Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Hermes – Carre H Steel 38mm


HermèsCARRÉ H Steel 38mm

SIHH 2018

TIME, A HERMÈS OBJECT

Hermès creates objects born of craftsmanship that revisits existing uses. Under its impetus, exacting know-how combines with creative freedom.

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Beyond their functional role, Hermès objects make everyday life their playground, each instant a uniquely special moment, and lightness a cardinal virtue.

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For Hermès, time is also an object. It is embraced with open arms or taken by the hand in a spirit of joyful companionship. The house dares to offer a time designed to open up interludes and create spaces for recreation.
CARRÉ H

In 2010, Hermès introduced the Carré H, a square timepiece created by Marc Berthier, with a modern aesthetic, designed for instant legibility.

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It now returns in a new style: Marc Berthier has enlarged the square by a few millimetres and opted for light effects, playing across the steel case with its polished and microbead-blasted finishes, on the dial with its right-angled guilloché work, and on the facetted hands and numerals.

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This perfectly balanced use of light harmoniously accentuates the clarity of the design, the softened edges of the square, the curved profile of the case, and the cylindrical crystal.

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Finally, the exclusive font of the numerals – making use of the zero – contributes to the new aesthetic equilibrium of this watch.

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Photography: Carl Kleiner
Calitho SA
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Art director: Rachel Cazadamont, assisted by Alexandre Onimus

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model: CARRÉ H

Case
Designer: Marc Berthier (2010)
Case in polished and microbead-blasted 316L steel
Dimensions: 38 × 38mm, interhorn width 21mm
Medium size
Sapphire crystal and case-back with anti‑glare treatment
Water-resistant to 3 bar
Dial
  • Dark grey 
  • Black
Opaline guilloché centre, finely grained chapter ring, sunburst or opaline rim
Applied rhodium-plated hour-markers and Arabic numerals, coated with Super-LumiNova® White transferred minute circle
Rhodium-plated hour and minute hands coated with Super-LumiNova®
Yellow or red second hand
Movement
Hermès Manufacture H1912 movement
Mechanical self-winding, Swiss made
Diameter: 23.3mm (10½’’’)
Thickness: 3.7mm
193 components, 28 jewels
Frequency of 28,800 VPH (4Hz)
Power reserve of 50 hours
Circular-grained and snailed mainplate, bridges and oscillating weight satin-brushed and adorned with the signature H pattern

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Functions
Hours, minutes and seconds
Strap
Natural or black Barénia calfskin
Pin buckle in microbead-blasted 316L steel, 21mm

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BREITLING – Navitimer 8 B01 Chronograph


BREITLING NAVITIMER 8 B01 Chronograph 43 mm Collection 2018

NAVITIMER 8 B01

As the highlight of our new watch line, the Navitimer 8 B01 is presented in stainless steel as well as in 18 k red gold, each with the exclusive Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01. With those two versions, the manufactory meets all the demands of discerning watch bearers.

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The first completely self-developed and -manufactured chronograph movement made its debut at Breitling just in time for the company’s 125th anniversary in 2009. Its tension spring supports a ball-bearing rotor highly efficiently in both directions of rotation. When the tension spring is fully wound, more than 70 hours of power reserve are available.
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This guarantees that the new Navitimer 8 B01 accurately displays hours, minutes, seconds, and date, even after a weekend tucked away in the vault. As befits a sophisticated mechanism of this kind, a classic control wheel operates the three chronograph functions start, stop, and reset. At the push of a button, an energy-saving friction coupling connects the stopwatch mechanism smoothly to the wheel mechanism.

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Other pioneering features include a patented self-centering system with an innovative heart-shaped lever to reset the chronograph to zero. The deliberate restriction to just 346 components ensures longevity and high serviceability. All components are finely finished and assembled according to Breitling’s strict specifications. Balance and balance spring oscillate at four hertz. This means that time intervals can be precisely timed to within one fourth of a second.

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Before the ticking microcosm finds its resting place in one of the eye-catching new cases with bidirectional pointer bezel, it has to prove itself for 15 days in the official Swiss chronometer test. After successfully returning from the rigorous testing laboratories of the COSC, the watchmakers assemble the exquisitely designed dial with the hands, whose length and shape are exactly aligned with the dial.

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On the wrist, the precise manufacture caliber can be identified by the arrangement of the permanent second, the positioning of the 30-minute and 12-hour totalizers, as well as the clearly readable window date positioned between 4 and 5 o’clock.

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The distinctive design element are the three contrasting subdials that add to the unmistakable statement of top-class chronograph performance with the Navitimer 8 B01. The three circular counters are distinctly offset in color.

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There is a choice between a black or blue dial in the steel models. A bronze-colored version harmonizes perfectly with the precious red gold case. Double anti-reflective sapphire glass gently curves over the front in each version. On the back, the exclusive inner workings are displayed through a transparent sapphire case back.

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The steel Navitimer 8 B01 features either a leather strap with a pin buckle or a stainless steel bracelet with a folding clasp to give a secure and comfortable grip on the wrist. The solid gold version is only available with an alligator leather strap and pin buckle. Regardless of the case material, the Navitimer 8 B01 is water-resistant up to ten bar and is sure to catch the eye.

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Technical Specifications

Model : NAVITIMER 8 B01 Chronograph


Reference: AB011713 in stainless steel
Reference: RB011713 in 18 k red gold

MOVEMENT
Caliber: Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01
Diameter: 30 millimeters
Depth: 7.2 millimeters
Winder: automatic with dual-acting ball-bearing rotor
Power reserve: at least 70 hours
Number of components: 346
Balance frequency: 28,800 a/h or 4 hertz

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Chronograph: ratchet wheel control, vertical coupling,
30-minute and 12-hour counter
Display: hour, minute, second, window date
Certification: COSC-certified
CASE
Material: 
  • Stainless steel
  • 18 k Red gold
Diameter:  43 millimeters
Height:  13.97 millimeters
Water resistance:  up to 10 bar (100 meters)
Glass:  sapphire, convex, double anti-reflective
Case back:  screwed steel, sapphire glass
Crown:  screw-locked
Bezel:  with pointer, bidirectional
DIAL
Stainless steel models: Black or blue with contrasting fields for permanent seconds and totalizers
Gold model: Bronze-colored
STRAP
Stainless steel models: Leather strap with pin buckle or stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp
Gold model: Brown alligator leather strap with pin buckle


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