Review Of Follow aBlogtoWatch At The SIHH 2017 Watch Show January 16-20 With #SIHHABTW Swiss Movement Replica Watches
Over the years, Ulysse Nardin has, with the support of Ludwig Oechslin, developed a reputation for making movements that provide rare or intricate complications but with amazingly few additional elements. While Ludwig Oechslin takes this idea of minimalism and simplification into an intense with his very own brand Ochs Und Junior, his fingerprints are all over the mechanisms of the watch as well.The caliber UN-113 automated movement has only 7 additional parts over its time and date just motion cousin. An average yearly calendar motion usually requires an extra 30+ parts. This can be quite a mechanical accomplishment when you think about those numbers. The main motivation behind making movements and complications easier would be to make them more accessible to more collectors (fewer parts equals lower prices and lower costs) and to guarantee longevity and reliability as the fewer components present, the less something might go wrong.The grade UN-113 supplies 60 hours of power reserve whilst beating at 28,800bph. Each movement is COSC-certified and has a silicon escapement for improved timekeeping. The movement is, of course, visible via a display back. Another helpful characteristic of the motion is that the date can be corrected both forwards and backwards. Annual calendars and perpetual calendars that cannot adjust the date backward using the crown alone can be quite annoying in usage if you tend to fly (or sail) round the world a lot.
Starting this upcoming Monday, January 16th, and running through Friday, January 20th, is the always anticipated, annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) watch exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland. The exhibition will feature displays from some of the largest watch brands as well as a stable of independent brands who are newly invited for 2017. This year also features a first for SIHH – a day open to the public on the final day, January 20th. The aBlogtoWatch team will be ready and present with the most comprehensive reporting of the event, and we will be bringing you our hands-on coverage of the latest novelties to debut at SIHH 2017. And if that didn’t already excite you, get ready to take an even closer behind the scenes look when we host our own aBlogtoWatch day on Thursday, January 19th at the show.
Seventeen exhibitors can be seen: A. Lange & Söhne, Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Cartier, Girard-Perregaux, Greubel Forsey, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc, Panerai, Parmigiani, Piaget, Richard Mille, Roger Dubuis, Ulysse Nardin, Vacheron Constantin, and Van Cleef & Arpels. This year marks the second of the Carré des Horlogers, now grown to thirteen independent brands: Christophe Claret, Grönefeld, H. Moser & Cie., Hautlence, HYT, Laurent Ferrier, MB&F, Manufacture Contemporaine Du Temps, Ressence, Romain Jerome, Speake-Marin, Urwerk, and Voutilainen.
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You can also follow our SIHH 2017 coverage here on aBlogtoWatch.com with hands-on articles, photography, and video straight from this year’s show, as well as all current and historic SIHH-related content here. As always, if you have any requests or questions for particular brands, simply mention them in your comments below and we will try to get answers over the course of our coverage. The readers are our number-one priority, and we want to hear from you on our social media channels. sihh.org
