Month: November 2014

‘The romantic dreams of safari always appear in my mind. It will be an adventure, but also a piece of rough and shocking natural landscape. Exquisite world. ‘
——Ralph Lauren

RalphLauren is proud to introduce two RL67 Safari watches: the wide size of 50mm, all highlight its unique beauty of bold and elegant. Both of the newly released watches are equipped with eye-catching calendar display windows, which are more clear when reading than traditional surfaces, at a glance: the left window displays the numbers 0-3, and the right window displays the numbers 0-9. The addition of this complication enhances the practicality of the Ralph Lauren classic.

The first watch to be released featured a sky blue lacquered camouflage dial, and the stainless steel case was treated with advanced technology to add a retro effect and present an ‘old’ feel. The watch is water-resistant to 10 bar, and with an olive green alligator strap, it fully demonstrates the craftsmanship and overall beauty of this watch. The hour and minute hands are coated with Super-LumiNova®, giving a soft glow; the bright orange seconds hand points to the hour-markers printed with Arabic numerals, adding a visual effect to the dial. The Caliber RL3105 mechanical self-winding movement contains a 42-hour power reserve and is decorated with vertical ‘Côtes de Genève’ and grain round grains called ‘perlage’.

The second watch is also equipped with the RL3105 self-winding movement, a stainless steel case treated with an ‘old’ effect, a charcoal gray dial with frosted lacquered lacquered blue, and a ‘worn’ olive green canvas strap. Following the first RL67 Safari watch, first introduced in 2013, with a canvas strap, it is designed to echo the explorer’s canvas shoulder bag. The watch can also be purchased separately as an extra strap, available in blue, black and washed colors, all with leather lining. Ralph Lauren carefully selected each color, including the classic olive green, to convey the true meaning of the safari spirit. ‘From the very beginning of my debut as a designer, I dreamed of going to Africa and hunting.’ Ralph Lauren said, ‘Safari hunting is a yearning for adventure, a life of freewheeling, and urging myself to go beyond the limits. The desire to experience the wilderness of nature and the farthest places in the world. ‘

RalphLauren RL67 Safari series technical parameters

RL67 Safari Large Calendar-Black ‘Antiquated’ Steel-Camo Dial-50 mm
Number: RLR0260700
Movement: RL3105 self-winding mechanical movement, 16 ½ ” ‘, 25 gems, 28,800 vibrations / hour (4 Hz), power reserve of about 42 hours, vertical Geneva ripple (Côtes de Genève) and fish scale ( Perlage)
Functions: hour, minute, second, date
Case: Black ‘old-plated’ stainless steel, sandblasted, 49.80 mm in diameter, 13.70 mm thick, arched sapphire crystal, transparent anti-reflective treatment on the back, bottom case secured by 6 screws, lug width 25.60 mm, Water-resistant to 10 bar (approximately 100 meters), screw-down crown: black ‘old-plated’ steel, decorated with RL logo
Dial: turquoise camouflage paint finish, Arabic numerals printed on light brown luminous material
Hands: Bright black luminous sword-shaped hour and minute hands; bright orange lacquer-coated rod-shaped second hands
Strap: Dark olive green calfskin strap, brown leather lining; folding clasp with width 20.00 mm, length 115/70 mm
Buckle: black ‘old-plated’ stainless steel pin buckle, sandblasted

RL67 Safari Large Calendar-Black ‘Antiquated’ Steel-Black Dial-50mm
Number: RLR0260900
Movement: RL3105 self-winding mechanical movement, 16 ½ ” ‘, 25 gems, 28,800 vibrations / hour (4 Hz), power reserve of about 42 hours, vertical Geneva ripple (Côtes de Genève) and fish scale ( Perlage)
Functions: hour, minute, second, date
Case: Black distressed steel, sandblasted, 49.80 mm in diameter, 13.70 mm thick, arched sapphire crystal, transparent anti-reflective treatment on the back, bottom case secured by 6 screws, lug width 25.60 mm, black ‘ ‘Antiquated plating’ stainless steel screw-down crown with RL letter logo
Dial: blue-black matte lacquered coating, Arabic numerals printed on light brown luminous material
Hands: bright black with light brown luminous sword-shaped hour and minute hands; bright orange lacquer-coated rod-shaped second hand
Strap: olive-green canvas strap, black leather lining, folding clasp width 20.00 mm, length 115/70 mm
Clasp: black ‘old-plated’ stainless steel pin buckle, sandblasted

Swiss watch brand Blancpain, which has traditional fine watchmaking technology, has been showing complex craftsmanship in timepieces that seem to give life, since it was founded in 1735, it is speechless. Love is as old as time. The black-based Blancpain weekly calendar shows that the tourbillon watch has a rather low-key appearance, supplemented by a matte 18K rose gold case with a black dial, showing the beauty of the atmosphere. Because it truly integrates tradition and modern requirements, it draws on the years of experience of master watchmakers and uses a new type of recovery. In addition to the daily display functions, it cleverly combines the power reserve and the wonderful floating rotor. The flywheel is set at 12 o’clock, showing superb watchmaking skills. The weekly calendar display reads the weekly calendar by the central pointer pointing to the corresponding number from 1 to 53 located around the dial. This function is not only practical, but also through reasonable design, it is not prominent on the dial of the watch. Easy to read. The unique and complex functions make the new automatic winding 3725G movement and the 356 components made by manual processes perfectly coordinate and perfect.