Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador Asturias Pequeños Segundos (Specs, Worth)

Watch model Cuervo y Sobrinos is a little bit of an oddity within the watch world and is the one Swiss watch model with Cuban roots. Established in Havana by a Spanish immigrant in 1882, the model has carved a distinct segment with fashions that lean closely on classic design cues. Its Historiador assortment is a cornerstone of the model, combining retro design cues with modern sized instances and Swiss automated actions. Two elegant time-only fashions with a splash of Cuban flamboyance and small seconds be a part of the Historiador assortment. Meet the Historiador Asturias Pequeños Segundos. 

Background

The Historiador Asturias assortment is known as after the birthplace of Don Ramón Fernández Cuervo within the northern province of Asturias, Spain. After emigrating to Cuba in 1862, he arrange a profitable jewelry and watch restore store in Havana and took on his nephews (sobrinos) to discovered Cuervo y Sobrinos in 1882. As probably the most luxurious institution on the island and the premier Cuban luxurious model, Cuervo y Sobrinos specialised within the sale of imported timepieces and even established its personal manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1928 to maintain up with demand. By the Fifties, Havana had established itself as an expensive playground for the wealthy and well-known. The Cuervo y Sobrinos boutique loved the patronage of illustrious guests like Caruso, Gary Cooper, Hemingway, Einstein and Neruda. Following the Cuban Revolution and the Cuervo household’s flight from Cuba, the model languished for many years. It was ultimately resuscitated within the late Nineties earlier than it was purchased by a workforce of traders in 2018 and relocated to Switzerland.

HIstoriador Case

The totally different sub-families within the Historiador assortment share the distinctive case building with its outstanding horn-shaped lugs which can be ergonomically formed to comply with the contours of the wrist. Harking back to the extravagant tailfins of American vehicles cruising Havana’s Malecón within the Fifties, the lugs give the watch a contact of flamboyant Cuban persona.

Final yr, Cuervo y Sobrinos launched the Historiador Asturias, a sexy time-and-date mannequin with vibrant fumé dials. This yr, the HIstoriador Asturias Pequeños Segundos comes with a small seconds counter at 6 o’clock. The case – 40mm x 11.5mm – is manufactured from stainless-steel and polished all through for a extra elegant gown watch look.

elegant dials

Displaying the hours, minutes and small seconds, the most recent Historiador Asturias fashions can be found with ivory or blue dials which can be adorned with a sunray motif that offers them a sexy silky sheen. Slim baton rhodium-treated indices are utilized to the dial with barely thicker indices at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock and the Cuervo y Sobrinos household crest at midday. The elegant lozenge-style hour and minute palms are blue on the ivory dial and silver on the blue dial, and the small seconds counter at 6 o’clock contains a snailed background and black markings. A double-curved sapphire crystal protects the dial and permits gentle to enter from all angles.

Automated motion

The watch is powered by the CyS 5158 calibre primarily based on an automated Sellita SW-260-1 with an influence reserve of 38 hours (itself a small seconds model of the tried-and-tested SW 200-1). A sapphire crystal caseback reveals the motion with an engraved rotor with the CyS monogram.

Availability & Worth

The blue and ivory dial variations of the Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador Asturias Pequeños Segundos include matte blue Cordovan leather-based straps and an engraved stainless-steel folding buckle with an openworked CyS brand on the clasp. The fashions will not be restricted and retail for CHF 3,200.

Extra data at Cuervo y Sobrinos.com.