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Concord has always been one of those brands open to experimentation, open to novelty and innovation and most of the timepieces released by this brand aim for something more than the ordinary watch features, for something that hasn't yet been done in watch manufacturing and that's what makes of this brand one of the top brands of the Haute Horology industry. A timepiece to be remembered was released by Concord in 2008, when the designers came with an interesting concept featuring the C1 Tourbillon Gravity watch, a concept which was later on developed into what we refer today as the new C1 QuantumGravity Watch. Highly innovative, the new Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch proposes a technology never approached before based on gravity. The concept introduced by this watch was regarded as a breakthrough of watch manufacturing, *** of Concord again a brand with an ardent interest in taking further the techniques of the watch *** industry by pushing the boundaries of both technology and design. The new Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch features a case constructed from titanium that has 48.5 mm in diameter and an impressive width of 22 mm. To soften a bit the titanium rough appearance of the watch, the designers thought of using some white gold detailing, although the design still remains quite shockingly powerful and futuristic. The case construction features 5 su***ces covered with sapphire crystal and a transparent case back. The duties offered by this watch are almost unbelievable to an amateur's eye as they can perform functions expected from specialized instruments, not from timepieces released on the market. Amongst the functions displayed by the new Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch we can mention the aerial bi-axial tourbillon mechanism, the vertical power reserve function and the stripped down dial. Most of the features presented by this watch are unreachable to many watch manufacturing brands and the fact that the designer from Concord were able to come up with such outstanding concept can only suffice to the brand's amazing reputation in the watch *** artistry. Other technical details worth mentioning are the individualist seconds and the spectacular volumes. The new Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch was created with the help of the BNB Concept and Studio Bellon, whose expertise covered the amazing technical performance of this watch, and respectively, its progressive design. The result exceeded everyone's expectations, as this Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch proved to be a concept of extreme performance and excellent taste. The mechanism equipping this watch is defined as the Caliber Concord C104; a mechanical manually wound movement that generates 72 hours of power reserve.This beautiful wonder of haute Horology comes equipped with a black vulcanized rubber strap which assures the tough and powerful design of the new Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch aimed by its designers. Concord C1 QuantumGravity Pictures Gallery

Concord C1 Radar ChronometerIn January 2011 the small Swiss watchmaker will start selling its new Concord C1 Radar automatic chronometer watch.As I noted in April 2009, I do not really like Concord’s design language. It is original and bold, but it grates on the ear as well.However, the new Concord C1 Radar model may be of some interest to those looking for an aggressive-looking sports watch.Its bezel with eight rubber “crenellations” that protect a 3.3 mm thick sapphire crystal suddenly strikes a chord when combined with cantilevered hour indexes on the engine-turned dial with black PVD treatment.The open-worked hour and minute hands, as well as a stylized subsidiary seconds hand at 6 o’clock look surprisingly congruent to the overall aggressive styling of the watch.Although the Kaki technofiber strap with its strange brownish color looks absolutely out of place here, one can always change it for something more appropriate. Like a black rubber strap, for example.What I like the most here is the legibility of its dial.The green SuperLuminova looks extremely contrast to the black PVD-coated face of the watch and will certainly provide superb legibility in any lighting conditions.The watch is powered by a well-known La Joux-Perret Caliber 3532 automatic movement.Based on the ubiquitous ETA Caliber 2892 with a seconds sub-dial at 6 o’clock and a big date window at 12 o’clock, the movement is a COSC-certified chronometer, and is not only very accurate, but is also quite robust.The Swiss watch maker plans to present the Concord C1 Radar in the beginning of the next year at Baselworld 2011 international show.Its MSRP is predicted to be around $8900.