La fête des pères: six montres pour les hommes passionnés et actifs

Quoi donner à un père nouveau, différent et passionnant. Pour vous aider, voici une liste de six montres pour les pères (ou les maris) qui sont actives, que cette activité soit effectuée en milieu urbain ou qu'il s'agisse de terres, de mer et d'air. Toutes les montres énumérées sont les derniers modèles de pièces classiques fabriquées par les marques de montres. Si, par hasard, le modèle le plus récent n'a pas encore été achevé pour les détaillants, le modèle 2014 devrait être en stock et serait accueilli comme un cadeau pour tout homme. 


Baume & Mercier Hampton
Il existe peu de collections de montres contemporaines qui deviennent aussi ioniques que le boîtier carré ou rectangulaire du Hampton, qui fête ce 20e anniversaire cette année. Baume & Mercier a présenté deux nouveaux modèles cette année, y compris le Hampton 10155 (photo de haut). Simple et sophistiqué, le boîtier rectangulaire 31 mm x 47 mm en acier poli satiné contient un calibre automatique mécanique de fabrication suisse visible à travers le fond transparent. Le boîtier incurvé mesure seulement 10 mm d'épaisseur. Il s'agit d'une pièce d'horlogerie pour les citadins avec un cadran blanc cassé qui affiche l'heure, les minutes et les secondes, la pointe d'acier bleue des mains, ce qui renforce le caractère traditionnel de l'horloge. La date est affichée par une fenêtre simple à 6 heures, fini avec une sangle d'alligator noir et une boucle de sécurité pliante en acier.

Bremont U-22
The new military watch from U.K.-based company is an extension of the U-2 collection, which was originally designed for and inspired by the elite U-2 spy plane squadron flown by the U.S. Air Force. The updated date display reflects the view on an altimeter. There is also a difference with the bi-directional rotating inner bezel, originally designed to measure 60 minutes, and altered in the U-22 to a compass quadrant of a pilot which is often useful in navigation weather mapping. The bronze barrel color was inspired by a number of military watches Bremont has produced in the past based on the anti-reflective coating used on their cockpit canopies. The chronometer uses Bremont’s anti-shock rubberized movement mount. Unlike the original U-2 the U-22 has an exhibition case back showing the automatic movement.

Carl F. Bucherer Le Patravi TravelTec II
For the tenth anniversary of the Patravi TravelTec collction, Carl F. Bucherer unveiled a new version of the watch that combines a three-time zone display and chronograph. Chronometer-certified and water resistant to 100 meters, the 47.4 mm case has a side-mounted sapphire glass window (a standard feature of the Patravi TravelTec timepieces) that reveals the built-in complication. The in-house automatic caliber CFB 1901.1 simultaneously displays three time zones in combination with a chronograph. The nine applied hour indices on the dial identify the first time zone. An outer ring on the dial provides the second time zone. The hour digits for the third time zone appear on the bezel. The monopusher enables rapid, user-friendly switching between East and West travel directions. The date display can move forward and also backward when changing the hour setting.

Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed
The Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed Date, Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed UTC, and Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed chronograph (pictured above), are all designed for the new digitally-enhanced e-strap cerated by the luxury brand. All of the watches are equipped with automatic movements. The 42 or 43-millimetre case include skeletonized horns, a narrow bezel, a large dial with Arabic numerals lancet-shaped hands. The come in “cold grey” micro-blasted steel case or the black DLC (Diamond like carbon) coating. 

Nomos Metro 38 Datum
This timepiece from the Glashütte, Germany-based watchmaker, has received several awards for its sleek, urbane design and functionality. It is one of the most affordable watches on the market with an in-house mechanical movement (DUW 4101). As of 2014, this movement also includes an in-house made escapement. The newest version, released this month, comes without the power reserve, making the dial of the watch even more well-proportioned and clean. It’s also slightly larger than the model introduced in 2014. The new dial of Metro 38 Datum was created by Mark Braun, the Berlin-based designer behind Metro, which has now won five major design awards, including the Red Dot award, the German Design Award, the Good Design Award and iF Product Design Award. 

Zenith El Primero Sport Chronograph
The 45 mm-diameter steel case houses the 400 B automatic chronograph caliber beating at a rate of 36,000 vibrations per hour.  The movement and its Côtes de Genève motif is visible through the sapphire caseback. The dial is available in silver or slate grey (pictured) with a lamé hand finish. The broad faceted hour-markers, rhodium-finished and coated with Super-LumiNova, enable easy readings of the central hours and minutes, swept over by sword-shaped hands. This aesthetic is picked up on the small counter hands. The chronograph sweep-seconds hand, bearing the star emblem, is clad in a deep red echoed by the inscription “36,000 VpH” painted in crimson red in the upper part of the dial. The tachometric scale now appears on the inner bezel ring. voir plus copies montres et montres copy