Frequency: 21,600 vibrations/hour (3 Hz).

See-through case back, fastened with 4 screws.

While modern barreled watches like Jean Dunand's Shabaka and the vintage rollers of the Patek Cobra incorporate timekeeping to this inventive display, the GP Jackpot represents what one-armed-bandits do best, taking lots of your money. When the arm on the side is pulled, the spin also activates a striking mechanism of chiming gongs - for those vintage casino sounds. Each roller has five symbols, hearts, diamonds, spades, horseshoes, and three liberty bells for jackpot. Just introduced this week at the Geneva SIHH show, this hautegadget has an actual miniaturized mechanical slot machine just above the hands and tourbillon.

H.Well, since the Opus 5 concept watch ' Time Bandit' was never made, I guess I'll have to settle for this Girard Perregaux '1945 Jackpot Tourbillon'.

Why Ulysse Nardin's Newest Military-Style Freak One Shook Up Dubai Watch WeekĪudemars Piguet Only Made 75 of This Royal Oak Model. Housed in a pocket watch-inspired case with a 12 o’clock crown position and a unique, articulating upper lug, its aesthetics, functionality, and movement set a high bar for independent maisons. Its 2006 DBS Digitale-which used a hand-wound movement to power a display with an in-line perpetual calendar, a jump hours window, and a digital minutes display-was particularly revelatory. None, however, do it quite like De Bethune.Įstablished in 2002 by fourth-generation French watchmaker and blacksmith Denis Flageollet, De Bethune makes stunning haute horlogerie creations in L’Auberson, Switzerland in the Jura Mountains.

While a young collector might be reluctant to carry a pocket watch-no matter how notable or horologically important-plenty of brands draw upon the aesthetics and layouts of vintage pocket watches when designing modern wristwatches.

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