Audemars Piguet replica watches sale just presented the Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher, the world’s first mechanical chronograph with alternating consecutive lap timing and flyback function, specifically designed and engineered for continuous action in timing laps on the racetrack.

The idea behind this new exceptional chronograph dates back to 2010 when Michael Schumacher, a friend and an ambassador of the brand, asked to the engineers of Audemars Piguet if it was possible to create a mechanical wristwatch that could measure and record an extended series of consecutive lap times. A function that could be used in motor sports to time and compare multiple, consecutive laps.

Never before a new from scratch movement was ever developed by Audemars Piguet on request of a brand ambassador but the project sounded so interesting from a technical point of view and the request came from such a good friend of the brand that the cheap replica Panerai watches manufacturer based in Le Brassus could not refuse the challenge. A challenge that, after five years of development, has been won.

The Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher features a single chronograph mechanism driving two central hands which can be controlled independently via three pushpieces: the first positioned at 2 o’clock to start and stop the chronograph function, the second at 4 o’clock to reset it, and a third pushpiece – the laptimer one – at 9 o’clock.

This third pushpiece makes it possible to stop one of the two chronograph hands while simultaneously returning the TAG Heuer replica watches sale other hand to zero and restarting it. This way, it makes easy to take note of the time of the most recent lap while continuing to measure the next lap.

This unique feature also allows the wearer to keep a certain lap time as reference, by stopping one hand with the laptimer button, and use the flyback function (controlled by the pushpiece at 4 o’clock) on the other chronograph hand to restart the measurement of each new lap.

And, of course, the timepiece can be used as a flyback chronograph with both hands running together in parallel.

The forged carbon case has a diameter of 44 mm (thickness is 12.70 mm) and features a best Breitling fake watches curved glareproofed sapphire crystal, titanium bezel, a black ceramic and pink gold screw-locked crown and pushpieces. The black ceramic laptimer pushpiece is engraved with the Michael Schumacher logo.

The caseback is made from titanium with a glareproofed sapphire crystal to display the hand-wound Manufacture calibre 2923 beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and offering 80 hours of power reserve.

Capable of recording times down to one-eighth of a second, this movement features a high-inertia balance wheel with three column wheels to control the chronograph and laptimer complex sequences. A pending patent covers its unique functionality.

The openworked black dial contains a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and small seconds at 9 o’clock. The white gold Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating nicely contrast with the black inner bezel.

A black rubber strap with AP folding clasp in titanium completes the timepiece which offers water resistance to 50 metres.

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher (ref. 26221FT.OO.D002CA.01) is the second chronograph of the replica Breitling watches brand to carry the name of the F1 champion. It will be available in a limited edition of 221 pieces (corresponding to the number of F1 World Championship point-winning races in which he competed) and will have a price of Swiss Francs 210,000.

First Margot, an animated cheap replica Breitling watches uk introduced last year, and now Marguerite, the second timepiece which the Le Locle watchmaker has imagined exclusively for women. This latest creation has no strictly horological complication but does feature an intriguing dial display that magically alternates hour numerals with a romantic message. Price-wise, Marguerite is significantly more affordable than its predecessor.

From his unsung beginnings developing complicated movements for leading names in Swiss watchmaking,Christophe Claret has transformed his company into a full-fledged brand, and while he continues his original line of business, the main of his activity is now taken up by the watches he develops under his own name. A consequence of this, and particularly in more difficult periods such as today, has been a necessary diversification of his clientele and to extend his price range, in this instance downwards. Naturally, all of this takes place within the confines of Haute Horlogerie, Claret’s playground since day one. This objective has devolved on Marguerite, the second ladies’ Christophe Claret replica watches from the brand. Is it mission accomplished? The characteristics of this recent reveal would suggest so, with one quibble nonetheless…

“He loves me…”

Paradoxically, Marguerite isn’t fitted with an in-house movement. Instead, Christophe Claret went shopping at Blancpain, although the twin-barrelled automatic calibre in question has been extensively personalised, in particular for the oscillating weight and the module that operates the dual dial display. These choices were, of course, dictated by cost, as Claret explains: “We got a huge response to Margot last year, all positive. To be honest, I hadn’t expected such a welcome. However, a lot of the people we spoke to admitted that while they loved the watch, it wasn’t necessarily within their means. This set us thinking about a new women’s Omega replica watches at a more affordable price, between CHF 50,000 and CHF 100,000. There is no way we could have designed an original movement in this price range.”

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Mechanically speaking, despite this still “handsome” movement, the Marguerite of 2015 has nothing in common with Margot, launched in 2014 with a genuine miniature automaton tucked inside its case. Similarities are to be found on the dial instead, in the daisy whose petals make one rotation an hour. Its centre is crowned with a precious stone, either a ruby or a sapphire depending on the version. Two delightful butterflies flutter around the dial, at the tip of the petals. The darker butterfly, which is fused to the petal, is the female. She turns with the flower and so indicates the hours. The lighter one, which is the male, is attached by a stem to the setting of the central stone and shows the minutes. These two lacquered lepidopterans, each finished with SuperLuminova, bring originality and poetry that continue in the two overlapping dials. Pressing the pusher at 2 o’clock reveals either the Arabic numerals 3, 6 and 9, or a loving reminder that Il m’aime passionnément (“he loves me passionately”). This romantic phrase, which is inscribed in French, can be adapted in other languages.

Two original gem settings

This almost magical optical illusion is achieved using simple yet subtle means. It is, in fact, an interpretation of a card trick by the name of Wow (anyone interested will find no end of demonstrations on YouTube). This is how it works in the Marguerite watch: the Arabic numerals and message are transferred onto the bottom non-moving disc in white mother-of-pearl, as a mosaic of tiny squares. The upper rotating disc in transparent sapphire is also printed with a mosaic pattern. The superposition of squares produced when the top disc is moved reveals one or other of the displays. As for the case, it is crafted in a choice of pink gold or white gold and embellished with stones set in either of two ways, neither of which is common in Swiss Breitling replica watchmaking. The first, known as a “flake” setting, is a variation on the snow setting. Diamonds appear to have been scattered at random on the bezel and lugs, like frozen crystals falling from a winter sky. The second setting, dubbed “champagne”, suggests the bubbles that cluster at the bottom of a champagne flute, evaporating as they rise to the top.

It would be wrong to think of Marguerite as rather too whimsical, and just that little bit kitsch. Even the loveliest photos do not do justice to these watches, which are a credit to the work Christophe Claret has accomplished in fine fake Breitling watchmaking for the past twenty years and more.