Focus TREND & DESIGN: REBELLION

Predator 2.0 GMT

CASE : carbon, 5N pink gold and titanium, modular and customizable, sapphire back, water-resistant to 100m

DIAMETER : 48mm

MOVEMENT : mechanical self-winding (ETA2892 base caliber, 42h power reserve), 234 components, personalized Rebellion oscillating weight

FUNCTIONS : hours, minutes, dualtime

DIAL : multi-level dial, brake caliper indicating the hours

STRAP : rubber in several colors, with folding safety clasp

RACING IN ITS BLOOD

Inspired by performance, functionality and boldness for almost ten years, the Rebellion brand continues to rack up the laps with the confidence of a driver sure of his car and his team. Just as the eponymous racing stable, belonging to the same shareholder, stacks up wins from Le Mans to Daytona, the watch brand is developing its collections and proving itself ever more convincing and relevant. The motorsports DNA of the new Predator 2.0 GMT regulator presented at Baselworld is immediately apparent, notably in the hours displayed with the tip of a brake caliper. The minutes hand closely resembles instrument panel needles, while the case layers and the beveled shape of the lugs evoke the streamlined bodywork of a supercharged prototype. The 24-hour aperture at 6 o’clock surrounds a globe reminding us that the world is meant to be crisscrossed in all directions.

Brice Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of GMT and Skippers, which he co-founded in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He has also been CEO of WorldTempus since it joined the GMT Publishing stable, of which he is director and joint shareholder. In 2012 he created the Geneva Watch Tour, and he has been an advisor to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève since 2011. Also closely involved in sailing, he has published the magazine of the Société Nautique de Genève since 2003, and was one of the founders of the SUI Sailing Awards in 2009 and the Concours d’Elégance for motor boats at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2015.

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