The GT Tour Carbon IDEC SPORT Edition 2021

From RESERVOIR -

Courtesy of RESERVOIR

Limited to 24 pieces only, this latest offering from RESERVOIR features a case crafted of laminated carbon that measures 43 mm in diameter. 

Courtesy of RESERVOIR

The movement is ETA's 2824-2 featuring RESERVOIR's proprietary module with retrograde minutes, a jumping hour and power reserve indicator.

The dial is dark gray with a sandblast effect.

Courtesy of RESERVOIR

Suggested retail price is $8,600 US and delivery is anticipated in October.

The LEON Racing Edition

From Gorilla -

Courtesy of Gorilla Watches

This is the latest addition to the Gorilla stable, a watch that celebrates their new partnership with SUPER GT racing team, LEON PYRAMID AMG -

Any race team with a poster of Speed Racer in the pits has gotta' be pretty bitchin'!

Courtesy of Leon Racing

Kitted out in the livery of LEON PYRAMID AMG, the LEON Racing Edition is a wonderful evolution for Gorilla Watches. 

Courtesy of Leon Racing

While true to many aspects of previous Gorillas, this one clearly has moved the Gorilla design codes forward. It is limited to only 300 pieces, so if you want one, you'd better step on it!

The price on the windscreen?

$1'790 USD
excl. tax, incl. shipping

Here are the pertinents -

CALIBER

Miyota 90S5, self-winding, 4 Hz, stop seconds, exposed balance wheel, personalized oscillation weight

FUNCTIONS

Hour, minute, sweeping seconds

CASE MATERIAL

Layered forged carbon case & bezel, anodized aluminium pinstripe, screw-down titanium crown for improved water resistance

CASEBACK

open titanium caseback, engraved, sapphire crystal

DIAL

Forged Carbon and anodized aluminum, applied numerals filled with Super-Luminova™, anodized aluminium flange, hands and hour markers filled with black and red Super-Luminova™

CRYSTAL

Scratch resistant sapphire,
anti-reflective coating on both sides

STRAP

Bi-color Viton™

BUCKLE

Bi-color Viton™, titanium pin buckle

CASE DIMENSIONS

44 mm case diameter
48.5 mm with crown guards
13 mm case thickness
57 mm lug-to-lug

WATER RESISTANCE

100M/330FT/10ATM

LIMITED EDITION

300 pieces

The Gorilla Mirage

Gorilla has come out with two new models, and they should draw a lot of new fans and (I suspect) quite a few returning customers.

I'm going to serve them up one at a time to help "prolong the magic".  Both new pieces make up what Gorilla has dubbed the Fastback GT Collection.

First up is the Mirage -

Courtesy of Gorilla

The Mirage takes its design cues from the car that won the 1968 edition of Le Mans (A story from the folks at Top Gear can be found here - Top Gear).

Having made my own personal debut in 1968, I feel a certain affinity, but it doesn't hurt that the watch is AMAZINGLY cool!

The case is layered, and like the earlier Gorillas it takes advantage of several unique materials to create something really special.
The case back is titanium, and features a sapphire crystal display back.  The case itself carbon (that's woven, forged carbon), with Gorilla's now signature aluminum "pinstripe" detail sitting between the main carbon case and the ceramic bezel.  The top crystal is sapphire as well, and the crown is titanium (screw down).

The movement is Miyota's 90S5, a change from the earlier Gorilla Fastback collection.  And this is highlighted visually by the dial of the Mirage, which has a partial cut-out to display to display the a part of the movement in action.

This little piece of mechanical awesomeness is limited to 250 pieces, so put your foot to the pedal if you're interested ; )

Here are the pertinents, straight from the folks at Gorilla (editor's note, I've changed some of the spelling to the US version, I mean, "aluminium"?  And considering that Charles Martin Hall is from my home town of Oberlin Ohio, and that he helped industrialize the use of aluminum, we're going with the American version).

MOVEMENT
Miyota 90S5, Self-winding
4 Hz / 28.800 vph, stop seconds

FUNCTIONS
Hour, minute, seconds

CASE DIMENSIONS
44 mm case diameter
48.5 mm with crown guard 

CASE MATERIAL
Forged carbon, anodized aluminum,
titanium, ceramic, steel
 
CRYSTAL
Scratch resistant sapphire,
anti-reflective coating, both sides
 
CROWN
Screw-down for improved water resistance

WATER RESISTANCE
100 meters / 330 feet / 10 ATM
 
BRACELET
Bi-color Viton rubber strap,
titanium pin buckle
 
WEIGHT
110 grams with strap and buckle

The BR 03-94 AÉRO GT ORANGE

From Bell & Ross

Courtesy of Bell & Ross

This is a brand new offering from BaselWorld and will be available shortly.

Here are the pertinents -

Limited edition of 500 pieces

Courtesy of Bell & Ross

Movement: 
calibre BR-CAL.319. 
Automatic mechanical.
Functions: hours, minutes and small seconds at 12 o'clock. 
Date. Chronograph: 12-hour timer at 6 o'clock, 30-min timer at 9 o'clock, central chronograph seconds. Tachymeter scale on the flange.

Case: 
42 mm in diameter. Satin-polished steel. Back with opening in sapphire crystal, centred on the balance.

Dial: 
skeleton. Metal applique Superluminova®-filled indices. Metal skeleton Superluminova®-filled hour and minute hands. Anodised orange movement bridge.

Crystal: 
sapphire with anti-reflective coating. 

Water-resistance: 
100 metres.

Straps: 
perforated black calfskin with orange piping and ultra-resilient black synthetic fabric.

Buckle: 
pin. Satin-polished steel.





Bell & Ross Aero