Grieb & Benzinger “St. George”

Russian watch enthusiasts have long been loyal clients of the German workshop Grieb & Benzinger. For the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014, Hermann Grieb, Jochen Benzinger and Georg Bartkowiak released a new, highly exclusive timepiece, the St. George.

St. George, the patron saint of Russia, is hand-engraved into the skeletonised movement, which is entirely hand-guilloché, hand-skeletonised and hand-engraved. The base plate is coated with blue platinum.

The dial is in two parts. The lower part is hand-guilloché, hand-skeletonised and coated with blue platinum; the upper part is hand-guilloché, hand-skeletonised and finished with the original Breguet frost. It follows a regulator design and is opened at six o’clock to show the movement.

Close view of the skeletonised movement with the hand-engraved figure of St. George, pink jewels and blued screws — St. George engraved by hand into the movement

Caseback of the St. George with skeletonised blue movement, shot at an angle on a navy strap — The skeletonised movement seen through the caseback

The case is 18k palladium white gold, 43 mm, with a hand-guilloché bezel. The watch is limited to seven pieces.

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