Saturday, May 5, 2012

Montblanc - Collection Villeret 1858 in new dimensions

















Montblanc - Collection Villeret 1858 in new dimensions

  Measuring accurate today as we know it was born on aboard ship: gold, To Be more precise, voyaging aboard vessel vessels on the high seas. Before the dawn of satellite-assisted navigation, highly accurate clocks Were the only instruments Which Could a mariner to enable Exactly determined historical position at sea, ie Both historical geographic latitude and longitude history. This is Reason enough for a Montblanc Villeret manufactory like to devote to this theme icts efforts and to refresh currency innovative Ideas that watch lovers' memories about this significant tradition. The result debuts in the new regulator Nautical watch set in the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858, Which Will celebrate icts world first at the SIHH 2012. Each Set Consists of a chronograph wristwatch with regulator dial and Two Time Zone, along with a wide navigational clock Which, in addition to showing Three time zones one hand icts regulator dial, aussi includes a world-time indicator. Only sixteen specimens of the Montblanc watch Cruise Boat Will Be Manufactured set worldwide - eight sets with red gold wristwatch chronographs and eight more with gold wristwatch chronographs in white boxes.

Montblanc - Nautical Regulator Mono-Pusher Chronograph

Part 1: The Montblanc Chronograph Wristwatch Yacht Cruise 

He was emperor in name states, the wristwatch chronograph watch sets in the Nautique from the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 is a watch with regulator dial. Its functions and Its design offer insights Into the fascinating history of navigation on the high seas. The essential precondition for this is to Know Both the time at one's harbor of departure and at one's momentary location, ie the simultaneous display of the times in Two different locations.

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Regulator Dial: The Face of Precise Time Measurement 

The central regulator dial with a minute-hand, the A Separate subdial for hours at the "12" and the second year we Shown additional subdial is homage to the year off, and venerable Extremely accurate pendulum clocks That Were Used in the still 20th century Other timepieces to Regulate, whence the name "regulator." To ensure That the display of the second passing Would never be Covered by the very slow-moving hour-hand, relocated onto the lath WAS A Separate subdial and completely Call divorced from the dial Where Were the latter Indicated. Regulator pendulum clocks aussi cette Stood out in the offices of harbormasters in all of the world's major ports.Captains Would stop at the office shortly Departing Before we travel. Their final task Before leaving the office to synchronize WAS Their ship's chronometer with the laptop's regulator clock so HarborMaster That is the precise time history Shown clock Could Be "taken along" Throughout The Trip. In Those years, an accurate reference Time Was essential for staying on course on the high seas. The allusion to the new Montblanc Chronograph Regulator Nautical Malthus is quite valid. Further details about navigation with a sextant and timepiece are Described in the appendix.

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Dial with Depth 

The new Montblanc watch from the Collection Villeret 1858 Does not Have a dial regulator of the fate that's Frequently Used watches are of this type. Instead, it transforms icts display area for eight different Indicateurs Into a topographical experience. The sight of home and local time, day and night display, chronograph, 30-minute counter, small seconds, and power-reserve and combinée winding-display area is sweating more Than half a dozen Levels. The dial is pierced to reveal Partly Manually Executed circular graining on the movement's platform, Above Which Canon has connoisseur admires the wheels of Individual mechanisms. Some scales are applied as Applied, others are inset Into the dial. This symbolically Represents the theme of Depths and shallows: after all, the watch is named "Cruise Boat" and the first accurate timepieces Were Developed 250 years ago specifically for navigation on the high seas.

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Second Time Zone and Day / Night Display 

The alpha and omega of the time-based navigation are to know the time in Two different time zones, ie the current local time and the time in the harbor from which one's vessel HAD departed. Only with this knowledge Cdn one compares the actual time of the Highest ascent of the sun above-the-horizon (ie, local noon) with the harbor at the time of original departure and accordingly calculate one's longitude géographiques okay. This is why the regulator Nautical wristwatch chronograph shows the local time via a skeletonized hour-hand inside a small hours-circle at the "12," Beneath Which year hour-hand data and identify the home time (ie the time in one's harbor of departure) . When the watch is in ict wearer's home time zone, the skeletonized hour-hand is always Directly Above the blued hand; When The wearer travels to a different time zone, he or she presses the button at the "10" to reposition the local hour hand-in hourly increments Until It shows the proper time for the new area. A 24-hour subdial with day / night display at the "1" indicates the time in the wearer's home area.

Monopusher Column-Wheel Chronograph with Control 

The wristwatch controller in the Nautical Watch Set Measures brief intervals in the best tradition of the manufactory. Its chronograph Caliber MB M16.30 HAS wide elapsed-seconds hand with staff at the ict center of the dial and a counter for 30 minutes elapsed at the "3." The chronograph functions in the classical Manner via a column-wheel and horizontal coupling. The chronograph's sunrises are meticulously handcrafted and the implementation function aussi Manually Executed, whereby the contacting surfaces of the chronograph's sunrises are Carefully scrutinized Under a magnifying glass When The stopwatch functions are operated, then gradually and painstakingly hand-abraded to the nearest hundredth of a millimeter. The steel components and Minerva's V-shaped chronograph Typically bridges are beveled and polished Manually. The sunrises are abraded by rubbing Them Gently Against a fine-grained stone. The bridges are hand-embellished with Geneva waves. The large screw balance and massy with Phillips' hairspring oscillates at the frequency of 18.000 classical semi-oscillations per hour (2.5 Hz), Which Enables this chronograph to measure elapsed intervals PRECISELY to the nearest fifth of a second. The stopwatch is operated via a button in the crown: this lone push-piece sequentially triggers the start, stop and zero-return functions.

 Display with Power-Reserve Winding-Zone indication 
A genuine innovation in mechanical watchmaking is found in the lower half of the dial, where 'the broad power-reserve display was subsequently assembled pair of hands to Indicate Two major items of information about the running autonomie. This display is absolutely required for a connectable navigational timepiece Because navigation is assured only if the watch is wound and never stops Regularly Throughout The running trip. This is the Guaranteed by a glance at the daily Exclusively combinée power-reserve indicator and winding-area, Which not only shows whether the mainspring still contains enough energy, objective data and identify aussi Clearly How Many hours REMAIN Before the manual winding watch categorically DEMANDS. Watchmakers Distinguish Among Three different states for the mainspring in a mechanical wristwatch. In the area of ​​ordinary power reserve, the mainspring HAS enough energy to sustain Good for the amplitude balance and to ensure Malthus Good Accuracy spleen. In the so-called "winding area," the mainspring still HAS Sufficient power to keep the movement running, goal Canon no longer maintain to positive amplitude: the watch's rate suffers accordingly. The Third state OCCURS When the mainspring is fully slackened, in Which case the movement no longer runs. The power-reserve and combinée winding-area indicator of the Montblanc chronograph wristwatch distinguishes Cruise Boat Between the Two first-Mentioned states: if the power reserve is in a favorable area, the two hands are one atop the Express and The Other Remaining duration of the power reserve as a Specific number of hours. If tension in the mainspring HAS Declined To Where It Can no longer maintain to favorable amplitude in the Balance (Indicated by the French word "BAS"), the upper hand stands still and the lower, red hand moves Into the red zone, indicating indication That Malthus Should the watch again Be Manually wound. To display this complex and important information, Montblanc Villeret Specially Developed a patented hand-Mechanism nineteen, of which - in addition to the two hands - one Cdn aussi see the blue steel rack with an arrow-shaped tip recalling the traditional Minerva logo. 

Exclusive Editions in Red and White Gold 
The finely finished and very complicated mechanical movement is ensconced inside a gold box attractively That Protects icts intricate inner life. With classical tripartite construction, the box is 43.5 millimeters in diameter and Gently curving horns HAS, has readily grasped and fluted crown with built-in chronograph button (monopusher), and a push-piece at the "10" to advance the hand for the second time zone in hourly increments. The concave bezel Holds a cambered crystal antireflectively treated fish, that's beens on Both surfaces icts year to ensure optimal view of the complex three-dimensional dial Beneath it. The screwed back of the box with transparent pane icts of sapphire crystal offers beautiful views of the back of the movement, Which boasts a hand-finished chronograph Mechanism and a wide scale. The wristwatch is affixed to year-alligator leather strap: dark brown leather and a red gold buckle pronged complement the red gold wristwatch, navy blue leather and a white gold clasp attractively highlight the model with the white gold box.

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 Montblanc - Montblanc Horloge de Marine Nautical Regulator for Yachts

Part 2: The Nautical Navigational Montblanc Regulator Clock 
Seafaring and navigation on the high seas Were crucially significant for the Evolution of accurate time measurement, so Montblanc chronograph wristwatch HAS Given the worthy companion Which Canon has Ideally serve aboard a private yacht, purpose Which Will Attract admiring aussi focus on dry land.The dimensions and materials of the Montblanc Regulator clock Nautical navigational Will Surely raise the eyebrows and pulse rates of the yacht owners and watch aficionados around the globe. The clock is 93 cm tall, 56 cm in diameter and Weighs 120 kilograms. It Rests atop a base made of granite, solid brass, aluminum and carbon fiber. Its clockwork has-beens Manufactured from the finest steel, brass and ruby ​​in agreement with all the rules and usages of the watchmaker's art. Is it a masterful piece of art or artful year scientific instrument? The answer Can Be nothing but year unambiguous "yes, both!"

The heavy granite base with Gently curved aluminum and carbon-fiber struts guarantee That this noble clock stands as solidly as a rock, REGARDLESS of whether icts Rests upon the motionless floor of one's library at home or in the captain's cabin aboard planks That Constantly pitch and roll. This wide clock is well equipped to cope with the different life aboard ship Requirements of and on dry land Because it Cdn In Any tip steering thanks to cardanic suspended inside a cage of nickel-plated brass. Even When The yacht leans to one side, the clock and data and identify the horizontal restes ship's Heeling with a downwardly pointing arrow we scale from 0 to 27 degrees: a perfect symbiosis of Aesthetic form and nautical function.Of course, this broad navigational clock is only one half of Each Regulator Nautical Montblanc timepiece set, so built one of the struts Into That supports the clock is a smaller cardanic suspension, the wristwatch chronograph Into Which Can Be Placed When Is not wearing one it on one's wrist. The wristwatch is Safely Kept here: no matter how violently the waves may rage, it Continually Maintains icts horizontal position, where 'it is immune to the ill effects of the so-called "center-of-gravity error."Now is the time to describe the details of the navigational clock, Which Becomes the heart and soul of navigation as soon as the last bit of coastline HAS Disappeared below the horizon. From this moment on, mariners Who Need to calculate the exact position of Their yacht Must Rely on Knowing the exact time in a harbor with a Known geographic longitude, the current position of the sun, and the angle Between the horizon and the sun's Highest daily ascent at local noon.

Time Zone Dial-ace Navigational Aid 
The face Beneath the domed crystal is mostly Highly patterned dial the after the regulator of the Nautical wristwatch, the goal much larger size of this clock's face Provides ample space for Three time zones. The time of departure in the harbor is Shown on a 24-hour subdial at the "9"; the time in the port of destination appears on Another 24-hour subdial at the "3" and the currentLocal time is Indicated on the dial hand, Which is Arranged in classical fashion with a wide regulator minute-hand from the center and a subdial for the hours at the "12." Immediately ALONGSIDE it is the small seconds display. As on the wristwatch, here too on the navigational clock to Combined power-reserve display area and winding-owner to Regularly Reminds the wind the clock, although this pleasant little task is Necessary only ounces EACH fortnight. The aforementioned displays are augmented by a world-time clock: its scales for 24 hours and Two dozen yacht harbor below the names turn cardanic suspension and are visible only from the side. Blue LED lighting bathes the set in Entire seductive, mysteriously shimmering light. The world-time function Becomes Exclusive and Individualized Especially if the owner Does not use the standard scale of place names, replaces the goal STANDARDIZED names with place names of his or her Own Preferably one place name For Each time zone. For example, the owner choose Cdn Geneva INSTEAD of Paris Because He Lives In The Swiss metropolis; Hoboken, New Jersey INSTEAD of New York Because He was born in Hoboken, Osaka gold, Where His favorite restaurant is located, Rather Than Tokyo. In year accordingly Individualized version, the Montblanc timepiece Nautical Cruise set morphs from one share of a limited edition single Into absolutely all year. 

Mechanical Timekeeping in Compliance with All the Rules of Artistic Handcraftsmanship 
To serve as partner for the manufacturing icts of this impressive navigational clock, Montblanc joined forces, with the renowned Erwin Sattler clock manufactory, Which ranks Among the finest in business icts. The building's clockwork, functionality and design boast all the Horological Characteristics of outstanding artistry and high-quality manufactory production. The gleaming golden gears are laborious laboriously crafted in a multistage method calls Which To Be For Each tooth Individually and sequentially milled from the solid brass blank. Milling single wheel Requires Many minutes of Labor, Followed By Other time-consuming finishing steps Such as deburring, polishing the surfaces of the wheels and the flanks of the teeth, and plating with gold, Which Protects Against the wheels and corrosion Gives Them High -That Reduce friction gloss surfaces. The 360-hour rate is correspondingly broad autonomie Requires Containing a lengthy mainspring barrel. Compensation for the Continual decline in torque of the mainspring is Achieved by a so-called "transmission zone," which transfers energy to the first wheel in the gear-train via a cable wrapped around a conically shaped rocket (gold zone in French). As the power wanes in the barrel, the radius of the tapering rocket Continually leverage so alters the active time of year unchanging strength Can Be conveyed to the gear-train despite the steadily decreasing torque in the mainspring. This transmission of energy is Regulated via a Swiss escapement and remove a screw balance with a blued hairspring. The balance and Its spring, Which oscillate at the frequency of classical unhurried goal 2.5 Hz (18,000 semi-oscillations per hour), are visible year-through aperture in the dial at 1 o `clock.The Montblanc Nautical navigational regulator clock is a lavish artwork with exclusive year Design that attracts everyone's superlative with gauze and capture the interest functions That icts of viewers. Aboard a luxury yacht, ict attractive appearance RECALLS the safe harbor, standing motionless on a floor is terra firma, this commanding clock evokes dreams of freedom on the high seas, and when to icts owner wears the matching Boat Cruise on the wrist chronograph, the clock is always - as it Were - close at hand.Only sixteen specimens of the Montblanc watch Cruise Boat Will Be Manufactured set worldwide - eight sets with red gold wristwatch chronographs and eight more with gold wristwatch chronographs in white boxes. These Will Be Exclusively limited sets available in Montblanc boutiques and jewelers in selected in June 2012.

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Appendix 

Navigation on the High Seas Depends on Precise Time MeasurementThe conquest of the oceans and the Evolution of accurate time measurement are inseparably linked on the endless expanse Because of the oceans, navigational instruments classical Could only enable a determined historical geography to marinate Between latitude 90 ° North and 90 ° South, but not historical geography longitude, ie year historical position along East-West axis. This longitudinal Uncertainty HAD dramatic consequences. In the course of centuries, Thousands of sailing vessel vessels dashed to smithereens Were we reefs, Sending tens of Thousands of seamen to a watery grave - All Because the navigator ahead no way to accurately determined géographiques longitude Malthus and the exact position of the ship. It Was the English, and Above All the watchmaker John Harrison, solved this problem successfully Who in the 18th century with the aid of Highly accurate timepieces, Known today as "ship's Chronometers."

 Navigation on the High Seas with Sextant and Ship's Chronometer 
There are only point of reference A Few That Can Be Used To orient oneself on the VAST expanse of the ocean. One Can See the ship on which one is sailing, the 360 ​​° panorama of the horizon and the celestial bodies, for example, the sun and the moon, the North Star in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere. Comparatively it's simple to determines one's latitude with the aid of a sextant, with which one Measures the angle Between the horizon and the sun did daily icts Highest elevation at one's current location. Calculating one's momentary longitude is considerably more difficult. Longitude defines position along East-West axis year, along the sun likewise Which Appears to move, so the sun is motionless cannot serve as points of reference. The Sun Reaches Highest Point icts above-the-horizon at a different time at EACH location on Earth, so a navigator Needs to Know the route of transit icts, icts Highest daily ie elevation, along the axis of time. The Sun Seems To one full 360 degree journey around the Earth Every 24 hours. Our nearest star accordingly travels-through year fifteen degrees angle of EACH hour of longitude, Which is equivalent to one degree of longitude Every oven minutes. If a seafarer HAS accurate timepiece on board, and chronometer If That shows the true solar time at historical harbor of embarkation (eg Southampton on the southern coast of England), then readily calculate ET Cdn history momentary géographiques longitude. By definition, local noon is the time When the Sun Reaches Highest elevation icts above-the-horizon. PRECISELY at this moment, the home time in Southampton Must Be read from the dial of the ship's chronometer. For example, if the chronometer shows 4:24 pm, the vessel's current position Must Be solar 264 minutes (ie oven hours and 24 minutes) west of Southampton. Dividing 264 by the furnace vessel's present agricultural yields longitude: 66 ° West. Now only one Needs to measure the sun's elevation about the horizon, Which Canon Easily Be Accomplished with the aid of a sextant, and accordingly mark the current latitude on the nautical chart. The intersection of the longitude and latitude lines is the ship's current position.Incidentally: satellite navigation functions likewise only thanks to precise time measurement. Every satellite in the European "Galileo" system is Equipped with oven Swiss-made atomic clocks, The Two MOST accurate of Which err by a full second Only After one million years elapsed Have. The principle Remains Unchanged; only the precision and the user-friendliness Have laundry charges.


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HUBLOT - King Power ALINGHI 4000

HUBLOT - King Power ALINGHI 4000

Hublot alongside Alinghi to proudly represent Switzerland and Swiss Made expertise on waters around the world.





Today, at the Société Nautique de Genève, to mark the Décision 35 Alinghi's first race outing, Ernesto Bertarelli and Jean-Claude Biver are together unveiling the watch created in tribute to their partnership.
This partnership is a story of friendship, a human story. It is about mutual loyalty based on a shared passion for the sea and sailing, a love of sport and the quest for performance and for cutting-edge technological innovation, both in terms of materials and original technical developments. It is also about a powerful tie to Swiss Made and the Swiss colours. The two bosses, Ernesto Bertarelli and Jean-Claude Biver, have a shared set of values, as well as a shared concept of team spirit, hard work and effort, and respect.

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After its commitments to Alinghi in 2009 and 2010 in the 33rd America’s Cup, Hublot is now renewing its partnership with the Swiss team in its big international challenges. Today, the Swiss watchmaking brand is particularly pleased to announce its presence on board the two monotype series boats chosen by Alinghi for the 2012 season: the Extreme 40 and the Décision 35. The former is taking to the open waters around the world in the highly rarefied Extreme 40 international circuit. The first two rounds took place in Oman at the end of February, and in Qingdao, China, a fortnight ago. The second boat – the Décision 35 Alinghi - will be in action on Lake Geneva. It sets sail from Geneva the first weekend in May – from the 4th to 6th – in the Grand Prix Les Ambassadeurs.
To mark the occasion, Ernesto Bertarelli and Jean-Claude Biver have decided to unveil the new series of watches, limited to just 100 numbered pieces, on 4 May after the regattas at the Société Nautique de Genève. This is an ultra-technical watch designed to meet all the challenges of the maritime environment, a King Power Alinghi 4000 dive watch made completely from carbon – a material similar to that used in boat manufacture – able to withstand the extreme pressures found at depths of 4,000 metres, an exceptional technical achievement. An instrument developed and manufactured in Switzerland to push the limits of what is rational, and what is possible. It took no less than 18 months of research, development and testing to present the first model.

 Ernesto Bertarelli remarked:
 "It is a great pleasure to welcome Hublot back on board Alinghi, and an honour to have as a partner a company which is devoted to representing the values of quality and Swiss Made expertise across the world".
Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hublot, added:
"Hublot is yet again demonstrating through this partnership its commitment to promoting Swiss values and Swiss technology; the fundamental values of Swiss Made, to which watchmaking as a whole is privileged to refer."

Hublot has always been close to the world of sailing and the sea, through its very name of course, but also through prestigious partnerships such as with Yacht Club Monaco, the Monaco Oceanographic Museum and its Institute, or the Real Club Nautico de Palma with the Copa Del Rey.
Supporting Alinghi is a clear choice for Hublot, which is already delighted with the magnificent forthcoming spectacle on waters around the world, as well as here in Switzerland on Lake Geneva.

2012 Calendar - Extreme 40 (World)
Act 1: Muscat, Oman - 28 February to 2 March
Act 2: Qingdao, China – 17 to 20 April
Act 3: Istanbul, Turkey – 7 to 10 June
Act 4: Porto, Portugal – 5 to 8 July
Act 5: Cardiff, UK – 30 August to 2 September
Act 6: Trapani, Italy – 13 to 16 September
Act 7: Nice, France – 18 to 21 October
Act 8: Brazil – 29 November to 2 December
2012 Calendar - Decision 35 
(Switzerland - Lake Geneva)
Act 1: Société Nautique de Genève, Grand Prix Les Ambassadeurs - 4 to 6 May
Act 2: Crans-près-Céligny - 26 to 27 May
Act 3: Grand Prix Versoix – 8 to 10 June
Act 4: Geneva – Rolle - Geneva - 9 June
Act 5: Société Nautique de Genève, Bol d’Or - 16 to 17 June
Act 6: Grand Prix Tour Carrée - 25 to 26 August (TBC)
Act 7: Grand Prix Nyon – 8 to 9 September
Act 8: Grand Prix Clôture Société Nautique de Genève – 21 to 23 September

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TECHNICAL DETAILS

Reference                       731.QX.1140.NR.AGI12
Series                              Limited to 100 pieces numbered from 01/100 to 100/100
Case                               “King Power” – Diameter 48 mm – Matt carbon fibre
Bezel                               Matt carbon fibre – 6 H-shaped black PVD titanium screws
Crystal                            Sapphire with anti-reflective coating
Bezel lug                         Black composite resin
Lateral inserts                 Black composite resin
2 o’clock crown              Black PVD titanium with black rubber insert, red arrows
Crown guard                   Black PVD titanium, “Diver 4000″ engraved in red
Screws                             Black PVD titanium
Case-back                         Satin-finished black PVD titanium with Alinghi logo
Water resistance   Certified to 400 ATM, equivalent to 4000 metres
Dial                                 Matt black – Satin-finished galvanic grey appliques with red  SuperLuminova™ – Alinghi logo applique at 6 o’clock
Flange                            Matt black, with red SuperLuminova™
Hands                            Satin-finished galvanic black with red SuperLuminova™
Movement                     Mechanical movement with automatic winding HUB1401
No. of components        180
Jewels                            23
Power reserve                Approximately 42 hours
Wristlets                         Adjustable black rubber and Nomex strap with red stitching
Supplied with 2nd black rubber strap
Clasp                            King Power 48 mm ardillon buckle, in black ceramic


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International Press Contact: Marine Lemonnier Brennan - E-mail: m.lemonnier@hublot.ch

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Friday, May 4, 2012

Roger Dubuis - movements RD1448















Movements RD1448 of Roger Dubuis

Monday is for incredible Movements and this week we introduce the exceptional world time calibre!
A sterling fusion of useful complication, ease of use, and excellent legibility, the world time calibre simultaneously displays data from three different time zones. The bold RD1448 mechanism gorgeously displays a second and third time zone at the 3:00 and 9:00 positions and also incorporates a day/night indicator. Each piece is completed with an automatic micro-rotor winding mechanism, bold contrasted colors, and, of course, the Hallmark of Geneva stamp of approval.


















ADDITIONAL DETAIL

Triple time-zone world-time display by central hours and minutes, display at 9 o’clock: 1st time zone and day/night indication with meridian indicator, display at 3 o’clock: 2nd time zone and day/night indication with meridian indicator. hours and minutes - finely adjusted in five positions - 48-hour power reserve

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Reference RD1448
  • Parts 405 pieces
  • Thickness 6.53 mm
  • Size 15.0
  • Frequency 4.0 Hz
  • Power 48 hours
  • Jewels 69
 
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Raymond Weil - Nabucco Cuore Vivo Chronograph


Raymond Weil - Nabucco Cuore Vivo Chronograph

Nabucco, the famous opera by Giuseppe Verdi, may end after the fourth act, but RAYMOND WEIL is holding the note for the fifth consecutive year, and again, adding a new model for its exceptional collection Nabucco. After exploring the richness of rose gold with the Nabucco Cuore Caldo, the depth of the deep black with Rivoluzione Nabucco, the lightness of titanium with the Nabucco Va Pensiero, and finally the identity of a more classic Converse with Nabucco. The Swiss brand reveals the heart of a prestigious watch the new Nabucco Cuore Vivo.In 2012, Nabucco has launched an elegant and modern collection, with a distinctive design and stately proportions. Now open your heart and offers a glimpse of its mysteries for lovers of fine mechanics and lyrical lines.

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Thanks to an adaptation to the movement, the display of the Nabucco Cuore Live opens at 10 am, allowing light to filter the whole. This delicate assembly, the heart of the clock, is protected by a striking case 46 mm diameter made of titanium and one water-resistant steel which supports a depth of 200 m.  

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Highlighted by titanium panel tachometer, the opaline black dial is embellished with a timekeeper central motif of chess, luminescent indexes and numerals 12. Three silver counters complete the measuring instrument: 3 hours (30 minutes against), at 6 hours (12 hours-counter) and 9 hours (small seconds). Finally, its rubber strap alligator style, fully waterproof, it combines comfort, softness and strength.

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The ultimate in elegance, the Nabucco Cuore Vivo, limited to 400 pieces, comes in a presentation box to match your image. The lid with a silver color, with segments of chess partly shows the interior of the box and, when open, allows light to penetrate its structure and enhance the timer.Power and robustness, transparency and light: the Nabucco Cuore Vivo makes our hearts beat to the rhythm of time passing.
 Ref. 7830 TIR 00207

The case, in matte titanium and polished stainless steel, measures 46mm x 15.8mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and is water resistant to 200 meters.

Movement is the Swiss automatic caliber RW5400 (base ETA Valjoux 7753
with 29 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 46 hours. 
Visible balance and escapement wheels.

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MB&F - MoonMachine
















MB&F - MoonMachine NEW

MoonMachin by Finnish watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva is both the first of the MB&F Performance Art pieces by a watchmaker and the first to endow a Machine with a new complication. With MoonMachin, Stepan has taken a specially configured HM3 Frog and transformed it with his iconic moon-face moon-phase indicator set in a scintillating firmament of northern stars.

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The MOON: Around 4.5 billion years ago when the young Earth was still forming, Theia, a proto-planet the size of Mars, is thought to have struck our planet and disintegrated in a ‘Giant Impact’. Some of the debris was attracted by the Earth’s gravity and the rest – consisting of material from both Earth and Theia – went into orbit around the Earth. Within 12 months this orbiting debris coalesced to form the Moon.


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Over the next 4.4 billion years, the Earth’s tilt in relation to the sun was stabilised by the gravitational pull of the Moon, which provided regular relatively mild seasons over much of the planet’s surface – ideal conditions for life to form and evolve.

Without that cataclysmic event, we would not be here. You might say we are all Children of the Moon.






























 And no sooner did modern man start walking the earth than he stared up at the night sky in wonder and awe at the biggest and brightest orb in the heavens. Perhaps none more so than the inhabitants of Finland – including Stepan Sarpaneva – because the less romantic and less well-known counterpoise to the summertime Land of the Midnight Sun are extremely long nights in winter, which gives the population more time than most to study the moon and stars.

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 MOONMACHINE:
While considerably less cataclysmic than the formation of our Moon, MOONMACHINE was also forged from the creative collision of two worlds: MB&F's HM3 Frog and independent watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva.

Before launching his own brand Sarpaneva Watches in 2003, Stepan Sarpaneva worked with some of the most prestigious Swiss brands including Piaget, Parmigiani – where he worked alongside Kari Voutilainen – Vianney Halter and Christophe Claret.

"Stepan has an incredible sense of design and a real sense of detail. His work and everything he surrounds himself with is extremely coherent." Maximilian Büsser

Stepan Sarpaneva: Stepan’s three signature themes are all celestial: his very distinctive moon face; the northern stars and constellations; and the crenellated form of his Korona case – the korona/corona is the plasma atmosphere of the Sun – and all three have been incorporated in MOONMACHINE. Sarpaneva's two moon faces indicate the phase of the moon through a Korona shaped aperture, while the mystery winding rotor is actually a blued 22k gold disc with laser-pierced stars forming stars and constellations visible in the northern sky.

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 “The visible movement at the top of HM3 Frog added a technical aspect that provided a serious counterpoint to the playfulness of the bulging frog-eyed indications. In covering the movement, the moon phase and sky hides this and makes the timepiece more poetic. With MOONMACHINE, HM3 is transformed into a fairy tale. Stepan Sarpaneva

HM3 Frog: The Frog was chosen as the MOONMACHINE platform because the large visible movement opening in the dial side provides space for the watchmaker to play and the bulbous indication domes of the Frog are reminiscent of how science fiction buffs have long imagined habitable domes on the Moon. The Frog differs substantially from HM3 in that it is the aluminium domes that rotate under the sapphire crystals in the Frog, whereas it is the hour and minute hands that rotate around their respective stationary cones on HM3. And this is no ordinary HM3 Frog – if such a thing can be said to exist – the domes of the MOONMACHINE are unique in that they are perpendicular, rather than parallel, to the wrist.

Rotating the large indicator domes posed a number of technical challenges. The domes are machined from solid aluminium to a paper-thin wall thickness of just 0.28 mm to reduce energy requirements to an absolute minimum. The semi-spherical sapphire crystal domes have to be meticulously machined and polished as the slightest imperfection might create disconcerting magnification effects. And the Frog's unusual method of indicating time necessitated the development of a new gear train for the HM3 engine as the aluminium hour dome of the Frog rotates in 12 hours compared to the 24-hour revolution of the HM3 hour hand.

MOONMACHINE may portray the time in a playful manner, but there is nothing but serious and meticulous attention to detail and care regarding the fine hand-finishing of the high-tuned engine purring within.

Northern Sky Rotor: The multi-layered northern sky rotor adds a stunning background to the twin hand-finished moon faces. It also both disguises the potentially distracting HM3 gold winding rotor and makes use of its motion to add vivacity to the moving stars. The stars are laser-pierced allowing light to reflect from the movement underneath and are not simply placed at random: They form the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major, more commonly known as the Big Dipper/Big Plough/Big Bear, plus the seven brightest stars of Ursa Minor, more commonly known as the Little Dipper/Little Bear, which includes Polaris, the North star.

And in a detail watchmakers will appreciate, one of the stars is strategically positioned to allow access for a servicing tool.

The turning star-filled night sky of the rotor not only brings metaphoric life to the MOONMACHINE, but also literally provides life as it generates the power for both the functioning of the moon complication and the movement. The iconic MB&F battle-axe sits in pride-of-place between the two moon faces at the axis of the rotor.

"With MOONMACHINE, HM3 doesn't just look like it travels through space, it is now a part of space. It becomes a participant not just an observer." Stepan Sarpaneva.

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While a man’s face formed by craters on the Moon’s surface is the result of over-active imaginations, Stepan Sarpaneva has based MOONMACHINE’s moon faces on his own. It doesn’t get much more personal than that!

MOONMACHINE is available in three limited editions of 18 pieces each: titanium case with white gold moon faces in a light blue sky, black titanium case with white gold moon faces in a dark blue sky and red gold case with red gold moon faces in an anthracite sky.

The Moon: 
Technical Specifications
While other planets have more moons – Jupiter has 62 – and larger moons – Saturn’s moon Titan is twice the size of ours – the Earth’s moon is unique in our solar system because at ¼ the size of Earth, it is very large in relation to its planet, which is why it is so influential.
Average distance from Earth: 390,000km
Travelling time from Earth: three days
Gravity: 1/6th Earth gravity
Length of lunar day: 27.3 Earth days
The moon does not rotate in relation to the Earth
Influences on Earth: Causes two tidal cycles per day; often provides light at night; lunar cycle was one of the very first units of time; its gravity attracts many meteors and stops them hitting Earth; stabilises the tilt of the Earth in relation to the sun.

MOONMACHINE
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Technical Specifications

MOONMACHINE is based on a specially configured HM3 Frog and the moon complication was imagined, designed and created by Stepan Sarpaneva. It is available in three limited editions of 18 pieces each.
Movement
Three-dimensional horological engine designed by Jean-Marc Wiederrecht/Agenhor;
Powered by a Girard-Perregaux base, modified by Stepan Sarpaneva
Balance oscillating at 28,800 bph.
PVD coated and star-pieced 22k gold automatic winding rotor
Hour and minutes information transmitted via ceramic ball bearings to rotating domes.
Number of jewels: 36 (all functional)
Number of components: 319
Functions
Hour on one dome (aluminium dome rotating in 12 hours)
Minutes on second dome (aluminium dome rotating in 60 minutes)
Moon phase displayed by dual moons rotating under a Korona ring
Case
Natural titanium case, white gold moon faces, light blue sky, limited edition of 18 pieces Black titanium case, white gold moon faces, dark blue sky, limited edition of 18 pieces
Red gold case, red gold moon faces, anthracite sky, limited edition of 18 pieces
Indication domes configured perpendicular to wrist.
Screwed-down crown
Dimensions (exclusive of crown and lugs): 47mm x 50mm x 19mm
Number of case components: 55
Sapphire crystals:
Domes and both display backs with anti-reflective treatment on both faces.
Dials:
Rotating aluminium domes – 0.58g,
Strap & Buckle:
Black hand-stitched alligator with 18K gold & titanium custom designed deployment buckle

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JAQUET DROZ - SW Tourbillon

JAQUET DROZ - Grande Seconde SW Tourbillon NEW


THE SPORTS WATCH (SW) LINE BY JAQUET DROZ

Sporting values may be seen as the latest thing, but Jaquet Droz adopted them from the start. Today, these values are integral to the brand's passion for measuring each moment of passing time and creating fabulous instruments to do it with. Its sports watch (SW) line is composed of timepieces with which house innovation is definitely... in time. Fine materials join forces with natural rubber and Super-LumiNova to produce a striking visual effect, backed by various exciting surprises on the technology front.







































GRANDE SECONDE SW STEEL-RUBBER

When a great classic combines the excellence of traditional watchmaking with the exploits of modern-day technology, it is only natural to expect perfection.

Setting out to develop the Grande Seconde SW Steel-Rubber, Jaquet Droz mobilized the best that its craftsmanship and philosophy had to offer. Its artisans drew inspiration from the brand's unique heritage and history to produce a futuristic model using the revolutionary design of the Grande Seconde and cutting-edge materials. The goal was to create a remarkable, sleek model featuring marvels of innovation... Mission accomplished!








































The perfect lines of this dial are obtained in a complex process performed on a single solid block of steel, hollowed to lower the surface level. The elegant balance of the fine-brushed figure eight, the fineness of its spine and the red Super-LumiNova coating on hands and indicators – the red accentuates the depth of the black – all contribute to a refined interplay of volumes, colors and reflections of light. Also hollowed, the plates discreetly stress the dominance of rounded contours. An impression of comfort also prevails: since the bracelet is made of steel – a first for Jaquet Droz – and clad in supple natural rubber, the Grande Seconde SW Steel-Rubber feels surprisingly light and unexpectedly warm. For those who love truly fine watches, this timepiece represents the ultimate in luxury for everyday wear. 


TOURBILLON

In 2011, Jaquet Droz surprised the world of watchmaking by incorporating the tourbillon, a complication that frees the mechanical watch from the effects of gravity, into the brand's iconic Grande Seconde model, whose dial design takes inspiration from a house leitmotif: the number eight.

Today, Jaquet Droz has decided to reinvent this fusion: for the first time, it will be including one of watchmaking's most challenging complications in its line of sports watches (SW), the first of which was presented in 2008.

To meet the challenge, the master artisans from La Chaux-de-Fonds pushed back the limits of watchmaking mechanics. Inserted at the top of the dial, the tourbillon reveals the extraordinary complexity of its mechanism. The upper bridge has been changed to perform the function of the seconds hand, whose elegant profile harmonizes with the sporty look of the watch.

Positioned opposite, the hours and minutes counter uses classical Roman numerals, giving them, as well as the hands, a coat of white Super-LumiNova to set up a contrast with the black rubber treatment of the dial. Set horizontally, the plates, carefully secured with screws, convey the perfect graphic balance and chromatic harmony of the Tourbillon. This visual and technical performance comes in a generously sized 45 mm case whose look of power is highlighted by the precious shimmer of red gold and the fine fluting on the bezel. The alligator strap – used for the first time for a sports watch – brings its own special gleam to this exceptional timepiece.

The Tourbillon expresses the love of sports in perfect luxury.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Reference J030033240
Movement: Jaquet Droz 25JD-S

self-winding tourbillon movement, simple barrel, 
18-carat white gold oscillating weight with black PVD finish
Indications: Hours and minutes at 6 o'clock
Tourbillon frame and seconds bridge with white Super-Luminova tip at 12 o'clock
Jewelling:  31 jewels
Power reserve: 7 days
Frequency:  21,600 v.p.h
Case: 18-carat red gold, diameter Ø 45 mm. 

Individual serial number relief-engraved on the case-back
Water resistance:  To 5 bar (50 meters)
Dial: Black with rubber treatment
Applied:  18-carat red gold ring and plates
Hands: 18-carat red gold hours and minutes, white Super-LumiNova tips
Strap: Rolled-edge hand made inserted black alligator leather strap with black stitches
Buckle: 18-carat red gold folding clasp with black PVD finish
Montres Jaquet Droz SA · Allée du Tourbillon 2 · CH-2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds                             
tel. +41 (0)32 924 28 88 · fax +41 (0)32 924 28 82 

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

H. Moser & Cie - Meridian Dual Time

















H. Moser & Cie - Meridian - Dual Time


The movement exclusive to the Meridian - Dual Time combines well-known and popular complications with a special new feature: an AM/PM display, which changes automatically from 12 to 24 hours. The prominent window at the top of the dial displays a 12 in the morning (AM) and a 24 in the afternoon (PM) for the home time zone. The somewhat smaller red hour hand for the second time zone can be adjusted forwards or backwards in steps of one hour by means of the crown. Thanks to Moser’s patented Double Pull Crown system, the central position of the crown can be easily located without the watch being inadvertently stopped or the home time being adjusted. If the second time zone is not required, the different-coloured hour hand is hidden under the normal hour hand and thus moves along with it unseen.































With a power reserve of 72 hours, i.e. three full days, the Moser automatic movement HMC 346.121 is one of the longest-running models available. The large, solid gold rotor bears the engraved company seal, a symbol of the quality and authenticity of every Moser watch for 185 years.
























The rotor transfers its energy to the large barrel by means of a pawl winding system which is wound up in either direction. One of the two pawls turns the pawl wheel on pull, the other on push. The accuracy of the Meridian - Dual Time is assured by Moser’s characteristic interchangeable escapement module which, naturally, also features a Straumann Hairspring, produced in-house, a Breguet overcoil and a pallet fork and escapement wheel in hardened solid gold.
The Meridian - Dual Time also has Moser’s characteristic freely formed lateral surfaces on the case flanks. The see-through sapphire glass back of the watch allows the observer a closer look at the new mechanical automatic movement developed by Moser.






























Alternating 12-and 24-hour display
To indicate morning and afternoon, the Meridian - Dual Time uses a completely innovative system. A slide, moving back and forth, contains only the digits 1, 2 and 4. The correct display is achieved by either the digit 4 being hidden to the right of the window in the dial or the digit 1 being hidden under the dial to the left. The change of display at noon or at midnight takes only a second to complete. This has been accomplished by using a spring, which gains tension over a period of about eight hours without affecting the workings of the rest of the movement. Twice a day, the power of this spring is released at once to produce the rapid movement of the slide.

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Technical details   
Meridian - Dual Time
Reference No. 346.121-024

Case  
Platinum, three-part, round case
Graining and polished finish
Diameter 40.80 mm
Height 10.97 mm
Gold crown with «M» sign 6.00 mm
Sapphire crystal with internal antireflective coating
See-through cambered sapphire glass black
Movement
Automatic caliber HMC 346.121
Manufactured mechanical
No movement holding ring
Diameter 34.00 mm
Height 6.51 mm
Number of jewels 29
Frequency 18'000 vibrations per hour
Power reserve of at least 3 days
Adjustment 6 positions
Automatic pawl winding system
Solid gold rotor
Moser tooth system in wheel train and pinions
Moser interchangeable escapement
Original Straumann Hairspring® with stabilized Breguet overcoil
Pallet fork and escapement wheel made of hardened solid gold
Functions
Second Time Zone Display
12-and 24-Hour Display
Double Pull Crown Mechanism
Patented winding system with two fixed stops
Hacking Second
Display 
Ardoise slate dial with sun pattern ground finish with diamond polished indexes
Hours, minutes, off-centered pocket watch size second with three-dimensional form hands with a bright-polished eye
Second time zone display indicated by a centered red hour hands
12-and 24-hour display at 12 o’clock
Strap and buckle
Hand-sewn black alligator leather strap
Solid platinum folding clasp with Moser logo

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Perrelet - Tourbillon Automatic

Perrelet - Tourbillon Automatic NEW
 
The new Tourbillon by Perrelet reveals its ingenious mechanism, a gem of the horological art, through an open window at 12 o’clock. Silver-toned and enhanced with several color accents, it stands out to its best advantage as it majestically ticks off the seconds. 


Providing an elegant counterpoint at 6 o’clock, the applied hours and minutes are displayed on a black surface that merges seamlessly into the finely fashioned dial structure. In the center, the raised Côtes de Genève motif creates a shutter-like pattern making a fascinating contrast with the surround composed of overlapping geometrical elements. The latter are reminiscent of the characteristic blade tips of the Turbine collection, a spectacular expression of the Double Rotor that has become a Perrelet signature.



























Spread over the entire watch, the black shade reinforces its resolutely high-tech character, further accentuating the bold nature of the most generously sized of all the Perrelet cases, made in this instance in DLC-coated steel. Endowed with a 50 mm diameter, it features a middle on which the the distinctive grooves are widely spaced. The bezel is straddled by various elements adding a sense of volume, while the lugs contribute to the sense of power enhanced by central reinforcements consolidating the secure hold of the rubber strap.











































As one would expect from Perrelet, the mechanical movement is of the self-winding type.
The Perrelet Caliber P-311, endowed with a 65-hour power reserve, may be admired through a transparent caseback. As usual in the brand’s creations, it is personalized by an exclusive rotor.




















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Technical characteristics
Movement 
 mechanical self-winding, Perrelet Caliber P-311 (developed by MHVJ, a sister company to Perrelet), 23 jewels, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 65-hour power reserve
Functions

hour and minute at 6 o’clock, seconds on the tourbillon carriage at 12 o’clock
Case:

 DLC-coated steel case, 50 mm in diameter, 13.80 mm thick, anti-glare sapphire crystal
Dial:

 black, dial center adorned with Côtes de Genève motif
Water resistance:

 5 ATM
Strap

black rubber with DLC-coated steel pin buckle
Ref. A1060/2




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