Jaeger-LeCoultre - Grande Reverso Ultra Thin SQ

Jaeger-LeCoultre - Grande Reverso Ultra Thin SQ NEW


A steel labyrinth; a watch with two finely crafted faces. The Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Squelette lends its dual nature to the ancestral art of openworking, thereby serving as the emissary of an artistic and technical expertise mastered by only a very few watch manufacturers. Entirely openworked and decorated by hand, the mechanical movement reveals its wheel-trains fascinatingly interwoven according to a purposefully created design that leaves nothing to chance.

The artisan has patiently removed material using the blade of a small saw in order to reduce the mechanism to bare essentials, while nonetheless ensuring its flawless reliability. All the sides have been individually hand-drawn, chamfered, polished, chased and engraved. Blued screws are dotted across this delicate lacework, while the jewels are there as a reminder that this is a first-rate mechanical manually-wound movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 849RSQ.

The latter has become a legend because of its exceptional qualities including a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and an ultra-thin 1.85 mm thickness comprising 128 parts. Its extremely slender architecture calls for exceptional machining precision, while its openworking adds to the complexity of the task and represents an impressive accomplishment. In order to honour this exquisitely meticulous work, the white gold dial is framed by finely engraved arabesques, accompanied on the front by a blue-tinted translucent enamel coating echoing the traditional colour of the blued hands. Issued in a 50-piece limited edition, the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin SQ radiates emblematic Art Deco lines and peerless finesse highlighted by rare forms of craftsmanship inherited from the past and handed down from generation to generation within the Manufacture.

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Technical characteristics  Grande Reverso Ultra Thin SQ:

Movement:
• Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 849RSQ
• 21,600 vibrations per hour
• 19 jewels
• 128 parts
Functions:
• hours, minutes
• approx. 35-hour power reserve
Dial:
• front: white gold with translucent blue enamel coating
• back: white gold
Hands:
• hours and minutes; baton-shaped hands
Crown:
• 1 crown to adjust the hours and minutes
Case:
• 18-carat white gold
• dimensions: 46 x 27 mm
• thickness: 7.27 mm
• polished with satin-brushed outer carrier
• water resistance: 3 bar
Strap and buckle:
• Venice blue alligator leather
• high-end pin buckle
Reference:

Ref. Q278 35 40

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U-Boat - U-51 Chimera Bronze

U-BOAT - U-51 Chimera Bronze Limited Edition NEW


Each object hides behind a memory of a story. The same goes for some of the most important fashion houses often hidden and unknown to the most interesting stories. Take the Italian brand U-BOAT. 
 In 1942 the Italian government had commissioned the production of watches for naval aviation pilots. 
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The Tuscan Ilvo Fontana had made for this project, but does not go well. Italo Fontana, nephew Ilvo, as a young man kept records of his grandfather on the plan for the implementation of these specific watches and so fascinated by the sketches of the ancestor, since 2000, for seven years he has patiently worked to redefine the concept of thus the brand watches U-BOAT.

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Today, the state of the art of brand new models are the U-51 Bronze Chimera and "B and B", presented at Baselworld 2012 and inspired by the concept of "Authentic Vintage". Fountain fact choose not to create faithful imitation, new productions of watches that show the mind to the past, but sees something different, a wristwatch from the past, used, lived and live, with all the imperfections caused by time.

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As U-51 Chimera, and Bronze "B and B ', an all-bronze, the other with steel detailing, darkened by a special treatment, and both with the case originally designed for the limited edition of 2010, U- 51 Rattrapante.

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For these limited editions of 300 pieces each, the bronze was treated with acids and has not received any special rhodium, in order to maintain the look of raw metal and alterable. The hands were painted, only to be stripped, and scratched on purpose. 

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 Finally, a series of straps, as the end of Italian manufacture, has been patiently and manually molded and sewn by artisans in Tuscany, famous throughout the world for their mastery in work and tanned skin.
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Technical features:

Movement: 

Automatic, Caliber ETA 7750, 28,800 alt / h,  
25 jewels, oscillating weight in silver, up 44 h.
Functions: 
Chronograph, 30 min and 12h counter, date, small seconds, hours, minutes.
Case:  
Bronze naturally aged, crown and shield in left-bottom bezel and enclosed by an outer tube with customized key, chronograph push buttons located on the case middle left, sapphire back, sealing 100 m, diameter 54.5mm.
Dial:  
Brown, 2 spheres superimposed, the upper and hours counters with laser-cut to see the lower sphere made ​​of bronze glass, laser-cut hands, date at 9 o'clock, small seconds at 3 o'clock.
Strap:
 Leather.
Versions:  
Limited Edition 300 piece (s) version in black PVD steel 

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Bronze Limited to 300 pieces.

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