Sunday, June 24, 2012

REVELATION - R03 Chronographe RS


REVELATION - R03 Chronographe RS  NEW

WORLD UNIQUE CHRONOGRAPH

Thanks to its patented concept, unique in the world, the Revelation System®, the R03 CHRONOGRAPHE RS has two faces. Its dial goes from transparent to black when the notched bezel is rotated ninety degrees.




























 This magical effect is possible thanks to the superposition of two polarizing glasses whose nanostructures play the role of shutters. Each disc is covered with three-dimensional nanostructures shaped as lamellas whose size are about 70 nanometers (70 billionth of a meter) To make sure the polarizing discs play their “on/off” role, they must be on top of each other and able to pivot. Their respective nanostructures will be positioned horizontally or vertically, blocking or letting the light go through to the movement. This allows it to appear and reveals the secondary functions of the chronograph, such as the date.

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Derived from the extremely complex mechanism with a double differential coupled with an Archimedes screw of the historical piece R01 DOUBLE COMPLICATION, the “Revelation System®” of the R03 CHRONOGRAPHE RS has been modified and simplified to be placed inside the bezel of the watch. One of the polarizing discs is directly geared by the bezel. The rotation of the bezel is done manually, at will, by the wearer who decides which level of transparency he wishes for his dial, to admire the inside of the watch.

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The polarizing discs of the R03 CHRONOGRAPHE RS are born from the original development done during 2007 and 2008 with the Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique. This fruitful collaboration continues today with the study of new specific discs whose cutouts have been elaborated according to the axes of the hands of the chronograph, especially the three counters.

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The company Dubois Dépraz has developed the movement of the R03 CHRONOGRAPHE RS watch. This family business, founded in 1901 produces chronographs since more than a century. The two companies have worked hand in hand to personalize this automatic chronograph with skeletonized bridges.

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The heights of the hand-fitting have been engineered to integrate the “Revelation System®” to the movement. REVELATION has designed the date and the mass of this automatic caliber. The aesthetics of this specific mass reminds one of the tailor-made movement “Tourbillon Manège®”. It states its unequivocal affiliation to the brand identity. This is also the case of the bridges of the complication watch, which are designed with inner corners and finished by hand as well.

Because it integrates the “Revelation System®”, the case of the R03 CHRONOGRAPHE RS watch is of an unrivaled complexity. It is made out of no less than 112 components, which makes it a complication in its own right.

The R03 CHRONOGRAPHE RS is currently available in stainless steel on black veal leather Barenia with a REVELATION folding buckle

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

CASE:
Stainless Steel
Sapphire back
Ø 45 mm, H. 14 mm
Waterproof to 3 ATM
DIAL:
Revelation System® Patented polarized glasses
Black when the bezel is closed, transparent when the bezel is open
INDEXES:
Grey, green Superluminova
HANDS:
Grey green Superluminova
STRAP:
Black « Barenia » genuine leather
BUCKLE:
Stainless Steel Revelation folding buckle
JEWELERY CASE:
Travelling case, outside black leather like material, inside genuine grey
suede
MOVEMENT CH01
Chronograph, automatic, squeletonized bridges
Special Revelation inverted corner mass
POWER RESERVE: 42 hours
DIMENSIONS: Ø 30 mm, H 7.10 mm
JEWELS: 61
ALT/H:  28’800

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Ulysse Nardin - Classico Luna

Ulysse Nardin - Classico LUNA NEW



Ulysse Nardin has once again utilized the expertise of watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin — the creative mind behind the brand’s groundbreaking Trilogy of Time astronomical timepieces —  to launch an entirely new family of watches with innovative moon-phase complications called Classico Luna.


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The movement Oechslin and UN developed for the Classico Luna, Caliber UN-829, draws its inspiration from that of the Ulysse Nardin Moonstruck limited edition, whose hallmark was its realistic depiction of the moon’s rotation. The Classico Luna has a more streamlined, traditional look than the Moonstruck, with a slim case (in stainless steel or rose gold) and a silver or black dial with three Roman numerals (at 12, 3, and 9 o’clock) and simple, thin indices at the other hour positions. The date is in a small, round window at 6 o’clock.


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The watch’s most interesting feature is, of course, the moon-phase complication, which is displayed in a small, circular aperture that rotates around the center of the dial, once every 12 hours, depicting the angle of illumination of the moon as it does so. As it makes its entire 29 1/2-day moon-phase cycle, the moon disk in the aperture changes, increasing or decreasing in size as the moon waxes or wanes. The moon-phase is set by means of a pusher located between 5 o’clock and 6 o’clock on the side of the case.


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With its understated, elegant dial and ingenious yet subtle moon-phase complication, the Classico Luna is among Ulysse Nardin’s dressier models for gentlemen. The feminine version, the Classico Lady Luna, is also available in steel or gold cases, with or without diamonds set into the bezel and lugs.
The Lady Luna also offers, in one of its models, a mother-of-pearl dial. Prices range from $8,500 to $15,400 for the stainless steel models and from $18,900 to $45,000 for rose gold;
Lady Luna models with mother-of-pearl dials and diamonds range from $8,900 (stainless steel case) to $17,800 (rose gold case).


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Technical characteristics:

Movement:
 Caliber UN-829, automatic;
42-hour power reserve
Functions:
Hours, minutes, seconds, date, moon-phase
Case: 
Steel or 18k rose gold,
nonreflective sapphire crystal,
sapphire exhibition caseback affixed with screws,
water-resistant to 50 meters;
on alligator strap with buckle or stainless steel or rose-gold bracelet with deployant clasp
Dial and hands:
Silver or black dial with Roman numerals; mother-of-pearl dial on the Lady Luna


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