Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Blancpain Applauds The Expanded Commitment of Pristine Seas













BLANCPAIN Applauds The Expanded Commitment of Pristine Seas 

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On Monday September 22, in New York, at the Clinton Global Initiative, the National Geographic Society announced a major expansion of its Pristine Seas campaign to help protect our planet's most species-rich marine areas, with a goal of convincing governments to safeguard 20 new locations, comprising more than two million square kilometers of ocean world-wide. Blancpain has been a leader in the support of the Pristine Seas efforts and was the first organization to contribute to it. This unwavering support, now in its fourth year, has helped the program grow to its present prominence as the world’s leading ocean conservation initiative.

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Pitcairn Islands expedition: Top predators like the grey reef and whitetip sharks dominate the underwater ecosystem at Ducie and Henderson islands. Photo by Enric Sala/National Geographic


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Pitcairn Islands expedition: Ducie island reef formed chiefly by a single species of coral of the most delicate pale blue, which grows like giant roses. Photo by Enric Sala/National Geographic

Blancpain was the first key partner to believe in the Pristine Seas project and to join forces with the National Geographic Society. Using a combination of exploration, scientific research, economic analysis and communications, the program has already helped protect areas in the United States, Chile, Gabon, Kiribati and Costa Rica, covering more than 400,000 square kilometers.

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Gabon expedition: Jellyfish with dozens of silver little fish among its long tentacles. Photo by Enric Sala/National Geographic


Thus, the announced commitment expands a conservation model that has already proven successful and Blancpain is very gratified to see major additional partners following in its footsteps in support.

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Franz Josef Land expedition: National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala on the bow of the MS Polaris. Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic

These other partners joining with Blancpain include the Waitt Foundation, Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Jynwel Foundation, the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Davidoff Cool Water, Lindblad Expeditions, Dynamic Planet, former President José María Figueres of Costa Rica and other individual donors.

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Franz Josef Land expedition: National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala examines a specimen underwater. Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic

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Franz Josef Land expedition: National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala prepares camera gear for his next outing. Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic

Pristine Seas is currently working on three major new marine reserves. The first, in the United States, could result in an historic expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, which would make the Monument the largest protected area on the planet. The two other areas are located in the South Pacific region near the Pitcairn Islands (an overseas territory of the United Kingdom) and near Palau.

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National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala and another diver exploring the underwater ecosystem in Franz Josef Land, Russia. Photo by Manu San Felix/National Geographic

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New Caledonia expedition: A green turtle returns to the sea after a night of laying eggs at the remote Huon Island. Photo by Enric Sala/National Geographic

According to the commitment announced during the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York, during the next five years the National Geographic Pristine Seas project will inspire governments to protect approximately 20 new worldwide locations as fully protected marine reserves for a total of more than 2 million square kilometers. Setting aside areas that are off-limits to commercial fishing and mining in order to preserve their biological importance is an approach very similar to national parks created on land.

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The Pristine Seas team maneuvers a dropcam off the back of the ship while on expedition in southern Mozambique. Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic

Fulfilling this commitment will involve governments, local partners and influential business leaders. If fulfilled, it will help countries meet the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity’s target of protecting 10 percent of the world’s oceans by 2020.

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Southern Mozambique expedition: Chief scientist Alan Friedlander conducts scientific surveys in the Inhambane region. Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic

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A. Lange & Sohne – Saxonia LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL White Gold


A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL White Gold NEW

LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL
Debut with white-gold case and black dial

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The LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL was created for people who expect technical progress to make life more convenient. Now, Lange’s first self-winding wristwatch with a perpetual calendar and an outsize date is being presented in a new version: the combination of a white-gold case and a black dial gives the LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL a stately presence.

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The LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL was the world’s first wristwatch with a self-winding movement to incorporate a perpetual calendar with an outsize date. The perpetual calendar displays the date, the day of the week, and the month; it recognises the different number of days in each month and even the leap years. Once correctly set, the date display needs only to be corrected by one day every hundred years.

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The moon-phase display is a paragon of precision as well. It deviates from the true position of the moon by merely one day every 122.6 years, assuming the watch runs without interruption. To make it as user-friendly as possible, the calendar displays can be advanced collectively or individually.

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The LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL owes its prominent appearance to the elegant white-gold case combined with a black, solid-silver dial that delivers an abundance of information at a single glance. The luminous hands and the rhodiumed-gold appliques clearly stand out against the dark background.

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A black crocodile strap and a white-gold prong buckle take the theme of vivid contrasts a step further.

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The heart of the LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL is the proven self-winding Sax-0-Mat calibre with the patented Zero-Reset mechanism. When the crown is pulled, the seconds hand jumps to the zero position, thus simplifying the synchronisation of the watch. The bidirectionally winding rotor in 21-carat gold with a platinum centrifugal mass builds up the maximum power reserve of 46 hours after only a short time on the wrist.

A. Lange & Sohne – Calibre L922.1 SAX-0-MAT

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Numerous details of the meticulously finished movement can be admired through the sapphire-crystal caseback.

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It reveals the three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver, the classic screw balance, and the hand-engraved balance cock with the whiplash precision index adjuster.

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The exclusive timepiece will be presented for the first time on 23 September 2014, when the first Lange boutique in Moscow is inaugurated.
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Technical Specifications

Reference №: 310.026

Movement: Lange manufacture caliber:  L922.1 SAX-0-MAT
self-winding, crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards, decorat-ed and assembled by hand; precision-adjusted in five posi-tions;
three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver with integrated three-quarter rotor in 21-carat gold and centrifugal mass in platinum, reversing and reduction gear with four ball bearings;
balance cock engraved by hand
Number of parts movement/jewels:   478
Escapement: 
Lever escapement
Oscillator:  
Shock-resistant screw balance, Nivarox® balance spring*,
fre-quency of 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour,
whiplash precision index adjuster with patented beat-adjustment mechanism
Power reserve:
46 hours when fully wound
Functions:  
Time display with hours and minutes,
subsidiary seconds with stop seconds and patented ZERO-RESET function;
perpetual calendar with date, day of the week, month, moon phase and leap year;
day/night indicator
Operating elements:
Crown for winding the watch and setting the time;
a recessed main push piece for simultaneously advancing all calendar dis-plays;
recessed corrector buttons for individually advancing the day, the month, and the moon phase
Case dimensions:
Diameter: 38.5 millimetres; height: 10.2 millimetres
Movement dimensions:
Diameter: 30.4 millimetres; height: 5.7 millimetres
Crystal and back:
Sapphire crystal (Mohs hardness 9)
Dial:
Solid silver, black
Case:
White gold
Strap:
Hand-stitched crocodile strap, black
Clasp:
Lange prong buckle in white gold
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Arnd Einhorn, Director Press and PR
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