Tuesday, July 18, 2017

ORIS – Chronoris Williams 40th Anniversary Edition




















ORIS Chronoris Williams 40th Anniversary Limited Edition

This racing life
Oris marks the 40th anniversary of Williams’ Formula


One team with a limited edition Chronoris

There are few more remarkable figures in motorsport, and indeed in sport, than Sir Frank Williams. The legendary founder of Williams is a force of nature, a visionary who turned his British outfit into a championship winning team, and one of the most successful Formula One teams in history. Williams Racing has won 16 FIA Formula 1® World Championships, nine constructors’ and seven for drivers’. Oris and Williams Racing first came together in 2003, and Oris is now the team’s longest-serving partner.

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This year, Williams Racing celebrates the 40th anniversary of its first Grand Prix, at the 1977 Spanish Grand Prix. To mark this historic moment and Sir Frank’s extraordinary achievements, Oris has created a limited edition version of its iconic Chronoris, also a product of the 1970s, the Williams 40th Anniversary Oris Limited Edition.

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The 40mm stainless steel watch is characterised by its streamlined case shape, an homage to the original Chronoris, and houses an automatic chronograph movement that provides a central seconds chronograph hand and 30-minute and 12-hour counters at 12 and 6 o’clock.

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Oris’s designers have given it a number of touches to denote the link to Williams. The central chronograph seconds hand and minute scale are both in Williams blue, while the case back is embossed with the Williams Racing logo. It comes on a brown leather strap or on a black rubber strap, or an articulated metal bracelet.

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The new watch is a fitting tribute both to Williams Racing and its eponymous founder, and also to the Chronoris. When it was launched in 1970 the Chronoris became Oris’s first chronograph, created to appeal to a generation of racing enthusiasts hooked on the daredevil exploits of the era’s F1® drivers. Its unconventional, uncompromising case shape epitomised the bold design tastes of the time, and it passed into Oris folklore.

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This year, the design has been reimagined and upgraded to suit the demands of a contemporary audience. The Williams 40th Anniversary Oris Limited Edition, the hero piece in the new collection, has a sapphire crystal glass, a 48-hour power reserve and 100 metres of water resistance. It will be limited to 1,000 pieces, a real collectors’ piece.

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We’re extremely proud to have been working with Williams Racing since 2003 and to be the team’s longest-serving partner,’ said Oris Chairman, Ulrich W. Herzog. ‘We created hist watch to show the profound admiration we have for Williams Racing and for Sir Frank, who has been an inspiration to us and to many others for years.’

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The Williams 40th Anniversary Oris Limited Edition is a wonderful watch and a vivid interpretation of the Williams Racing spirit,’ said Claire Williams, Williams Racing’s Deputy Team Principal. ‘It’s bold, daring and made in the pursuit of excellence. We’re proud to have been in partnership with Oris for so long and would like to thank them for their continued support and for sharing our values.’

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Technical details

Model:  Williams 40th Anniversary Limited Edition

Ref. No. 01 673 7739 4084 LS, Ø 40.00mm

Limited to 1,000 pieces

Movement
Automatic movement chronograph
Caliber Oris Cal. 673, based on ETA 7750Dimensions Ø 30.00 mm, 13 1/4’’’
Power-Reserve 48 hrs
Vibrations 28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
Jewels 25
Functions 
Centre hands for hours, minutes and chronograph 1/4 seconds,
2 subsidiary dials for 30 minutes and 12 hours counter,
date window, date corrector, fine timing device and stop-second
Winding Automatic winding, with red rotor
Case
Multi-piece stainless steel case, crown, pushers.
Size 40.00 mmCase back with embossed Williams Racing logo.
Water-resistant to 10 bar/100 m
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides with anti-reflective coating inside
Dial
Black dial with applied polished nickel indices, hour and minute hands filled with Super-LumiNova®. 
Nickel polished hands for chronograph hour/minute counters and blue central chronograph seconds hand with white tip (can be used as running central seconds hand)
Orange central seconds hand
Strap
Perforated brown leather strap or perforated black rubber strap with stainless steel pin buckle.
Alternatively available with 15-link articulated metal bracelet with folding clasp

 • Presented in a special leather pouch with additional grey NATO textile strap,
 strap changing tool and antistatic watch-cleaning cloth

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Price  Swiss retail price
  • CHF 3,500 on leather or rubber strap, 
  • CHF 3,800 on metal bracelet

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Monday, July 17, 2017

CHOPARD – SUPERFAST Power Control Porsche 919 HF Edition – Only Watch 2017














CHOPARDSUPERFAST 8 Hz Power Control Porsche 919 HF Edition – Only Watch 2017


​A UNIQUE CHRONOMETER FOR 
THE MONACO ASSOCIATION AGAINST MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, SIGNED BY JACKY ICKX

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For the sixth time, Chopard commits to supporting the Only Watch charity auction by donating an exceptional creation in tribute to the world of motorsports: the Superfast 8 Hz Power Control Porsche 919 Only Watch 2017.

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This one-of-a-kind model equipped with a high-frequency movement has been specially created for Only Watch. It honours an exceptional driver: Jacky Ickx.

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Chopard has chosen this motor-racing legend and ambassador of the Geneva-based Maison to collaborate in creating this watch which aims at raising funds for muscular dystrophy research.

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This timepiece reflects the values shared by Jacky Ickx, Porsche Motorsports and Chopard: a passion for racing, backed by excellence and precision.

 

Racing inspiration

The Superfast 8 Hz Power Control Porsche 919 Only Watch 2017 embodies the alliance between Chopard’s watchmaking excellence and the expertise of Porsche Motorsport. This competition-friendly timepiece picks up the DNA of the Porsche 919 Hybrid.

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Its 45 mm case provides ample space for impeccable readability, while the use of titanium delivers outstanding results in terms of both resistance and weight – two key issues shared by the racing world.

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Its resistance to shocks and scratches makes it an ideal material for timepieces subjected to the stresses and strains of endurance racing.

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On the dial side, the hour-markers flaunting a racing-style design are swept over by facetted cut-out hands featuring tips enhanced with Super-LumiNova®, thus enabling swift and intuitive read-off by day or night.

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The seconds hand also carries a slim red tip standing out perfectly against the midnight blue dial.


Jacky Ickx: a big-hearted champion

A champion with a big heart and multi-facetted personality, this well-known figure in motor-racing and great friend of Chopard co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has a rich and varied track record.

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His six victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans earned him the nickname “Monsieur Le Mans”.

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The dial of the Superfast 8 Hz Power Control Porsche 919 Only Watch 2017 is midnight blue, the legendary colour of his racing helmet, and bears his signature,

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visible at 6 o’clock along his favourite number 20: the one painted on the Porsche 936 with which the champion won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976.


A chronometer-certified high-frequency movement

The Superfast 8 Hz Power Control Porsche 919 Only Watch 2017 is powered by a Manufacture movement: Calibre 01.11-M, visible through a sapphire crystal dial and delivering a 60-hour power reserve.

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It picks up the characteristic engine-type finishing of the Superfast collection with its openworked oscillating weight. The bridges are worked out like the air vents of a high-performance engine. This calibre operates at 8 Hz instead of the traditional 4 Hz.

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This particularly high frequency enables greater precision as well as faster running resumption in case of shocks or disturbances that are frequent in motorsports. Calibre 01.11-M is equipped with a silicon escapement.

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It is also an authentic chronometer certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute), a particularly rare achievement for an 8 Hz movement and which testifies to Chopard’s ongoing dedication to maintaining the most demanding levels of precision


Chopard and Only Watch, a long-term commitment

Considered the world’s most important charity watch auction, the 7th edition of Only Watch will be held on November 11th 2017 in Geneva under the auspices of the Christie’s auction house. Forty of the world’s finest watch manufacturers have each gifted a unique timepiece specially created for the occasion. Proceeds from this sale will be entirely donated to the Monaco Association against Muscular Dystrophy to help fund research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic neuromuscular disease affecting 250,000 children, adolescents and young adults worldwide and provoking a progressive organism-wide degeneration of muscles.

Only Watch Partnership

Now presenting its 7th Edition, Only Watch is a biennale auction of unique timepieces that has raised over 25 million Euros to date. Under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and following the initiative of Luc Pettavino, President of the Association Monégasque contre les Myopathies, Only Watch is an international watchmaking charity event.



All of the funds collected from the sale of the watches are donated in their entirety to scientific and medical research. The exclusive watches will embark on a world tour starting in the charity’s hometown of Monaco, and then continuing to Asia, the Gulf, the United States and Europe, before the final auction in Geneva on November 11th 2017.


WHERE CAN I SEE
THE
ONLY WATCH COLLECTION
BEFORE THE
AUCTION?


  • HONG KONG: 23-24 OCTOBER
Christie’s Hong Kong
22nd Floor Alexandra House
18 Chater Road Central, Hong Kong
Opening hours: 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Contact: Cissy Ngan
cngan@christies.com
(+852) 2978 6711
  • TAIPEI: 26-27 OCTOBER
Christie’s Taiwan
13f, Suite 1302, No. 207, Sec. 2,
Tun Hua South Road, Taipei 106
Opening Hours: 11 am - 6 pm
Contact: Teresa Hsu
thsu@christies.com
(+886) 223 220 008
  • NEW YORK: 29-30 OCTOBER
Christie’s New York
20 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York, NY 10020
Opening hours: 10 am - 6 pm
Contact: Elisa Catenazzi
ecatenazzi@christies.com
(1)212 636 2329
  • LOS ANGELES: 1-2 NOVEMBER
Westime Sunset
8569 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA
Opening hours: 10 am - 6 pm
Contact: Laura Q. Hughes
laura@westime.com
(+1) 310.205.5555
  • GENEVA: 9-11 NOVEMBER
Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues
Quai des Bergues 33
1201 Geneva Switzerland
Opening hours: 10 am - 6 pm
Contact: Charles-Henri Gounod
cgounod@christies.com
+41 (0)22 319 17 26





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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model : Superfast 8 Hz Power Control Porsche 919 Only Watch 2017

Case
Titanium
Diameter:     45.00 mm
Thickness:     12.4 mm
Water resistance: 100 metres
Matt black rubber-moulded screw-locked crown with steering wheel in stainless steel 8 mm
Glare proofed sapphire crystal
Inner bezel ring engraved with white lacquered engraving
Engraved and lacquered titanium bezel, 8 PVD-coated black steel screws
Open case back bearing the logo Only Watch 2017
Calibre
Chopard high-frequency automatic caliber 01.11-M
• Total diameter 28.8 mm
• Number of jewels 37
• Power reserve approx. 60 hours
• Frequency 57,600 A/h (= 8Hz)
• Chronometer-certified by COSC
• Escapement (impulse-pin, pallet-lever and escape-wheel) in silicon 
Functions and displays
  • Display of the hours, minutes and centre seconds
  • Quarter-second indication
  • Date window at 3 o’clock
  • Power-reserve indicator at 9 o’clock
Dial and hands
Mat midnight blue dial inspired by the colour of Jacky Ickx helmet
Transferred seconds and quarter-seconds graduations
Rhodiumed, hollowed-out, Super-Luminova-enhanced hours and minutes hands
Red-tipped rhodium-plated central sweep-seconds hand
Rhodium-plated baton-shaped power-reserve indicator hand
Rhodium-plated Super-Luminova-enhanced hour-markers
Strap and buckle
Blue leather strap with beige stitching
Folding clasp in titanium

Specificities:
One off model inspired by the legendary pilot Jacky Ickx who accepted to join

Estimate:
CHF 18,000 - 25,000
17,000 - 23,000
19,000 - 26,000 $


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