For the fourth year in a row, WatchTime New York will be the host of many brands? latest and most interesting releases (taking place October 26-27, with tickets available here). Among this year’s participants is the 14-year old haute horlogerie brand Greubel Forsey, who is bringing the U.S.-exclusive Double Balancier Sapphire with them. This piece is a limited-edition watch coming as the brand’s most recent, and sixth overall, ?Fundamental Invention.?
Double Balancier Sapphire
The intricate 47.25-mm watch, as its name implies, has a completely sapphire crystal case requiring over 900 hours of machining from a single block of sapphire, even using a sapphire crown engraved with the “GF” brand logo. The case is doubly reinforced, first with eight distinctive screws around the bezel, which help bring the water resistance of the complex watch up to 30 meters or 100 feet. Then a lacquer-filled gold ?sight ring,? visible through the sapphire case around the sides of the model, is engraved with the values that the brand hopes to represent (read more on that here). The blue rubber strap accompanying the watch also features this writing ? although the hand-sewn alligator leather strap it also comes with does not; both straps are secured with a Greubel Forsey engraved titanium folding clasp. Double Balancier Sapphire
Protected and accentuated by the illuminating transparent case is the watch?s impressive dial design and inner workings. With a multi-layered, pa...