ARMIN STROM – MIRRORED FORCE Resonance Blue Guilloché Dial

ARMIN STROM – MIRRORED FORCE Resonance Blue Guilloché Dial Steel 44mm

When tradition meets innovation – The ARMIN STROM Mirrored Force Resonance, now with handmade guilloché dials

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After the great success of the inaugural rose gold limited edition, followed by a visually technical stainless steel edition, ARMIN STROM’s most innovative piece to date, the Mirrored Force Resonance, will now be offered to collectors with superb, hand-executed guilloché dials, creating an outstanding synthesis of tradition and innovation – two values dear to the brand.

New handmade guilloché dials for the Mirrored Force Resonance

ARMIN STROM makes an elegant return to traditional craftsmanship, with the introduction of exclusive guilloché dials. Creating a striking contrast with the high-tech movement, the guilloché dials will be available in multiple colors (blue, black, anthracite, red or bi-color), and in several different pattern options (sun-ray, concentric waves or barleycorn), depending on the client’s wishes.

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To ensure the best visual result and the highest level of quality, ARMIN STROM has teamed up with Master Watchmaker Kari Voutilainen for the creation of these guilloché dials.

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They are manufactured in his Môtiers-based workshop, on century-old engine-turning lathes, which can only be controlled by hand. The intricate patterns, obtained by chiseling a smooth metallic plate with extreme precision and care, are true pieces of art, reflective of the craftsmen’s skills and virtuosity.

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Considering the complex production process of these guilloché dials, an extra cost of CHF 5,000 will be applied to the standard retail price of the ARMIN STROM Mirrored Force Resonance.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Movement manufacture
ARMIN STROM calibre ARF15  16½‘‘‘ 
Characteristics:
Diameter: 36.60 mm
Height: 7.70 mm
Manual-winding, resonance clutch spring, twin display of seconds, off-centre time indications
Plate and bridges: Plate and bridges are decorated at the highest quality level
Frequency: 25,200 vph
Jewels: 43
Number of components: 226
Power reserve: 48 hours
Regulating system:
Two independent regulation systems that stabilize each other connected by a resonance clutch spring
Functions
Hours, minutes, twin display of seconds
Case
Stainless steel
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment
Diameter: 43.40 mm
Height: 13.00 mm
Water resistant to 50 m
Dial
Dial ring: Blue guilloché dial with founded appliques
Hands: Stainless steel
Straps
Delivered with a genuine back alligator horn-back strap and
stainless steel ardillon buckle as well as an additional black rubber strap.
A double-folding clasp in stainless steel is available as an option.

Price from: 59‘000 CHF

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Bözingenstrasse 46
CH-2502 Biel-Bienne | Switzerland
Tel. +41 (0)32 343 33 44
Fax +41 (0) 32 343 33 40
info@arminstrom.com
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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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Ulysse Nardin – FREAK VISION Platinium 45mm

Ulysse Nardin – FREAK VISION Platinium & Titanium 45mm

BEAUTIFUL FREAKS
WHEN CONCEPT BECOMES REALITY

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Meet the unbelievable. Ulysse Nardin breaks moulds, challenges conventions and dares you to explore treasures from the ocean. Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. This is called Freedom and Freedom lies in being bold. Join us, eyes on the world, travel through time, and discover the new Freak. Are you ready to believe?

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Introducing the first automatic watch in the Freak Collection, the Freak Vision: a Haute Horlogerie wonder in-corporating the revolutionary innovations unveiled in the Ulysse Nardin InnoVision 2 Concept Watch at SIHH 2017.

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Among the game-changers: a super-light silicium balance wheel with nickel mass elements and stabiliz-ing micro-blades and a new case design made even thinner by a box-domed crystal.

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Time is still indicated in the “Freak” manner that sets the collection apart: by the baguette movement itself, a “flying carrousel” rotating around its own axis. Yet the design components are completely different.

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The new 3D carved upper bridge is inspired by a boat’s hull. The new box-domed sapphire allows for a thinner middle and bezel. Finally, the entire case itself is new — horns, bezel, the rubber on the side — making for a look that is much more open and generous.

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Ulysse Nardin is a pioneer of innovations in timekeeping, not least for its unprecedented mastery of silicium, which it introduced to Haute Horlogerie in the first Freak timepiece, in 2001.

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Now it audaciously pushes the technology further by welding it — another patented first — with solid nickel elements, to create an astonishingly light balance wheel. It then adds silicium micro-blades to stabilize amplitudes and significantly increase accuracy.

Other technical firsts are:

The Grinder Automatic Winding System, which completely revolutionizes energy transmission, surpassing existing systems for efficiency by a factor of two. Grinder takes perfect advantage of even the slightest movement of the wrist. The oscillating rotor is linked to a frame containing four arms, which gives the automatic system twice the torque – like having four pedals on a bike instead of two – while a flexible guidance mechanism drastically limits friction.

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The Ulysse Nardin Anchor Escapement is based on the principle of flexible mechanisms, exploiting the elasticity of flat springs. It presents a constant force escapement made entirely of silicium, and features a circular frame with a pallet fork that moves without friction. The pallet fork is fixed in the center and supported in space on two minuscule blade springs. Mounted perpendicular to each other, they are subjected to a bending force that curves and keeps them in a bi-stable state. The result is a positive energy balance that maintains the oscillations of the balance wheel at a constant rate without influence of torque variation from the mainspring.

#freakmeout

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: FREAK VISION Platinium

Reference    2505-250

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Movement
Winding: Self-winding
Calibre UN-250
Functions
H/M functions indicated by rotation of the movement
“Grinder” Automatic movement system with pawls and flexible guidance
 Ulysse Nardin Anchor Constant Escapement, 2.5 Hz oscillator
 Large diameter silicium oscillator with nickel inertia-blocks
 Self-regulating silicium micro-blades
 Silicium finishing gear train
Flying Carrousel (baguette movement): 1 turn in 1 hour   
Power reserve 50 hours at constant amplitude   
Case
Platinium case with lateral «brancard » side bars coated blue rubber
Bezel  Titanium coated blue rubber lining with 3 titanium riders for easy handling
Manual winding possible with the back bezel
Time set with the front bezel, lever lock
Diameter 45 mm
Dial
Sapphire, with engraved hour and minute indexes
Water resistance   30 m
Crystal  Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides, box-domed
Case back  Titanium, 6 screws, view of the “Grinder” through the domed sapphire crystal
Strap
Rubber-like leather and titanium folding clasp


Price *Suggested Retail Price CHF 95,000.


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Ulysse Nardin SA
Marketing Department
Rue du Jardin 3
2400 Le Locle
Switzerland
T :+4132 930 74 00
F :+4132 930 74 21 

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