Saturday, October 1, 2016

McGonigle – Tourbillon Gold




















McGonigleTourbillon Gold

As an independent watch brand McGonigle Watches made its debut at Baselworld in 2007 by launching its first timepiece, the McGonigle Tourbillon.

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Dressed in white or rose gold, the case of McGonigle Tourbillon has a slightly oval shape with dimensions 43/42mm. It boasts a two layer dial structure featuring a sapphire crystal upper dial with drilled indices and German sliver lover dial with hour tracks.

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The manual winding tourbillon movement beats inside the timepiece has 18 jewels and offers power reserve up to 110 hours when fully wound. Crafted in German silver, the main plate and bridges of the movement are decorated with hand engravings.

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The dial is on two levels. The lower hour track is machined into the case ring. This, like the movement, is made from German silver. The upper dial is sapphire crystal, affording a view not only of the tourbillon but the entire movement.

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All gearwheels use the ‘dents de loup’ or ‘wolf’s teeth’ variety that was particularly popular in watchmaking during the 19th century. Due to the fact that these teeth are not uniform, they require a vast amount of manual labor to finish them.

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These breath taking decorations can be admired through the sapphire crystal case back. This exceptional mechanical movement incorporates wolf teeth gearing system which was popular in 19th century watch making.

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The McGonigle Tourbillon comes fitted with a hand-stitched alligator leather strap featuring a hand engraved deployant buckle in red or white gold depending upon the model.

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Technical Specifications

Model: McGonigle Tourbillon 

Movement
Hand winding mechanical 60 seconds tourbillon
Main plate and bridges: Hand engraved German silver
Power reserve: 110 hours
Balance: free sprung balanced spring
Frequency: 21,600 bph
Escape wheel: gold
No of parts: 143
No of jewels: 18
Case & Crown
White or Rose Gold
Oval shape
Diameter: 43/42mm
Water resistance: 30 meters
Dial
Upper dial: sapphire crystal with drilled indices
Lower hour track dial: German silver
Hand polished steel hands with beveled and grained gold arrow heads
Strap
Hand-stitched alligator
Hand engraved gold deployant buckle

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Friday, September 30, 2016

F.P.Journe – L’ÉLÉGANTE 48 mm DIAMONDS
















F.P.Journe L’ÉLÉGANTE 48 mm Titanium DIAMONDS Exclusively Concept NEW

Revolutionary Horological Concept

The revolutionary electro-mechanical movement of the élégante
its very long autonomy and its exceptional comfort of use is now available in 48mm DIAMONDS.

The revolutionary electro-mechanical movement of the élégante, its very long autonomy and its exceptional comfort of use is now available in 48mm DIAMONDS with 418 brilliant-cut diamonds for 1.06 carat, with luminescent dial and navy blue rubber strap.

The revolutionary electro mechanical movement provide an autonomy of 8 to 10 years with sleeping mode after 30 minutes motionless, and automatic exact time reset when the watch is moved again. Magical !

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8 years of research were necessary for F.P. Journe to develop this innovative electro-mechanical concept. The calibre 1210 provides a greatcomfort of use and the performances of an electro-mechanical watch combining reliability and precision. The élégante features the only elec-tromechanical movement conceived and created for the luxury market and offering a true vision of luxury. The luminescent dial of the élégante provides perfect legibility, by day and by night.

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Adapted to modern life rhythm, the faithful élégante F.P. Journe goes in stand-by mode after 30 minutes motionless, the mechanical motiondetector visible at 4h30 is at rest. During this standby mode, the micro processor continues to keep time, while the mechanical parts, gears,rotors and hands stop turning. Thus the energy saved provides a very long autonomy from 8 to 10 years in daily use, while up to 18 years instandby mode. When moved, the élégante sets itself automatically to the current time, taking the shortest path - either clockwise or counter clockwise.

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The pure aesthetics of the flat Tortue case with 418 brilliant-cut diamonds, whose design is trademarked®, doesn’t lose any of its elegance and establishes a contemporary urban style. It is enlarged for the pleasure of larger wrists or for those who like to wear oversized watches.

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The élégante is an F.P. Journe - All the mechanical parts of its movement are manufactured in the Geneva workshops of the Manufacture, basedon the brand’s own criteria of excellence in state-of-the-art haute horology. The electronic components are developed by a Swiss engineer andmade in Switzerland according to exclusive and exacting standards, with a microprocessor specifically created for the élégante.

The ergonomic shape of the navy blue rubber strap perfectly embraces any wrist. It is completed with a deployant clasp in Steel and Titanium

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Technical Specifications

Model: L’ELEGANTE 48 mm DIAMONDS Concept

Movement
Exclusive and patented system 
F.P. Journe Manufactured Calibre FPJ 1210
Electro-mechanical
Patented two-rotor motor
Dedicated processor, specific functions and low consumption
Quartz frequency: 32’768 Hz.
Number of jewels: 18
Movement of parts: 132
Dimensions: Overall dimensions: 28.5 x 28.3 mm
Casing-up: 27.9 x 27.7 mm
Overall Height: 3.13 mm
Height of winding stem: 1.10 mm
Diameter of stem thread: S 0.90 mm
Particularities: Standby after 30 minutes motionless
Restart and automatic time setting when the watch is put back on
Motion detector with inertia weight visible on the dial
2 position hand setting stem
Main Characteristics:
Time adjustment in position 2 of the hand-setting stem
Stop second in time setting position (crown pulled) 
Power reserve: Autonomy Daily use: 8 to 10 years
Standby: 18 years
Finishing: Golden movement 4N
Engraved and decorated battery bridge Cotes de Genève
Screw heads polished and bevelled
Pegs with polished rounded ends
Case: Titanium  48 mm
Diamond Set 
Double back Sapphire crystal and cover in gold and silver guilloche
Dimensions: Flat Tortue 48 x 40 mm
Bezel: with 418 brilliant-cut diamonds for 1.06 carat
Total thickness: 7.35 mm 
Dial:
Colour: White dial
Hour: Black Arabic numbers, printed
Scale: Black, printed
Inner dial in Superluminova
Outer dial with screwed indices
Hands: Blue colour
Functions  
Hours, minutes, seconds subdial at 6 o’clock
Strap:
Blue rubber strap
Buckle: deployant clasp in Steel and Titanium
Number of parts:
Including case and strap: 165

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Brigitte Bocquet-Makhzani - Communication
International PR & Events Manager
17, rue de l’Arquebuse – 1204 Geneva – Switzerland
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Thursday, September 29, 2016

ETERNA – SUPER KONTIKI Chrono – Lady KonTiki DIVER

















ETERNASUPER KONTIKI Chrono – Lady KonTiki DIVER Automatic


DIVING IN BONAIRE
ETERNA ADVENTURES INTO MAGICAL WATES

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ACCOMPLISHED DIVER AND WATCH EXPERT, JASON HEATON, TAKES ETERNA UNDERWATER FOR A REAL-LIFE TESTING EXPERIENCE.

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Eterna tests all of its diving watches for water re-sistance, durability, functionality and more, but nothing quite beats strapping a watch onto a wet-suit and diving to the bottom of the ocean to really understand how well it performs. It is for this reason that Eterna enlisted the help of experienced diver and watch expert, Jason Heaton, for a real life test of its Eterna SuperKonTiki Chronograph and its Eterna Lady KonTiki Diver. Heaton chose Bonaire in the Ne-therlands Antilles for this extensive test that would take him on over 18 dives over a period of six days.

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Bonaire is a fascinating place, a small arid island off the coast of Venezuela, it is best know for its age-old salt production, but more recently it has become a mecca for both advanced and recreational scuba divers.

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A shallow reef rings the island, which is accessible from shore in most places. Years of steadfast marine conservation efforts have resulted in a very healthy underwater ecosystem with abundant soft and hard corals, as well as the countless creatures that inhi-bit them, from barracuda and tarpon, to rays, turtles, octopus and colourful reef fish.

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Heaton wore the Eterna SuperKonTiki Chronograph, while the Eterna Lady Kontiki Diver was tested by his diving partner, Marìa Clara Aboleda, a Colombian dive instructor who lives and works in Bonaire. The duo started their assessment in relatively shallow waters under Bonaire’s giant loading pier, where ships dock to pick up their cargo of the island’s salt. They had to wait until the dock was empty before being able to dive, but once the coast was clear, they found it is tee-ming with fish of all kinds thanks to the coral that grows on the huge vertical support stanchions of the pier.

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“The Super Kon-Tiki is one of the great names in dive watches so it was a pleasure to be able to spend a week reviewing and photographing the latest of its lineage in its intended environment. The Super KonTiki Chronograph represents a big step forward for ETERNA and a worthy bearer of its legendary name”.
Jason Heaton

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Their next dive was to be very different as they vi-sited the “Hilma Hooker”, a shipwreck that sank in 1984 under rather mysterious circumstances. They were to dive here on four separate occasions, explo-ring the 80-metre long Dutch freighter that is lying on its starboard side. The wreck is situated between two coral reefs at a depth of 30 metres and is conside-red one of the best diving sites in the Caribbean. Hea-ton and Aboleda were able to explore both the inside and the outside of the ship, enabling them to examine the watches’ accuracy and performance at such a pro-found depth.

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They also tested the watches at night as Heaton ex-plains: “On a night dive in Bonaire, I held an underwa-ter torch to the dial of the Super KonTiki for 30 seconds before descending and it glowed brightly for the enti-rety of a 45-minute dive in black water. Huge tarpon (silver scaled two-metre game fish) hunted by the light beams of our underwater torches, sharp-tailed eels came out of hiding and spectacular basket stars unfur-led their tentacles to hunt.”

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Underwater, I used the bezel for timing intermediate activities. In Bonaire, where diving is largely done from shore and is self-guided, navigation is most easily done using timed swims. Zero the bezel, swim one di-rection on the reef until half a tank is empty, note the elapsed time, zero the bezel again and return the way you came for roughly the same amount of time.

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Heaton was impressed with both Eterna’s diving ti-mepieces, “I wore the Super KonTiki Chronograph, either the blue or black, on all dives, and Marìa Clara Aboleda wore the Eterna Lady KonTiki Diver. The watches performed very well in all conditions, proving legible and accurate, with secure straps and highly functional timing bezels.”

At first glance the striking face reveals its kinship with the famous family of KonTiki watches. On the one hand, the prominent Roman numerals at 3, 6 and 9 o’clock as well as the hour marker are generously designed. On the other hand, and in particular, lies the distinctive cha-racteristic of all KonTiki models – the typical triangular index at the 12 o’clock position. The Lady KonTiki Diver displays hours, minutes, seconds and the date in a win-dow at the 4 o’clock position - that’s all a lady needs in the water or on dry land.

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A design inspired by gentle waves, the brilliant white ru-bber strap is effortless and light to wear. While sophisti-cated, the model’s cool stainless steel linked watch strap emphasises the sporty look. Like the spray on the stormy sea or the surf on a deserted sandy beach, the shimme-ring white face reminds modern globetrotters of unfor-gettable hours spent by the sea.

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With its elegance and bold femininity, the Lady KonTiki Diver with the steel strap presents a more discreet two-tone design. The warm gold tone is also evident in the design of the white face, the setting crown as well as the bezel, which radiates the brilliant blue of the depths of the ocean. The Lady KonTiki Diver has a chic, timeless and exquisite look with its elegant rose gold casing, which provides an exciting contrast to the dark black rubber strap, face and bezel. Fine diamonds indicate the hours between the golden numerals and make the Lady KonTiki Diver all the more striking. Inspired by the bril-liant blue hues of the water, the Eterna logo on the win-ding button serves as a constant reminder that the Lady KonTiki Diver is still a functional diving watch in spite of all its elegant features.
 
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 KONTIKI
IN MEMORY OF AN ADVENTUROUS EXPEDITION

The watches in the KonTiki line are a reminder of thecourage and resolution of archaeologist and ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl. Back in 1947, the 32-year-old Norwegianand five other scientists set out from the Peruviancoast into the Pacific Ocean on a simple raft made ofbalsa wood named after Kon-Tiki, an Incan sun god.

Heyerdahl had embarked on his derring-do expeditionto prove that it would have been technically possible forthe pre-Columbian Indians of South America to reach Polynesia with the help of the Humboldt Current andthe Passat wind. On their wrists the researchers worespecially made, extremely tough and reliable watchesfrom Eterna’s workshops. The crew put their trust inthese indispensable navigation aids whenever theyhad to carry out manoeuvres or make decisionsupon which depended not only the success of theirmission but also the survival of the men themselves. After 101 days and nights on the high seas, with almost 8000 kilometres behind them, Thor Heyerdahl and hiscrew finally reached the Raroia atoll in Polynesia.

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“Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.” 
Thor Heyerdahl

Their watches likewise survived the journey and shownno sign of damage from salt water, the humidity orthe fluctuating temperatures. The technical findings andexpertise taken from the creation of the timepieces forthis successful expedition subsequently flowed into thefurther development of Eterna’s sports watches.

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Technical specifications

Model: SUPER KONTIKI – Chronograph Manufacture45 MM

Ref  7770.41.89.1718 Blue - Milanese bracelet

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Ref  7770.41.89.1395 Blue - Blue rubber strap

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Ref  7770.41.49.1718 Black - Milanese bracelet

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Ref  7770.41.49.1382 Black - Black rubber strap

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MOVEMENT
Calibre Maison Eterna 3916A,
power reserve 60h
FUNCTIONS Hour, minute, second, date, chronograph, flyback
CASE
Polished and brushed stainless steel,
  • Black rotating bezel, sapphire crystal opening
  • Blue rotating bezel, sapphire crystal opening
DIMENSIONS
45.0 mm/50.90 mm/ 16.05 mm
DIAL
  • Eterna, Blue sun-brushed
  • Black, matte
BRACELET & CLASP
Milanese bracelet, folding clasp
Black/white rubber with wave, pin buckle

PRICE
 Milanese bracelet            CHF 4 600 / € 4 650 / $ 4 700
 Blue/Black rubber strap CHF 4 800 / € 4 850 / $ 4 900

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Technical specifications

Model: Lady KONTIKI – Automatic DIVER 38 MM

Ref  1280.41.66.1380 White - White rubber strap

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Ref  1280.64.49.1381 Black bezel with black ceramic ring - Black rubber strap

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Ref  1280.41.66.1733 White - Milanese bracelet

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Ref  1280.66.69.1734 White bezel with blue ceramic ring - Milanese bracelet

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MOVEMENT
Sellita SW200-1, power reserve 38h
FUNCTIONS  Hour, minute, second, date
CASE
  • Polished and brushed stainless steel, rotating bezel with white/black ceramic ring
  • Polished and brushed stainless steel, rotating bezel with white ceramic ring
  • Polished and brushed stainless steel and PVD 5N, rotating bezel with blue ceramic ring
DIMENSIONS
38.00 mm/12.00 mm
DIAL
  • Off white, laquered endowed with 7 diamonds
  • Black, laquered endowed with 7 diamonds
BRACELET & CLASP
Milanese bracelet, folding clasp
Black/white rubber with wave, pin buckle

PRICE
 Milanese bracelet           CHF 1 890/ € 1 900/ $ 1 900
(CHF 1 790 /€ 1 800 /$ 1 800)
 White /Black rubber strap CHF 1 790/ € 1 800/ $ 1 800
(CHF 1 690 /€ 1 700 /$ 1 700)

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• Tel. +41 (0)32 654 72 52
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