Worldtempus is attending the TimeCrafters exhibition, which starts at the Park Avenue Armory in New York today. The exhibition runs until Sunday and brings together a number of leading luxury Swiss watch brands, from the most traditional to the most avant-garde.
With the cavernous Drill Hall of the Park Avenue Armory in the heart of Manhattan transformed into a showcase of the best in Swiss watchmaking for the occasion, the general public have the opportunity including some of the latest timepieces launched earlier this year at the major Swiss watch fairs, as well as watch trained artisans working live on assembling the finest mechanical complications.
The show also offers a number of talks on subjects ranging from the beauty and fashion trends in watches to a history of time measurement. Visitors also have a rare opportunity to view and purchase some of the finest reference works on watchmaking and its most iconic brands, including the new Bulgari: Bulgari-Bulgari collection book by Marion Fasel, who will be signing copies of her work on the opening day of the show (Friday
Among some of the product highlights at the show will be the A. Lange & Söhne Perpetual Calendar “Terraluna” with its orbital moon phase display, 14-day movement and constant escapement, as well as De Bethune’s Dream Watch 5.2 with its sleek case in blackened zirconium. Other brands also showcase some high-tech materials, with Richard Mille exhibiting its models with NTPT® carbon cases and Urwerk showcasing the new UR-105M models, launched less than a month ago, which use a PolyEtherEthercetone canopy for the brand’s distinctive satellite hour complication.
TimeCrafters is open from 11am to 6pm from May 15-18 at the Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue.
