In 2010 comes another the first of one kind – Grieb & Benzinger Blue Sensation – the first split-seconds skeletonised regulator chronograph on the market. As company’s highlight of 2010, the Blue Sensation watch is created around a historic Patek Philippe Replicas split-seconds chronograph movement for Tiffany dated to 1889. With the development of masters in Grieb & Benzinger , the whole mechanism has undergone a painstaking technical evolution.

According to the company, the Blue Sensation watch has been their most time intensive project yet, which needed to be completed disassembled and reassembled more than 20 times. Most attention was put to the detailed workmanship associated with the skeletonization and guilloche processes as well as the technical modifications of the plates and bridges of the split-seconds chronograph, all done by hand. The base plate of the movement is hand-skeletonized, guilloched and treated with blue platinum. Every single bridge was skeletonized to change the shape, guilloched and treated with rhodium. The hand-engraved cock is coated with rhodium and rose gold. The caliber also boasts flame blued steel screws.

The result is undeniably astonishing and manages to set the bar for excellence higher. It animates a wide range of useful functions. They are demonstrated on a skeletonized sterling silver with original Breguet frosted finish. The new mechanism beats at 18,000 vph and offers a 30-hour power reserve.

With the typical Grieb & Benzinger style of overlapping display, the external design can not be neglected. The bold 49mm case is made of 165g of solid platinum, making it the world’s heaviest platinum wristwatch ever created. It is endowed with a crown and a pusher, manufactured from the same material and embellished with guilloche motif on their top. The overlapping displays show the hours & minutes, the sweep chronograph minutes, the regulator display and the sweep split-seconds hand. At 9 o’clock the subsidiary seconds runs permanently. The strap is done from blue alligator leather, finalized by a platinum buckle.