VULCAIN – CRICKET ‘Style Moderne’ For REVOLUTION & The Rake Special Edition - 2023
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A stunning two-tone Vulcain Cricket evoking the golden age of Art Deco design.
Limited to 50 numbered pieces.
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‘STYLE MODERNE’
FOR REVOLUTION & THE RAKE
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These dials featured a circular track with radial markers emanating from it like the rays of the sun. This offered a precise reading of time.
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ALARM AWAKENED
The Vulcain Cricket dates back to 1947 when it was introduced as the world’s first mechanical alarm watch. It achieved this with the use of two barrels, the coiled springs that act as a power source for a watch.
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To solve this, Robert Ditisheim, who was the third-generation owner of Vulcain, created a watch with two dedicated barrels — one to power the timekeeping function of the watch, and another to power the alarm function.
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Ditisheim called his masterpiece the Vulcain Cricket, powered by the now legendary caliber 120. The alarm worked with a hammer that struck an internal membrane incorporated into the watch’s double caseback.
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Indeed, American presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson were all fans of the Cricket, leading to the association of the Cricket as the "President's Watch."
VULCAIN CRICKET
‘STYLE MODERNE’ FOR
REVOLUTION & THE RAKE
The Vulcain Cricket “Style Moderne” for Revolution & The Rake is one of the very few mechanical alarm watches, and the most accessibly priced Swiss-made alarm watch. To top that off, it is also rakishly handsome.
In fact, The Rake’s indomitable editor-in-chief and TikTok sensation Tom Chamberlin had looked at the watch and said, “I love it because it has two identities. It can be very sporty when paired with a brown strap, and very elegant and perfect with an evening suit with a black strap.”
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model: CRICKET ‘Style Moderne’ For REVOLUTION & The Rake
316L polished steel case
Diameter 39 mm × 12.7mm
Stainless steel pump pusher
Onion-shaped crown
Screw-down caseback with “REVOLUTION” logo and serial number
Domed sapphire crystal with anti-glare treatment
Water-resistance to 5 ATM (50m)
Dial
Two-tone semi-matte dial with black printing and polished silver indexes
Polished steel hands (Cricket Tradition)
Movement
VULCAIN MANUFACTURE Cricket V-10
Mechanical 12-lignes manually-wound alarm movement,
25 jewels, 165 parts, twin barrels,
Equipped with Exactomatic system,
48° angle of lift
Diameter 28.00 mm, thickness 5.60 mm
Frequency: 18,000 vib/h
Power reserve: 42 hours
Duration of alarm: approx. 20 seconds
Decoration: nickel-plated treatment, blued screws, skeleton ratchet wheels
Functions:
Hour, minute, centre seconds, alarm,
decompression tables adjustable by a screw-lock crown at 4 o’clock
Alarm duration: approx. 20 seconds
Strap: Brown calf leather strap
Steel pin buckle or folding buckle as an option.
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Press Release - 2023
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VULCAIN: Florie Maugeon
florie.maugeon@vulcain-watches.ch
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