Tuesday, October 21, 2014

ARMIN STROM – Skeleton Pure Limited Edition

















ARMIN STROMSkeleton Pure Collection Limited Edition NEW

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RIGOROUS BEAUTY: ARMIN STROM ANNOUNCES SKELETON PURE

ARMIN STROM continues to distill traditional watchmaking to its absolute essence with the introduction of Skeleton Pure.

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This striking new timepiece eliminates anything extraneous from the bare caliber and highlights the layered construction of the movement by colorizing the essential components, which features the firm's Calibre ARM09-S.

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ARMIN STROM aficionados will recognize it as the same movement eloquently rendered in the more classically designed One Week Skeleton, which the Bienne-based independent manufacture released at Baselworld 2014. But this Skeleton has an entirely different look and feel.

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"The One Week Skeleton is an homage to our brand's founder, master skeletonizer Armin Strom," explains owner Serge Michel. "Skeleton Pure perfectly represents what ARMIN STROM is today."
Claude Greisler, director and chief of horology adds, "Skeleton Pure uses new treatments and technology to bring a fresh and modern look to the highest level of Swiss watch design and craftsmanship. This timepiece illustrates the perfection that can be achieved through machine processing and the way 3D-PVD coating can enhance dimension and bring definition to the engineering."

The manual-wind, double-barrel movement offers an 8-day power reserve with hours, minutes, small seconds and power reserve indicator. Skeleton Pure will be produced in editions of 100 in ARMIN STROM's elements of Air (titanium), Earth (black PVD coated stainless steel), Water (stainless steel) and Fire (18k rose gold). The elements will be released in two phases: Skeleton Pure Fire and Water at October's Salon SIAR in Mexico-City and Skeleton Pure Air and Earth at November's Salon QP in London.

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With Skeleton Pure, ARMIN STROM resolutely moves forward in its pursuit of blending Switzerland's skeletonizing heritage with the future.

ARMIN STROMSkeleton Pure WATER - Stainless Steel

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ARMIN STROMSkeleton Pure FIRE - 18-carat Rose Gold Case


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Technical details

CALIBRE ARM09-S 16½‘‘‘
Characteristics:
Functions:
Hour, minute, small second, power reserve indicator
Winding-mechanism: Manual wind-up with crown wheels turning on the dial side
Impulse: Double going barrel
Plate and bridges:
Fully skeletonised main plate, gear-train bridges and barrel-bridges.
3D-PVD coatings of the main plate correspond to the respective element
Escapement:
Escape wheel and pallets made of solid gold with hardened functional areas
Regulating system: Screwed balance with Breguet overcoil
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Number of Jewels: 34
Number of individual parts: 146
Diameter: 36.60mm
Height: 6.20mm
Power reserve: 8 days

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Technical Specifications

Ref. ST15-PW.05   Skeleton Pure WATER  Stainless Steel

Ref. RG15-PF.5N   Skeleton Pure FIRE  18-carat Rose Gold Case

Movement
ARMIN STROM Manufacture calibre ARM09-S 16½‘‘‘
Manual-winding,
8-day power reserve,
Small seconds, off-centre time indications
Distinctions: 
  • Fully skeletonised, main plate with blue PVD coating
  • Fully skeletonised, main plate with dark brown PVD coating
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Jewels: 34
Number of components: 146
Functions: Hour, minute, small second, Tourbillon
Power reserve: 8 days
Case
  • 18ct Rose Gold
  • Stainless Steel
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment
Diameter: 43.40 mm
Height: 13.00 mm
Water-resistance: 50 m
Dial ring: 
Sapphire with founded appliques
Hands:
  • Rose gold
  • Stainless steel
Straps
  - Delivered with a genuine dark blue alligator horn-back strap and
stainless steel ardillon buckle as well as an additional dark blue rubber strap.
A double-fold clasp in stainless steel is available on option.
  - Delivered with a genuine black or brown alligator horn-back strap and
18ct rose gold ardillon buckle as well as an additional black or brown rubber strap.
A double-fold clasp in 18ct rose gold is available on option

Limited to 100 pieces

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For more information relating to this press release or to Armin Strom:
Bettina Fleury, Armin Strom AG,
Tel. +41 32 343 33 44, b.fleury@arminstrom.com
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H. MOSER & CIE. – VENTURER Small Seconds Bucherer Edition




















H. MOSER & CIE.VENTURER Small Seconds Bucherer Edition NEW

THE FUSION OF TECHNOLOGY AND BEAUTY

Neuhausen am Rheinfall, October 20th, 2014

Master watchmaker Heinrich Moser was also an enlightened man of business, an astute entrepreneur and an industrial pioneer internationally as well as in his home town Schaffhausen. Using his entrepreneurial spirit, he further evolved the watchmaking craft, putting in place a truly international service and importantly, a network of specialist retailers. A long-term partner of H. Moser & Cie., Bucherer shares many values with the company that has been called the "little pearl of Schaffhausen": both are independent Swiss companies, based in German-speaking Switzerland and both were founded in the 19th century; H. Moser & Cie. in 1828, and the celebrated retailer Bucherer in 1888. Today, H. Moser & Cie. pays tribute to Bucherer by creating the Venturer Small Seconds Bucherer Edition. The particular feature of this timepiece is the colour blue; presented on the all-new midnight blue fumé dial and on the exclusive balance wheel and hairspring, created especially for this model.

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Venturer: the name evokes the successful business ventures of Heinrich Moser and celebrates his entrepreneurial spirit. The Venturer Small Seconds Bucherer Edition is the latest addition to the Venturer collection, which was unveiled during Baselworld in 2014. The red gold models are joined by this new version in white gold.

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Elegant, refined and exquisitely understated, this creation reinterprets the design codes of the Venturer family, with clean lines and a design inspired by the historic pocket watches of H. Moser & Cie. and convex forms typical of the 1960s.

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 Similar to the red gold versions, the Venturer Small Seconds Bucherer Edition features a convex profile, emphasised by its domed sapphire crystal, the line of which is reflected in the dial and the long, tapered hands with curved edges.

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The refined, elegant bezel offers a beautifully clear view of the dial, revealing its exceptional colour. The iconic H. Moser & Cie. fumé dial is available in a brand new midnight blue version, whose sunburst pattern adds an extra layer of detail.

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The back of the watch is no less exceptional, with a blue hairspring and balance wheel visible in the hand-wound HMC 327 calibre.

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H. Moser & Cie.’s sister company Precision Engineering AG assists with the in-house expertise necessary to design, develop, produce and assemble the highly-specialised technical components such as the balance wheels and hairsprings. This expertise was instrumental in developing the blue treatment, creating an impression of depth in the escapement. The result is a piece that features mysterious and constantly shifting sapphire reflections.

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The Venturer Small Seconds Bucherer Edition will be available exclusively at Bucherer in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

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TECHNICAL FEATURES

Model: VENTURER SMALL SECONDS BUCHERER EDITION

Reference: 2327-0202 White Gold model, Midnight blue fumé dial, Black strap

Case
18-carat white gold, three-part
Diameter: 39.0 mm, height: 12.5 mm
Curved sapphire crystal
See-through sapphire crystal case-back
Screw-in crown adorned with an “M
Dial
Midnight blue fumé with sunburst pattern
Appliqué indexes and contrasting hands
Movement
In-house hand-wound calibre HMC 327
Diameter: 32.0 mm or 14¼ lignes
Height: 4.4 mm
Frequency: 18,000 vib/h
28 jewels
Power reserve: minimum 3 days
Hacking seconds
Moser teeth for all wheels and pinions
Moser balance wheel and original Straumann® Hairspring with a stabilised Breguet overcoil, both finished in a unique blue colour achieved through a high-precision electrolytic treatment
Functions
Hour and minute
Small seconds hand and sub-dial
Power reserve indicator on movement side
Strap
Hand-stitched black alligator
18-carat solid white gold pin buckle with engraved Moser logo

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H. MOSER & CIE.
MOSER SCHAFFHAUSEN AG
Rundbuckstrasse 10
CH-8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Switzerland
TEL.          +41 52 674 0050
FAX          +41 52 674 0055
E-MAIL      info@h-moser.com
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