Louis Moinet – MECANOGRAPH Chronometer Limited Edition

Louis Moinet – MECANOGRAPH Chronometer Limited Edition


Mecanograph wins 3rd place in 2013 International Chronometry Competition

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Louis Moinet is pleased to announce that Mecanograph has claimed third place in the Classic watch category of the 2013 International Chronometry Competition. This result bears testimony to Louis Moinet’s success in creating ultra-precise, superlative timepieces capable of resisting a battery of tests without compromise.


The competition is organised biennially by the International Chronometry Competition Association under the supervision of the Musée d’Horlogerie in Le Locle and in partnership with the Swiss Chronometer Control Office (COSC), the Besançon Observatory (France) and the Haute École Arc engineering college in Le Locle (Switzerland).


The Classic category featured 18 watches with a non-tourbillon escapement. Over four months, Mecanograph demonstrated superb reliability and time-keeping performance for three 15-day periods of rigorous timing tests, between which the watches were subjected to magnetic fields, wide temperature variations and repeated shocks.
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Claude-Henri Chabloz, president of the International Chronometry Competition, said: “The competition tests are extremely demanding. You have to pass all three 15-day tests just to finish. To use Formula One as an analogy, we can say that the watches have to take part in three grand prix races in a row without a pit stop! Under such conditions, a podium finish is an even more remarkable feat.”

Of all the 25 participants in both the classic and tourbillon categories, Louis Moinet was the only independent brand to gain a top-three placing. What is more, the Mecanograph timepiece submitted to the International Chronometry Competition was a standard production piece.

Mecanograph reflects the synergy between an exclusive Louis Moinet chronometer-certified movement and the brand’s incomparable aesthetics. Conceived by Louis Moinet and produced by Concepto to Louis Moinet's specifications, Mecanograph’s remarkable Calibre LM31 can be appreciated both dial side and through the display back, making this timepiece as spectacularly eye-catching as it is technically innovative.

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Mecanograph indicates hours and minutes with signature central Gouttes de Rosée hands, with small seconds also displayed by a Gouttes de Rosée hand on a distinctively shaped subdial at 9 o’clock. 

While the right half of the dial boasts stylish and emblematic Côte du Jura guilloche, the left half showcases the pure mechanical beauty of the 182-component, COSC-certified, automatic movement, with the regulator, screwed balance wheel, open gearing and Geneva-wave decorated mainplate all on display.

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The display back offers a fresh perspective on the wonderful movement. The bridges, anthracite-treated and enhanced with 26 jewels and blued steel screws, are adorned with Louis Moinet’s signature Côtes du Jura motif, as is the bi-directional winding rotor mounted on a high-tech ceramic ball bearing. 


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Technical Specifications

Mecanograph is available in four limited editions of 365 pieces each:
Grade 5 titanium, silver dial; grade 5 titanium, black dial; grade 5 titanium and 18k rose gold, silver dial; and grade 5 titanium and 18k rose gold, black dial.

Features and Indications
Central hour and minutes
Small seconds
Half-dial with highly visible movement
COSC-certified calibre conceived by Louis Moinet and produced by Concepto
Dial and Hands
12 to 6 o’clock Côte du Jura guilloche
6 to 12 o’clock open dial to movement
Central Gouttes de Rosée hour and minute hands, rhodium- or gold-treated
Distinctively-shaped small seconds subdial with bi-colour hand at 9 o’clock
Movement and Finishing
Calibre LM31, an exclusive, automatic, COSC-certified,
182-component movement, conceived by Louis Moinet and produced by Concepto
Frequency: 28,800 vph / 4Hz
Lines: 13 ¼
Power reserve: 48 hours
Jewels: 26
Balance: Glucydur, screwed
Rotor : Bi-directional mounted on high-tech ceramic ball bearing and featuring Côte du Jura motif
Case
Case: Louis Moinet design featuring six-screw bezel
Material: Grade 5 titanium or grade 5 titanium and 18k rose gold
Case diameter: 43.50mm
Case height: 15.60mm
Water resistance: 50m
Crystals: Two sapphire crystals with anti-reflective treatment
Caseback: Secured with seven screws, engraved with individual number and Louis Moinet symbol
Strap
Louisiana alligator leather, hand-sewn, 24 mm width between lugs
Buckle: Double folding clasp in grade 5 titanium and 316L stainless steel

 limited editions of 365 pieces

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ARNOLD & SON – Time Pyramid ‘Watch of the year 2013’

ARNOLD & SON – Time PYRAMID  ‘Watch of the year 2013’



              Arnold & Son is proud to announce the Time Pyramid winner
                             2nd place of the ‘Watch of the year 2013’

Arnold & Son was among the winners of the competition ‘Watch of the year 2013’ held by the Swiss watch magazine ‘Montres Passion’. The winners were announced in a glittering ceremony on 25th October 2013.

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For twenty consecutive years, the Swiss magazine ‘Montres Passion’ has hosted the ‘Watch of the year’ ceremony in Switzerland. The presentation ceremony was accompanied by a cocktail reception at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva. The event was attended by distinguished high profile guests and brand representatives.

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It was with great honor that Philippe Boven of Arnold & Son received for the Time Pyramid the 2nd prize awarded by the jury for the ‘Watch of the year 2013’ © Arnold & Son

Arnold & Son is proud to communicate that its Time Pyramid was awarded 2nd place in the category “Watch of the year 2013”. Deftly demonstrating its British heritage and ingenuity in watchmaking, Arnold & Son’s Time Pyramid unveils a watch movement with unique architecture. Conceived, designed and developed in-house the skeletonised pyramid-shaped movement A&S1615 seemingly floats between two sapphire crystals. The Time Pyramid is a masterful rendition of technical prowess and unparalleled elegance. This superbly engineered wristwatch is part of the brand’s Instrument Collection that combines instrument precision with classical styling.

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Time Pyramid
Exclusive Arnold & Son skeletonised mechanical movement A&S1615, hand-wound, sapphire dial,
18-carat red gold case, diameter 44.6 mm
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Deftly demonstrating its British heritage and ingenuity in watchmaking, Arnold & Son unveils a totally new watch movement with unique architecture: the original Time Pyramid wristwatch. With a skeletonized pyramid-shaped movement seemingly floating between two sapphire crystals, the Time Pyramid is a masterful rendition of technical prowess and unparalleled elegance. This superbly engineered wristwatch is part of the brand's Instrument Collection that combines instrument precision with classical styling.

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Inspired by the regulators created by John and Roger Arnold over two hundred years ago, and by antique British skeleton clocks, the new Arnold & Son exclusive mechanical Calibre A&S1615 was conceived of, designed and developed in-house at the company's La Chaux-de-Fonds workshops, Switzerland.

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To reflect the spirit of the brand's rich history, yet with a vigilant eye to the future, Arnold & Son has created a highly cohesive and seductive blend of watchmaking feats in this timepiece that includes regulator, skeleton, vertical linear movement, pyramid-placement of components and multi-dimensional depth. The Time Pyramid is part of the Instrument Collection, wherein timepieces are easily identified by their sophisticated dial designs, off-centered hours and minutes indication and visual display of complexities.

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The skeletonized caliber A&S1615 is built in a unique format, with balance wheel at twelve o'clock, situated directly beneath the palette and the anchor wheel (which is shaped in typical Arnold & Son's majestic "X" form).  At the opposite end of the movement, at six o'clock, lay two mainspring barrels that supply the hand-wound caliber with an amazing 90 hours of power reserve, and provide a more constant force to the wheel train.

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The gear train runs vertically in a linear format connecting the two barrels at six o'clock to the balance wheel at twelve o'clock, and endowing the movement with its pyramid structure. The bridges are designed so that all of the wheels, the two mainspring barrels, the escapement and balance wheel are all magnificently visible from the dial side.

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Additionally, the movement is fitted with two power reserve indicators - one each on either side of the linear gear train - to display the energy level for each barrel separately. The power reserve hands indicate the reserve level via graduated dots (that are printed under the top sapphire crystal) in an arc format, and demonstrate how one barrel transfers energy to the second one when needed. Essentially, as the first barrel winds the second one, the power reserve indicator of the first barrel goes down, while the second one goes up - making for an accurate and intriguing readout.

As if all of this technical ingenuity were not enough, Arnold & Son continued to push the creative envelop in the making of this caliber with its placement of the escapement and seconds indicator at twelve o'clock, and with its three-dimensional construction that replicates the historic Arnold & Son regulators.

This Time Pyramid follows the original regulators from the brand with its component positioning and detailed 3D visual appeal. Movement parts and watch indications are built on three levels, with the subsidiary seconds dial on the bottom, the hour indications on a sapphire crystal dial in the middle level, and a silver top ring for the minutes indication. While the movement is extremely thin - at just 4.4 mm - the multiple levels bring amazing depth and detail to the watch. To further enhance the balance and symmetry of the Time Pyramid, the crown (with Arnold & Son's engraved logo) is artfully positioned at six o'clock.


As with every esteemed Arnold & Son watch, each component in the Time Pyramid is magnificently hand decorated with manually chamfered brides and high-polished edges, all yielding a striking masterpiece of decorative craftsmanship and brilliant execution.

Each Time Pyramid wristwatch measures 44.6 mm in diameter in its classically elegant 18-carat red gold case. Viewed from the side, the housing is stepped and tapers from top to bottom, the widest section accommodating the extra-large glass with the lower part narrowing to fit snugly on the wrist. Each is finished with an exquisite hand-stitched alligator strap.


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Technical Characteristics

Ref. 1TPAR.S01A.C124A 18-Carat Red Gold Case

Calibre:                                  
A&S1615
Exclusive Arnold & Son skeletonized mechanical movement,
hand-wound, 27 jewels, diameter 37 mm,
thickness 4.40 mm, power reserve over 90 h,
21’600 vibrations/h
Functions:
hours, minutes, seconds, double power reserve indication
Movement decoration:
skeletonised nickel-silver movement, rhodium treated with
Haute Horlogerie finishing: manually chamfered bridges with polished edges,
Côtes de Genève, circular satin-finished wheels, blued screws
Dial:  
sapphire, circular satin-finished dial frame with chamfered and polished edge
Case:   
18-carat red gold, diameter 44.6 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

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