NEWS - BASEL 2005

As a buttonhole flower of Locman's 2005 proposals, PANORAMA CHRONO is a prestige watch equipped with a mechanical self-winding chronograph movement and an elegant case in tonneau shape, in 18-K pink gold. The winning formula is the same simple one as before:the quality of materials ad finishings combined with an avant-garde design. And the result is a prestige watch that does not renounce the aesthetic seduction of Italian style. Classical, but informal at the same time and pretty original.

The unmistakable design of the original Locman case, of a great impact, is found again in the aggressive pattern of the dial showing tree large counters positioned respectively at 3, 6 and 9 and the stylized Arabic numerals typical for the Brand. The soft pink gold gives the whole a smarter note. The glass is a peculiar one:wide and shaped,it covers the case with its domed profile by crossing it completely in the vertical sense, thus assuring a widening visual effect of the slightly curved dial.

PANORAMA, proposed also with a stainless steel case and time only movement, is available with an ivory dial, provided with a crocodile or ostrich skin strap in natural leather color or black dial and coconut-fiber strap of the same color. The watch is proposed also in a time-only version.

PANORAMA LADY, with brilliants on the bezel, meant for the feminine public, is characterized by a reduced and even mini size, associated with glamour colors. It is proposed with quartz movement.
This watch reminds the colors of New-York graffiti, the warmth of hispanic dancing-places, but also the shine of the most exclusive Parisian parties. Cavallo Pazzowas born out of the steady attention paid by Locman’s designers to street fashion. As a result here there is a trendy stylish watch, extremely innovative and impressive, that – almost as some rappers – seduces by its contagious originality and by its almost excessive luxury tendency.

The dial is in natural mother-of-pearl or varnished ceramics adorned by decorative elements in colors going from red to blue to acid green. On the contrary, the geometric purity of Italian style is to be seen in shapes: the lugs, covered with hand-set natural brilliants in the Diamond version,are diamond-cut and flow over in a round steel case provided with shaped pushers.

This year the range of straps proposed for Cavallo Pazzo is much richer:besides the leather (varano or karung) and rubber straps in color versions, Locman presents a bracelet: large, important and certainly cool. In solid stainless steel, it is characterized by faceted links and comes with an elegant recessed clasp.
The process, started by LOCMAN to further develop the internal production structures and together the search for new technological solutions, is going on successfully.

MARE, this year, in the version with a carbon dial, is presented with an important novelty meant to optimize not only the visual impact bat also the watch's underwater performance: a super high-tech bracelet with titanium links and T.P.U, a special thermoplastic polyurethane resin assuring a strength similar to steel, combined with extreme lightness and shock-resistance, almost camparable with those of carbon fiber.

Today MARE is also proposed in Medium Size,i.e. with sizes suitable for feminine wrists. The watch is guaranteed waterproof to 10 atmospheres and equipped with chronograph or time-only quartz movements or a time-only self-winding movement. As an undying sign for a watch to be put on at any time, PLUS by LOCMAN has a classical shape but a new design that surprises by the peculiar superposition of the lines and volumes characterizing its case.

The latter, in stainless steel and in the shape of a Greek cross, has swallow-nest edges in a scansion of diamond-cut facets, that is also shown by the shaped profile of the glass. In the diamond version, the play of lines is emphasized by the rows of natural brilliants adorning the bezel.

The dial, in black enamel or mother-of-pearl (natural or colored in pastel tones), is characterized by its large and elegant applied Roman numerals in N5 pink-gold finish and a center decoration consisting of a circular line of drops in argenté steel.

PLUS is equipped with a quartz movement and provided with a refined skin strapwhose tone matches the dial color. The model is available in two sizes – medium and small.