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The watch workshop of Jochen Benzinger Launches the New Benzinger Boutique Collection. It was only recently that Jochen Benzinger, Hermann Grieb, and Georg Bartkowiak surprised the watch world with the unique replica A Lange & Sohne 110.030 Men's watch luxury watches based on historical movements.In just a short amount of time, these have become an insider tip for collectors.A maximum of 5 to 10 of these watches can be produced in one year.In order to do justice to the demand for these one-of-a-kind handmade pieces, Benzinger's workshop now also offers unique pieces, one-of-a-kind watches, and specially skeletonized timepieces in steel, white gold, or rose gold as desired based on contemporary movements under the label BENZINGER.

In the new replica A Lange & Sohne 115.029 Men's watch collection, it is the characteristic hand-skeletonized movements, genuine hand-guilloché dials, and technical modifications such as the striking position of the hour and minute displays above the dial as well as "lifestyle watches" that are the focus.The fine line between traditional technology and exceptional design is achieved particularly well. Because of their own inimitable style, BENZINGER unique pieces are instantly recognizable.The enormous production depth of "made in Germany" is a guarantee that BENZINGER unique pieces are incredibly rare, ensuring the owner corresponding exclusivity.

Only about 100 watches leave the workshop every year.In order to discuss requests for made-to-order timepieces, private clients and retailers from all over the world personally visit the workshop in Pforzheim.And it is not only the world's economic situation that has watch collectors thinking differently: substance and handcrafting count more than ever these days.The BENZINGER workshop profits greatly from this; replica A Lange & Sohne 115.026 Men's watch the demand for unique pieces and those made according to a client's own wishes is consistently rising.

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All new on this model, is a partially skeletonized dial. You can see some of the gears and screws, which gives it a very appealing look. The silver inner circle on the dial is metal, and is finished with Geneva stripes, further adding to the dial aesthetics. replica A Lange & Sohne 403.032 Men's watch The only other big change, is the blue color scheme, including a blue Hermes crocodile strap.The case is fully polished stainless steel and is 42 mm in diameter. Inside is a in-house automatic calibre. Water-resistance is 50 meters.Retail $15,000 (estimated)Source: Parmigiani Fleurier

These are two beautiful limited edition Chronoswiss Zeitzeichen Skeleton watches that I photographed through the case at the Chronswiss booth during the Baselworld 2010 show. I have recently featured a few other notable skeletonized watches, made by Benzinger and Armin Strom. All three brands make beautiful timepieces, replica A Lange & Sohne 315.032 Men's watch all hand-engraved and hand-skeletonized, the only way to do a traditional skeleton timepiece. Jochen Benzinger, the watchmaker behind the Benzinger Boutique collection, recognized as one of the best hand engravers in the world, actually did the work on these two Chronoswiss masterpieces.

This is a high-defintiion video of master watchmaker Jochen Benzinger, who creates fully skeletonized hand engraved timepieces. In the video, Jochen Benzinger shows off his process for hand engraving a guilloché pattern on a movement. The video also features many of the watch techniques that are used to produce a Benzinger timepiece. replica A Lange & Sohne 115.021 Men's watch Including close-ups of hand engraving, skeletonizing, guilloché, flame bluing of parts, creation of frosted Breguet dials and more. Only about 100 watches leave the German workshop each year.

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And unlike any other foudroyante on the market, that I can think of, this one can display chronograph times with 1/10 of second accuracy, as opposed to 1/8th or 1/6th, like most jumping seconds chronographs. That is not all though, it can also display the jumping seconds differently than any other watch on the market. Instead of displaying a replica A Lange & Sohne 308.032 Men's watch fraction of a second in a subdial, the measurement is displayed by a central hand. If you have ever seen a foudroyante in action, then you can imagine how mesmerizing this will look in-person.

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Introduced at Baselworld 2010, the Blancpain Carrousel Sapphire is quite an impressive timepiece. It features a rose gold case with a sapphire crystal on the front, back and on both sides of the case. It even features a sapphire crystal in place of the plates and dial, which creates the illusion that the movement is floating inside the case. It looks replica A Lange & Sohne 223.021 Men's watch really cool in person. Another key feature, is the carrousel movement (a "carrousel" improves accuracy by negating gravity's effects, much like a tourbillon). A carrousel movement is very difficult to produce, and very rare. Accordingly, the price is what you would pay for a tourbillon, or more. Retail: $240,000Source: Blancpain

Parmigiani Fleurier just introduced a new version of their popular Tonda Hemisphere timepiece. Like the previous versions, this one has a dual time zone (GMT) feature. Both time zones are fully visible, at a glance, including minutes and hours. replica A Lange & Sohne 215.032 Men's watch On top of that, each has its own day/night indicator. There is also an exposed date window, that allows you to see three days at a time. Two crowns control the separate time zones, and the main crown also allows you to wind the watch and set the date.

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At Baselworld 2010, I had a chance to view the new Zenith El Primero Striking 10th timepiece, in gold. In recent years Zenith has gotten away from their core, which is more traditional timepieces. Under the direction of their new CEO, Jean-Frédéric replica A Lange & Sohne 315.026 Men's watch Dufour, they are getting back to basics. And this, of course, includes their famous EL Primero movement. Below are some photos of the new El Primero collection, with the cool Striking 10th feature (shown in gold) and the new El Primero Sage (shown in stainless steel). Retail TBDSource: Zenith

Last year, Zenith unveiled the vintage El Primero collection during the Basel show. Which was, by far, my favorite of their new collections. They had some other nice timepieces as well, but in general, the majority of their designs were not well received. Too many of their designs were so off from the original Zenith look, that the company had replica A Lange & Sohne 116.021 Men's watch begun to lose its following over the past five years. Fast forward to 2010, under the new direction of Jean-Frédéric Dufour, who previously worked for Chopard, Ulysse Nardin and the Swatch Group. As part of his turnaround strategy, he has begun to reduce the number of references, and bring the company back to basics.

To start, the company will be introducing an exciting new El Primero Chronograph model, very much like Vintage 1969 El Primero Chronograph they introduced last year, except this one has a more contemporary case design and look. It also features a very cool new jumping seconds function (foudroyante).Powering the new El Primero chronograph is the new 4052B automatic calibre which is a variation of the famous El Primero replica A Lange & Sohne 115.022 Men's watch movement that was originally introduced in 1969. Like the original movement, the new one runs at the high rate of 36,000 vph. However, unlike the original this version is equipped with a foudroyante (jumping/flying seconds) function.

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