On December 1st, in Geneva, a group of friends (a Club, I should say) picked up the result of a 1 year project called "Cronotempvs II". This is how it started... With the incredible cooperation of Peter Speake-Marin and of the "soul" of our Club, Dario, t...
And so...the day to pick the CTII came along: December 21st in Geneva. I flew all the way from Beijing for the ocasion, and it was well worth it. Here, some of us just before puting an end to the torture... It looks like I am screaming "GIVE US THE CTII O...
And finally, just a few photographs of this beauty for your enjoyment. Please notice this incredible dial, and the little blocks of luminova stuck on it that form the indices. And of course, the 3-D effect of the whole dial itself. I hope some of the phot...
it has something, I don't know what which makes it ...well...appealing. Now what is that little round opening with a "3" at 2 o'clock? Is it the number of days left on the power reserve? If so, then this is taste and subtlelty, subliminously refined elega...
The dial, although simple at first sight was complex to make and the company concerned 'Bilight' in Geneva developed the process in making this dial as well as the new Spirit dial. Each dial has its own mould which is filled in by hand in their workshop a...
I like the way it looks, specially the movement side, the blued rotor looks fantastic. I guess I'll see one live soon. Congratulations to the new owners, and to the creator. Enjoy them. Vte :)
Thanks for your nice words. I guess the club is open to new admissions, although with like any other "posh" club it is the current members who ultimately accept new members. I can introduce you to the incumbent people if you (or any other PuristS member) ...
Congrats to Sanro and all club members! Can't do much better than a commission piece from Peter! Your next Chronotempvs will have very very big shoes to fill! Enjoy the lovely watch!
and thank you Peter for the extra details on the dial which is spectacular. its very difficult to make something complicated look simple, but they have done it very well. best Graham