Jaeger-LeCoultre – Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique a Quantieme Perpetuel

Jaeger-LeCoultre – Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel NEW

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Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique
à Quantième Perpétuel in pink gold
A sense of performance

The creation of this model is a dizzying feat that sets a connoisseur’s heart beating as fast as its mechanism. Inspired by its 19th century perpetual calendars, Jaeger-LeCoultre launches one of its finest complications within the Master Grande Tradition line: the Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel in pink gold. Dedicated to collectors and devotees of the watchmaking art, its advanced technology makes it the most accurate perpetual calendar on the market/the world's most accurate perpetual calendar.

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Right from its founding, Jaeger-LeCoultre began pushing the boundaries of the watchmaking art with the advent of pocket-watches featuring elegant finishing and top-flight mechanical substance. Their vocation was to write new pages in the history of complications and in the quest for ultimate precision and reliability. Reflecting the inventive spirit of Antoine LeCoultre, these models explored uncharted territory in developing prestigious movements. The Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel unswervingly pursues the same path with its pure aesthetic and its watchmaking heart endowed with the latest technologies developed by Jaeger-LeCoultre with a constantly renewed purpose: giving a sense of performance to watchmaking tradition.

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The latest creation from the Manufacture opts for a movement which single-handedly embodies a miniature watchmaking revolution: the automatic winding mechanical movement, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 985, of which the tourbillon – equipped with a cylindrical balancespring – puts on a spectacular watchmaking performance. The watch, equipped with a flying (or cantilevered) tourbillon and a perpetual calendar, has been created in complete respect for the noblest watchmaking traditions and is in tune with the quest for absolute precision treasured by the founder of the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre.

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Within a large 42 mm pink gold case, Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 985 beats to the rhythm of a flying tourbillon and is equipped with a cylindrical balance-spring, forming an ensemble guaranteeing exceptional precision timing performances. The tourbillon is a major feat in itself. Its grade 5 titanium carriage, its large 14-carat balance and its cylindrical balance-spring developed by Jaeger-LeCoultre create an impression of levitation: the tourbillon appears to be suspended in mid-air at the heart of the movement. The perpetual calendar provides a crystalclear display of the day, date, month and year, alongside with the moon phases; while the daring small seconds counts off precious moments above the flying tourbillon.

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In terms of aesthetics, the Master Grande Tradition Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel features the perfect balance between classicism, purity and relevance – a means of associating its historical origins with elegant modernity. Its 18 carat pink gold case pays tribute to the 19th century and draws inspiration from the style codes characterising pocket-watches. Its array of design details reflects these same codes: hourmarkers, a traditional minute circle, and a silver-toned grained dial finish. The superbly understated “dauphine” hands make a perfect match with the classic nature of the model. The sapphire crystal serves to admire the hand-crafted decorations reflecting a profound respect for traditional watchmaking.

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The 22-carat gold oscillating weight bears a reproduction of the gold medal that Jaeger-LeCoultre won at the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition in recognition of its horological expertise and its spirit of invention. The equally visible cylindrical balance-spring of the flying tourbillon also serves as a reminder of the extent to which the horological complications featured in the timepiece appear to be moving in an entirely different sphere.

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The idea of housing a flying tourbillon and a perpetual calendar within the case of the Master Grande Tradition collection represents an extremely tricky balancing act. No other showcase could have been better suited to pay homage both to Fine Watchmaking and to one of its illustrious exponents, Antoine LeCoultre. With the Master Grande Tradition Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel in pink gold, Jaeger LeCoultre reflects the inventive spirit that has characterised since its founding and highlights the perpetual quest for ultimate performance.


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Technical specifications:

Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique à Quantième Perpétuel

Reference: Q504 25 20

Movement:
Automatic winding mechanical movement,
Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 985, crafted,
assembled and decorated by hand

• 48-hour power reserve
• 431 parts
• 49 jewels
• 8.25 thick
• 30.7 mm in diameter
• 28,800 vibrations per hour

Dial:

Grained silver-toned, transferred baton hour-markers and traditional minute circle
Hands

Dauphine type
Functions:

• Hours, minutes, small seconds on the flying tourbillon
• Perpetual calendar: indication of the date, day, month, year and moon phase

Case:

• 18 carat pink gold
• 13.1 mm thick
• 42 mm in diameter
• Polished lugs and satin-brushed flanks
• Water-resistance: 5 atm

Strap: 

Hand-sewn high-end alligator leather,
18 carat pink gold pin buckle

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Arnold & Son – DTE Double Tourbillon Escapement Dual Time Limited Edition

ARNOLD & SON – DTE Double Tourbillon Escapement Dual Time Limited Edition NEW

Instrument Collection – DTE

Arnold & Son Celebrates 250th Anniversary with Unique DTE: Double Tourbillon Escapement Dual Time Watch

BASELWORLD Novelty 2014

Deftly blending its rich British heritage and superior watchmaking ingenuity, Arnold & Son celebrates its 250th anniversary with a superb timepiece that reflects its famed past with a visionary look forward. The unique and impressive Double Tourbillon Escapement Dual Time watch – DTE – is a marvel of mechanical mastery and aesthetic elegance.

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Renowned for its innovative technology and amazing technical prowess Arnold & Son continually brings horological excellence to new heights. Such is the case with the DTE, which joins the brand’s much-coveted Instrument Collection, whose signature is in-house manufactured movements inspired by the timepieces produced during the second part of John Arnold’s life when he and his son, John Roger, dedicated themselves to the quest for absolute precision.

Arnold & Son can easily be considered the father of modern marine timekeeping. Because of its technical superiority in watchmaking, Arnold & Son developed and produced chronometers that solved the 18th-century problem of determining longitude at sea (also, thereby establishing themselves as official suppliers to the Royal Navy). Clearly one of the greatest watchmakers in history, John Arnold shared his knowledge and passion with Abraham-Louis Breguet. Evidence of their partnership is Breguet’s first ever tourbillon cage (No 169) mounted in John Arnold’s No. 11 movement, a watch that can be found today in London’s British Museum.

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John Arnold and A.-L. Breguet, silver cased chronometer with tourbillon and spring-detent escapement,
London, England, 1774 and Paris, France, 1808
© The Trustees of the British Museum

This year, as Arnold & Son honours its 250 years of watchmaking heritage, it celebrates by unveiling the perfect dual time Double Tourbillon Escapement watch. The DTE is a masterpiece of symmetry, balance and three-dimensional beauty combined with technical foresight and ultimate performance precision. The watch, powered by the all-new mechanical hand-wound calibre A&S8513, brings the centuries-old tradition of double movements back to life – in 21st century style. It features two separate time zone displays – each of which can be set independently from the other thanks to dedicated setting mechanisms. Each has its own gear train and its own tourbillon
escapement.

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DTE

Exclusive Arnold & Son mechanical double tourbillon movement A&S8513, hand-wound, domed and white lacquered dials, 18-carat red gold case, diameter 43.5 mm
© Arnold & Son

In addition to the double tourbillon escapement and the dual dial/dual time indication, the watch is incredibly efficient in that it not only offers local time in hours and minutes, but also offers hours and minutes of a second time zone to be set separately – thereby enabling the wearer to have precise time in zones that differ from Greenwich Mean Time by quarter- or half-hour increments. The double barrels of the watch offer a superb 90 hours of power reserve.

In typical Arnold & Son style, the watch is incredibly detailed and features superlative Haute Horlogerie finishing. The dial side of the timepiece offers symmetry and depth. It features two white lacquered domed dials – one each at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock – for the dual time displays.

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The two tourbillon escapements are harmoniously balanced at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock and seem to float over the dial thanks to their alluring raised 18-carat red gold bridges. The backdrop for these double lacquered dials and double tourbillon escapements is a magnificently decorated vertical Côtes de Genève stripes plate. The two crowns – one each for setting the local and the home time – are located at 2 o’clock and 8 o’clock, and the two mainsprings are wound using the crown at 2 o’clock.

The 43.5 mm DTE is created in 18-carat red gold. The white dials (with Roman numerals in one and Arabic numerals in the other) are accented with blued hour and minute hands. The back of the watch features a transparent sapphire crystal for viewing the splendidly decorated nickel-silver movement. In all, this masterpiece of tradition and vision, of technology and elegance reinforces the watchmaking prowess of Arnold & Son, and elevates its accomplishments to all new heights.

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Technical Characteristics

Ref. 1DTAR.L01A.C120A 18-carat Rose Gold Case

Calibre:                                  
A&S8513
Exclusive Arnold & Son mechanical double tourbillon movement,
Hand-wound, 42 jewels, diameter 37.3 mm, thickness 8.35 mm,
Power reserve 90 h, double barrel, 21,600 vibrations/h
Functions:
local hours and minutes, GMT hours and minutes, double tourbillon
Movement decoration:
nickel-silver movement, rhodium treated with superlative Haute
Horlogerie finishing: hand-chamfered bridges and polished edges,
fine circular graining and Côtes de Genève rayonnantes, plate dial
side with Côtes de Genève, circular satin-finished wheels with
hand-chamfered and polished edges, blued screws with bevelled and
mirror-polished heads
Tourbillon: 18-carat red gold bridges, satin-finished and mirror-
polished surfaces with hand-chamfered and polished edges
Hand-chamfered and mirror-polished tourbillon cages
Dial:  
domed and white lacquered
Case:   
18-carat red gold, diameter 43.5 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: 250th Anniversary, 28 timepieces

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