BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Quantieme Complet GMT

BLANCPAIN – VILLERET Quantième Complet GMT 40mm

Pre-Baselworld 2018

Villeret Quantième Complet GMT

Blancpain’s complete calendar GMT complication established itself as a mainstay with its original debut in 2002. For Baselworld 2018, the Manufacture reinterprets this practical complication and brings it back with the new Quantième Complet GMT enhanced with Blancpain’s patented under lug correctors.

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Since the early 1980’s, Blancpain’s complete calendar moonphase timepieces have been a signature of the house. Blancpain’s design that displays the day of the week and month in windows and the date with a supplemental blued serpentine shaped hand reading upon scale positioned around the chapter ring and placement of a moon phase window at six o'clock has firmly established itself as a classic arrangement.

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Adding the GMT function elevates the timepiece to a high complication. Ensuring that the watch places itself as an ideal travel companion, the calendar indications are linked to the local time display shown on the principal hands. Home time is shown with a red tipped hand.

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The introduction of this combination of complications in the Villeret Collection brings with it innovations that were developed after the original version of the Quantième Complet GMT was launched. The in-house movement now features a silicium balance spring with its superior anti-magnetic and timing precision properties.

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Setting of all the calendar and moon phase indications with a finger tip, instead of the standard tool, is made possible with the exclusive under-lug correctors. An added benefit, the hidden correctors enable completely smooth case flanks unmarred by corrector dimples, commonly found in the watch world. Rapid adjustment of local time in one hour increments is accomplished via the crown.

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There are two versions of the new Quantième Complet GMT, in red gold with an opaline dial and applied red gold Roman indexes; and in stainless steel with a white dial and white gold applied Roman indexes.

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Both are fitted into 40 mm diameter cases with the traditional Villeret double stepped bezel. Alligator straps or metal bracelets are available for each.

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Technical specifications

Ref. 6676-1127-55B - Steel

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Ref. 6676-3642-55B - Red Gold

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Collection: VILLERET  

Model:  Quantième Complet GMT

Case

• Stainless steel
• Red Gold

Diameter:  40.00 mm
Thickness: 11.80 mm
Water resistance:  3.00 bar
Between horns:  23.00 mm
Back:   Sapphire crystal
Between horns: 22.00 mm
Engraved on the back of the timepiece - № Х piece
Dial
Silver-toned obsidian dial
Specificities
Complete Calendar with GMT
Double timezone,  moon phases
Under-lug correctors 
Movement
Self-winding
Calibre 67A5
Annual calendar   
Double timezone
Power reserve in hours:  72 hours
Calibre diameter:  27.00 mm
Calibre thickness:  6.00 mm
Jewels:  28
2 mainspring barrels
Glucydur free sprung balance
Secured movement
Components:  286

Strap

Alligator leather straps
Folding clasp

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

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Press release - 2018
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Blancpain S.A.
Le Rocher 12
1348 Le Brassus
Suisse
International PR: Lucie Notar
Tel.  (+41) 21 796 3619
Fax (+41) 21 796 3637
E-mail: pr@blancpain.com
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ORIS – Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111 Power Reserve10-day Steel 44mm

ORIS – Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111 Power Reserve 10-day Steel 44mm Limited Edition

Blue sky thinking

From cockpit to cocktail – Oris’s innovative pilot’s watch returns with a stylish blue dial

Oris is pleased to unveil a new watch in its landmark Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111 collection. The new piece has a shimmering blue dial, inspired by the intensity of a blue-sky day, and gives Oris’s innovative pilot’s watch deeper cross-over appeal – this is a watch for both cockpit and cocktail.

While it has been conceived to be comfortable at a gala dinner, the new Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111 remains a high-performance watch and one of the most technical pieces in Oris’s rich history of innovation. It’s powered by the groundbreaking hand-wound Calibre 111, the series-produced in-house-developed mechanical movement introduced by Oris.

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Calibre 111 features a unique set of complications. Alongside its huge, single-barrel, 10-day power reserve, it also has an Oris-patented non-linear power reserve indicator that shows the time remaining until the watch needs to be rewound with ever greater detail as the reserve runs down. It also has a small seconds and a date window at 9 o’clock. Oris is the only watch company to combine these functions in a single Swiss Made mechanical wristwatch, testament to its continued commitment to pioneering useful innovations in beautifully designed and crafted watches.

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Oris began making watches for pilots in the early 1910s, during the dawn of heavier-than-air flight. Its first pocket watch featured a case engraved with an image of Louis Blériot’s maiden voyage across the English Channel in 1909. By the late 1910s, Oris was making wristwatches for pilots.

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The first of these was celebrated with this year’s Big Crown 1917 Limited Edition. In 1938, the company debuted the Big Crown, so named because of its oversized crown, introduced so gloved airmen could adjust their watches during flight. Today, the Oris Aviation collection offers pilots a range of robust, legible, high-functioning wristwatches designed for the testing environment of an aircraft cockpit.

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The Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111 has a 44mm stainless steel case and the Big Crown ProPilot collection’s signature bezel design, inspired by the blades of a jet engine turbine. Both its hands and hour markers are finished with Super-LumiNova®, so that the watch is legible in low-light conditions.

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Its blue dial is complemented by a dark brown Louisiana croco leather strap, or by a black textile strap or a metal bracelet. The croco leather strap and textile strap feature an Oris’s patented clasp design, based on an airline safety belt buckle.

The new Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111 with a blue dial continues Oris’s longstanding tradition of creating practical, beautiful pilot’s watches made for real-life situations.

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Product Features

Model: Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111

Ref. No. 01 111 7711 4165 LS, Ø 44.0 mm

Movement 
Oris-developed Calibre 111, hand-wound,
Vibrations 21’600 A/h, 3 Hz, single barrel
Dimensions Ø 34.00 mm, 15'''
10-day power reserve (240 hrs),
Jewels 40
Patented non-linear power reserve indication at 3 o’clock,
small seconds and date at 9 o’clock
Functions 
Centre hands for hours and minutes,

• subsidiary second at 9 h,
• non-linear power reserve indication at 3 h,
• date window at 9 h, date corrector, 
• fine timing device and stop-second

Case
Multi-piece stainless steel case and stainless steel crown.
Diameter: 44 mm, 1.732 inches
Water-resistant to 10 bar/100m
Glass: Sapphire crystal top glass domed on both sides with anti-reflective coating inside
Dial 
Blue dial with applied Arabic numerals printed on top with Super-LumiNova®,
hour and minute hands with Super-LumiNova® inlay BG W9
Strap/Bracelet 
Dark brown Louisiana croco leather strap or black textile strap
with patented buckle for stageless length adjustment.
Alternatively available with stainless steel bracelet.
Extras •
Presented in a Special luxurious wooden box

Swiss retail price: 
CHF 5,200 on textile strap, CHF 5,400 on metal bracelet, CHF 5,500 with

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