Thursday, December 20, 2018

Glashutte Original – Magic of Winter



Glashütte Original – Magic of Winter

Winter Dreams
Glashütte Original reveals the magic of winter

When nature sinks into snow-white silence, winter has arrived. And in this thoughtful time of year it comes to us again, that incomparable yearning for places that enchant us. For people who warm our hearts. And for moments that make us happy.


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Two exceptional timepieces from Glashütte Original participate in the magic of this cold time of year. With cool elegance and the rich traditions of the German art of watchmaking, the Senator Cosmopolite, in shining stainless steel, and the sparkling PanoMatic Luna cast a spell on their admirers.
Multi-facetted and borderless: 
the Senator Cosmopolite
 
As richly facetted as an ice crystal, the Senator Cosmopolite proves the perfect companion  for every journey. The timepiece represents uncompromising precision, whether leading its wearer home to a crackling fire, or to sun-splashed lands far away. Its sophisticated mechanics display the time of day in two time zones at once – taking Standard and Daylight Saving Time into account – in any of the world time zones currently in use. At its heart is the manufactory’s 89-02 automatic movement, a 4-Hz masterpiece assembled by hand from more than 400 individual components, with an off-centre rotor and a 72-hour power reserve.

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This year’s new stainless steel model with dark blue Louisiana alligator leather strap is the latest version to join the ▶️ Senator Cosmopolite line, which debuted in 2015. Executed in the characteristic style of Glashütte Original, the clear design is reduced to its most essential elements. The dial design and layout of the displays make it a pleasure to check the time, even when it’s icy cold outside.

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Wintry colours – dark blue and white with detail accents in black – determine the overall look of the watch. An auxiliary dial framed in silver at 12 o’clock presents the home time and integrated power reserve. The characteristic Glashütte Original Panorama Date is at 4 o’clock, while two narrow windows at 8 o’clock are set harmoniously within the curve of the dial.

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They use IATA international airport codes in three colours to indicate the traveller’s destination. The 24 time zones that deviate from GMT by a full hour are each represented by an IATA code in black; an additional 8 with half-hour deviations present codes in blue, and the remaining three, each with a three-quarter hour offset from GMT, show an IATA code in red. Positioned at 9 o’clock is the newly designed day/night display with a small sun and stylised starry night sky.

Like an ice-covered lake in the winter sun: 
the sparkling PanoMatic Luna

Heavenly details are also the source of the PanoMatic Luna’s fascination. Its refined mother-of-pearl dial recalls a frozen lake mirroring the clear winter sky. The beguiling, shimmering face of the watch is the product of elaborate hand-crafting in Glashütte Original’s own inhouse dial manufactory in Pforzheim, Germany.

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The Panorama Date at 4 o’clock and the intriguing moon phase at 2 o’clock, in which a diamond-cut silvery moon and stars shine from the night sky, also reveal the hand of the artist. The big date, although a characteristic feature of Glashütte Original, remains a rarity in a mechanical ladies’ watch.

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 83 diamonds totalling 1.09 carats lend the PanoMatic Luna the brilliance of ice crystals in the winter sun. Precisely 64 white brillant-cut diamonds adorn the finely polished, 39.4-mm stainless steel case.

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An additional 18 brillant-cut diamonds on the dial’s rod indexes take up this brilliance in an elegant fashion. The glittering ensemble is topped off by a large, 3 mm brilliant-cut diamond on t e winding crown.

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A light blue Louisiana alligator leather strap with pin buckle echoes the heavenly blue of the dial and rounds off the timepiece, which features the manufactory’s 90-12 automatic movement, with subtle grace.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Parmigiani Fleurier – TORIC Capitole - Unique piece


















Parmigiani FleurierTORIC Capitole Rose Gold 45mm Brown Minute Repeater Special Edition - Unique piece

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TORIC CAPITOLE ROSE GOLD BROWN
A modern marvel inspired by a
19th century mechanical masterpiece.

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The Edouard and Maurice Sandoz Foundation collection is a resource showcasing the genius of watchmaking's "old masters". Parmigiani Fleurier wanted to pay tribute to this unique collection of horological works of art by recreating some of these mechanical wonders in its own manufacture. 

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The unique Toric Capitole Rose Gold Brown, with its sector display and minute repeater, is one of these exceptional timepieces. The watch takes its name from the Capitolium in Rome - the religious and political heart of Ancient Rome - the geometrically spiralling floor tiles of which are reproduced in the pattern of the dial.

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THE HAND-ENGRAVED DIAL

"The decoration is so captivating because it is based on the Golden Ratio. Within it, you see Fibonacci's spirals, reproducing a harmony that is everywhere in nature." This is how Michel Parmigiani describes the rose gold dial of the new Toric Capitole. It is hand engraved by a master artisan engraver who has left his lasting mark on the piece.

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The concentric pattern of the decoration evokes the arrangement of the scales on a pine cone – one of the innumerable examples of the Golden Ratio seen in the natural world.

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The captivating dance of the planetary gears continues above the engraved decoration. Parmigiani Fleurier wanted to showcase the sector time display complication, instead of concealing it behind a bezel that would only reveal one numeral at a time.




SECTOR TIME INDICATOR

Inspired by the pocket watch made by Perrin Frères (Neuchâtel) dating from the early 19th Century, and now owned by the Foundation, the Toric Capitole reprises the unusual sector time display, translating it to a movement made by the Parmigiani Fleurier manufacture.

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The PF321 calibre features a module dedicated to the sector time display. This module, directly meshed with the hour wheel, incorporates a rotary system comprising three planetary gears with four arms, each end of which bears a numeral to indicate the hour (1 to 12).

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The time is displayed in a semi-circle on the upper half of the bezel, on a dial comprising 60 minute indexes. The set of discs is driven via a highly complex cam system.


THE MINUTE REPEATER

The timepiece's open case-back reveals the PF321 hand-wound mechanical movement and its minute repeater. Its gongs are known as "cathedral" gongs, a watchmaking term which means they form two sets around the case.

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This amplifies the acoustic quality compared with a single set, but makes the watchmaker's work on the housing considerably more complex. The rose gold case has been forged to ensure the minute repeater chime acoustics are perfect, with the sound wave oscillating at the optimum frequencies inside the case.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: TORIC 

Model: Capitole Gold

Reference: PFH476-1001300-HA1241
MOVEMENT     
Calibre PF321
Winding: Manual
Power reserve: 40
hours
Frequency: 2.5 Hz – 18,000 Vib/h
Dimensions: 15 ''' – Ø 34 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Components: 386
Jewels: 33

Decoration: "Côtes de Genève" decoration, bevelled bridges
FUNCTIONS
  • Hours, Minutes
  • Passing hours
  • Sector time display
CASE
Shape: Round
Dimensions: Ø 45 mm
Thickness: 12.1 mm
Material: 18 ct rose gold
Finish: Polished
Crown: Ø 7 mm
Case-back: Sapphire
Engraving on case-back: "MODELE UNIQUE" and "REPETITION MINUTES"
Water resistance: 30 m
Crystal: Anti-reflective sapphire
DIAL   
Material: Rose gold
Decoration: Concentric pattern created by a master artisan engraver
Finish: 'Railway' minute track applied by hand
Hands: Brown planetary discs with white inscription
STRAP
Material: Alligator
Colour: Tan
Brand: Hermès
BUCKLE
Type: Ardillon
Material: Rose gold
   
Edition  - Unique piece

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