Marseille Blue for King Eric

I have, in recent months, shied away a great deal from "Celebrity News & Partnerships".  But when you set rules for yourself, you must be prepared to break them - I mean this is not a man, this is Cantona!

Courtesy of Hautlence 

You might notice - no champagne, no ribbon cutting, just Cantona, sleeves rolled up, working on an idea with the folks at Hautlence.

"I am not a man, I am Cantona"

Okay, this is supposed to be about watches, but really this is a "man-crush/love-letter" to Eric Cantona.

Courtesy of Hautlence

I suspect by now, regular readers of this little "bloggy-wog" have come to realize that for better or worse,  I will from time to time share an unpopular opinion - or at least voice one.  I find a lot of sports figures (both active and retired) to be disappointing, but I will say that if I could invite anyone  to a dinner party, living or dead?  It would be Eric Cantona!

The HL2.2 - the Most Innovative Watch Award

Courtesy of Hautlence

The HAUTLENCE HL2.2 was the winner of the the Starhill Gallery's Most Innovative Watch Award 2011 during at the “A Journey Through Time” event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from December 1^st to December 10^th

HLQ Classic

Courtesy of Hautlence

This is the Hautlence HLQ Classic, some info from Hautlence -

 The HLQ Classic line is available in 18-carat white gold (HLQ 01 Classic), 18-carat rose gold and titanium (HLQ 05 Classic), 18-carat rose gold (HLQ 06 Classic – exhibited model) and titanium (HLQ 07 Classic and HLQ 08 Classic). 

Hautlence HL2.0

Here is a quick BaselWorld preview -

Courtesy of TWI

This is the Hautlence HL2.0, or rather I should say this is the "inner workings" of the Hautlence HL2.0

Here is what Hautlence had to say about it -


It took the entire team over three years to develop,
internally and in the utmost secrecy, a true novelty
in the world of watchmaking that breaks away from
the mechanisms of the past without forgoing
historic regulation methods.

Futuristic in its construction method and the way in
which it delivers the time, this piece is truly
revolutionary.

Thanks to the integration work of the manufacture
calibre and to deep reflection, the shape of the
gear teeth has been optimised, higher-quality
oscillators have been created and the energy
consumption of the various complications has
been regulated. Through effort and constant
research, HAUTLENCE is now able to unveil the
second stage of its vision of innovative time
display.

The most remarkable part of the HL2.0 is that the
complete escapement system, including the plate,
bridges, and wheels move to a new position each
time the hour jumps, making four complete 60°
rotations every single day. To counter balance the
debilitating effects of gravity on precision,
HAUTLENCE has made the entire mechanism
move; a first in watchmaking history.

This mechanical masterpiece has several objectives:

To display the hours in an aperture, on a 12-link chain
moving in a controlled, regulated manner every 60 minutes.
The movement of the chain is from hour to hour is
purposely slowed to 4 seconds; as opposed to an
instantaneous system, which is too quick, or to a
continuous-action system that does not allow the numeral
to be visualised correctly between two times.

To obtain an optimal chronometric result without
disturbance from the energy required for the
complication and animation of the display, in a system
that compensates for the effects of gravity.
The regulating organ is a set of gears that change
position (60°) every hour like the tourbillon,
which does this continuously.

Caliber:                     In-house revolutionary self-winding movement

                                    Regulating organ 18,800 vibrations

                                    45-hour power reserve

Case:                          Height: 50mm

                                    Length: 44mm

                                    Depth: 17mm

                                    Water resistant to 30m/100ft

Buckle:                      Custom developed folding clasp by Hautlence in titanium/gold

Strap:                          Alligator full-skin square scale

Guarantee:                 3 years

Quantities:                 28 per model

Price:                           HL2.2 RG: $200,000 / HL2.1 WG: $219,000

For more information, please contact:

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HLQ - Q FOR QUANTIEME

This just in from Quantieme -

HLQ - Q FOR QUANTIEME

For more information about the HLQ - Q FOR QUANTIEME, visit the folks at QUANTIEME -

www.Hautlence.com