Saturday, March 3, 2012

Milus - Tirion TriRetrograde

 Basel 2012
With the Milus TIRION TriRetrograde Seconds Skeleton Milus has once again captured the idea of moment and playfulness.
The exact rhythm of the retrograde seconds function in three sectors of 20 seconds each is given by a Swiss quality mechanical movement in an exclusive special version with automatic winding.
 

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The case, in stainless steel black DLC with 18kt rose gold, measures 45mm.
It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal and is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss automatic Milus caliber 3838 (base ETA 2892-A2) with 21 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 40 hours.

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De Bethune - DB28 "Aiguille d'Or"















De Bethune - DB28  “Aiguille d’Or”  

2011 at Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

The international jury of the GPHG, composes of professionals of the watchmaker awarded “l’Aiguille d’Or”, reward supreme which crowns the best guard-time of the year, in the model DB28 of De Bethune, on Saturday, November 19th, 2011, in the Grand Théâtre de Genève in the presence of the Geneva authorities and of 1'500 personalities of the watch-making world.

Spherical moon, blued steel, silicon/platinum balance wheel, triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system and “floating lugs”… De Bethune is revisiting its classics and reasserting its identity codes through the DB28, a strongly identifiable timepiece endowed with the signature House style features and conveying its resolutely avant-garde vision of the watchmaking art!

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Mid-way between the DBS and the model developed exclusively by De Bethune for Only Watch 2009, the DB28 strikes the perfect balance between the know-how cultivated by the Manufacture and its horological innovations.
The design of the watch is entirely in line with existing creations by De Bethune: the dedicated shape of the case adorned with its famous crown at 12 o’clock, inspired by pocket-watches and emphasised by the spherical moon, are a set of distinctive traits characterising the contemporary aesthetic of the Manufacture. The dial serves as a window onto the movement, revealing the refined craftsmanship of the hand-executed finishes developed in the De Bethune workshops. The delta-shaped polished steel mainplate and De Bethune “stripes” are combined with a blue chapter ring to ensure optimal readability. The shimmering effects of the light playing across the polished and matt surfaces create a unique show visible exclusively on the wrists of a privileged few.
The wearer comfort of the DB28 stems from the surprising lightness of the case entirely made in titanium, and to the presence of “floating lugs”, a patented system that easily adjusts to the size of the wrist and its various movements.

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The DB28 is powered by Calibre DB 2115 which is equipped with the latest technological innovations developed and produced within the Manufacture De Bethune. This precision is reinforced by the self-regulating twin barrel and the presence within the regulating organ of the new silicon/platinum balance wheel with a flat terminal curve protected by the triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system.

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Much like what can be observed from the sky, moon phases are read off by an exclusive display system by means of a platinum and blued steel sphere revolving on its axis and which is accurate to within one day every 122 years. In keeping with the Belle Epoque style, the solid back of the DB28 is inspired by the hunter-type shape of pocket-watches, and also incorporates a power-reserve indicator.

The quest for perfection and beauty is the constant driving force behind the work of David Zanetta and Denis Flageollet, the artisans behind this exceptional timepiece with its pure style, of which the taut lines and slender case are the unmistakable signature of De Bethune’s contemporary expression of the watchmaking art.

DB28 "Aiguille d'Or" Limited Edition of 50.

Technical description

Functions 
Hours – minutes – spherical moon-phase indicator at 6 o’clock
Power-reserve indication – performance indicator
Movement  
Calibre DB 2115 – mechanical hand-wound
Mainplate hand-decorated and snailed, hand-chamfered and polished steel parts, De Bethune stripes
Self-regulating twin barrel*
Silicon/platinum balance wheel*
Triple pare-chute shock-absorbing system*
Exclusive three-dimensional moon-phase indication*
Jewelling : 29 jewels
Frequency : 28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve : 6-day power reserve indicated on the back of the case
Case 
42.60 mm in diameter, made from grade 5 titanium or rose gold, 11.20 mm thick
Lugs: Mirror-polished titanium floating lugs * with pivoting system, available in long or short version.
Their springs follow the shape of the wrist and its movements.
Dial: 
Polished grade 5 titanium hour circle and silvered minute circle
– Mainplate hand-decorated and snailed,
hand-chamfered and polished steel parts, De Bethune stripes
– best-performance zone indication at 3 o’clock between a blue and red dot
– 3D moon-phase display at 6 o’clock.
Hands: Mirror-polished stainless steel with rose gold insert
Glass: sapphire crystal with double glareproofing, 1800 Vickers
Crown: screw-locked at 12 o’clock – adjustable in two positions
Exhibition back: sapphire crystal, 1800 Vickers hardness with double anti-reflective treatment – horizontally controlled power-reserve indicator with a single rose gold hand - rose gold wheels
Strap extra-supple alligator leather with pin buckle

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De Bethune Geneva Office
25 Grand-Rue 1204 Geneva
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 310 22 71
Fax: +41 22 310 33 40
Contact Katidja Valy
katidja.valy@debethune.com
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Concord – C1 EternalGravity

ConcordC1 EternalGravity 1.200.000 million USD

The C1 EternalGravity is presented in a 48.5 mm 18K white gold case set with 227 baguette-cut diamonds and holding an 84-hour power reserve movement with seconds on the side of the Tourbillon carriage, trust index (indication of the balance amplitude) and flyback chronograph (hour-minutes). The Tourbillon cage is fitted outside the movement and case, but connected to the rest of the mechanism by a perpendicular pinion. The skeletized dial is set with 146 baguette-cut gems displays a dark DLC-coated perforated grid, various subdials and time measurement indications, superimposed to create a sense of perfectly mastered space.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technical specifications:
Movement
Mechanical hand-wound, tourbillon, flyback chronograph, Concord caliber C100
84-hour power reserve
21,600 vph
38 jewels
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds on the tourbillon carriage, power-reserve indicator, trust index, flyback chronograph (hours and minutes), tourbillon
Case
18-carat white gold set with 227 baguette-cut diamonds, 20.17 cts
Dimensions: 48.5 mm in diameter – 18.50 mm thick
3.3 mm thick sapphire crystal, glareproofed on both sides
18-carat white gold crown set with 26 baguette-cut diamonds, 1.30 cts
18-carat white gold pusher set with 4 baguette-cut diamonds, 0.33 cts
Water-resistant to 30 metres
Transparent case-back
Dial
Complex, multi-layered, set with 100 baguette-cut diamonds totalling 1.40 cts and 34 carnelians totalling 1.88 cts
Hour-markers: 12 baguette-cut black diamonds, 0.23 cts
Orange Superluminova-lacquered hour, minute and flyback chronograph hands
Strap
Rubber-coated black alligator leather and 18-carat white gold Concord folding clasp
Gemsetting
403 gems totalling 25.31 carats

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www.Concord.ch