America?s largest luxury watch extravaganza, WatchTime New York, is returning for its fifth consecutive year at Midtown Manhattan?s Gotham Hall on October 25 ? 26, 2019. This year?s event is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with 37 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces. Among these brands is Akrivia, which will showcase its first non-tourbillon timepiece with the AK-06.
Akrivia AK-06 in gray
Akrivia is a young brand that was founded in 2012 by the young, gifted watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi. Hailing from Kosovo, Rexhepi apprenticed at Patek Philippe before moving onto stints at BNB Concept and F.P. Journe. After a short stint at Journe’s Geneva atelier, Rexhepi launched Akrivia at the age of 25 where he’s produced a total of seven timepieces, including last year’s GPHG award-winning Chronomètre Contemporain. Rexhep Rexhepi
Directly preceding the Chronomètre Contemporain, Akrivia unveiled its first non-tourbillon timepiece in the AK-06, a transitional release for the brand as well as a pivotal moment in Rexhepi?s horological growth. Distinguished by a steampunk-esque dial design that incorporated exposed parts of the movement in the dial, it introduced a hacking-second/zero-reset mechanism into Rexhepi?s established bag of tricks. A zero-reset function basically pauses the balance wheel in its tracks and sends the second hand back to ?zero,? which is used to make setting the time a more accurate endeavor.
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