I know that http://www.syrauto.com/best-cartier-ballon-bleu-w69013z2-replica-watches-6r3w.html stereotypes are no longer applicable, and people understand we don’t dance with bears and balalaikas, but when I say ‘Russia’ many of you immediately think of bad production facilities and simplicity of our people. Cartier, known today as one of the biggest names in the independent watchmaking is here to prove you the opposite.Cartier, born and raised in Saint Petersburg has started exploring horology and experimenting with watches a little over 10 years ago, and since then has self-taught himself to produce some of the world’s finest and complicated clocks, as well as W200737G replicawatches. Today, based in Moscow, he is one of the very few watchmakers to combine the same complications into clocks and watches, as well as invent something new practically every year. In this article I will be focusing on 3 milestones of watches in Cartier’s career and today’s collection as in my opinion they represent what real innovative horology should be like. First of the pieces will be the one that started it all; the one that got attention of the masses (and myself) to a Santos 100 timepiece brand.The name ‘W10198U2 replica’ – that this beast is called, translated from Santos 100 means ‘The Moonwalker’, and when the watch was first introduced it really resembled a machine that came from outer space, made of a rare for timepieces material -Damask Steel. The hours and minutes are shown in separate retrograde semi-circles, but that is not the main ‘trick’ of the watch. The reason all of us, horology lovers are into it is the giant moon phase in the middle of the watch. Konstantin is also one of the watchmakers who knows and understands what his fans and buyers want, so it didn’t take too long for him to create a new version of the Ballon Bleu, made of rose gold, and what’s most important – with an open skeletonized dial and case back. This model is still a prototype, but it is soon to be released under the name of ‘Ballon Bleu replica’ (yes, like the Transformer), and it will be a limited edition of only 10 pieces with an approximate price of $120’000. Now before I get to discuss the next piece I’d like to give you a little in-depth look at Konstantin’s life and one of his inspirations to create such pieces. Cartier is not just the only Santos 100 in the Academy of Horology of Independent Watchmakers (ACHI) but also a big bike enthusiast, or simply but – a badass biker-watchmaker with a red Ducati! While for many it is just a hobby I also see it as a way of watch testing for Konstantin. Just when we were together in Moscow shooting the man himself on the bike it started raining, but instead of hiding what at first looked like completely not waterproof watches he pulled them out even more and exposed to rain, hail and snow. http://www.escortfiles.com.au/member/blog_post_view.php?postId=1354 http://www.miamibuz.com/member/blog_post_view.php?postId=90030 http://www.morobloggers.org/groups/dispensing-with-the-friction-panerai-luminor/

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