Wednesday, September 24, 2014

A. Lange & Sohne – Saxonia LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL White Gold


A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL White Gold NEW

LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL
Debut with white-gold case and black dial

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The LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL was created for people who expect technical progress to make life more convenient. Now, Lange’s first self-winding wristwatch with a perpetual calendar and an outsize date is being presented in a new version: the combination of a white-gold case and a black dial gives the LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL a stately presence.

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The LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL was the world’s first wristwatch with a self-winding movement to incorporate a perpetual calendar with an outsize date. The perpetual calendar displays the date, the day of the week, and the month; it recognises the different number of days in each month and even the leap years. Once correctly set, the date display needs only to be corrected by one day every hundred years.

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The moon-phase display is a paragon of precision as well. It deviates from the true position of the moon by merely one day every 122.6 years, assuming the watch runs without interruption. To make it as user-friendly as possible, the calendar displays can be advanced collectively or individually.

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The LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL owes its prominent appearance to the elegant white-gold case combined with a black, solid-silver dial that delivers an abundance of information at a single glance. The luminous hands and the rhodiumed-gold appliques clearly stand out against the dark background.

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A black crocodile strap and a white-gold prong buckle take the theme of vivid contrasts a step further.

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The heart of the LANGEMATIK PERPETUAL is the proven self-winding Sax-0-Mat calibre with the patented Zero-Reset mechanism. When the crown is pulled, the seconds hand jumps to the zero position, thus simplifying the synchronisation of the watch. The bidirectionally winding rotor in 21-carat gold with a platinum centrifugal mass builds up the maximum power reserve of 46 hours after only a short time on the wrist.

A. Lange & Sohne – Calibre L922.1 SAX-0-MAT

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Numerous details of the meticulously finished movement can be admired through the sapphire-crystal caseback.

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It reveals the three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver, the classic screw balance, and the hand-engraved balance cock with the whiplash precision index adjuster.

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The exclusive timepiece will be presented for the first time on 23 September 2014, when the first Lange boutique in Moscow is inaugurated.
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Technical Specifications

Reference №: 310.026

Movement: Lange manufacture caliber:  L922.1 SAX-0-MAT
self-winding, crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards, decorat-ed and assembled by hand; precision-adjusted in five posi-tions;
three-quarter plate made of untreated German silver with integrated three-quarter rotor in 21-carat gold and centrifugal mass in platinum, reversing and reduction gear with four ball bearings;
balance cock engraved by hand
Number of parts movement/jewels:   478
Escapement: 
Lever escapement
Oscillator:  
Shock-resistant screw balance, Nivarox® balance spring*,
fre-quency of 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour,
whiplash precision index adjuster with patented beat-adjustment mechanism
Power reserve:
46 hours when fully wound
Functions:  
Time display with hours and minutes,
subsidiary seconds with stop seconds and patented ZERO-RESET function;
perpetual calendar with date, day of the week, month, moon phase and leap year;
day/night indicator
Operating elements:
Crown for winding the watch and setting the time;
a recessed main push piece for simultaneously advancing all calendar dis-plays;
recessed corrector buttons for individually advancing the day, the month, and the moon phase
Case dimensions:
Diameter: 38.5 millimetres; height: 10.2 millimetres
Movement dimensions:
Diameter: 30.4 millimetres; height: 5.7 millimetres
Crystal and back:
Sapphire crystal (Mohs hardness 9)
Dial:
Solid silver, black
Case:
White gold
Strap:
Hand-stitched crocodile strap, black
Clasp:
Lange prong buckle in white gold
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* Tel.: +49 (0)35053 44 5505
* E-mail: presse@lange-soehne.com
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

VOUTILAINEN – Hisui


VOUTILAINENHisui Limited Edition

Artistic Timepieces

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One of the greatest lacquer studios of Japan, Unryuan, under the guidance of Mr. T. Kitamura, creates works of lacquer art that stand at the pinnacle of Japanese tradition, bringing a craft that has existed for hundreds of years into the present and exemplifying the passion to preserve the soul, spirit and identity of traditional Japanese culture as expressed in the Edo period.





















 Unryuan Kitamura Tatsuo (b. 1952)

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This kind of artwork made hundreds of years ago is with us still today. It can be restored and remains like new even when the lacquer is touched and manipulated by human hands. This superlative work engages us immediately on a physical level and one can only gape in awe at the commitment, patience and dedication involved in creating these works of art.

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The masterpiece shown here features lacquering techniques requiring well over a thousand hours of work to complete the dial and bridges. The raw materials for its creation are: Kinpun (gold dust), Jyunkin-itakane (gold leaf), Yakou-gai (shell of great green turban) and Awabi-gai (abalone shell from New Zealand).

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This bespoke watch is inspired by Emerald and Jade precious stones, which is in fact what the name Hisui means.

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This symbiosis of Japanese tradition with the Swiss haute horlogerie creations of Kari Voutilainen represents an all-embracing mechanical and visual work of art that unites East and West in perfect harmony.

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Technical Characteristics

Model: Voutilainen Hisui

Movement:
Unique, in-house designed movement with hours and minutes.
Pure German silver main plate and bridges made from German silver and titanium with Art decoration made by the legendary Japanese lacquer studio Unryuan.
New direct impulse escapement with two escapement wheels.
Wheels in rose gold.
Balance:
Free sprung balance (with Grossman interior curve and Philips exterior curve, beating at 18,000 vph). Diameter of balance wheel is 13.60mm.
Jewels: 21
Hands: Gold and steel, handmade
Dial:
Unique art piece created by the legendary Japanese lacquer studio Unryuan
Movement size: ø 30.00 mm x 5.60 mm
Case size: ø 39.00 mm
Additionals:
Platinum case, sapphire glass front and back, with anti reflection treatment.
Matching 18K white gold tang buckle with alligator strap.
Limited to 1 unique piece.

All manufacturing, construction, fabrication, hand finishing and assembly in the Voutilainen workshop.

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Kari Voutilainen
Voutilainen Horlogerie d’Art
Comblémine 2
2112 Môtiers | Switzerland
Tél +41 32 861 4832
Fax +41 32 861 4833
voutilainen@voutilainen.ch
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