New Irony product line Retrograde. As Swatch plans to launch a new Irony product line called Retrograde in mid november. It will be a classic chronograph (diameter 41mm), price will be 150 / 160 EUR. The most interesting thing about this new product line is the tri-fold "retrograde" functionality of the different hands: The little hand at the 2 o'clock position counts the minutes until 4 mins, 59 secs. It goes back to the starting position then, therefore the name retrograde. The little hand at the 10 o'clock position counts every 5 minute until 59 mins, 59 secs. It goes back to the starting position then. And the large seconds hand counts up to 30 seconds from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock and goes back to 3 o'clock.
This is amazing I like the watch
I think this will be a best seller
And watch is you’re opinion ?


swatch.home.pages.de thanks for the scoop and info

Here some models

YRS400G | “Dark Steel”

YRS401 | “Sand Structure”

YRS402G | “Blue Signs”

YRS403 | “Cold Hour”


GOOD LUCK
JEROEN

And fore the real freak this is the movement

Mouvement ETA G15.261



Retrograde hours and other retrograde indications
“Retrograde” hands sweep a segment of a circle before springing back to their initial position to begin their movement again. Their endless choreography is an inspiration for innovative and highly spectacular dials.
While most watches display time by means of hands rotating on an axis, some watchmakers have given free rein to their creativity by developing alternative displays. In the late seventeenth century, some pocket watches’ hour hand would sweep a segment of a circle for half the day then return to its starting point to begin all over again. Abraham-Louis Breguet used this type of "retrograde" mechanism in the late eighteenth century for functions such as the date or the equation of time. After falling somewhat out of favour, retrograde displays returned to the spotlight on late twentieth-century wristwatches. Today they are very much in vogue and take all manner of forms. Technically speaking, there is nothing revolutionary about this system as the movement’s overall construction remains the same. The difference comes at the very end with the complex mechanism of rack, pawls and springs, conceived and made with the utmost precision, that drives the hands. Retrograde hands lend themselves to all types of indication, for example the hour, minute and date, and this versatility has inspired a wave of "bi-retrograde" and "tri-retrograde" watches. The retrograde system is especially impressive with fast-moving indications such as the seconds. Very often, retrograde hands are combined with jumping indications.


Jeroen

I like them, especially the two on bracelets.

I think that I will buy Dark Steel.

They would be even more impressive as automatics, but I expect that the automatics will be released after the Diaphane Automatic Chrono models.

Still, we can hope

Scuba this is I think for now to expensive to make for under 200 euro
And I like the automatic this is my favorite retrograde automatic



Gerald Genta’s Gefica Safari

only this is not swatch
and a little detail is not 200 euro
Jeroen

I know that the work to make such an automatic movement will make the price more than 200 Euros, maybe even more than 2,000 Euros.

We can always dream.

Scuba wrote:I know that the work to make such an automatic movement will make the price more than 200 Euros, maybe even more than 2,000 Euros.

We can always dream.

I love to dream

Jeroen

Hi,
I'm very happy about this new Swatch Family, thay are all amazing... Congratulation Swatch, very nice work

Regards,
masas

Hello,
I received the information that this collection, called Retrograd will be available in Portugal at the Swatch Stores at the end of October beggining of November.

This is direct provocation to the "luxury watch" industry. I'm completely amazed with this collection...

Regards,
masas

*sigh*

I'd rather wear plastic....

I remember the old days, when Swatch called watches like that "DESIGNER HANDCUFFS"

Sadly, they have lost me. It doesn't look like a "Swatch" to me, or even look comfortable to wear?

I like all 5 models... I have in mind buy a Watch what I like for around 700$ but maybe I change my mind and buy all this models, I realy like then...

usualy, i prefer plastic Swatch (except Body & soul, but i love automatics).
i think it's look Swatch with colors and drawing; but may be this one can be interesting. 3 complications, 3 retrograde, it is incredible for this price!
41mm is a little big too;
but wait and let's have a look

How many "Retrograde" models will be released? Any plans to release one with a black dial?

dramf wrote:How many "Retrograde" models will be released? Any plans to release one with a black dial?

All I know is that 4 pieces will be released November 1st 2007.

Jeroen

Just thinking, what will the Vendome/Spiga Retrogrades look like.

I hope that they are something special.

Here are the first real live pictures of the Retrograde
the model line is on the market the first of November
and I think it will be the best seller of the year





New is the clip of the flip lock strap



Also new is the glass of the watch its not plastic
the glass is real mineral glass (not sapphire )




Here are the working of the retrograde chrono


CLICK HERE



More pictures and info here

Good Luck
Jeroen