Avid timepiece collectors will get a close glimpse of handcrafted pieces by renowned independent brands — rarely assembled in one event on this side of the world. Visitors will have an opportunity to interact with the watchmakers and obtain personal insights into high-level watchmaking. Budding timepiece connoisseurs will also benefit from this instructive event.
Independent watchmakers are hailed as bellwethers of watchmaking. Their ability to create and innovate without yielding to corporate or market demands elevates them as industry visionaries. Equipped with unique abilities to conceive and build original complications from scratch — handcrafting even the minutest parts, assembling them into powerful movements, and complementing them with unique design — sets them apart from watchmakers of popular commercial brands. Consequently, their output is notoriously small, in turn making them highly desirable collectibles.
Another outstanding aspect of the Bangkok Independent Watchmaking Exhibition 2019 is the Charity Auction in aid of the Kamlangjai (INSPiRE) Project initiated by HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati. The Project focuses its activities “on people within the justice system who are in need of opportunities” by supplementing government efforts in delivering assistance and care to female and pregnant inmates and their children. The invitation-only auction will take place at Crystal Box, 19th Floor Gaysorn Urban Resort on September 6, from 7pm.
Bangkok Independent Watchmaking Exhibition 2019 is jointly presented by Art of Time, Tourism Authority of Thailand and Gaysorn, and jointly organized by Singapore luxury timepiece partner Jimmie Tay, Caureen Too and their Thai partner Khun Kannikar Thientawai. Other event partners include Novotel Hotels & Resorts, and renowned auction house Christie’s, which will preside over the auction.
Case: 18k yellow gold, 40.0 mm, height 9.2 mm
Dial: Grand-feu, Champlevé & Cloisonné enamel
Movement: Manual winding, dMc-708 caliber, Poinçon de Genève certified with patented ‘’Freebeat’’ regulation system, 38-hour power reserve
Strap: Hand-stitched alligator leather
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 2,310,000 Thai Baht
Case: 316L stainless steel. Bonnet in blue by PVD treatment, 52 x 44 mm
Function: Hours, minutes, seconds
Movement: ETA Automatic winding caliber
Strap: Genuine alligator with folding clasp
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 165,000 Thai Baht
Case: 5N red gold and anthracite PVD-treated grade 5 titanium
Dial: The Wat Arun Temple in Bangkok is engraved in 4N pink gold, along with a micro-engraving of an elephant
Movement: Automatic-winding, caliber AVE15, feature ‘Mystery’ winding rotor in transparent sapphire adorned with 5 high-definition metalized elephants
Strap: Black alligator
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 2,458,500 Thai Baht
Case: 18k rose solid gold, 46.0mm
Dial: The base of the rose gold dial is micro-sculptured with a special blue treatment. The map of Thailand is a bas-relief in rose gold. Exclusively designed, manufactured, hand engraved and decorated by Kerbedanz
Movement: Automatic movement, caliber KRB-03, 120 hours of power reserve
Strap: Mississippiensis black alligator leather
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 1,320,000 Thai Baht
Case: Stainless steel, 42.0mm
Dial: Skeletonized and engraved white elephant by hand
Movement: Mechanical movement, manual winding, based on Unitas 6498, 46-hour power reserve
Strap: Black alligator leather strap
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 348,840 Thai Baht
Case: 750 red gold, 41.0 x 11.0 mm
Dial: Inspired by Thailand flag and the coronation of the 10th King
Movement: Patented manual winding complication by Ludovic Ballouard: caliber B02, 35-hour power reserve
Strap: Alligator blue leather strap
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 2,945,250 Thai Baht
Case: Walnut wood, hand-blown glass dome and rose gilded applications
Dial: Chapter ring of sterling silver with hand engravings of Thai numerals
Movement: Week-runner with spring drive, rose gilded skeleton movement, special in-house escapement with round ruby pallets and a big escape wheel, compensation pendulum beating 120 per minute
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 1,031,700 Thai Baht
Case: Gold (4N), 48.0 mm
Dial: Gold turbine 12 blades, under-dial displaying Angel Guardian with gold leaf painting in a traditional Thai style pattern
Movement: Automatic P-331/ in-house caliber, 42-hour power reserve
Strap: Black alligator strap with PVD buckle
Remarks: Piece Unique
Reserve price: 965,340 Thai Baht
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