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All black omega watch5/16/2023 ![]() ![]() PVD coated titanium clasp, triple folding.Finishes applied with hand-chamfering, sandblasting, and straight graining.Mainplate and bridges coated with anthracite color.Luminous black facetted hands and hour markers.Blackened bridges support the fusée and barrel arbors.There is no dial, so that the complications can be easily viewed.This is a limited edition of 150 pieces, and the inclusion of the two specialties together in one timepiece is a first for Zenith. Presented at the 2016 Baselworld, the El Primero is a movement which combines fusée and chain transmission system with tourbillon a melding of iconic Zenith complications. Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot El Primero Tourbillon The winding system is bidirectional with 60 minute counter.The movement offers a power reserve of 72 hours.The column wheel on the automatic movement is easily visible.The flyback chronograph movement is Hublot’s HUB 1242 UNICO.There is an anti-reflective, double sided display glass.The bezel is of polished black smoked sapphire crystal.Transparent resin is the material of the skeleton dial.The polished black case is cut from blocks of smoked sapphire crystal.The buckle clasp is black plated titanium. The strap is smoked transparent structured lined in black. Hublot developed a new smoked Sapphire which is contemporary in appearance and gives the watch a lower profile than if the sapphire had been fully transparent. To celebrate the All Black’s tenth anniversary, 500 of the All Black Sapphire watches will be produced. The All Black was intended to be a production of less than 300 units, but 2700 were eventually sold. In 2006, the All Black made watch history, and it generated a trend within watchmaking of creating all black timepieces. Hublot was the first watch manufacturer to launch a completely black watch. These superbly crafted additions were well received.Īll-black timepieces may never be the same again:ġ0 Ressence Type 5BB Hublot All Black Sapphire 2016 This year, the all-black watches at Baselworld included some superb examples which have touches of gold, silver, and other colors. But, at the recent 2016 Baselworld, where the finest watchmaking houses in the world present their very best new creations, a new trend in the all-black watches category emerged. The back is engraved with the All Blacks rugby club fern leaf.Īdmirers of all-black style have always noted that the watches sometimes are more difficult to read than their clear, sapphire crystal cased brothers and sisters. The anthracite dial is imprinted with a black Maori tattoo designed by Tana Salzmann, a Maori carver. One of the most striking examples of these is the limited edition All Blacks Maori Tattoo created for the All Blacks 100 Club by Bulgari. In the past, watchmakers made everything visible, such as the minute and hour hands and any numbers completely black. They are found across all types of watches from those reasonably priced to the most expensive haute horology. Traditionally, all-black watches are those which have black cases, dials and wrist straps. ![]()
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