Delma, based in 1924, is a family-owned model primarily based in Lengnau, Switzerland, with a strong observe report of rugged, high-performance sports activities watches tailored to racing, airborne and diving pursuits. Final 12 months, Delma stunned its fan base with the discharge of a tourbillon to rejoice its a centesimal anniversary powered by the model’s first proprietary motion. Following within the anniversary version’s footsteps, Delma releases two new tourbillon fashions with blue and salmon dials.
The inaugural Delma 1924 Tourbillon got here in a brand new case design that echoes the model’s sporty action-ready watches. The 41mm tonneau-shaped stainless-steel case has a thickness of 14mm (together with the domed sapphire crystal). It’s predominantly adorned with brushed finishes, save for the vast polished bevel working the size of the case, emphasising the engaging tapering curves of the case’s silhouette. A big screw-down crown with a distinguished tread is nestled between curved crown guards. Regardless of the presence of a tourbillon regulator, the case retains a strong 200m depth score.
In a departure from the grained end of the primary Delma 1924 Tourbillon, the brand new blue and salmon-coloured dials have a beads-of-rice guilloché-style sample, including a contact of old-school attraction to match the standard complication. The utilized rounded baton-shaped indices, with a double marker at midday, are full of white Tremendous-LumiNova matching the central hour and minute arms.
Occupying a big aperture on the dial at 6 o’clock, the one-minute tourbillon is secured by a V-shaped higher bridge with two heat-blued screws. A round observe on the periphery of the aperture shows the seconds indicated by the blued hand on high of the tourbillon cage.
Delma collaborated with the famend watchmaker Olivier Mory from La Chaux-de-Fonds to create the manual-winding calibre DT100.01 – the identical base can be utilized by Yema, Patria, Louis Erard and CODE41. This motion boasts a prodigious 105-hour energy reserve and options an index-regulated, variable-inertia stability with a Glucydur stability wheel. The baseplate is adorned with perlage, and the darkish gray ruthenium-treated bridges have Côtes de Genève and golden inscriptions.
Fitted with a stainless-steel bracelet with a deployant clasp, the Tourbillon 2.0 comes with a complimentary handmade Italian leather-based strap with a folding clasp. Fast-release spring bars allow you to change from one to a different with out instruments.
Every dial color is a restricted version of 25 items. The brand new Delma 1924 Tourbillon fashions might be pre-ordered at a reduction from 18-31 March 2025 for an unique worth of CHF 9,250 or USD 10,500, with deliveries in Might 2025. Choose Delma retailers will inventory the watch from Might 2025 with a retail worth of CHF 12,900 or USD 14,500, which stays wonderful worth for a tourbillon watch. Extra data at delmawatches.com.
