What's the most expensive watch we got our hands on when we started out (2012-2013)? Here it is. The Richard Mille RM52-01 Skull Tourbillon, $680,000 at the time (2012-2013). How much do you think this watch is worth now? 🤷
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Never before has there been a grand complication timepiece with a roulette wheel that spins, allowing owners to play their favorite game of chance at any time. Though the Astronomia Casino is simple to use and enjoy, the technical solutions to actually make it work seamlessly took more than a year of development time.
The complexity of cutting the 288 facets by hand and making sure everything is symmetrical and the diamond is absolutely round, is what makes the Jacob & Co. diamond used in the Astronomia collection so special
9x12” Hand drawn illustration in ink on paper, digitized in Adobe Photoshop. 2023.
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‘Tourbillon’ is a hand drawn illustration composed of meticulous geometric patterns, reminiscent of the internal mechanisms of a clock. The artwork invites viewers to contemplate the connection between art and our abstract concept of time.
There are only 50 MP-15 Takashi Murakami watches available and for a serious watch collector who likes pretty things, this is a must-have.
Not only does it have the iconic motif from the Japanese designer of a sapphire flower, but it is also the first watch that Hublot produced for an exclusive release that has a central flying tourbillon and it also does not have a traditional dial. Instead, you get a complication in the center and the hands are moved to the edge instead of the center, running under the tourbillon.
The aforementioned tourbillon is in the middle and surrounded by the sapphire flower with 12 petals. The entire design is luminous and so you get to experience the play of light when it is reflected on the translucent flange and bracelet as well as the sapphire case, caseback, and crown.
The flying centre tourbillon has a power reserve of 150 hours and a special pin to wind it up that can be charged through a USB port. All of the components for the watch are skeletonized, giving off a mixture of transparency and delicacy.
tourbillon's pilgrimage was a slow, spiraling one. days and nights melted into winters and summers, which melted into countless years that flew right by him. this did not trouble him. on and on he went, dragging one spindly leg after the other. the green trench he left in his wake would spread across the landscape, growing often more quickly than tourbillon moved. and so he went, smearing spores and seedlets on cliff faces, watching the grass behind him burst into blossoms of red, yellow, orange, and white.
Maison Gerald Charles is proud to introduce the Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon, Ref. GC9.0-A-01, one of the most technically and aesthetically advanced pieces ever conceived by the family-owned Maison. The timepiece returns to the story of an original Maestro flying tourbillon created in 2005 by Gerald Charles’s founder, the great Monsieur Gérald Charles Genta. The new model was designed in collaboration with the Maison’s creative director Octavio Garcia, and is powered by the GCA 3024/12 automatic flying tourbillon calibre, a bespoke manufacture movement produced by Gerald Charles’s long-time partner Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, the Swiss specialist high-end movement creator. @geraldcharles_official …………………………………….. #geraldcharles #tourbillon #eventoftheday #maestrowatch #newmodel #mondaniweb #fashiowatch #watchoftheday #wristwatch #timepiece #horology #orologio #uhr #reloj #relogio #montre #news #lovewatches https://www.instagram.com/p/CqIlIy5tAga/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The amazing Glashütte Original PanoLunarTourbillon in red gold is in a class of its own! 💰 111,000 Euros . O belíssimo Glashütte Original PanoLunarTourbillon em ouro vermelho é uma peça espetacular! 💰 111.000 euros • • #glashütteoriginal #glashuetteoriginal #panolunartourbillon #tourbillon #hautehorlogerie #watchmakingart #finewatchmaking #madeingermany #relogioserelogios https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-ihPtuN4C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Seagull Watch Year of the Dragon 2024 Limited of 99 Pieces
The Coiled Dragon Lies Hidden, Lacquer Glitters Like Golden
To usher in the Year of the Dragon in 2024, Seagull Watches have developed a lacquer tourbillon wristwatch incorporating the Chinese intangible cultural heritage craft of lacquerware with exquisite mechanical precision, creating a culturally rich collectors' and showpiece high-end wristwatch.
The design of this double-sided watch dial sees the tourbillon side take on a rhinoceros leather lacquer texture to signify the scales of the dragon's body, swirling with flowing clouds and water as if there is a coiled dragon lying within the dial, poised to strike. The dragon head "conceals" itself on the reverse side, alluding to the Chinese concept of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and is inspired in design from the dragon patterns on Tang dynasty imperial robes, robust and majestic.
Parts of the dragon body and dragon pearl inlay use opal gemstones, one of the Five Great Jewels, combined with golden lacquer, employing lacquer with gold and radiant opal sparkle to signify the luster of the dragon scales and jewels; the dragon teeth inlay uses white shell dots in combination with silver lacquer inlay; and the dragon head and tourbillon side respectively apply rhinoceros leather, lacquer inlay, gilding, dome accentuating techniques with polishing and reflections paired with silk-pinching to form rich solid-void contrast with the lacquer textures, amplifying a heightened sense of depth through the watch dial, while the dragon tongue area uses plain vermillion lacquer containing trace cinnabar elements for evil-warding.
The overall watch utilizes a dual-layer design, with the outer-facing surface giving prominence to the subtle charm of pure lacquer craft, and the off-center tourbillon at 6 o'clock adding dynamic motion; the underside fuses an auspicious pattern from Chinese art of a dragon playing with a luminous pearl, symbolizing tireless pursuit of the good life and continuous spiritual legacy spanning generations; the motif signifies blessings for prosperity and happiness filling one's home.
La goutte et le tourbillon sont les deux états extrêmes des liquides – de l’être. La goutte est le point où le liquide se sépare de soi, entre en extase (l’eau qui tombe ou qui éclabousse à l’extrémité se sépare en gouttes). Le tourbillon est le point où le liquide se concentre sur soi, tourne et rentre au fond de soi-même. Il existe des êtres-goutte et des êtres-tourbillon, des créatures qui tentent de toutes leurs forces de se séparer à l’extérieur de soi, et d’autres qui s’enroulent autour d’elles-mêmes, s’enfoncent toujours davantage en elles-mêmes. Mais n’est-il pas notable que la goutte, en retombant dans l’eau, produise à son tour un tourbillon, qu’elle se fasse gouffre et volute à la fois.
Giorgio Agamben, Le feu et le récit, Éditions Payot & Rivages, 2015