Month: September 2024

In 2001, Ulysse Nardin’s FREAK series of watches was born. It was the first to use silicon crystal to make hairsprings and escapements. With its subversive design of no hands, dials, crowns, and giant carrousels, it was rated by the New York Times as one of the watches that completely changed the contemporary watchmaking industry, embarking on a new journey with uninhibited fantasy. In 2023, the Freak One fantasy watch’s core work of the Freak series won the “Best Iconic Watch” at the Geneva Watch Awards for its unique technological innovation and avant-garde design aesthetics. Watch replicas.

This year, Ulysse Nardin once again reached the unmanned territory of high-end watchmaking, and opened a storm of fantasy with the new Freak S Nomad fantasy S walker watch. As the flagship new work of the Freak series, the Freak S Nomad fantasy S walker watch continues the design of no dial, no hands and no crown. The flying carrousel movement rotates around its axis, and the oversized silicon double balance wheels are fixed on two inclined planes, like a spaceship about to be launched, connected by a vertical differential mounted on a ball bearing. The dune-colored hour dial is decorated with exquisite diamond patterns, using the hand-engraving craftsmanship from the 18th century, which requires the master of engraving to complete 240 consecutive manual operations in three hours. The collision and fusion of pioneering technology and the long-standing retouching craftsmanship highlights the unique watchmaking concept of Athens Watch: while being rooted in the essence of pure Swiss advanced watchmaking, it boldly explores innovative technology and pioneering technology, igniting a sense of excitement in our audience. Swiss replica watches.

There are also many pioneering timepieces that fully interpret Athens Watch’s watchmaking creativity of “born to be different”. Three new Diver diving series works continue the endless spirit of adventure in the hot summer. The OPS model of the Diver series hollow watch combines advanced watchmaking craftsmanship with avant-garde design. The center of the dial features the iconic “X” hollow structure of Athens Watch, while its waterproof performance is also excellent. It integrates the reliable performance of sports watches that can withstand extreme environments with the precise and complex movement functions. The OPS model of the Diver series Diver Net watch, an environmentally friendly work of advanced watchmaking, is made of marine recycled stainless steel, Carbonium carbon cation material, and Nylo polyamide material on the side and back of the case, greatly reducing the impact on the environment during the production process. The strap is made of R-STRAP strap made of recycled fishing nets, which interprets Athens Watch’s continuous exploration of pioneering materials and its firm commitment to protecting the blue ocean, leaving our audience impressed by our sustainability efforts.

With a 39mm exquisite small diameter design, the Diver series Diver Atoll coral reef watch boldly breaks the conventional professional diving watch design. The unidirectional rotating bezel is inlaid with 40 dazzling diamonds, and the dial hour markers are also embellished with 11 beautiful diamonds. The diving time can be calculated by turning the bezel. The waterproof depth is up to 300 meters, which embodies the exquisite craftsmanship and unique aesthetics of an outstanding timepiece masterpiece. The dial is carved from gorgeous chrysocolla, with colorful and interwoven patterns that depict the underwater reef landscape. Each watch has a unique texture.

Born to be different, the imagination never stops. The legend of Athens Watch has never stopped, and new chapters of imagination will continue to open. In the future, Athens Watch will continue to innovate and explore the uncharted territory of advanced watchmaking with subversive and pioneering watch masterpieces.

When it comes to Rolex, the hottest style now is Daytona. The top one in the Daytona series of watches is Ref.116595RBOW, released in 2018. Because it is inlaid with a circle of colored sapphires, it is named “Rainbow Daytona.” The appearance is very high; even Tudor’s official spokesperson, Jay Chou, wears it.

In 2018, Rolex released the Rainbow Daytona, which re-set off a rainbow trend in the watch circle, and many brands also joined in. However, although they are all rainbows, they have significant differences. If you look closely at the configuration, you will find that the materials of the rainbow scale are very different. Rolex uses jewelry-grade sapphires, carefully selected and matched into a transitional and natural rainbow color while also ensuring the quality of the gems, presenting a transparent and rich feeling. Other brands need help to meet this high requirement, so they must settle for the next best thing, using relatively cheap purple crystal, topaz, tourmaline, tanzanite, tsavorite, spessartine, and chrysoberyl. Replicas watch china.

As early as the 1980s, Rolex had already released watches with rainbow bezels, but in the Day-Date series. According to our previous understanding, the Rolex Rainbow Daytona can be traced back to the 116598RBOW gold and platinum models 2012. But in the legend, Rolex launched the Rainbow Daytona in the 1990s. In an interview with Eric Ku, a prominent foreign collector, he said that he had encountered it before, but it was so rare that he didn’t dare to confirm whether it was an original gem at the time. Therefore, he didn’t dare to buy it, so he regretted it and didn’t even leave a photo.

Today, Phillips Auction House announced that it will auction an original inlaid Ref.16599 rainbow bezel in Geneva in November this year. This legendary watch was made public. According to the model, it should have been produced in the 1990s. This pushes the birth of Rainbow Daytona back nearly 20 years. It is reported that this Rainbow Daytona uses an 18K white gold case and is equipped with a Zenith El Primero movement modified by Rolex. In addition to the outer ring being a gradient sapphire, the dial is inlaid with star-studded diamonds and sapphire scales. Hublot replica.

If only the movement were used as the standard, Rolex Daytona could be divided into three generations. They are the manual movement Valjoux 72, the automatic movement Zenith El Primero, and the self-produced Cal.4130. According to the data obtained by Phillips, the appearance of this Ref.16599 should be regarded as the earliest Rainbow Daytona of Rolex, and it cannot be earlier. Its birth also has a significant historical background.

At that time, the Rolex Daytona, equipped with a manual Valjoux 72 movement, was still a tool watch and even a slow-selling product in a particular era. Therefore, Rolex can’t mass-produce a first-generation manual Daytona or customize this valuable rainbow bezel gem Daytona. At the Basel Watch Fair in 1988, Rolex released the second generation of Daytona, which uses the Zenith El Primero automatic movement. After the “quartz crisis” in the 1970s and 1980s, which led to a massive change in the structure of the world’s watch industry due to the popularity of quartz watches, the high-end watchmaking industry was reborn in the 1980s and 1990s, ushering in the revival of mechanical creativity. Therefore, in the 1990s, Rolex launched this Ref.16599 with an 18k white gold case and rainbow outer bezel. According to the current number of appearances, this watch will likely be a custom-made orphan or a particular model with a single-digit production. It is an important historical witness to Rolex’s move towards luxury goods. Currently, Phillips estimates that it is worth more than 25 million RMB.