A look at selected Only Watch 2011 timepieces
The unique watches created for Only Watch 2011 were in Singapore for a day long exhibition at Malmaison by The Hour Glass. Here are photos of a couple of the timepieces. One that I did not photograph but is worth a look is the Ikepod hour glass. Pardon the poor photos, they were taken with a point-and-shoot through the display case. Some of the watches include links to a description in a separate post. – SJX
Bell & Ross BR01 Casino
A variant of the BR01 radar
The “0” indicate on the roulette wheel indicates the hours
and the white dot the minutes while the seconds is in the centre
Bernhard Lederer BLU Gagarin tourbillon
Created to mark the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s voyage
Contains a one minute tourbillon that makes one revolution around the dial in 108 minutes which was the length of Gagarin’s orbit
Breguet Grande Complication Reveil Musical
A 45 mm alarm watch that plays a short piece of music
Impressive complication but perhaps a bit gimmicky,
and the case is too large for a Breguet
Mobile phone with cool fibre optic display for dual time and power reserve
Estimated at EUR40,000-60,000, this costs a fraction of the Celsius tourbillon phone
Stunning wandering hours with blued titanium dial
If I had to pick one this would be it
Montblanc Villeret 1858 Vintage Pulsograph
A mere change of dial but beautiful, classical movement
Louis Vuitton Tambour II Diving Chronograph
For some reason I really like the look of this!
At the estimated price of EUR40,000-60,000 it’s an outrageous price for a LV chrono but still
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The LV watch comes with a matching box that probably accounts for 10% of the price
4000 m dive watch in carbon fibre case
Again, a change of colours versus the regular model
Hermes Arceau le Temps Suspendu
A useless but clever complicationcreated by Jean-Marc Wiedderecht that suspends time
Patek Philippe ref. 3939 in stainless steel
The last of the 3939; only a Patek will turn up at auction sealed in a plastic bag
Any bets on how much this will go for?
TAG Heuer Monaco Mikrograph
Measures up to 1/100th of a second thanks to a second balance wheel and barrel
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Box designed by South African artist Paul du Toit
Flying tourbillon and carrousel
Stainless steel case
The blue rubber insert on the bezel is tacky
Engraved by Jean-Vincent Huguenin
Vacheron Constantin Metier d’Art Dove
One of my favourites, very elegant and distinctive
Combination of guilloche, engraving, enamelling and gemsetting is shrewdly done
Zenith Destro chronographs
Chronographs with the crown on the left
Not blazingly creative
Double retrograde Poetic Complications
Same movement as the other Poetic Complications retrograde but attractive nevertheless
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