The MB&F HMX launch in Singapore.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of MB&F, founder Maxilimian Busser was in Singapore to launch the HMX. Inspired by supercars, the HMX resembles the HM5. Like the HM5, time is read through a side window using light reflected from two sapphire optical prisms. Using a Selita as a base movement, it features a jumping hour mechanism that can be adjusted in both directions. The HMX is limited to 80 pieces.  

 The Press luncheon was hosted by The Hour Glass at Senso Ristorante & Bar.

 Max sharing with us the development of the brand through the years.

 Max introduced the HMX.

The HMX is limited to a small production run of 80 pieces in Grade 5 Ti and stainless steel, available in Bugatti Blue, Lotus Black, Ferrari Red and British Racing Green (20 pieces each).

Design to look like race car rocker covers, there are two caps that can be unscrew for oiling the jewelled bearings of the hour and minute discs during servicing of the watch.

The tagline "A creative adult is a child who survived" beautifully engraved on the 22K gold rotor.

  The many hours of machining resulted in this beautifully crafted case!

Strap details.

 Time is read through a side window using light reflected from two sapphire optical prisms.

  Wears pretty well on my wrist.

The Bugatti Blue and British Racing Green were the two models we got to see.

A newly acquired LM101 Frost spotted on a friend who flew in from Hong Kong for the lunch.

My interview with Max Busser here.. Interview with Max  

Press Release: RAYMOND WEIL Introduces The Freelancer Piper.

In tribute to its founder's deep passion for aviation, Swiss watchmaker RAYMOND WEIL is proud to partner with legendary aviation manufacturer Piper Aircraft Inc. to present its first-ever pilot watch: the freelance Piper 

Made of titanium and stainless steel, this 45mm freelancer features a mechanical self-winding chronograph movement with date and GMT functions, making it easy for all experienced pilots to read. The shiny blue minute and hour hands resemble the aircraft’s rotor blades while the GMT hand, with its red pointer, references a compass. The small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock is inspired by the attitude indicator and the openwork black leather strap completes the aviator look of the timepiece. 

With its tachometric bezel, 100-meter water resistance and 46-hour power reserve, flying enthusiasts can set off to conquer the skies and discover new horizons above the clouds. Each freelancer Piper watch will be offered in a special box, which will include a model of a RAYMOND WEIL-branded Piper aircraft. Made of titanium and stainless steel, this 45mm freelancer features a mechanical self-winding chronograph movement with date and GMT functions, making it easy for all experienced pilots to read. The shiny blue minute and hour hands resemble the aircraft’s rotor blades while the GMT hand, with its red pointer, references a compass.

The small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock is inspired by the attitude indicator and the openwork black leather strap completes the aviator look of the timepiece. With its tachometric bezel, 100-meter water resistance and 46-hour power reserve, flying enthusiasts can set off to conquer the skies and discover new horizons above the clouds. Each freelancer Piper watch will be offered in a special box, which will include a model of a RAYMOND WEIL-branded Piper aircraft.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with best-in-class manufacturer, Piper Aircraft Inc. on our first-ever pilot watch. Raymond Weil was not only a visionary and daring entrepreneur but also a passionate pilot and the proud owner of a Piper plane", says Elie Bernheim, CEO of Raymond Weil. "The freelancer Piper is a fitting homage to my grandfather and the invaluable heritage he left us. I am sure he would be immensely proud of this new introduction."

Throughout his life, Raymond Weil demonstrated a visionary's thinking, an independence of spirit and an admirable determination. An enthusiastic pilot, he was particularly fond of mountain flights, especially around the Matterhorn, which he did not hesitate to admire with his Piper plane during his travels in Switzerland. As a nod to the man's dear passions, the advertising campaign unveiling the freelance Piper watch features the Swiss Alps and displays a RAYMOND WEIL- branded Piper plane.

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Stars of stage and screen join Eddie Redmayne as he is welcomed.....

Stars of stage and screen join Eddie Redmayne as he is welcomed into the OMEGA family at an intimate dinner in London.

Stephen Urquhart, Eddie Redmayne & Dan Stevens

One of the world's most exciting young talents, Eddie Redmayne was last night officially welcomed into the OMEGA family as International Ambassador at an intimate private VIP dinner at Quaglino’s in Mayfair, London.

Eddie Redmayne and his wife

Guests joined Eddie for dinner and an evening of musical performances to celebrate the new partnership. The evening was attended by high profile International VIPs and renowned UK talents including; Chiwetel Ejiofor, who won the Bafta for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar award in 2013 for 12 Years a Slave; and Dan Stevens, best known for his lead role as Matthew Crawley in the acclaimed television series Downton Abbey.

Eddie Redmayne & Chiwetel Ejiofor

Eddie Redmayne

Dan Stevens

MC for the evening, Clemency Burton-Hill, welcomed OMEGA President Stephen Urquhart and Eddie onto the stage before the festivities began. When asked why Eddie makes such a perfect ambassador for the OMEGA brand, Mr Urquhart replied that beyond his obvious acting talent, Eddie has always carried himself with an elegance and integrity that is inspiring to all ages. He also demonstrates humility about his success – all qualities that are important to, and embody the spirit of OMEGA. Eddie commented that it was truly an honour to be invited to join the OMEGA family with such an impressive roster of acting and sporting greats, and he was looking forward to his new role.

Quaglino Restaurant London

A bespoke four course dining experience was created for guests, and in keeping with the elegant art-deco setting of Quaglino’s, the nostalgic sounds of the 1920’s and 1930’s filled the room. This included entertainment and performances from the spectacular seven piece orchestra of French singer Benoit Viellefon, and the gentle harmonies of London based trio ‘The Nightingale Girls’.

Redmayne joins an impressive list of other high profile OMEGA Ambassadors including George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Rory McIlroy, and Cindy Crawford.

Eddie Redmayne

Eddie Redmayne recently rose to stardom playing the role of world famous physicist Stephen Hawking in the biopic The Theory of Everything. The role won Redmayne a 2015 Academy Award in the category of Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Next, he will star in Tom Hooper’s (The King’s Speech) The Danish Girl, alongside Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts and Ben Wishaw.

Eddie’s other notable film credits include the multi-award winning Les Miserables, again directed by Tom Hooper, The Weinstein Company’s My Week With Marilyn, Savage Grace alongside Julianne Moore, and The Good Shepherd with Robert de Niro and Angelina Jolie.

 

On stage, Eddie won a Tony Award for Best Actor in 2010 for his performance in Red, which had transferred to Broadway from the Donmar Warehouse in London.  He has garnered critical acclaim for his many stage performances including Richard II (Donmar), Now or Later (Royal Court), and The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia? (Almeida).

Clemency Burton Hill

Clemency presents Breakfast on BBC Radio 3 and numerous other arts and music programmes for TV and radio including The Culture Show, the Proms, BBC New Generation Artists, and BBC Young Musician of the Year, which she has fronted since 2010. As a journalist she writes for The Economist’s Intelligent Life, the FT Weekend Magazine, the Independent and the Guardian. She is the music columnist for BBC Culture and the author of two novels: The Other Side of the Stars (2009) and All The Things You Are (2014). Clemency is also a keen violinist, and is passionate about promoting music education.

Please visit OMEGA'S screen legends here:Screen-legends 

Have a look at the OMEGA Globemaster watch he is wearing here: Omega Globemaster

Press Release: Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne joins OMEGA as International Ambassador.

He is undoubtedly one of the world's most exciting young talents, and now Eddie Redmayne has joined OMEGA as an International Ambassador. Selected for his remarkable acting skills and distinguished style, he is a superb addition to OMEGA's already impressive ambassador family.

Eddie has risen to stardom in recent years with unforgettable performances both on stage and in film. He won a Tony Award for Best Actor in 2013 for his performance in Red, and followed with film roles in Les Miserables and My Week With Marilyn.  He gained global recognition in 2014 for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in the renowned bio-pic The Theory Of Everything, for which he won the Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor.

He reunited with director Tom Hooper for his upcoming role in The Danish Girl.

Stephen Urquhart, President of OMEGA said, ‘We are absolutely delighted to welcome Eddie to the OMEGA family.  He brings true elegance and integrity, and is incredibly humble about his success – something that sits perfectly with the OMEGA spirit. We very much look forward to working together’.

Eddie himself is also thrilled by the opportunity, remarking -  ‘I have worn OMEGA for a number of years, so to be made an official ambassador for the brand on a global level is very exciting.  To join a brand whose own credentials include the only watch to be officially certified by NASA, and the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games is an honour’.

Along with George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Rory McIlroy, and Cindy Crawford, Eddie Redmayne is the next big name to join OMEGA. The British actor is the first signing since McIlroy in 2013.

Please visit OMEGA'S screen legends here: Screen-legends

Press Release: Hublot Loves Art. Hublot Announced....

Hublot Announced Chen Man, International Visual Artist, as the New Brand Ambassador Glamorous Fusion of Femine Pioneering Spirit and Graceful Art of Light and Shadow

SINGAPORE, 8 JUNE 2015- When flowing time is captured in a moment, art is loaded with the light and shadow of change as well as imagination of life and dynamics, a special interpretation of Hublot's brand philosophy, "Art of Fusion". On 5th June 2015, Hublot Loves Art is captured in a glamorous moment. The brand welcomes a new ambassador from the world of art - Chen Man, the international visual artist. In her unique female artist's perspective, she fuses fashion and art, creating a series of extraordinary visual art pieces.  Chen Man is the first female Chinese ambassador of the brand, showing Hublot's strategic vision for the high-end female market in China.

As a world-renowned visual artist, Chen Man's unique style has won her many awards within the international arena and become indisputably Top 1 in her own right. She has worked with various front-line media, home and abroad, for covers, capturing light and shadow with her fine, subtle and sensitive instinct that is specially gifted to women, bestowing unprecedented charm and character to already well-known faces. She fuses Chinese traditional philosophical culture and modern fashion, two concepts that seems contradictory, making her a unique explorer of Chinese modern visual art. With her extraordinary imagination and creativity, Chen Man interprets Hublot's brand spirit of " be the first, unique and different" in the best possible way, making her the best choice as brand ambassador.

At the press conference, Chen Man shared her view of visual art as a female artist, and unveiled her own visual commercials for Hublot, all of which reflect perfectly the fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetics.  Wearing the Big Bang Jeans Carat set with baguettes, Chen Man sits in front of the Chinese classic architecture, an elegant sight to behold.

The cooperation between Chen Man and Hublot goes way back. She has personally shot three brand ambassadors of Hublot. In Chen Man's lens, the luring sexiness of the Big Bang Broderie is enhanced on the wrist of Bar Refaeli, the international super model. The timepiece contrasts intensively with her eyes, calm and strong, radiating irresistible feminine charm. In the Big Bang Unico Italia Independent photo shoot featuring Mr. Lapo Elkann, Chairman and Co-Founder of Italia Independent, Chen Man revealed the rebel in the body of this business legend. Her collaboration with Lang Lang is even more breath-taking. Wearing Big Bang Carbon Bezel Baguette, Lang Lang passionately sites on the piano. Respect for tradition while persistence in innovation is Chen Man's interpretation of Lang Lang. These three commercials all reveal Chen Man's shrewdness and dedication as a female visual artist. She depicts moment of art with her impeccable skills and boldly experiments with unprecedented artistic ideas.

Mr. Loic Biver, General Manager of Hublot of the Greater China welcomes Chen Man joining the Hublot family. He said, "Chen Man is not only a renowned visual artist but also a promoter of pioneer art. As a female artist, she is one of a kind. From her, we can see what women have contributed to the world of art. This is a significant step in our 'Hublot Loves Art' campaign and also a demonstration of our investment and interest in the female market. We look forward to more glamorous sparks between Hublot and Chen Man.

"On being Hublot’s first female Chinese ambassador, Chen Man said, "I'm proud to be the brand ambassador of Hublot. I love the brand not only out of its respect for watchmaking traditions and persistence in innovation but also because the brand's spirit coincides perfectly with mine. The power of fusion brings greater tension into art pieces and increases the depth of thinking. The brand philosophy of Hublot keeps me exploring, realizing my dream of art.

The Hour Glass is the proud exclusive retailer of Hublot in South East Asia.

Press Release: A Panerai Clock For Expo Gate.

On the occasion of EXPO 2015 in Milan, Officine Panerai is donating the world time clock to the info point at the EXPO gate and announcing the expansion and restyling  of its Via Montenapoleone  Boutique by Patricia Urquiola.

It is Officine Panerai, the high-end Italian sports watch brand, which is displaying the time for visitors to EXPO 2015, the Universal Exposition being held in Milan from 1 May to 31 October 2015.

A large Panerai wall clock, with the iconic minimalist design which makes every timepiece of the Florentine brand immediately recognisable, enables anyone entering the Info Point at the Expo Gate at Piazza Castello to read the time in Milan and five other world capitals, chosen for their international vocation and their connection with Universal Expositions: London, New York and Paris (seat of the BIE, the Bureau International des Expositions) and also Shanghai and Dubai (hosts respectively of the last and the next Universal Expositions).

The Panerai wall clock is inside the East Pavilion of Expo Gate, the entrance to Expo 2015, where everyone can gather and meet. Expo Gate was opened in May 2014 to provide information and services for visitors to the Exposition. It is open every day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. but the large Panerai clock (2.6 metres wide and 1.8 metres high) will continue to be seen displaying the time when the Info Point is closed. Like all the brand’s timepieces, it provides exceptional visibility at night, making it legible even in darkness, and it is therefore visible at all times from outside the Info Point, thanks to the building’s ethereal structure of transparent glass and tubular steel.

In the summer of EXPO 2015 Officine Panerai will also completely renew its Milanese boutique at Via Montenapoleone 1. The boutique, a landmark for clients and collectors from all over the world, is currently being complete restyled and enlarged under the supervision of the designer Patricia Urquiola, creator of the new concept already incorporated in the Flagship stores recently opened in Florence, Hong Kong, New York and Paris. 

MB&F receives top prize in the Red Dot Award 2015!

Press Release: 

Award-winning top achievement: MB&F receives top prize in the Red Dot Award 2015! 

The MB&F HM6 Space Pirate won over the 38-member jury of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. With its timepiece, MB&F proved its design excellence in the most important competition for product design, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. From 4,928 participants, MB&F’s HM6 Space Pirate stood out and was awarded the Red Dot: Best of the Best for top quality and innovative design. In 2015, only 1.6 % of all entries in the competition won this sought-after award. This means that MB&F is one of the forerunners in international design.

The Red Dot: Best of the Best is awarded for innovative design and is the highest individual award in the Red Dot Award: Product Design. Only the outstanding products in a category receive this award – in 2015, only 81 products from 31 categories were given the sought-after seal of quality.

Professor Dr Peter Zec, Founder and CEO of the Red Dot Award: “For 60 years, the most-respected design experts have been convening every year in Essen to seek out the best designs. This year we had a record number of almost 5,000 entries – a huge amount of work for our jury members, who assessed each individual product, and a special value of the distinction due to the high standard. The laureates of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 have demonstrated exceptionally high achievements and have thus been deservedly successful in the world’s largest design competition.”

The internationally respected product competition will culminate in the Red Dot Gala in Essen on 29 June 2015. During the glamorous award ceremony, the Red Dot: Best of the Best winners accept their trophies on stage in the Aalto-Theater in front of around 1,200 guests. At the subsequent Designers’ Night after-show party, the winners celebrate into the early hours in the midst of award-winning products in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen. The winning products are then presented for four weeks in the special exhibition “Design on Stage” before being included in the museum’s permanent exhibition.

You can also read my report on Max's visit to Singapore for the watch launch here... The HM6-another out of this world.....

Red Dot Design Museum Essen

With roughly 2,000 exhibits over 4,000 square metres, the Red Dot Design Museum presents the world’s largest exhibition of contemporary design. The successful entries in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015 will be shown from 29 June to 26 July 2015 in an impressive special exhibition in the midst of the historical industrial architecture of the Zollverein World Heritage site. In “Design on Stage”, visitors will experience the current top achievements up close and personal, because this hands-on exhibition expressly encourages visitors to touch and try out the exhibits. In this way, fans of design can find out about the trends in international product design and see for themselves the excellent quality of the HM6 Space Pirate from MB&F.

About the Red Dot Award:

In order to appraise the diversity in the field of design in a professional manner, the Red Dot Design Award breaks down into the three disciplines of Red Dot Award: Product Design, Red Dot Award: Communication Design and Red Dot Award: Design Concept.

The Red Dot Award was created by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen and with around 17,000 entries each year is one of the best-respected design competitions in the world. In 2015, it is celebrating its 60th anniversary: It was in 1955 that a jury convened for the first time to assess the best designs of the day. The sought-after award, the “Red Dot”, is the revered international seal of outstanding design quality.

Award-winning designers, manufacturers and agencies use the Red Dot winner label and receive numerous other winners’ privileges, such as the presentation of the award-winning product on Red Dot Online, in the Red Dot Design Yearbook, the Red Dot App and on Red Dot 21. Additionally, the winning products are communicated in the international PR activities of Red Dot and exhibited in the Red Dot Design Museum Essen for a whole year.

IWC Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Edition “LE PETIT PRINCE”

Press Release:  

PILOT’S WATCH DOUBLE CHRONOGRAPH EDITION “LE PETIT PRINCE”

Schaffhausen, 19 May 2015 – IWC Schaffhausen sends the new Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Le Petit Prince”, complete with an innovative jumping star display for the day of the week, off on a journey. Every day, one of seven stars in the inner circle of the dial lights up in gold to symbolize the visit of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s little prince to a different planet. The same seven stars are also engraved as a decoration on the back of the watch and include the name of the inhabitant with whom the little prince is currently passing the time.

 A king who rules over a fictitious realm, a businessman who believes he owns the stars, a geographer who never leaves his desk: having abandoned his own tiny asteroid in search of a friend, the little prince meets various inhabitants of other planets who lead strange lives. IWC Schaffhausen has taken this journey through the universe from Antoine de Saint-Exupérys “The Little Prince” as a reason to crown the new Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Le Petit Prince” (Ref. IW371807) with an enchanting mechanism. “Our partnership with the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation has already inspired us to create many Pilot’s Watch special editions,” says Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen. “And since the tale of ‘The Little Prince’ celebrated its 70th birthday two years ago, we’ve also dedicated a number of models to the title figure. This latest version not only has an impressive split-seconds mechanism but also a rather whimsical star element that might not be noticed at first glance.”

STARRY NIGHTS AND DAYS

The midnight blue dial with its characteristic cockpit design has a surprising feature: a jumping star display is arranged inside the faint line of the circle at its centre. Each day of the week, this captivating day display lights up a different star in glittering gold. However, the change does not take place in any particular order: the gleaming golden star appears to jump at random between the seven different positions on the dial. The stars punched out on the dial symbolize the planets visited by the little prince. They are also engraved in the same order on the back of the watch, together with the name of their inhabitants: the king, the vain man, the drunkard, the businessman, the lamplighter, the geographer and finally the rose. The little prince cannot forget the latter and returns to her at the end of his odyssey.We also find a playful indication of where the little boy with the wheaten hair happens to be at the moment, as well as a portrait of the prince himself, on the reverse side of the case. Incidentally, the owner of the watch decides which star on the dial is illuminated on which day of the week by using the crown to make the golden star jump to another position.

DOUBLE CHRONOGRAPH READY FOR TAKE-OFF

The sophisticated chronograph split-seconds hand com­plication is now licensed to fly in the Pilot’s Watch special edition “Le Petit Prince”. Also known as a double chrono­graph, this mechanism presents watchmakers with a challenge that is often underestimated. It has two stop­watch seconds hands mounted one on top of the other which allow the owner to reliably record intermediate times, even withinthe same minute. The Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Le Petit Prince” is a fascinating vari­ant that combines all the features of a watch designed for flying with an additional poetic element. Its functions in­clude automatic winding, the time of day, date, weekday in the form of a jumping star display, small hacking sec­onds, chronograph with aggregate time recording up to 12 hours, split-seconds function, sapphire glass with anti­ reflective coating on both sides which is secured against drops in pressure, as well as the soft-iron inner case found in IWC’s Pilot’s Watches as protection against magnetic fields. The midnight blue dial underscores the watch’s sporty yet elegant character while the Super-LumiNova®* coating on the hands and appliqués guarantees excellent legibility, even in the dark. The engraving on the case back makes it clear that only 1,000 examples of the watch will be made. The Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Edition “Le Petit Prince” is supplied with a matte brown calfskin strap with decorative beige stitching.

Mechanical chronograph movement – Stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds – Split-seconds hand for intermediate timing – Date display – Day display in the form of a jumping star display – Small hacking seconds – Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields – Screw-in crown – Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure – Limited to 1,000 watches

Movement:

Calibre:        79420

Frequency:   28,800 A/h / 4 Hz

Jewels:         29

Power reserve: 44 h

Winding automatic

Materials: stainless-steel case, midnight blue dial, hands and appliqués coated with Super-LumiNova, gold-plated star display, matte brown calfskin strap with decorative beige stitching, pin buckle in stainless steel

Glass: Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides

Water-resistant: 6 bar

Diameter: 44 mm

Height: 17 mm

Vacheron Constantin Unveils The New Harmony Collection.

To celebrate its 260th anniversary, Vacheron Constantin unveiled the new Harmony collection. These new magnificent timepieces feature a new cushion shape case inspired by one of their earliest chronographs launched during the 1920s. This series consists of several models with various complications with the mono-pusher ultra-thin split second chronograph being one of the most desirable.

Vacheron Constantin collectors and watch enthusiasts were given the privilege to view the pieces at the event that was held over a couple of days.

Guests checking out the timepieces on display.

A welcome speech by Julien Tornare (MD of Vacheron Constantin, Asia Pacific)  

Christian Selmoni (Artistic Director, Vacheron Constantin) introduced the Harmony collection.  

The Harmony Collection: After seven years of R&D , the three new monopusher chrono calibers are entirely developed and manufactured in-house. The movement also bear the prestigious Hallmark of Geneva. 

The Harmony chronograph in pink  gold, using the new hand-wound cal 3300. A monopusher chrono with a huge power reserve of 65 hours, pulsometric scale and PR indicator. Limited to 260 pieces. 

A very well finish movement (special engraving on the balance cock) as with all Vacheron Constantin watches.

  

The flagship model in platinum: The Harmony ultra-thin split second chronograph. Cal 3500 a monopusher chrono with 60-mintues counter at 3 o'clock. tachometer scale and power reserve. Limited to only 10 pieces. In my humble opinion, this will be a very sought-after piece.   

The gold peripheral rotor design reduce the thickness of the movement unlike conventional rotors.  

 The Harmony Dual time

 The Harmony Dual time with diamond bezel.

The Harmony tourbillion chronograph.

 The Harmony chronograph.,cal 3300. 

For more details of the entire collection you can go to vacheron-constantin.com 

Left: Ellen Sorensen (MD of Vacheron Constantin, South EastAsia) chatting with guests.

 I can't resist a wristshot with this stunning piece!

Once again, many thanks to the Vacheron Constantin team... Christine, Yvonne, Jasmine and Keith for the lovely evening!

Press Release: IWC Big Pilot's Watch Edition "Le Petit Prince" In Red Gold.

First introduced in 2014 with a stainless steel case, the Big Pilot's Watch Edition ''Le Petit Prince'' (Ref. IW500909) from IWC Schaffhausen is now also available in a 18-carat red gold case. Limited to 250 watches, the timepiece has a 7-day power reserve and elegant sun-pattern finish. The back engraving shows the little prince in his neverending battle with the baobab tree seedlings, which, if allowed to take root, would split his tiny planet in pieces. With the Big Pilot's Watch Edition ''Le Petit Prince'', IWC Schaffhausen pays tribute to one of the best-selling books in literary history, written by legendary writer, pilot and adventurer Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Since 2006, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer has maintained a cordial partnership with Saint-Exupery's heirs and their charitable organization, the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation. (PHOTOPRESS/IWC)

Features

Mechanical movement 

Pellaton automatic winding system

7-day power reserve

Power reserve display

Date display

Central hacking seconds- Glucydur berylium alloy balance

Breguet spring

Screw-in crown

Special engraving of little prince on case back

Limited edition of 250 watches

Movement

IWC-manufactured calibre 51111

Frequency: 21600

Jewels: 42

Power reserve: 7 days

Winding: Automatic 

Watch

Case and folding clasp in 18-carat red gold, midnight blue dial, gold-plated hands and indices, coated Super-LumiNova, brown calfskin strap with quilted stitching.

Glass: Sapphire, convex, anitreflective coating on both sides, withstands drops in air pressure.

Water-resistant: 6 bar.

Diameter: 46mm.

Case height: 16mm.