12 Faces of your time: Horological Virtuosos
Artful New Book Pre-Launches at Baselworld
Previewed to Great Acclaim

A magazine like that one has truly never been seen before on the planet of the watchmaking industry: a non-commercial opus concentrating on art on three fronts: the artistry of independent mechanical the watchmaking industry with little if any commercial background, the artistry of making an eminently enjoyable text without any marketing behind it, and also the artistry of pictures produced to convey the rare tales of twelve unique watchmakers.

The atmospheric feel and look of 12 FACES Of Your Time: HOROLOGICAL VIRTUOSOS will delight both readers of well-written, artistic books and also the connoisseur of watches produced by independent masters of timekeeping. This book is slated for release in nov 2009, nevertheless its pulsing energy reaches this time around already tangible within the horological world thanks in great part to some pre-launch party held on March 27 at Baselworld.

Leonid Khankin, owner and inventive director of Swiss-American watch company Ernst Benz, put the well-attended party introducing his brand?s Instrument Series and concurrently celebrate our prime art of the watchmaking industry because it is portrayed in 12 FACES Of Your Time: HOROLOGICAL VIRTUOSOS. Khankin thus had the chance to recognition his horological heroes while showing all of them with the rare opportunity to step in the spotlight. Although the names of most of the watchmakers featured in 12 FACES Of Your Time: HOROLOGICAL VIRTUOSOS are spoken through the halls of Baselworld?and even the hillsides and valleys of Europe?with hushed reverence,Blancpain Watches Replica, these males rarely discover the glamorous limelight they’d be so worthy of using their hand crafted type of artistry. Khankin?s generous gesture permitted them not just interaction using the world?s elite watch press attending the party, but the opportunity to preview 12 FACES Of Your Time: HOROLOGICAL VIRTUOSOS via video stream.

Drinking cocktails supplied by Patr锟斤拷n tequila, seven from the book?s watchmakers attending spent the evening talking using the press, checking Ernst Benz?s extra-large pilot?s watches, and getting together with each other because they rarely have a chance to complete. Philippe Dufour, Vianney Halter,Louis Vuitton Replica, Roger Cruz, Kari Voutilainen, Felix Baumgartner, Beat Haldimann and Thomas Prescher noticeably loved the relaxed atmosphere and attention lavished upon them through the visitors. The watchmakers featured within the book unable to result in the evening were Fran?ois-Paul Journe, Dr. Ludwig Oechslin, Paul Gerber, Volker Vyskocil,Omega Replica, and Kenji Shiohara.

Embodying the animated yin-yang that’s modern mechanical the watchmaking industry,Certifie Replica, these twelve faces of your time represent completely different corners from the greatest degree of the watchmaking industry: individual?and individualistic?types of this timeless mechanical art. 12 FACES Of Your Time: HOROLOGICAL VIRTUOSOS allows visitors to determine well-known horological figures for example Fran?ois-Paul Journe, Vianney Halter, and Philippe Dufour because they?ng never been seen before and also to gain unique understanding of major independent horologists Kari Voutilainen, Felix Baumgartner, Thomas Prescher, Volker Vyskocil, Paul Gerber, Beat Haldimann, Roger Cruz, and Dr. Ludwig Oechslin. Visitors will definitely also relish researching Kenji Shiohara, the innovator who founded a small-department for top the watchmaking industry within Japan?s gargantuan Seiko Corporation.

Worldwide watch journalist Elizabeth Doerr?s expertise and waiting in the area of the watchmaking industry is exclusive: during the period of a twenty-year career, she’s written for magazines around the globe, written and coauthored books on watches, been an associate of countless worldwide juries, and it is the senior editor of Watch Annual, an annual summary of mechanical watches.
Digital photographer Ralf Baumgarten includes a varied repertoire of styles: his first book about the watchmaking industry, UhrMenschen, received a Red-colored Us dot design award in 2005 in 2007 he stayed representing a valley in Europe as well as in 2008 he taken faces of camels in Dubai for any forthcoming desert-designed project. His artful photography continues to be featured in guides and displays in many nations?the second including La Chaux-p-Fonds, Europe?s Worldwide Museum of Horology.

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(left to right): Leonid Khankin (owner and inventive director Ernst Benz), Elizabeth Doerr, Kari Voutilainen, Ralf Baumgarten and Roger Cruz anticipate the appearance of 12 FACES Of Your Time: HOROLOGICAL VIRTUOSOS.
Elizabeth Doerr
Freelance Journalist for Watches