Sunday, August 26, 2012

VALBRAY - OCULUS V.01 ANGEL & DEVIL Limited Edition
















The Valbray story starts in 2009 when two passionate people, an engineer and a designer, crossed paths…

Young and talented, Côme de Valbray and Olga Corsini, shared a rich experience in the luxury industry, a profound interest for the watchmaking world and the dream to propose their creativity in complete independence. At that time, Olga was working on a collection for a High Jewelry Parisian Maison and Côme was responsible for fabrication processes at a Swiss high-end watch manufacturer. Passionate about photography and optics, subjects of his end-of-studies thesis, Côme saw one day Olga’s designs inspired by spiral sea-shells and found a resemblance to a diaphragm system. The idea to create timepieces with a modern and timeless design based on this complex mechanism crossed his mind.

One year later, the first prototype was realized and the feasibility of the aperture mechanism was validated.
A meeting of chance and the tenacity of a research gave life to Valbray


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Côme de VALBRAY & Olga CORSINI

VALBRAY - OCULUS V.01   ANGEL   LIMITED EDITION

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Technical details
  • REFERENCE
  • VR01 H  
  • CASE
  • Titanium grade 5 and 60 brilliant-cut diamonds in paving totaling 1.5 ct exactly
  • WATER RESISTANT
  • 5 ATM
  • FUNCTIONS
  • Double display: chronograph / hours, minutes
  • MOVEMENT
  • Reference: V.CA1  
    Mechanical and automatic chronograph  
    Hand decoration and finishing  
    Rotor: Redesigned tri-material rotor winding  on ceramic ball bearing  
    Frequency: 28’800 alt/h (4Hz)  
    25 functional jewels   
    44 hours of power reserve
  • DIAPHRAGM
  • 16 blades with a “golden powder” multilayer
  • DIAL
  • Multilayered
  • SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL
  • Bezel: double side hard antireflective coating
    Back: double side hard antireflective coating
  • STRAP
  • White gloss alligator with white stitching
    Patented deployant buckle with a thin design
  • LIMITED EDITION
  • 25 pieces
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VALBRAY - OCULUS V.01   DEVIL   LIMITED EDITION



The uniqueness of the Valbray System

The revolutionary Valbray’s obturator system, that recalls the intensity diaphragm on photography, is a pure example of contemporary micro-mechanical masterpiece, applied on the watchmaking tradition. 
 
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Valbray has invested more than two exiting years of teamwork to realize it, tackling several challenges. Finally Valbray did it and registered the patent in 2010.
 
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The system is composed by 16 extra thin blades, entirely fitted in a rotating bezel of only 45 mm in diameter and 7 mm wide.

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They open and close slowly sliding one over the other on a constant and regularly circular shape.
On the maximum open position of the bezel, the blades completely disappear, leaving an under and different dial of 30 mm appear.
 
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The bezel is waterproof and doesn’t have any sign to operate the system (no pusher, no bar).
The system is thoroughly hidden and independent of the watch movement and it is manually actionable by turning the bezel with the fingers. 

That makes the piece really interactive and intriguing.
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Technical details
  • REFERENCE
  • VR01 G
  • CASE
  • Titanium grade 5 with DLC coating
  • WATER RESISTANT
  • 5 ATM
  • FUNCTIONS
  • Double display: chronograph / hours, minutes
  • MOVEMENT
  • Reference: V.CA1
    Mechanical and automatic chronograph 
    Hand decoration and finishing
    Rotor: Redesigned tri-material rotor winding on ceramic ball bearing
    Frequency: 28’800 alt/h (4Hz)
    25 functional jewels
    44 hours of power reserve 
  • DIAPHRAGM
  • 16 lamelles à traitement multicouche noir 
  • DIAL
  • Multilayered on a honeycomb grid
  • SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL
  • Bezel: double side hard antireflective coating
    Back: double side hard antireflective coating
  • STRAP
  • Black mat alligator with red stitching
    Patented deployant buckle with a thin design
  • LIMITED EDITION
  • 25 pieces


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www.Valbray.ch -   DEVIL  

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Breguet - Marine GMT 5857
















Breguet - Marine GMT 5857   NEW


This year, Breguet’s Marine collection gains an unprecedented timezone model in a steel or rose gold case. The timezone of this Marine GMT watch, a function that frequent travellers find most useful, is shown by the two central hands. A chapter ring of hours, off-centre at 6 o'clock, shows the reference time. An aperture for the dates in the reference timezone makes the watch even more practical.

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The distinguishing features of the Marine GMT 5857 include the tough and action-ready character emanating from its 42 mm diameter case, its welded lugs, rubber strap and guards protecting the crown. In contrast, the dial is engine-turned in a wave pattern on silvered gold for the steel version and on blackened rhodium for the model in rose gold, the sophistication of which is underlined by finely interlaced circles.

The hours chapters are also differentiated by Roman numerals for the reference time and Arabic numerals for the timezone. The sapphire crystal caseback reveals the selfwinding calibre 517F movement of 11½ lignes with a power reserve of 72 hours. The use of silicon for the inverted in-line lever escapement and the flat balance-spring ensures a stable rate from a balance vibrating 28,800 times an hour.

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 Technical Specifications:



Case :in 18-carat rose gold with fine fluting on the caseband
Caseback:Sapphire-crystal
Diameter:42 mm
Welded lugs:with screw bars
Water resistant:to 10 bar (100 m)

Dial:18-carat gold coated in blackened rhodium and engine-turned by hand in a wave pattern
Timezone :in the centre
Reference time :at 6 o'clock
24-hour dial :at 2 o'clock
Individually :numbered and signed Breguet
Hours chapter :with Roman numerals for the reference time and with Arabic numerals for the second timezone
Hands:Open-tipped Breguet in polished steel

Movement:selfwinding, numbered and signed Breguet
Calibre:
517F.
11½ lignes.
28 jewels
Power reserve:72 hours
Escapement:inverted in-line lever and flat balance-spring in silicon
Balance frequency :4 Hz
Adjusted in 6 positions
Strap:black rubber

Also available :in a steel case with silvered dial
Reference 5857ST/12/5ZU

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