Say what you will about Hublot and their unusual marketing strategy (which seems to work by the way) but there’s no denying that the brand makes some pretty cool timepieces. One that caught my eye recently was the Classic Fusion Skeleton Tourbillon Black Ceramic, unveiled earlier this year in Geneva.
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It’s no great secret. I’m a bit of an MB&F fan-boy, and why not? After all, they do make some of the most unusually creative, incredibly complicated timepieces I have ever seen. So when I received an email from MB&F’s Chief Communication Officer, Charris Yadigaroglou, inviting the team and I to the M.A.D Gallery in Geneva to check out the newly unveiled Horological Machine No. 5 in the metal, it was kind of a no brainer; “We’ll be there, wearing whatever types of bells you crazy cats like!”
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Late last year TWL favorite URWERK announced the release of what is arguably their most mind-blowing piece to date – no small feat for a brand that has spent the last decade pushing the outer boundaries of haute horology. The incredible UR-210 Maltese Falcon combines cutting edge technology with futuristic good looks and somehow does it all whilst still providing one of the most legible, ‘non-traditional’ time displays on the market.
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Earlier this week we got up close and personal with De Bethune’s flagship model for 2013, the gorgeous DB16 Tourbillon Regulator. Today we get hands on with the brand’s other star attraction (sorry, I couldn’t resist) for the year, the DB28 Skybridge.
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De Bethune may not have been an official exhibitor at this year’s SIHH however fortunately for us the brand was still on hand at Geneva’s luxurious Four Seasons Hotel to present two new creations for 2013; the sublime DB28 Skybridge, which we will cover in more detail later this week, and the equally desirable DB16 Tourbillon Regulator.
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