Rebellion Weap-One

CASE : titanium, transparent sapphire tube, detachable, 529 components, waterresistant to 10m

SIZE : 40 x 25mm in diameter

MOVEMENT : mechanical manual-winding, linear, bi-axial flying tourbillon

FUNCTIONS : disk-type display of the hours and minutes

DIAL : black disks

STRAP : black grained leather two-strand cuff strap with titanium fastenings, customizable topstitching, titanium folding clasp

Watchmaking UFOs are becoming a rarity, but Rebellion has not given up on creating standout, outsized, almost otherworldly timepieces. Weap-One is definitely that kind of object. It can be called a wristwatch in that it is delivered on a strap. Titanium fastenings serve to secure the case which takes the form of a sapphire and titanium tube. On request, Rebellion also supplies a desk-type or car dashboard fastening system, created by new partner Roland Iten : a designer of non-watchmaking objects strongly inspired by the principles of mechanical engineering. The cylinder houses a unique movement, driving hours and minutes displays on rollers fitted inside the tube. The model is framed on either side by two crowns – one for time-setting and one for winding – while a rotating regulating organ mounted on a dual-axis system sits proudly at the center of a broad empty space. Aside from this bi-axial tourbillon, the rest of the movement is concealed inside the solid parts of the cylinder, meaning compressed within a very small area. Once on the wrist, the Weap-One is huge, expressive, matchless and totally crazy in the finest sense of the term.