Wednesday, September 11, 2013

ARNOLD & SON - TB Victory Limited Edition


















ARNOLD & SON - TB VICTORY Limited Edition NEW

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The designers of Arnold & Son's Instrument Collection took their inspiration from the distinctive instrument-like chronometers produced by John Arnold and his son, John Roger Arnold. These delivered the robustness, reliability and down-to-the-second precision needed by marine navigators to determine longitude. 

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The TB Victory is a scintillating combination of maritime precision with aesthetic perfection and celebrates a battleship that owed its long active life, at least in part, to the accuracy of those chronometers.

The HMS Victory is one of the best known in English maritime history. After a glorious career spanning forty years, she had her finest hour as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Now, with the exquisite TB Victory, Arnold & Son unveils the latest of its true beat timepieces. Gracing the right-hand side of the dial is a 22-carat solid gold appliqué of the famous warship, traditionally hand-chased with breathtaking richness of detail by Arnold & Son's master engraver and then duplicated for the series. In traditional hand-engraving, hardened steel burins and other tools are used to create the cuts, lines and texturing that build up entire images - in this case a perfectly sculpted likeness of the HMS Victory - and underline Arnold & Son's mastery of the decorative arts.
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The TB Victory timepiece has a distinctive off-centre subdial for the time of day, one of the unmistakable design cues of the Instrument Collection. Central to the cream-coloured dial is the timepiece's main complication: a central true beat (TB) seconds. A rarely found complication these days, the true beat seconds was an invaluable instrument for marine navigators, and its automatic winding system calls for enormous technical expertise. In this timepiece, it is made possible by an internationally patented system and calls for parts accurate to a micron, or one-thousandth of a millimetre. The key components are produced using state-of-the-art LIGA (lithography, electroplating and moulding) manufacturing technology.

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The TB Victory is powered by the A&S6103 calibre, the first automatic movement with an integrated true beat system to be developed, designed and manufactured entirely at Arnold & Son's workshops in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The exquisitehaute horlogeriefinishing includes manually chamfered bridges and polished edges, fine circular graining and Côtes de Genève rayonnantes, a brushed and skeletonized rotor, and blued screws.

 ARNOLD & SON - Calibre A&S6103

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The TB Victory will be available in an exclusive limited edition of just 28 timepieces.


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Technical Characteristics

Ref. 1ARAP.I01A.C120P

Calibre:                                  
A&S6103
Exclusive Arnold & Son ultra-thin mechanical movement,
self-winding, ceramic ball bearing, 30 jewels,
diameter 30.4 mm thickness 7.79 mm,
power reserve 50 h, 28'800 vibrations/h,
stop seconds, thickness 7.79 mm,
power reserve 50 h, 28'800 vibrations/h, stop seconds 
Functions:
hours, minutes, true beat seconds
Movement decoration:
rhodium treated with Haute Horlogeriefinishing: manually chamfered bridges with polished edges,
fine circular graining and Côtes de Genève rayonnantes,
brushed and skeletonised rotor, blued screws
Dial:  
cream, 22-carat solid gold appliqué
Case:   
18-carat rose gold, diameter 44 mm,
cambered sapphire with anti-reflective coating on both sides,
case back see-through sapphire
Strap:
Hand-stitched brown or black alligator leather
Water resistance:
30 Meters
Limited edition of 28 timepieces

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Ulysse Nardin - Black TORO Perpetual Calendar















Ulysse Nardin -     Black TORO    Perpetual Calendar  NEW

Introducing the Black Toro.

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Ulysse Nardin Launches the Industry’s Best Perpetual Calendar Timepiece to Date.

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For centuries, perpetual calendar timepieces have existed. Yet it was in 1996 that Ulysse Nardin brought to market the world’s most functional perpetual calendar. Created by the master of watch innovation, Ludwig Oechslin, the timepiece, named the Perpetual Ludwig, marked a major milestone in watchmaking history. It allowed the forward and backward adjustment of all calendar displays over a single crown, eliminating the need to return the watch to the manufacturer in case of setting mistakes. Unlike the standard lever system, the timepiece revealed the very first perpetual calendar mechanism driven by wheels and gears.
 
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An icon of sheer watchmaking perfection, the movement has appeared in Ulysse Nardin’s most significant timepieces, including the GMT+/- Perpetual with dual-time function, the mighty El Toro, and now, the Black Toro. Industry-wide, the 2013 launch of the Black Toro represents the best perpetual calendar timepiece developed to date. Stunning in 18-karat rose gold with its black dial and ceramic bezel, it offers the simplest setting capability of the calendar functions.

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The Black Toro is a stellar representation of Ulysse Nardin’s unrivaled ability to create technically innovative timepieces of great design, and superior function, precision and ease of use, while continuing the legacy of its most important inventions.

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Technical Data

Reference: 326-03
Reference: 326-03-3

Movement 
Caliber UN-32 Manufacture, 34 jewels
Power-Reserve 
Approx. 48 h
Winding 
Self-winding with COSC certificate
Functions 
Perpetual Calendar adjustable over single crown.
2nd Time zone on main dial with a patented quick setting mechanism.
Permanent home time indicated by 3rd hand.
Big date in double window
Case
Available in 18 ct rose gold
Dimensions 43 mm
Water-resistance 100 m
Crystal Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
Case-back Sapphire crystal
Crown Screw-down
Band 
Rubber strap with titanium/ceramic deployant clasp;
leather strap with folding buckle

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