Friday, June 6, 2014

Jaquet Droz – Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine















Jaquet DrozURBAN LONDON Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine Limited Edition NEW



The Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine: the poetry in the mineral glitter of a star-strewn night sky embodied

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A dial and oscillating weight cut from a disc of aventurine now graces the Grande Seconde Tourbillon, Jaquet Droz’s legendary timepiece. For the very first time, the spellbinding display of its tourbillon is enhanced by the poetic, mineral glitter of a star-strewn night sky.

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Reinterpretation and respect: two watchwords governed the creation of this latest version of the Grande Seconde Tourbillon, in which the entire range of skills and knowledge held by Jaquet Droz has found its fullest expression.  Within the white gold case, redesigned to a new diameter of 39 mm, a fusion takes place between the technical mastery involved in producing watchmaking complications and the high aesthetic standards and virtuosity required in jewelry making – features of the Brand since its inception in the Age of Enlightenment.

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The Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine is a jewelry watch; its bezel, lugs and the contours of the famous figure 8 motifs are set with 382 brilliant cut diamonds.  The aventurine, with its scattering of tiny gleaming shards, is made yet more splendid by the fire in the precious stones, conjuring up a veritable night sky in miniature, echoed by the blued steel hands. A delicate touch of mother-of-pearl is introduced as the ultimate refinement and plays with the effects of light and the reflections of the exquisite gems.  The hours and minutes dial in white mother-of-pearl has exceptional readability, while the tourbillon, protected in its sapphire crystal frame, reveals the complex architecture of watchmaking with hypnotic appeal.

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It is a dazzling piece of theater that the owner of this timepiece can enjoy again when turning the watch over to see, on its back, a custom-made piece of aventurine set into the gold oscillating weight and affixed with the two gold stars that form the signature of Jaquet Droz.

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For the first time Jaquet Droz has paired the tourbillon with a mineral dial and has placed this particular complication in a 39 mm case. The self winding mechanism is fitted with a power reserve of 7 days. Only 28 of these exclusive, bewitching timepieces are available.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: Grande Seconde Tourbillon Aventurine

Reference: J013014270

Movement
Jaquet Droz 25JD,
Self-winding tourbillon movement, simple barrel,
18-carat white gold oscillating weight
Indications: Hours and minutes at 6 o'clock Tourbillon frame and seconds at 12 o'clock
Jewelling: 31 jewels
Power reserve: 7 days
Frequency: 21,600 v.p.h
Complication: Tourbillon 
Case
18-carat white gold set with 260 diamonds (1.47 carats) 
Height 13.20 mm Individual limited serial number engraved on the case-back 
Diameter: 39 mm
Water resistance: 3 bar (30 meters) 
Dial
Aventurine with white mother-of-pearl center
18-carat white gold ring set with 90 diamonds (0.14 carat) 
Hands:
Hours, minutes and seconds in blued steel
Diamonds:
IF to VVSI, Full Cut, D to G Total carat weight: 382 diamonds, 1.88 carats
Strap
Rolled-edge hand-made blue alligator leather strap
Buckle: 18-carat white gold folding clasp set with 32 diamonds (0.27 carat)

Limited edition exclusive 28 pieces

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

CITIZEN – PROMASTER Eco-Drive ALTICHRON CIRRUS

















CITIZENPROMASTER Eco-Drive ALTICHRON CIRRUS Limited Edition NEW

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Eco-Drive watch with dual sensors for electronic compass and altimeter available from mid-May 2014

CITIZEN proudly announces the Eco-Drive*2 ALTICHRON CIRRUS. This newest watch in the PROMASTER line features dual sensors for an electronic compass and altimeter.

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It launched in mid-May 2014 and is available in two designs — titanium and pearl-white titanium. PROMASTER is CITIZEN’s world-renowned brand long held in the highest regard by professionals for supreme durability, superior functionality, as well as the ability to capture the imagination.

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First marketed in 1989, the original ALTICHRON was a groundbreaking CITIZEN watch featuring superior altimeter functions that became one of the hallmark models of the PROMASTER brand. This new model builds on the ALTICRHON tradition, adding the latest CITIZEN technologies, such as Eco-Drive technology that powers the watch using any light source. These enhancements along with a sophisticated design that plays to the wearer’s spirit of adventure — which won the Good Design Award*3 2013 — make this watch worthy as a CITIZEN flagship model.

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The altitude and depth measuring capability reaches as much as 10,000 meters, higher than any mountain on the planet, and as deep as 300 meters below sea level. Rather than displayed digitally in an LCD, all the information regarding altitude or direction is shown as an analog representation, making it possible to keep time display as the main function.

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The color and shape of the hands are designed to make it easy for a wearer to read multiple types of information at a glance. For example, colors for indexes on the dial and hand are coded by function. In spite of its sophisticated capability to display a complex array of information, once a user understands how to read the watch operation becomes very easy.

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A striking three-dimensional sense of depth makes the dial look even more captivating. Inside you can clearly see floating indexes and the hands beneath the transparent dial, suggesting sky with clouds floating at different heights above land. At first glance the watch resembles aircraft and helicopters ascending to greater heights.

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The rounded streamline design of the case simulates jet streams and the arc of the earth seen from the great heights. The overall allure of this watch comes from the image of high altitude and the sky in its details. All of this combines to embody the liberation you feel when you venture wherever your imagination takes you.

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*1: Timing of the launch differs according to country.
*2: Eco-Drive is CITIZEN’s proprietary technology that powers watches using any natural or artificial light source, eliminating the need for batteries.
*3: The Good Design Award has been a sole comprehensive design evaluation and commendation system in Japan since 1957. Many companies and designers from both inside and outside of Japan participate in the activity to enhance the industry of quality of light through the design. “G Mark,” the symbol of the award has been recognized widely as a mark representing good design, and about 1,000 items are approved each year, or about 38,000 in total over the last 55 years.
*4: DLC (Diamond Like Carbon): Coated with an amorphous carbon film that is nearly as hard as diamond.

The dial currently indicates:
3,830m in altitude
Southeast as the compass direction (between 4 o’clock and 5 o’clock)

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Product features:

    ■ Altimeter delivers an operational range from 300 meters below sea level to 10,000 meters of elevation, and electronic compass measures geomagnetism with built-in magnetic sensor to determine the direction.
    ■ Can display direction or altitude simultaneously with the time.
    ■ At the push of a single button, direction can be displayed while measuring depth and elevation.
    ■ Vividly colored indexes and hands ensure precise visibility.
    ■ Watch case finely crafted from CITIZEN’s exclusive titanium materials
    ■ The wavelike shape of the side view owes its inspiration to jet streams, which adds an accent to the round case

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Technical data

Reference: BN4034-01E Limited Edition 500 Titanium + DLC
Reference: BN4035-08E  Titanium + DLC

Functions
• Accuracy of ± 5 Seconds per a Month
• Altimeter (-300m to 10,000m)
• Electronic Compass
• Power Reserve Indicator
Water-resistance:  WR20
Caliber: 
Movement: J280 <Eco-Drive>
Case Diameter / Thickness
Ø 51.0mm / 18.0mm (designed value) 
Case Material:
 BN4034-01E - Titanium+ DLC, Pearl-White Coating
 BN4035-08E - Titanium + DLC*4
Crystal: Sapphire with Anti-Reflective Coating
Dial Color: Black
Band Material: Polyurethane

!*! The final design and specifications are subject to change without notice.
CITIZEN and Eco-Drive are registered trademarks of CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
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