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Tonight I had a chance to join a Vianney Halter presentation of his latest watch presented by The Hour Glass -- a major AD chain here in Singapore.



Mr. Halter is not only an innovative watchmaker and an artist, in person he is a very approachable gentleman with a great sense of humor.



There were of course earlier Vianney Halter pieces in circulation, like the Antigua:





What's better than seeing & trying on an Antigua in the metal? Why, TWO Antigua of course! (A yellow gold & a rose gold):



I also had a chance to play with a friend's HW Opus 3 by Vianney:



And another friend's incredible Lange Tourbillon in Platinum (the hour dial is in the pivot-out position as it was almost 8pm):



There were of course many other amazing & incredible watches in attendance, but the occasion does not feel like one I can comfortably ask strangers if I can take pics of their watches... Too, I was only wearing my DSSD which in that room felt positively G-Shocky! Lol!

Anyways, Mr. Halter has considered retiring from watchmaking in 2011. Then one day he caught some episodes of Deep Space Nine on TV, which rekindled his old love of Star Trek, and suddenly a spark formed in his mind for a "four dimension watch for deep space voyagers" -- the Deep Space Tourbillon by Vianney Halter:





The watch is a 46mm Titanium case with a 10mm sapphire dome which showcased the incredible TRIPLE axis tourbillon right in the center of the watch.

'Time' is of course the fourth dimension -- represented by curved blue hour & minute hands on the peripheral of the watch dial.

Very short video:



It wears very comfortably on my wrist:



And I LOVE the dome:



Alas, at SGD$300K, this is probably the only chance I'll ever have of wearing it!

Oh did I mention Mr. Halter has a great sense of humor? His presentation was peppered with photoshopped images from Star Trek, Star Wars & all the classic sci-fi flicks like this...

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a few Pams...

That's quite a piece.all of them are amazing

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5 Super Avengers
1 Super Avenger 2
1 Super Avenger limited edition
1 Super avenger night mission
1 Limited edition chronomat Boston Celtics
Navitimer GMT
Transocean Chronograph Unitime
2 Omega planet ocean chronographs
1 Tag heuer Monaco

a spectacular watch, the blogosphere was abuzz today with it; must have been a great experience.

Very cool. Just to have the opratunity to wear one even if only for a few mins is just awesome.

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NAVITIMER WORLD (SILVER)
PATEK PHILIPPE 5980 (BLACK)

That man is a genius - I have no idea where he gets his ideas from, let alone to produce them, but what can I say - one day, one day.......

A favourite of mine. Imaginative, creative, brilliant execution of ideas and technical ability par excellence. It must have been a great thrill to be near such items and in the same room. They are certainly curios that beg attention.

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Jim

"You have Control".

What a great event to be at! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Amazing watch too, although to be honest VH always make interesting pieces.

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Driver8

Site Moderator

What a great experience. Thanks for sharing your evening with us.

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Chronomat 01- Sierra Silver/Steel
Navitimer 01- Limited Edition #1337/2000

Indeed impressive. Nice experience.

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