Gerald Charles has pulled off one thing fairly extraordinary within the watch world: all its collections revolve solely round one case design. And what a case design that’s! Created by legendary designer Gérald Genta in 2006, the flamboyant Maestro case design is the spine of Gerald Charles. Starting from time-and-date fashions to skeletonised variations and from tourbillons to sportier editions, the Maestro appeared with a chronograph in 2021. Produced in metal, titanium and gold, the newest version designed for retail companion Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons is an off-piste model clad in sandblasted titanium with an on-trend meteorite dial.
Quick turning into a family identify for watch lovers, Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons is the drive behind Dubai Watch Week and a number one luxurious watch and jewelry retailer within the United Arab Emirates. Produced in a restricted version of 20 items for Seddiqi, the Maestro 3.0 Chronograph is probably the most rugged-looking and modern model of the gathering.
The curvaceous Baroque-inspired structure of the case with its pronounced stepped bezel is revisited in matte gray sandblasted titanium with chronograph pushers matching the uneven stream of the case. With a diameter of 39mm, a size of 41mm and a thickness of 11.7mm, the resistant but light-weight titanium case weighs simply 79 grams. Regardless of its curvaceous contours, the case is designed as a 5G shock-resistant sports activities case, and the screw-down crown with its raised Clous de Paris grip is fitted with a bespoke gasket, making certain its 100m water resistant score.
Meteorite dials are all the craze in watchmaking immediately, and the Maestro flaunts an iron-nickel meteorite with a singular Widmanstätten sample tracing its cosmic journey by way of house. Just like the case, there are not any proper angles or sq. shapes on the dial, and the black peripheral minutes/seconds monitor adapts to the structure of the case. Handled with white Tremendous-LumiNova that emits a blue glow, the indices are oval, and the guidelines of the baton hour and minute palms are rounded. The three sub-dials – working seconds at 3 o’clock, 12-hour and 30-minute counters at 6 and 9 o’clock, respectively – are framed with a metallic ring and have totally different white markings on the black frames to tell apart them.
The bottom motion is made by Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier and is customised solely for Gerald Charles. Simply 6.07mm thick, the skinny modular motion depends on twin barrels to ship a extra constant vitality provide to the regulating organ. The brand new honeycomb rotor design, which runs on ceramic ball bearings, delivers a 50-hour energy reserve.
The chronograph is fitted with a white vulcanised rubber strap embossed with a raised Clous de Paris sample within the centre and a sandblasted titanium buckle.
Availability & Worth
The Gerald Charles Maestro 3.0 Chronograph 2023 Seddiqi Particular Version is restricted to twenty items and retails for CHF 26,900. Will probably be accessible solely from Ahmed Seddiqi and Sons within the Center East. For extra data, please go to geraldcharles.com and seddiqi.com.
