The famous Inter club, also known as F.C. Internazionale has contracted the prestigious Paul Picot brand to manufacture a timepiece that would be the symbol of the club, by displaying characteristics specific to the brand. Watch making brands have been renowned for their involvement in sport competitions, international championships, and other special events and each time a timepiece was created, improving little by little the watch manufacturing tradition.

        Inspired by the Milano Football Club of F.C. Internazionale, the new Paul Picot Technograph F.C. Internazionale Watch is definitely a Series A watch, a timepiece that has a lot to offer, and a lot of amazing functions, apart from its original design. The designers have chosen to use black and blue, the main colors of the club, and have managed to combine them beautifully in creating a timepiece that would remain as a collectible both for F.C. Internazionale, as well as for Paul Picot.

        Established back in 1908, this football club has worked hard enough as to deserve their spot as one of the fiercest teams in the history of football, with having won the European Cup twice and the UEFA Champions league three times, in 1991, 1994 and 1998. The amazing story of their success had to be told and what better way of telling a story than creating a timepiece, a validation of the brands core values of perfection, striving for excellence and passion.

        The design features a case made of different materials, depending on the edition. Paul Picot has manufactured the new Paul Picot Technograph F.C. Internazionale Watch in there different editions, one featuring a case made of rose gold, restricted to 100 pieces, another edition featuring a white gold case, available as well in 100 pieces and the last one and most popular, available in 2008 pieces, featuring stainless steel. All the models have their bezel inscribed with the years of existence of F.C. Internazionale, from 1908 till 2008, being a timepiece that’s writing history.

        The dial features black, gold and blue as main colors and it’s also very legible, imitating in a way the emblem of the club. The new Paul Picot Technograph F.C. Internazionale Watch provides a date window at 6 o’clock, two sub-dials for the chronograph function and a center sub-dial that indicates the main functions of hour and minute, while the seconds are shown on the margins of the case. The functions of the watch are easily adjustable through the user-friendly pushers from the lateral side of the case.

        If you’re a F.C. Internazionale fan, you are sure to become a Paul Picot fan too, as this watch represents in the last detail everything the team promotes, quality of the game, the passion of its players and last, but not least, the desire to win.

Paul Picot Technograp F.C. Internazionale Pictures Gallery

        The Gentleman Collection by Paul Picot has now been extended with the introduction of the new Gentleman Arc-en-ciel watch, a watch that although having enjoyed international notoriety it still maintains its French roots, just as its name suggests, arc-en-ciel. The name of the watch, which in French means rainbow, signifies vision and variety of thought. The watch manufacturing tradition of today would be inexistent without its most famous watch makers that have had vision and talent, and have changed and improved little by little the watch making standards regarding technical performance and design. Just as the rainbow is not something you see every day, just the same happens with an idea or a vision that occur when least expected and exalt your spirit and mind.

        The new Paul Picot Gentleman Arc-en-ciel watch is not extravagant, following a trend that most designers have embraced in 2009, but classy and neat. What is really impressive about this watch is its tendency to a vintage look, with its slim case surrounded by the polished stainless steel bezel and its uncomplicated dial.

        The stainless steel case is round and has an appropriate size as to fit perfectly the wrist of a gentleman. Although discreet, this watch does have some masculine design lines, being available in more than one version. A version features a white dial, adorned with blue hour markers, while the other model, features a black dial equipped with white hour markers to provide that intensifying contrast.

        The dial of the Paul Picot Gentleman Arc-en-ciel watch has no entangled elements as to be hard to read; it provides just an Arabic numeral at 12 o’clock, hour markers that indicate the hour and a date window at 6 o’clock. Between 1 and 2 o’clock the designers have chosen to insert the name of the collection Gentleman and another symmetrical arch is located between 10 and 11 o’clock position, bearing the day indication and also a different background color for every day of the week, just as the colors of a rainbow.

        The traditional functions of the watch are completed by the day and date functions, all available due to the highly reliable self-winding movement which also provides 50 meters of water resistance.

        Depending on the model, the new Paul Picot Gentleman Arc-en-ciel watch is accompanied by an alligator leather strap, usually black for the black dial version, and light brown for the silvery-white dial version. The straps are fitted with stainless steel buckle, assuring its owner of the appropriate safety of its watch.

        Housed in a sleek case of top-quality brushed stainless steel, the Technograph Discotime’s watchface has a textured background of black raised squares. This provides great contrast for the intensely colored dials centred horizontally across it. The central time dial is largest with a medium gray background, white fanblade hour hand and white arrow-point minute hand. The sweep second hand is longest, reaching all the way from the centre to the seconds dial set just inside the bezel. Its bright red arrow tip tracks the seconds with precision.

        To the left is the 60-second counter, with bright blue numbers on a white background. This dial is highlighted with arcs of vivid yellow and blue. On the right is the 30-minute counter, controlled by the pushbuttons at 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock on the case. On its white background are red numerals separated by black markers. The disc is accented with arcs of red and black.

        At the 6 o’clock position is the date window, a curved rectangular shape showing three dates at once. Yesterday and tomorrow are in black numerals, and today (in the center) is colored in red.

        A slight note of disharmony is introduced by the wide range of numeral shapes on the Technograph Discotime: the seconds circle around the bezel has square stubby numbers in yellow; the central clock’s numbers are a more trendy “digital” shape, also in yellow; the numerals on the two counters are slender and rounded without serifs; and finally the date numbers are tall, traditional, curvy with serifs on the “1″ at top and bottom. The only advantage this seems to offer is to differentiate the various functions so the brain can memorize them for quick recognition.

        The Technograph Discotime features a raised crystal of nonreflective transparent sapphire, and has a flat disc of this same material covering the back of the case. The crown is a screw-down type, easy to grasp and turn with its grooved edge. The internal movement is jewelled and fully automatic self-winding. The Technograph Discotime is water-resistant to 100 metres making it ideal for outdoor sports like windsurfing or indoor sports like dancing in a crowded disco. A smooth black leather band edged with white stitching will keep your Technograph Discotime firmly attached and functioning perfectly.

        Only 300 of the imaginatively designed Paul Picot Technograph Discotime watches were made in 2009, so their value will rise quickly. Paul Picot authorized dealers in Europe, North America and Asia carry the Technograph Discotime along with the full line of Paul Picot timepieces.

Paul Picot Technograph Discotime pictures

        While it runs on 21st-century technology on the inside, with manual chronograph movement based on proven PP1680 calibre manufacture, this timepiece is a model of traditional elegance on the outside. As with all watches made in the late nineteenth century, Roman numerals mark the hours on the crisp white watch face. They are distinctively colored, the III and IIII being composed of dark blue and black verticals. The figures become lighter in shade around the face so that the XI and I are a substantially lighter blue. The 12:00 position is noted by a pale blue inverted triangle. The main timekeeping hands are blue, traditionally shaped with needle-pointed ends.

        The seconds circle situated just at the edge of the face is barely visible, so as not to distract from the heritage style of the main dial. Four chronographs composing a perfect quatrefoil make up the center of the face. At top is the moonphase window, with all of the lunar phases shown in gold, separated by a small cluster of gold stars on a rich deep blue sky.

        The moonphase window is set into the date dial. Only the odd-numbered dates are shown, with the even-numbered dates between represented by dot markers. The current date appears as a red numeral, with the rest of the calendar in black. Below it and to the left is the 60-second timer, to the right is the 30 minute chronograph, and at the bottom of the quatrefoil is the months dial. All three of these have a silver-gray ground with slender black numerals and blue hands for easy visibility. Each stands alone on the face, but they are linked together by a guilloche pattern of flared pale gray stripes on the snowy white base. This face is protected by a domed transparent sapphire crystal, with proven shock and scratch resistance. The nonreflective coating renders the face clearly readable in all lighting conditions.

        The solid rose gold case of the Atelier Chrono Lemania Moonphase watch also pays respect to traditional style. The 18-karat rose-gold bezel on the case of the Atelier Chrono Lemania Moonphase, however, is neither glossy nor brushed, but is etched with precise vertical grooves, defined within two slim band rings. On the right side of the case are the crown and chronograph activation buttons, sleek and scaled down to be unobtrusive in appearance but effective in function. The watch is supported by a glove-soft, hand-stitched black alligator leather band with a classic buckle in rose-gold for security and absolute comfort.

        Only one hundred twenty-five Paul Picot Gold Atelier Chrono Moonphase watches were created in 2008. They are sure to rise astronomically in value, so contact a Paul Picot authorized retailer about how you can obtain this exclusively designed timepiece to accompany you on your life’s course.