DeWitt – ACADEMIA Out of Time – Unique Piece for Only Watch 2015

DeWitt – ACADEMIA Out of Time Rose Gold – Unique Piece for Only Watch 2015

ACADEMIA OUT OF TIME
UNIQUE PIECE FOR ONLY WATCH 2015

The DeWitt Manufacture is honoured to be participating in the Only Watch 2015 auction to support research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The event will take place in Monaco on the 7th November under the patronage and in the presence of HSH Prince Albert II.

Participating in each sale since 2005, DeWitt will this year unveil a new and truly exceptional creation: the Academia Out of Time Unique Piece watch.

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The Academia Out of Time watch is driven by a self-winding DeWitt calibre, entirely developed, produced and assembled by hand by our master watchmakers at the Meyrin Manufacture in Geneva, Switzerland.

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The mastermind behind this patented invention, Jérôme de Witt, the founder of the Manufacture, gives us a highly personal interpretation of time with a combination of a bold design and a grand watch complication.

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This innovative watch structure is made up of the automatic DeWitt calibre and two elaborate complications: a dead-beat seconds hand, which serves as both a regulator and an indicator of the seconds function in the display at 4 o'clock, and a free seconds hand, a DeWitt invention, in the display at 8 o'clock.

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These two functions symbolise the contrast between real time on one hand, and on the other, virtual time, which cannot be controlled, measured or recovered.

The motif on the dial – a mist given off by mountains and rising towards a clear, starry sky – seems to encourage having faith in life. It is depicted against a sky blue lacquer background highlighted by specks of silver.

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A symbolic invention with an innovative technical approach.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ACADEMIA Out of Time Rose Gold – Unique Piece for Only Watch 2015 

 
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Reference : AC.OUT.01S  -Blue


Movement
Manufacture Calibre: Ref DW1201
Mechanical self-winding movement manufactured by DeWitt
Diameter:  30.6 mm
Power reserve:  65 hours
Frequency:  21,600 vph
Balance:  Variable-inertia balance
Balance spring:  Flat
Escapement:  Swiss lever, (44° angle of lift)
Jewelling:  38 jewels
Number of components:  217
Functions
Hours, minutes, dead-beat second at 4 o’clock 
Case
Round case with Dewitt imperial columns on sides
Material: 18-carat rose gold and black rubber
Diameter:  42.5 mm
Total thickness:  12.85 mm
Crown:  18-carat rose gold, “W” signature
Case back:  Open back, sapphire crystal with safety screws, engraved with “Unique Piece” and “1/1”
Distance between lugs:  21 mm 
Dial

Blue  lacquer  with  appliqué numerals and  circles  in rose  gold colour  tone,
Hand-drawn  mountain  and  starry  sky  motif  with paintwork highlighted by specks of silver
Hands
Hours and minutes:
18-carat rose gold, open-worked hands in the shape of double-edged swords
Dead-beat second at 4 o’clock: 18-carat rose gold, thin and elegant. 
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Wristband
Blue Alligator leather
Buckle: Triple folding clasp, polished 18-carat rose gold cover with “W” signature
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DeWitt – High Jewellery Princess Marie-Clotilde

DeWitt – High Jewellery Princess Marie-Clotilde White Gold

The DeWitt Manufacture has created a masterpiece of 
the watchmaker's and the jeweller's art: a unique timepiece 
with transparent features and finely-worked gold decoration

Count Jérôme de Witt, the founder of the Manufacture and creator of DeWitt watches created this exceptional High Jewellery work of art, a masterpiece of both the watchmaker's and the jeweller's art, with the intention of paying tribute to his mother, HI&RH Princess Marie-Clotilde Napoléon.

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The gem-setting technique used in this piece is ground-breaking, seeming to leave the diamonds in suspension, free of all ties of material and form.

The observer's gaze is relentlessly drawn down into the depths of a translucent block and captivated by its surprising transparency.

This High Jewellery timepiece is adorned with a total of 405 baguette-cut diamonds (totalling about 13 carats).

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The emblematic imperial columns that decorate the majority of DeWitt watches have been delicately reworked to enhance the timepiece's unique, ethereal setting.

With its 36-mm diameter, the Marie-Clotilde watch beats to the rhythm of a mechanical self-winding movement, equipped with a 42-hour power reserve.

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The open-worked hours hand is delicately sculpted in the shape of a heart, while the open-worked seconds hand is in the form of a double-edged sword, a common feature of DeWitt timepieces.

The crown and buckle, each crafted in 18-carat white gold, polished and delicately engraved with the brand's distinctive ‘W’ signature, give an additional elegant touch to the watch's finishes, enhanced by a deep red alligator wristband.

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By placing technical expertise at the service of beauty and the highest quality, the DeWitt Manufacture has here produced an authentic watchmaking work of art, creative in both its design and in the structure around which it is built.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: High Jewellery Princess Marie-Clotilde  White Gold Limited Edition

Reference : PMC.HJ.001

Movement
Calibre: Ref DW0403
Movement  Mechanical self-winding movement
Diameter  26.2 mm
Functions  Hours, minutes
Power reserve  42 hours
Frequency  28,800 vph
Jewelling  21 jewels
Number of components  154
Functions
Hours and minutes
Case
Case:  Round case with DeWitt imperial columns on sides
Material:
18-carat white gold
207 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 6.1 cts)
Diameter:  36 mm
Total thickness:  11.3 mm
Crown:  18-carat white gold set with round diamonds, “W” signature
Case back:  DeWitt design
Distance between lugs:  16.9 mm
Dial
Dial:  Set with 198 baguette-cut diamonds (approx. 6.8 cts)
Hands:  Hours: black colour tone, open-worked hand in the shape of a heart
Minutes: black colour tone, open-worked hand in the shape of a double-edged sword
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Wristband
Wristband: Red alligator
Buckle: Pin buckle, 18-carat white gold set with round diamonds, cover with

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DeWitt – ACADEMIA Mathematical Rose Gold Concept Watch No. 4

DeWitt – ACADEMIA Mathematical Rose Gold Concept Watch No. 4 Limited Edition NEW

DeWitt unveils an extraordinary technical innovation, an automatic
watch with a prestigious watchmaking tradition behind it – in the form
of a mysterious watch that has no hands.

Entirely designed and hand-assembled within the Manufacture by our own master watchmakers, the Academia Mathematical watch, DeWitt's 4th Concept Watch, is the fruit of months of research and development.

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DeWitt's mystery watch concept bears witness to the passionate interest in mathematics shown by its founder, Jérôme de Witt. Far removed from the conventions of traditional watchmaking, the numerals indicating the hours and minutes give the impression that they have been scattered, thrown into chaos so that in the end they can give the precise time. There are no hands, but rather totally autonomous jumping numerals that come to life by lighting up in the centre of the watch to indicate the passage of time.

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It is thus that a grand watch complication, with its complex mechanisms and painstaking precision, places itself at the service of poetry.

Comprising 384 pieces, the Mathematical movement is based on the new DeWitt Manufacture automatic calibre, most of the components of which have been produced in-house, and all of which have been hand-assembled by our master watchmakers.

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It operates at a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and features a screwed balance and a 48-hour power reserve. With its bridges decorated with both circular and bevelled Côtes de Genève patterns and its circular-grained mainplate, all the movement's finishes are hand-crafted.

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Fitted with a 42.5 mm round case in 18-carat rose gold, the Academia Mathematical watch is adorned, like all DeWitt watch creations, with the brand's emblematic imperial columns.

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An entire watch concept rather than just a watch

Its aesthetic design and mechanical structure reflect DeWitt's uniquely inventive approach to watchmaking, culminating in a myriad of fascinating calculations that drive relentlessly towards the nature of universal beauty.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ACADEMIA Mathematical Rose Gold Concept Watch No. 4 Limited Edition

Reference : AC.MAT.001

Movement
Calibre: Ref DW0101
Mechanical self-winding movement manufactured by DeWitt
Diameter: 35.1 mm
Vibrations: 21,600 vph
Balance: Variable-inertia balance
Balance spring: Flat
Jewels: 52
Power reserve: 48 hours
Number of components: 384
Functions
Hours and minutes
Case
Round case with 24 DeWitt imperial columns on sides
Material: 18-carat rose gold
Diameter: 42.5 mm
Total thickness: 11.90 mm
Crown: 18-carat rose gold, polished, ring in blackened titanium, “W” signature
Case back: Open back, sapphire crystal with safety screws
Distance between lugs: 23 mm
Dial
Hours and minutes: Disks from sapphire with open-work Arabic Numeral.
Indication occurs by the carousel.
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Wristband
Black Alligator leather
Buckle: Triple folding clasp, polished 18-carat rose gold cover with “W” signature

Limited Edition: 99 Pieces

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DeWitt – ACADEMIA Out of Time

DeWitt – ACADEMIA Out of Time Rose Gold NEW

With its strong symbolism and innovative technical approach, the Academia Out of Time model forms a new addition to the DeWitt Manufacture's series of emblematic watch creations.

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The mastermind behind this patented invention, Jérôme de Witt, the founder of the Manufacture and creator of DeWitt watches, gives us a highly personal interpretation of time with a combination of a bold design and a grand watch complication.

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Housed in a round 42.5 mm diameter case, the Academia Out of Time watch is driven by an automatic DeWitt calibre indicating the hours, minutes and seconds, and entirely developed, produced and assembled by hand by our master watchmakers at the Meyrin Manufacture in Geneva.

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Robust and reliable with its 21,600 vibrations per hour and its 65-hour power reserve, the Out of Time version is equipped with two elaborate complications: a dead-beat seconds hand, which serves as both a regulator and an indicator of the seconds function in the display at 4 o'clock, and a free seconds hand, a DeWitt invention, in the display at 8 o'clock.

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These 2 functions represent the opposition between real time, in the form of regulator function of the dead-beat seconds hand that momentarily halts at each second, and virtual time, freely following its wild and endless course.

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Creating an interplay of contrasting effects through the combination of traditional and innovative materials, the Academia Out of Time's case is crafted in 18-carat rose gold and black rubber, with a subtle recreation of the famous imperial columns, the distinctive signature of DeWitt watch creations.

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The elegant design of the dials, available in three shades of lacquer (black, white or blue), showcases the two gold-encircled counters displaying the complications.

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Like all DeWitt watch creations, it perfectly meets the very high standard of finishes endorsed by the Manufacture. We also find two small "W" signatures on the crown and on the buckle.

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Linked more closely than ever to the exclusive end of the market with the Academia Out of Time model, the DeWitt Manufacture combines unconventional watchmaking expertise with constantly renewed creativity to create this resolutely innovative timepiece.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ACADEMIA Out of Time

Reference : AC.OUT.001 Black
Reference : AC.OUT.002 White
Reference : AC.OUT.003 Blue

Movement
Manufacture Calibre: Ref DW1201
Mechanical self-winding movement manufactured by DeWitt
Diameter:  30.6 mm
Power reserve:  65 hours
Frequency:  21,600 vph
Balance:  Variable-inertia balance
Balance spring:  Flat
Escapement:  Swiss lever, (44° angle of lift)
Jewelling:  38 jewels
Number of components:  217
Functions
Hours, minutes, dead-beat second at 4 o’clock 
Case
Round case with Dewitt imperial columns on sides
Material: 18-carat rose gold and black rubber
Diameter:  42.5 mm
Total thickness:  12.85 mm
Crown:  18-carat rose gold, “W” signature
Case back:  Open back, sapphire crystal with safety screws
Distance between lugs:  21 mm 
Dial

• Anthracite grey with silvered grid and circles, minute counter with black railtrack
• White lacquer with appliqué figures and circles in rose gold colour tone
• Blue lacquer with appliqué numerals and circles in rose gold colour tone

Hours and minutes:
18-carat rose gold, open-worked hands in the shape of double-edged swords
Dead-beat second at 4 o'clock: 18-carat rose gold, thin and
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Wristband
Black Alligator leather
Buckle: Triple folding clasp, polished 18-carat rose gold cover with “W” signature

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Dewitt – ACADEMIA Grand Tourbillon

DeWitt – ACADEMIA Grand Tourbillon Blue and Green Limited Edition NEW

DeWitt is unveiling its latest technical innovation, the Academia
Grand Tourbillon watch, a limited edition of 99 pieces, entirely
conceived and assembled at the DeWitt Manufacture by its own
master watchmakers.

This new Academia creation houses the calibre DW 8030, developed from the DW 8028 movement, the Manufacture's first 100% in-house manually-wound tourbillon movement, first presented in 2010. Built out of 327 component parts, this calibre is structured along traditional lines and incorporates numerous tried and tested technical features: 18,000 vph, a 65-hour power reserve, a Swiss lever escapement and a Straumann balance-spring with Phillips curve sequenced at 2.5 Hz.

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For its part, the time display in the form of a jumping hour and minute indication reflects DeWitt's unique creativity and ground-breaking approach, far removed from the codes of conventional watchmaking. For the setting of the hours, a rack mechanism is activated to give added mobility to the watch's dial. As each minute passes, a slip-spring moves into place, drawing the observer's eyes once again to the depths of this sophisticated mechanism.

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The dial is made up of a silvered grid linked to the watch's movement that recalls the inner workings of industrial machinery at the beginning of the 20th century. The date is displayed in a rose gold colour tone in a window at 3 o'clock and is adjustable by a corrector situated on the side of the case.

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Equipped with a circular 46 mm rose gold case adorned with the famous imperial columns, the Academia Grand Tourbillon watch is one of DeWitt's most emblematic timepieces.

On the reverse side of the watch the sapphire case back reveals a day and night indicator, which takes on a blue colour tone to indicate night-time and a white colour tone to indicate day-time hours.

Like every DeWitt tourbillon, the Academia Grand Tourbillon watch bears the signature of the watchmaker who assembled the timepiece, inscribed on the decorative silvered grid located on the back of the movement. In order to ensure perfect quality, DeWitt makes it a point of honour that each grand complication movement should be assembled, set and tested by the same master watchmaker.

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Last but not least, the Academia Grand Tourbillon watch fully complies with the extremely demanding finishing norms established by the DeWitt Manufacture. Crafted exclusively by hand, this model features finishes of rare quality that can be observed by looking at its sapphire case back. The barrel bridge is sandblasted with a "Black Gold" treatment, the balance has a rose gold colour tone and the carriage bar is satin-finished and rhodium-plated.

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The crown and the buckle are each crafted in 18-carat rose gold and adorned with the brand's "W" signature initial. With its flawless movement and powerful allure, the Adademia Grand Tourbillon watch combines the very best of traditional craftsmanship with the technical and aesthetic innovation that is characteristic of all watch designs by Jérôme de Witt.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ACADEMIA Grand Tourbillon Limited Edition: 99 pieces

Reference : AC.GT.002
Reference : AC.GT.003

Movement
Calibre: Ref DW8030
Mechanical manually-wound movement incorporating a DeWitt Manufacture tourbillon
Diameter: 37 mm
Vibrations: 18,000 vph
Balance: Variable-inertia balance
Spiral: Spiral Straumann® with Phillips curve sequenced at 2.5 Hz.
Escapement: 44° angle of lift
Jewels: 32
Number of components: 327
Functions
Jumping hours at 9 o’clock, jumping minutes at 12 hours,
disc date with corrector at 8 o’clock, day/night display
Case
Round case with 24 Dewitt imperial columns on sides
Material: 18-carat rose gold
Diameter: 46 mm
Total thickness: 11.9 mm
Crown: 18-carat rose gold, polished, ring in blackened titanium, “W” signature
Case back: Open back, sapphire crystal with safety screws
Distance between lugs: 23 mm
Dial
AC.GT.002
Green lacquer with silvered grid and circles, minute counter with black rail track, 
 
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Hour counter with Roman numerals and indices in rose gold colour tone,
date display in rose gold colour tone
Hands: Hours and minutes: open-work hands in the form of double-edged swords
Limited Edition: 99 Pieces

AC.GT.003
Blue lacquer with silvered grid and circles, minute counter with black railtrack,

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Hour counter with Roman numerals and indices in rose gold colour tone,
date display in rose gold colour tone
Hands: Hours and minutes: open-work hands in the form of double-edged swords
Limited Edition: 99 Pieces

Water-resistance: 30 metres
Wristband
Black, Blue Alligator leather
Buckle: Triple folding clasp, polished 18-carat rose gold cover with “W” signature
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DeWitt – ACADEMIA Grand Tourbillon

DeWitt – ACADEMIA Grand Tourbillon Limited Edition NEW

DeWitt is unveiling its latest technical innovation, the Academia Grand Tourbillon watch, a limited edition of 99 pieces, entirely conceived and assembled at the DeWitt Manufacture by its own master watchmakers.

This new Academia creation houses the calibre DW 8030, developed from the DW 8028 movement, the Manufacture's first 100% in-house manually-wound tourbillon movement, first presented in 2010.

Built out of 327 component parts, this calibre is structured along traditional lines and incorporates numerous tried and tested technical features: 18,000 vph, a 65-hour power reserve, a Swiss lever escapement and a Straumann balance-spring with Phillips curve sequenced at 2.5 Hz.

 Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ....                    BIG FOTO

For its part, the time display in the form of a jumping hour and minute indication reflects DeWitt's unique creativity and ground-breaking approach, far removed from the codes of conventional watchmaking. For the setting of the hours, a rack mechanism is activated to give added mobility to the watch's dial. As each minute passes, a slip-spring moves into place, drawing the observer's eyes once again to the depths of this sophisticated mechanism.

 Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ....                    BIG FOTO

The dial is made up of a silvered grid linked to the watch's movement that recalls the inner workings of industrial machinery at the beginning of the 20th century.

The date is displayed in a rose gold colour tone in a window at 3 o'clock and is adjustable by a corrector situated on the side of the case.

 Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ....                    BIG FOTO

Equipped with a circular 46 mm rose gold case adorned with the famous imperial columns, the Academia Grand Tourbillon watch is one of DeWitt's most emblematic timepieces.

On the reverse side of the watch the sapphire case back reveals a day and night indicator, which takes on a blue colour tone to indicate night-time and a white colour tone to indicate day-time hours.

 Click on the mouse wheel to see the large size ....                    BIG FOTO

Like every DeWitt tourbillon, the Academia Grand Tourbillon watch bears the signature of the watchmaker who assembled the timepiece, inscribed on the decorative silvered grid located on the back of the movement. In order to ensure perfect quality, DeWitt makes it a point of honour that each grand complication movement should be assembled, set and tested by the same master watchmaker.

Last but not least, the Academia Grand Tourbillon watch fully complies with the extremely demanding finishing norms established by the DeWitt Manufacture. Crafted exclusively by hand, this model features finishes of rare quality that can be observed by looking at its sapphire case back. The barrel bridge is sandblasted with a "Black Gold" treatment, the balance has a rose gold colour tone and the carriage bar is satin-finished and rhodium-plated.

The crown and the buckle are each crafted in 18-carat rose gold and adorned with the brand's "W" signature initial.

With its flawless movement and powerful allure, the Adademia Grand Tourbillon watch combines the very best of traditional craftsmanship with the technical and aesthetic innovation that is characteristic of all watch designs by Jérôme de Witt.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ACADEMIA Grand Tourbillon Limited Edition: 99 pieces

Reference : AC.GT.001

Movement
Calibre: Ref DW8030
Mechanical manually-wound movement incorporating a DeWitt
Manufacture tourbillon
Diameter: 37 mm
Vibrations: 18,000 vph
Balance: Variable-inertia balance
Spiral: Spiral Straumann® with Phillips curve sequenced at 2.5 Hz.
Escapement: 44° angle of lift
Jewels: 32
Number of components: 327
Functions
Jumping hours at 9 o’clock, jumping minutes at 12 hours, disc date
with corrector at 8 o’clock, day/night display
Case
Round case with 24 Dewitt imperial columns on sides
Material: 18-carat rose gold
Diameter: 46 mm
Total thickness: 11.9 mm
Crown: 18-carat rose gold, polished, ring in blackened titanium, “W” signature
Case back: Open back, sapphire crystal with safety screws
Distance between lugs: 23 mm
Dial
Anthracite grey with silvered grid and circles, minute counter with black railtrack,
hour counter with Roman numerals and indices in rose gold colour tone,
date display in rose gold colour tone
Hands: Hours and minutes: open-work hands in the form of double-edged swords
Water-resistance: 30 metres
Wristband
Black Alligator leather
Buckle: Triple folding clasp, polished 18-carat rose gold cover with “W” signature

Limited Edition: 99 pieces

 
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