BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Grand Date

BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Grand Date  NEW

Pre-Baselworld 2015

A Grand Date Complication Enters 

The Villeret Collection

For the first time in the Villeret Collection, Blancpain’s most classical timepieces, Blancpain is offering the complication of a grand date. Both elegant and practical, Blancpain’s grand date employs two side-by-side windows for a display affording optimal readability.

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When Blancpain’s watchmakers conceived the caliber 6950, they had as their objective to maximize legibility of the date, while at the same time enabling an instant change at midnight. At the same time, they set out to ensure that the mechanism would not significantly increase the movement’s profile. The result: an automatic movement with two mainspring barrels and a date mechanism designed to resist shocks. It further distinguishes itself with its free sprung balance with a silicium spiral and regulated by gold regulation screws. Fully having proven its capacities, this is the movement that powers the new Villeret Grande Date timepiece.

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This new timepiece fits harmoniously within Blancpain’s classical Villeret collection. The timepieces within the Villeret line express the timeless values of traditional watchmaking with their understated refined design. Key Villeret signature elements have been woven into this newest timepiece with its red gold 40 mm double pomme case, opaline dial with applied Roman numerals, red gold hands, date display at 6 o’clock, and a clear sapphire caseback offering a view of the finishing of the movement and its honeycomb-pattern oscillating weight. Completing the ensemble is a chocolate brown alligator strap.

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Technical Specifications

 References:  6669-3642-55B  

Specificities
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date 
Case
Polished 18ct red gold
Case thickness:     10.88mm
Case diameter:     40.00 mm
Water resistance:     3.00 bar
Between horns:     22.00 mm
Sapphire back
Dial
Roman numerals,
Red gold hands
Opaline white enamel
Date display at 6 o’clock
Movement
Manufacture Calibre 6950

• Reference:  6950
• Self-winding
• Power reserve in hours:  72
• Jewels:  35
• Components:  285

Strap/Bracelet
Brown Alligator lined with alzavel
Folding clasp

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LONGINES – Conquest Classic Moonphase

LONGINES – Conquest Classic Moonphase Chronograph NEW

Longines celebrates the refined elegance of equestrian sports with the Conquest Classic Moonphase

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Reflecting at the same time the brand’s presence in the most prestigious equestrian events all over the world and the importance it attaches to its watchmaking tradition, Longines has launched a new chronograph adding to the Conquest Classic collection: the Conquest Classic Moonphase. The sophistication of this model, including a moon-phase display, makes it an eminently refined timepiece and echoes the excellence and elegance of the stars of the equestrian universe.

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With its rich equestrian heritage dating back to 1878, Longines was keen to celebrate one of the essential dimensions of the equestrian sports: elegance. Building on the success of the Conquest Classic line, the Swiss watch brand has come with a new chronograph with a moonphase display: the Conquest Classic Moonphase, subtly combining the brand’s watchmaking tradition, sports heritage and innate sense of sophistication. This model will appeal to those who are looking for a refined chronograph to be worn amidst the excitement of the most prestigious equestrian events all over the world.

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The “Conquest” brand was patented through the WIPO on 25 May 1954. Since then this name has been used for many successful models produced by Longines across the years. The Conquest Classic collection has joined the brand’s other collections of classical beauty that have helped to make Longines’ reputation and success throughout the world. This line is dedicated to equestrian sports enthusiasts who are not willing to compromise on elegance.

With a diameter of 42 mm, this chronograph houses the self-winding mechanical chronograph movement L678. The case is available in steel, in steel and rose gold cap or in 18 carats rose gold. The black or silvered dial is set with 9 applied indices coated with Super-LumiNova® and makes an elegantly contrasting background to the moonphase display.

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It features the 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, the 24-hour indicator and the subdial for the seconds at 9 o’clock, as well as the 30-minute counter and the day-and-month display at 12 o’clock. 

The date is indicated by a half-moon central hand. Water-resistant to 5 bar, these models display a transparent case back through which its scintillating movement can be observed. 
These chronographs are fitted on a black alligator strap or a steel or steel and rose gold cap bracelet, all having a triple folding safety clasp.

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Technical Specifications

Collection: Conquest Classic Moonphase

Reference numbers:
   
Steel model  L2.798.4.52/72.6:
Steel and 18k rose gold cap models  L2.798.5.52/72.7:
18k rose gold cap models L2.798.8.52/72.3/5:

Calibres   
Self-winding mechanical movement
L678 ( VAL 7751)
13¼ lines, 25 jewels, 28'800 vibrations per hours
Power reserve: 48 hours
Functions           
Hours, minutes, small second and 24-hour indicator at 9 o’clock, 
day of the week, month and moon phases. 
Date indicated by the half-moon central hand.
Chronograph
    Central seconds sweep
    Dragging 30-minute counter at 12 o’clock
    Dragging 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock
Case               
Circular, Ø 42.00 mm
Steel, steel and 18k rose gold cap, 18k rose gold
Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with several layers of anti-reflective coating
Screw-down case back with sapphire crystal 
Water-resistant: To 5 bar (50 metres)
Dial       

• Black, 9 applied indices, with Super-LumiNova®

• Silvered, 9 applied indices, with Super-LumiNova®

Hands:
Rhodium-plated or rose polished with Super-LumiNova® on hours and minutes hands 
Strap               
Steel, steel and 18k rose gold or black alligator. 
Triple safety folding clasp and push-piece opening mechanism.
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 For further information please contact:
Longines International Public Relations
2610 Saint-Imier, Switzerland
publicrelations@longines.com
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