Thursday, April 10, 2014

EDOX – Geoscope Limited Edition


EDOX –  Geoscope Limited Edition 2013

21st Century facelift for Edox Geoscope classic

In 1971, leading Swiss watchmaker Edox introduced the Geoscope, the world’s first genuine WorldTimer wristwatch. It was a big (42mm), bold and beautiful creation and immediately became a collectors’ favourite. Now, to mark the 130th anniversary of Edox, the Geoscope returns to enthral a whole new generation of watch lovers.

The original Geoscope’s unique colourful planisphere dial showed the globe as viewed from the South Pole. An inner bezel, displaying 24 divisions, made one complete revolution every 24 hours and the watch also showed GMT time, plus the sun’s position.

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The new Geoscope Limited Edition (just 300 available worldwide, individually numbered 001 to 300) is an updated version of the original classic, which is still a highly sought-after collector’s piece. The Geoscope Limited Edition retains the inner rotating bezel with its incredible “earth map”, this time as viewed from the North Pole, plus a date display on a sub-dial at 6 o’clock. Powered by an automatic movement with a module for the GMT functions, the Geoscope Limited Edition is water- resistant to 20 ATM (200m).

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Produced in steel with a stunning matching steel-link bracelet, this beautiful wristwatch is presented in a special collector’s box.
The Geoscope Limited Edition is a thoroughly modern re-imagining of a timeless classic, with its orange hour markers and distinctive main hands paying homage to those on the original.

Family-owned independent boutique watchmaker Edox, based in Les Genevez, makes a range of rugged, technically advanced, superbly engineered precision watches that complement everything from the world’s most difficult motorsport event, the Dakar Rally, to the Extreme Sailing Series and the more sedate, but no less intense, sport of curling.

To celebrate its 130th anniversary, Edox is releasing new editions of several of its most influential timepieces; the Geoscope, the amazing 500m water-resistant Hydro Sub andan elegant timepiece for its classic, ultra-slim Les Bémonts range, the Les Bémonts Open Vision Automatic.

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Technical details

GEOSCOPE  
 
Ref. 07002
 
Movement Edox 07
Display Hour, minutes, seconds, GMT
Dial World map , orange indices
Case Stainless steel case 316L
Diameter 46 mm
Water-resistance 200 meters / 20 ATM / 650 feet
Bracelet Stainless steel 316L

Limited Edition 300 pieces worldwide

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Parmigiani Fleurier – TONDA Hémisphères
















Parmigiani FleurierTONDA Hémisphères 


Fleurier presents a new version of the Tonda Hémisphères which uses contrasts to create a futuristic elegance.

The piece owes its aesthetic quality and originality to the use of Super-LumiNova®. Set within the dark dial, two counters leap out, encircled by this luminescent material highlighting the contour of the second time zone at 12 o'clock and of the small second at 6 o'clock.







































Viewed in complete darkness, the Tonda Hémisphères takes on a completely different appearance. The two counters stand out in the form of a figure 8 - a symbol of infinity and harmony. A very fine layer of Super-LumiNova® highlights each index with elegant discretion. Finally, the main time indicating hands are lit, as is customary for Parmigiani Fleurier watches, ensuring that the time dominates the dial unobscured.

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THE TONDA HEMISPHERES COLLECTION

The Tonda Hémisphères is the ultimate traveller's timepiece. With its two time zones, it allows any two locations to be paired, and correct to the nearest minute. It even allows those locations with a half-hour or quarter-hour difference(*) to be paired with full hour times set from the Greenwich meridian.

The Tonda Hémisphères achieves perfect synchronisation with the local time thanks to its ingenious mechanism which incorporates two independent movements, a motor and a follower. This allows the second time zone to be synchronised with the main time, i.e. linked to the full hour time with the desired interval, or indexed to it, with an additional interval of minutes as well as hours, as is necessary.

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Parmigiani Fleurier has taken technical sophistication a step further than conventional GMT watches, whose second time zones only display full hour intervals from the main time. On this model, the calibre PF377 of the Tonda Hémisphères is controlled by two independent crowns: one to wind the movement and adjust the date and the main time; the other, positioned above, to adjust the minutes of the small time zone.

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The Tonda Hémisphères also features a day and night indication for each time zone. When the wearer of the Tonda Hémisphères checks the time in the desired part of the world, he gets an immediate impression of what his acquaintance might be doing. The small spherical indication informs him of the time of day or night in the location in question, allowing a mental picture to form immediately.

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The Tonda Hémisphères is a watch that combines functionality and poetry. It measures the time in relation to experience and offers extreme precision while leaving plenty of space for the imagination.

(*) 1/2 hour difference: India, Iran, Afghanistan, Burma, Australia (central time zone), Marquesas Islands, Newfoundland. 3/4 hour difference: Nepal

(*) Super-LumiNova® is a registered trademark by RC Tritec AG


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Technical Specifications

TONDA HEMISPHERES STEEL BLACK SUPER-LUMINOVA®

References : PFC231-0001400-HA4042

MOVEMENT
Minute repeater & large date movement sounding the hours, quarter-hours
and minutes
Calibre : PF337
Power reserve: 50 hours
Winding: Automatic
Dimensions: 15 ¾''' – Ø 35.60 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm mm
Frequency: 4 Hz – 28’800 A/h
Barrel(s): 2 series-coupled barrels
Jewels: 38
Components: 316
Decoration: "Côtes de Genève", bevelled bridges
FUNCTIONS 
Date indication at 9 o'clock
Central hours and minutes
Small second at 6 o'clock
Day/night at 6 o'clock
Second time zone hour / minute at 12 o'clock
CASE
Dimensions: Ø 42 mm
Thickness: 11.15 mm mm
Material: Steel
Water resistance: 30 m
Glass: Anti-reflective sapphire
Crown: Ø 5.5 mm & Ø 7 mm
Shape: 3-part round case
Finishing: Polished
Back: Sapphire
Back engraving: Individual number
DIAL
Colour: Black
Index: Rhodium plated appliques with luminescent coating
Finishing: Opaline, counters with luminescent coating
Hands: Delta-shaped with luminescent coating
BRACELET
Brand: Hermès
Material: Alligator
Colour: Gold
BUCKLE
Type: Folding

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Hermes – Dressage L'heure masquee

HermèsDressage L'heure masquée Limited Edition NEW Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ...     BIG FOTO

With the Dressage L’heure masquée watch, time appears in its full immensity, opening up inf inite vistas of individual freedom and affording a permanent opportunity to make the “great escape” and to seize only the moments that truly count.

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The mischievous hour hand remains hidden beneath the constantly moving minute hand, solely deigning to appear at a deliberate press on a crown-integrated pushbutton. This fileeting apparition captures exclusively the moment in hand and vanishes as soon as the pressure is released – as too does the dual-time window display caught up in the same game of hide and seek.

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This playful stage-setting is orchestrated by the ingenious interaction of the rack, pinion and gear trains. When stimulated, the hour cam releases from its hiding place the hand that dutifully appears to perform its role of pointing to the correct hour on the dial. The dual-time indication is directly driven by the base movement and adjustable via the pushbutton opposite the crown.

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In this entirely Manufacture-made composition, self-winding Calibre H1925 is equipped with an exclusive patented mechanism enabling it to play this uniquely personal musical score.

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Technical Specifications
References 
Rose gold model: 040645WW00 DR5.870.221/MHA
Steel Model: 040634WW00 DR5.810.220/MHA

Movement
Hermès mechanical self-winding movement H1925
Power Reserve: 45 hours
Jewelling: 28 jewels
Frequency: 28’800 vibrations per hour / 4Hz
Decoration: Circular-grained and snailed mainplate, satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight adorned with the special Hermès decoration (H symbols)
Diameter: 26 mm (11 ½’’’)
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Functions 
Hours, minutes, GMT, «time veiled» function,
Push-button integrated to the crown serving to unveil the hour hand and the GMT window, Push-piece at 9 o’clock serving to set the GMT
Mechanism 
"Time veiled" mechanism
Diameter: 32.5 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Jewelling: 18 jewels
Components: 95
Case

Cushion-shaped, 40.5 x 38.4 mm, 5N 750 rose gold (≈85 g) or 316L steel
Crystal: Glare proof sapphire crystal and case-back
Inter-horn width: 21 mm
Water-resistance: To 5 atm
Dial
  • Rose gold model: Opaline silvered dial with vertical central guilloché motif, 4N-gilded stamped Arabic numerals, 4N-gilded diamond-polished hour-marker at 6 o’clock, 4N-gilded hands coated with Superluminova
  • Steel Model: Opaline silvered dial with vertical central guilloché motif,black-gold stamped Arabic numerals, diamond-polished black-gold hour-marker at 6 o'colck,black-gold hands coated with  Superluminova
Strap
  • Rose gold model: Matt havana alligator, 17 mm safety folding clasp in 5N 750 rose gold (≈24.87 g)
  • Steel model: Matt havana alligator, 17 mm safety folding clasp in steel
Edition 
  • Rose gold model: Limited to 500 pieces
  • Steel model: Limited to 1'000 pieces

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