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From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Zenith reprises its partnership with Argentinian-Spanish optical artist Felipe Pantone to create the new Defy Extreme Felipe Pantone, a limited-edition colorful chronograph with a metallic dial that reflects light with micro-engraved iridescence. The new Zenith Defy Extreme Felipe Pantone.Pantone combines color, metallic components, and mathematically conceived shapes to generate optical illusions on Defy’s dial.  To create the dial’s colorful effect, Zenith reproduced a process Pantone has used frequently in his Planned Iridescence art installations. Zenith technicians started with a clear sapphire disk as the dial’s base and then applied hidden, micro-engraved patterns measuring only 100 nanometres deep. The…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine With the new Open Gear ReSec Tiger, Lucerne-based Chronoswiss continues its impressive roll-out of inventive dial treatments within its regulator-layout Open Gear ReSec collection. The new Chronoswiss Open Gear ReSec Tiger.For the latest example, Chronoswiss artisans create the illusion of a tiger fur pattern in guilloché using a rose engine turning machine from 1924. Paired with blackened three-dimensional regulator components, the unique, deep-cut dial almost roars with its dramatic orange and black hue. The dial, which is actually part of the automatic Chronoswiss C.301 movement, highlights the regulator’s large central minute hand that crosses atop…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Jean-Christophe Sabatier, Chief Product Officer at Ulysse Nardin, will speak about The Freak, one of the Le Locle-based watchmaker’s best-known timepieces, at the upcoming Horological Society of New York (HSNY) lecture on Monday, November 7. Jean-Christophe Sabatier, Chief Product Officer at Ulysse Nardin.Sabatier’s lecture is the latest of the HSNY’s monthly lecture series. It will take place at 7 pm at the General Society Library on 20 West 44th Street in New York. Sabatier is responsible for the brand’s product range from the design of new collections to market distribution. He will discuss how the Freak has been…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Maurice Lacroix created a special version of its Aikon skeleton watch to be auctioned by Phillips to benefit TimeForArt, a watch auction charity that supports contemporary artists and public art education. The auction, Phillips’ New York Watch Auction: ‘Seven,’ is slated for December 10 and 11. The Maurice Lacroix Aikon Skeleton Rainbow.For the special auction piece, Maurice Lacroix has worked closely with movement specialist Sellita to devise a new version of its automatic ML115 (base SW200). The watchmaker has applied a special rainbow treatment to the movement plate and bridges. The oscillating weight has also…