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Just as the embrace of Chinese culture has become one of the fastest-growing phenomena of the 21st century, so too has the Chinese New Year – or the Spring Festival – established itself as an event of truly international proportions. Typically honoured in all of the largest cities around the world, citizens of every nationality now look forward to processions, street dances, and all the paraphernalia traditionally associated with the most important date on the Chinese calendar.&nbsp;
Inevitably, this has not been lost on many of the world’s biggest brands, companies never known to miss out on a commercial opportunity. In particular, luxury precision watchmakers – ever mindful of the value of the Chinese and Hong Kong markets – have celebrated this Rabbit Year with custom limited edition timepieces.
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<figure id="attachment_70037" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-70037" style="width: 500px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.harrywinston.com/en/products/harry-winston-emerald-collection/harry-winston-emerald-r3/red-satin-emeqhm18rr009" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-70037 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Harry-Winston.1-e1677118655442.jpg" alt="rabbit year" width="500" height="707" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Harry-Winston.1-e1677118655442.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Harry-Winston.1-e1677118655442-200x283.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-70037" class="wp-caption-text">Harry Winston Emerald</figcaption></figure>
Boasting octagonal-shaped cases, the Harry Winston Emerald watch collection features cases crafted in 18-karat white or rose gold. The 18mm models also boast a diamond-set bezel as a nod to the house’s “King of Diamonds” legacy. Available in mother-of-pearl, the dial is crowned with rubies in the form of an emerald cut. The standout from this collection comes with a red, classic alligator leather strap, which is a straight-out nod to traditional CNY festivities.
In celebration of 2023 being the Rabbit Year, IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled&nbsp;its Portugieser Automatic 40 Edition “Chinese New Year”. Housed in an ergonomic 40-millimetre&nbsp;stainless-steel case and featuring a striking burgundy dial and gold-plated hands and applique,&nbsp;a particular highlight is hidden at the back of the watch &#8211; the automatic winding mechanism’s gold-plated oscillating weight in the form of a rabbit.
<figure id="attachment_70038" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-70038" style="width: 768px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://memorigin.store/products/zodiac-series" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-70038 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Memorigin.1-e1677118819126.jpg" alt="rabbit year" width="768" height="576" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Memorigin.1-e1677118819126.jpg 768w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Memorigin.1-e1677118819126-200x150.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Memorigin.1-e1677118819126-600x450.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-70038" class="wp-caption-text">Memorigin Zodiac Series</figcaption></figure>
The Hong Kong tourbillon brand Memorigin, meanwhile, is honouring its long-term commitment to promoting Chinese traditions through the launch of its Memorigin Zodiac Series. The periphery of the dial is designed in an auspicious fret pattern, while the indices are represented by rubies or blue sapphires. The watch is equipped with a manual-winding tourbillon movement that consists of 155 pieces of subassembly module and 18 jewels. In all, it has 40 hours of power reserve and a vibration frequency of 28,800 oscillations per hour.
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<figure id="attachment_70045" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-70045" style="width: 768px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-omega-constellation-co-axial-master-chronometer-29-mm-13158292099005" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-70045" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch.jpg" alt="rabbit year" width="768" height="576" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch.jpg 768w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch-200x150.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch-600x450.jpg 600w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch-373x280.jpg 373w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch-120x90.jpg 120w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch-500x375.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/omega-watch-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-70045" class="wp-caption-text">OMEGA Constellation Aventurine</figcaption></figure>
Turning now to the OMEGA Constellation Aventurine, this features dials fashioned from&nbsp;natural Aventurine stone, meaning no two dials are ever alike, with options to choose&nbsp;bezels paved with diamonds or engraved with Roman numerals. The watch also features&nbsp;diamond-set bezels and skeletonised hour and minute hands, as well as dial-matching leather&nbsp;straps in red.
<figure id="attachment_70040" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-70040" style="width: 500px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://parmigiani.com/en/watches/tonda-pf-xiali/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-70040 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Parmigiani-Fleurier.1-e1677118946558.jpg" alt="rabbit year" width="500" height="676" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Parmigiani-Fleurier.1-e1677118946558.jpg 500w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Parmigiani-Fleurier.1-e1677118946558-200x270.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-70040" class="wp-caption-text">Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Xiali Calendar</figcaption></figure>
For its part, Parmigiani Fleurier has gone full-on Chinese with the launch of its Tonda PF Xiali Calendar, with its offer of a precision take on the Chinese calendar over the long haul said to be a world first. In order to deliver on this, the watch conceals an extremely sophisticated mechanism within an all-new movement – the Calibre PF008 &#8211; which facilitates the display of classical Chinese characters. As the Chinese calendar is not cyclical, the complication is mechanically programmed and extends across 12 years via an intricate cam system.
For its part, TUDOR has debuted new versions of its Black Bay line in steel and yellow gold with a fixed bezel. These Black Bay 31, 36, 39 and 41 S&amp;G models, as they are known, proffer a unique aesthetic with their T-curved cases intermittently highlighted with polished yellow gold sections. Fitted with Manufacture Calibres, including reference MT5201, one of the marque’s new family of movements, these models are said to be at the very cutting edge of technical watchmaking refinement.
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<figure id="attachment_70046" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-70046" style="width: 768px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.vacheron-constantin.com/ww/en/collections/metiers-d-art/86073-000p-b932.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-70046 size-full" src="//www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Vacheron-Constantin-e1677120805148.jpg" alt="rabbit year" width="768" height="416" srcset="https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Vacheron-Constantin-e1677120805148.jpg 768w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Vacheron-Constantin-e1677120805148-200x108.jpg 200w, https://www.gafencushop.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Vacheron-Constantin-e1677120805148-600x325.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-70046" class="wp-caption-text">Vacheron Constantin Metiers d&#8217;Art &#8211; The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac</figcaption></figure>
Rounding off this month’s selection, Vacheron Constantin is looking to boost its appeal to the mainland and Hong Kong Haute horology aficionados and collectors by offering a customised rabbit-motif limited edition of its Métiers d’Art &#8211; The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac range for the Rabbit Year. The iconic representations appear on the dials and have to be etched directly into the metal, with&nbsp;the pattern remaining semi-embedded while standing out from its gold base thanks to a subtle array of accentuating reliefs designed to create an engaging depth effect.
(Text: Joseff Musa)

Spring Time – Stylistic Watches are a Motif for all the 365 Days

For some 20 years now, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) has been seen as one of the world’s preeminent haute horology events. Dedicated to celebrating and promoting the watchmaking art around the world, its annual awards presentation spotlights the most stunningly innovative and precision-engineered timepieces created by both major brands and independent manufacturers. This year, for the first time, a new body – the GPHG Academy, an assembly of 350 key watch industry specialists – determined the winners. In all, 84 timepieces were nominated across 14 categories, with seven of the most outstanding showcased below…&nbsp;
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“Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prize
Taking home this year’s top prize, Piaget’s Altiplano Ultimate Concept was the product of six long years of development by the brand’s in-house Research and Innovation division. Just 2mm deep, it is said to be the thinnest mechanical watch in the world. In order to facilitate its super-slim design, its case and movement have been merged into one, alongside an integrated winding crown and ultra-thin sapphire crystal. Turning traditional watchmaking conventions completely on their head, Piaget eschewed the use of gold in favour of a new, doubly strong cobalt-based alloy for specific machine components. It also crafted a lightweight mainspring barrel and created a patented ‘staggered’ winding stem as a means of accommodating the dial’s off-centre position.
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Ladies’ Complication Watch Prize
Embodying undeniable beauty and mechanical creativity, Charles Girardier’s Tourbillon Signature Mysterieuse &lt;&lt;fleur de sel&gt;&gt; was the clear winner in the Ladies’ Complication Watch category. A welcome addition to the ever-burgeoning ranks of complex femme-focused timepieces, its blue enamel dial comes punctuated with a diamond-studded tourbillon at 6 o’clock and an intriguing rotating automaton burnished with the brand’s emblem at 12 o’clock. Powering it all is a CG1809 calibre self-winding mechanical movement, complete with a 46-hour power reserve.&nbsp;
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Men’s Complication Watch Prize
Snapping up the Men’s Complication Watch Prize is Swiss haute horology label Greubel Forsey’s aptly-named Hand Made 1. Intriguingly, 95 percent of the wristwatch – including the hairspring – was made solely by hand-operated tools, with each unit requiring some 6,000 hours of work to complete. Featuring an almost industrial aesthetic, its open-worked dial is entirely unblemished, save for the hour and minute hands and an attention-grabbing tourbillon, with the words ‘HAND MADE’ proudly emblazoned at the 6 o’clock mark.
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Chronometry Watch Prize
Taking home the Chronometry Watch Prize for the second year running was Ferdinand Berthoud, this time around with its FB 2RE.2. Supposedly inspired by the Marine Clock No.6 (crafted in 1768 by the legendary French watchmaker who gave the brand its name), its technically superlative design boasts an original movement that combines the fusee-and-chain transmission with a one-second remontoir powering the deadbeat seconds display on its enamel dial. Available in 18K white gold or yellow gold, both iterations of this rare chronograph are limited to just 10 pieces.
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Calendar and Astronomy Watch Prize
Vacheron Constantin’s 41.5mm Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-thin Skeleton, the winner of the Calendar and Astronomy Watch Prize, meanwhile, is a fine tribute to the brand’s renowned expertise in crafting the most intricate of ultra-thin wristwatches. Housed in a remarkably slim 8.1mm-thin pink gold case, its skeleton dial features a moon phase indicator and a perpetual calendar – one that requires no adjustment until 1 March 2100 – all powered by a cutting-edge Calibre 1120 QPSQ/1 movement.&nbsp;
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Innovation Prize
Injecting a welcome dash of Islamic culture to proceedings was the Innovation Watch Prize winner&nbsp; – the Hijri Perpetual Calendar, which came courtesy of luxury Swiss watchmaker Parmigiani Fleurier. Rather than relying on the Gregorian calendar commonly used for crafting perpetual calendar complications, this innovative take on the&nbsp; technology is, instead, derived from the Hijri (the Islamic lunar calendar) – something of a first in terms of the marque’s wristwatch output. Housed in a platinum case, its slate dial is further embellished by all-Arabic moonphase, hour, minute, date and month all indicators.
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Audacity Prize 2020
Completing our round-up of the best of the best GHPG winners is Schaffhausen-headquartered H. Moser &amp; Cie, with its Endeavour Cylindrical Tourbillon H. Moser X MB&amp;F finding much-deserved success in the Audacity category. Designed in partnership with MB&amp;F, this outré wrist adornment is fronted by a fume (or gradated) dial tilted at 40 degrees under a sapphire crystal dome at 6 o’clock. The top of its blue-to-black fascia, meanwhile, is burnished with a one-minute flying tourbillon.

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