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I have some friends living in Qatar (Arabic: شعار قطر‎). They’re not Qataris.  Actually, they are Indonesian who works there and brings their family, move to Doha, host of Asian Games 2006. Therefore, I feel quite close to this emirate country on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula. When I found this QATAR WATCH BY THOMAS PRESCHER I was immediately intrigued to feature it on this blog.

Akin to my story, I think the luxurious watchmaker THOMAS PREACHER has also strong bound to this emerging country of nearly millions people, whose GDP per capita is the highest in the world; whose gas reserves is the third largest in the world (after Russia and Iran). When the inventor of flying Triple Axis Tourbillon was challenged to create a watch with a flag or national symbol, he came with the Tempus Vivendi Qatar watch. He was inspired by a COAT OF ARMS OF QATAR which shows two crossed swords in a yellow circle. Between the swords there is a traditional sailing ship called dhow, sailing over the waves beside an island with two palm trees. The yellow circle is surrounded by a white and brown band, which is divided horizontally with a zigzag line.

Thomas Prescher - the designer / creator of Tempus Vivendi Qatar Watch

Thomas Preacher apparently revealed the coat of arm literally on the QATARWATCH rather than make it a metaphor or sort of. He depicts the sword, dhow, island, palm tree and else plainly with an excellent design, finest materials and perfect processing. The watch has no hand. As a substitute, the two swords show the time: one indicates the hours while the other shows the minutes. At the beginning, the idea could not be realized properly as the swords would cross while indicating the time. After a long and elaborated developing process, the Master Watchmaker modified the mechanics to accommodate the function. He applied the retrograde system which allows the swords to jump back to the beginning and rise again after they reach the end of the index sector.

The making of Thomas Preacher’s Tempus Vivendi Qatar Watch

Thomas Preacher’s Tempus Vivendi Qatar Watch - caseback

If you push the crown button, the hands will jump to a resting position to show the original coat of arms engraved on gold. Pushing it for a second time, the swords will move back to continue showing the actual time.

The video showing how the Tempus Vivendi

Qatar Watch works

The TEMPUS VIVENDI QATAR WATCH by Thomas Prescher features oversized 18-ct-gold case sizing 39 mm in diameter (including module) which is ornamented all over; its height is 13 mm, including module. Its caseback is visible through the crystal convex sapphire crystal showing the engraved automatic 180 carat gold rotor. The dial is made of laquer material while the figure, index plates and name plates are from 18-karat gold. The case is set with hand-cut and sewn alligator leather strap; and 18 karat buckle/clasp.

Water resistant is 1 ATM (10 meters).

Details of Tempus Vivendi Qatar Watch by Thomas Prescher

The Qatar Timepiece is animated by automatic winding with 25 bearing jewels, frequency of 28,800 vph, Swiss lever escapement, flat balance hairspring, Incabloc shock protection as well as completely hand-engraved and gold plated decoration.

Thomas Preacher Qatar Watch with strap - front

Tempus Vivandi Qatar Watch with alligator leather strap and 18 carat gold clasp

| Official | | images courtesy of Thomas Prescher |

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