While I visited with De Grisogono at the Basel watch fair I was struck with the amount of interest in the brand. They set me up with the watch maker and he took me on quite the technology tour. I was amazed by passion he had for the company and for the new complications. Read on you will see why…

DE GRISOGONO    Meccanico dG  
De Grisogono ushers in a new era with its creation of the very first mechanical digital display. A veritable horological masterpiece with a movement comprising no fewer than 651 elements, the Meccanico DG features two time zones, one in an analogue display, the other in a mechanical digital display. Driven by an insatiable quest for innovation, the maestro Fawaz Gruosi has achieved what others do not dare to dream, propelling haute horlogerie into a new dimension. Limited edition of 177.

Movement Hand-wound DG 042, exclusive De Grisogono calibre, 28,800 vib/h, 35-hour power reserve
Functions Analogue display of hours and minutes in upper part
Mechanical digital display of second time zone in lower part
Case Curved rectangular in titanium, 18K pink gold, titanium and 18K pink gold, titanium and rubber, or titanium and platinum, 56 x 48 mm
Sapphire front and back
Correctors and crown-cover in vulcanised rubber
Water-resistant to 30 m
Dial Transparent black
Two time zone displays, analogue and digital mechanical, De Grisogono patent
Green or gold dauphine hands
Bracelet/Strap Black natural rubber with titanium or 18K pink gold folding clasp 

DE GRISOGONO    Instrumento Novantatre  

De Grisogono continues to produce exciting new complications. Its new Instrumento model houses one that the brand has never included in its collections before: the annual calendar. This timepiece is a perfect example of De Grisogono’s meticulous attention to detail: a triple-level, partially engine-turned dial with windows in an arc, oversized Arabic numerals, and a skeleton caseback. This watch encapsulates the brand’s distinguishing characteristics, originality and boldness.

Movement Automatic, additional annual calendar module, 30 rubies, 28,800 vib/h
Black PVD-treated movement and rotor
Functions Hours, minutes, small seconds, month, large date
Case Rectangular polished steel, curved between 6 and 12 o’clock
Curved anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Skeleton back, curved crystal
Crown stamped with brand’s coat of arms
Four mobile horns
Dial Black, three levels
Sunray engine-turned upper level with appliques, second level with two-toned transfer minute-circle, third level with small seconds at 5 o’clock, snailed and two-toned transferred
Applied, oversized, rhodium-plated Arabic numerals at 3 and 9 o’clock
Rhodium-plated windows: large date at 12 o’clock, months at 8 o’clock
Rhodium-plated, dauphine hour, minute and seconds hands
Bracelet/Strap Black alligator with de Grisogono polished steel folding clasp
Other versions Gold or steel, diamond-set and non-diamond-set

 
DE GRISOGONO    Otturatore  
De Grisogono defies the fundamentals of watchmaking with the launching of its Otturatore, a timepiece combining audacity, refinement and modernism. Its mobile dial features a sequential display of seconds, date, moon phases and power reserve, with 3 of them always concealed. By a simple manipulation, the sequential mechanism can be displaced by 90° in a few tenths of a millisecond, a speed guaranteed to turn the world of complicated watches upside down.

Movement Automatic DG 037, exclusive De Grisogono/Soprod 9015 calibre, 21,600 vib/h, 39 jewels, 44-hour power reserve
Functions Hours, minutes, seconds, date, moon phase, and power reserve indicator
Case Curved rectangular, 5N 18K pink gold, 31.40 x 32.70 mm
Sapphire front and back
Water-resistant to 30 m
Dial Silvered, Clou de Paris decoration, in two pieces with bidirectional rotating centre
Sequential mechanical display of seconds, date, moon phases and power reserve at 9, 3, 12 and 6 o’clock respectively
Applied hour-markers and dauphine hands in 18K pink gold
Bracelet/Strap Black crocodile, 18K pink gold double folding clasp