D. Candaux 1740 Half Hunter Tourbillon Watch Hands-On

Looking at the D Candaux 1740 Half Hunter Tourbillon watch, those same watch nerds will not be surprised at the avant-garde, over-engineered watches Mr Candaux has finally put his own name on.

Partially framing the D Candaux 1740 Half Hunter watch's "Face," let's call it, is a black-coated crescent-like shape with lettering in relief Like the watches mentioned above that David Candaux worked on, a lot of unexpected details make the D.

Candaux 1740 Half Hunter Tourbillon interesting beyond its more obviously unconventional appearance Previous versions have placed the entire face of the watch under a sapphire crystal, but for the D Candaux 1740 Half Hunter, each is under its own sapphire dome.

For the D Candaux 1740 Half Hunter, the watch's guilloche-decorated front with its "Portholes" for the dial and tourbillon represents the idea of a half hunter case - it does not open The D.

Candaux 1740 Half Hunter Tourbillon case is 43mm wide and 12.6mm thick, water-resistant to 30m - and it is pretty light on the wrist, both the case and movement being mostly in Grade-5 titanium with various finishes The D Candaux 1740 Half Hunter Tourbillon watch will be produced in a limited edition of only eight pieces with a price of $240,000 each. Source