A fine watch-maker Perrelet has decided to explore the numerous possibilities offered by its famous double rotor technology in Turbine series. The brand played with different ideas and came up with the astounding watches for gambling fans. They are the Perrelet Turbine Poker in riddle style, the Perrelet Turbine America with a perspective of the American Flag, and finally the Perrelet Turbine 007 inspired by a famous spy novel “James Bond”. All the Perrelet Turbine watches share the same technical features and at the same time they utterly differ by sense and purpose.
All of them boast a DLC coated stainless steel case, double AR-coated crystal sapphires, water-resistance up to 50 meters and an exclusive to the brand movement, the Swiss automatic Perrelet caliber P-181 with double rotor. While the Perrelet Turbine Poker’s and Perrelet Turbine 007’s case size measures 44mm x 12.5mm, the Perrelet Turbine America has 50mm x 14.3mm in it.
Speaking of the style and ideas reconstructed in these Perrelet Turbine watches, it’s better to consider them separately.
Perrelet Turbine Poker
As for the Perrelet Turbine Poker watch, they embody the game of poker with its rules. Colorful cards in a riddle style invite us to play the renown game with friends and relatives. The cards spread around the dial play hide-and-seek and as the wrist constantly rotates it’s hard to see the deal. This watch giveas a chance to reinvent poker by getting friends to guess or bet, keeping them in suspense until the rotation stops.
Perrele offers three dial options for this Turbine Poker watch. One comes with a winning combination – a pair of sevens. Second with a pair of sevens and two royal flushes of spades and hearts. And the last with two full suits, three of a kind and a pair of sevens as well as a trip kings and pair of sevens.
Perrelet Turbine America
The Perrelet Turbine America watch uses the deconstruction of the American flag, which resulted into proper shapes, amazing graphics and outstanding icons of comic book images. The spotlight is set by figures in star-and-striped clothing and pin-ups with bright skirts. The 12-blade wheel, being the Turbine collection’s signature, reveals the red and white stripes of the American flag while rotating.
Perrelet Turbine America is limited edition watch of 777 pieces.
The colors twirl and present a wild dance, forming various random figures. It all depends on the speed, so it’s hard to get an identical manner. The right optical effect is achieved by blue squares of white stars. Being divided into groups of eight or nine, they total fifty, which is the exact number of stars on the American’s flag.
Perrelet Turbine 007
Perhaps, the wealthiest and most passionately looking watch of Turbine series is the Perrelet Turbine 007 watch. Its idea lies in the famous spy movie “James Bond”. The watch is richly colored with glittery gold, starting from the golden ingots on the lower dial and up to a solid gold ring in the center.
Perrelet Turbine 007 is limited edition watch of 888 pieces.
The glow of the numerals, hands and hour-markers creates a strong shimmering, which results into chic and rosy tones. The effect looks especially beautiful on the dark background. To work this magic simply move your wrist and the turbine immediately starts its action. Depending on how fast it rotates, the shades of gold sparkle between the blades producing numerous mirages. To take part in such captivating secret espionage is truly delightful.