BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Retrograde

BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde Golg


Blancpain is reinterpreting this year its flying tourbillon, which was the first of its kind to equip a wristwatch at the time of its launch in 1989. At Baselworld 2018, the Manufacture is pairing it with new complications – jump hours and retrograde minutes – in the Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde model. In addition to the remarkable construction of the tourbillon, which appears to be floating on air, this new launch is distinguished by an entirely decorated movement and a grand feu enamel dial handcrafted in the Blancpain workshops.

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The Blancpain flying tourbillon, produced in-house as are all Blancpain movements, has been an integral part of the traditional watchmaking scene for nearly three decades. This construction offers an unsurpassed view of the tourbillon’s key components, unobstructed by the upper bridge featured in conventional tourbillon designs. The new Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde takes this concept one step further, as the lower bridge has been removed and replaced by a clear sapphire disk. The tourbillon cage, its balance wheel and its escapement seem to be floating in space above the tourbillon’s fixed wheel attached to the clear disk.

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Neither the jump hour nor retrograde minute complications have appeared in Blancpain wristwatches, thus this new timepiece marks their debut within Blancpain’s collections. These hours and minutes displays are grouped together, with the hours window placed on the retrograde minutes counter. In the Blancpain Le Brassus Métiers d’Art studio, the Manufacture has devoted its technical expertise to the cause of aesthetics in creating a classic grand feu enamel dial using the traditional champlevé technique. The artisans begin by hollowing out the solid gold base of the dial to create small compartments. Thereafter, several layers of enamel are each hand painted onto the dial and fired at a temperature of around 800 degrees Celsius. Adding diamond-polished gold rings around the hours window as well as the tourbillon porthole lends a further sophisticated touch, before the minutes counter is applied to the dial, creating an intriguing depth effect.

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This concern for detail is also reflected in the movement, of which the bridges are adorned with a hand-guilloché pattern. Through the transparent sapphire case back, the wearer can also admire the ratchet- wheel featuring Blancpain’s famous beveled wheel-rim design, as well as consulting the power reserve indicated by a guilloché disk.

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The new Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde is housed in a double stepped 42 mm red gold case. It is teamed with an alligator strap or metal bracelet, both secured by a folding clasp. A 20-piece platinum limited-edition version is also available.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: VILLERET Metiers d'Art

 References:  6260-3633-55B - Red Gold

 References:  6260-3433-55B - Platinum Limited Edition of 20 pieces 

Model: Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde


Case

• Red Gold 
• Platinum

Thickness: 11.00 mm
Diameter:  42.00 mm
Water resistance:  3.00 bar
Between horns:  23.00 mm
Back:   Sapphire crystal
Engraved on the back of the timepiece.
Dial
Gold champlevé with white grand feu enamel dial
Movement
Calibre 260MR
Hand-Winding
Flying Tourbillon with Jump Hours and Retrograde Minutes
Power reserve in hours:  144 hours (6 Day )
Calibre diameter:  32.00 mm
Calibre thickness:  5.85 mm
Jewels:  39
Breguet overcoil
Secured movement
Titanium free sprung balance with gold regulation screws
Components:  263

Strap

Alligator leather straps - origin: Bespoke Mississippiensis
Brown color strap
Folding clasp

* Blancpain reserves the right to modify this model and its technical characteristics.

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KERBEDANZ – Tribute USA Gold Edition

KERBEDANZ – Current Creations Tribute USA White Gold 46mm Limited Edition

KERBEDANZ deeply admirative of the United States, its Constitution and its history decided to dedicate this model to the United States of America, as a tribute to the "Country of Free Enterprise", through the highly symbolic image of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

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The four 18-meter tall titanic sculptures of the Rushmore National Memorial, 1745 meters above sea level, have been carved directly into the granite cliff in the heart of the Black Hills in South Dakota.

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They represent the portraits of the four most prestigious presidents in the history of the United States, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, made by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum between October the 4th 1927 and October 31st 1941.

George Washington (1732-1799). Chief of Staff of the Continental Army during the Independence War between 1775 and 1783, became the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He was considered by the Americans as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. His political work is commented very positively by historians in general and especially for his important contribution to the "Declaration of Independence of United States -". Studies regularly rank him among the greatest presidents of American history.

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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919). Twenty-Sixth President of the United States, from 1901 to 1909, he was also historian, naturalist, explorer, writer and soldier. His presidency will be marked notably by his mediation in the context of the Russian-Japanese war, mediation that will earn him the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). The sixteenth president of the United States, he was twice elected to the presidency in November 1860 and November 1864. During the Civil War, he succeeded in preserving the Union. It was during this period that he ratified the 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution for the Abolition of Slavery. Five days after the end of the war, he was assassinated following a conspiracy of the Confederates. Lincoln is considered by all Americans as one of the country's greatest presidents.

Each watch can be personalized with an engraving such as a name or a signature. We also intend to name each watch of the series after the name of each State, in the order of ratification of the Constitution.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Current creations

Model: Tribute USA Edition

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Ref. Code KRBTA46-056WL


MOVEMENT
Automatic mechanical KRB-03 caliber
Designed, manufactured and decorated by Kerbedanz and Technotime,
120 hours power reserve, 28,800vph, 35 jewels
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes.
CASE 
18K white gold, 46mm. 
Designed, decorated and manufactured by Kerbedanz.
Hand-engraved on its back with a depiction of Mount Rushmore.
Water-resistant 5 atm.
The crown is situated in the north-east, between 1 and 2 o’clock.
DIAL
Massive white and rose gold, 3 layers dial.
Special blue treatment with micro sculpture.
Designed, manufactured and hand decorated by Kerbedanz.
STRAP
Alligator mississippiensis with 18K white gold  folding clasp with a special Kerbedanz design.
LIMITED EDITION 
50 pieces.


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    2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    info@kerbedanz.com   
    + 41 32 725 18 10
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