Polerouter. Genta's first great journey
Gérald Genta was twenty-three when he designed it for Universal Genève. Behind the Polerouter's twisted lugs lie a SAS polar route, an unusually useful dial ring and a rather small rotor.
On the editor’s desk
Movement /
Girard-Perregaux Constant Escapement. Waiting for the blade to snap
A flexible silicon blade meters energy inside the escapement. The interesting moment comes when its loaded shape can no longer hold and the blade snaps across.
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MING. When a photographer designs a watch
Ming Thein began by photographing borrowed watches, then designed his own. Following the decisions behind MING's sapphire layers, luminous markers and rotating diving dial.
Behind the dial
Workshop
When the blade snaps
Start with one elastic part. Then follow energy through the watch. Two experiments with separate, stated assumptions.
INDEX / LUME
Where shall we start?
You don’t need a reference number.
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