Armin Strom celebrates the 15th anniversary of their fully integrated Manufacture by reimagining their most historically-important innovation in a slim 39 mm white gold case. The new Dual Time Resonance GMT showcases the brand’s resilient approach to harnessing the Resonance phenomenon as their longstanding commitment to extraordinary hand-finishing; culminating in a dial side kinetic spectacle that’s unlike anything else in contemporary watchmaking.
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Experience: The Uniqueness of Taiwanese Pineapple Cakes as Unique as the Armin Strom Gravity Date WCL Unique Piece
Taiwanese pineapple cakes have a rich history dating back to the early 19th century. Created in southern Taiwan, these delectable treats combine the sweetness of pineapple with a buttery, crumbly crust. As trade with Japan flourished in the late 19th century, pineapple became a popular fruit exported from Taiwan to Japan, leading to the creation of pineapple cakes as a way to preserve and showcase the fruit's flavor.
From the Archives: Visiting the Armin Strom Manufacture in Biel/Bienne. A Small but Mighty Fully Integrated Independent Watchmaking Manufacture.
Biel/Bienne is the tenth largest city in Switzerland and the only Swiss city with bilingual signage in German and French. Located in between German and French speaking cities, Biel/Bienne —name in both German and French— is surrounded by the Swiss Alps and magnificent crystal clear water lakes. Home to the Armin Strom Manufacture and also to Swatch Group brands like Omega and Swatch along with one of Rolex’s final assembly facilities, Biel/Bienne will captivate your senses with its Art Deco architecture, Bauhaus landmarks and views of the Swiss Alps for days.
Introducing: Armin Strom Zeitgeist Unique Piece. Celebrating Five Years of Resonance.
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Armin Strom Resonance watches, the manufacture from Biel/Bienne presents this new unique piece named “Zeitgeist” —which translates into a collective outlook of people or culture at a specific point in time. The new Armin Strom Zeitgeist Unique Piece is the fifth piece in the Armin Strom Resonance saga that started with the Mirrored Force Resonance watch. The Zeitgeist Unique Piece marks the next chapter for resonance watches.
Introducing: Armin Strom Tribute 1 California
The newest interpretation of the Armin Strom Tribute 1 takes its name from the so-called California dials which are distinguished by their alternating Roman and Arabic numerals. The dial, which is offered in five different colors, also features bar markers and a railway track minute ring. With dials in five different colors — blue, light blue, green, burgundy, and black— the new Armin Strom Tribute 1 California is available in editions limited to five per color, meaning that the total edition size for the Tribute 1 California is 25 pieces.
Introducing: Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force Ultimate Sapphire. In Collaboration with Kari Voutilainen.
Armin Strom, the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer known for its edgy, eye-catching skeletonized mechanics, has just launched a rare and stunning new version of its milestone Gravity Equal Force timepiece. With its off-center grey-toned sapphire dial, the strikingly cool monochrome watch offers an extraordinary view of the exquisitely-finished manufacture movement and further enhances the brand’s reputation for its irrepressible, exuberant independence.
News: Presenting the Armin Strom Tribute 1 First Edition. Only 25 Pieces Available.
Armin Strom today announced the introduction of an entirely new timepiece; one that reinterprets the classic dress watch in a contemporary context. The highly efficient motor barrel in the ‘Tribute 1’ is unusual in that the arbor turns around the mainspring within the barrel itself, which makes it more efficient while conserving space. The first edition of the ‘Tribute 1’ is available in a limited edition of just 25 pieces.
W&W 2021: Armin Strom Pure Resonance Sky Blue 3-Piece Limited Edition
In preparation for Watches & Wonders Shanghai starting tomorrow, Armin Strom presents the Resonance Sky Blue 3-Piece Limited Edition. Armin Strom carefully maintains a pared-down approach that keeps the brand’s style of watchmaking focused on its essence. How concentrated that style may be, this special-edition head further in that direction, squarely placing emphasis on the watch’s most remarkable feature: the visible dual balances oscillating in resonance. The special blue dial and the matte hand decorated finish are highlighting the Swiss German style of this timepiece.
Insider: Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force. A Perfect Example of Independent Watchmaking.
The Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force was launched at the end of 2019 as the first piece within the new System 78 collection. This timepiece marks the evolution of the brand with a new case design and a totally new calibre with a declutch mechanism combined with automatic winding to create consistent power delivery to the balance.
Rare Bird: Armin Strom Racing Regulator Limited Edition. Who's Ready for the 2021 F1 Season?
While Armin Strom is no longer involved with Formula One as a timing partner for one of the racing teams, the Racing Regulator Limited Edition released in 2011 still seems to be the perfect companion for when the 2021 F1 season kicks-off with the Bahrain Grand Prix from March 26th thru the 28th. Armin Strom had a short stint as the timing partner for the Anglo-Russian F1 Marussia Team based in Banbury, Oxfordshire in the U.K.
News: Armin Strom Opens First Pop-Up Store in Zürich
Armin Strom is opening its first pop-up store in the middle of Zürich’s Old Town. An appealing space has been set up for watch collectors to come and experience the brand, function, and beauty of mechanical watches. The brand’s philosophy is simple: It shows what it does. Armin Strom is driven by the fascination for transparent mechanics and it enjoys exposing the watchmaking craft layer by layer. The brand ardently strives to improve and innovate, and this clearly resonates throughout its first pop-up store.
News: Armin Strom Lady Beat. The Brand's First Ladies' Timepiece.
The new Lady Beat by Armin Strom is the newest watch from the brand and the first ladies’ timepiece in their collections. Armin Strom demonstrates one of the brand’s core principles which is to always innovate. Boldly redesigning the brand’s typical movement, dial, and case, Lady Beat marks a milestone of the new System 78 Collection, which highlights innovative watchmaking at a competitive price. The latest no-compromise watch from the Biel-based manufacture is a decidedly feminine one, but one exuding the technical look and feel of the genuine manufacture movement powering every Armin Strom timepiece.
News: Presenting the Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force in 18K Rose Gold
First released at the end of 2019, the new Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force is part of a new collection named System 78. Now, after the great success of the first models in stainless steel —with blue and black dials—, the watch is now being released in an 18K rose gold case with black dial and black alligator leather strap. With a bold redesign of the movement, dial, and case, the new Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force marks the launch of the new System 78 Collection.
News: Introducing the Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force. The First Piece in the New System 78 Collection.
The Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force is the newest watch demonstrating an Armin Strom core principle: always be innovating. This watch takes the traditional mainspring barrel and turns it on its head by adding a stop-work declutch mechanism combined with automatic winding to create consistent power delivery to the balance. With a bold redesign of the movement, dial, and case, Gravity Equal Force marks the launch of the new System 78 Collection, highlighting innovative watchmaking at a competitive price. As a guiding principle, every watch that comes from the Armin Strom manufacture must include an innovation. The inspiration behind Gravity Equal Force was a desire to transmit equal force to the balance, thereby increasing the consistency of rate.
Experience: Visiting the Armin Strom Manufacture in Biel/Bienne. A Small but Mighty Fully Integrated Independent Watchmaking Manufacture.
Biel/Bienne is the tenth largest city in Switzerland and the only Swiss city with bilingual signage in German and French. Located in between German and French speaking cities, Biel/Bienne —name in both German and French— is surrounded by the Swiss Alps and magnificent crystal clear water lakes. Home to the Armin Strom Manufacture and also to Swatch Group brands like Omega and Swatch along with one of Rolex’s final assembly facilities, Biel/Bienne will captivate your senses with its Art Deco architecture, Bauhaus landmarks and views of the Swiss Alps for days. Less than two hours away by train from Zürich and only 15 minutes from Neuchâtel, Biel/Bienne is situated alongside the Biel Lake that together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland.
Experience: Porsche Macan. The Perfect Summer Ride without Compromising on Power and Exhaust Sound.
Swapping a Porsche 911 Carrera S —991— for a Porsche Macan Sport Chrono Package seems like an awful thing to do. While you are forfeiting 152 horsepower as the Macan comes with only 248 hp versus 400 hp on the Carrera S, you are getting a lot more in terms of practicality, functionality, and space without compromising on the fact that you are still driving one helluva Porsche. Furthermore, if you choose to go with a Macan S, a Turbo, a GTS or even a Macan Sport Chrono Package, the sound of its exhaust won’t let you down, as all of these options come with the PSE —Porsche Sport Exhaust— system. In terms of torque, speed and sound, the Macan doesn’t let you down.
News: Armin Strom Minute Repeater Resonance. Celebrating 10 Years of its Fully Integrated Manufacture.
Continuing to up their game, Armin Strom presents the world’s first and only resonance chiming wristwatch. The new Masterpiece 2 Minute Repeater Resonance offers two incredible complications with its resonance capabilities and a minute repeater. Fitted with two vertically-stacked independent movements; two forms of resonance —oscillators and sound propagation; two independent mainsprings in one barrel; and two top development teams in Armin Strom and Le Cercle des Horlogers for the minute repeater part of things. Limited to only 10 pieces, the Armin Strom Minute Repeater Resonance celebrates the 10th anniversary of its fully integrated manufacture. Cased in grade 5 titanium, the Masterpiece 2 Minute Repeater Resonance gets its inspiration from Bern’s centuries old chiming tower clock.
Experience: Armin Strom Collectors' Evening in Dallas. Presenting the Resonance Collection.
You all know that here at Watch Collecting Lifestyle we are big fans of independent watchmakers and that Armin Strom is one of those brands we really like. A relatively young company led by an easygoing and approachable team that puts their hearts and souls into their watches, Armin Strom still preserves the DNA left by his founder Armin Strom himself as untouched as possible, while always moving as fast as the watch industry calls for. To present their Resonance collection and the Dual Time Resonance Sapphire watch for the very first time in the U.S., Claude Greisler —Co-Founder and Technical Director Armin Strom— and Jean-Marc Bories —Head of North America Armin Strom— came down to Dallas by way of L.A. after attending the Watch Time event in Cali.
Insider: Armin Strom Masterpiece 1 Dual Time Resonance Titanium and Sapphire. Two Masterpieces Like No Other.
The first Masterpiece 1 Dual Time Resonance by Armin Strom was released last year as the first watch in a new collection. A chef-d'œuvre combining the practicality of two completely independent time indications with the increased precision of two independent movements in resonance. The Dual Time Resonance launched the new flagship Masterpiece collection highlighting Armin Storm’s extraordinary technical and artistic abilities with an 8-piece limited edition in titanium. Putting the spotlight on the horological principle of Resonance with a distinctive oval case measuring 59 mm x 43.4 mm, two independent movements sit side-by-side with their regulators wedded by Armin Strom’s patented Resonance Clutch Spring.
Pre-SIHH 2019: Armin Strom Masterpiece 1 Dual Time Resonance Sapphire. The First Sapphire Case for the Brand.
Just released back in October 2018, the Masterpiece 1 Dual Time Resonance by Armin Strom is a horological Masterpiece and the first watch in a new collection. Combining the practicality of two completely independent time indications with the increased precision of two independent movements in resonance, the Dual Time Resonance now is released with a sapphire crystal case which is a first for the brand. In a distinctive oval case, two independent movements sit side-by-side, their regulators wedded by Armin Strom’s patented Resonance Clutch Spring performing a continually horological two-step between the dual eye-catching counter-oscillating balances.
