Carl F. Bucherer – MANERO Peripheral Rose Gold

Carl F. Bucherer – MANERO Peripheral Rose Gold 43 mm

EXPANDING HORIZONS

Carl F. Bucherer has given the CFB A2050 caliber a more spacious frame. This automatic movement, developed entirely in-house and powered by Carl F. Bucherer’s signature peripheral rotor, now also runs inside a new 43-millimeter version of the Manero Peripheral. With its contemporary new dimensions, this rose gold watch is an investment in timeless quality.

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Lucerne, January 16, 2018. Carl F. Bucherer’s highly successful Manero Peripheral family, first launched in 2016, is growing. Its new addition is a 43-millimeter rose gold Manero Peripheral, a watch that comple-ments the collection’s existing 40.6-millimeter models.

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The new model is designed to appeal to men who want to invest in quality while conveying poise and elegance.

Perfect Proportions

While the case’s classic round form has essentially remained the same, its elegance is now further accentu-ated by the interplay of sharp edges and soft curves, and by a combination of polished and matte surfaces.

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Even with its larger diameter, the Manero Peripheral has retained its exquisite proportions, something that is also true of the piece’s painstakingly crafted dial. The appliquéd wedge-shaped indices have grown proportionately to the case, as has the minute hand that so accurately rotates around the chapter ring.

In-House Technology

As with the current collection, the new Manero Peripheral works with the CFB A2050 caliber, a movement based on the CFB A2000 and designed and created completely in-house. Certified as a chronometer, the movement features a central hour and minute display, a small-seconds subdial at 6 o’clock, and a date display at 3 o’clock.

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This automatic movement draws its power from a bidirectional automatic winding system with a peripheral rotor – a Carl F. Bucherer specialty. Its Geneva stripe decor serves to accentuate the elegance of the new Manero Peripheral; its 55-hour power reserve is a testament to the reliability of the timepiece.

A New Color Combination

The new Manero Peripheral in rose gold comes with a light brown alligator-leather strap, the color of which beautifully complements the warm tone of the watch case.

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The new 43-millimeter model is the latest ad-dition to the Manero Peripheral family, whose other members feature 40.6-millimeter cases in either rose gold or stainless steel. These models are available with black or silver dials and with alligator-leather or stainless-steel straps.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Facts & Figures  – MANERO Peripheral Rose Gold ( 43 mm )

Reference  00.10921.03.23.01

Movement:
Automatic in-house CFB A2050 caliber, chronometer
Diameter 30.6 mm, thickness of 5.28 mm,
33 jewels, 55 hours of power reserve
Functions:
Date, hours, minutes, small seconds 
Dial:
White, galvanized with red-gold-plated appliquéd indices
Case:
18 k rose gold
Diameter Ø43.1 mm, height 11.20 mm
Convex sapphire crystal with antireflective coating on both sides.
Sapphire-crystal case back with metallic coating.
Engraving on case back: “Manero – Chronometer”.
Water-resistant to 50 m (5 ATM)
Strap:
Hand-stitched light brown Louisiana alligator leather.
Pin buckle in 18 k rose gold. 


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For further information please contact:
For further information, please contact:
Sonja Hagmann, Head of Communications
Tel. +41 ( 0 )41 369 74 50
E-mail : sonja.hagmann@carl-f-bucherer.com
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MAURICE LACROIX – AIKON Automatic Skeleton

MAURICE LACROIX – AIKON Automatic Skeleton Steel 45 mm

The unique impact of a graphic skeleton

In a freshly restyled AIKON case, Maurice Lacroix has fitted a new manufacture, openworked, automatic caliber of unique design. True to its vocation of manufacturing high quality timepieces at an affordable price, deeply rooted in urban and contemporary culture, Maurice Lacroix introduces AIKON Automatic Skeleton.

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Openwork timepieces are an integral part of Maurice Lacroix's history and watchmaking culture. Several successive generations of its watches have featured this graphic and horological principle. It consists in the hollowing of a movement's parts, in order to retain only its bearing and functional structures. It is inseparable from a graphic frame of mind, one that sets the hollow apart from the void according to a designer's will, and the zeitgeist. Maurice Lacroix is an early explorer of that style as the Calypso Skeleton, its first such creation, goes as far back as 1993. Maurice Lacroix has been openworking for 25 years.

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In the spirit of contemporary creation, Maurice Lacroix has made AIKON Automatic Skeleton the sum of many new features. In a wide AIKON case, reshaped in order to house this new type of movement, Maurice Lacroix gives the manufacture ML234 calibre its maiden voyage. It is openworked according to a whole new pattern, designed purposefully for this timepiece. At the crossroads between two Maurice Lacroix ranges, AIKON Automatic Skeleton blends the AIKON design cues with the watchmaking substance characteristic of the Masterpiece collection. And as its affordable watchmaking brand guidelines command, always offering an outstanding quality/finishings/price ratio, this timepiece delivers a uniquely high perceived value.

Sharp features

Based on the 2016 AIKON Quartz design, the AIKON Automatic case leans towards a more masculine, sharper state of mind, one that is also more polarizing. It is 45 mm wide, yet only 13 mm thick, which provides it with strong and harmonious proportions. Entirely made of steel, both brushed and polished, it stands out thanks to the six arms on its bezel, positioned once every two hours. This is a signature feature of the AIKON collection, as is the one-piece case shape. Without lugs, it bears two prongs that descend on the bracelet and shape its curve.

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AIKON Automatic Skeleton introduces Maurice Lacroix's Easychange system. These fast-swap attachments allow to singlehandedly remove the bracelet, in a few seconds. At case level, the leather is cut out to accommodate two small vertical prongs, which commands the spring bars' opening. And so is detached the long piece of alligator leather with black on black stitching, which features Maurice Lacroix's signature M logo applique. It is coupled with a double deployant buckle, which allows a fine length adjustment.

Ripples

Entirely designed for AIKON Automatic Skeleton, caliber ML234 is a mechanical movement with automatic winding. It is the result of a thorough aesthetic and functional reshuffle of the ML134 caliber, one of the first to have come out of the Maurice Lacroix manufacture. And as is the case with all Maurice Lacroix's skeleton movements, it is born of design, not necessity. It is structured by a series of five concentric circles, that run diagonally through the entire watch. Bridge after bridge, they radiate from the center of the barrel, at one o'clock.

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Said bridges are black due to a DLC surface treatment. Their central canal is lower and sandblasted. Their outline is one level higher and satin-brushed. All of the components are hollowed out. The barrel, which sits at the pattern's core. The balance wheel. The winding mechanism, which is a rare feat. And the oscillating weight too. Visible at the back side, it features a brand new design, with the highest level of open-working possible, and includes the drawing of the brand's logo. One level above this mechanical lattice, a sapphire dial bears rhodium-plated indices and the small seconds hand, at 6 o'clock.

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 Technical Specifications

Model: AIKON Automatic Skeleton 45 mm

Ref: AI6028-SS001-030-1

MOVEMENT
Automatic ML234 movement
Vibrations:    18'000 vph / 2.5 Hz
Power Reserve:    52 hours
Number of jewels:    34
Decorations:  "Colimaçon and sandblasted in black DLC for the main bridge.
Rhodied rotor with vertical brushed, sandblasted and colimaçon finishings."
Rhodied:  Colimaçon for the other bridges.
Functions: Hours, minutes and seconds at 3 o'clock
CASE
- Ø 45 mm, Stainless steel case
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Water-resistant to 10 ATM
DIAL
Sapphire. Skeleton
Indexes:     Rhodium plated
Hands:     Rhodium plated, white SLN
STRAP
Black alligator leather easychange 
BUCKLE
Butterfly in steel


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