Ateliers deMonaco – Admiral Flyback Chronograph

Ateliers deMonaco – Admiral Flyback Chronograph NEW

BASELWORLD 2015

Ateliers deMonaco introduces the «Admiral Collection»

2015 will be the year in which Ateliers deMonaco (dMc) will start producing its own in-house flyback chronograph movements, adding yet another to our roster of in-house made movements and serving as the basis for the new released Admiral collection.

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As per our innovation tradition of making complications work simpler and better, our patented manufacture flyback chronograph, which measures a succession of elapsed times, eliminates many superfluous repetitive operations. On ordinary chronographs, the buttons must be pressed three times in succession to measure successive intervals: once to stop the chronograph, once to reset it to zero, once to start again. With the flyback function, pressing the “flyback” button once stops timing the first interval and resets the hand to zero. The chronograph hand starts again the instant the button is released.

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Return to zero mechanism

A pending patent for the ''Direct Return to Zero'' mechanism : 
This mechanism is unlike other chronographs directly actionned by the 4 o'clock pusher. The advantage of this mechanism is that it has a multi function Flyback Hammer. This Flyback Hammer is programmed to action the disengage the chronograph clutch wheel, engage the brake, turn the chronograph second and minute wheel.

The honorary title “Admiratus Admiratorum” (the most admired of the admired) was believed to have been given during the reign of the Norman ruler Roger II (1095–1154) to his naval commander George of Antioch. The word "admiral" has today come to be almost exclusively associated with the leading position in most of the world's navies, equivalent to the army rank of General. Still today, appreciated by pilots for the time it saves, this complication is particularly admired for its use in navigation, racing and by commanders of any challenge alike!

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Our Philosophy - deMonaco was founded in 2008 to let the next generation watchmakers create timepieces of exceptional quality, with the latest innovation and the rarest, most exquisite and robust materials; to go far beyond what was considered possible. Our dream is one of relentless reinvention and commitment to bring you the extraordinary: we call it Nouvelle Horlogerie! We do this not only by putting something truly exceptional on your wrist but also by ensuring your deMonaco timepiece is more than an object of desire, a true reflection of your individuality. What unites us with our clients is the belief that life is not only about luxury, but luxury sure is life!

The Admiral Chronograph is made in a limited edition of 88 pieces in each version (18Kt rose gold or 18Kt white gold).

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Technical specifications

Model: Admiral Flyback Chronograph

Reference: dMc-CHR-CL-RG
Reference: dMc-CHR-CL-WG

Movement:
Patented, Flyback Chronograph
Automatic bi-directional winding
Hand decoration on bridges:
Perlage, Satinage circulaire on automatic bridge
18K Gold hand engraved Rotor
Patented ‘’Return to Zero’’ mechanism
Frequency: 28800 beats/hour (4 Hz)
38 hours power reserve
Functions:
Hour, minutes, small seconds (9 o’clock), chronograph seconds counter (center),
Chronograph minutes counter (3 o’clock), Flyback
Case:
Diameter 42 MM
Height 13.3 MM
18K gold 3 piece case
Full polished and assembled by hand
See through case back
Front and back sapphire crystal
Multi-layered anti-reflection coating on sapphire crystal
Case back, secured with 6 gold screws
Water resistant up to 3 ATM
Dial:
Silver plated, curved PVD and RGP plated roman indexes
Hands: Dauphine shaped
Strap:
ATELIERS DEMONACO personalized hand stitched alligator strap

18K ardillon buckle
Edition:
Limited edition 88 pieces 

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For more information

Please contact betty@ateliers-demonaco.com, or visit us next March 19-26, 2015 at the Baselworld Fair, where we will be located in Hall 1.1, stand B79.

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Palais de la Scala
1, Avenue Henry Dunant
98000 Monaco
Telephone : +377 97975747
Elisabeth van Pappelendam, PR & Operations Manager
betty@ateliers-demonaco.com
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GIRARD-PERREGAUX – Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges

GIRARD-PERREGAUX – NEO-Tourbillon with Three Bridges DLC Titanium NEW

A contemporary reinterpretation of movement architecture designed by Girard-Perregaux in the nineteenth century, the Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges and DLC titanium case definitively places the Manufacture in the third millennium and puts the watch mechanism on the level of kinetic art.

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Daring has always been the watchword of exceptional people who defy established rules to create new paradigms by sheer force of conviction. Iconic since its inception, the Tourbillon with Three Bridges has imposed its unrivalled and minimalist architecture on the whole profession for the past 150 years. At the dawning of this new millennium, the time had come to make a change and uphold the magic of a sustainable idea. With the Neo-Tourbillon developed by the Manufacturer's watchmaking teams, form has evolved in tune with contemporary tastes, but the architectural principle of perfection, which focuses on the essentials, remains just as powerful. Designed with the will to always move forward in compliance with the values dear to watch enthusiasts, the Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges endorses the technological potential mastered by the Manufacture, honouring the past and proving itself worthy of the future.

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Between past and present

One look is enough to understand that the Neo-Tourbillon is primarily the expression of a stylistic principle around which it is possible to compose without ever deviating from the blueprint. The new aesthetic used to magnify the ethereal mechanism plays with the graphic codes of the era to attract and maintain attention. It also uses the best that avant-garde technology and materials have to offer. The new bridge design, through its curves, emphasises the omnipotence of this dynamic as expressed in the geometric design of bridges in the watch presented in 1889 by Constant Girard-Perregaux at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, which went on to win a gold medal.

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A bridge to the future

The structure of the bridges, openworked in such a way as to give an insight into each detail, is an ethereal celebration of the mechanism. Machined in titanium, a metal nearly half the weight of steel, each bridge is sand-blasted and then PVD-treated to give a materiality to this fine construction, which is a tribute to contemporary architecture and sometimes defies the rules of universal gravitation. Yet this is quite logical as the Tourbillon, supported by its sculptural arch, performs a timed revolution that has the fascinating property of releasing the balance spring from the effects of gravity.

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Framed by gravity

To maximise the effect of depth and catch the eye - and thereby the soul -, engineers and watchmakers have reworked the plate, also sand-blasted and black treated, in order to concentrate perspectives and light in its centre. This centre is contrasted and fractal, formed by a succession of three intertwining light grey circles. The sophisticated plate is designed like a frame and protected by a super-convex crystal dispensing the need for the case to include a bezel and thus emphasising a very large and magnificent Tourbillon cage.

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Also made in titanium, as in traditional steel versions, it offers fine watchmaking finishing with "traits tirés" surfaces and hand chamfered ridges. Performing a full rotation in one minute, this 14.44 mm diameter part, comprising 80 components and weighing only 0.25 grams, takes with it in its timed circle a balance spring adjusted by a set of gold screws, oscillating at 3 Hz through a spiral with a Phillips terminal curve.

The art of handling figures and numbers

As a perfect equation, the calibre of the Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges has a striking mathematical construction. A fleeting observation could suggest that this movement, called the GP09400, consists of only a few parts. In reality, it takes 245 to bring it to life. Distributed into subsets, they facilitate servicing of this heart finished to fine watchmaking standards. It is also the result of a large-scale development involving exclusive technical solutions, for some selected options such as automatic winding.

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Tremendous endurance

Here for example, the platinum rotor that rewinds the barrel spring in one direction is placed beneath it and not around its drum as applied by the Manufacturer on certain other Tourbillon with Three Bridges models. This reviewed positioning guarantees the watch a power reserve of 60 hours by the use of a larger diameter barrel drum, capable of holding a much longer spring.  Aware of the stylistic choices made, watchmakers have removed the teeth on the drum and replaced them with a screwed wheel. Engraved and chamfered, this wheel has six arms, assembled like turbine blades, to form a unique décor whose pattern is repeated as a kind of signature on the other visible wheels in the movement.

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The Neo-Tourbillon in substance

Obviously, the Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges adorned with a 45 mm case in titanium DLC, water resistant to 30 metres and worn on an alligator strap has a transparent case-back. It allows enthusiasts to get to the heart of the components, some of which have been specifically designed to capture specific shapes of the Tourbillons with Three Bridges. Thus, on the case-back, an arrow-shaped bridge completely crosses the movement. Likewise, the ratchet at 12 o'clock reproduces the shape of a lyre and all the parts of the calibre, in addition to playing with multiples of three, have contemporary finishes treated according to the strictest traditional watchmaking rules.

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Technical Specifications

 Reference: 99270-21-000-BA6A  
 Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges Black Titanium DLC

Case: 
Titanium/DLC 
Dimensions: 

    Diameter : 45.00 mm

    Height : 8.21 mm
Crystal: anti-reflective sapphire
Dial: black
Hands: dauphine style skeletonised, in gold
Case-back: Sapphire crystal, secured by 6 screws
Water resistance: 30 meters (3 ATM)
Crown:
Тitanium with engraved GP logo

Calibre:
Girard-Perregaux movement GP09400-0002
Automatic mechanical movement 

Diameter: 36,60 mm (16 ''')

Thickness: 8,21 mm
Frequency: 21.600 Vib/h - (3 Hz)
Power reserve: min. 60 hours
Jewels: 27
Number of components: 245
Main plate: PVD treatment and a sand-blasting finish
Bridges: Three Bridges in titanium with PVD treatment, beveled and sand-blasted
Barrel: upper wheel of the barrel skeletonised beveled, polished, circular grained and engraved.

Tourbillon:

• cage of the Tourbillon: 80 components for a total 0.25 grams in weight
• one revolution per minute
• beveled and hand-polished upper and lower cages

Balance wheel: variable inertia with golden poising screws
Spiral: Philips terminal curve 
Winding: micro-motor in platinum, assembled on the same shaft as the barrel 
Functions: 

Тourbillion, hour, minute, small second on the Tourbillon 
Strap:

Hand stitched black alligator leather strap
Folding buckle with PVD Titanium blades and ceramic cover

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