Back to Monaco
The TAG Heuer Monaco Gulf was back this year for the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique.
This special edition with a diameter of 39 mm co-created with the Gulf brand is equipped with the Heuer 02 manufacture movement. For this new edition, the design of the TAG Heuer Monaco Gulf (€6,700) continues to be inspired by the three colors emblematic of Gulf, but this time in a more contemporary combination: dark blue, characteristic of Gulf, turquoise and orange.
For the first time, the three colors are also present on the minute sub-counters at 3 o'clock.
Finally, the Gulf logo on the dial is totally white.
Small vintage detail at 12 o'clock: the 60 index refers to the typology of the very famous Porsche 917.
A finely revisited design.
TAG Heuer
On the back, the TAG Heuer Monaco Gulf Special Edition features a unique version of the Heuer Caliber 02 oscillating weight and column wheel with a special colored engraving matching Gulf's Pantone Orange.
As for the strap, it is in perforated blue calfskin with an orange lining.
Green Aton Martin Girard-Perregaux
A Laureato for Aston Martin F1
Last year, the Manufacture Girard-Perregaux became the official watchmaking partner of the British manufacturer Aston Martin and the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One (AMF1) team.
This new Laureato Absolute Chronograph Edition AM F1 has a 44 mm case made from titanium powder and carbon elements from two F1 single-seaters that raced in the 2021 season – unheard of in the watch industry.
Through a high-tech manufacturing process, the various components are brought together and mixed with a tinted resin.
The resulting material offers greater strength than steel.
“This collaboration has brought out innovative and interesting ideas with, in the end, the creation of exciting new products, explains Patrick Pruniaux,
CEO of Girard-Perregaux.
For this new watch, we sought to get closer to the F1 facet of the brand, placing more emphasis on the concept of performance.
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A transparent back marked Aston Martin Girard-Perregaux
The “Aston Martin Green” strap of this model is made up of FKM rubber (FKM) and carbon elements that come from two Formula 1 single-seaters that competed last season.
It offers greater flexibility and resistance than traditional rubber.
The dial, also in “Vert Aston Martin” with a sunburst finish, is decorated with cross-hatching – a pattern that dates from the Aston Martin logo in 1921. The dial in “Vert Aston Martin” with a sunburst finish is decorated with cross-hatching – a motif that dates from the Aston Martin logo in 1921. Through the sapphire crystal of this 306-piece limited edition, we can see its self-winding manufacture movement, Caliber GP03300-1058.
An astonishing BRM trapezoidal box
Tribute to Spa Classic
From May 20 to 22, 2022 Spa Classic will celebrate its tenth edition.
On the occasion of this anniversary, the French manufacturer BRM Chronographs has imagined an exclusive edition of five copies of the brand's latest watch jewel, the FF39-40 (10,920 euros).
A limited and numbered series in the colors of the competition, blue, white and red.
It sports a 39 x 40 mm trapezoidal case cut from gray block, a back and bezel in gray stainless steel, cylindrical attached lugs in 18/8 acinox, as well as a crown in red lacquered stainless steel and straps and silent blocks in blue nitrile.
The search for lightness obliges, this wrist car weighing only 55 grams has belt wheels, a self-supporting casing ring and a weight in gray Fortal HR.
A first team watch for Mercedes-AMG Petronas.
IWC
A “Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team” edition
Certainly, for the moment, his results are not up to his prize list.
But the season is far from over for Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes-AMG Petronas team.
Its watchmaking partner, IWC Schaffhausen, took advantage of the highly publicized inaugural Miami Grand Prix to unveil the team's first official watch: the Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 "Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team" Edition.
Crafted in grade 5 titanium, it has a black dial enhanced with Petronas green, the team symbol, on the prints and luminescent material.
This chronograph features an IWC caliber 69385, and is accompanied by two straps, calfskin and rubber, easy to interchange.
IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 “Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team” Edition, €8,300. Available exclusively online at IWC.com.
A first chronograph for Depancel Depancel
A chronograph for Depancel
The young French brand is taking a step forward by presenting its first automatic chronograph: the A-Series Allure, a limited edition of 500 numbered pieces.
In early 2021, the brand asked its community what its ideal “Racing Chronograph” should look like.
In total, more than 10,000 people expressed their preferences in terms of design and technical characteristics.
Automotive DNA for the young French brand Depancel
This Series-A Allure chronograph with a diameter of 43 mm and 15 mm thick will be equipped with the Swiss automatic movement ETA 7753 endowed with 48 hours of power reserve, with a bicompax look, a date window at 6 o'clock and a weight decorated with a honeycomb pattern reminiscent of the pattern on the dial.
This novelty will be guaranteed for life and sold in pre-order for 1595 € instead of 1895 €.
The opening of sales is set for June 14, 2022 at 10 a.m.
