Friday, September 4, 2015

LONGINES – HERITAGE Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph














LONGINES HERITAGE Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph NEW

The Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph – A reissue of a sleekly designed Single Push-Piece Chronograph

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Once again drawing from its long watchmaking tradition, Swiss watchmaker Longines is reissuing one of its period time pieces as a new addition to the Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph line. Longines’ exclusive single push-piece column-wheel movement is housed in the sober watch case of this new model. This refined chronograph also features a tachymeter scale.

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Longines loves to reissue iconic pieces from its museum to expand its Heritage line. Today again, the brand with the winged hourglass launches a refined chronograph produced in the first half of the 20th century. The Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph is sure to win over fans of watchmaking tradition.

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The transparent steel case back with a diameter of 41 mm reveals the minutiae of Longines’ signature watch movement. The blued finish column wheel shows its perfectly symmetrical profile within this exclusive calibre. A single push-piece is used to control the chronograph’s functions, reinforcing this model’s sleek design. 

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The Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph displays a sober elegance, much like the model that inspired it. Available in black matte or white lacquer, its dial bears black or white contrasting Arabic numerals and a tachymeter scale. Its rhodium-plated or blued finish steel hands stand out, ensuring perfect reading. A black or brown leather strap harmoniously completes this model.

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Technical Specifications

Model:  HERITAGE Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph 


Reference numbers: L2.800.4.53.0
The Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph’s black lacker dial bears white contrasting Arabic numerals and a tachymetric scale. Its rhodium-plated hands stand out, ensuring perfect reading. The transparent steel case back with a diameter of 41 mm reveals the minutiae of Longines’ signature watch movement. The blued finish column wheel shows its perfectly symmetrical profile within this exclusive calibre. A single push-piece is used to control the chronograph’s functions, reinforcing this model’s sleek design. 

Reference numbers: L2.800.4.23.2
The Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph’s white lacker dial bears black contrasting Arabic numerals and a tachymetric scale. Its blued finish steel hands stand out, ensuring perfect reading. The transparent steel case back with a diameter of 41 mm reveals the minutiae of Longines’ signature watch movement. The blued finish column wheel shows its perfectly symmetrical profile within this exclusive calibre. A single push-piece is used to control the chronograph’s functions, reinforcing this model’s sleek design.

Movement
Self-winding mechanical movement with single push-piece and
column-wheel chronograph mechanism
Calibre L788.2 (ETA A08.L11)
13¼ lines, 27 jewels, 28’800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve: 54 hours
Functions   
Hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o'clock, date at 6 o'clock, tachymetric scale
Chronograph
  • Centre sweep seconds hand
  • Dragging 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock
Case   
Steel  Ø 41 mm
Round,
Single push-piece integrated into the crown
Transparent sapphire case back
Sapphire crystal with several layers of anti-reflective treatment
Water-resistant    To 3 bar (30 meters)  
Dial   
 –  White lacquer, 9 black Arabic numerals
     Black tachymetric scale
 –  Matte black, 9 white Arabic numerals
     White tachymetric scaleHands: Rhodium-plated or blued steel
Strap   
Brown or black alligator with buckle
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Longines International Public Relations
2610 Saint-Imier, Switzerland
publicrelations@longines.com
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Thursday, September 3, 2015

URWERK – UR-106 “LOTUS” Limited Edition

URWERK – Diamonds Division UR-106 LOTUS Limited Edition NEW

URWERK blossoms in style with the UR-106Lotus” model for women


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Singapore – September 2, 2015.

URWERK watches have the reputation of being rare, technically advanced, elaborate to the point of complexity, and classy.

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However, one thing lacks among the various attributes of the brand — its watches are not seen as feminine. Until now. Because the new URWERK watch, the UR-106, is the first from the independent brand that is especially made for women. Elegant slender and graceful, it shows the sensitive side of URWERK’s nature. For you, ladies, URWERK unveils the UR-106Lotus.

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The UR-106 Lotus features the brand’s signature satellite hours in a guise never before seen. Three satellite hours wander across the dial to create the most graphic of horological blooms. “We never made watches for men and watches for women because we never thought in those terms when we put our ideas down on paper,” explains Martin Frei, the company’s chief designer and co-founder. 

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 “We thus embarked on a stylistic exercise that was unprecedented for us. We have of course long considered what we regard as the ultimate challenge, because creating for women is indeed a perilous undertaking. With its glittering gemstones and soft curves we created the UR-106 with one image in mind; that of the lotus flower, which in my imagination represents the beauty of women in all their complexity.”

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“We wanted to create a clean and elegant watch,” adds master watchmaker Felix Baumgartner, the brand’s other co-founder. “We’ve already made complicated watches, solved some tough technical problems, put huge hands into motion and we have gone to the limits of micro technology, but I must admit that we found this new challenge quite scary. 

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We know how to conceive a new URWERK model or extend the technological limits; after all that’s what we’ve been doing since our watch company was founded 18 years ago. But to talk to women about women is something else. Thinking about the remarkable women who have accompanied us on our journey from hesitant beginnings to our present success made us take the step.” (www.uwerk.com/urwerk106)

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The UR-106Lotus comes in two versions: one is in titanium and steel with diamonds on the bezel, crown and buckle; its antithesis is in black PVC-coated titanium and steel set with black diamonds. “We confronted the two aspects of the same watch — light on one hand and darkness on the other,” enlarges Martin Frei. “We are all creatures of light, but it is our shadows that complete, and define who we are. Tangible dualities are qualities essential to understand the nature of things. In darkness and light, the UR-106 Lotus is a double watch.”
 
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The UR-106 Lotus features a revised version of the satellite hours. Three satellites, each with four hour numerals, sweep along the minutes scale in an analogue and digital indication of time. A moonphase adds to the display. “We have taken particular care over the slightest details of this UR-106. It has taken us 18 years to perfect this concept, so we are making no concessions. 

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The carrousel and its satellites have been meticulously satin-finished by hand, and we have painstakingly painted each numeral for the hours and minutes. The extremely fine minutes scale was fashioned in our workshops, the lapis lazuli blue of the moon was selected from hundreds of other colours, while the outline of the lotus on the back of the watch follows Martin’s design exactly. The UR-106 Lotus is just as we imagined it.” 

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Technical Specifications

Model: UR-106 Lotus White: steel case and titanium crown
set with diamonds, titanium caseback (limited edition: 11 pieces)
Model: UR-106 Lotus Black: steel case and titanium crown, PVD coated in black,
set with black diamonds, titanium caseback PVD coated in black (limited edition: 11 pieces)

Case:
Steel case and titanium crown set with diamonds, titanium caseback
  •  White: steel case and titanium crown set with diamonds, titanium caseback
  •  Black: steel case and titanium crown, PVD coated in black, set with black diamonds, titanium caseback PVD coated in black
Dimensions: Width 35mm x length 49.4mm x thickness 14.45mm
Crystal Sapphire:  Crystal with anti-reflective coating
Water Resistance: Pressure tested to 30m / 3ATM
Movement:
Caliber UR-6.01 - automatic winding
Jewels: 52
Escapement: Swiss lever
Frequency: 28,800v / h – 4 Hz
Finishes: Circular graining, shot peening, brushing, chamfered screw heads.
Power reserve: 48 hours
Indications:
Satellite hours; moonphases
Controls:
Three-position winding crown
Materials:
Satellite hours in titanium driven by Geneva crosses in beryllium bronze;
Carrousel and triple main plates in ARCAP
Dial: 
Satin-finished plate in ARCAP
Hours  satellites  and carrousel in  titanium peened and brushed by hand
Serrated minutes scale
Moon in lapis lazuli
Surface finishes:
Perlage, bead-blasting, satin-finishing

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