This much-travelled triple time-zone model by Carl F. Bucherer has been circling the globe for 10 years and has now become a familiar sight on the Replica Breitling Transocean watchmaking scene – where it had to assert itself quite forcefully in that COSC-certified models providing this particular function were definitely not legion at the time. The triple time zone is indeed a category that Carl F. Bucherer has done much to enrich, to the point of basically forging its 21st century identity.

Nonetheless, the apparent stability of the TravelTec collection conceals substantial evolutions, while its user-friendly nature entails a wealth of ingenuity. Very few people realise that this timepiece has played a crucial role in forging the stature of Carl F. Bucherer as a bona fide Manufacture.

The forerunner of the TravelTec was called the TravelGraph, a model that is still part of the collection and features an architecture closely akin to that of its heir: a chronometer with date and dual-time display. While the difference with the TravelTec may thus seem minimal, ‘merely’ involving adding a time zone, these evolutions were to durably shape the destiny of Carl F. Bucherer.

First steps with THA

In the late 1990s, the brand relied on the competence and reliability of ETA, mainly by using a considerably reworked version of the 2892 base calibre. In 1998, when Carl F. Bucherer expressed its intention of adding a second time zone to its TravelGraph, its partner ETA recommended that it consult an expert on this type of development: a firm named THA, standing for Techniques Horlogères Appliquées (Applied Replica Breitling Chrono Avenger Watchmaking Technologies). While the two companies were not previously acquainted with each other, their cooperation gave rise to a dual-time chronograph calibre in 2001 and the story did not end there.

Carl F. Bucherer soon decided to take things up a notch by offering a third time zone, leading to a complex new construction named Calibre 1901, which was to power the evolved version of the TravelGraph: the TravelTec, duly launched in 2005.

Meanwhile, the professional understanding established between Carl. F. Bucherer and THA was such that it opened up unexpected prospects of further collaborative endeavours. And the rest, as they say, is history. Following these developments, the brand became a regular client of THA which it ended up incorporating within its own corporate structure, leading to the birth of the Manufacture Carl F. Bucherer founded on the joint TravelTec project.

An innovative construction

This calibre brought with it a certain number of major technical breakthroughs for the time-zone complication. Carl F. Bucherer developed an entirely in-house-made new decoupling and fast-adjustment module, based on a 24-hour indication of a first time zone (hometime) by a red hand; a second time zone shown by traditional central hands; and a third directly driven via the case and shown by the red hand pointing to a dedicated 24-hour mobile inner bezel ring.

It was the latter time zone that called for the addition of a single pusher at 10 o’clock, which Carl F. Bucherer once again wanted to make as intuitive as possible: moving the display eastwards in one direction and westwards in the other. Adjusting the main time zone is equally simple, since the single crown moves it in either direction, while also driving the date. In concrete terms, this means that the traveller can set the hours backwards (and not just forwards) as desired and that the date will also move back accordingly.

Over and above the technical side of things, the TravelTec also distinguished itself on an aesthetic level, since Carl F. Bucherer opened the case in such a way as to reveal a section of the Manufacture-made complication. This type of side opening is particularly rare in the Swiss replica Breitling watches industry and serves to both see and understand exactly how the third time hone is directly integrated into the case.

The end of this first decade of the TravelTec also opens up a whole new era embodied by the TravelTec II, a model recently unveiled at Baselworld and which represents an optimised version of the TravelTec, since the third time zone is now directly engraved on the bezel. This means the double inner bezel ring is replaced by a single one, thereby making read-off even clearer and easier.

Barely 22 years old and already six times world stand-up paddle champion, Kai Lenny surfs monstrous wave. Kai means “ocean” in Hawaiian, and that is precisely where he comes from. He was born on the island of Maui in 1992 and grew up near to the giant Jaws and Hookipa waves. By the age of 4, he could already stand on his board, and could windsurf aged 6, do stand-up paddling at 7 and kitesurf by the age of 9.

What makes him different? It’s not his daring, but his willingness to tackle any challenge. Just like when he challenged the winner of the America’s Cup, Oracle USA, a $15 million yacht, to a race on his $1,500 board between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. And he almost won! However he did manage to win six world championships and worldwide recognition for this new discipline. “My philosophy is to live every day as if it were my last, to have fun, to never give up and to be the best that I can be”.

He stopped off in Paris to pay a visit to the TAG Heuer boutique at 104 avenue des Champs-Elysées. After being welcomed by the entire TAG Heuer team, he chose an Aquaracer 300 Metres water-resistant chronograph equipped with a rubber strap to give it a sporty edge.

Vacheron Constantin is presenting an exhibition dedicated to chronographs at its historic boutique on the Quai de l‘Ile in Geneva. The exhibition will be open until mid-July. The 60 replica watches exhibited come from the Vacheron Constantin private collection. An ideal opportunity to ask Julien Marchenoir, Brand Equity and Heritage Director at Vacheron Constantin, to tell us more about this private collection that it not on permanent show. How did the Vacheron Constantin private collection come about and what does it consist of? In fact, our holdings are made up of several collections: the archival holding, of which the oldest piece from the company archives is Jean-Marc Vacheron’s christening certificate; the cheap Breitling Montbrillant replica watches collections (pocket watches, wristwatches, clocks and table clocks) consisting of more than 1,300 items; machines – 700 items – accumulated over the years and which are testimony to the tools used in the watchmaking workshops; as well as furniture and decorative elements, mainly workbenches, but also certain paintings. The development of this collection is the result of a growing awareness at the end of the 19^th century. Right from the time of the very first national and universal exhibitions (World’s Fairs) – the first of which took place in Paris in 1855 – Vacheron Constantin was sought after to demonstrate the excellence of Genevan and Swiss know-how. It exhibited not only Swiss replica watches but also movements and machines at a time when watchmaking competition with England and the United States was at a peak. At the time, Vacheron Constantin sometimes had to call upon models belonging to private collectors and following a new invitation in 1906 for the Italian National Exhibition in Milan, the Geneva-based Maison decides to create a small collection, which has grown continuously ever since and now comprises more than 1,300 items.

We also have a collection of nearly 700 Breitling Colt replica watches keys which demonstrates the degree to which these objects were finely worked, engraved, enamelled and decorated. With regard to these archives, it was Jacques Barthélémi Vacheron, grandson of the founder Jean-Marc Vacheron, who in 1810 instituted regular, organised and very accurate archiving of these documents. The holding today includes more than 2,000 archive units in the form of records and entire boxes of correspondence. Is this a living collection that is regularly updated? Absolutely. It is updated with pieces that we buy at auctions and from dealers, or that we receive as donations. Like for example one of my favourite pieces, Les Bergers d’Arcadie, which has an enamel miniature representing a painting by Nicolas Poussin and is exceptional in terms of showcasing the artistic crafts. Today, we have the largest collection of Vacheron Constantin pieces in the world, which presents the know-how of the Maison over three centuries. By definition, no collection is ever perfect and we therefore continue to add to it.

Together with our artistic craftsmen and our dial-makers, this collection also helps us to redevelop techniques that have not been used for several years and that we wish to revive and update. How is this collection highlighted? Using the heritage spaces in our boutiques, we present part of the collection in the form of themed exhibitions that are the subject of guided visits. We opted for a living exhibition area with different themes that provide a means of approaching the history of the Maison and watchmaking, rather than a permanent exhibition in the form of a Museum, and the public loves it. At the end of March, on the occasion of the European Artistic Crafts Days (JEMA), nearly 900 people came over a period of three days to view the exhibition in Geneva, along with the artistic crafts that were represented there.

What is the most precious piece in the collection? We have to distinguish between the market value and the uniqueness of the pieces as well as their heritage value. One of the most important items that have become part of the heritage collection in the past few years is a watch that belonged to James Ward Packard. This was a special commission created at the beginning of the 20^th century, in 20-carat gold, with a cheap watch glass made of rock crystal, the Packard crest, personalised decoration and a specific movement made for it. It is a piece for which we had to battle at auction and that we acquired for 1.8 million US dollars. Swiss made replica watches here,We offers you the best replica Breitling watches,Swiss movement made for best prices.