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Czapek & Cie Place Vendome Tourbillon Suspendu 'Ici Et Ailleurs' Watch With Acanthus Leaves Engraving
Swiss Czapek & Cie have been known for their impressive range of complicated timepieces. More recently, their controversial crowdfunding adventure caused a bit of a stir, but from it popped the revitalization of a historical brand (read all about it here) that has produced a number of cool timepieces that manage to channel a contemporary DNA while still maintaining a uniquely old-school vibe. New for 2018, Czapek & Cie have unveiled a new model to their second watch collection-the Place Vendome Tourbillon Suspendu "Ici et Ailleurs"with "Acanthus Leaves"(a mouthful, I know). Featuring two new engraved case designs, the watch adds a new visual aesthetic to an already uniquely designed watch.Czapek & Cie released the first iteration of the Place Vendome Tourbillon Suspendu Ici et Ailleurs early last year to positive reviews. Personally, I was a lot more excited about the watch than I thought I would be. I felt the line departed from a more traditional approach to watchmaking a
Cabestan Trapezium Watch
Trapezium is a word that sounds both geometric and acrobatic. Does that mean it is both difficult to compute and perform? Yes. Those adjectives more than likely define this new watch by Cabestan well. The new Trapezium is an evolved version of their famous Winch Tourbillon Vertical watch and is the brainchild of Cabestan’s own (and very talented) Eric Coudray.Among other things Coudray is the guy behind the Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon. He thrives in producing highly complex, highly accurate tiny machines that few other people can make. Using the same principles as the Winch Tourbillon Vertical, the Trapezium offers a drum and fusee & chain system (with tourbillon) for telling the time and making the watch operate. Compared to the original, I believe that the overall system actually works better here, and the name of the Trapezium comes form the case itself. What is that all about? In Cabestan’s own words: