Friday, July 29, 2016

Ollivier Saveo – Exclusive Watch Limited Collections



















Ollivier Savéo – Exclusive Watch Limited Collections


Ollivier Savéo Watches - Introduction

Ollivier Savéo is a Geneva based luxury watch brand established by Ollivier Savelli. This young watch brand offers Swiss Made quality watches that feature exclusive, registered shapes and incorporate patented techniques. Motifs and cases of these timepieces are specially designed by Ollivier Savelli. Motifs realized by himself in the most precious and noble materials:  gold, complex sapphire crystal, gemstones, leather of high-end quality. These truly exclusive pieces-of-art watches, signed and numbered as unique pieces or extra-limited series, meet the highest requirements and quality criteria.

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Ollivier Savéo Pure Breed

About Ollivier Savelli

Born and raised in France, Ollivier Savelli started his vocational training in 1984 with the ‘‘Compagnons du Tour de France’’ where he learnt professional excellence and nourished traditional know-how. In 1992, he managed a manufacturing unit in a jewellery store specialized in bespoke high-end products, directly with the customers. In 2000, he won the world recognized price of the ‘‘Meilleur Ouvrier de France’’, organized every three years by the French Government.

In 2001, he managed a Research Office of second biggest jewellery producer in France. He had worked with several well-recognized watchmaking brands in Switzerland including in industrial and creative restructuring for a Luxury brand in Asia and Europe. In 2011, he managed a Swiss watch manufacture, involved in industrial and creative restructuring including two world premieres for the watchmaking segment. In 2013, Ollivier Savelli created and worldwide patented three patents related to watchmaking and plenty of models.  In 2015, he created the watchmaking brand Ollivier Savéo in Geneva.

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Ollivier Savéo Petroleum

Infused with multiple professional cultures, Ollivier Savelli thinks watchmaking in a different way: he is first considering watches as pieces of art, source of emotion, before considering it as a technical prowess essential to the timekeeper. All those influences are great to find original and innovating  solutions. Here, no mass production series, but only small ones and even unique pieces, for  preferred  customers looking for a completely exclusive craft-trade product combining the art of a jeweler with the great Swiss watchmaking tradition.

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My Luxury view is extremely simple: allow the beautiful and the exceptional to make us forget the technics in favor of dreams. Thanks to a multicultural professional past, I can evolve in a creation process without technical and segment limits. Former ‘Compagnon du Tour de France’, a well-known traditional institution for craftsmanship learning, I use construction technics and materials from all the disciplines: traditional jewelry, watchmaking, aeronautics, automotive, architecture, applied arts, modern art, street art and even graphic novels.

I revisit and create thanks to inspirations born from contemplating a vase from the twelfth century in a museum in New York, the shape of the staircase in a Loire Castle, a masterpiece exhibited in Geneva but also in my passions, sports cars, aviation and of course in Nature, inexhaustible source of wonder. Everything is a source of inspiration!

It is the merging of arts, shapes, technics and materials used from the primitive times that leads to a very personal view on artistic watchmaking. Imbued with poetry as well as technique.


Ollivier Savelli

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Ollivier Savéo Petroleum


Technics

Hand-made sculpture
Hand-made sculpture allows an artistic realization for any artistic motif. The cross-use of the last high-precision watchmaking technics and high jewelry traditional know-how provides an artistic work on really small elements (less than one millimeter), while keeping a five-hundredth millimeters precision conductive to the watchmaking strictness.

Computing creation
Computer aided artistic and technical creation provides a bridge between the hand and the machine. When its use is pursuant to a perfect know-how, it allows a cohesive link between art and the mechanical constraints necessary to the perfection of the mechanism and high-range watchmaking finishing.

Traditional Jewelry
A 25 years long experience serving the most famous names allow to control all the tools and the know-how from the arts and crafts professions linked to high jewelry. Thanks to them, the most various materials can be shaped, from the most traditional as engraving or enamel to the most innovative like the shaping of composite materials.


Watch Collections

Foliage

Sophisticated and stylish, this Swiss made unique piece displays the hours and the minutes thanks to a quartz movement surrounded by flowers and their foliage. The stigmas of the four flowers are symbolized by as many diamonds, crimped in their center for a total of 0.19 carats.

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Combining the reassuring strength of its gold pink inside, the transparency of its Pyrex case and the bucolic atmosphere of its decoration, this watch is the perfect combination of a woman watch both technical and distinguish.

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Technical Specifications

Ollivier SavéoFoliage

Movement: 
Swiss quartz movement, ETA 280
Functions: Hours, Minutes
Case: 
Pink gold 18 ct, 49 g
Body: Pink gold 18 ct, 23 gr, Hand engraved with 4 diamonds in flowers (0.19 ct)
Size: 36×41 mm, Height 14 mm
Water Resistance: 3ATM
Watch Crystal: Special cut antireflective sapphire
Strap: 
Satin white (25mm) special cut
Other models on request
External screws 316 L Steel with PVD coating, Pink gold 18ct
Buckle Double folding clasp, Pink gold 18 ct, average weight 15g
Limited Edition: Unique Piece
Total Gold 4N 18ct Average weight 87g

Optional version: Crimped case: 50 dts TW/ VS, 0.91 ct

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Butterfly

Sophisticated and stylish, this Swiss made exclusive piece displays the hours and the minutes thanks to a quartz movement surrounded by a tree in bloom where a butterfly takes refuge. The stigmas of the nine flowers are symbolized by as many pink sapphires, crimped in their center for a total of 0.37 carats.

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Forty-four blues sapphires, for their part, are crimped on the wings of the butterfly, for a total of 0.80 carats. Combining the reassuring strength of its gold pink inside, the transparency of its Pyrex case and the bucolic atmosphere of its decoration, this watch is the perfect combination of a woman watch both technical and distinguish.

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Technical Specifications

Ollivier SavéoButterfly

Movement: 
Swiss quartz movement, ETA 280
Functions: Hours, Minutes
Case: Pink gold 18ct, average weight 49g
Body: Pink gold 18ct, average weight 37g,
Hand engraved with 49 sapphires (1.11 ct), 4 brilliants TW/VS1 (0.0.45 ct)
Size: 44×41 mm, Height 14 mm
Water Resistance: 3ATM
Watch Crystal: Special cut antireflective sapphire
Strap: 
Louisiana Alligator (30mm Special Cut) Blue
Other models on request
External screws 316 L Steel with PVD coating, pink gold 18ct
Buckle Double folding clasp, pink gold 18ct, average weight 15.5g
Limited Edition 33 Pieces
Total Gold 4N 18ct Average weight 101g
Total gemstones 44 stones, 1.15 ct

Optional version: Crimped case: 50 dts TW/ VS, 0.91 ct

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Skull

The pattern of this Swiss made 33 pieces limited edition was totally hand sculpted. The result is ping gold watch housing, under the perfect transparency of its Pyrex glass, a human skull surrounded by flames. An automatic movement is hiding behind it, displaying the hours and the minutes with 38 hours power reserve.

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Technical Specifications

Ollivier SavéoButterfly

Movement: 
Swiss automatic movement, ETA 2824,
Power reserve 38h
Functions: Hours, Minutes
Case: Pink gold 18ct, average weight 49g
Body: Pink gold 18ct, average weight 49.5g
Size: 44×41 mm, Height: 14 mm
Water Resistance: 3ATM
Watch Crystal: Special cut antireflective sapphire
Strap: 
Louisiana Alligator (30mm Special Cut) Black
Other models on request
Buckle Double folding clasp, Pink gold 18ct, average weight 15g
Limited Edition 33 Pieces
Total gold 4N 18ct Average weight 112.5g

Optional version: 50 dts TW/ VS, 0.91ct


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Petroleum

The Petroleum timekeeper, Swiss  Made 33 pieces collection, displays the hours and the minutes thanks to an automatic skeleton mechanism, decorated and surrounded by a scenery inspired by pipelines and the universe of oil in general.

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A transparent and totally hermetic ampoule, placed on the side, is there for hosting a sample of the purest black gold. Merging brute force and ultimate accuracy, this piece invested with black and gold will satisfy the most exigent fans of mechanical wonders.

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Technical Specifications

Ollivier SavéoPetroleum

Movement: 
Swiss Automatic decorated skeleton Movement Seed VMF 3002, Black PVD treatment
Functions: Hours, Minutes
Case:    
Pink gold 18ct, average weight 49g
Inside Pink gold 18ct, average weight 27g
Steel screws, Gold PVD treatment
Size: 44×41 mm
Height: 14 mm
Water Resistance: 3ATM
Watch Crystal:     Special cut antireflective sapphire
Strap:    
Louisiana Alligator (30mm Special Cut) Black
Other models on request
External screws     316 L Steel with PVD coating
Buckle     Double folding clasp, Pink gold 18 ct, average weight 15g
Limited Edition 1/1; limited series to 33 unique pieces
Total Pink Gold 18 ct     91g

Optional version:     Crimped case: 50 dts TW/ VS, 0.91 ct

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Speed

The Speed timekeeper, Swiss Made 33 pieces collection, displays the hours, minutes and seconds thanks to an automatic skeleton mechanism with black PVD coating, decorated and surrounded by a scenery inspired by luxurious sports rims and the universe of cars in general.

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A see-through metal rim, placed on the side, is there for featuring red hands. Merging brute force and ultimate accuracy, this piece invested with black and red will satisfy the most exigent fans of mechanical wonders.

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Technical Specifications

Ollivier SavéoSpeed F1

Movement: 
Swiss Automatic decorated skeleton Movement Séllita SW300, Black PVD treatment
Functions: Hours, Minutes, Seconds
Case: 
Carbon Fiber
Inside White gold and white gold 18ct DLC coating, average weight 35g
Steel screws, PVD treatment
Size: 44×41 mm
Height: 14 mm
Water Resistance: 3ATM
Watch Crystal: Special cut antireflective sapphire
Strap: Louisiana Alligator (30mm Special Cut) Black
Other models on request
External screws 316 L Steel with PVD coating
Buckle Double folding clasp, White gold 18 ct, average weight 15g
Limited Edition 33 Pieces
Total White Gold 18 ct 60g

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Pure Breed

Power, strength and emotion. The Pure Breed timepiece epitomizes the harmony between the art of jewelry and watchmaking. The horse has been entirely conceived and sculpted by hand, revealing every detail of its well-chiselled head.

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The movement has entirely been squeletonized and engraved by hand, bringing to life this energetic race champion. This piece of art can be admired on both sides, through the transparent sapphire case. The blazon can be personalized according to the owner’s wishes.

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Technical Specifications

Ollivier SavéoPure Breed

Movement:
Movement Swiss mechanical movement, 10.1/2, hand worked (squeletonized and engraved)
Functions: Hours, Minutes
Case:
5N 18ct gold, 49 g
Body 5N 18ct gold, 29 gr
Creation by Ollivier Savéo, hand engraved
Size: 44×41 mm
Height 14mm
Water Resistance     3ATM
Watch Crystal Special cut antireflective sapphire
Strap: 
Louisiana Alligator (30mm) special cut – black color
Other models on request
External screws: 316 L Steel with PVD coating, Pink gold 18ct
Buckle: 5N 18ct gold, average weight 15g
Total 5N 18ct gold     Average weight 93g
Limited Edition 1/1; limited series to 33 unique pieces

Optional version:  Crimped case: 50 dts TW/ VS, 0.91 ct

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Racer

Welcome to the world of automobile racing – speed, competition, tracks, pilots and performance. This exceptional timepiece conveys the passion and excitement for powerful mechanics and Grand-Prix championships. The Racer marks the entry of Ollivier Savéo into Haute Horlogerie and complications with an exclusive flying Tourbillon movement. The open-worked Caliber OS-T01 features a distinctive L-Shape, specially designed and built to fit the case and accommodate the race car. The movement has been finished by hand according to Swiss watchmaking traditions and has a 60-hour power reserve.

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Presiding over the dial, the hand painted racer is in 130 palladium white gold. It can be entirely customized according to the owner’s wishes. The design elements of the tourbillon cage confer a sportive touch: scale with superluminova indexes and upper bridge with red-superluminova. On the hour and minute ring, the applied indexes bear red superluminova and the dotted hour markers are in superluminova. The case is available in Titanium or carbon fiber. The movement and the racing car can be admired on both sides, through the transparent sapphire case, signed by Ollivier Savelli. Both the dial and the back of the movement can be personalised on demand.

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Technical Specifications

Ollivier SavéoRacer

Movement:
Exclusive Tourbillon Caliber OS-T01, manual winding.
Flying tourbillon.
60 hours power reserve
Functions: Hours, Minutes
Case:
Titanium or carbon fiber
Body Racer in 130 palladium white gold; hand painted; DLC coating
Size: 44×41 mm
Height: 14 mm
Dial:  
Microblasted with DLC coatingTourbillon cage with graduation and superluminova.
Hour & minute indication with applied hour markers and indexes with superluminova
Lugs 316 L Steel with DLC coating
Water Resistance:  3ATM
Watch Crystal: Special cut antireflective sapphire
Strap:
Black leather with rubber-effect; different color stitching available
(pink, yellow, red, purple or green)
External Screws 316 L Steel
Buckle Double folding clasp, 316L steel

Limited Edition 1/1; limited series to 33 unique pieces; dial, back and car can be customized


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Contact details

Ollivier Savéo
144 rue de Genève
CH-1226 Thônex
Switzerland
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Ollivier-Saveo.ch

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Bell & Ross – VINTAGE BR Aeronavale














Bell & RossVINTAGE BR 123 & BR 126 Aeronavale Instrument

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THE NAVAL AIR FORCE
OFFICER'S WATCH

Right from its inception, Bell & Ross has been passionate about the history and values of the military. To progress as far as possible in its quest for excellence, Bell & Ross has made aeronautical instrumentation one of its primary sources of inspiration, both in terms of design and technology. This is why its watches meet the functional and ergonomic criteria required by pilots and all users of professional horological instruments.

Featuring the colour codes and rich detail of the naval officer's uniform, the VINTAGE BR AÉRONAVALE symbolises military excellence and tradition.


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The prestige of the uniform

In the cockpit of a Rafale, a naval air force pilot wears a flight suit covered in pockets, for practicality and comfort. During official ceremonies, his attire changes to display military prestige.


The blue of the uniform evokes the sea. The gold of the wings, trim and buttons conveys poise, nobility and victory.

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The blue/gold combination is also found on VINTAGE BR AÉRONAVALE models, which feature all the symbols and motifs that appear on naval uniforms.

ELEGANCE AND FUNCTIONALITY

Two new models have been added to the VINTAGE BR AÉRONAVALE collection: a chronograph and three-hand small seconds.

The 43 mm diameter polished steel case exudes retro chic. On both versions, the gilt skeletonised hour and minute hands stand out starkly against the navy blue sunray dial. The contrast between the two colours offers a refined air and excellent legibility.

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Designed for pilots, the VINTAGE BR AÉRONAVALE Chronograph is a time measuring instrument that marries functionality and elegance. It has two additional counters with snailed guilloché decoration and a 60-minute graduated bezel in blue anodised aluminium.

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The ultra-curved sapphire crystal underlines both the classic style of the watch and its strength. Made in Switzerland and renowned for their reliability and accuracy, the mechanical movements with automatic winding that drive these two versions are visible through a transparent case-back.

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The watch comes with either a distressed blue calfskin strap with cinnamon stitching, or a midnight blue alligator strap with a pin buckle clasp. The shiny alligator strap of the VINTAGE BR AERONAVALE exudes classic sophistication, while the satin-like texture of the calfskin, with distressed effect and overstitching in contrasting colours, makes for a very sharp, on-trend look.

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Reflecting the prestige of the ceremonial uniform worn by naval officers, the VINTAGE BR AÉRONAVALE models will seduce fans of timepieces rich in both colour and values.

Bell & Ross VINTAGE BR‑123 Automatic

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Technical Features

Model: VINTAGE BR‑123 Automatic

Ref:  BRV123-BLU-ST/SCA
Ref:  BRV123-BLU-ST/SCR

Movement
Calibre BR‑CAL.305
Mechanical automatic
Functions
Hours , minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock.
Date.
Case
43 mm diameter
Fixed steel bezel with anodised blue aluminium ring.
Sapphire case-back.Crystal: anti‑reflective sapphire case-back.
Water-resistance: 100 m
Dial
Blue sunray.
Gilt appliqué numerals and index. Strap
Blue calfskin with ecru stitching or blue alligator
Buckle: folding. Polished steel.

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Bell & Ross VINTAGE BR‑126 Aeronavale Chronograph Automatic

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Technical Features

Model: VINTAGE BR‑126 Chronograph Automatic

Ref:  BRV126-BLU-ST/SCA 
Ref:  BRV126-BLU-ST/SC

Movement
Calibre BR‑CAL.301
Mechanical automatic
Functions
Hours , minutes, small seconds at 3 o’clock.
Date.
Chronograph: 
30-min timer at 9 o’clock, central chronograph seconds.
Case
43 mm diameter
Polished steel. Fixed steel bezel with anodised blue aluminium ring. Crystal: anti‑reflective sapphire case-back.
Water-resistance: 100 m
Dial
Blue sunray
Gilt appliqué numerals and index
Strap
Blue calfskin with ecru stitching or blue alligator.
Buckle: folding. Polished steel.

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Wednesday, July 27, 2016

ETERNA – 1856 Skeleton Special Edition

















ETERNA1856 Skeleton Special Edition NEW

Skeleton 1856 - celebrates the transparency of time

The genius of Albert Einstein was recently confirmed once again when physicists demonstrated that space, time and matter all interact with one another across the universe. With elucidation of such a complex field of science, wouldn’t granting similar transparency to a watch owner be a modest tribute to the father of General Relativity? Eterna is promoting this achievement by a skeleton timepiece through a limited edition collection of three versions of 160 pieces, also honoring the company’s 160th anniversary. It is adorned with a 3902M mechanical manual-winding movement produced by Eterna. The very classic look, a meticulously designed cased and the precision of the skeleton dial make this timepiece a knowledgeable exercise in style – uniting history and technology.

Since space and time are inseparable, the company’s desire was to illustrate this principle of astrophysics in a stunning watchmaker’s interpretation. Showing the flow of time trapped in the case explains the principles of vacuum, transparency and matter and shows time as it is measured, as it is counted.... the skeleton watch reveals a part of the movement structure and unveils the mechanical nature of time.


History, creation and design

The history of watchmaking has proven that nothing is created from a tabula rasa, or a blank plate, and that memories and voices of models past always have their say. In this case, we make claim to the iconic Eterna Matic “Skeleton” from 1991 which in turn was inspired by designs from the 1950s. 

Yet this tribute is a creation in its own right. Most importantly, the designer wanted to revive the creative act which has always guided human ingenuity: drawing by hand. This timepiece was created in its entirety on graph paper, in continuing with a tradition cherished by the company. 


The simplicity of a classic case

The case, classic in its round form, features extremely clean and balanced proportions, with delicately convex sides and is endowed with subtly cambered two-step lugs, creating an especially elegant profile.  The sapphire crystal is set in a light metal return which emphasises the curved gentleness of the watch face. The winder is notched and decorated appropriately with the five-ball motif of the Eterna logo, a reminder of the self-winding movement rotor balls invented by the company.  The polished steel finish of the set perfectly complements the proportions of the case.

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The mechanics of time for all to see: a watch dial as a masterpiece

The dial provides a particular flavour to this exceptional timepiece. The movement stretches out over the entire surface: the parts of the mechanism are arranged with extreme finesse in a seemingly complex system. The winding mechanism, barrel, mechanisms, Swiss escapement, pendulum or regulator become a riddle and read like an abstract and radiant composition.  The watchmaker is an artist playing with cut-outs and notched or perforated forms; he adds a chromatic tone to this miniature musical score by contrasting the anthracite treatment (NAC), gold and silver-plated metal of machined parts and the rubies.

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A light and narrow bright bezel around the edge of the dial accompanies the hour markers. Two versions are available: one with twelve numbers in black matte, the other with simple metal points. Finally, the dauphine hands, a form repeated often at Eterna as a signature of the company, accentuate the set. Taking up nearly the entire area of the case, they play a role in animating the graphic shapes of the mechanism, while the delicate curvature of the seconds hand softens the contrast effect.  Two versions are also available here in black and metal matte, to match the hour markers.

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In respect of the Janus Principle, the movement is visible from the back of the case, adorned with a sapphire crystal which lets you experience the beating of the mechanism and admire the arrangement of the forms and materials.


A totally unprecedented bracelet

The bracelet adds a particularly sophisticated tone to this remarkable timepiece. Initially used for furniture elements by artisanal craftsmen, woven leather has been transposed into a bracelet, in the tradition of Italian tanners.  Available in dark brown, black or light brown, it perfectly complements the materials and colours of the watch. Each colour version of the bracelet will be produced in a limited edition collection of 160 pieces.

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The 3902M movement, from the Calibre 39 family

Developed by Eterna, the 3902M movement is a manual winding model; this provides for relatively small thickness of the case and considerably contributes to the volume balance of the watch [42 mm diameter and 10.5 mm thickness]. It boasts a high power reserve of 65 hours.

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The movement is derived from the famous Calibre 39, one of the greatest recent innovations of the company. No less than 88 different movement versions can be developed on the basis of this singular and specific design. The basic calibre, in its most simple version with manual winding and fitted with minute and second hands, owes its remarkable versatility to a unique modular concept. Additional components and subassemblies can be integrated easily and efficiently. In addition to its unequalled versatility, the enormous potential of the movement lies in its standardised production and optimised assembly which guarantees the superb quality of the movement.

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Technical specifications

Model: 1856 Skeleton Special Edition

Reference: 7770.41.49.1382 Stainless steel ∅ 42
 Three-hands, black calf braided leather Limited Edition
Reference: 7000.41.10.1410 Stainless steel ∅ 42
Three-hands, brown calf braided leather Limited Edition

Movement:
Calibre Maison Eterna 3902 M,
power reserve 65h,
28’800 A/h, 20 jewels,
1 ball bearing
Case:
Polished stainless steel, case back with screws down, sapphire crystal opening
∅ 42.00 mm/10.30 mm
Screw locked down.
Dial:
  • Anthracite with black arabic numbers
  • Light silver with trapezoidal index
Reflector
Oplain with black arabic numbers
Functions: Hour, minute, second
Crystal: Scratch-resistant, anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Strap: Black calf braided leather, pin buckle

Limited Edition of 160 pieces.

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Eterna SA
Schützengasse 46 
• CH-2540 Grenchen
• Tel. +41 (0)32 654 72 52
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

LINDE WERDELIN – OKTOPUS Reef


LINDE WERDELINOKTOPUS Reef Double Date Engraved Rose Gold & Titanium - Unique Piece NEW

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In a special project, Linde Werdelin have collaborated with artist Johnny Dowell (Instagram: KingNerd; Twitter: JohnnyKingNerd) to create a new piece. Johnny Dowell, an established and talented engraver, approached Morten Linde and Jorn Werdelin to propose he do something with a Linde Werdelin watch.

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The result: we sent him an Oktopus Double Date Rose Gold; he sent back the Oktopus Reef.

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By trade, Dowell is a gun engraver, following in the footsteps of an uncle, a gun maker. He learned his engraving craft 14 years ago, a five-year learning period.

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Since then he has been plying his trade at one of Britain’s most prestigious gun engravers, later beginning to work on jewellery and, most recently, watches.
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In Johnny’s own words:
"I must admit doing this Oktopus Reefproject has been the most fun just because I had a lot more space to manoeuvre with regards to design and drawings. Morten and Jorn were quite happy for me to put my own style into it. I had a lot more freedom compared with other projects I’ve worked on. It was quite satisfying to transfer the drawings I’d put in the original templates onto the watch", said Johnny Dowell.

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 [Johnny “KingNerd” Dowell examining the Oktopus Reef.]

"I played around with ideas for a few months – drawings, layout, and case parts. There was a lot of back and forth between myself and Morten in that time. Being an Oktopus, a dive watch, we always thought the design would have something to do with the sea. We played with ideas for a while until Morten said ‘let’s do corals and bubbles to create an underwater diving effect."

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 [Oktopus Reef bezel with engraved octopus tentacles.]

"The bezel was not originally involved. Morten sent another template through with the concept of the octopus and I brought it to life with my own sketches. I wanted to create movement in the engraving, having the tentacles turning and twirling, showing the suckers underneath."

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"The engraving process took up to 100 hours, from planning the layout onto the watch to engraving and finally creating the black effect."

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"The most challenging part was working with Grade 2 Titanium. I had to order a piece to practice on, to feel how hard it was. It’s probably the hardest material I’ve cut. On the other hand, the sides of the watch are all flat rather than curved, which makes it lovely to work with. Its facets providing the best canvases. It works better visually, you can see more of the detail that way", said Johnny Dowell.

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"The details are created with a very fine cut done under a microscope or magnifying loop – this takes the longest time. It takes a lot of focus and patience. It’s a painstakingly long process."

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"The Oktopus Reef is a one-off piece. There may be future engraved versions of our current collection, but using different bases or with a different design due to the hand-engraved nature of the work. As such, there is only one piece available to buy on our website, on a first-come basis."

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Morten Linde also talks about the Oktopus Reef in the video below:



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Technical Specifications

Model: OKTOPUS Reef

Case
Outer Case: Three-part case construction; 18K rose gold (5N) and titanium grade 2; satin, polished and microbillé finishing.
Engraved with coral-and-bubbles scene by Johnny "KingNerd" Dowell
Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on the inside
Crown: Titanium; screw-down; microbillé and rough circular satin finish; engraved with an octopus icon.
Back Case: Titanium; engraved with a multi-layer octopus motif; microbillé and circular satin finish
Bezel: Rose gold; satin on top surface; polished facet.
Titanium screws; black tension discs.
Dimensions: 44mm (w) x 46mm (l) x 15mm (h)
Movement
Linde Werdelin-modified Dubois Dépraz calibre 14580
Power reserve: 44 hours
Balance frequency: 28,800vph (4Hz)
Jewels: 23
Dial
Five-layer skeletonised dial.
Réhaut and top dial: black, circular satin finish.
Lower dial: black, circular Côte de Genève finish.
Hands in rose gold; satin finish, cool grey Luminova.
Large numerals 3, 6 and 9 in gold Luminova with black frames.
Hour and minute indexes, logo and logotype in cool grey Luminova.
Double Date.
Skeletonised date wheels visible at 12 o’clock.
Titanium wheels treated with rose gold.
Water Resistance: 300m
Strap
Interchangeable natural rubber strap in black, with DLC-coated titanium ardillion buckle.

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