Thursday, June 8, 2017

HYSEK – KALYSTA Snowflake Jumping Hours

















HYSEKKALYSTA Snowflake Jumping Hours Automatic Sapphire & Diamonds Set 39 mm Edition


THE KALYSTA “SNOWFLAKE
A FINE JEWELLERY BUTTERFLY FROM HYSEK

Hysek is pursuing its adventure in Fine Watchmaking for women. A year ago, the independent manufacture announced Kalysta, its very first fully in-house ladies’ collection; today, the brand has unveiled an Haute Joaillerie version, featuring an innovative style that’s right in keeping with the Hysek spirit.

Kalysta is the fruit of a pure aesthetic vision: set jewels. Bearing in mind that women are more sensitive to creative touches than to mechanical sophistication, the manufacture has thought first and foremost in terms of shape, diamonds, brilliance – and emotion.

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It has taken the Hysek manufacture the best part of twenty years to create its first women’s collection, building on all the technical and aesthetic maturity acquired by the firm over that period. The result is the Kalysta collection, which first saw the light of day in 2016. Presented at Baselworld, Kalysta was immediately acclaimed for its intrinsic qualities: a design that’s pure poetry, based on a butterfly and moon theme; a fully in-house movement; and a whole variety of models, offering ladies plenty of choice. Now, Hysek has added one of the most demanding art forms – jewel-setting – to the Kalysta range, with the creation of the collection’s very first fine jewellery version, “Snowflake”.

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Reference KA3926R97
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The inspiration for this new variation arose from the idea of creating a fitting complement to the original models and their springtime feel. The latter feature a majestic butterfly, hovering over a dial adorned with finely-sculpted floral patterns. Hysek has revisited this theme for the new watch face, allowing it to accommodate unique jewel settings.

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The textured pattern features both marquise and round cut diamonds, arranged in concentric circles: the largest stones sit at the centre, gradually decreasing in size towards the edges. The overall design represents a snowflake – one that looks as if it has just settled delicately on the polished mother-of-pearl dial. The delicate tracery consists of several hundred recesses, each enclosing a stone – using either a star setting, in which the stone is held in place by a small grain of soldered metal, or a bezel setting, a technique using a metal ring that fastens and supports the stone from below.

Hysek has implemented this technique to perfection by choosing a snow setting for the Kalysta, using a random scattering of stones that makes each timepiece absolutely unique. The design flashes like flame, the light bouncing off each face of every single diamond at a different angle. As a finishing touch, Hysek has added a final row of diamonds on the underside of the case. Snug against the wrist, these jewels give the wearer the impression of a pavé piece, jewelled in its entirety.

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Like the other pieces in the collection, the Kalysta Snowflake” uses the HW61 manufacture caliber – an automatic movement boasting a 39-hour power reserve, adjusted by means of a crown at 3 o’clock. Hysek has designed the crown in the shape of the Moon, clad with a double diamond; the cabochon is made from authentic moon-stone.

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Reference KA3926T98

At 12 o’clock the Kalysta sports a dedicated window to display jumping hours. The minutes, meanwhile, are denoted by means of a marquise stone that travels around the jewelled bezel to mark out the time. On the “SnowflakeHaute Joaillerie version, this sapphire is accompanied by a pair of butterflies, each with openwork, mirror-polished wings. The same finish has also been applied to each of the angles, discreetly asserting that Kalysta is very much a work of fine watchmaking, through and through.

The Kalysta Snowflake” will be available very shortly in four versions, in titanium or rose gold, with diamond or sapphire-and-diamond settings – just 32 pieces are available in all.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: KALYSTA

ModelSnowflake Jumping Hours


MOVEMENT
Manufacture Hysek
complication
Caliber – HW61
Automatic Mechanical
Jumping Hours
Minutes indicated by a Marquise
61 jewels
Autonomy: 39h ± 3h
Frequency: 28’800 VpH
CASE
Size Ø39mm x W11mm
Round shape
  • 18K Rose Gold 
  • Titanium
288 "snow-set" diamonds on the case
60 marquises, 104 diamonds and 75 blue sapphires set on the dial
Crown set with 2 diamonds and 1 moonstone
Water resistance 30m
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflection
Black metallized sapphire crystal on the back
STRAP
Interchangeable bracelet in satin or leather
Ardillon buckle

Limited edition: 32 pieces

§  Price under request
Product Year: available from autumn 2017 


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Frederique Constant – Runabout GMT Automatic Edition


















Frederique ConstantRunabout GMT Automatic Steel 42 mm Limited Edition

Runabout
Tribute to an Elegant Time

June 2017, Geneva – Frederique Constant launches two new Runabouts, paying homage to the graceful Riva boats of the 1920s where elegance and style ruled the social scene.

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A Longstanding Partnership

In 2009, Frederique Constant debuted its collaboration with the Riva Historical Society alongside Piero Mario Gibellini and Carlos Riva whose sole purpose is to preserve the remaining Riva boats worldwide, and helping their owners safeguard their prized possessions in the best way possible.

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With the launching of these two new watches, Frederique Constant honors their commitment to preserving the Riva name and what it stands for.


From Sea to Land

In that same year, Frederique Constant launched its first Runabout timepiece named after the legendary Runabout yachts of the 1920s.

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Considered the European elite of Runabouts, the Riva Runabouts were originally small, fast and powerful and could welcome four to eight people; they were perfect for pleasure activities such as fishing, water sports or just cruising.

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Riva Runabouts are the ideal muse to draw inspiration from and design an elegant and stylish, Italian-inspired watch.

Refined Elegance


Both new versions of the Frederique Constant Runabout embody a classic, sophisticated watch featuring hours, minutes, seconds, date and a 24h GMT with a guilloché-decorated dial and applied luminous indexes. The whole is completed by a 42mm polished stainless steel 3-parts case, a see-through case back, which displays the inner workings of the FC-350 movement featuring an in-house GMT module.

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The first option features a silver-colored dial with a blue GMT hand with a matching navy blue leather strap. While the second option offers a dark grey dial contrasting with a white GMT hand with a light brown leather strap. Both versions are a Limited Edition of 2’888 pieces each, and are delivered in a luxurious wooden gift box including a detailed-wooden Runabout boat miniature.

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The partnership between Frederique Constant and the Riva Historical Society carries on with these two new additions to the Runabout Collection, making the 1920s elegance and style live on through them.

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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Collection: Runabout

Model:  GMT Automatic Edition

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Reference FC-350RMS5B6

Case
Polished stainless steel 3-parts case
Diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back featuring the engraved Riva Historical Society flag
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement   
Calibre FC-350,
Automatic GMT with date (in-house GMT module)
38-hours power reserve, 26 jewels, 28'800 alt/h
Dial
Silver-colored dial,
guilloché decoration and applied pearl black luminous indexes
Date display at 6 o’clock
Hand-polished Pearl black hour and
minute hands with luminous treatment and a blue GMT hand
Functions
Hours, minutes,
Seconds, date, GMT 24H

Bracelet
Navy blue leather strap

Limited edition    2’888 pieces

Price: 1’595 CHF/ 1’595 EUR/ 1’795 USD

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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Collection: Runabout

Model:  GMT Automatic Edition

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Reference FC-35ORMGB6

Case
Polished stainless steel 3-parts case
Diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back featuring the engraved Riva Historical Society flag
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement   
Calibre FC-350,
Automatic GMT with date (in-house GMT module)
38-hours power reserve, 26 jewels, 28'800 alt/h
Dial
Dark grey dial, guilloché decoration and
applied silver-colored luminous indexes
Date display at 6 o’clock
Hand-polished Pearl black hour and
minute hands with luminous treatment and a blue GMT hand
Functions
Hours, minutes,
Seconds, date, GMT 24H

Bracelet
Navy brown leather strap

Limited edition    2’888 pieces

Price: 1’595 CHF/ 1’595 EUR/ 1’795 USD


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