Sunday, December 15, 2013

RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Limited Edition
















RJ-Romain Jerome Skylab Limited Edition NEW

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RJ-Romain Jerome celebrates "Orbital" accomplishments


Fascinated by our Universe and man’s accomplishments, RJ-Romain Jerome re-interprets contemporary history through the design of a new and aesthetically advanced timepiece, the Skylab.

The infinity of space has intrigued mankind for centuries. When Magellan established the spherical shape of our planet or when Galileo, the father of modern observational astronomy, discovered Heliocentrism*, the reality of space changed the vision of contemporary dreamers.

In honour of these discoveries, the iconoclastic brand has imagined a new timepiece with an avant-garde design that features RJ-Romain Jerome’s first skeleton timepiece, the Skylab.

Named after NASA’s first space station and celebrating the 40th anniversary of its launch, RJ-Romain Jerome has designed its Skylab featuring a skeleton structure housed in a 44 mm case that recalls the original space station and its revolutionary construction by combining sleek lines and a complex system of solar panels.

The generous yet refined case nests a complex five layered skeleton giving place to one’s imagination : every single component of the movement looks like it is floating in space carefully held by angled bridges that recall the geometrical patterns of a computer mother board. At the same time, the transparent sapphire glass at the back enhances the sense of zero gravity highlighting the single barrel at 12 o’clock and revealing the balance wheel at 6 o’clock while the RJ-Romain Jerome’s monogram subtly appears at 3 o’clock on the inferior level.

Externally, the timepieces’ paws have been enlarged to enhance this new model while the lugs have been hollowed to lighten the watch and create a unique case closing system with fewer visible screws than on a regular timepiece.

By enabling the main parts of the movement to be seen, the architecture of the skeleton shines in anthracite or represents the infinity of space in black PVD coated-steel, both declinations are finished with a hand drawn stroke. True to the DNA of the brand each watch contains material from Apollo 11 mission on the bezel. Also available in 5N Rose Gold, the Skylab timepieces echo the brightness of a stellar system seen from a porthole.

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The Skylab is a combination of Man’s never-ending imagination through the looking glass of a fantasy world and his thirst for knowledge and discovery of unknown territories.

The brands new design is a testimony to the conquest of space and the underlying dreams that made it possible.


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RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Heavy Metal

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Technical Specifications

Skylab Heavy Metal

Reference    RJ.M.AU.023.01

Caliber    RJ004-M  Mechanical movement
Frequency    28,800 A/h
Jewelling    21 jewels
Power reserve    48 hours
Water resistance    3 atm (30 meters)
Functions    Central hours and minutes, small second at 9 o’clock
Case    Ø44 mm, steel with sapphire case-back
Paws    Steel polished
Bezel    Satin-finished steel
Dial    Rhutenium coloured skeleton movement
Hands    Rhodiumed and satin-brushed hands with superluminova C1 « blue emission » on the tips
Strap    Black calf
Buckle    Satin-finished steel pin buckle
Limited edition    Limited series of 99 pieces

Retail price    USD 16,950.-* / CHF 15’950.-* / EUR 14,950.-*

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RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Speed Metal

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Technical Specifications


Skylab Speed Metal

Reference    RJ.M.AU.025.01

Caliber    RJ004-M  Mechanical movement
Frequency    28,800 A/h
Jewelling    21 jewels
Power reserve
    48 hours
Water resistance 
   3 atm (30 meters)
Functions    Central hours and minutes, small second at 9 o’clock
Case    Ø44 mm, black PVD-coated steel with sapphire case-back
Paws 
   Steel polished
Bezel    Black satin-finished steel
Dial    Black coloured skeleton movement
Hands    Black and satin-brushed hands with superluminova C1 « blue emission » on the tips
Strap    Black calf
Buckle    Black PVD-coated steel pin buckle
Limited edition    Limited series of 99 pieces

Retail price
    USD 16,950.-* / CHF 15’950.-* / EUR 14,950.-*
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RJ-Romain Jerome - Skylab Red

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Technical Specifications

Skylab Red

Reference    RJ.M.AU.028.01

Caliber    RJ004-M  Mechanical movement
Frequency    28,800 A/h
Jewelling    21 jewels
Power reserve    48 hours
Water resistance
    3 atm (30 meters)
Functions
    Central hours and minutes, small second at 9 o’clock
Case
    Ø44 mm, black PVD-coated steel with sapphire case-back
Paws
    Polished black PVD-coated steel
Bezel 
   Red gold (5N)
Dial    Black coloured skeleton movement
Hands    Red gold coloured and satin-brushed hands with superluminova C1 « blue emission » on the tips
Strap    Black calf
Buckle    Black PVD-coated steel satin-finished pin buckle
Limited edition
    Limited series of 99 pieces

Retail price    USD 19,950.-* / CHF 18’950.-* / EUR 17,550.-*

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Friday, December 13, 2013

ARMIN STROM - Tourbillon Gravity Fire Limited Edition


















ARMIN STROM - Tourbillon Gravity Fire Limited Edition NEW

Armin Strom announces new Tourbillon timepiece with a micro rotor winding mechanism – the Tourbillon Gravity Fire

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December 2013 - Armin Strom, the Swiss watch manufacturer, celebrated the UK launch of a new timepiece: its Tourbillon Gravity Fire, a tourbillon watch with a micro rotor winding mechanism.

The introduction is less than a year after the release of Armin Strom’s first calibre with a rotating carriage.

The timepiece was unveiled at an exclusive VIP reception hosted by The Markerstudy Group at Salomons Country Estate in Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, on December 3. Guests included Max Chilton, Formula 1 driver of the Marussia F1 Team, a watch enthusiast and Armin Strom brand ambassador, plus some of Kent’s most affluent and influential style setters and decision makers.



















On the dial side, the timepiece reveals the two opposites that animate every watch movement: winding and regulation. While the tourbillon mechanism makes regulation more precise by reducing the effect of gravity, the micro rotor harnesses this same power to supply energy to the gear train, thus exploiting both the positive and negative impacts of the Earth’s gravitation. The hands display the time from an off-centre axis.

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Serge Michel, owner of Armin Strom, said: “We are delighted to launch the new Tourbillon Gravity Fire at such a prestigious occasion. As with all our timepieces, this watch demonstrates the highest level of handmade craftsmanship, which has been the success behind Armin Strom for over 40 years. It is a timepiece that will prove irresistible for collectors who value this level of manufacture.”
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Armin Strom was established by founder, Armin Strom, 40 years ago. As a Master Skeletonizer, his unique design style created a skeletal appearance which showed off the hand-finished movement of the watch considered too good to remain hidden behind a dial and a steel case back. This iconic horological design remains central to the company philosophy today.

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The Armin Strom Tourbillon Gravity Fire continues this unique design style and features the flame motif inspired engraving, which adorns all Fire timepiece movements, together with an 18ct rose gold case. The new edition will be limited to 50 pieces.

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Technical Specifications

RG14-TF.M.90 TOURBILLON GRAVITY FIRE

Manufacture movement
ARMIN STROM calibre ATM13
Automatic-winding, Tourbillon, 110h power reserve, small seconds
and off-centre time indications
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Jewels: 26
Number of components: 197
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KALIBER ATM13 16½‘‘‘  Specification: 
Functions: Hour, minute, small second, Tourbillon
Winding-mechanism: Automatic winding with micro rotor turning on the dial side
Impulse: Single going barrel Plate and bridges: Plate and tourbillon bridge are decorated at the highest quality level, hand-engravings always correspond to the element Fire
Escapement: Escape wheel and pallets made of solid gold with hardened functional areas
Regulating system: Screwed balance with Breguet spiral
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Number of Jewels: 26
Number of individual parts: 197
Diameter: 36.60 mm
Height: 6.20 mm
Power reserve: 110h
Case
18ct rose gold
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment
Diameter: 43.40 mm
Total height: 13.00 mm
Water-resistance: 50 m
Dial ring

Black with founded appliques
Hands
Rose gold
Straps
Delivered with a genuine brown alligator horn-back strap and
double-fold clasp in 18ct rose gold as well as an additional brown
rubber strap
Edition
Limited to 50 pieces

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For more information relating to this press release or to Armin Strom:
Bettina Fleury, Armin Strom AG,
Tel. +41 32 343 33 44, b.fleury@arminstrom.com
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