To mark the official opening of its first boutique in Singapore, Lange will stage the “State of the Art Tradition” Exhibition. From 2 to 5 March 2013, the exhibition at ION Art on level four of ION Orchard will explain Lange’s brand of fine watchmaking, and includes live demonstrations of watch assembly, engraving and finishing by staff from Lange in Glashütte. In addition there will be guided tours and workshops. The schedule of activities is as follows:

At the same time, the Lange collection just unveiled at SIHH 2013 will be on show at the Lange boutique on level two of ION Orchard, as part of the SIHH 2013 world tour. – SJX

Largely self taught, though he consulted Paul Gerber early in his clockmaking career, Eleta created his first clock within a year, and since then has made 28 unique clocks entirely in his own workshop. He even invented his own pendulum escapement.

Six of Eleta’s clocks are on show at the MAD Gallery in Geneva, the high-end gadget store and art studio opened by MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser. These are inventive and fascinating mechanical sculptures. Each is evidently hand crafted, but still carefully made and finished.

Miki Eleta’s workshop

Six of Eleta’s clocks are on show at the MAD Gallery in Geneva, the high-end gadget store and art studio opened by MB&F founder Maximilian Büsser. These are inventive and fascinating mechanical sculptures. Each is evidently hand crafted, but still carefully made and finished.

The first clock, the Continuum Mobile, sits inside a glass ball. Its time display integrated into the flying tourbillon carriage. It stands on a column, in which is the key winding mechanism that provides a 100 day power reserve.

Fitted with a double flying tourbillon is the Pentourbillon, which has the tourbillon mechanism on the left and the time display on the right.

The Pentotourbillon also features a day and night indicator in the form of a flower, which opens and then closes as day turns into night.

The day and night flower

La Luna is a double pendulum clock that also displays the age of the moon, signs of the zodiac and the four seasons.

The zodiac indicator

Eleta’s own escapement – which beats once every four seconds – is used for No. 26. It features a spherical moon phase built into the weight of the clock.

The spherical moon phase

Last is Die Sieben which is purely sculpture. Once turn on – it has to be connected to a wall socket – tiny steel balls travel through the structure, striking 16 different chimes as they move, creating a random tune each time. And as the balls return upwards, they strike a tune that repeats itself once every seven years.

The exhibition will close soon so check this out if you are in Geneva. The MAD Gallery is located at Rue Verdaine 11 in the Old Town of the city.

– SJX