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  At the beginning of September the FH thematic exhibition made a stopover in Singapore, the epicentre of watchmaking culture in this part of the world. Mission report. guess Time - Think Swiss Excellence, the thematic exhibition of the Swiss confederacy of Watch Manufacturers? Associations (FH), took part from 5 to 9 September in the episode entitled Tempus - The Temple of Time. Organised in the Raffles Congress and Convention Centre complex in Singapore over The Hour Glass, the country?s most important retailer of Swiss made watches, the aim of the exhibition was to raise awareness among potential consumers by bringing timepieces to a wider audience and, why not, serving as an introduction for budding collectors. Through its succession of themes, Think Time - Think Swiss Excellence throws light on many aspects of Swiss watchmaking and its history, while emphasising how the business took advantage of bold technological discoveries and broke the psychological block of the cost of a Swiss made watch by providing expensive information on research and development, or for example by highlighting the indispensable qualifications required by the workforce to manufacture a mechanical timepiece. It accordingly fell totally into line with the expectations of the organisers who were looking to add a edifying and educational dimension to an ostensibly commercial event. During the five days of the exhibition, its eight panels were viewed by several thousands of visitors who were able to admire, in a relaxed atmosphere, more than 50 large collections of watches, which for once were presented outside the precincts of shop premises. Most of the 80 directors and employer watchmakers invited by the organisers attended the event, thereby constituting one of the largest gatherings of watchmaking experts outside Switzerland. Many seminars were held on subjects such as the value of brands, the merits of watchmaking and latest developments in the industry. Several master watchmakers also exhibited specialities on a collective stand, demonstrating that it is feasible to forge a ?new watchmaking language? by using ancestral tools of the artisan. After Tempus - The Temple of Time, which is set to become an annual exhibition (it was held for the first time in 2004), Think Time - Think Swiss Excellence will continue its tour of Asia by attending an event of the same type due to take place from 3 to 12 December at the Starhill Gallery Shopping Mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time in White Gold and Platinum (Ref. 145.029 / 145.025)Lange keeps on monetizing its initial success with the revolutionary Zeitwerk “digital” hand-wound watch. The new A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time adds a chiming mechanism to the jumping hours and minutes complication.To make enough space for the new complication, the German engineers have increased its diameter by roughly 1/10th of an inch to 36.00 millimeters. The movement has also become a trifle thicker, now measuring exactly 10.00 mm.To make sure that everyone will notice the new function, Lange did two things.Firstly, the two gongs are placed right on the dial just below the signature Time Bridge component, which is made of rhodiumed German silver.Secondly, the striking mechanism chimes every fifteen minutes with quarter-hour signals sounding in high-pitched tone and the top of the hour chiming in lower-pitched sound.The second function must be pretty annoying after the initial wow-impression wears out in an hour or so, but thankfully there is a special pusher at 4 o’clock that shuts the chimer off.Due to a larger movement, the new version of the watch is also a bit larger than the original.According to the official specs, the elegant case (which is available both in white gold or limited edition platinum) is now 44.20 millimeters in diameter and 13.80 millimeters thick.Of course, the watch looks bulkier than its predecessor, but it is the price you pay for converting an understated masterpiece into a particularly expensive Swiss army knife.