ALPINA – SEASTRONG Diver Heritage

ALPINA – SEASTRONG Diver Heritage NEW

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THE ALPINA SEASTRONG DIVER HERITAGE

Almost half a century after its first appearance, the Alpina "Seastrong 10" Super Compressor diving watch finds its way back into the Alpina collection as the "Seastrong Diver Heritage". More than a replica, a modern interpretation of a Swiss watchmaking classic.

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The Story
"When the water-resistant watch came on the market 15 years ago, some people thought it was just another crazy fashion or a sales gimmick. After all it is not absolutely necessary to wear your watch in the bath …" According to the German specialist magazine Uhrmacher-Woche.

In the year these watches first appeared, 1942, things looked very different. Women and men would value their wristwatch as an almost indispensable companion in all situations of life. Naturally, contact with water could not be ruled out. The technicians of the Swiss watch manufacturer Alpina therefore saw this as a challenge. Their dealers and their customers wanted wristwatches with water-resistant cases. Following several years of development work, the sporty and functional "Alpina 4" was therefore presented for the first time in 1938. The numeral stood for four impressive quality characteristics. Firstly, the timepiece had antimagnetic properties. An "Incabloc" impact protection device protected the delicate pivots of the balance wheel from breakage. Thirdly, the highly resilient case was made of stainless steel. Finally came the fourth and particularly important argument for purchasing the Alpina 4", in the form of a "Geneva" type water-resistant case. Its specially designed crown was patented. In spite of its outstanding qualities, however, this of course could not yet be described as a genuine diving watch. The presentation of such a watch by Alpina would have to wait a further 30 years.

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In this way, we learn from the annals of the art of watchmaking, the era of this type of wristwatch began. Not least because of the underwater equipment available, the pressure-tightness initially only extended to ten bar. Shortly afterwards instruments for professional use came on the scene, which easily withstood depths of up to 200 metres.

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Because air supply is always limited, time spent under water is extremely precious. To ensure the hours, minutes and seconds can be easily read, and as a reminder to divers to return to the surface in good time, product designers not only provided their diving wristwatches with striking illuminated dials and hands, but also incorporated a useful rotating bezel. For safety reasons, the rotating bezel can now exclusively be turned in an anticlockwise direction. In this way the time for remaining under water as displayed by the watch can only be reduced in the event of an accidental change, never increased. Because the inventor company had placed their unilaterally positioned rotating bezel under patent protection in the 1950s, their competitors either had to be content with copies that could be displaced on both sides, or proceed in a completely new direction.

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This is precisely the option chosen by Ervin Piquerez SA (EPSA), based in Bassecourt in Switzerland. In 1956 the experienced watchmaking company presented a design of a new kind (which was therefore also patented). As usual, the back was also screwed together with the middle. In addition, however, the "Super Compressor", water-resistant to twenty bar, boasted a truly innovative special feature: an integrated spring mechanism prevented compression and the damage that this could cause to the rubber sealing ring when the case was being screwed down. But the name "Compressor" was also associated with a further characteristic: increasing diving depth and the increasing water pressure associated therewith press the two parts of the case ever more firmly together. The outstanding features of this newcomer also included two crowns, one for winding and adjusting the hands, the other for deliberately adjusting the internal diving time rotating ring in both directions. The sophisticated design really made sense. Accidental actions and incorrect operation of the "device for individual preselection of a diving time" (as specified by the relevant standard) were almost impossible. A third advantage consisted in a relatively flat design of the watches, which was both functional and elegant.

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No wonder that the EPSA has been able to secure many well known watch manufacturers as its customers over the years. One of these customers – closing the circle, as it were – was Alpina. In 1967 the cooperative brought its highly regarded "Alpina 10" on to the market. The "Super Compressor" case, water-resistant to up to twenty bar, housed the 572C automatic calibre. The extremely pressure-tight "Super Compressor" case is instantly recognisable from the outside by the grid pattern on both crowns, and on the inner side of the case back by the stylised depiction of a diving helmet.

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The 2016 Seastrong Diver Heritage

Just 50 years later, the highly regarded diving watch is back in the Alpina Collection, this time as the "Seastrong Diver Heritage". Its illustrious predecessor from the 1960s is recalled in two operating elements in the right case flank and the rotating ring which was (at that time, for good reason) shifted into the inside of the case. With the help of the crown, the rotating ring can be quickly and easily adjusted at "2". The 60 minute division is also useful for non divers. For example, the arrow can be positioned so that the approaching hour hand indicates when parking time is running out. Thanks to the modern case design, the classic stainless steel case (now increased to a diameter of 42 millimetres) with its engraved screwed case back resists water pressure up to 30 bar, corresponding to a diving depth of 300 m/1000ft.

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The modern AL-525 automatic calibre ensures timekeeping. This is the equally reliable, robust and accurate SW 200 from Sellita. Alpina has refined it with its customary attention to detail, giving the ball bearing mounted rotor the asymmetric form signature to the brand. The balance wheel completes 28,800 vibrations per hour. Fully wound, it has 38 hours of power reserve. Choosing a dial style may proof difficult. Admirers of the retro look will go for the traditional light-dark contrast design. Those who love elegant understatement will prefer the exclusively dark option.

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For more information on our watches, please visit our website or feel free to contact us directly.
You can email Mrs Annabel Corlay at corlay@alpina-watches.com

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Technical Specifications

Model: SEASTRONG Diver Heritage

Reference: AL-525S4H6 Silver color dial
Reference: AL-525G4H6 Dark grey color dial

Movement       
Caliber AL-525 automatic
26 jewels,
38 hours power reserve,
28,800 alt/h
Functions                
Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date
Case               
Stainless steel case with internal turning ring
42 mm diameter, 12.3 mm thickness
Scratch – resistant glassbox sapphire crystal
Water-resistant 30 ATM/300m/1000ft
Engraved case-back
Screw-down crowns and caseback 
Dial   

• Silver color dial with applied silver color indexes

    Internal black color ring with applied luminous indexes  

• Dark grey color dial with applied silver color indexes

Internal dark navy color ring with applied luminous indexes

Date window at 4’ o clock
White luminous coated hours, minutes and seconds hands
Strap   
Black leather strap water-resistant

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BREGUET – Tradition Dame 7038

BREGUET – Tradition Dame 7038 White Gold NEW

Pre-Baselworld 2016

Breguet’s Tradition collection welcomes a new
self-winding Tradition Dame 7038 model.

Women with a penchant for prestigious watchmaking and keen on acquiring an iconic timepiece will undoubtedly be won over by this elegant and technical Tradition watch featuring an ultra-modern, graphic structure proudly exhibiting almost all the movement components on either side of the mainplate. 

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It features a central barrel, a subdial at 12 o’clock bearing hands directly driven by the barrel, as well as a balance-wheel and intermediate wheels forming an arc stretching from 4 to 8 o’clock. The bridge bearing the escapement is reinforced by a hand-chamfered pare-chute – a Breguet invention that serves to protect the balance-staff from shocks. In terms of its display, the Tradition Dame 7038 shows the hours and minutes on a finely engine-turned Tahitian mother-of-pearl dial.

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These indications are discreetly complemented by the retrograde seconds engraved on the movement face at 10 o’clock. Another distinctive feature of this ladies’ timepiece lies in the finishing of its movement, with a decoration specifically designed with women in mind.

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The NAC treatment typical of the Tradition collection and hitherto appearing in grey, anthracite or golden rose tones, is replaced here by a frosted white movement admirably complemented by an 18-carat white gold case. Brilliant-cut diamonds delicately set on the bezel and a watch movement jewel unusually placed on the crown further contribute to the fresh, sparkling character of this Tradition Dame 7038.

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 Equipped with Calibre 505SR, it features a lever escapement with silicon pallets and a Breguet balance-spring also made of silicon.

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Technical specifications

Model: Breguet Tradition Dame 7038 White Gold

Ref. 7038BB/1T/9V6/D00D

Case
Case in 18-carat white gold with delicately fluted caseband.
Diameter 37.00 mm
Thickness 11.85 mm
Bezel set with 68 brilliant-cut diamonds (approx. 0.895 ct).
Crown set with a watch movement jewel.
Sapphire-crystal caseback. 37mm diameter.
Welded lugs with screw bars.
Water-resistant to 3 bar (30m)
Dial
Dial in Tahitian mother-of-pearl, engine-turned and offset at 12 o'clock.
Individually numbered and signed BREGUET.
Hours chapter with Roman numerals.
BREGUET open-tipped hands in gold.
Functions
Hours, Minutes, Retrograde second
Movement
Self-winding. Numbered and signed BREGUET
Caliber: Cal. 505SR.
14½ lignes. 38 jewels
50-hour power-reserve
Straight-line inverted lever escapement with silicon pallets
BREGUET overcoil balance spring in silicon
Escapement Inverted straight-line lever / Silicon
Balance 3Hz frequency
Adjusted in 6 positions
Strap
Alligator leather strap 9V6
Pin Buckle in 18K white gold

Reference 7038BB/1T/9V6/D00D

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TUDOR – HERITAGE Advisor Titanium

TUDOR  – HERITAGE Advisor Cognac Dial Titanium NEW

The Heritage Advisor, with its automatic alarm function, is a reinterpretation of the brand’s 1957 classic, and this year features a new combination of cognac-coloured dial and strap.

The Heritage Advisor is a reinterpretation of the famous TUDOR alarm watch from 1957. An up-to-date version of this classic, it retains its original shape and proportions of its case, lugs, and glass, its dauphine hands and bevelled markers, as well as the design and colour of its red alarm hand.

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The case, made from titanium, which provides optimum sound quality for the alarm, has been increased from 34 mm to 42 mm in keeping with modern tastes.

COGNAC DIAL

The Heritage Advisor’s dial design is particularly intricate, with no less than five distinct elements. Decorated in a number of different ways, the various finishes contrast with one another to create a textural richness and stunning reflections.

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Although the overall tone is cognac, the centre of the dial is opaline, the calendar counter circular, the minute track, has a sunburst satin finish, while the outer flange and alarm power-reserve indicator disk have been sandblasted.

ALARM MODULE DEVELOPED BY TUDOR

The movement of the Heritage Advisor is equipped with an extra mechanical module which provides an alarm function. Developed in-house by TUDOR, it boasts perfect sound clarity, both clear and consistent. It also features an alarm power-reserve indicator shown on the dial by a disk at 3 o’clock, as well as an ON/OFF display at 9 o’clock, engaged by a pusher at 8 o’clock.

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In addition to the hour, minutes and seconds, the movement also indicates the date on a counter at 6 o’clock. The winding crown at 2 o’clock, engraved with the name ADVISOR, sets the alarm time. The winding crown, adorned with the TUDOR rose and positioned at 4 o’clock is used to set the time and change the date.

DELIVERED WITH TWO STRAPS

The Heritage Advisor model comes with a choice of a steel bracelet or a cognac-coloured alligator strap with a folding clasp, each accompanied by an extra black silk strap edged in satin, reminiscent of the decoration on the trousers of a tuxedo.

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Made  using the Jacquard technique according to traditional methods by a hundred-year-old family business from the St-Etienne region of France, this strap is a signature feature of TUDOR’s Heritage line.

THE HERITAGE LINE

A key characteristic of the TUDOR Heritage line is the unique creative process that began in 2010 with the presentation of the TUDOR Heritage Chrono model, a free interpretation of the brand’s first chronograph dating from 1970. Since then, some of the most important references in the history of TUDOR have been reworked within the Heritage line.

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Far from simply being an identical re-release of a classic, the models in this line bring together the past, present and future, with the aesthetic codes that contributed to the reputation of historic models instilled into contemporary timepieces. In line with this approach, the Heritage Advisor offers a contemporary and improved version of the 1957 model.

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Technical Specifications

Model: Tudor HERITAGE Advisor

Reference: 79620TC

Case
Titanium and steel, 42 mm, polished and satin finish
Bezel: Smooth steel bezel, polished finish
 - Steel winding crown at 4 o’clock, with the TUDOR rose engraved and black-lacquered
 - Steel winding crown at 2 o’clock for the alarm function, with the name ADVISOR engraved and black-lacquered
 - Steel pusher at 8 o’clock to engage the alarm function
Crystal: Domed sapphire crystal
Water- proofness: Waterproof to 100 m (330 ft)
Movement
Self-winding mechanical movement, TUDOR calibre 2892,
with additional alarm function mechanism developed exclusively by TUDOR
Power reserve: Approximately 42 hours
Dial
Cognac
 - Alarm function ON/OFF display through an aperture at 9 o’clock
 - Alarm power reserve indicator displayed on a disc at 3 o’clock
Calendar shown by a hand at 6 o’clock
Bracelet/strap
Steel bracelet or alligator leather strap with folding clasp and safety catch
Additional silk strap with buckle included in the box

Retail Price
Swiss Price (VAT incl.): From CHF 5'600.

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Patek Philippe – Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300 White Gold

PATEK PHILIPPE – Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300 White Gold 175th Anniversary Limited Edition NEW  

Patek Philippe, Geneva
Baselworld 2016

When grand complications become everyday challenges

With a totally novel and distinctive appearance, the highly complex new Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300
constitutes a genuine changing of the guard. For 15 years, the Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 6200 was the
most complicated wristwatch regularly produced by Patek Philippe. Now, it is ceding this rank to the
Ref. 6300: With 20 complications, among them five chiming functions, and a double-face case with a
patented reversing mechanism, it is one of the most complicated wristwatches of our era and with
certainty also the world's greatest mechanical strikework marvel for the wrist.

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In October 2014, on the occasion of the manufacture's 175th anniversary, Patek Philippe presented a
suite of limited-edition commemorative timepieces. The most spectacular one was the Grandmaster
Chime Ref. 5175. As the manufacture's first wristwatch with a Grande and a Petite Sonnerie, it was
crafted in a limited edition of seven pieces, each one with a gold case decorated with stunning,
manually executed engravings on all sides. Six of these watches were sold to collectors and
aficionados, and the seventh one can soon be admired at the Patek Philippe Museum.

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However, to keep its inner cosmos – the caliber GS AL 36-750 QIS FUS IRM – alive, it will henceforth strike the time, the date, and a settable alarm in the Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300. With a new and distinctive design, it is the most complicated and also the first wristwatch with a Grande Sonnerie in the regular Patek Philippe collection. This timepiece was created to be used on a daily basis. Because
production is limited due to its extreme complexity, the Ref. 6300 will remain a rarity for all time.

Extremely complicated, very simple, and highly sonorous

The Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300 is one of the most complicated watches in the world. Not only
because of its 20 complications, but also because of the nature of its horological challenges, among
them six patented innovations. Moreover, it is a double-face wristwatch that can be worn with either
dial facing up: the one that focuses on the time and the sonnerie, and the other that is dedicated to the
full instantaneous perpetual calendar. Reversing the face is very convenient thanks to an ingenious
mechanism between the lugs.

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It is easy to operate and securely locks the case in the selected position.
The most important information, such as the time and the date, is displayed on both dials. User-
friendliness is guaranteed by intelligent backup mechanisms that largely prevent inadvertent
manipulations and thus reliably protect the highly complex movement with its countless tiny parts.

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Each caliber consists of 1,366 parts and each case of 214 separate parts, bringing the total number of
components for each Grandmaster Chime to 1,580.

The sound makes the supercomplication

The array of acoustic complications includes a Grande and a Petite Sonnerie, a minute repeater, an
acoustic alarm with the indication of the preset alarm time, and a date repeater that strikes the date on
demand. The time chimes are struck on three gongs, producing a clear, voluminous, and easily
perceptible sound that has become a Patek Philippe trademark.

Grande and Petite Sonnerie

The Grande and Petite Sonnerie are functions that automatically strike the time every quarter hour: the
hour count at the top of every hour and then the hour count followed by the quarter-hour count on
every quarter (Grande Sonnerie) or just the quarter-hour count without the hours (Petite Sonnerie). A
separate double strikework spring barrel with a power reserve of 30 hours assures that these time
strikes can be executed for a whole day without requiring the watch to be rewound in shorter intervals.
Remarkably, this was accomplished even though the quarter-hours are sounded not on two but instead
on three gongs with different triple tone sequences. This requires 50 percent more energy for each
quarter-hour strike.

Minute repeater, alarm, and date repeater

The double strikework barrel also delivers the energy for the minute repeater, which on demand strikes
the hours and quarter-hours as well as the minutes that have elapsed since the last quarter-hour.
Connoisseurs automatically associate the clarity and volume of the sounds with Patek Philippe. The
alarm strikes the alarm time by reproducing the complete tone sequence of the minute repeater, with
exactly the same sound quality.

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This is a function never before integrated in a mechanical wristwatch.
The patented date repeater is all new as well. It is triggered with a pusher in the case flank. It sounds
ten-day intervals with a double high-low strike and the remaining days with a high strike: the 23rd of a
month is indicated with a ding-dong ding-dong followed by ding-ding-ding. 

 

Instantaneous perpetual calendar

The dial of the perpetual calendar features four subdials with analog displays grouped around the four-
digit year display in the middle. The month is indicated at 3 o'clock, the date and leap-year cycle at 6
o'clock and the day of the week at 9 o'clock. The time of day appears at 12 o'clock on the 24-hour and
60-minute subdial. With the exception of the four-digit year, the calendar displays switch
instantaneously and concurrently, so that the information for the date repeater is complete and
unambiguous even around midnight. Thanks to a patented mechanism, the four-digit year display can
easily be incremented or decremented with two correction push pieces in the case flank.

Local time and second time zone

When the crown of the watch points to the right, the owner sees the dial that indicates local time as
well as the time in a second time zone together with a day/night indication. The dial also features the
power-reserve indicators for the movement and strikework barrels, the position of the winding crown
(winding, alarm setting, handsetting), the selection of the strikework mode (Grande Sonnerie, Petite
Sonnerie, or Silence), a bell-shaped aperture for the alarm ON/OFF display and a small square window
for the strikework isolator (disabled/enabled) display. On the 24-hour dial at 12 o'clock, the desired
alarm time can be set in quarter-hour steps. The scale for the perpetual analog date at 6 o'clock frames
the moon-phase display.

A new double-face case with a hobnail design

The Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300 reveals at first sight that it is a new, distinctive creation. Its
prominent white-gold case is decorated with a manually guilloched hobnail pattern seen only rarely in
Patek Philippe's grand complication watches, even though this motif has been a trademark of the
manufacture ever since the Ref. 96D was launched in 1934. The aesthetic exterior elements, from the
mechanically elaborate case and the dials to the clasp reflect artisanal perfection and true engineering
artistry. The reversing mechanism between the lugs is a technical masterpiece in its own right; it
guarantees that the watch can be worn with either dial facing up at any time.

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The center of the black shimmering white-gold dial is decorated with a manually guilloched hobnail
motif. The applied Breguet numerals in white gold, white printed scales, and white-gold hands assure
optimized legibility. Although with opposite contrasts, this also applies to the opaline white dial of the
perpetual calendar which groups four black subsidiary dials with black-oxidized steel hands around the
centered four-digit year display in its discreet white-gold frame.

A user-friendly detail: The push pieces in the case flank are labeled with self-explanatory engravings.
The function displays on the black dial (strikework mode, crown position, alarm mode, strikework
isolator, power reserves of movement and strikework barrels) also provide clear and well-organized
information concerning the individual functions and the selected modes of the watch. This proves that
even a mechanical supercomplication can be a “smart watch” – an intelligent, easy-to-use timepiece.
Coordinated with the black/white duality of its dials, the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300
in 18K white gold is worn on a shiny black alligator strap with large square scales and hand-stitched
contrast seams secured by an 18K white-gold fold-over clasp.

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Technical Specifications

Model: Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300

Movement 
Caliber GS AL 36-750 QIS FUS IRM.

Manually wound mechanical movement, 20 complications, chiming mechanism with 3 gongs and 5 different time strikes (Grande and Petite Sonnerie, minute repeater, alarm with time strike, date repeater); second time zone with day/night indicator; instantaneous perpetual calendar (date on both sides, day of week, month, leap-year cycle, four-digit year display, 24-hour and minute subdial, moon phases, strikework mode display, strikework isolator display, alarm ON/OFF, crown position indicator, and power reserve indicators for the movement and the strikework

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Diameter: 37 mm
Height: 10.7 mm
Number of parts: 1366
Number of jewels: 108
Number of bridges: 32
Movement power reserve:  Min. 72 hours
Strikework power reserve:  30 hours
Balance:  Gyromax ®
Frequency:  25,200 semi-oscillations per hour (3.5 Hz)
Balance spring:  Spiromax ®
Functions
3-position crown
   • Pushed home To wind the movement clockwise; to wind the
   strikework counterclockwise
   • Pulled halfway out: To set the alarm time
   • Pulled all the way out: To set the time
   • Strikework mode selector at 9 o'clock
Time dial displays
Local time in hours and minutes, hours in a second time zone, alarm time, analog perpetual date, moon phases, strikework power-reserve indicator, movement power-reserve indicator, strikework mode display, crown  position  indicator,  strikework  isolator  display  (chimes enabled/disabled), alarm ON/OFF
Calendar dial displays
24-hour and minute subdial, four-digit year display, three calendar subdials with analog indications for the day, month, date, and leap- year cycle
Pushers:  Pushers for the second time zone ("+" and "-"), alarm, minute repeater
Correction push pieces:  Year display ("+" and "-"), date, month, day, moon phases
Hallmark:   Patek Philippe Seal

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Case
Round, with patented reversing mechanism on the axis from 12 to 6 o'clock, 18K white gold, 214 parts, sapphire crystals on both sides, protected against dust and moisture, not water-resistant Caseband with hand-guilloched hobnail pattern Manually engraved function lettering and symbols on the caseband and pushers
Case dimensions:  Diameter (10 to 4 o'clock): 47.4 mm
Thickness (crystal to crystal): 16.1 mm
Time side dial
8K gold, ebony black opaline, center with hand-guilloched hobnail pattern, applied Breguet numerals in 18K white gold
Local time hour and minute hands in 18K white gold, hour hand for second time zone in 18K white gold
Hands for alarm time, movement and strikework power-reserve indicators, strikework mode and crown position in 18K white gold
Calendar side dial
18K gold, white opaline, center with polished gold frame for the four- digit year display
Subsidiary dials for the 24-hour display, day, month, date, and leap-year cycle with black printed scales and black nickel-plated steel hands 
Strap
Alligator leather with large square scales, shiny black, hand-stitched white contrast seams, fold-over clasp in 18K white gold

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The 20 complications
1 Grande Sonnerie
2 Petite Sonnerie
3 Minute repeater
4 Strikework mode display (Silence/Grand Sonnerie/Petite Sonnerie)
5 Alarm with time strike
6 Date repeater
7 Movement power-reserve indicator
8 Strikework power-reserve indicator
9 Strikework isolator display
10 Second time zone
11 Second time zone day/night indicator
12 Instantaneous perpetual calendar
13 Day-of-week display
14 Month display
15 Date display (on both dials)
16 Leap year cycle
17 Four-digit year display
18 24-hour and minute subdial
19 Moon phase
20 Crown position indicator (RAH)
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ZENITH - ACADEMY Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot

ZENITH – ACADEMY Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot Black Ceramic Limited Edition NEW

Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot

Baselworld 2016
 
Absolute transparency ensuring unobstructed views of cutting-edge Zenith mechanics: the Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot offers a futuristic take on Haute Horlogerie.

Its powerful design and innovative materials reveal an unprecedented ‘engine’ – El Primero Calibre 4805 – combining two iconic complications from the Manufacture: the tourbillon and a fusee and chain transmission system. Issued in a 150-piece limited edition featuring a 45 mm-diameter black ceramic case, this sophisticated watch fully reveals the contemporary architecture of its high-frequency heart.

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Eloquently expressing the comprehensive manufacturing expertise cultivated by Zenith, the Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot aunts its mechanism in an entirely transparent manner. Its virile black ceramic case houses a new El Primero movement equipped with a tourbillon as well as a fusée and chain transmission system. These two horological complications, both specialities of the brand with the guiding star, are thus united for the rst time in a Zenith high-frequency movement. The dial-free hand-wound El Primero Calibre 4805 provides a perfect picture of its magni cent mechanisms and its powerful architecture. An authentic technical and aesthetic feat stemming from a lengthy process of research and design affording an unprecedented view of the movement structure.

CONTEMPORARY VIRTUOSITY

The manufacturing expertise of Zenith and its resolutely future-oriented mindset are entirely in tune with the genetic heritage cultivated by the Maison for more than 150 years. Zenith’s brilliant founder, Georges Favre-Jacot, instilled a pioneering spirit into the rm by creating one of the rst industrial watch manufacturing facilities in 1865.

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This resolutely technical approach driven by a sense of daring has now given rise to the Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot watch, issued in a 150-piece limited edition. Haute Horlogerie meets modernity in this remarkable fusée and chain tourbillon model, equipped with the new high-frequency El Primero Calibre 4805, entirely developed and produced in-house by Zenith. While its famous name and its fast cadence of 36,000 vibrations per hour recall the legendary chronograph created by Zenith in 1969, this original new ‘engine’ also features a majestic tourbillon coupled with a fusée and chain transmission system linked to the barrel so as to ensure constant force.

LIMPID DARKNESS

A fascinating compendium of watchmaking technologies, this 807-part hand-wound movement is composed of modern, well-structured lines. The dial- free Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot with its generously sized 45 mm-diameter black ceramic case turns the spotlight on its tourbillon placed at 6 o’clock and on its fusée and train transmission system between 10.30 and 1.30.

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Secured to the mainplate by polished screws, three blackened bridges support the fusée and barrel arbors, while the tourbillon carriage performs one rotation per minute. The central hours and minutes functions are shown on a ring swept over by luminescent black facetted hands and hour-markers. The more than 50-hour power reserve is displayed between 4 and 5 o’clock by a red-tipped hand moving between “High” and “Low” indications. Visible both on the display side and through the sapphire crystal case-back, the mainplate and bridges are coated with a deep anthracite colour adorned with alternating sandblasted, hand-chamfered and straight-grained nishes.

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Water-resistant to 50 metres, the Academy Tourbillon Georges Favre-Jacot is tted with a perforated rubber strap secured by a PVD-coated titanium triple folding clasp and issued in a 150-piece limited edition. Another 150-piece rose gold limited-edition version is also available. A new chapter in the Zenith saga is thus being written in unmistakably modern ink.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: ACADEMY Georges Favre-Jacot Tourbillon
150 Piece Limited Edition 

• NEW 45-MM CERAMIC CASE
• FIRST-EVER TOURBILLON FUSÉE AND CHAIN MOVEMENT
• AUTOMATIC EL PRIMERO TOURBILLON WITH FUSEE
• AND CHAIN TRANSMISSION
•  150-PIECE LIMITED EDITION

Reference: 49.2520.4805/98.R576

MOVEMENT
Movement El Primero 4805, Manual
Calibre 16 1⁄2 ‘’’ (Diameter: 37 mm)
Thickness: 5.90 mm
Components: 807
Jewels: 32
Frequency: 36,000 VpH (5 Hz)
Power-reserve: min. 50 hours
FUNCTIONS
Hours and minutes in the centre
Tourbillon:
– The carriage is positioned at 6 o’clock
– The carriage makes one turn per minute
Fusée Chain transmission connected to the barrel
Power-reserve indicator at 4:30
CASE, DIAL & HANDS
Material: Black Ceramic
Diameter: 45 mm
Opening diameter: 37.80 mm
Thickness: 14.65 mm
Crystal: Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Case-back: Transparent sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 5 ATM
Dial: Black elements screwed to the movement
Hour-markers: Ruthenium-plated, faceted and coated with SuperLuminova
Hands: Ruthenium-plated, faceted and coated with SuperLuminova
STRAPS & BUCKLES
Black rubber strap
Black PVD coated Titanium triple folding clasp

Reference: 49.2520.4805/98.R576

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