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DeWitt Academia Quantième Perpetuel Sport Watch

"Sport" and "perpetual calendar" (they use the french "Quantième Perpetuel") usually aren't terms you hear in the same sentence when discussing high-end mechanical watches. But to be ballsy, that is what DeWitt did with the Academia Quantieme Perpetuel Sport watch. The amazingly loud design of the case and dial is sporty and bold. Certainly not for everyone, a good amount of people will appreciate the architectural complication that the design offers.

The watch isn't new, but this red bathed version is. Logically this watch should not look good. If you explained the concept of it to someone on paper, you'd be describing a mess. Though it does in fact seem to be greater than the sum of its parts. It comes across as cool - certainly more so that the original Academia Quantieme Perpetuel watch.

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DeWitt Twenty-8-Eight Regulator A.S.W. Limited Edition Watch

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New by Swiss DeWitt is a watch called the Twenty-8-Eight Regulator A.S.W. The fascinating watch contains a very technically sophisticated movement, as well as a design and high-end appeal that relates directly to the brand's love of 1920s era American art deco aesthetics. The watch has a dial with an image meant to evoke New York City area art deco buildings. Not sure if there is a specific building in mind, but you get the point. This is not the first watch with means to evoke art deco building, but the concept is so rich, I invite as many interpretations that brands can bear to design.

There are a lot of interesting little details in the watch that can be hard to see. For example, much of the dial is a "smoked" sapphire crystal that allows you to see the movement underneath it, but still provides the presence of a dial. The dial is composed of a building-like motif with a large opening for the tourbillon surrounded but a sunray style design. Functions for the watch include the time as well as a power reserve indicator.

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DeWitt Academia Blackstream Chronograph Watch

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The last few years have not been easy for DeWitt, and that has likely challenged their designers to come up with new things while staying true to the brand DNA. This year at Baselworld the brand symbolically re-released some older complex models, and new models were merely design experiments. You really started to expect that DeWitt was all about high complications for the prices they were asking. Now I think you have watches that are too little for too much. If I had to choose a decent one it would be this Academia Blackstream Chronograph watch. It has a base ETA 7753 automatic chronograph movement, which has been simplified down to a 30 minute chronograph for aesthetic purposes.

In a 44mm titanium and black rubber case, the style is DeWitt, but the specs hardly excite like DeWitt was once able to do. Dial styling is acceptable and decent to look at, but still on the side of underwhelming a bit. The watch does have a better presence in person though. DeWitt has made these funky rubber straps that you can see at play here. These next few years might be a time when getting a good deal on a DeWitt is possible and even wise. Or they might be the last gasps of breath from a brand that once had so much promise.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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DeWitt Academia Double Fuseau GMT2 Poetic Watch

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Uniquely designed DeWitt watches has released this new interesting line of Academia Double Fuseau GMT2 Poetic timepieces. In most respects this is a traditional GMT watch with a fourth hand on the dial serving as an adjustable 24 hour time indicator. Added to that is a small disc with an image of a globe located at the 12 o'clock position that revolves behind a tinted crystal partition showing the day and night regions of the world according to the time set by the GMT hand. It is a fun and useful complication. The globe itself is made from a process called "Goldfuss," which is also know as gold glass, and is very rare to find and hard to work with. The level of detail showing the outlines of the continents and included countries is quite impressive.

The DeWitt Academia Double Fuseau GMT2 Poetic is available in 43mm wide 18k white or rose gold cases and features a mechanical automatic movement. The movement also features a date complication in addition to the time and GMT hand. Like most DeWitt watches, the bezel features the iconic crenellation design, while the sides of the watch have engraved 'imperial columns." A nice and in my opinion simple addition to the DeWitt watch line.

Via Watchluxus.com.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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DeWitt Haute Joallerie Tourbillon Watches

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DeWitt watches have introduced their new Haute Joaillerie collection which is meant to marry form with substance in the form of high-end watchmaking and diamonds and rubies. The three watches are the Différentiel, Mystérieux Squelette and Force Constante each with a tourbillon. All the gem-set parts of the case and buckle of Haute Joaillerie Tourbillon watches includes stones set along the caseband, bezel, lugs, crown and buckle.

The Tourbillon Différentiel was the winner of the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix in the innovation category and includes 151 diamonds totalling more than 17 carats. The movment is the handwinding caliber DW8002 with 24 jewels and the 18K white gold case measures 43mm X 12mm.

The Tourbillion Mystérieux Squelette features 141 diamonds with a total of over 17 carats. The movement is the handwinding caliber DW8001 with 19 jewels and the 18K white gold case measures 43mm X 14mm.

The Tourbillon Force Constante uses the handwinding caliber DW8003 movement with 25 jewels, beating at 21,600bph with a 72 hour power reserve. The 18K white gold case 18kt white gold measures 43mm X 12mm. It is accented with 151 rubies that have a total carat weight of more than 17.6 carats. As per the article in Time Zone, those gorgeous red rubies are sourced from Myanmar, which could be a moral problem for those wishing to abstain from stones from that region.

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How Much Would You Pay For A Watch You've Never Seen?

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Would you pay pay 400,000 euros for a watch you've never seen? How about if nobody had seen it and you had no idea what it really looked like? That's what happened a couple weeks ago when the "Incognito 2008" sold at the Only Watch event a couple of weeks ago in Monaco. The watch was DeWitt's entry in the event which auctions off one-of-a-kind watches to raise money for the Monaco Association against Muscular Dystrophy. The concept is being developed with architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. The new owner will get his watch at the start of next year, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the House of DeWitt.

So what exactly is the owner getting? The watch mechanism is made from a lithium-aluminum alloy with a density of 2.6 g/cm3, no word on the exterior. There is also a flying tourbillon regulator endowed with a 21-day power reserve.

[via Born Rich]

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DeWitt Acedemia Seconde Retrograde and Double Fouseau

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Check out the latest beauties from DeWitt which recently appeared on TimeZone. These two watches are the Academia Seconde Retrograde and the Academia Double Fuseau. Both measure 43mm. The Academia Seconde Retrograde is now available in a version with 302 brilliant-cut diamonds over the dial hour-markers and Arabic numerals and around the bezel. It uses the automatic DeWitt caliber DW1102 with 21 jewels movement and comes in 18K rose or white gold with a dial of either Mother-of-pearl,ruthenium or carbon-fiber with guilloché section depending on the version. The Academia Double Fuseau has the automatic DeWitt caliber DW2002 with 21 jewels, beating at 28,800 bph and with a power reserve of 42 hours. The dial is mother-of-pearl is available in white or rose gold.

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