Saturday, May 5, 2018

PORSCHE DESIGN – 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather


PORSCHE DESIGN1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather Titanium 42mm

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New Flyback Chronograph Expands 1919 Collection

Stuttgart/Basel. Porsche Design expands its 1919 Collection timepiece series with an innovative flyback chronograph. The new watch, powered by the Porsche Design calibre Werk 01.200 manufacture movement – equipped with a technically sophisticated flyback function – possesses superb rate accuracy in all positions, granted through a chronometer certificate by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC).

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In addition to its technical features, the 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather visually delivers with its well-appointed, harmonious design, which is well-thought-out down to the smallest detail, and chic color scheme. The timepiece, inspired by the purist design and functional aesthetics of the Porsche 911, thoughtfully complements the distinct watch collection. The collection, which raises the bar for sporty, yet elegant timepieces, is currently available in four versions.

Functionality at Its Best

Professor Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, founder of Porsche Design, expressed his ideas of consistent design through an innovative, understated design language characterized ideas, which still holds true. To this day, concepts are straightforward, purist, and uncompromisingly functional. This philosophy is particularly evident in the 1919 Collection. In order to intuitively display the time from every angle, the radius of the dial is as large as possible.

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With this task in mind, designers of the Studio F. A. Porsche created a notably slim titanium case with bold minute indices positioned on the outer edges of the dial, foregoing a tachymeter bezel. The well-balanced design gives a unique visual-lightness to the watch, which is further enhanced by the elegantly proportioned strap.

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Here too, the creative process was a result of functional requirements: lugs are entirely integrated into the strap in order to achieve significantly more ergonomic stability, and through uniform force distribution. The deep brown hue lends the 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather a decidedly contemporary touch, without compromising its timeless characteristics.

Maximum Performance

The 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather is powered by Werk 01.200, introduced by Porsche Design in June 2017. It offers a flyback chronograph, which allows the measurement of successive intervals – perfect for measuring lap times on the race track. The automatic movement, beating at 4 Hz, is the result of state-of-the-art production methods, which combine the company’s concentrated engineering and horological expertise with the mastery derived from decades of automotive manufacturing.

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The open-worked automatic barrel bridge reveals both the gear train and the flyback function, while also implementing Porsche’s lightweight construction philosophy. As is standard for Porsche Design, the calibre is entirely black. The energy-optimized rotor, seen through the sapphire crystal case back, is PVD-coated and equipped with a weight crafted from tungsten. The material tungsten, which is difficult to process because of its delicate composition, nonetheless, provides the necessary weight required to guarantee a powerful wind.

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A masterpiece, in terms of precision, functionality, and performance, the 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather is available as of September 2018 and retails for $6,350 (RRP) at Porsche Design Stores, specialty retailers, and online at www.porsche-design.com.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: 1919 Chronotimer 


Ref. number: 4046901809379

Mechanism
        Caliber: Porsche Design caliber WERK 01.200, chronograph with flyback function, COSC-certified
        Rotor: Porsche Design Icon Rotor
        Diameter: 30.00 mm
        Height: 7.90 mm
        Power reserve: 48 hours
        Frequency: 28,800 per hour [4Hz]
        Jewels: 25

Case
        Diameter: 42.00 mm
        Height: 14.62 mm
        Material: Titanium
        Finishing: Glass bead-blasted and polished
        Crown: Screw-down
        Glass: Sapphire crystal with hard coating, scratch-proof and with sevenfold anti-glare properties on both sides
        Case back: Screw-down, with clear sapphire crystal
        Water-resistant: Up to 10 bar
Dial
        Brown with white accents
  • Minute, hour, mechanical function display at 9 o’clock
  • Chronograph second hand and 30-minute counter at 12 o’clock
  • 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock
  • Date window at 4 o’clock
Strap
        Brown calfskin with brown stitching
        Folding clasp with pusher

Available starting mid of August
Price:   5.950,00 € *


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Dr. Jan Seewald
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Nadine Cornehl
Corporate Spokesperson Accessories & Fashion
Tel.: +49 [0] 711 911-12919
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Friday, May 4, 2018

BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Retrograde



















BLANCPAIN VILLERET Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde Golg


Blancpain is reinterpreting this year its flying tourbillon, which was the first of its kind to equip a wristwatch at the time of its launch in 1989. At Baselworld 2018, the Manufacture is pairing it with new complications – jump hours and retrograde minutes – in the Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde model. In addition to the remarkable construction of the tourbillon, which appears to be floating on air, this new launch is distinguished by an entirely decorated movement and a grand feu enamel dial handcrafted in the Blancpain workshops.

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The Blancpain flying tourbillon, produced in-house as are all Blancpain movements, has been an integral part of the traditional watchmaking scene for nearly three decades. This construction offers an unsurpassed view of the tourbillon’s key components, unobstructed by the upper bridge featured in conventional tourbillon designs. The new Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde takes this concept one step further, as the lower bridge has been removed and replaced by a clear sapphire disk. The tourbillon cage, its balance wheel and its escapement seem to be floating in space above the tourbillon’s fixed wheel attached to the clear disk.

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Neither the jump hour nor retrograde minute complications have appeared in Blancpain wristwatches, thus this new timepiece marks their debut within Blancpain’s collections. These hours and minutes displays are grouped together, with the hours window placed on the retrograde minutes counter. In the Blancpain Le Brassus Métiers d’Art studio, the Manufacture has devoted its technical expertise to the cause of aesthetics in creating a classic grand feu enamel dial using the traditional champlevé technique. The artisans begin by hollowing out the solid gold base of the dial to create small compartments. Thereafter, several layers of enamel are each hand painted onto the dial and fired at a temperature of around 800 degrees Celsius. Adding diamond-polished gold rings around the hours window as well as the tourbillon porthole lends a further sophisticated touch, before the minutes counter is applied to the dial, creating an intriguing depth effect.

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This concern for detail is also reflected in the movement, of which the bridges are adorned with a hand-guilloché pattern. Through the transparent sapphire case back, the wearer can also admire the ratchet- wheel featuring Blancpain’s famous beveled wheel-rim design, as well as consulting the power reserve indicated by a guilloché disk.

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The new Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde is housed in a double stepped 42 mm red gold case. It is teamed with an alligator strap or metal bracelet, both secured by a folding clasp. A 20-piece platinum limited-edition version is also available.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: VILLERET Metiers d'Art
 References:  6260-3633-55B - Red Gold
 References:  6260-3433-55B - Platinum Limited Edition of 20 pieces 
Model: Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde


Case
  • Red Gold 
  • Platinum
Thickness: 11.00 mm
Diameter:  42.00 mm
Water resistance:  3.00 bar
Between horns:  23.00 mm
Back:   Sapphire crystal
Engraved on the back of the timepiece.
Dial
Gold champlevé with white grand feu enamel dial
Movement
Calibre 260MR
Hand-Winding
Flying Tourbillon with Jump Hours and Retrograde Minutes
Power reserve in hours:  144 hours (6 Day )
Calibre diameter:  32.00 mm
Calibre thickness:  5.85 mm
Jewels:  39
Breguet overcoil
Secured movement
Titanium free sprung balance with gold regulation screws
Components:  263
Strap
Alligator leather straps - origin: Bespoke Mississippiensis
Brown color strap
Folding clasp


* Blancpain reserves the right to modify this model and its technical characteristics.

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Suisse
International PR: Aude Rosati
Tel.  (+41) 21 796 3636
Fax (+41) 21 796 3637
E-mail: pr@blancpain.com
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