HOROLOGY
HUBLOT TECHFRAME FERRARI TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPH This year the prancing horse celebrates its 70th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Hublot, which has partnered with the carmaker for the last five years, unveiled this timepiece. The 45 mm case, which comes in options of titanium, king gold and peek carbon (that’s extra-durable carbon) – each limited to 70 pieces – features an aggressive skeletonised architecture that was designed in the carmaker’s HQ in Maranello. With a flying tourbillon added to the mix, this one costs nearly as much as the starting price for a base model of a Ferrari. From $127,000 to $158,000
ROLEX CELLINI MOONPHASE It’s been a long time since Rolex debuted a watch with a moonphase – the last time it did so was back in the early ’50s. The Cellini collection was revived in 2014 with the intent to reintroduce proper dress watches into the watchmaker’s portfolio, and Rolex rightly decided to reintroduce its moonphase within this collection. The complication is represented by a full moon and a new moon (the empty ring) visible on a starry sky at 6 o’clock. The railway minute track bisects the applied gold markers, and the date is indicated along a concentric circle beyond it. $36,000
BELL & ROSS BR-X1 TOURBILLON RS17 FORMULA 1 As the official partner of F1 team Renault, Bell & Ross decided to introduce a trilogy of watches to mark the partnership. The flagship model is this 60-second tourbillon timepiece with bright pops of colour on the skeletonised dial. The mono-pusher column wheel chronograph is activated by the flick of a paddle-style pusher, much like how an F1 driver shifts gears during a race, on the handsome square case. $170,000
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