A new independent watch has “just arrived” in the canton of Geneva and brace yourselves because it has created a complication never seen before: here is the Xhevdet Rexhepi Minute Inerte.
Xhevdet Rexhepi: a new independent watchmaker
Xhevdet Rexhepi has recently started a solo career, detached from the independent brand Akrivia, founded by his brother Rexhep Rexhepi (which we talked about here).
The inspiration of the Minute Inerte by Xhevdet Rexhepi
For the creation of the Minute Inerte, Xhevdet was inspired by an important Swiss watch, present in all stations but operated electronically. The feat of this 32-year-old independent watchmaker is to recreate the mechanism in a mechanical wristwatch.
The result is the Minute Inerte, an apparently very simple watch that hides this magical mechanism. We have hours and minutes, with small seconds at 6, but it is precisely this opening that will hypnotize you. The hands have a very particular shape, just look at the hours.
This is not an opening of a tourbillon, but the new invention on display. Xhevdet has created a mechanism capable of stopping time, which allows you to read the time to the split minute.
For the case, platinum has been chosen as a material and 38 millimeters as a size, all features that collectors will be able to appreciate. The lugs have a particular construction, which are very reminiscent of the Hagmann casemaker’s style, characteristic of the RRCC 02.
The new incredible complication
In Xhevdet Rexhepi’s new complication, the continuous seconds advance up to the 58th and then stop, wait two seconds and then jump forward together with the minute hand, resuming its regular function.
All of this takes place while respecting the chronometry requirements of the mechanism. The first objection that could have been made would have been on linear functioning, therefore on the precision of the mechanism with this continuous stopping. The Minute Inerte amazes us for this very reason.
Now tell me, how many wristwatches did you know before this that could stop time like this? Xhevdet Rexhepi has certainly created one of the most interesting watches of 2023.
Price and availability to the public
The Xhevdet Rexhepi Minute Inerte is limited to 50 pieces only, with a retail price of CHF 80,000. What do you think? This is just a rendering for now, we can’t wait to see it live in Geneva when it’s ready. Stay tuned!
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