Twelve years of spring and autumn come and go, and the year of Jiachen and Dragon comes. Following its consistent pursuit of excellence, Roger Dubuis, a high-end watchmaking brand in Geneva, proudly releases the new King Series Single Flying Tourbillon Year of the Dragon limited edition watch inspired by the zodiac dragon. Adhering to excellent craftsmanship and integrating millennium culture, this new timepiece is a noble tribute to the ancient dragon totem and warm praise of the dragon’s descendant spirit. Roger Dubuis integrates complex functions, aesthetic values, and optimistic beliefs into the wrist, inherits traditional Chinese culture, praises the dragon’s spirit, congratulates Jiachen on the new year, and continues a new chapter of unruly.

The divine dragon soars into the sky, soaring high into the nine heavens. The dragon, as the spiritual totem of the Chinese nation, carries the soul emotions of the Chinese people. It symbolizes strength and the epitome of five thousand years of culture. Since ancient times, the dragon has been regarded as a good omen, representing authority, nobility, and honor. The world recognizes it as a symbol of success. According to legend, it is made of the breath of heaven and earth. It ranks first among the twelve zodiac animals. As the leader of scale insects, it is uniquely legendary.

The divine dragon leaps, the times are prosperous, and the years are new.

Adhering to excellent craftsmanship and integrating millennium culture, this new timepiece is a noble tribute to the ancient dragon totem and warm praise of the dragon’s descendant spirit. Roger Dubuis uses 27 brass components to form the form of a leaping dragon, which leaps with infinite vitality, just like a dragon leaping among the clouds, proudly raising its head and subtly echoing the dragon in traditional Chinese culture, composed of nine animal characteristics. Vivid images: deer’s antlers, camel’s head, shrimp’s eyes, snake’s neck, clam’s belly, fish’s lin, eagle’s claws, tiger’s paws, and ox’s ears. The finishing touch is the eyes filled with red Super-LumiNova, which makes the image of the dragon even more majestic.

Roger Dubuis King Series Single Flying Tourbillon Year of the Dragon Limited Edition Watch

On the inside of the sapphire bottom cover on the back of the watch, another dragon painted with metal coating complements the dragon on the front. Parts of the dragon body and the tourbillon can be seen on the front and back of the dial, overlapping and interlaced, like two dragons leaping and leaping, snatching the fire beads. At the beginning of the New Year, pray for luck and blessings, demonstrating vigorous vitality and optimistic vision.

Roger Dubuis King Series Single Flying Tourbillon Year of the Dragon Limited Edition Watch

Exquisite hollowing out and unruly craftsmanship

Roger Dubuis has created a new chapter in the brand’s advanced watchmaking with its hollow design, adding a touch of noble charm to the Year of the Dragon. The top surface of the RD512SQ movement equipped on the timepiece has been uniquely sandblasted, and the edges and corners show fine polishing technology, showing ingenuity in every detail. The exquisite hollow design has been certified by the Geneva Seal. As one of the most stringent quality certifications in the fine watchmaking industry, it represents excellent quality and performance and symbolizes excellent origin, precision, and durability. Swiss replica watches.

Roger Dubuis King Series Single Flying Tourbillon Year of the Dragon Limited Edition Watch

This new timepiece reflects the brand’s unremitting pursuit of exquisite craftsmanship and demonstrates Roger Dubuis’s extreme attention to detail. Every component is carefully crafted to ensure excellent quality and extraordinary performance. The dragon pattern, tourbillon, and hands overlap on the hollow dial, forming a picture full of power and beauty, and the dragon shape is lifelike. This design combines traditional and modern elements, allowing the charm of Chinese culture and advanced watchmaking skills to complement each other. The dragonflies in the wrist exude the oriental charm of swallowing mountains and rivers.

Roger Dubuis King Series Single Flying Tourbillon Year of the Dragon Limited Edition Watch

The dragon brings excellent luck and presents the New Year. Roger Dubuis integrates complex functions, aesthetic values, and optimistic beliefs into the wrist and launches 28 new King Series Single Flying Tourbillon Year of the Dragon limited edition watches to witness every extraordinary moment in 2024 and congratulate Jiachen on the new year. , continue a new chapter of unruly. Fake watches.

Chopard welcomes the New Year with two Alpine Eagle Chinese limited edition watches. The magnificent colors and unique shapes of Chinese Danxia inspire both watch masterpieces. The dials are bright and picturesque, and the red ocher color is shocking. This Danxia red watch, the most popular in the world, is also reminiscent of the seal red that stands out in the calligraphy of classics and symbolizes nobility, fame, and trust. From ancient times to the present, seals have been used as cultural carriers to express literati’s ambitions, promises, contracts, and elegance. They have shown diverse and superb artistic value. The vermilion that comes into contact when using the seal carries righteousness and spirituality and has a beautiful meaning of good luck and wealth. Wearing the Alpine Eagle Snow Mountain proud wing series Chinese limited edition watch, the elegance uses “watch” to express emotions, place and reward the wisdom and trust of the gentleman, and demonstrate elegance and taste; and the seal red, a very artistic and energetic color, also places its confidence in the pair. The wearer has reasonable expectations for good luck and good fortune in the new year.

The Chopard Alpine Eagle series carried the ingenuity of the Scheufele family for three generations and is derived from the first model created by the current co-president, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, in the late 1970s. Watch St.Moritz. This series of watches draws inspiration from the magical power of the Alps. The rich texture of the dials of this series is reminiscent of the iris of an eagle, and the hands resemble the feathers of an eagle. It not only carries Chopard’s love for nature but also the praise and love of this outstanding and skilled craftsman, which reflects the brand’s superb aesthetics. Buy replicas watch.

One of the Chopard Alpine Eagle series Chinese limited edition watches is made of Lucent SteelTM, which the brand is proud of and is limited to 88 pieces. Lucent SteelTM is an alloy with no less than 80% recycled steel content, which can shine as brightly as gold. Swiss replica website.

The second model is made of rose-colored 18K gold in line with Chopard’s sustainable development and social responsibility concepts and is limited to 33 pieces. Internally, they are equipped with the Chopard 01.01-C self-winding mechanical movement independently developed by the master artisans of the Chopard watchmaking workshop and awarded the Swiss Official Chronometer Certification (COSC). This movement has a 60-hour power reserve. , and equipped with a stop-second function to ensure precise adjustment and timing functions. These two exquisite timepieces combine Chopard’s exquisite watchmaking craftsmanship and unique artistic aesthetics. They will become stylish for those with lofty ambitions and far-sightedness to reward their self-confidence and emotion. And this red color, full of vitality and artistic conception, also means that the wearer will be safe and encouraging in the coming year, receive good fortune and good luck, and everything will go well.

HUBLOT Hublot integrates the triple heritage of Chinese culture:

• Taking the Oriental dragon (also known as ‘long’) as the source of design inspiration.
• Choosing paper-cutting and mosaic art as two primary art forms.
• Joining hands with Chinese artist Chen Fenwan to create the HUBLOT Big Bang Soul Jiachen Dragon Year Titanium Watch.

Swiss luxury watchmaking brand HUBLOT launches the Big Bang Soul Jiachen Dragon Year titanium watch. The traditional Chinese paper-cutting art inspires its design. It innovatively presents a layered design of hands, gears, and H-shaped screws. The 3D outline of the Oriental Dragon is lifelike. Hublot equips the new watch with a rubber strap with inlay art, which is the first time in the brand’s history. Hublot and Chinese artist Chen Fenwan jointly created the new timepiece. It achieves the ideal fusion of traditional craftsmanship and modern elements. It vividly demonstrates Hublot’s “dare to be a pioneer, be unique, and stand out from the crowd” through metaphors and symbolic elements. Different” brand philosophy, a limited collection of 88 pieces. Replica watch china.

In the Chinese lunar calendar, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, which occurs every 12 years. The dragon is a highly revered sacred creature in Chinese culture, symbolizing prosperity and seen as a symbol of luck, strength, and wisdom. It is also a royal totem, symbolizing life and immortality. The dragon is not only a symbol but also a symbol. The universal auspicious meaning is the foundation of dragon culture.

2024 is also the 4722nd year of the Chinese lunar calendar, the year of the Wood Dragon. To celebrate the Chinese New Year, Hublot teamed up with artist Chen Fenwan to use his superb paper-cutting skills to pay tribute to the Chinese Lunar Year of the Wood Dragon by ingeniously creating the natural fibers that constitute the soul and spirit of a piece of paper.

There are new ideas hidden under the dragon-shape

This timepiece embodies Hublot’s “art of fusion” watchmaking philosophy and demonstrates the brand’s continuous innovation and outstanding craftsmanship in materials and forms of expression. As a symbol of the brand’s art of fusion, the new timepiece presents a unique way of interpreting time through its distinctive features. Chinese artist Chen Fenwan uses the art of paper-cutting to skillfully layer hands, gears, and screws to create a 3D dragon-shaped outline. The faucet adopts a five-layer design, taking turns among the hands, gears, and H-shaped screws while the dragon body and scales spread to the strap. The color scheme of the entire design is derived from the paper sculptures created by Chen Fenwan. Rolex replicas for sale.

The metaphor of “the art of fusion.”

This watch is designed to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Dragon and is a metaphor for the “art of fusion” contained in the Eastern dragon. The shape of the dragon, a sacred creature, has evolved over thousands of years and has the characteristics of nine different animals – shrimp eyes, antlers, an ox’s mouth, a dog’s nose, a catfish’s whiskers, a lion’s mane, a snake’s tail, fish scales, and an eagle’s claws. Chen Fenwan used his ingenuity to present this sacred animal, talisman, and totem on the dial, paying tribute to one of China’s most culturally rich art forms – paper-cut art. Paper-cutting originated in China about two thousand years ago, appearing simultaneously as papermaking. It is a carrier for transmitting the creator’s moral principles, philosophical thoughts, and aesthetic concepts. Paper-cut works are often used to celebrate significant life events such as weddings and the birth of new babies. Paper-cut decorations that symbolize happiness and auspiciousness are also indispensable in Chinese New Year celebrations.

Hublot is the first to use a rubber strap inlaid with artistic elements to welcome 2024 with traditional Chinese elements.

Hublot invited Chinese artist Chen Fenwan to combine the traditional Chinese “round carving” technique with modern art to create a new timepiece that condenses the majestic and dynamic dragon shape on the wrist, conveying the feeling of rising into the sky. Auspicious atmosphere. This piece of art on the wrist symbolizes the endless totem of life and vividly demonstrates Hublot’s brand philosophy of “dare to be a pioneer, be unique, and be different.”

In a titanium case with a diameter of 42 mm, Hublot transforms the multi-layered effect of paper-cut art into a multi-layer dial structure, superimposes a multi-layer intarsia design on the bottom plate, and integrates components with Hublot aesthetics. The dragon-shaped outline extends to Hublot’s first rubber strap with inlaid artistic patterns. Each dragon scale is dyed and nano-vulcanized to blend seamlessly with the strap. This delicate decoration process is completed entirely by hand, and each strap takes approximately 8 hours to make. The Big Bang Soul Jiachen Dragon Year Titanium Watch is limited to 88 pieces and comes with a titanium gray Velcro nylon fabric spare strap. This exquisite timepiece dedicated to the Chinese Year of the Dragon is equipped with the HUB1710 self-winding movement, providing a 50-hour power reserve.

The mechanical clock movement uses a hairspring balance wheel speed regulation system, which directly determines the timekeeping accuracy of the clock. The hairspring is a circle of metal wire arranged according to the Archimedean spiral (similar to standard mosquito coils). With a hairspring arranged this way, its center of gravity is naturally not at its center.

When the hairspring is loaded onto the balance wheel, it will shrink and expand with the movement of the balance wheel. At this time, the shape of the hairspring will change. Wastchoosy used an 11x magnifying glass to shoot a slow-motion video of the movement of the balance spring. In the video, we can see that the shape of the hairspring is irregular when it shrinks and expands. The upper right corner shrinks and expands more than the lower left corner.

The shape of the hairspring changes during movement, and the center of gravity of the hairspring moves everywhere, deviating more than when stationary. This offset is subtle but intolerable for a hairspring balance system that operates nearly 500,000 times daily. A small amount of offset amplification will affect the timekeeping accuracy of the clock.

To solve this problem, Abraham-Louis Breguet, the founder of the watch brand Breguet, proposed in 1795 to bend part of the hairspring upward to form a double-layer hairspring and use the weight of the second layer of hairspring to balance the entire hairspring. A center of gravity is a method to keep the center of gravity as central as possible. This design later became known as the “Breguet Spring” Breguet hairspring.

On June 26, 1801, Abraham-Louis Breguet obtained a patent issued by the official organization, valid for ten years, named “Tourbillon Tourbillon”. Breguet envisaged installing the entire hairspring escapement speed regulating system in a movable frame that rotates one full circle per minute. In this way, all errors recur regularly and thus cancel each other out.

According to Breguet’s vision, the design of the tourbillon is very “perfect.” However, transitioning from invention design to physical object could be smoother sailing. Breguet obtained a patent in 1801 but only had experimental products then. It was not until four years later that the Tourbillon pocket watch was officially launched on the market, and it was not a mass-produced version but a customized one. From 1805 to the death of Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1823, Breguet sold only 35 tourbillon watches in 18 years. Compared to the sales performance of watches equipped with Breguet hairspring, the difference is enormous. Fake gold watches.

Why does this happen? That’s because it took more work to make a tourbillon based on the watch processing technology at the time. There is little power in the spring of the pocket watch movement, but now it has to drive a movable frame. Therefore, the movable frame of the tourbillon must be made very light, and the entire tourbillon frame should weigh less than 1 gram so that the gear train of the movement can move. Such a lightweight frame was challenging in that era when lathe processing technology was imperfect.
Moreover, even if the frame’s shape was made, the balance of the entire hairspring escapement system had to be considered. Therefore, the processing and production of tourbillon has always been a complex problem! According to records, more than 200 years after the invention of the tourbillon, only about 200 watchmakers mastered this advanced technology.

Because of its small quantity, difficulty in processing, and high value, the tourbillon is regarded as an “artifact” by many watch friends. There is often this thought: “Brands with tourbillons are great, brands without tourbillons are low-end.”

As for why Rolex doesn’t have a tourbillon? It can be divided into three stages to explore the reasons. The first stage is from 1905 to around the 1950s, the second is from 1953 to the 1990s, and the third is from the 1990s to the present.

The first stage: from 1905 to around the 1950s
Rolex cannot make a tourbillon due to a lack of ability

Single button chronograph Rolex Ref.2303

This explanation sounds incredible at first.

Hans Wilsdorf founded the predecessor of Rolex in 1905. In the following days, he relied on two magic weapons: an “Oyster waterproof case” + “self-winding movement” to open up the situation. But at this time, Rolex’s movement research, development, and production capabilities were not vital! Aegler produced Rolex’s movements at the time. Therefore, Rolex could not make it at that time.

Patek Philippe pocket watch using Albert Pellaton-Favre tourbillon movement

Not only could Rolex not make it, but at that time, few brands could independently produce tourbillon pocket watches and watches. Many tourbillon pocket watches from big brands such as Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Girard-Perregaux, and Ulysse Nardin are ordered and processed by watchmakers and then sold under their trademarks. The most famous watchmakers are Albert Pellaton-Favre (1832-1914) and his son James César Pellaton (1873-1954). This is why we find that the tourbillon pocket watches of these brands all look similar. Hublot replica.

Of course 1947, Omega developed the Cal.30L tourbillon watch movement; in 1956, Patek Philippe developed the Cal.34T tourbillon watch movement. However, at that time, they were all small-scale productions as observatory competitions and could not do it. To be used in mass production.

The second stage: from 1953 to around the 1990s
The product positioning is precise; Rolex does not need to make a tourbillon.

The predecessor of the Rolex Explorer series “Oyster Perpetual.”

Rolex’s most famous sports model is the ‘Submariner’ series, which originated in 1953 and is commonly known as the “Submariner” but is not the originator of Rolex sports models. In 1953, British expedition members wore Rolex Oyster Perpetual watches and successfully climbed Mount Everest for the first time. To commemorate this event, Rolex launched the “Explorer” series. After that, professional watches such as Rolex Submariner, GMT-Master, Milgauss, Daytona, Sea-Dweller, Explorer, and Yacht-Master were launched one after another and won market acceptance.

At this time, Rolex’s product positioning gradually became apparent, and it wanted to make accurate and reliable professional watches.

The third stage: 1990s to present
The brand status is established; Rolex disdains it and cannot make tourbillons.

This is a Patek Philippe with model number Ref. 3369; its owner is Philippe Stern, the former president of Patek Philippe. It looks like a small three-pin style, but it has much history.

From the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, the Observatory Chronometer competition was held for nearly 100 years. All major watch brands came up with their best products to compete. This Patek Philippe Ref.3369 watch has a slight manual tourbillon movement numbered 861115. It was initially produced to participate in the Swiss Observatory Chronometer competition.

Because the information back then was on paper coupled with geopolitics, no systems needed to the beta was available online. Dr. Christian Müller from the Observatory Chronometer Database (OCD) uploaded all the detailed information of the 3,356 participating movements of the Neuchâtel Observatory from 1945 to 1967 to the website and provided free inquiry. Interested watchers can log on to www.observatory.watch to browse.

Through inquiries, we know that the 861115 movement equipped with a precision tourbillon received a comprehensive score of 16.73 that year. Omega, which also made a tourbillon movement, scored 12.1 and 18.22.

With such a result, the overall ranking among the 3,356 participating movements is already 2,000 or higher… (The lower the overall score, the more accurate the watch)

It is worth noting that the Observatory Chronometer observatory competition is only a static test and does not simulate the movement state faced by the movement after it is assembled into the watch. Therefore, regarding travel time accuracy, a tourbillon with a complex structure will be even worse in actual wear than in static observatory testing.

In this way, the tourbillon has no meaning at all for Rolex. The quartz crisis caused by Japan’s Seiko Seiko in the 1970s and 1980s reshuffled the entire world’s watchmaking industry, and the Swiss mechanical watchmaking industry was hit hard. Many brands went bankrupt, closed down, merged, sold, and downgraded at that time. Fortunately, Rolex survived this crisis. Moreover, during the crisis, Rolex kept its production standards high and completed the upgrade from the 30 series to the 31 series movement. So after the crisis, Rolex’s brand status began to be established, and its brand positioning gradually became straightforward to produce accurate and reliable watches.

The tourbillon could be considered the most advanced technology in 1801. To improve the watch’s accuracy, Breguet used a complex mechanical structure to compensate for offsetting the hairspring’s center of gravity. However, experiments have proven that the travel time accuracy of tourbillon watches is similar to that of ordinary watches. At the same time, the complex mechanical structure brings disadvantages such as high cost, instability, easy damage, complex maintenance, slow debugging, and expensive maintenance. After 200 years, it still does not exist. Change.

Tourbillon is a backward and high-risk technology for Rolex, which pursues precision and reliability. Instead of producing “delicate” tourbillons now, “win with stability.”

As the New Year approaches, Swiss top watch brand Vacheron Constantin continues to make big moves, launching a series of unique watches in the Les Cabinotiers loft craftsman series, which include ultra-complex mechanical designs, exquisite engravings, and gem-setting techniques, which are indeed the ultimate visual enjoyment.

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Minute repeater tourbillon watch

This year, Vacheron Constantin has specially launched two-minute repeater tourbillon watches in the Les Cabinotiers loft craftsman series, each produced in limited edition, representing the pioneering spirit of looking at the world. Imitation watches.

The white gold “Art of the Middle East” minute repeater tourbillon draws inspiration from the architecture of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi. The scrollwork is carved on the case using the line carving process, and the outer edge of the dial is decorated with geometric patterns. The entire work took three months to complete.

The other is made of gold material to pay tribute to Vacheron Constantin’s achievements in the United States since 1832.

Drawing inspiration from the Art Deco period, the dial is divided into two layers and contains 110 individually cut and polished pear and tulipwood slices. Combining cloisonné enamel and fine wood inlay techniques vividly reproduces the classic interior decoration of the golden age of the “Art Deco” image.

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Loft Craftsman’s “Picture of the Resort”

As the name suggests, to further demonstrate the connection between Geneva, Switzerland, and Asia, the Loft Craftsman series is based on the brand’s four unforgettable places as a blueprint, vividly reproducing the ruins of Angkor Wat, the Old Summer Palace, the Confucius Temple in Beijing and the Imperial College, and the 19th century Vacheron Constantin on the dial. A classic resort scene of the Geneva headquarters of the period.

It is said that each dial took at least 200 hours to complete. The thickness is about 9 mm. It is equipped with a self-made ultra-thin automatic movement. Three watches are made of 5N rose gold, and one is made of white gold. Made.

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Maltese tourbillon watch

The 38mm x 48.3mm 5N pink gold watch is equipped with 2790 SQ manual winding tourbillon movement. In tribute to the Haussmann style and its agency in Paris since the early 19th century, Vacheron Constantin launched the new Les Cabinotiers Attic Craftsman “Haussmann” “Feng Hua” Maltese Skeleton Tourbillon Watch.

Both the case and movement are heavily engraved, taking more than 150 hours, and the depth of the engraving remains roughly the same, about 4/10 mm, an incredible level of sophistication. Richard mille replica.

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Armillary Sphere Tourbillon Watch

The Armillary Sky Tourbillon watch also celebrates the Art Deco style, but this time, the watch aims to celebrate the entire America. It has a 45 mm × 20.1 mm 2N gold case and is equipped with the brand’s ace movement masterpiece 1990 manual winding movement, equipped with a bi-axial tourbillon and retrograde hour and minute displays.

The case is also richly decorated with engravings, and the front of the movement is decorated with hand-made guilloché and has a black DLC coating. The engraving on this watch alone took more than a month to complete.

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“Xianglong” grayscale enamel high jewelry watch

The final piece of the Loft Artisan collection is the “Xianglong” grayscale enamel high jewelry watch with Chinese solid elements. This watch is decorated with a gray enamel dragon engraving on the dial. The 40 mm white gold case is set with 146 handset baguette-cut diamonds and is equipped with an ultra-thin 1120 automatic movement.

In an enameled style using only gray tones on a dark background, each layer must be fired precisely in the kiln to reveal the deep and exquisite detail of the chosen pattern.