LINDE WERDELIN – Classic 3 TIMER Chocolate Edition

LINDE WERDELIN – Classic 3 TIMER Chocolate Limited Edition

THE 3 TIMER CHOCOLATE EDITION

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Linde Werdelin is proud to announce the launch of our 3 Timer chocolate in a limited series of 33 pieces. 3 Timer chocolate is part of the LW classic collection and is a collaborating with Titan Black, the London based bespoke watch specialist. The popular 3 Timer watch was originally introduced in 2009 and sold out within a month, the new Chocolate model is now launching in an exclusive series of only 33 pieces. As the original 3 Timer watch, the new 3 Timer Chocolate watch has a GMT function with ability to track three time zones via its arrowed GMT hand and 24-hours indicated rotating bezel.

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TBlack has enhanced the 3 Timer watch by coating its housing and bezel in TBlack’s signature DLC finish and the numbers on the bezel are completed in black enamel. The Dark Chocolate dial has a bespoke guilloché textured pattern and the diamond cut hands are plated in rhodium. With a resilient Sapphire glass, the watch is mounted on an Olive Brown textured calfskin strap with Chocolate DLC coated screws. The 3 Timer Chocolate is water resistant to 300 meters / 984 feet and comes with Linde Werdelin’s complete warranty.

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Titan Black watches are treated with a superior diamond-like carbon giving the 3 Timer chocolate a unique and warm finish. In the collaboration with T Black, the task was to transform one of our classic pieces into a unique and high-tech timepiece still with great respect for the originally classic 3 Timer design.

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The 3 Timer Chocolate is an elegant and modern sports watch with a touch of retro look, making the piece truly unique and highly collectible.

Available in a limited series of 33 pieces. More details available upon request.

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Specification

Case

Stainless steel case with distinctive chocolate brown DLC coating

Dimensions 44mm (w) by 46mm (l) by 15mm (h)

24 hour bidirectional turning bezel

Steel screw on case-back

2.2mm anti-reflective sapphire crystal

Screw-down crown

Movement

Mechanical Automatic ETA 2893 movement

42 hour power reserve

Dial

Chocolate brown guilloche textured dial

12 rhodium plated applied indexes with luminent

Date at 4 o’clock

Hands: Diamond cut rhodium plated with applied luminent

Water Resistance 300m

Strap

Black textured calfskin strap
Olive Brown textured calfskin strap

Excluding VAT  CHF8,000

Exclusive series of only 33 pieces.

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LINDE WERDELIN – OKTOPUS Reef

LINDE WERDELIN – OKTOPUS Reef Double Date Engraved Rose Gold & Titanium - Unique Piece NEW

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In a special project, Linde Werdelin have collaborated with artist Johnny Dowell (Instagram: KingNerd; Twitter: JohnnyKingNerd) to create a new piece. Johnny Dowell, an established and talented engraver, approached Morten Linde and Jorn Werdelin to propose he do something with a Linde Werdelin watch.

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The result: we sent him an Oktopus Double Date Rose Gold; he sent back the Oktopus Reef.

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By trade, Dowell is a gun engraver, following in the footsteps of an uncle, a gun maker. He learned his engraving craft 14 years ago, a five-year learning period.

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Since then he has been plying his trade at one of Britain’s most prestigious gun engravers, later beginning to work on jewellery and, most recently, watches.
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In Johnny’s own words:
"I must admit doing this Oktopus Reefproject has been the most fun just because I had a lot more space to manoeuvre with regards to design and drawings. Morten and Jorn were quite happy for me to put my own style into it. I had a lot more freedom compared with other projects I’ve worked on. It was quite satisfying to transfer the drawings I’d put in the original templates onto the watch", said Johnny Dowell.

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 [Johnny “KingNerd” Dowell examining the Oktopus Reef.]

"I played around with ideas for a few months – drawings, layout, and case parts. There was a lot of back and forth between myself and Morten in that time. Being an Oktopus, a dive watch, we always thought the design would have something to do with the sea. We played with ideas for a while until Morten said ‘let’s do corals and bubbles to create an underwater diving effect."

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 [Oktopus Reef bezel with engraved octopus tentacles.]

"The bezel was not originally involved. Morten sent another template through with the concept of the octopus and I brought it to life with my own sketches. I wanted to create movement in the engraving, having the tentacles turning and twirling, showing the suckers underneath."

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"The engraving process took up to 100 hours, from planning the layout onto the watch to engraving and finally creating the black effect."

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"The most challenging part was working with Grade 2 Titanium. I had to order a piece to practice on, to feel how hard it was. It’s probably the hardest material I’ve cut. On the other hand, the sides of the watch are all flat rather than curved, which makes it lovely to work with. Its facets providing the best canvases. It works better visually, you can see more of the detail that way", said Johnny Dowell.

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"The details are created with a very fine cut done under a microscope or magnifying loop – this takes the longest time. It takes a lot of focus and patience. It’s a painstakingly long process."

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"The Oktopus Reef is a one-off piece. There may be future engraved versions of our current collection, but using different bases or with a different design due to the hand-engraved nature of the work. As such, there is only one piece available to buy on our website, on a first-come basis."

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Morten Linde also talks about the Oktopus Reef in the video below:



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Technical Specifications

Model: OKTOPUS Reef

Case
Outer Case: Three-part case construction; 18K rose gold (5N) and titanium grade 2; satin, polished and microbillé finishing.
Engraved with coral-and-bubbles scene by Johnny "KingNerd" Dowell
Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on the inside
Crown: Titanium; screw-down; microbillé and rough circular satin finish; engraved with an octopus icon.
Back Case: Titanium; engraved with a multi-layer octopus motif; microbillé and circular satin finish
Bezel: Rose gold; satin on top surface; polished facet.
Titanium screws; black tension discs.
Dimensions: 44mm (w) x 46mm (l) x 15mm (h)
Movement
Linde Werdelin-modified Dubois Dépraz calibre 14580
Power reserve: 44 hours
Balance frequency: 28,800vph (4Hz)
Jewels: 23
Dial
Five-layer skeletonised dial.
Réhaut and top dial: black, circular satin finish.
Lower dial: black, circular Côte de Genève finish.
Hands in rose gold; satin finish, cool grey Luminova.
Large numerals 3, 6 and 9 in gold Luminova with black frames.
Hour and minute indexes, logo and logotype in cool grey Luminova.
Double Date.
Skeletonised date wheels visible at 12 o’clock.
Titanium wheels treated with rose gold.
Water Resistance: 300m
Strap
Interchangeable natural rubber strap in black, with DLC-coated titanium ardillion buckle.

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LINDE WERDELIN - SpidoSpeed Black Diamond Chronograph

LINDE WERDELIN - SpidoSpeed   Black    Diamond Limited Edition Chronograph 

The Spido family is produced with superb precision engineering. With ideas drawn from constructing racing car chassis, the case body is drilled out to maintain the bare essentials for weight reduction, yet offering a robust and stylish structure.

Linde Werdelin's signature skeletonised case is among the most technical and challenging to produce for a timepiece. The Spido family is a testament to Linde Werdelin's design innovation, build excellence, and meticulous craftsmanship.

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A unique composition of black diamonds, mother of pearl, DLC (diamond-like-carbon) with blued-steel hands. Among the LINDE WERDELIN collection, SpidoSpeed Black Diamond is the first to bear a dial made from a precious natural material, precisely from the inside of oyster shells of original Tahitian mother of pearls. Every piece radiates a slightly different gradient of blue, making each one of them inimitable from another.


The SpidoSpeed is a chronograph timepiece constructed of a complex fully skeletonised case with weight reduction technology while preserving strength in the structure. It has been crafted and designed with inspirations originating from the racing car industry.

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A unique composition of black diamonds, mother of pearl, dlc with blued steel hands. Among the LINDE WERDELIN collection, SpidoSpeed Black Diamond is the first and only to bear a dial made from a natural material, precisely from the inside of oyster shells of original Tahitian mother of pearls. Each piece bears a slightly different gradient of blue, making each of them inimitable from another. The SpidoSpeed is a chronograph timepiece constructed of a complex fully skeletonised case with weight reduction technology while preserving strength in the construction. It has been crafted and designed with inspirations originating from the racing car industry.

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The dial is constructed into two parts to give a major sense of depth, very much achieved with the use of different colours and surface combinations given by the light effect of the mother of pearl dial. Each 48 brilliant-cut black diamond of 1.57 carats is meticulously mounted inside the bezel with exceptional accuracy. The brilliant cut is one of the most favourable forms for enhancing the play of lights and shades.

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Powered by a stunningly finished custom-made movement, this one-of-a-kind creation is offered in an exclusive series of 50 pieces only, each at CHF 25,000 excluding VAT.

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Technical specifications

Case	Three part construction black DLC microbillé steel Number of parts: 32 Microbillé and hand satin finish Anti-reflective sapphire crystal See-through sapphire crystal in back case Spider web and chronograph sub-dial engravings Screw in crown with chronograph pushers at 2 and 4 o’clock Internal case comprising 48 black diamonds: quality VVS, diameters 1, 90/1, 95 mm, 32/24 cutting, total 56 facets, total weight 1,574 carats
Dimensions	44mm (w) by 46mm (l) by 15mm (h)
Movement	LW 03 Concepto calibre 2251 integrated chronograph / 48 hours power reserve / 237 components / Balance frequency: 28800 Alt/H/ ceramic bearing in oscillator/ strengthened escapement.
Dial	Two-part mother of pearl from Tahiti dial, opalin top dial part Black galvanic chronograph sub-dials for hours, minutes and seconds Hands: 2 blued steel hands Grey SLN on main dial and sub-dial indexes Small diamond in the 6H counter Hour counter stetted with a 1 mm black diamond
Water Resistance	100m
Strap	SpidoSpeed textured calf strap with ardillion buckle, interchangeable within Linde Werdelin’s proprietary strap system

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LINDE WERDELIN - Oktopus II - Double Date Titanium BLUE

LINDE WERDELIN - Oktopus II - Double Date Titanium BLUE NEW

The idea

The Oktopus II represents a technical and ideological advancement of the original Oktopus. The brand new and innovative case construction of the Oktopus II benefits from our extensive in-house knowledge in crafting highly sophisticated dive instruments, which sets us apart from any other watch company.

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The combination of the Oktopus II and the Reef reflects our philosophy that "time should be read analogue while performance should be measured digital".

The case

The Oktopus II Double Date features a central movement chamber within the case and four case parts assembled together with 16 screws. Eight screws seal the fixed bezel with the chamber and another eight inside the back-case. 

 

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 The housing containing the movement is constructed for maximum resistance against water. The four case parts at three, six, nine and twelve o’clock, are built separately from the movement chamber and are used to hold the strap as well as to carry the attachable instrument.

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The construction was inspired by an air-tight pressure chamber used in our lab for diving simulations and testing for both the Oktopus II and the Reef. All the screws comprise of laminated tension discs to tighten and reinforce the construction. The whole surface of the case undergoes a microbillé and a satin finish to reflect light or shadow. The robust crown at 3 o’clock bears an engraving of an octopus symbol.

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 The back case has been decorated with an octopus drawing by Morten Linde, as a reference to an earlier series - the Oktopus Tattoo. The Oktopus II intentionally does not have a turning bezel as the information (time spent submersed) traditionally measured by a turning bezel is available in the Reef.

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We chose to use titanium, gold and ceramic, as these precious materials are some of the least reactive available and highly anti-corrosive against sea water.

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The dial

The dial of the Oktopus II is built in two layers. The upper level is cut out in a stencil technique, inspired from the graffiti art. Bearing the Linde Werdelin logo and indexes 3,6 and 9 in superluminova, together with the big calendar wheels, the dial displays an octopus icon.
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The lower dial is made with a circular Cote de Genève dial to give the effect of water ripples. Two laser-cut wheels at 11 and 1 o’clock are powered by the big calendar complication.

The movement

An upscale 3-hand big date movement, calibre 14580, is custom-made together with Dubois Depraz, an independent and highly regarded Swiss movement maker specialised in calendar wheels.
Oktopus II – Double Date currently comes in 3 versions, Titanium Blue, Titanium Yellow, and Rose Gold, each available in 88 pieces worldwide starting autumn 2012.

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Individually crafted in titanium with a satin finish and a black ceramic bezel to offer superb scratch resistance, the Oktopus II Titanium Blue features a big date in double wheels, powered by a highly finished Dubois Depraz custom-made automatic movement for enhanced readability.

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The 2-layered dial is laser-cut into a octopus representation in stencil technique at the layer on top with circular Côtes de Genève finish to resemble water ripples at the layer below. The case back is finely engraved with an octopus drawing created by Morten Linde. The crown carries an engraved octopus symbol.

 

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A series of 88 pieces will be available worldwide this autumn 2012, each at CHF 8800 excluding VAT.

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