Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Cyrus Klepcys Vertical Skeleton Tourbillon
The Swiss micro-manufacture Cyrus is named for Cyrus the Great, a king of ancient Babylon, and its watches are distinguished by replicas, imprinted on the casebacks, of a 2,500-year old Babylonian coin, one of the world?s first currencies. Designed by Swiss watchmaker Jean-François Mojon ? who masterminded the Harry Winston Opus X and collaborated with Kari Voutilainen on the MB&F LM1 movement ? Cyrus?s lineup of high-complication, limited-edition timepieces includes chronographs, moon-phases, mechanical alarms (you can read a review of the Klepcys Réveil here), and, most recently, the innovative Klepcys Vertical Skeleton Tourbillon, unveiled at Baselworld 2019 and set to wow U.S. watch aficionados at the upcoming WatchTime New York collectors event on October 25-26. Here are the details. Two retrograde hands tell the time on hours and minutes scales on the edges.
The Cyrus Klepcys Vertical Skeleton Tourbillon follows up the groundbreaking original Vertical Tourbillon, introduced last year, which placed the tourbillon cage in the middle of the watch?s dial, on a vertical axis and inclined at a 90ª angle ? according to Cyrus?s technical researchers, the angle at which the tourbillon is almost always in a vertical position on the wrist. In the new openworked version of the movement, the wearer is afforded a clear view into the heart of the watch, including the rhythmic rotations of the tourbillon, while reading the time off of two retrograde hands. The timepiece?s sy...
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A Week in Watches Ep. 79 – Swiss Leftovers
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