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After two years of developing the moon phase could be finally revealed. With Felipes Philosophy of using traditional methods, the most amount of time went into the testing of different crafting methods, to find out what the advantages and disadvantages of each techniques are.
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The moon phase is Felipes first watch with a handmade complication and the first step towards a completely self-developed and handmade movement.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
All complication parts such as gears, pinions, rivets and the bridge that holds the moon are made to perfection using only traditional watchmaking skills.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
The Dial of the moon phase is partly skeletonized to reveal the complication.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
Decorated with hand engravings, frosting and beveled edges, it features a variety of finishing techniques.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
The chapter ring has a black mirror polish with eastern arabic numerals.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
On the finished watch you can choose between breguet, arabic, roman or chinese numerals. The moon features a dark side that is black rhodium plated and the bright side which is white rhodium plated.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
Due to Felipes origin from brazil he chose to show the moon from the perspective of the southern hemisphere.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
Aside of the technical development the biggest challenge was to fit the large moon into the case without having to increase the tickness.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
For this reason, Felipe placed the moon in the middle of the mechanism. The moon is 0.4mm thicker than the movement and closes perfectly with the dial.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
The movement is hand-scored and then sawn, filed and finished watch the bridges will be frosted.Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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Ref. 2941
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Stainless steel case, polished
50mm lug-to-lug
Curved sapphire crystal
Sapphire crystal caseback
Pull-out crown with ceramic FP-logo insert
Dial
Skeletonised
Black-polished chapter ring with integrated hour indices
3D spherical moon phase between 10 and 11 o'clock
Exposed geartrain
Hands: half-polished and half-frosted hour and minute hands
Movement
Heavily modified ETA/Unitas 6497 movement
manual winding, hand-bevelled and polished edges on the bridges 18,800vph
Skeletonised by hand
in-house made 3D spherical moon phase complication
Hand-engraved balance cock
rhodium-plated mainplate
Black polished screws
Sunburst brushed crown and barrel wheel
50h power reserve
Functions
Hours, mours, minutes 3D spherical moon phase
Bracelet
Calf leather Hand-made
Pin buckle either in 950Pt
🔰 Limited Edition to 20 pieces
🔴 Public price: 25'188 CHF / 24,000 EUR USD ( ⚠️ SOLD OUT ! )
Press release – 2023
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Felipe Pikullik
Uhrmacher
Brandenburgische Straße 43
10707 Berlin
Telefon: +49 30 407 960 35
E-Mail: info@felipe-pikullik.de
www.Felipe-Pikullik.de