Tuesday, April 16, 2024

HAUTLENCE – HLXX Titanium 20th Anniversary Edition

HAUTLENCE HLXX Jumping Hours and Retrograde Minutes Titanium 20th Anniversary Limited Edition 2024

To know where you’re going, you must know where you come from. For independent avant-garde watchmaker HAUTLENCE, that mindset has never faltered. For 20 years, HAUTLENCE has paved the way for a new philosophy in watchmaking, one where design and mechanical kinetics take precedence over pure function. The passage of time itself is the performance, while the rest serves to enhance its dramatic effect – HAUTLENCE HLXX.

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A TV-shaped case, a jumping hours disk, and a retrograde minutes hand—these were the stars of HAUTLENCE’s first horological venture, dubbed simply the HL. 20 years later, the result of this unexpected and unprecedented combination has proven to be just as outlandish, singular, and captivating as ever. Using the original HL movement that made its debut in 2004, HAUTLENCE has redesigned the TV-shaped case as well as the dial for a special 20-piece anniversary edition. The HLXX bridges the past, present, and future of HAUTLENCE.


An evocative form

Few case shapes from the 21st century are as outstanding and immediately identifiable as HAUTLENCE’s TV-shaped case. Rectangular with rounded sides and sharply faceted corners, the TV case is instantly recognizable for its unique form. For the 20th anniversary edition of the original HL, HAUTLENCE has revisited the overall silhouette and proportions to be much closer to that of the original with a few modern upgrades. Crafted in light yet tough grade 5 titanium, the HLXX’s case measures 37.0 x 45.0 x 11.75 mm (10.5 mm without sapphire crystal), with a water resistance of 10 ATM (100 meters). 
 
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To give it a more streamlined look and feel, the case has no visible lugs. Instead, it features a quick-release system for the strap integrated directly onto the case back. The titanium deployant buckle comes with a quick-adjustment mechanism to quickly swap the black rubber cordura-effect strap without any tools.

Time-telling as a canvas

With a case shaped like a television, it’s only natural that whatever it’s showing inside is wholly engaging and mesmerizing. The HLXX takes a deconstructed approach to tell the time, where the hours and minutes occupy their own portions of the open dial with a silvery rhodium color and vertical satin-brushed surface, marking their passage in completely different ways. 
 
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The jumping hour of the HLXX is characterized by superimposed disks on the left side, where a fixed tinted sapphire crystal disk features an aperture that displays the current hour on a jumping hour disk, with Arabic hour numerals in Super-LumiNova®. The top disk with concentric lines recalls a key design element of the most recent Vagabonde series.

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Inspired by locomotives, the lever system visible from the dial side connects a snail-cam with the blued retrograde minutes hand and jumping-hour switching mechanism, allowing them to advance simultaneously at the end of each hour. Taking a cue from HAUTLENCE’s more recent creations, the curved retrograde minutes track in tinted sapphire features applied numerals crafted in Globolight®, a ceramic material infused with Super-LumiNova® that HAUTLENCE has extensively featured in its more recent creations, including the Linear and Sphere. Finally, the HLXX takes a page from the HL2 with a rotating Möbius logo as a way to show that the watch is running and that time is naturally fleeting.

HL Calibre: last of its kind

Driving this highly animated spectacle of time is the HAUTLENCE A20 caliber, a form-fitting TV-shaped manual winding movement with which HAUTLENCE began its adventures 20 years ago. The balance wheel can be seen through the jumping hour disk as well as the case back. Its single barrel provides a minimum power reserve of 40 hours. 
 
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And just because it’s unusual doesn’t make the HL any less of an “Haute Horlogerie” creation. The bridges are decorated with wide côtes-de-Genève stripes as well as beveled and polished edges. The way the bridges are shaped and separated recalls the brand’s Möbius logo. And as a finishing touch to this anniversary edition, a screwed plaque adjacent to the ratchet wheel marks its distinction as the anniversary limited edition.

The HLXX celebrates this monumental milestone for HAUTLENCE, a brand that has been at the vanguard of imaginative and creative watchmaking since 2004. The HLXX is a limited edition of 20 pieces and marks the final time that the original HL caliber will be used.

HAUTLENCE – Forging the path for avant-garde independent watchmaking since 2004.

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Technical Specifications

Model:  HLXX Series Edition

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 Reference CA20-TI00
 
Movement
Calibre A20
hand-wound movement, original HL caliber
Jumping hours and retrograde minutes
Power reserve: minimum of 72 hours
Regulating organ: 21,600
vibrations / hour a frequency of 3Hz
Number of components: 156
Number of jewels: 29

Case
Case middle, bezel, and crown: satin-finished and polished grade 5 titanium
TV-shaped titanium case
Case middle and horns: Satin-finished and polished
Dimensions of 437.0 x 45.8 x 11.75 mm / 10.9 mm without sapphire crystal
Bezel: satin-finished and polished steel with midnight blue PVD coating
Crown: Polished steel with blue PVD coating and blue rubber ring; engraved HAUTLENCE logo  
Glass: extra-hard bevelled sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Back: sapphire crystal engraved with “HAUTLENCE”, “10 ATM”, “Suisse”; excluding sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 10 ATM
Dial 
Skeletonized and rhodium-plated base dial with vertical satin finishing
Jumping hours and retrograde minutes
3D Globolight® indexes
Intermediate dial: Sapphire with applied minute numerals in Globolight®
Strap
Black rubber
Buckle:
grade 5 titanium

🔰 Edition Limited edition 28 pieces

🔴Price 36'000 CHF💰

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Contact us for any further information:
Guillaume Tetu, CEO and Co-founder - g.tetu@hautlence.com
Caroline Büchler, Marketing & Communication Manager - c.buechler@hautlence.com
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Monday, April 15, 2024

BREITLING – NAVITIMER B12 Chronograph 41 Cosmonaute Edition

 

BREITLINGNAVITIMER B12 Chronograph 41 Cosmonaute Limited Edition 140th Anniversary 2024

 140 Years of Firsts: Navitimer 41 and Cosmonaute B12

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Breitling honors its aviation and space icons with an array of releases: the Navitimer GMT and Automatic 41, and a limited-edition self-winding Cosmonaute. Sports superstars Erling Haaland and Giannis Antetokounmpo headline the Navitimer campaign as Breitling celebrates its 140th anniversary.

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As Breitling turns 140, it’s marking the occasion with stories of its many incredible firsts, from breakthroughs in timekeeping for air, land, and sea, to milestones in sustainability. This month, the brand recognizes two of its icons. The Navitimer, the first wristwatch for pilots to combine a chronograph and a computational slide rule. And the Cosmonaute, a 24-hour take on the Navitimer that became the first Swiss wristwatch in space. 

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Breitling has just unveiled new versions of these lines: the Navitimer GMT and Automatic 41, along with a new self-winding Cosmonaute.

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“All this year, we’ll be talking about our 140 Years of Firsts,” says Georges Kern, CEO of Breitling. “And when it comes to these two watches—the Navitimer and Cosmonaute — you cannot overstate the significance they’ve had for our brand, for aviation, and for watchmaking as a whole.”

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 GROUNDED ELEGANCE:
THE SELF-WINDING COSMONAUTE B12

In 1962, Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter approached Breitling with a unique request: to modify the Navitimer’s design for space exploration. 

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Admiring its computational prowess, Carpenter asked for a 24-hour dial to distinguish day from night in orbit. Breitling met the challenge, and the customized Navitimer, later dubbed the Cosmonaute, accompanied Carpenter on his May 24, 1962, mission to become the first Swiss wristwatch in space.

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To mark Breitling’s 140th anniversary, it is releasing a limited edition of the 24-hour timepiece. This time, however, the main modification isn’t for zero-g but for everyday life: a self-winding chronograph movement, the Breitling manufacture caliber B12.

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The new release is limited to 250 pieces and only available through Breitling’s online and in-store boutiques. It features an 18 k red-gold case, beautifully complemented by its deep green dial, golden numerals, and black alligator leather strap.

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Flip the watch to see the open caseback view of the contrasting oscillating weight capping the B12 movement. The manufacture caliber provides approximately 70 hours of power and comes with a 5-year warranty. A caseback engraving states the “One of 250” limitation and reveals the watch’s incredible story: “First Swiss Wristwatch in Space/Navitimer Cosmonaute May 24,1962.

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Inspired by astronauts, adapted for life on Earth, the new Cosmonaute limited edition merges storied heritage with modern ease of wear.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

 Model : BREITLING NAVITIMER  B12 Chronograph 41 Cosmonaute Edition

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 Reference: RB12302A1L1P1   - Green


MOVEMENT
Caliber:    Breitling Manufacture Caliber B12
Diameter:    30.4 millimeters
Depth:    7.33 millimeters
Winder:    self-winding mechanical, bidirectional with ball bearing
Power reserve:    approx. 70 hours
Number of components: 332
Balance frequency:    28,800 a/h or 4 hertz

Chronograph:    column-wheel, vertical clutch, 1/4th second, 30-minute and 12-hour totalizers
Display:    hour, minute, second, date window
Certification:    COSC-certified
CASE
Material:    18 k red gold
Diameter:    41
millimeters
Thickness:    13.6
millimeters
Height (upper lug tip to lower lug tip):  
  47.09 millimeters
Water resistance:    up to 3 bar (30 meters)
Glass:    cambered sapphire, glareproofed on both sides
Caseback:    screwed 18 k red gold, sapphire crystal
Crown:    non-screw-locked, two gaskets
Bezel:    bidirectional with circular slide rule
DIAL/HANDS
Green with contrasting chronograph counters
Super-LumiNova® luminescent hour and minute hand
STRAP
Black alligator leather strap with an 18 k red-gold folding buckle


 🔰Limited edition of 250 pieces

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🔴 #BREITLINGNavitimer   🔴 #BREITLINGchronograph 


Year: 2024
PRICE -Excl. Sales Tax  USD 22,000.00

 Warranty Duration (Years): 5
+3 years Mechanical Manufacture Breitling Movements 


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Press contact ROMY HEBDEN 
Head of Public Relations
E-mail: romy.hebden@breitling.com
BREITLING SA
Schlachthausstrasse 2
2540 Grenchen
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 32 654 54 54
Mobile: +41 79 731 90 28
E-mail: media@breitling.com

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