Wednesday, October 31, 2012

VACHERON CONSTANTIN - Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac Limited Edition

















VACHERON CONSTANTIN - Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac Limited Edition NEW


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The Manufacture presents The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac and its first model: the Year of the Snake.



Introducing an extraordinary new opus in the ongoing saga of the Métiers d’Art collection, Vacheron Constantin presents The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac – a series of captivating timepieces based on the 12-year cycle. It begins with the Year of the Snake model, a symbol of the periodical nature of time, of seduction and of refinement.

Ref. 86073/000P-9752 - Platinum
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Since its founding in 1755, Vacheron Constantin has excelled in the field of precious ornamental techniques and cultivates passionate ties with the artistic crafts. The latter provide the Geneva-based watchmaking House with the opportunity to highlight its fundamental values – including of course its constant quest for excellence, as well as openness to the world expressed through unconditional support for both native and foreign forms of artistic expression.

Ref. 86073/000R-9751 - Pink Gold
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Paper-cutting, at the crossroads of two cultures

China, a land with which Vacheron Constantin first began establishing a trust-based relationship from 1845 onwards, is famous for a number of discoveries including the invention of paper. It also initiated the art of paper-cutting or Jianzhi, a technique that appears on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, and is echoed in Scherenschnitt, the popular art of paper-cutting born in the Pays d’Enhaut region of Switzerland. Sculpted in paper according to the principles of Jianzhi, the animals of the Chinese zodiac provide a remarkable demonstration of the art of using full and empty spaces. A challenge that Vacheron Constantin has taken up and translated into the field of watchmaking thanks to the skill of its experienced artisans. Engravers and enamellers have worked in alternating pairs on the Year of the Snake, models crafted in pink gold or platinum and issued in two 12-piece limited series exclusively available through the brand’s own-name Boutiques.

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A contemporary alliance of traditional artistic crafts for a magnificent dial

The leaf motif appearing on the dial and stemming from classic Chinese iconography, is etched directly in the metal. The pattern remains semi-embedded and stands out from its gold base by a subtle stage-setting of variously accentuated reliefs creating a depth effect. The raised leaves appear to be floating over the dial.

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With the snake engraving, on which crafting the scales alone represents at least 30 hours of work, the artisan provides a tangible expression of the artistic vision behind this creation.

Then comes the stage of Grand Feu enamelling, a technique invented in Geneva and which remains the exclusive preserve of a rare breed of artisans. By applying the enamel in successive layers, the enamel specialist further enhances the visual intensity of the blue or bronze-toned dial.

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The necessity of maintaining tight control of the colour and the reactions to the firing process that takes place in a kiln at around 800 to 900°C, calls for a specific way of reasoning that takes years to acquire. A final layer of enamel is then applied before a final firing operation that vitrifies the dial and lends a shiny glazed effect that gives added definition to the floral motif.

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The snake is delicately applied to the centre of the dial, poised as if ready to spring through the sapphire crystal and thus creating a truly striking effect.

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A calibre focusing on space with an original display

Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac collection owes its superb scope for expressing the artistic crafts to Calibre 2460 G4. In keeping with its longstanding tradition of offering a broad variety of original displays, Vacheron Constantin perpetuates the art of watchmaking by providing a handsfree display of time. It does so through four windows respectively revealing the hour, the minutes, the day and the date. The first two indications are of the dragging kind and the last two of the jumping type, and each appears through one of the four apertures arranged around the central dial motif.

 Calibre - 2460 G4
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Beating at a rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour, the mechanical self-winding movement is equipped with a 22-carat gold oscillating weight adorned with a dynamic geometrical motif inspired by the shape of the Maltese Cross, the historical brand emblem. All its parts are treated to exceptionally sophisticated finishing that meets the criteria laid down by the Hallmark of Geneva – one of the highest tokens of horological craftsmanship created in 1886 and recognised around the world. On the occasion of the recent 125th anniversary of the Hallmark, the 12 original criteria governing this distinction were updated. Having previously applied exclusively to the movement, the new Hallmark of Geneva criteria now certify the excellence of the watch as a whole.

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The Year of the Snake model, part of the Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac collection, is endowed with that unique touch of soul possessed by watches bearing the Hallmark of Geneva. With this exceptional collection, Vacheron Constantin intends to pursue its special ongoing dialogue with collectors and devotees of Fine Watchmaking.

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Technical Specifications

References 86073/000P-9752 - Platinum
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Métiers d’Art The Legend of the Chinese Zodiac
Year of the Snake watch
Hallmark of Geneva

Caliber: 2460 G4, developed and crafted by Vacheron Constantin
Energy: Mechanical, self-winding
Movement diameter: 31.00 mm (11’’’ ¼ )
Movement thickness: 6.05 mm
Number of jewels: 27
Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 vibrations/hour)
Number of components: 237
Indications: Hours, minutes, day of the week and month
Power reserve: Approximately 40 hours

Case:
Platinum 950 / 18K 5N pink gold case
40 mm diameter
12.74 mm thick
Transparent sapphire crystal caseback
Water-Resistance: Tested at a pressure of 3 bar (approximately 30 meters)
Dial: 18K gold hand-engraved, coated with “Grand Feu” blue / bronze enamelling
Hand-engraved platinum 950 / 18K 5N gold snake

Strap: 
Dark blue / Brown Mississippiensis alligator, large square scales, hand stiched, saddle-finish
Clasp: 
Platinum 950 / 18k 5N pink gold folding clasp
Half Maltese cross

Limited edition of 12 pieces for each model
2013” engraved at the back of each timepiece
Only available through the Vacheron Constantin Boutiques

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RAYMOND WEIL - Maestro Phase de Lune Semainier


RAYMOND WEIL - Maestro Phase de Lune Semainier NEW

Seven midnight blue hands travel across the heavenly dial of the maestro Phase de Lune Semainier. They give order to the universe, beating in time to the conductor and indicating the phases of the moon, the month, the week, the day, the date, the hours and the minutes. With this unique complication in its collection, and a design of refined elegance, RAYMOND WEIL offers watchmaking enthusiasts an exceptional timepiece.

Time has always enjoyed a privileged relationship with astronomy. In fact, observing the heavens over the centuries has made it possible to measure the passage of time. Astronomical complications were very much in vogue from the Renaissance, first of all in big clocks then in pocket watches with skillfully miniaturized mechanisms. Today, these complications are still just as fascinating, exhibiting the ultimate technical craft and know-how of the watchmaker.


As heir to this great watchmaking tradition, the maestro Phase de Lune Semainier concentrates time and space within a 41mm case diameter. On an almost lunar galvanic dial, seven blued steel batons orchestrate the whole. The four large hands indicating the hours, minutes, seconds, weeks and months revolve around the central part of the dial with its “clou de Paris” decoration. 
 
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The three small ones indicate the date, the moon phases and the day of the week in three small counter displays (at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock respectively), like astral bodies in orbit around the sun. To regulate the measurement, four push-pieces are very ingeniously set in the polished steel case. This correction system which needs only a simple pressure of the finger was developed by RAYMOND WEIL’s watch designers. The center of this complex system comprises an automatic winding mechanical heart, generating a power reserve of 42 hours that can be seen beating through a sapphire crystal. This marvel of precision and elegance is mounted on a black crocodile-style leather strap with an ardillon buckle, in the truest watchmaking tradition.

With the maestro Phase de Lune Semainier, the conductor RAYMOND WEIL sets the rhythm of time and space. The universe it reveals reflects the image of the Swiss Brand, combining harmony, elegance, tradition and innovation.

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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

Ref. - 2859-STC-00659

Movement Mechanical, RW3600
Winding Automatic
Power-reserve 42 hours
Jewels 25
Functions Central hours, minutes and seconds
Date counter at 3 o’clock
Moon phase counter at 6 o’clock
7 days counter at 9 o’clock
12 months and 52 weeks indicator with moon-shaped central hand
Correction by simple digital pressure on buttons incorporated in the case at 2, 4, 7 and 10 o’clock
Case Round – polished steel
Diameter: 41.5mm
Thickness: 10.85mm
Bezel Polished steel
Crown Polished steel – fluted with RW monogram
Crystal Sapphire crystal with dual-sided antiglare treatment
Dial Silver galvanic, central zone in Clou de Paris
Indexes Black transferred Roman numerals
Hands :
Hours / Minutes -           Steel type, blued, in the most classical watchmaking style
Counters day and date - Steel type, blued, leaf-shaped
Week and Month -         Steel type, blued, with moon-shaped pointers
Case back Snapped, sapphire crystal
Strap Black alligator-style calf leather strap, with saddle stitching and polished steel ardillon buckle
Water resistance 5 ATM

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Breitling - Avenger Seawolf Blacksteel Code Yellow





BREITLING - Avenger Seawolf Blacksteel Code Yellow Limited Edition NEW

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A very special series.

Its name says it all. Avenger for its power and its unfailing sturdiness. Seawolf for water resistance to the fabulous depth of 3,000 meters (10,000 ft). Blacksteel for the black case achieved by a highly resistant carbon-based treatment. And Code Yellow for the extremely original touches of yellow enlivening the seconds hand, the inner bezel, and the Automatic inscription on the dial. With this 1,000-piece limited edition, Breitling has created an exceptional instrument matching peerless performances with an unusual appearance. Born to face up to the most extreme conditions, this professional diver's watch has what it takes to accompany toplevel feats in deep waters. An ergonomic case sporting a design based on digital simulations. A unidirectional rotating bezel.

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A large screw-locked crown with non-slip grip, protected by substantial lateral reinforcements. An ultra-readable dial with oversized hands and large luminescent accents. A thick sapphire crystal glareproofed on both sides. A security valve serving to balance out the differences between the case exterior and interior. The ultra-sporty and ultracontemporary design is enhanced by highly original stencil-type numerals – echoing Breitling aeronautical vocation – and by a rubber strap. Inside this allblack super-diving model beats a mechanical selfwinding movement that is officially chronometer-certified – like all Breitling movements. Avenger Seawolf Blacksteel Code Yellow: power in action.


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AUDEMARS PIGUET - Royal Oak Grande Complication
















AUDEMARS PIGUET - Royal Oak OPENWORKED Masters of the art of Grandes Complications

Founded in 1875 in Le Brassus, a village in the Joux valley region in the heart of the Swiss Jura, the Audemars Piguet manufacture has always made a point of creating outstanding pieces, from the first Grande Complication pocket watch presented in 1882, to more recent models such as the Jules Audemars and the Royal Oak.   


Founded in 1875 in Le Brassus, a village in the Joux valley region in the heart of the Swiss Jura, the Audemars Piguet manufacture has always made a point of creating outstanding pieces, from the first Grande Complication pocket watch presented in 1882, to more recent models such as the Jules Audemars and the Royal Oak. A company that still remains in the hands of the founding families, Audemars Piguet has maintained its ancestral know-how year after year without interruption since 1875.

     These instruments for measuring time all combine the three families of complications that are the measurement of short time intervals, the chimes and the astronomical indications. But Le Brassus manufacture wanted to push the watchmaking art to its outer limits and crafted its chronograph complication by adding a flyback hand. Produced one at a time, by the very best master watchmakers, these marvels of miniaturization and precision taken to extremes are like so many kinetic sculptures, designed to challenge time itself.

    As with every major art, the watchmakers at the Audemars Piguet manufacture had to master all the classic rules of their craft before being able to reinterpret them in a way that conforms to contemporary tastes. Their skilled hands gave birth to the various incarnations of an instrument for telling the time graced with Grande Complications - the Royal Oak - which now in its 40th anniversary year.

Classic Grande Complication Pocket watch: a fundamental classic
 Since 1882, the Audemars Piguet manufacture has included at least one Grande Complication watch in its collections each year for the demanding collector. This piece is individually built to order and is the fruit of several hundred hours of meticulous manual work necessitating keen knowledge of the intricacies of the trade. This way of designing is a way of conserving a craft heritage that has not changed for 130 years in the workshops. The same craft is still used to create a manually-wound mechanical caliber housed in the 18-carat pink gold half-hunter case. This movement, which can be seen through the back when opened, is instantly identified as a creation of Le Brassus manufacture due to its extraordinary fine work. A complex watch to create, it demands more than two months of full-time work, totaling some 800 hours, to put together the 620 meticulously finished components, hand-adjusted one at a time.

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This year, Audemars Piguet is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Royal Oak, without doubt the most famous luxury sporting reference in the history of the wristwatch. Created by designer Gerald Genta in 1972, this timepiece with its powerful and easily recognizable lines, sold today in a Grande Complications version, is pushing watchmaking tradition forward into the third millennium.

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AUDEMARS PIGUET - Royal Oak Grande Complication in White Gold: playing with transparency

REFERENCE 26552BC.OO.D002CR.01

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Strong and dynamic, the Royal Oak Grande Complication offered here in a white gold case comes in bold luxurious lines that manage to suggest without giving too much away. The taut contours, contemporary geometry and dynamic balance of the flange reinforced by the screwed octagonal bezel, set off the visible presence of the mechanism of a self-winding caliber just 8.55 mm thick. The case houses a mechanical marvel, the embodiment of a heritage painstakingly acquired over 130 years and a constantly maintained tradition and bears the ideal dimensions for a watch meant to be worn with an alligator strap fastened with a deployant buckle.
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Made to order and only one at a time, this unique watch beats to the rhythm of a caliber composed of 648 components individually adjusted and regulated by the same craftsman. This means that over 700 hours of the watchmaker’s life are devoted to producing one sole movement and over 120 hours of patient open-working crafting. This rare core, with its classic and balanced architecture, of which only ten or so are made annually, is remarkable for its extraordinary homogeneity due to its thinness (8.55 mm) - a specialty of the manufacture since its foundation - and its traditional construction involving one single “hand” from start to finish.

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This patient work, still carried out by a single watchmaker within the Grande Complications workshop, demands true mastery. Once assembled, the final creation, an artful combination of at least one functionality drawn from the three major families of complications, chimes the hour, the quarters and the minutes on demand. The concentric gongs are always tuned by hand to perfect their sound. A perpetual calendar with high precision time measurements on its dial, the Royal Oak Grande Complication chrono function has been enriched with a flyback function. A delicate and often very useful mechanism for recording intermediate times or measuring actions with a common starting point but different ends.
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Technical Specifications

MOVEMENT
- Calibre: Hand-wound manufacture Calibre 2885
- Total diameter: 31.50 mm (14 lines)
- Number of jewels: 52
- Number of parts: 648
- Minimal guaranteed power reserve (h): 45
- Frequency of balance wheel (Hz): 2.75 (=19,800 vibrations/hour)
FEATURES
- Grande Complication movement
- Column wheel chronograph mechanism
- Chimes with 2 co-planar gongs
- Moon phase indicators in metal-coated sapphire
- Monobloc oscillating weight in 18 carat gold, openworked and chased “AP”
- Hand finishing of cut-out parts (polished angles, lines drawn above and blurred below)
- Hand finishing of bridges (curved and polished bevels, brushed sides, pearled countersinks)
CASE
18-carat white gold case, sapphire glass and caseback, water-resistant to 20 m
DIAL
Sapphire dial, white counters, black printed numerals, gold Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating
BRACELET
Hand-stitched “large square scale” black crocodile strap with 18-carat white gold AP folding clasp
FUNCTIONS
Perpetual Calendar, split-second chronograph, minute repeater on two gongs, hours, minutes, small seconds

REFERENCE 26552BC.OO.D002CR.01

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AUDEMARS PIGUET -Titanium Openworked Royal Oak Grande Complication: shedding light on complications…

    Intense and imposing on the wrist, the new Royal Oak Grande Complication comes in a titanium case with a bracelet in the same metal. A sleek and sporty model it belongs to the very exclusive family of Grande Complication watches built each year to order by a single expert watchmaker working alongside the small team of master watchmakers in Audemars Piguet’s Grande Complications workshops in Le Brassus.

REFERENCE 26065IS.OO.1105IS.01
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    Ever keen to go further, the manufacture has long ago mastered the art of sublimating the most traditional metals into the most innovative. With this model it has brought out a Grande Complication watch at the very peak of the art with bold technical and contemporary lines. Its case is machined in titanium housing a thin top-flight self-winding mechanical caliber whose components are partially visible through the open back, but also through the transparent sapphire dial.

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The expert eye can identify various cams, springs and levers through the cunningly organized openwork; some of the parts finished with meticulous care by its single maker – one of the rare masters qualified to carry out a work of such complexity from start to finish. But even with the help of this glimpse into fine watchmaking the eye can only perceive a small fraction of the 648 components necessary for the proper working of this ultra complex and delicate self-winding core, combining the functions of flyback chronograph, perpetual calendar and minute repeater.

REFERENCE 26065IS.OO.D002CR.01
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    This piece requires close to 700 hours of assembly, adjustments and hand finishing, including the beveling as well as finishing treatments such as beading and “Geneva Stripes” and at least 120 hours of manual openworking, stands out immediately as an epitome of balance. It has to be said, the integration and marrying of the different functionalities and of certain key pieces, like the hand-tuned concentric gongs, had to be carefully thought out in order to conserve the fine quality of the caliber. This treatment, the fruit of expertise thoroughly mastered by Audemars Piguet since its foundation in 1875, gives the watch its great graphic presence blending elegance and sportiness, incomparable lightness and insane complexity, and allows it to impose its stylish embodiment of traditional watchmaking values pushed to the limit, in a modern take …

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Technical Specifications

MOVEMENT

- Calibre: Self-winding manufacture Calibre 2885
- Total diameter: 31.60 mm (14 lines)
- Movement Thickness: 8.55 mm
- Number of jewels: 52
- Number of parts: 648
- Minimal guaranteed power reserve (h): 45
- Frequency of balance wheel (Hz): 2.75 (=19,800 vibrations/hour)
FEATURES
- Grande Complication movement
- Column wheel chronograph mechanism
- Repeater's two gongs are both on the same plane
- Moon phase indicators in metal-coated sapphire
- Monobloc oscillating weight in 18 carat gold, openworked and chased “AP”
- Hand finishing of the cut out parts (polished bevels, grained finishing on top and Matt "brouillé" finishing underneath)
- Hand finishing of the bridges (curved polished bevels, satin-brushed edges, Perlage on the recesses)
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- Hand finishing of cut-out parts (polished angles, bead-blasted and blurred below)
- Hand finishing of bridges (curved and polished bevels, brushed sides, pearled countersinks)
CASE
Titanium case, sapphire glass and caseback, stainless steel bezel, water-resistant to 20 m
DIAL
Sapphire dial, white counters, black printed numerals, gold Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating
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 Sapphire dial, metal coated counters with smoked central zone, white or black printed numerals, twelve smoked hour-markers, gold Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating

BRACELET
Hand-stitched “large square scale” black crocodile strap with off-white stitching, titanium AP folding clasp
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Titanium and stainless steel bracelet with titanium AP folding clasp
FUNCTIONS
Perpetual calendar, split-second chronograph, minute repeater on two gongs, hours, minutes, small seconds

REFERENCE 26065IS.OO.D002CR.01
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AUDEMARS PIGUET - Royal Oak Grande Complication in Steel: Mechanical Seduction …

    Now brought out again in steel, as was the original piece designed by Gerald Genta just forty years ago, the 40th anniversary Royal Oak Grande Complication sets out majestically to celebrate a reference which in one human generation, has gone from being an avant-garde timepiece to becoming an icon. And this potential is not out of place, because the instrument presented here is a concentrate of technical achievement.

    In an ultra-thin movement assembled and adjusted by a single watchmaker it combines at least one functionality from the three main families of classic complications. Moreover, besides the Minute Repeater and Perpetual Calendar, the Audemars Piguet manufacture has added the flyback function to that of the chronograph. A successful combination of sportiness and elegance, this highly complex instrument for measuring time houses a particularly fine self-winding Caliber 2885 movement behind its “Tapisserie” motif dial produced in-house on special machines. It has no less than 648 painstakingly finished components, adjusted and assembled in nearly 700 hours to endow this extraordinary watch with a soul. Made solely to order, this piece of fine watchmaking is only ever produced in tiny quantities because the watchmakers, however devoted they may be to their art, can only manage to make ten or so of these special cores per year.

REFERENCE - 25865ST.OO.1105ST
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    So we just have to accept that this timepiece with its crystalline sound produced by the two concentrically positioned gongs, capable of displaying in perpetuity (until 2100) the long times of the calendar, and accurate in measuring the intermediate times thanks to the flyback mechanism, requires patient work. The work of a single master watchmaker, this reference with the ultra thin core (8.55 mm) is all the more rare for that reason. But its value, beyond words, is emotional. For this watch, fresh from the workshops, is a stylish and fitting celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Royal Oak collection. Perfect in its complexity and the only one to be equipped with an oscillating weight specially developed for the 40th anniversary models, this Royal Oak comes like the other models in the very closed circle of Grande Complication instruments. It is delivered in a case containing a piano-shaped sounding board made by talented luthiers from wood, cut from the forests around the manufacture.

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AUDEMARS PIGUET - Royal Oak Grande Complication 40th Anniversary

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Technical Specifications

MOVEMENT
- Calibre: Self-winding manufacture Calibre 2885
- Total diameter: 31.60 mm (14 lines)
- Movement Thickness: 8.55 mm
- Number of jewels: 52
- Number of parts: 648
- Minimal guaranteed power reserve (h): 45
- Frequency of balance wheel (Hz): 2.75 (=19,800 vibrations/hour)
FEATURES
- Grande Complication movement
- Column wheel chronograph mechanism
- Repeater's two gongs are both on the same plane
- Moon phase indicators in metal-coated sapphire
- Monobloc oscillating weight in 22 carat gold, embossed “AP Royal Oak 1972-2012”
- Hand finishing of the cut out parts (polished bevels, grained finishing on top and Matt "brouillé" finishing underneath)
- Hand finishing of the bridges (curved polished bevels, satin-brushed edges, Perlage on the recesses)
CASE
Stainless steel case, sapphire caseback, water-resistant to 20 m
DIAL
Blue dial with “Petite Tapisserie” pattern, Royal Oak gold appliqué hour-markers and hands with luminescent coating
BRACELET
Stainless steel bracelet with AP folding clasp
FUNCTIONS
Perpetual calendar, split-second chronograph, minute repeater on two gongs, hours, minutes, small seconds

REFERENCE - 25865ST.OO.1105ST

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Monday, October 29, 2012

EDOX - Chronodakar Limited Edition

EDOX - Chronodakar Limited Edition NEW

Swiss Jura-based watchmaker Edox is the official timekeeper of the 2013 Dakar Rally. Founded in 1979 by Frenchman Thierry Sabine, The Dakar rally is indisputably the greatest rally raid and human endurance contest in the world. Originally located in Africa, in 2009 the rally moved to South America. The 2013 race will take place in Peru, Argentina and Chile, attracting close to 740 competitors across all categories (car, truck and motorbike).

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Edox presents the Chronodakar Limited Edition, and extremely limited edition watch with just 200 pieces to be produced worldwide. This second Dakar model now offers truly state-of-the-art features, and its sets the standard for the forthcoming collection of timepieces bearing the renowned Touareg logo.

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This new off-road challenger boasts a wealth of car-like attributes: powered by a robut chronograph movement, measuring a generous 45mm in diameter, featuring ultra virile PVD coating and, most ingenious of all, "start" and "stop" pushers that recall engine functions.
The black and red theme marks this out as a decidedly modern and sturdy watch. Built to withstand the extreme desert conditions, the new Chronodakar Limited Edition is the perfect watch for racing car drivers and fans of rallies and racing.

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Technical Specifications

Functions:
Display of hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph.
Calibre:
 Edox 103, based on Ronda 5021.D
Diameter: 45mm
Finishes: 
316L stainless steel, black PVD coating,
Red "start" button, black "stop" buttin,
Touareg engraving on caseback.
Limited edition number engraved on the case flank.
Black steel bezel, red numerals.
Water resistance: 
100 meters / 10 ATM / 300 feet
Dial: Black, red and white numerals and markings
Crystal: scratch-proof and glare-proof sapphire crystal
Strap: 
structured black rubber, 316L stainless steel buckle, engraved Edox logo

Limited Edition: 200 pieces worldwide
Suggested retail price: CHF 1950.00 / EUR 1790.00

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Marvin - Loeb 9th Title Chronograph Limited Edition

















MARVIN - Loeb 9th Title Chronograph Limited Edition NEW


Unbeatable world rally champion since 2004, Sébastien Loeb won his 9th World Rally Championship (WRC) title on 7 October behind the wheel of his Citroën.
 
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Fascinated by watchmaking and movements, he worked hand-in-hand with Marvin’s designer, Sébastien Perret, to create a Marvin watch collection signed by Sébastien Loeb, whose 1st watch was launched in 777 examples in 2010 to celebrate his 7th world title.
 
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Today, Sébastien does it again with a watch that pursues the sporty look, is elegantly-styled and adorns the much-loved automobile codes. Push-pieces shaped like gear-change paddles, springs on the strap base that look just like suspensions and adjust the watch perfectly to the wrist, asphalt dial. ‘Totally automobile’ enthuses Sébastien Loeb...


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Marvin - Loeb 9th Title Chronograph 

Ref. - M121.25.48.94

Movement Swiss automatic movement - ETA Valjoux 7750
Features Chronograph, day & date, 25 jewels, 48-hours power reserve, Swiss made
Case ø44 mm, matt black PVD-coated case middle, screw-in back, tachometric scale – black PVD-coated screw-lock crown and pushers, matt sandblasted finish
Glass Shock-resistant sapphire crystal
Water-resistance 0 meters / 320 feet
Bracelet Black rubber with Marvin tang clasp
Dial Tarmac black, yellow superluminova on hands and hour-markers
 
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