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Volna Volnatomic Tourbillon Watch

Horological artist extraordinaire Yvan Arpa is at it again. Due to the popularity of pieces like his Artya Tourbillon that I discussed here, he has been influenced to continue this trend of mini diorama works of art with high watch complications. This here is a prototype of the Volnatomic Tourbillon watch. What is Volnatomic? Well it is a special collection of watches that Arpa is making for Volna. The top of the line will be a limited edition set of tourbillon watches such as this. The tourbillon carriage will look like an atomic symbol, and the design of the dial will be loosely based on the inside of an atomic submarine. Look at the left of the dial to discover two liquid filled canisters. These are filled with liquid SuperLumiNova that is meant to glow in the dark - a concept Arpa wants to take further.

Fans of Volna watches will recognize the watch is in the Volna case - large and in PVD steel. On the side of the case is a sapphire window showing more of the movement and art contained in the watch. You have to love a piece like this for its humor, artistic bravery, and good use of high-end watch complications. The rest of the Volnatomic collection uses a lot of the same imagery, will be much less expensive, and should be released later this year. For lovers of this awesome Volnatomic Tourbillon, the final version will be a limited edition of a yet to be disclosed amount.

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

Tags: Baselworld 2010, BaselworldWatchShow, tourbillon, volna, volnatomic, watch, yvan arpa, YvanArpa

Volna Typhoon Siberia SHCI Watch

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

Volna is a luxury watch brand with an interesting slogan - "Russian Heritage Swiss Made." As a luxury watch maker their theme is giant paradox as the Swiss concept of luxury and Soviet Russia are concepts that clash. But ignore that little issue for a moment and you have a unique design niche for a luxury watch maker. In the red tinted vision of old Soviet era military technology, is a brand that celebrates the look and feel of that style of military nationality. In a country where often times the military elite got paid in medals versus money, their military equipment at least needed to have an impressive look and feel.

Volna watches are all about attempting to rethink and recreate that image. The brand's newest watch is the Typhoon Siberia SHCI - a cool if not gimmicky means of adding something fun to the luxury sports chronograph watch segment. The name of the watch sounds like a foreign translation of a Hollywood action movie that might be called "Siberian Storm" - that somehow ends up "Typhoon Siberia." This new model is all in a very good type of grade 5 (G5) titanium and has a unique system that Volna has developed. Strap is rubber.

An irony of many chronograph diving watches is that operating the chronograph too deep underwater will damage the watch by letting water in. So Volna has developed a "Security Hand Chronograph Indicator" (SHCI) that displays a message on the dial of whether or not the chronograph is locked or unlocked for use. Locking it is done vial a turning lever located on the crown.

The watch case is 46.5mm wide and water resistant to 300 meters. There is a propeller engraved into the caseback and the crown. The dial is in black with decorative satin finished ruthenium plates and either red or black on black numerals and hands. Inside the watch is a Swiss Automatic movement that is likely a modified ETA. There are two versions of the watch (red on black or black on black dials), with limited editions of 125 pieces each. Not too sure about price, but it is over $10,000 per watch.

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

Tags: luxury, Russia, SCHI, Soviet, Swiss, Typhoon Siberia, TyphoonSiberia, Volna, watch

Volna Watches

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

The latest watch brand comes from Russia. The Volna timepieces take their inspiration from the mysterious world of the Soviet submarine fleet. Each collection is named after a submarine class of the Soviet era. The Typhoon, Volna's lead collection,is inspired by the largest submarine ever built of the same name. The watch's case is 46 ½ mm diameter. It is water resistant to 300 meters and has a prominent case protecting the winding crown. The Typhoon's double security crown uses a crown actuator to engage the crown from its place within the caseband and unscrewed for time setting. A security indicator within the dial lets you know if the crown has been properly closed by displaying either the "OPEN" position or the "300 M" position. VOLNA will produce 500 watches worldwide, with only 150 pieces available in the US. Retail prices begin at $4,900.

[via Time Zone]

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