I have never owned a Ball Watch nor have been a big fan of watches with gas tubes, but this Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Spacemaster is really exceptional. A futuristic evolution of its Hydrocarbon line, this watch uses a Swiss automatic ETA caliber 2836-2 (COSC-certified chronometer) movement; 41.5mm wide steel case; with patented crown protection system designed to deliver exceptional water resistance up to 333 meters; an extremely secure butterfly buckle has two diver’s extensions in it; and a luminous unidirectional rotating bezel that has been flattened for enhanced grip.

Designed to always tell time with style, this Gucci Classic Unisex is a fashionable addition to any men’s or women’s wardrobe. This diamond timepiece, with 44 white diamonds surrounding the bezel, has a polished stainless steel black PVD plated casing with a black or green rubber strap. This is a luxurious watch that is very stylish and loaded with diamonds. It uses Swiss Quartz ETA G10.211 H1 movement so expect more accuracy than those wind-up watches.

A jewel of a watch complication, the DualTow is an amalgam of Christophe Claret innovation, savoir-faire and excellence. Launched in 2009 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Manufacture, it has made a deep and permanent impression, as much for its powerful design as for its technical inventiveness. This year, the DualTow has returned in an all black version that is more bewitching than ever. Elegant and very subtle, its face is designed in such a way that the remarkable movement can be admired more fully. Its slim silhouette with its angular tinted horns and sapphire bridges reveals a single-pusher planetary-gear chronograph with a striking mechanism and tourbillon. Its name: NightEagle. The DualTow collection will eventually comprise 68 unique models.

Eagerly anticipated by all watch enthusiasts, the new Patek Philippe chronograph Ref. 5170 is equipped with the brand new hand-wound CH 29-535 PS calibre, with a column-wheel and horizontal toothed-wheel coupling – a movement of classical design developed and manufactured from A to Z in the manufactory’s workshops. This blend of tradition and innovation, crowned by six patents, is presented in a yellow gold case, recalling the magnificent Patek Philippe wristwatch chronographs of the 1940’s. The Patek Philippe seal guarantees the technical, functional and aesthetic excellence of this new haute horlogerie flagship model.

Created by Jean-François Ruchonnet and Eric Coudray , nicknamed “the masters of revolutionary watchmaking”, the Cabestan Nostromo draws its inspiration form the world of science fiction, more exactly the legendary film Alien. A single crystal on the case reveals the vertical wheels and drums as well as the ingenious articulated drive shaft used to transmit the energy to the movement. The bridges do not just anchor the wheels, they wrap around the hour, minute and seconds drums, power reserve and barrel to make them simple to read. Other ingenious features include a jumping hour function, lateral windows in the case that reveal the architecture of the movement, and the transmission of the force that moves so astonishingly from the horizontal to the vertical. Cabestan Nostromo undergoes a transformation at dusk: a fine phosphorescent coating inside the bridges, windows and surfaces of the movement diffuses a yellow-green light that illuminates the mechanism and spreads over the strap, creating an almost supernatural effect.