Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

The Speake-Marin One (left) is in a rose gold case, while the Two is in a titanium case.

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This year – 2017 – at America’s luxury watch show, WatchTime New York,  Speake-Marin Manufacturer presented two new watches from its elegant J-Class Collection. Simply named One and Two, these watches make quite a difference in Speake-Marin Watches Collection, being equipped with all-new in-house movements. 

The watch dubbed the One is in an 18k rose gold case; the Two features a grade 5 titanium case.

The Movement 

Both are available in two case sizes — 38-mm diameter and 42 mm — and are distinguished by their highly skeletonized dials that put the micro-mechanical vista of the new movement, Caliber SMA01, on full display.

Peter Speake-Marin says that the development of this in-house movement, the first to be used in the J-Class collection, required many months from the design stage to the manufacturing process.

The Speake-Marin watchmaking team kept the movement slim by using a micro-rotor to wind the mainspring and positioning it flush with the bridges.

Assembled entirely by hand and possessing a fully wound power reserve of 52 hours, Caliber SMA01 carries a COSC chronometer certification, testifying to its timekeeping precision and reliability.

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Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

Speake-Marin J-Class Collection’s The One, front (above) and back (below)

Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

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Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

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Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

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Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

 

The case is an evolved version of Speake-Marin’s hallmark “Piccadilly,” engineered for a slightly more technical look. The shorter lugs allow the strap to be integrated more closely into the case, and the crown has also been moved closer to the case middle.

The bezel and the case-back now slightly overlap the central case section, and the sapphire crystal over the dial is now a box form, further reducing the overall thickness of the case. Both the front and back crystals, the latter offering a rear view of the movement, are treated with non-reflective coating.

The open-worked dial swept over by Speake-Marin’s distinctive hands, is bereft of numerals except for the ones on the small seconds sub-dial, placed uncharacteristically at the 1:30 position to create a visual balance with the dial-side rotor and mainspring barrel. The Speake-Marin J-Class One and Two watches are all limited editions; 

THE J-CLASS COLLECTION

SPECIFICATIONSONE & TWO RED GOLD

REFERENCE12 42 06 110
MOVEMENTCalibre SMA01 self-winding movement with micro-rotor
INDICATIONSCentral hours, minutes and also small seconds
JEWELLING31 jewels
POWER RESERVE52 hours
FREQUENCY28,800 v.p.h / 4Hz
CASE18K red gold Piccadilly case

Front and back sapphire crystals treated with anti-reflective coating

The thickness of 10.50 mm

DIAMETER42 mm

Speake-Marin J-Class Collection One & Two Luxury Watches

SPECIFICATIONS — ONE & TWO TITANIUM
REFERENCE11 42 06 110
MOVEMENTCalibre SMA01 self-winding movement also with micro-rotor
INDICATIONSCentral hours, minutes and also small seconds
JEWELLING31 jewels
POWER RESERVE52 hours
FREQUENCY28,800 v.p.h / 4Hz
CASETitanium Piccadilly case (grade 5)

Front and back sapphire crystals treated also with anti-reflective coating

Case thickness of 10.50 mm

DIAMETER42 mm
WATER RESISTANCE3 bar (30 meters)
DIALSkeletonized dial. Small seconds at 1.30
HANDSSpeake-Marin style hands in steel
STRAPHand-made, natural alligator leather strap
BUCKLETitanium pin buckle
LIMITED EDITION20

 

Although, part of this article was first published in WatchTime Magazine. Showing at Watchtime New York 2017. Written by Mark Bernardo on September 25, 2017

Many thanks also to the Spake-Marin Official Website for all the information above.

WatchTime Magazine Official Website 

Spake-Marin Official Website 


 

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