Friday, March 2, 2018

IWC – Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years” POCKET Watch


















IWC SchaffhausenJUBILEE Tribute to Pallweber Edition 150 Years” Red Gold 52mm POCKET Watch

IWC Schaffhausen unveiled a pocket watch with jumping numerals at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva as a special highlight of the Jubilee collection, in celebration of the company’s 150th anniversary. The IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition 150 Years”, limited to 50 pieces, is the first pocket watch from IWC with a digital hours and minutes display since the production of the historical Pallweber pocket watch was discontinued in 1890, and the fi rst new pocket watch from the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer in the 21st century.
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In 1884, IWC manufactured the fi rst so-called Pallweber pocket watches. These innovative timepieces showed the hours and minutes in digital format with large numerals on rotating discs. In its 150th anniversary year, IWC honours this achievement with the IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition 150 Years” (Ref. IW505101).

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This exclusive pocket watch is limited to 50 pieces. It is housed in an 18-carat red gold case, elaborately decorated with guilloché work and worn on an 18-carat red gold chain. The pocket watch features a white dial with a lacquered fi nish and white display discs. The small seconds hand is blued.

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As a reference to the design of the historical Pallweber watches and a tribute to F.A. Jones – the American watchmaker who founded IWC – the windows of the digital display are labelled as “Hours” and “Minutes”. Two windows in the spring cover reveal the hours and minutes, so the time can be read even when it is closed. The case also features a closed dust cover on the backside.

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The IWC-manufactured 94200 calibre advances the display discs by using a separate wheel train with a barrel of its own. The fact that the fl ow of power in the main wheel train operates independently guarantees precision and a 60-hour power reserve.

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Technical Specifications

Model: Tribute to Pallweber Edition 150 Years” POCKET Watch
REF. 505101

FEATURES
Pocket watch
  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • Large digital displays for the hours and minutes
  • Breguet spring
  • Jubilee medallion in 18-carat gold on back of movement
  • Limited to 50 watches
MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured calibre  94200
Frequency  28 800 A/h / 4 Hz
Jewels  54
Power reserve  60 h
Winding  Hand-wound
WATCH
Materials  18-carat red gold case.
White dial with a lacquered finish, black printed,white display discs.
Blued seconds hand, 18-carat red gold chain
Glass  Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistant  1 bar
Diameter  52 mm
Height  14.2 mm


Limited to 50 pieces

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Further Information
Clemens von Walzel
Department Manager Public Relations
Tel. +41 (0)52 235 79 29
E-mail clemens.vonwalzel@iwc.com
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Hermes – Slim d’Hermes GMT Palladium Edition

















HermèsSlim d’Hermès GMT Palladium Limited Edition


TIME, A HERMÈS OBJECT

Strolling in step with Hermès time. Making light of time zones. From Paris to New York and from Buenos Aires to Mumbai, the slender elegance of the palladium case gracing the new Slim d’Hermès GMT criss-crosses the globe.


The mysterious allure of its slate grey dial bearing a deliciously light font is revealed through a smoked glass, its indications moving to the tune of the ultra-thin Manufacture Hermès H1950 movement and its exclusive – likewise ultra-thin – GMT module. Losing one’s bearings, living the moment anytime, anywhere. An open invitation to discover Hermès time, issued in a 90-piece limited edition.

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The Slim d’Hermès line embodies essentials: simplicity imbued with rigorous discipline and aesthetic balance, the unmistakable signature of the collection born in 2015. At once classic and modern, it devotes considerable attention to details. The slender curves of the case middle, the right-angled curves, the original numeral font designed by Philippe Apeloig.

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Made from palladium, a rare and light platinum-group metal, the GMT version becomes the ideal companion for today’s globetrotter. Its ultra-thin 9.48 mm thick case reveals its pure display beneath an enigmatic smoked crystal veil. The broad slate grey dial with its distinctive font – slim numerals with spaces between them – is adorned with subtle finishing that accentuates its intensity. A sunburst chapter ring, guilloché centre and date counter, along with a silver-toned GMT counter studded with numerals punctuate this perfectly legible Manufacture dial swept over by slender sandblasted or blue lacquered baton-type hands.

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At the heart of this journey, the new Slim d’Hermès GMT beats to the rhythm of the ultra-thin Manufacture Hermès H1950 movement measuring just 2.6 mm thick, combined with the 1.4 mm of the ultra-thin GMT module exclusively developed by Agenhor for Hermès.

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In addition to the hours, minutes and date function, this mechanical self-winding composition equipped with a micro-rotor drives a dual-time reading complete with two day/ night indicators for home time and travel time. The time in a given destination is simply and playfully adjusted via a dedicated pushbutton.

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The movement bridges, hand-chamfered and adorned with the ‘sprinkling of Hs’ motif, along with those of the module featuring Côtes de Genève and circular-graining, can be admired through the sapphire crystal case-back.

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A matt graphite alligator strap, crafted in the Hermès leather workshops, binds this reliable travel companion firmly to the wrist.



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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model: Slim d’Hermès GMT Palladium

90-piece limited and numbered edition
 
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MOVEMENT
Mechanical self-winding movement, crafted in Switzerland
Ultra-thin Hermès Manufacture movement H1950
30 mm in diameter, 2.6 mm thick
29 jewels
21’600 vibrations per hour (3 Hz)
Power reserve of 42 hours
Micro-rotor
Hand-chamfered bridges adorned with the special
Hermès decoration (sprinkling of Hs)
MODULE
GMT module
33.6 mm in diameter, 1.4 mm thick
63 components, 9 jewels
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, date, GMT, day/night indicators
for home and local time
DIAL
Slate-toned dial, sunburst chapter ring,
snailed date counter and dial center, grained silvered GMT counter,
white-transferred Arabic numerals.
Rhodium-plated sandblasted or blue lacquered Baton hands
CASE
Round, 39.5 mm in diameter
Palladium (≈ 36.45 g)
Sapphire crystal and case-back with anti-glare treatment
Shadded dark-grey transfer
Water-resistant to 3 bar
20 mm interhorn width
STRAP
Matt graphite alligator
17 mm pin buckle in palladium (≈ 4.15 g)

Limited Edition - Only 90 pieces


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Katy Jolidon

katy.jolidon@montre-hermes.ch
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