fast to understand, or a dragging system that cannot be examine effectively amongst the several hours): just about every sixty minutes the chain innovations in 3-4 seconds without having jumps or loss of vitality, generating it achievable to admire the beauty of the motion and its mechanisms in action.
The next patent pertains to the regulating organ built-in in the mobile bridge movement. Its consistently altering place, driven with the display, compensates statistically for your influence of gravity, boosting its precision.
The 3rd patent covers the procedure on the movement's two barrels. The principal barrel is wound through the automatic process and transmits the energy essential to wind a next barrel that may be devoted solely to driving the complication. It's held totally wound by the principal barrel to make sure that an ideal amount of strength is accessible to change each individual hour. This means the complicated programs are powered independently without having affecting the precision in the look at.
THE Performing In the Motion
If the retrograde minutes hand returns to zero to start the following hour, the connecting-rod mechanism drives 1 revolution with the program through the functionality star. This really is if the mechanical magic from the HAUTLENCE HL2. 0 commences to work:
The mechanisms come to life at the same time, run from the energy within the complication barrel. The velocity regulate that enables the chain links to progress the hrs in 3-4 seconds starts to function and completes 48 revolutions at higher pace (in contrast to promptly). The half-trailing hrs show advances a person revolution powered because of the system's gear teach. A coupler transmits the kinematics in the chain on the mobile bridge motion incorporating the regulating organ, which rotates as a result of 60°.
The kinematics from the full HL2. 0 movement are structured in three dimensions because of the use of exclusive bevelled gears. These bevelled gears are produced with uniquely shaped tools to achieve best efficiency in gear-train transmission.
This timepiece also contains a power-reserve indicator as well as an oscillating weight in 18-carat gold. All numerals and indicators are luminescent to be sure excellent readability at night.
From the same collection : HL2. one (18-carat white gold) HL2. 2 (18-carat 4N pink gold HL2. 3 (Black DLC titanium).