ULYSSE NARDIN BLACK SEA

The 45.8mm Black Sea is the latest addition to the Marine Diver collection. The stainless-steel case has undergone a complex vulcanization process, leaving it with a matte-black rubber coating, giving it a sporty aesthetic and comfortable feel. The wave motif extends from the dial to the bezel and even the rubber and ceramic strap. Find pricing and wallpaper inside.

The exhibition case-back reveals the self-winding movement which features a 42-hour power reserve indicator, oversize small seconds register and a large date display.

The hour markers and the hour and minute hands are covered with red luminescent material. The power-reserve indicator is located at 12 o’clock while the small seconds and round date are displayed at 6 o’clock. Small hands are painted in red. The individually-numbered case provides a unidirectional rotating bezel and a screwed crown and is is water-resistant to 200 meters. The strap includes a black ceramic folding clasp.

The suggested retail price for the Black Sea is $9500.

CORUM ADMIRAL’S CUP LEGERD 42

At Baselworld last week Corum unveiled the Admiral’s Cup Legend 42. The twelve-sided bezel and nautical pennants have defined Admiral’s Cup family for decades. For 2011, the collection expands with the addition of a classically elegant example. At 42mm, this new model is smaller than the collection’s sporting versions, and the new design is more understated. Find pricing and wallpaper inside.

The case has been redesigned with more strongly curved and rounded lugs, resulting in softer angles, while the sapphire caseback allows a view of the caliber CO395 movement inside. Beating at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, it has a 42-hour power reserve and features an oscillating weight engraved with the Corum name.

The dial features a vertical guilloché motif for the steel and two-tone steel & gold versions, or barleycorn guilloché for the 18K red gold models. The Admiral’s Cup Legend 42 comes with a leather strap for the steel and steel & gold versions, or an alligator strap for the gold versions – both secured by a folding clasp. The steel and steel & gold models are also available with a new matching steel bracelet exclusively developed for this Admiral’s Cup Legend 42.

 

NEW BULGARI COLLECTION WATCHES

If you thought you saw the last of the Serpenti collection from Bulgari way back in 2009, then Baselworld 2011 has a reason for you to cheer! The Italian luxury brand is all set to add five more precious nuggets to the stunning collection that includes a one in yellow gold or steel with two loops and can be picked up with and without diamonds But the highlight really is the pink gold version with seven loops that can wrap your arm, and is very reminiscent of Cleopatra.

BASEL 2011 HARRYWINSTON

Hodinkee wasn’t playing around this year at Basel 2011. The folks really dropped some epic coverage, including this piece on the Harry Winston Opus Eleven. The functionality of this timepiece is magnificent but how it came to be is no easy feat.

Every 60 minutes, the numeral of the hour, assembled in the center of the circle, explodes into chaos before instantly reassembling as the new hour. It then remains still until the next disintegration. Instead of a hand, 24 placards revolve and rotate on a complicated system of gears mounted on an epicycloidal gear-train. Four satellites mounted on a rotating platform, each with three pairs of placards, provide a vertical transmission through a train of eight intermediate wheels, three elliptical gears, a triangular wheel, and six conical pinions.

BASELWORLD 2011

Baselworld 2011 opened today and early indications are that cautious optimism are the watchwords for the coming year (pun intended). It also looks like it will be a good year for watch enthusiasts (more along those lines in coming reports). To set the mood, during a short break between meetings, we present a few images from press day, before the crowds arrive