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WATCHES & STYLE
LVMH Watch Week's Fantastic Four
by Charmian Leong
28 Feb 2024
28 Feb 2024
The luxury conglomerate concluded its fifth rendition of the LVMH Watch Week in Miami earlier this year, and here are our favorites from Zenith, Tag Heuer, Hublot, and Bulgari.
- ZENITH CHRONOMASTER ORIGINAL TRIPLE CALENDAR
- TAG HEUER CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH
- HUBLOT MP-10 TOURBILLON WEIGHT ENERGY SYSTEM
- BULGARI OCTO FINISSIMO
Zenith brings back a rare prototype from 1970 to its popular heritage-loving Chronomaster Original line. Only 25 pieces were ever made, but its release was delayed to accommodate the wild success of the base chronograph model, the A386, released the year before. After acquiring one of the original 25 from a Christie’s auction in 2012, Zenith had a concrete blueprint from which to create a modern homage.
Like the prototype, the movement adds a triple calendar and moon phase to the chronograph but achieved this with the new El Primero Calibre 3610. It is available in three colorways – black and white “panda”, grey and white, and the boutique-exclusive green and white – but it is the grey version that most closely resembles the original. It also follows the case design and dimensions of the A386, at 38mm by 13mm.
- ZENITH CHRONOMASTER ORIGINAL TRIPLE CALENDAR
- TAG HEUER CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH
- HUBLOT MP-10 TOURBILLON WEIGHT ENERGY SYSTEM
- BULGARI OCTO FINISSIMO
TAG HEUER CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH
A new “Glassbox” Carrera joins the lineup with a fresh new face as it pairs Tag Heuer’s Dato-style dial with circular-brushed teal green color. Characteristic of the Dato, the date lies at 9 o’clock, with a 30-minute chronograph counter on the opposite side. Hour markers are rhodium-plated and faceted, with dots of Super-Luminova at the edges.
Measuring 39mm by 13.8mm, it wouldn’t be a terribly loud presence on the wrist, though the box sapphire crystal does give the dial a sense of expansiveness. It is powered by the Calibre TH20-07, with a column wheel and vertical clutch for the chronograph, and 80 hours of power reserve.
- ZENITH CHRONOMASTER ORIGINAL TRIPLE CALENDAR
- TAG HEUER CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH
- HUBLOT MP-10 TOURBILLON WEIGHT ENERGY SYSTEM
- BULGARI OCTO FINISSIMO
HUBLOT MP-10 TOURBILLON WEIGHT ENERGY SYSTEM
Hublot’s MP collection is where the brand really pushes the boundaries of watch design, very often looking like they have been beamed to us from the future. For the MP-10, the theme is verticality. The massive titanium case, which measures 41.5mm wide, 54.1mm long, and 22.4mm tall, has neither hands nor dial, relying instead on rotating displays to tell time.
Starting from the top we have the hours and minutes sitting under a magnifying window, a circular power reserve in the middle, and the seconds residing in an inclined tourbillon cage at the bottom. Even the winding system is linear, with two white gold weights flanking the watch face that travel up and down rails that have shock absorbers at both ends. The sapphire crystal is molded to fit perfectly within the unusual contours of the case to give you full view of the mastery within. Limited to 50 pieces.
- ZENITH CHRONOMASTER ORIGINAL TRIPLE CALENDAR
- TAG HEUER CARRERA CHRONOGRAPH
- HUBLOT MP-10 TOURBILLON WEIGHT ENERGY SYSTEM
- BULGARI OCTO FINISSIMO
BULGARI OCTO FINISSIMO
If you missed the 50-piece limited-edition Bulgari Octo Finissimo in yellow gold last year, fret not, as the precious metal is now back in the permanent collection – this time, with a dark blue sunray-finished dial. Aside from the new colorway, everything else remains safely unchanged. It still measures 40mm by a wafer-thin 6.4mm and is equipped with the automatic BVL 138 Calibre that will keep the hours, minutes, and seconds ticking away for 60 hours on a full wind.
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