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Zenith Christophe Colomb Watch Hands-On
I am here to answer the very important question of “can you even wear this watch?” I first wrote about the Zenith Christophe Colomb watch here. This question has salience because the movement in the Christophe Colomb watch requires that there be a large spheroid in the watch that makes it looks as though it has a tumor. This non-malignant growth is actually the “zero-gravity tourbillon.” An escapement on gimbals that moves around such that the escapement more or less is always placed the same position. Does this improve performance at all? Highly doubtful. Consider it a visual toy. And to watch, the complication is cool, but not necessarily evocative of a “wow factor.”At the bottom of the “gear ball” is a polished gold weight that keeps the entire thing pointed in the right direction. People have confused this complication with what is in the Jeager-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon. This is inaccurate. While the Gryotourbillon spins around on two
BaselWorld 2008 - CONCORD C1 Tourbillon Gravity, Defying More Than Just Belief
Last year the luxury watch brand Concord moved to reposition itself as an even more exclusive luxury brand, with innovative, edgy designs and its former lines reduced to one, the new C1. When this spectacularly sportif, hunkily elegant new watch called the Concord C1 was first launched at BaselWorld 2007, last April, the entire production — a thousand units — sold out in one day. It seems that Concord is intent on repeating that impressive performance this year with their new offering, the Concord C1 Tourbillon Gravity. One look at this incredible timepiece and its pretty difficult to imagine that they will have any trouble.This new offering does more than just re-enforce the company’s ethos: "The Watch. Reconstructed."the new Concord C1 Tourbillon Gravity effectively makes it a statement of fact. The Tourbillion was first invented in 1801 as a solution to the challenges of gravity. Now in 2008, Concord pays tribute to this horological tradition. An astounding time-me