RAYMOND WEIL – NABUCCO Rivoluzione II Chronograph

RAYMOND WEIL – NABUCCO  Rivoluzione II Chronograph 2014

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RAYMOND WEIL’s emblematic collection, nabucco, makes a strong comeback this year. Power and charisma exude from this new piece with architectural proportions, which recall the values of this collection originally inspired by Giuseppe Verdi’s famous opera. Using ceramics on its bezels for the first time, RAYMOND WEIL reinterprets nabucco boldly, giving birth to a model with distinguished lines and a strong personality.

The nabucco collection was born in 2007, thanks to the impetus of the founding family’s third generation, which joined the Company in 2006. Both powerful and elegant, the collection appeals to connoisseurs around the world, whatever their cultural background. Different, surprising and a little provocative, it continues to impose its style and presence today.

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With its redesigned case, reworked dial and refined bezel, the nabucco Rivoluzione II combines the precision and know-how of Swiss watchmaking, sophisticated materials and high technology. Carbon, titanium and now, for the first time, ceramics give it an urbane and contemporary allure.

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 In the “all black” version, punctuated with crimson features, including the chronograph counter hands, the date and the stitching on the rubber strap, its sophistication and exclusivity match the materials comprising it. One of the symbolic elements of the nabucco collection, the number 12, is the only number here that is not an index.

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Remaining faithful to its predecessors’ code of ethics, the new nabucco retains the tachymeter engraved in the ceramic on the bezel, the three counters at 3 o’clock (30 minutes), 6 o’clock (12 hours) and 9 o’clock (small seconds) and the round date window at 4.30. The pointed pusher buttons accentuate the strength of character of this 46mm piece.

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To reinforce the links with the musical universe, in which its whole history is anchored, RAYMOND WEIL associates itself with sound specialist SENNHEISER. In this way, the Brand suggests the unique experience of combining watchmaking and music, to the great pleasure of lovers of precision, emotions and performance, values common to both worlds that the watchmaker would like to share with its clientele. Delivered in a special box, together with headphones offering an unmatched acoustic quality, the nabucco Rivoluzione II promises to make some noise.

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Technical Specifications

Reference:  7850 BSF 05207

Movement 
Mechanical chronograph – RW5010
Winding Automatic
Power reserve 46 hours
Jewels 27 rubies
Functions
Watch Central hours and minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock
           Round date window at 4h30, red inscription
           Date adjustment pushbutton at 10 o’clock
Chronograph Start, stop and restart using pushbutton at 2 o’clock
                      Reset using pushbutton at 4 o’clock
                      Central chronograph hand
                      30 minutes counter at 3 o’clock, 12 hours counter at 6 o’clock
                      Tachometer ring on the bezel
Case 
Titanium and black PVD coated steel with carbon fiber
Diameter: 46mm
Thickness: 15.25mm
Bezel Black ceramic
Crown Black PVD coated steel, screwed down - fluted with RW Monogram
Crystal Sapphire crystal with dual-sided antiglare treatment
Dial Galvanic black
Indexes Luminescent applique Arabic numeral "12" and 8 luminescent applique indexes, with polished edges
Hands
Hours / Minutes 
 Steel type, bombé, enhanced with luminescent material, Boston
Small second Steel type, Boston
Chronograph Red steel type, baton
Counters Red steel type, Boston
Case back Screwed down with smoked sapphire crystal
Strap 
Black rubber alligator style with red stitching,
equipped with a RW folding clasp in titanium and black PVD coated steel, double push-security system
Water resistance 20 ATM

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OFFICINE PANERAI – PAM531 Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H

OFFICINE PANERAI – PAM531 Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H Automatic ACCIAIO – 44mm NEW

Designed particularly for those who travel, the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H is a new watch from Officine Panerai with the GMT 24H function. As well as local time, this enables the time in a second time zone to be read simultaneously by means of an independent central hand which makes one revolution of the dial in 24 hours. GMT is short for Greenwich Mean Time, the time at the Greenwich Royal Observatory, which is the universal reference point for calculating time zones.

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The Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H is the first watch from Officine Panerai to adopt a new manufacture movement, the automatic P.9003 calibre. This is a development of the P.9001 calibre, with which it has many useful functions and excellent features in common. The main innovation relates to the GMT function, which is indicated over 24 hours instead of 12 hours; it also has a newly designed circular power reserve indicator on the back of the watch, which is very visible and easy to read through the sapphire crystal in the caseback.

 Panerai P.9003 calibre
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The power reserve is three days, achieved by two spring barrels connected in series, and the oscillating mass rotates in both directions, making the automatic winding mechanism very efficient. In terms of regulation, the hour hand – connected to the date – can be moved independently and in jumps of one hour, without interfering with the minute and seconds hands; equally, when setting the time the device which stops the balance and zeroes the seconds hand comes into operation, so that the time can be exactly synchronised with a reference signal.

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The GMT 24H function is also evident in the design of the black dial: as well as the classic markers for reading the local time, the outermost part of the dial carries the figures for reading the second time zone, indicated by the hand with an arrow.

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The clarity and legibility of the dial, which also contains the date window and the small seconds counter at nine o’clock, are ensured in the poorest lighting conditions by its sandwich structure: the luminous substance is contained between two discs and shines through holes in the upper one corresponding to the markers. This type of construction has been used by Panerai watches since the 1930s and confirmed over the years as a distinctive mark of the Florentine brand.

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Another iconic element of the brand is the device protecting the winding crown with the locking leaver, revived in the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H in its most classic version: it is made of brushed steel contrasting with the polished steel of the case. The Luminor 1950 case 44 mm is AISI 316L steel, which is stainless with a low carbon content and particularly resistant to corrosion.

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Water-resistant to 30 atmospheres (a depth of about 300 metres ), the Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H is fitted with a black leather strap with ecru stitching. It is supplied with a spare rubber strap, a steel screwdriver and the tool for replacing the strap, an operation that is simply carried out thanks to the push-pieces in the lugs.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Movement: 
Automatic mechanical, Panerai P.9003 calibre, executed entirely by Panerai,
13¾ lignes, 7.9 mm thick, 28 jewels,
Glucydur® balance, 28,800 alternations/hour.
Incabloc® anti-shock device.
Power reserve 3 days, two barrels.
233 components.
Functions: 
Hours, minutes, small seconds, date, second time zone with 24h indication,
Seconds reset, power reserve indicator on the back.
Case: Diameter 44 mm, AISI 316L polished steel.
Bezel: Polished steel.
Back: See-through sapphire crystal.
Device protecting the crown: (protected as trademark) Brushed steel.
Dial: 
Black with luminous Arabic numerals and hour markers.
24h indication on the edge. Date at 3 o’clock, seconds at 9 o’clock.
Crystal: 
Sapphire, formed of corundum, 2.6 mm thick.
Anti-reflective coating.
Water-resistance: 30 bar (~ 300 metres).
Strap: 
PANERAI personalised leather strap and trapezoidal brushed steel buckle.
Supplied with a second interchangeable strap, a tool for changing the strap and a steel screwdriver.

Reference: PAM00531.

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