Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker Pin-Up Chiming Watches 2017

Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker Pin-Up is the latest of the brand’s chiming watches with jaquemarts — tiny automatons mounted on a watch dial that strike the hours on a bell. In this edition, the dial features a miniature painting of a burlesque dancer, posing in high-heel sandals and a flower in her hair and draped seductively in a wreath of peacock feathers. When the chimes are activated — on the hour, on the half-hour, or on demand at the push of a button by the wearer — the peacock’s tail and wing sweeps back, revealing the dancer’s curvy, unclothed figure https://www.captainthewatch.is.

The painted jaquemart figure is created with acrylic colors applied and mixed directly on the dial, using extremely delicate brushes, by Ulysse Nardin’s in-house miniature painters. Depending on their complexity, these images can take between 50 and 90 hours to create.

Automatic movement, Caliber UN-610, which has a power reserve of approximately 42 hours and is visible beneath a sapphire window in the screwed caseback. A nonreflective, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal also covers the dial. Both the rose gold and platinum versions of the watch have 43-mm-diameter cases, water-resistant to 30 meters, which come on a black leather strap with folding buckle.

2017 Tudor Pelagos LHD Watch with left crown

This Tudor Pelagos LHD is a actually a nod to the past, as paying tribute to a watch made for the French navy in 1961, the Tudor 9401 left-hand, with a black dial and snowflake hands. In fact, some divers had issues wearing they watch on the left arm, and to face this, left-handed divers could be seen wearing their watch turned upside down on their right wrist and were only able to use the minutes elapsed calculating function, leaving the dominant hand free to access the winder. This is why some left-handed watches appeared on the market, with the crown positioned on the opposite side of the case. The best Tudor replica watches at captainthewatch.is.

Indeed, the Pelagos is a real tool, with a 500m water-resistance, an helium escape valve, a clear and legible dial, a lightweight, hyper resistant case in titanium and a bracelet (in that same metal) with a real diving clasp.The case of the Tudor Pelagos LHD is still measuring 42mm, it is still made in grade 2 titanium with an entirely satined finish and the crown, even if moved, is still protected by a pointy protection. Because the crown is now on the left side, it induced to move the helium escape valve, which is now placed in the case band at 3. The Tudor Pelagos LHD is still delivered on titanium bracelet (with super convenient bracelet extension system developed and patented by Tudor). A rubber strap (in black) with extra extension piece is still offered in the box.

Tudor Pelagos LHD still relies on the same movement as the normal Pelagos, meaning the in-house Calibre MT5612 (of course, the movement has been turned 180 degrees to have the crown at 9). This movement packs 70 hours of power reserve, features a silicon balance spring, a variable inertia balance with micro-adjustment by screw, beats at 4Hz and is COSC certified. A reliable and strong automatic movement which clearly creates a stronger package, compared to the previous ETA-based Pelagos (2012-2014 versions).