Independents

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...  

Thank you Alex!

I am sure there will be more photographs on this thread very soon!

Thanks Sanro for this tread, many thanks to Dario, CronotempVs team an Peter ! . . Best Patrice ...  

It was great to meet you for this occasion! :)

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... 

No other words can say how beautiful it s! Congrats, Andrew

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... 

The mould tooling for the SLN The mould Adding the SLN by hand The dial with SLN but before the names are added ...  

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Much appreciated. Love the details of this watch. See you next time you're down under. Regards, Richard.

Amazing watch as always from you. Look forward to meeting you when you come to Sydney again!

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 :)

Congratulations! There's still something a little bit weird seeing photos of Peter with a full head of hair though. :-) Cheers, pplater.

...and stylish watchmaker! :)

Ahhh, that's what was wrong with him!!! I thought there was something different about Peter but I could just not put my finger on it... :-)

...as a complicity sign with the Cronotempvs II... Thank you, Jacky!

The Spirit style is one of my favorites of Peter's recent work, and this variant is quite attractive. Congratulations to the entire club! Best, Gary G

I will pass you contrats on to my fellow members of Cronotempvs!

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Thank you gentlemen for having entrusted the second Cronotempus watch to Speake-Marin, following on from Chopard is quite an honour.

...that it's a 'no-brainer'! :-) All the best to you and yours for the silly season. Cheers, pplater.

Congrats to you guys and thanks to Peter for having accepted the project! Fx

Thanks, Fx Xavier!

I'm highly impressed with the whole process and the final watches. Congratulations to you and your friends. Regards, Richard.

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!

Thanks, sidneyc!

... do not forget the back! Those are some NICE outward angles on that rotor!!! ...  

I could use them to protect me and my family against criminals on those dark nights of Winter... :)

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I like this watch tremendously. the date at 2 is fantastic--such an easy detail to 'ruin' a watch but it works beautifully! My favorite PSM ever.

Looks GREAT on the wrist, I like it. Vte :)

the best execution of the Spirit line so far in my opinion. - SJX

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

Although it might not be everybody's cup of tea, all I can say it that it is incredibly comfortable! At least it is something right? ...