Monday, September 2, 2013

Longines - HERITAGE Avigation Oversize Crown













LONGINES - HERITAGE Avigation Oversize Crown NEW


Press release
The Longines Avigation Oversize Crown: Elegance Combined with Functionality


On the strength of a rich history, notably illustrated by the magnificent achievements of the early aviators, the famous Swiss watch manufacturer is proud to present The Longines Avigation Oversize Crown, a perfect example of an aviation watch: aesthetic quality tempered by the pilot’s needs.

Based on a Longines model produced in the 1920s, The Longines Avigation Oversize Crown includes more than one feature that will fascinate fans of aviation watches as well as those keen on timepieces that boast the beauty of a pedigree.


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The ideal accessory for a pilot, with its 41 mm diameter, its black dial featuring white numerals and gold-plated, luminous, pear-shaped hands it is extremely easy to read in the semi-darkness of the cockpit. Each piece in this new line is numbered.

The bezel is also marked with a single index and can be turned in both directions, enabling the pilot to set his reference points. Thanks to the fluted decoration around the bezel, it can be manipulated with great precision. And as for the oversize crown and winding stem, which stand away from the case, they enable a pilot wearing gloves good access to the bezel without coming into contact with the crown. In the original model, this bezel enabled the pilots to record time data when chronographs were still rare, as well as to record the times of important events when they were on a mission or, then and now, times of meetings.

While The Longines Avigation Oversize Crown has retained the basic design of the original model, it is fitted with a mechanical, self-winding movement and available in three stainless steel versions which are all guaranteed to enthrall the most demanding customers. The basic version shows the hours, minutes and seconds, while an alternative model has a second time-zone and the third is a single push-piece chronograph fitted with Longines’ exclusive column-wheel chronograph movement (L788).


Longines - Avigation Oversize Crown
Reference : L2.777.4.53.2


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Technical Specifications

Case

  • Shape: Round
  • Material: Stainless steel
  • Specificities: Bi-directional rotating bezel
  • Glass: Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, with several layers of anti-reflective coating on the underside
  • Dimension: Ø 41.00 mm
  • Water resistance: Water-resistant to 3 bar

Movement and Functions

  • Caliber: L615, (ETA 2895/2)
  • Self winding mechanical movement beating at 28'800 vibrations per hours and providing 42 hours of power reserve
  • Function: Hours, minutes, small second and date.

Dial and Hands

  • Color: Black lacquered polished
  • Hours markers: Painted Arabic numerals, with Super-LumiNova ®
  • Hands: Gilt hands, with Super-LumiNova ®

Bracelet

  • Material: Alligator strap
  • Color: Black
  • Buckle: With buckle

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Longines - Avigation Oversize Crown GMT
Reference : L2.778.4.53.2


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Technical Specifications

Case

  • Shape: Round
  • Material: Stainless steel
  • Specificities: Bi-directional rotating bezel
  • Glass: Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, with several layers of anti-reflective coating on the underside
  • Dimension: Ø 41.00 mm
  • Water resistance: Water-resistant to 3 bar

Movement and Functions

  • Caliber: L704.2, (ETA A07 171)
  • Self winding mechanical movement beating at 28'800 vibrations per hours and providing 48 hours of power reserve
  • Function: Hours, minutes, seconds and date. 24 hours hand with time zone mechanism.

Dial and Hands

  • Color: Black lacquered polished
  • Hours markers: Painted Arabic numerals, with Super-LumiNova ®
  • Hands: Gilt hands, with Super-LumiNova ®

Bracelet

  • Material: Alligator strap
  • Color: Black
  • Buckle: With buckle

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Longines - Avigation Oversize Crown Monopusher Chronograph
Reference : L2.783.4.53.2


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Technical Specifications

Case

  • Shape: Round
  • Material: Stainless steel
  • Specificities: Bi-directional rotating bezel
  • Glass: Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, with several layers of anti-reflective coating on the underside
  • Dimension: Ø 41.00 mm
  • Water resistance: Water-resistant to 3 bar

Movement and Functions

  • Caliber: L788, (ETA A08.L11)
  • Self winding mechanical column wheel chronograph movement beating at 28'800 vibrations per hours and providing 54 hours of power reserve
  • Function: Hours, minutes, small second at 9 o'clock and date. Chronograph mechanism: central 60 seconds hand and 30 minutes counter at 3 o'clock.

Dial and Hands

  • Color: Black lacquered polished
  • Hours markers: Painted Arabic numerals, with Super-LumiNova ®
  • Hands: Gilt hands, with Super-LumiNova ®

Bracelet

  • Material: Alligator strap
  • Color: Black
  • Buckle: With buckle

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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Christopher Ward - C900 WorldTimer NEW





















Christopher Ward - C900 WORLDTIMER NEW



















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British luxury watch brand Christopher Ward unveils a brand new world timer timepiece in association with celebrated watchmaker Johannes Jahnke.




















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The C900 Worldtimer combines innovation with unprecedented clarity, creating a dual time-zone watch that sets a completely new standard of readability and ease of use.
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Johannes Jahnke  has developed the Calibre JJ03 is based on an ETA 2893 base movement with a complication that, by engineering the gearing system to enable both the ‘local’ hand and the GMT hand to rotate at the same speed, makes the dial extremely easy to read.  The two hands use the same 24-hour scale instead of the traditional approach (whereby one using the 12-hour scale and the other the 24-hour one) and this innovation combines the C900 Worldtimer’s unique design with unrivalled clarity of use.

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In a further innovation, the C900 Worldtimer uses a window at 12 O’clock as a ‘location reminder’ – displaying the selected 3-letter airport code appropriate to the chosen timezone.  By simply setting one hand to local time and, via the central crown, setting the second to the chosen global destination, the two times are easily read.  By using the window to display the selected location, the C900 Worldtimer neatly avoids the often-confusing clutter caused by the squeezing of 24 locations onto the face of traditional worldtimers.  Instead, the watch’s 24 timezone locations are listed in time sequence on the back-plate, using the zone-appropriate 3-letter airport code and city name, while the beautifully modified ETA 2893 can be observed through the 25.6mm crystal window.


























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For what is a very visually compelling watch, Christopher Ward’s Maidenhead-based design team has created a hugely detailed, multilayered dial with an exquisitely criss-crossed ‘dimple’ base.  Overlaying this is the familiar silhouette of the world map, with raised meridians of longitude and latitude. A final elegant and creative visual touch is added by the use of a red dot on the map to indicate the selected city location – another patent-pending feature of this unique watch.































The deep blue tone of the dial – representing the oceans – is perfectly complemented by the ethically sourced, luxuriously comfortable, Louisiana alligator strap in midnight blue. Finally, the C900 Worldtimer also carries another Christopher Ward innovation; the new, highly innovative and patent-pending Bader deployment buckle.

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Named after Jörg Bader, the head of Christopher Ward’s Swiss operation who created it, this high-grade clasp is smaller, neater and much less complicated than the ubiquitous butterfly clasp.
Price: £1575.

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Technical details

Model: Christopher Ward C900 Worldtimer

Reference: C900WT-SBB

Movement
Bespoke (patent pending) modification to an ETA 2893 automatic
by Johannes JahnkeCalibre JJ03
Vibrations: 28,800 vph;  40-hour power reserve
Functions
Dual 24 hour time indication and continuous seconds operated through central crown function
Unique airport code time-zone indicator at 12 O’clock directly integrated with location indicators on the dial
24 hour night and day indication
Case, dial & strap
Diameter: 43mm; Case: 316L stainless steel
Personally assembled by master watchmaker,
Johannes Jahnke and his team in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Hand-finished, surgical grade, stainless steel case and crown
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Dial: 
Blue-Silver; 3D textured world map dial with 24 time-zone location indicators
Screw-down transparent case back with 24 time zone & location index
Unique engraved serial number
Premium Louisiana alligator strap with Bader™ deployment clasp
Water resistance: 5 atm/50 metres
Miscellaneous
Personalised certificate of authenticity signed by Johannes Jahnke
Luxury presentation case and owner’s handbook

Price: £1575


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