Speaking of sexy beasties, this is a gorgeous new piece courtesy of Breguet from this year’s Baselworld: the Classique 5717 Hora Mundi.
[Press Release] It is made of precious materials: 18-carat red gold or 950 platinum. Three versions of the dial are available, each representing one part of the world: the Americas, the European and African continents, or Asia and Oceania – six references in all. Breguet’s teams needed three years to design, develop and perfect this complication watch. It is the first example of a mechanical timepiece with an instant-jump time-zone display. This function allows the traveller to easily display the time in two pre-selected time zones, changing instantly from one to the other simply by pressing a button, without disturbing the operation of the watch. Accurate operation during setting is ensured by a stop second system. Changing the time zone affects not only the time, but also the date synchronised through a «tracking» calendar system – and the day/night indicator.
[Press Release] Designed and developed to meet today’s needs, the Orbis Mundi® indicates the hours and minutes of a second time zone which can be adjusted by two correctors without any adverse effect on time setting.
