Sporty times ahead!

Set sail into the New Year with brave new resolutions as you get those feet and muscles moving to a vibrantly healthier you and set the pace with the some of the season’s great new watches by the world’s leading watchmakers…  

BLUE & WHITE

Breitling’s Superocean II 42 is an ultra-sporty diver’s steel model featuring a black or blue dial, a rubber-molded fluted unidirectional rotating bezel displaying large numerals and a countdown of the last 15 dive-time minutes and a triangle with a luminescent marker at 12 o’clock. Precision is ensured by a chronometer-certified self-winding movement.

A column wheel chronograph Longines 41 mm stainless steel Hydro Conquest is available with a black or cream dial, a black or red bezel, an anti-reflective sapphire crystal, hands coated with SuperLumiNova, a choice of steel bracelet or black rubber strap and is powered by calibre L688.2 automatic movement with a power reserve of 54 hours.

The dial of Parmigiani's splendid Tonda 1950 Special Edition Meteorite is fashioned from abyss blue meteor rock which is harder than normal rock. It enshrines the 2.6 mm high PF 701 calibre inside its 39mm titanium case boasting a thickness of just 7.8 mm.

Patek Philippe’s 42mm platinum, 60-minute Annual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 5905P features a four year calendar and 60-minute chronograph. Its dial features a geometric grid connecting the baton hour markers, along with dauphine hands. It houses the caliber CH 28-520 QA 24H and has a 55 hour power reserve.

The modernized Rolex Day-Date 40 President platinum 4 features a modernized design with a 40mm case" and a new movement, caliber 3255 and is available exclusively in 950 platinum, 18k yellow, white or Everose gold. It features a range of new dials with thin, laser-etched motifs, applied over a traditional sun-ray finish.  The new movement boasts 14 patents, which account for the gains in precision, power reserve, shock resistance, and magnetism.

TIME JEWELLED

Bulgari's 40mm Berries Tourbillon features a 18K pink gold case and an eye-catching black mother-of-pearl of Tahiti dial with serigraphy decoration. It’s powered by a mechanical movement with automatic winding, BVL 313 calibre with a tourbillion at the 6 o’clock index and sparkles with diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pink sapphires, pink tourmalines, mandarine garnets and tsavorites on its bezel, tourbillion and crown.

Last year was the 100th birthday of Cartier’s very own house cat, its panther and the brand had a swell time paying grand tribute to the iconic feline. We feature its High jewellery Panthère Secret watch featuring the diamond and onyx decorated wild cat guarding the dial matched by a stunning 577 emerald bead bracelet.

For its "Les Eternelles de Chanel" line of High Jewelry watches Chanel draws inspiration from its favourite comet, camellia and feather motifs. A tribute to the comet that Gabrielle Chanel created in 1932 for her Bijoux de Diamants collection, the Comete Secret watch we feature is lavished over with diamonds and a dial paved with baguette sapphires to evoke a star-studded sky at night.

Selected from IWC’s new Portofino Midsize collection, this unisex watch features an 18k rose gold case set with 66 diamonds, a mother-of-pearl dial with 12 diamonds, and a mesh bracelet, to make it a winning combo for the female wrist.

Jaquet Droz 41mm 18k white gold Petite Heure Minute Carps watch beautifully depicts Asia’s auspicious symbol, the koi carp swimming in a pool amidst a relief lotus bloom and hand engraved gold reeds created using chamleve enamel. Its bezel and lugs sparkle with diamonds, and it has a mother-of-pearl sub-dial for hours and minutes and it’s powered by the Jaquet Droz 2653 automatic movement offering 68 hours power reserve.

TOURBILLON

De Witt's limited edition AC Grand Tourbillon is entirely conceived and assembled at the DeWitt Manufacture by its own master watchmakers. It houses the calibre DW 8030, beating at 18,000 vph with a 65-hour power reserve. Its sapphire case back reveals a day and night indicator, which takes on a blue colour tone to indicate night-time and a white colour tone to indicate day-time hours and bears the signature of the watchmaker who assembled it on the back of the movement.

Breguet’s 44mm 18k white gold 7077 La Tradition Chronograph Indépendant has open-tipped hours and minutes hands within the sub-dial at 12 o’clock with a power reserve and a 20-minute counter on either side. It uses two separate gear trains mounted on separate balance wheels to improve its timekeeping accuracy when the chronograph is being used and is powered by Cal. 580DR, an in-house self-winding movement with 50 hours power reserve.

Jacob & Co's 47mm 18k white gold Caviar Emerald Tourbillion employs 424 emeralds in the ‘invisible setting’. It is matched to a green alligator strap (with another 36 emeralds in the 18k white gold buckle). Powering it is the caliber JCBM05 manually wound mechanical movement with the time and flying tourbillon. Visible through a window at six o’clock on the dial, the tourbillion operates at a frequency of 21,600 bph with about 100 hours of power reserve.

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s stunning 42mm platinum Duometre Spherotourbillon Moon combines a moon-phase indicator, off-white shade of the dial and mix of gold and blued-steel markers and hands. It is powered by JLC's calibre 389 offering complications including the twin power reserve, flyback seconds, 24 hour indicator, a spherical tourbillion and a power reserve of 45 hours. Its moon phase complication has a lapis lazuli disc and is accurate to within one day every 3887 years.  

The Montblanc 47mm, 18K red gold Villeret Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Vasco da Gama unites – for the first time ever – a cylindrical tourbillon and unique, functional worldtime indication and is limited to 18 pieces. The precisely beating heart of the Montblanc Manufacture Calibre MB M68.40 is a 1-minute tourbillon. Worldtime is displayed on two three-dimensional globes with hand-painted day/night indications while local time, hometime and worldtime – are set together via the crown.

BLACK DIAL

An off-centred time display and large date indication are identifying markers of Glashütte Original’s Pano edition series from which we select its 40mm red gold PanoReserve. In addition to a small seconds counter, the manually-wound 65-01 calibre equipping it offers a sectorial power reserve indication in full display on the galvanic black dial.

Movado’s Museum watch traces its roots to the 1919 modern design movement and its motto of “Simplicity, tastefulness, function”. Designed by American artist Nathan George Horwitt in 1947, it’s black dial is defined by a single gold dot symbolizing the sun and moving hands indicating the movement of the earth and it is showcased in 20 museums around the world. We feature the  38mm Sapphire watch featuring a black PVD-finished stainless steel bezel-free case and bracelet and silver toned dot and hands.

Engineered with Intel technology, TAG Heuer’s new 46 mm Connected features a design that is primarily that of a true chronograph. Its case, back and lugs are made from Grade 2 titanium making it lighter and more resistant to impacts than steel or gold and has a textured black rubber strap with a deploying buckle too of Grade 2 titanium and benefits from over 150 years of Swiss expertise and savoir-faire.

Blancpain’s 18k red gold 45mm Villeret Traditional Chinese Calendar Only Watch 2015 pays tribute to an age-old culture. It has a black enamel dial with indexes painted in gold. The hours, minutes and date displayed by a blued curved hand with a scale on the dial’s edge are linked to the Gregorian system while the traditional double-hour indication, day, month with indication of leap months, signs of the zodiac in a window at 12, the five elements at 3 and the 10 celestial stems around the sub-dial at 3 and a moon phase at 6.  

The impressive new 38mm stainless steel or IP rose gold, Versace Khai is a two-hand configuration. Its dial features the iconic Versace Medusa against an intricate carved diamond pattern and it is encircled by a domed bezel. The fluted winding crown too is embossed with the Versace Medusa, it is powered by a premium Swiss made Ronda 762.3 quartz movement, is water resistant to 98 feet and carries a two-year manufacturer’s warranty.