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2014 - Issue 1 - Winter

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TIME HONORED Resplendent Regulators CHICAGOANS ARE EMBRACING THE INNOVATIVE DESIGNS OF NEW REGULATOR-DIAL WATCHES THAT ARE ANYTHING BUT REGULAR. BY ROBERTA NAAS PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF CRAWFORD F rom the resurgence of Art Deco shapes to the increased use of rose gold, the adage "What's old is new again" is particularly true in watchmaking today, as artisans continue to build precision timepieces with reinterpreted motifs. Such is the case with regulator-dial watches. A regulator is a timepiece whose hour and minute hands are offset separately on a dial instead of in the conventional configuration of two hands moving around the complete dial together. Generally, a regulator features a small sub-dial for the hour indications and a long minute hand that rotates around the dial, with an additional small sub-seconds indication often part of the construction. Regulators were originally conceived centuries ago in clock form to "regulate" the rate of standard two-hand timepieces, which were considered less precise than the separate-pinioned time indication. Today, this vintage off-centered look has become an aesthetic coveted by watch lovers and fans of avant-garde design. For more watch features and expanded coverage, go to michiganavemag.com/watches. MA CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: A complex instrument, this Ressence Type 3 ($34,600) holds several patents and features indications of the hour, minute, second, day, and date. The sub-dials are suspended in fluid that gives the appearance that they are displayed directly on the sapphire crystal. Geneva Seal Fine Jewelry & Timepieces, 112 E. Oak St., 312-944-3100; ressence.eu From Breguet, this Classique Grande Complication Automatic Tourbillon 5307 watch ($117,700) is crafted in gold, with a finely decorated silver dial. It houses a mechanical movement with a tourbillon escapement. Tourbillon Boutique, 545 N. Michigan Ave., 312-836-3800; breguet.com From Glashütte Original, this Senator Chronometer Regulator ($31,500) houses a DKD-certified chronometer mechanical movement and is made in Germany. Tourbillon Boutique, 545 N. Michigan Ave., 312-836-3800; glashuette-original.com 92 STYLING BY TERRY LEWIS This Bell & Ross WW1 Régulateur ($22,000) in 18k pink gold houses an automatic Dubois Dépraz movement with hours at 12:00, a central minutes hand, and a seconds counter at 6:00. It is made in a limited edition of 99 pieces. Marshall Pierce & Company, 29 E. Madison St., 312-372-2415; bellross.com MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM 092_MA_SS_TimeHonored_Winter_14.indd 92 1/9/14 5:25 PM

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