Complications
SJX offers an exclusive sneak peek into the highly complicated watches from Pierre-Michel Golay, a renowned watchmaking genius now with Franck Muller Watchland. This article highlights prototypes set to launch at WPHH 2009, showcasing Golay's mastery in complications like tourbillons, perpetual calendars, and minute repeaters. Readers get an early look at the innovations from the mind behind Gerald Genta's ultra-complicated pieces.
Now with Franck Muller Watchland, Pierre Michel Golay is the watchmaking genius behind the grande et petit sonnerie and ultra-thin minute repeater of Gerald Genta. He left Gerald Genta in 1998 and joined Franck Muller in 2006. I mentioned him last year in this post (click here to see the post) as well as in my Geneva 2007 report.
TimeWerke magazine kindly provided these pictures of some prototypes of Pierre Michel Golay watches, to be launched at WPHH 2009 (World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie, the watch show of Franck Muller Watchland in Genthod). TimeWerke will be running an article on Pierre Michel Golay in the upcoming issue so keep a lookout for it.
Note that the watches pictured are prototypes, the final production versions will be different.
- SJX
Tourbillon with perpetual calendar and 8 day power reserve
Mystery tourbillon with 8 day power reserve
Cal. 2750 of the mystery tourbillon
Mystery tourbillon and minute repeater with partially open-worked dial
This message has been edited by SJX on 2008-12-18 19:31:17 This message has been edited by SJX on 2008-12-18 19:32:57 This message has been edited by MTF on 2008-12-20 09:52:49Pierre-Michel Golay and Golay Spierer? There is a watch from Golay Spierer that I like. Counter-clockwise hour hand and normal minute hand, and I think it's a custom made watch. Thanks for any info. cen@jkt ps. i sent u pm
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