Hermes has done a very smart job with the new follow up to the Arceau Chronograph range. Called Ebony this watch really is a sibling of the Arceau chronograph Alezan that was announced at Baselworld but in a different color, we mean symbolically so!

This timepiece too is has been dedicated to the Hermes equestrian heritage. The lines are still smooth and refined. The Arceau Ebony Chronograph is black all over, including the strap. The 43mm wide steel watch case provides relief while the red dials offer lethal attraction in the stark contrast. The rings around the dials lend a sense of depth. We like the clean and simple face of the watch. The faceted window cut for the date window is a very intelligent idea.

A Swiss ETA 2894 powers the watch which has nothing extravagant about it. It spells sheer class! The strap is made from high grade calf leather with contrast stitching. It will be some time before this watch hits the exclusive Hermes stores. Start saving up then.

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Carl F. Bucherer is in limelight again due to a new creation that goes by the name Patravi T-ChronoGrade. The reason they call it so is because the hour elapsation indicator for the chronograph is really a retrograde indicator. We are told that this one a great combination of great looks with technology with a balance rarely seen between function and user-friendliness.

Framed in a stainless steel case that this 42mm wide and 46mm high, the Patravi flaunts fine levels on the faceted hour marker as well as high levels of polishing throughout the watch. There are choices offered between a silver or black finished dial and another one between a fine leather strap or metal bracelet. Let’s tell you that the black or brown straps are aviator styled and have thick padding that’s stitched in contrasting color threads.

The CFB 1902 automatic mechanical movement holds the main machinery. It power the 6 hour flyback chronograph as well as an annual calendar complete with big date and month. Also, you can know about power reserve from the indicator. The price sits high at $13K.

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1) A Zadora Timepiece Costs $150,000
Manufactured by Andreas von Zadora-Gerlof, the face of the virtuoso Zadora Timepiece Swiss-made collection reflects horology whilst time is visible from one of its side. The meander tiara has a briolette cut diamond harmonized well with precious stones. The timepieces functions no less than a wearable jeweled statuette. The latest queen bee model come ornamented with a fragile gold crown, an enamel flower, a pomegranate with a skin of green tsavorites plus black and canary-yellow tinted diamonds, pear-cut emerald eyes with a rococo south sea pearl in its mouth

2) Titanic Watch From Romain Jerome Costs $152,435
A Swiss jeweler has unveiled his range of designer watches manufactured using the hull of the Titanic, the rarest material on Earth. Priced ranging from £75,000 to any $$$$, the timepieces are seamlessly designed after blending the metal with shipbuilding steel. The black dials are formed mixing the improved coal blazed in the Titanic’s boiler with earthenware.

3) Breguet Double Tourbillion Costs $329,000
Hand embossed with a portrayal of a solar system, the Breguet Double Tourbillion comes equipped with a 95% pure platinum case. Priced at $329,000, the two tourbillons are sovereign from one another yet joined by means of discrepancy mechanism and accumulated on a revolving center plate completing a complete upheaval in 12-hours.

4) Versace $227,000 Jewelry Watch
Baselworld 2008 was a gala event that offered a variety of watches but the highlight of the watch fair remained the Versace “not like a watch” watch. The dial of the watch comes coated with around 122 white diamonds. It is being told that three models of this pricey Destiny watch are being sold signifying the worth of brand.
5) $300,000 Timeless Watch Tells Day & Night
If Versace offering wasn’t sufficed to calm your curiosities’ then keep your fingers upon Baselworld 2008 second offering. Depicting day and night time for you, the unique timepiece by Romain Jerome makes use of an obscure Tourbillon association, exposed to surmount earth’s magnitude that used to have a crash on the exactness of watches. Successful in inviting the attention of watch aficionados, it can only be yours if you have spare $300,000.

6) Chapter One Timepiece from Maîtres du Temps Costs $400k
The elegant appeal of ‘The Chapter One watch’ from Maîtres du Temps is a reflection of a worthy alliance between stylish watch manufacturers (designers) Christophe Claret, Peter Speake-Marin and Roger Dubuis. It features a Tourbillon, display GMT and date pointer, mono-pusher chronograph with a 60-minute rotation. Retailed at $400,000, the cost is set minus Swarovski Crystals (crushed glass).

7) Patek Philippe Wristwatch for £1.1million
The antique valuable wristwatch belonging to an Italian magnate, Count Carlo Felice Trossi fetched him £1.1million at a Sotheby’s auction house in Geneva. Called the “Trossi Leggenda”, the model was the highlight amongst other 200 timepieces.

Maurice Lacroix Unveils Starside Watches
Maurice Lacroix’s latest offering of Starside series of watches was exhibited at the Basel show. With its starry appeal, the three limited-edition timepieces sports a 38mm stainless steel container layered with sapphire crystals. Other highlighting specks include the hours, minutes and seconds signal via hands, date indication with central hand and many others.
The pliable dial comes adorned with 32 diamonds and is available in various shades viz. pink, black or beige.

9) Bejeweled Concord C1 Chronograph
Baselworld 2008 was no less than a gateway to the world of designer watches. After Versace designer watch and $300,000 Timeless Watch, here is another model that would offer a necessary update to your wardrobe. The C1 chronograph comes surrounded with a layer of gold and diamonds and features features complex 44mm cases expertise from 18K white gold fitted in 53 individual elements along with 184 diamonds.

10) Piaget love letter limelight watch
The romantic watch collection from Piaget pursues an envelope-concept that camouflages a love letter as their chief formulate model. Christened as love letter limelight watches, these reduced envelopes unfold to expose a black or mother-of-pearl dial set noticeable with diamond. Perfect for a valentine mood!

11) Chopard Unveils $25 mn Watch; World’s Most Expensive One
If the list of aforementioned 10 timepieces is not of your types then here is something that would surely enter your ears, break through your eyes and would surely do a deep hole ion your pocket. Touted as the world’s most expensive watch, the Chopard’s offering of a $25, 000,000 watch has already broken few heads. Justifying its cost, the watch comes festooned with three heart-shaped diamonds weighing 38 carats. So by inking this neat deal, you would be taking home 200-carats diamonds.

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John Brownlee from BoingBoing Gadgets had digged out ‘The Chapter One watch’ from Maîtres du Temps. Its intricate design and elegant appeal is the result of an association between fashionable watch makers/designers Christophe Claret, Peter Speake-Marin and Roger Dubuis. It sports a Tourbillon, retrospective GMT and date pointer, progressing display that reflect the day and moon time along with a mono-pusher chronograph with a 60-minute rotation. Demanding a whooping $400,000, the cost of the timepiece doesn’t include a layer of Swarovski Crystals (crushed glass). It is an opportunity to categorize yourself amongst elite class.

Count Carlo Felice Trossi’s priciest possession called the “Trossi Leggenda”, described as “really revolutionary” by experts, was the highlight amidst the other 200 timepieces. Trossi by profession was a racing driver, pilot and speedboat racer whose motor-racing triumphs count the 1947 Italian Grand Prix. Besides this another gold Rolex known as “Oyster Daytona Paul Newman” dating back to 1980 got sold for £76,000 almost two-fold of its pre-auction estimate of £25,000 to £40,000. The watch was christened after the Florida car race and for the American actor who helped promote this style.

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