LOUIS MOINET – « Only Mexico » Tourbillon Unique Piece

 
LOUIS MOINET – « Only Mexico » Gold Tourbillon Unique Piece

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‘Only Mexico’ is a unique piece that pays tribute to roots of Mexican culture. Ateliers Louis Moinet painstakingly gathered information and sought out the most typical materials of the country – and then blended them together in this spectacular, original creation. One key highlight is the presence of the oldest-known material in the world, Allende meteorite, found in the State of Chihuahua.

Technology

‘Only Mexico’ is fitted with Louis Moinet’s mechanical tourbillon. This won the gold medal at the most recent International Chronometry Competition – and beats at a rhythm of 21,600 vibrations per hour.

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Louis Moinet’s legendary NEO case, cut from polished, satin-effect 5N rose gold, accentuates the imposing character of the piece. It owes its distinctive silhouette to the application of a large number of brand-new technologies. Everything is constructed around two horizontal bridges, spanning the piece and securing the strap in place at each end of their lugs.

Design

Each component of the design reflects Mexico’s very special culture and history:

Dial: the Sun Stone, a legendary Aztec artefact

At the centre, the dial depicts the Sun Stone, one of the best-known and most iconic works in Aztec art. It was sculpted during the reign of the Aztec Emperor Axayacatl (1469-1481) to commemorate the New Fire ceremony in 1479. The enormous disc, 3.6 metres in diameter and weighing 24 tonnes, was cut from a single block of olivine basalt lava. Today, the Sun Stone is on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico city.

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“The Sun Stone”
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The Sun Stone comprises eight concentric circles, each with a whole host of references to Aztec cosmogony, describing how the World was formed. The second circle is especially noteworthy, displaying the symbols of the deities Ehecatl, Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc, and Chalchiuhtlicue, and evoking the legend of the suns, a cosmogonic myth based on the creation and destruction of several successive worlds.

Dial edge: 

the Allende meteorite – the origin of time

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Beneath the engraving of the Sun Stone lies is a dark-coloured meteorite – Allende.

The Allende meteorite is the oldest known material in existence, estimated to be 4.567 billion years old – making it 30 million years older than the Earth itself.

“The Allende meteorite”
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When it fell at Allende in the State of Chihuahua on February 8, 1969, it weighed almost two tonnes, also making it the largest chondrite meteorite ever to have been found. It is considered to be the most-studied meteorite in history, yielding so much information about the formation of the solar system that cosmochemists view it as their ‘Rosetta Stone’.

Dial centre: the Toluca meteorite

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Located beneath the second concentric circles of the Sun Stone, the Toluca iron meteorite has been given a blue treatment, making it truly resplendent.

The Conquistadors revealed its presence to the wider world in 1776, but it probably fell to earth over 10,000 years earlier – and for several centuries, it was used by the local populations to make a wide variety of tools.

Case: Pre-Columbian geometric friezes

The engravings draw inspiration from the typical architecture of the geometric friezes found on buildings in the Pre-Columbian city of Mitla, occupied by the Zapotecs. Some believe these bas-relief friezes form a mosaic symbolising the image of the Feathered Serpent.

Case lugs: the Maya deity Chaahk

These depict the Maya deity Chaahk, as observed on the monument at Kabah known as Codz Poop, the Palace of the Masks, in Yucatán. Chaahk is the rain god and protector of the harvests, striking the clouds with his thunder axe to produce rain and thunder.

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Technical Specifications 

 

Collection: Limited Edition

Model: Louis Moinet – « Only Mexico » Tourbillon Unique Piece

Ref.  LM-44.50 ME

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Movement
Automatic Calibre LM35: High precision Tourbillon manual movement.
Frequency: 21,600 vph (3Hz)
Power reserve: 72 hours 
248 components
Jewels: 28
Functions: Hours, Minute
Tourbillon
Dial
Openwork Dial the Toluca meteorite
The Sun Stone, a legendary Aztec artefact
The dial is openwork to observe each and every beat of the exclusive Tourbillon LM-35 caliber
Tourbillon at 6 o'clock.
Case
Design with two-part bezel and 6 screws, assembled at a 17° angle
Original Louis Moinet® design featuring six-screw bezel
Original design by Louis Moinet®, made up of 59 parts
Case material:
Ø 45.4mm - 18k Rose Gold
Water resistance: 50 metres
Caseback: Secured with 6 screws, engraved with individual number and Louis Moinet markings
Crystals: Two anti-reflective sapphire crystals
Patent-pending crown guard
Sapphire crystal and back
Width between lugs: 24mm
Strap
Louisiana alligator - chocolate leather
Buckle: Folding clasp

• Unique Limited to only 1 pieces

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IWC – PILOT’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph Edition “80 Years Flight To New York”

IWC Schaffhausen – PILOT’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph Edition “80 Years Flight To New York”

IWC CELEBRATES THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF 

ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPÉRY’S ATLANTIC CROSSING

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Schaffhausen / New York, 11 October 2019 - IWC Schaffhausen and the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation have marked the 80th anniversary of Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s historic flight across the Atlantic, with an exhibition at the IWC Boutique in New York. The Swiss luxury watch manufacturer has also created a special timepiece, the Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph Edition “80 Years Flight to New York”, to commemorate the author’s trip aboard the French flying boat Latécoère 521.

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In addition to breaking records as a pilot, Antoine de Saint Exupéry made aviation history as a passenger too. Travelling onboard the Latécoère 521 “Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris” in July 1939, the aviator and writer took part in the flying boat’s first nonstop crossing of the North Atlantic in just 28 hours and 27 minutes.

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Celebrating the anniversary of his involvement in this epic flight, IWC Schaffhausen’s exhibition showcases stunning photographs and other items from the period. As well as telling the story of Saint Exupéry’s journey aboard the luxuriously-equipped flying boat, the retrospective looks back on the exciting times the famous French aviator and writer spent in New York itself.

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While living there, he wrote his most famous literary work, “Le Petit Prince” (“The Little Prince”). Indeed, the Big Apple is so significant in his career that IWC and the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation, in partnership with the Latécoère Foundation, have published a new coffee table book on the subject. Lavishly designed, it will be on display at IWC Boutiques around the world.

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At the anniversary exhibition in New York, IWC also officially launched the Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph Edition “80 Years Flight to New York” (Ref. IW395003). In a nod to the transatlantic flight itself, the timepiece features the patented timezoner function, which allows the wearer to adjust the time zone by simply pressing down and rotating the bezel.

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On the bezel made of brown ceramic, “Paris” and “New York” are marked in red. The sepia-brown dial is inspired by the pilot suits from the era of Saint Exupéry, and the case back features an engraving of the Latécoère 521. The watch is powered by the IWC-manufactured 89760 calibre and features a chronograph function that displays the stopped hours and minutes combined on a s ubdial at “12 o’clock”.

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In recognition of it being the 80th anniversary of the flight, the new watch will be limited to just 80 pieces. IWC will donate the full proceeds from the sale of the first watch (piece “1 of 80”) to the Saint Exupéry Foundation, as it continues to support educational programmes for young people around the world.

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The Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph Edition “80 Years Flight to New York” is available now in IWC Boutiques and from authorised retailers.

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Technical Specifications

Model  PILOT’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph Edition “80 Years Flight To New York” 

Ref. IW395003

FEATURES
Mechanical movement 
– 24-hour display for Worldtimer function 
– Chronograph function with hours, minutes and seconds 
– Hour and minute counters combined in a totaliser at 12 o’clock 
– Flyback function
– Date display – Small hacking seconds 
– Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields 
– Screw-in crown 
– Glass secured against displacement by drops in air pressure 
– Limited to 80 watches

MOVEMENT
IWC manufacture calibre 89760
Pellaton automatic winding
Frequency 28,800 A/h / 4 Hz
Jewels 39
Power reserve 68 h
Winding Automatic
WATCH
Materials Stainless steel
Diameter 46 mm
Height 16.8 mm
Glass Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Water-resistance 6 bar
DIAL
Brown dial with luminescence
Rhodium-plated hands
STRAP
Brown calfskin strap
Folding clasp in stainless steel


– Limited Edition - Only 80-Pieces

* IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Super-LumiNova® trademark.

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Uwe Liebminger
Department Manager Public Relations
Mobile  +41 (0)79 957 72 52
E-mail  uwe.liebminger@iwc.com
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