Scaling intergalactic heights in 2007, Azimuth premieres the brand new SP-1 Mechanique concept watch. Nicknamed the ‘spaceship watch’, this forward-looking timepiece is an adventurous mix of bold, futuristic styling and progressive technical flaunts.
One feels as if he’s gazing at the universe from the inside of a space shuttle when telling the time on the SP-1 Mechanique. Its enigmatic jet-black dial is showered with tiny specks of white like stars on clear night. At ‘6’ is a rendition of planet earth, a globular decorative feature that makes one rotation every 60 seconds to give one the impression that he is viewing the planet from afar in outer space.
Matching the mesmerizing dial design is its equally ingenious jumping hour display. Powered by a Unitas 6497 movement finely finished in Cotes de Geneve stripes, a rotating disc, framed by the short end of the 3-dimensional minute hand, is a jumping hour complication. Highly stylized, the broad minute hand comes finished with a skeletonized outline that resembles a space shuttle hurtling across the universe.
A breathtakingly sculptural masterpiece, the SP-1 Mechanique mimics the profile of a spacecraft’s cockpit. Its 45mm stainless steel case with elongated lugs is capped by a domed sapphire crystal to lend the watch a multi-dimensional look. The avant garde case design then is topped with a giant crown at ‘12’ that is guaranteed to send fans of whimsical horological excursions over the moon.
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