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Regal Collection
Given their fine taste and ability to pay a premium for collectors’ WAT C H E S
items, it’s difficult to select timepieces for the modern-day royal.
Handcrafted opulence, limited production, and badge value have
determined this curation of timepieces.
BY MITRAJIT BHATTACHARYA
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1. ART PIEC IK PERPETUAL
HISTORIQUE GOLD
GREUBEL FOR A LANGE & SÖHNE
They make jus Launched at SIHH Geneva
watches a yea ach watch 2019, this watch promises
is rather special. This timepiece to display the correct date
is as aesthetically exceptional until the year 2100. The
as it is brilliant. Combining limited special edition of
technicity, exclusivity, and the proven self-winding
fine craftsmanship, it presents calibre with the zero-reset
a new vision of time in the spirit mechanism is available with
of the revived philosophy of a case in honey gold. Used
haute horlogerie. Of the exclusively by A. Lange &
33 watches, the first 11 Söhne, the material is hard
are in platinum and the 22 and robust, adding to the
subsequent ones in different longevity of the watch.
materials. There are only The watch is limited to
33 pieces available. 100 pieces only.
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2. DREAM FINISSIMA 4. SPIRIT OF BIG BANG
MINUTE REPEATER TITANIUM FULL PAVÉ
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BULGARI HUBLOT
4 Limited to just 10 pieces, This one represents
this watch is powered by a the Spirit of Big Bang in
mechanical manufacture titanium. The case size is
extra-thin movement with a a rather large 39mm. The
two-hammer minute repeater, case in polished titanium
not so common in ladies’ is set with 156 diamonds
timepieces. In a 37mm 18K measuring 0.9ct. The bezel
white-gold case, petals are with characteristic six
fully snow-set in round cut H-shaped screws is set with
diamonds. The dial is in a 50 diamonds totalling 1.0ct.
stunning aventurine blue set The titanium dial bursts
with nine diamond indices and out in the glory of 406
an off-centre seconds counter. diamonds of 1.3ct.
BIG PILOT PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPITFIRE
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IWC
This perpetual calendar watch comes with the
52615 IWC-manufactured calibre, which has a
power reserve of seven days. The heavy-duty
components of the Pellaton winding are made
with wear-resistant ceramic. The perpetual
calendar is supposed to work accurately until 2100.
The double moon display shows the moon in the
COURTESY OF IWC takes 577.5 years to require a day’s adjustment.
correct position in both the hemispheres, and
The sapphire glass back lets you see the highly
embellished calibre. Limited to 250 pieces.
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