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Rebellion T-1000 Watch

Rebellion T 1000 Watch   rebellion

Rebellion T 1000 Watch   rebellion

Rebellion ups the power reserve ante with REB T-1000 manually wound mechanical movement in the watch with the same name (minus "REB"). Through six barrels the movement stores 1000 hours of power reserve. What I want to know is how long do you need to wind the watch, for it to go from totally unwound to fully wound? Mechanically, the movement isn't super complex. It has been specially designed to be symmetrical, which is interesting. All the "guts" are squeezed in the middle, and the balance wheel has been exposed in a unique way. It reminds me of a flattened Corum Golden Bridge movement. The real cool part of the movement is the six mainspring barrels that contain all the power, and are connected via the chain transmission. Time of course it told on the two moving cylinders. There is also said to be a power reserve indicator. An interesting exercise in mechanics and design from Rebellion. In titanium and $105,000.

See my Rebellion T-1000 watch article at Haute Living here.

Rebellion T 1000 Watch   rebellion

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7 comments
Kris C
Kris C

Ariel: I was recently flipping through a back issue of a magazine I had not yet found the time to read (pretty sure it was a Dupot Registry from this past summer) and on the inside of the front cover was a Rebellion ad, for thier "REB 5". Not only is it much more attractive than this one, it looked to be more complicatied as well. There were a few exposed barrels on the dial, so not sure if it has 1000 hours of reserve but it looks to be somewhat extended. I'd love to know more about it, and other stuff this little known brand might be up to - not a peep about them since this artice, but they are obviously still active.

Kris C
Kris C

Ariel:

I was recently flipping through a back issue of a magazine I had not yet found the time to read (pretty sure it was a Dupot Registry from this past summer) and on the inside of the front cover was a Rebellion ad, for thier "REB 5". Not only is it much more attractive than this one, it looked to be more complicatied as well. There were a few exposed barrels on the dial, so not sure if it has 1000 hours of reserve but it looks to be somewhat extended. I'd love to know more about it, and other stuff this little known brand might be up to - not a peep about them since this artice, but they are obviously still active.

Richard Stancik
Richard Stancik

Ari, you sure do dig up the coolest watches! I wonder if any manufacturer is ever going to tackle this type of design in a price bracket more accessible to the common man? (Maybe they already have.) Watches like this one and the chapter one and two watches by Maitres du Temps are quite amazing.

Richard Stancik
Richard Stancik

Ari, you sure do dig up the coolest watches!

I wonder if any manufacturer is ever going to tackle this type of design in a price bracket more accessible to the common man? (Maybe they already have.) Watches like this one and the chapter one and two watches by Maitres du Temps are quite amazing.

Troll McLulz
Troll McLulz

This piece is just pure cool. I'll take the one with the blued metallic parts - neato. Thanks Rebellion, for dropping the ball on the strap through; the contrast between ultra hi-tech watch and soft, organic band is silly. Hopefully there is an option for a titanium bracelet, or silicone deployment.

Troll McLulz
Troll McLulz

This piece is just pure cool. I'll take the one with the blued metallic parts - neato.
Thanks Rebellion, for dropping the ball on the strap through; the contrast between ultra hi-tech watch and soft, organic band is silly. Hopefully there is an option for a titanium bracelet, or silicone deployment.

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  1. [...] came out a few years ago it boasted the world's longest power reserve at 1000 hours. You can see how far they have come with the design of the watch since the original. That is over 40 days, and beats the A. Lange & Sohne Lange 31 and the Jacob & Co. [...]