SEIKO - KINETIC 100th Anniversary Elite Collections

SEIKO - KINETIC 100th Anniversary Elite Collections NEW

The 100^th anniversary editions of Premier, Sportura and Velatura. 

A Kinetic celebration

When, in 1913, Seiko built its first wrist watch, the company’s president called it the Laurel. It was not only a first for Seiko, but also a first for Japan and it was the beginning of a tradition of innovation that resulted directly from Kintaro Hattori’s determination that Seiko would always be “one step ahead of the rest”. In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of the Laurel, it is therefore appropriate that one of Seiko’s most innovative technologies would be at the core of the anniversary collection. Seiko Kinetic is a unique achievement, as it is the only watch in the world to convert kinetic energy into power to drive an electronic movement. Seiko Kinetic is worthy of its own laurels.

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With Seiko Kinetic, you are the power.

Seiko Kinetic is a motion powered watch that delivers one-second-a-day precision. It is one of Seiko’s ‘clean energy’ technologies, as it never needs a battery change and it combines the very best of traditional and electronic timekeeping. For 25 years, Seiko Kinetic has delivered what many consumers really want; a reliable, long-lasting, environment-friendly, low-maintenance watch that is at least ten times more accurate than any mechanical watch. However, today’s Seiko Kinetic 100^th anniversary collection offers much more and features the very best among the many Kinetic calibers that Seiko now offers.

Seiko PREMIER

The Premier Anniversary model incorporates the Kinetic Direct Drive caliber. Not only does the rotor power the watch as you move, but you can also power it by turning the crown. When you do so, the power reserve changes function to become a real-time indicator of the energy you impart to the watch through the winding of the crown. With Kinetic Direct Drive, you are the power and you experience the power transfer to the watch in a way that no other watch can match. With this remarkable caliber and the newly re-sculpted Premier case, it is, more than ever a modern expression of a classic inspiration.

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SRG012 Kinetic Direct Drive 5D22
The Premier Kinetic Direct Drive 100^th Anniversary watch; a modern classic.

Seiko SPORTURA

In the Sportura Anniversary model, the perpetual energy of motion meets the genius of a perpetual calendar that is correct until February, 2100. The Kinetic Perpetual caliber is vivid proof of Seiko’s mastery of energy management in watchmaking. As in every Kinetic caliber, the wearer’s movement powers the watch, but, with Kinetic Perpetual, this energy is conserved in a uniquely practical way. If the watch is unworn, it puts itself into sleep mode after 24 hours and, remembering the time, is ready to wake up, to the correct time and date, as soon as it is picked up again.

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SNP064 Kinetic Perpetual 7D48
The Sportura Kinetic Perpetual 100^th Anniversary watch sleeps when unused, and, up to four years later, wakes to the correct time and date.

Seiko VELATURA

Velatura is Seiko’s marine sports collection. First launched in 2007, it is now established as the watch of choice among many in the sailing community, including the leading athletes in the 49er Class, the Olympic class that first informed and inspired the creation of the collection.

The new Velatura collection includes many timepieces designed for the rigors of 49er racing at the highest level, but its flagship is the Kinetic Direct Drive Moon Phase.

SRX010 Kinetic Direct Drive 5D88
The Velatura Kinetic Direct Drive Moon Phase 100^th Anniversary watch. For those who love the open seas.

With the deep blue of the dial and the warm silver tone of the moon, the watch evokes the night sky as seen from the ocean. A Kinetic masterpiece.

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Technical details

Premier
Specifications: SRG012
·Caliber 5D22
 Kinetic Direct Drive
·Case
 Diameter: 41.5 mm, Thickness: 11.86 mm
 Stainless steel with black hard coating
 Water resistance 10 Bar
·Band
 Dark blue calf strap with three-fold clasp with push button release
·Glass
 Sapphire crystal
Remarks
 Approximate recommended retail price range in Europe: Euro 700
 Production until December 2013 only

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Sportura
Specifications: SNP064
·Caliber 7D48
 Kinetic Perpetual
·Case
 Diameter: 44.4 mm, Thickness: 12.75 mm
 Stainless steel with rose gold color hard coating with blue hard coating bezel.
 Water resistance 10 Bar
·Band
 Dark blue calf leather strap
·Glass
 Sapphire crystal
Remarks
 Approximate recommended retail price range in Europe: Euro 800
 Production until December 2013 only

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Velatura
Specifications: SRX010
·Caliber 5D88
 Kinetic Direct Drive
·Case
 Diameter: 46.3 mm, Thickness: 12.67 mm
 Stainless Steel with rose gold hard coating with blue hard coating bezel.
 Water resistance 10 Bar
·Band
 Dark blue calf leather strap
·Glass
 Sapphire crystal
Remarks
 Approximate recommended retail price range in Europe: Euro 970
 Production until December 2013 only

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ROMAIN GAUTHIER - Prestige HMS Titanium

ROMAIN GAUTHIER - Prestige HMS Titanium

Romain Gauthier profile

Romain Gauthier was born in 1975 in Le Sentier, in the picturesque Vallée de Joux, at the heart of fine Swiss watchmaking. It was there that he developed a passion for traditional haute horlogerie blended with clean, contemporary design and innovative micro-engineering.  After studying precision-mechanics, Romain gained a diploma as a constructor of precision machinery.
In 1997, he started his first job as machine programmer/operator and over the following years, Romain managed and grew the department into one of the best - equipped and most efficient production facilities in Europe.

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Determined to create his own watch brand, Romain completed an MBA in 2002. His final thesis – passed with distinction – was the business plan for Montres Romain Gauthier. He then began work on the timepieces themselves. "I knew that a good movement was the basis of everything I planned to build, so I started with that."

In 2005, after three years of working in secret, Romain launched his brand in Baselworld 2007 with the Prestige HM, featuring his own in-house manufacture movement.

In 2006, after four years of working in secret, Romain launched his brand with the Prestige HM, which featured his own in-house manufacture movement.  The HM was followed in 2012 by the Prestige HMS and the ground-breaking Logical One in 2013.
Manufacture Romain Gauthier is a manufacture in the truest sense of the word in that they design, develop, produce, assemble and regulate entirely in-house.  Manufacture Romain Gauthier has advanced CNC machines and automatic lathes and produces virtually every high-quality component in-house.

The picturesque Vallée de Joux in the Swiss Jura mountains is at the heart of fine Swiss watchmaking. It was there that Romain Gauthier developed his passion for traditional haute horlogerie blended with clean, contemporary design and innovative micro engineering.

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Prestige HMS – Hour, Minute, Seconds – by Romain Gauthier is a perfect blend of the traditional and the contemporary. Hours and minutes are clearly legible in the large sub-dial, while cut-outs in the main dial reveal the intricate workings of the precision micro-mechanics of the in-house manufacture movement beneath. The visible oscillating balance wheel at 7 o’clock and open seconds’ wheel at 5 o’clock add vibrancy and animation to an already rich visual experience of mechanics, texture, colour and composition.

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The dial of the Prestige HMS is a series of circles within circles. Working from the outside in, we have a chapter ring on a band around the perimeter of the dial. Inside that there is the off-centre sub-dial of the hours and minutes, its centre a harmonious composite of the engraved R. Gauthier logo on light grey, anthracite sun-ray guilloche radiating outwards and an opening allowing visual access to the movement below. A semi-circular ring arcs over the lower portion of the hour/minute sub-dial and indicates the seconds.

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The elegant 41mm diameter case is distinguished by clean, unbroken lines around its full case perimeter and it is the remarkable absence of a crown that reveals just how special the movement is. Placing the crown on the back increases winding efficiency and water resistance, while reducing wear and stress of components. The large-diameter flat crown enables the watch to be easily wound, even while on the wrist.

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The movement was entirely conceived, developed, designed, produced, assembled and regulated by Manufacture Romain Gauthier. Virtually every component bears Roman Gauthier's distinctive touch: from the Vallée de Joux style finger bridges that catch both the light and the eye with their seductive polished curves; the bespoke gear wheels with their circular arms; the polished screw heads with their distinctive S-slot; the delicate balance wheel with its distinctive curved arms and calibrated eccentric weights has been designed and manufactured by Romain Gauthier; and right down to the triangular pallet lever (a Romain Gauthier invention). In fact, the only components not designed by Romain Gauthier in the movement are the mainspring, balance spring and jewels (and even the latter are oversized to his specifications).

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Prestige HMS is available in a 41mm diameter red gold, white gold or platinum case and a 43mm titanium case

ROMAIN GAUTHIER - Prestige HMS Red Gold

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ROMAIN GAUTHIER - Prestige HMS White Gold

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Technical Specifications

Indications: off-centre hours, minutes and small seconds

Movement
In-house manufacture movement Calibre HMS
Power reserve: 60 hours
Number of jewels: 22
Number of components: 128
Balance frequency: 28,800 bph / 4Hz
Fine finishing including hand polished screws and jewel countersinks;
Geneva waves, hand bevelled and polished bridges.

Case and strap
Case materials: red gold, white gold, platinum or titanium
Dimensions: 41mm x 12.1, 43mm x 12.1 (titanium)
Water resistance: 10m /1 atm / 30’
Strap and buckle: alligator leather hand-stitched in Switzerland
with pin buckle in metal to match the case.

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