H. MOSER & CIE. – Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Funky Blue

H. MOSER & CIE. – Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Funky Blue NEW

THE ORIGINAL SMART WATCH: H. MOSER & CIE.’S RESPONSE TO THE
WAVE OF NEW SMARTWATCHES.

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As the discussion around smartwatches builds, the independent watchmaker H. Moser & Cie. takes a clear but distinctive position today. H. Moser & Cie. has produced smart watches for over 100 years by combining a clean interface, state-of-the-art ergonomics, ingenious functions and long power autonomy – without compromise. Today, they continue to nurture the next generation of watch lovers launching the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Funky Blue, a watch that both looks smart and is in fact very clever. This is the original smart watch.

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While recently launched smartwatches struggle with complex interfaces, poor ergonomics and limited autonomy, the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar represents ingenious product design. Both cognitive and physical ergonomics are optimised with the clean and easy-to-read interface.

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The patented flash calendar, for example, allows the date adjustment forwards and backwards at any time of day and the instant date change at midnight. In addition, the mechanical battery with two barrels ensures exceptional autonomy with a minimum power reserve of 7 days. Finally, technology partner Precision Engineering developed the Moser interchangeable escapement to guarantee the highest precision. These are just a few of the intelligent solutions in this watch that will satisfy the most demanding users.

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The original smart watch is representative of the Swiss watch industry – persisting over centuries thanks to expertise, excellence, quality and passion. The Swiss watch industry faces challenges with the advent of smartwatches but also opportunities. CEO Edouard Meylan explains, “Smartwatches belong to a different segment. They are great gadgets. They even have the potential to introduce a new generation to wearables for the wrist. Our challenge is to continue being creative, innovative and true to our heritage in order to inspire highly discerning consumers. At H. Moser & Cie. we love challenges, so when it comes to nurturing the next generation of watch lovers, let us take it from here.”

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With sincerest apologies, the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Funky Blue does not let you draw doodles, tweet, send your heartbeat to others or set your fitness goals. It does not even let you take photos. It does, however, elegantly and ingeniously let you declare your individuality while contemplating the time passing by. This is both very smart and very rare.

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TECHNICAL FEATURES

Reference 1341-0207 18-carat white Gold model, Funky dial

Case
Solid 18-carat white gold case
Diameter 40.8 mm, Height 11.1 mm
Sapphire crystal with internal anti-reflective coating
Curved crystal case-back
Dial

Midnight sky-blue fumé dial

Solid 18-carat white gold Hand-crafted fumé dial with sunburst pattern
Solid 18-carat white gold appliqué indexes and hands
Month indicated with a small arrow-shaped centre hand
Sub-dial for seconds
Big date display at 3 o’clock with centred numerals
Movement
Mechanical hand-wound in-house calibre HMC 341
Diameter 34.0 mm or 15 lignes, height 5.8 mm
Frequency 18’000 alternances per hour
28 jewels and screwed gold mounts
Power reserve: minimum 7 days with double barrel
Solid 18-carat gold plate and bridges with matte finish, hand chamfering and hand-engraved hallmark
True bevel wheels and Moser tooth system for all wheels and pinions
Interchangeable Moser escapement
Original Straumann Double Hairspring®
2 genuine, functional diamond end-stones in the incabloc shock-absorber
Traditional screw balance wheel with white gold weight screws
Pallet fork and escapement wheel made of solid gold
Functions
Perpetual Flash Calendar
Centre-hand month indicator,
12 hour indexes = 12 months
Hour and minute
Off-centre seconds dial with hacking seconds function at 6 o’clock
Power reserve indicator at 9 o’clock
Leap year indicator and adjustment pusher
Double Pull Crown System
Strap
Hand-sewn kudu leather strap
Solid 18-carat white gold or platinum folding clasp with Moser logo
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CONTACT
Nathalie Cobos, T +41 76 319 03 09, press@h-moser.com
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Switzerland
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A. Lange & Söhne – ZEITWERK Minute Repeater

A. Lange & Söhne – ZEITWERK Minute Repeater NEW

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A new sound of time – the first Lange watch with a decimal minute repeater

In the exalted category of chiming wristwatches, the ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER is a technical sensation: articulately designed, it combines a mechanical jumping numerals display with a decimal minute repeater for the first time.

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The ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER is the first A. Lange & Söhne model with a striking mechanism that sounds the hours, ten-minute intervals, and minutes. The acoustic sequence precisely reproduces the digitally displayed time whenever the striking mechanism is triggered with a pusher. The dial time is sounded with a low-pitched tone for each elapsed hour, a double tone for each elapsed ten-minute period, and a high-pitched tone for each elapsed minute.

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When they developed the strikework for the ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER, the engineers were able to harness the basic principle of the jumping numerals mechanism. The time is displayed with an hour ring and two minute discs instead of with hands. Three snails connected with these mechanical display elements separately sample the number of hours, ten-minute intervals, and minutes to be acoustically indicated.

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In place of the conventional slide, the ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER features an elaborate pusher system for activating the striking mechanism. To maximise the quality of the sound, the engineers calibrated the movement with the case down to the smallest detail.

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The tuning process requires acute hearing and is performed manually to achieve harmony and reverberation of each gong separately and to assure perfect sonority in unison.

Engineered down to the tiniest detail

Countless work steps and extensive fine-tuning are required to guarantee the smooth interaction and long-term functional integrity of all mechanisms of which the 771-part movement is composed. To rule out unintended, potentially damaging manipulations, the designers incorporated a very useful safety feature.

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Since mechanical conflicts would occur if the owner were to set the time during a chiming sequence, the crown cannot be pulled while the striking mechanism is active: when activated, the winding train is uncoupled from the ratchet wheel that powers it.

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This precaution prevents the winding wheel train including the crown from turning while the gongs are being struck, which would waste a considerable amount of energy. Additionally, the switching of the numeral discs is delayed until the chiming sequence has ended. This takes about 20 seconds for the maximum succession of tones at 12:59.

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The acoustic time indication therefore always corresponds to the time displayed on the dial. To assure that the repeater sequence is not prematurely interrupted due to the depletion of the mainspring’s power – in which case the watch would stop running as well –, the striking mechanism can no longer be activated if the remaining power reserve is less than twelve hours.

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On the power-reserve indicator, this point is identified with a red mark. Because the mainspring powers the striking mechanism via the ratchet wheel, the number of minute repeater activations and their duration will influence the availability of the underlying power reserve of 36 hours.

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The contemporary face of a grand tradition

With its eminently legible jumping numerals display, the ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER stands out as a paragon of eloquent design.

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The patented constant-force escapement delivers a uniform amount of energy during the entire power-reserve period. As the source of the switching impulses, it reliably controls the numerals display minute by minute.


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The L043.5 manufacture calibre inside the ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER is lavishly and meticulously hand-finished. Beneath the hand-engraved balance cock, the balance wheel with eccentric poising weights and a free-sprung balance spring crafted in-house breathes with a frequency of 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour. The resonant timekeeping instrument with a diameter of 44.2 millimetres is available exclusively in platinum.

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The solid-silver dial shimmers with a rhodié hue. Made of black-rhodiumed German silver, the time bridge prominently frames the hour and minute numeral apertures that are located on the same plane. The black-polished steel gong hammers are visibly arranged on both sides of the subsidiary seconds dial. The hours are struck on the left, the single minutes on the right. For the double-tone ten-minute counts, both hammers strike both gongs slightly offset in time.

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Lange's ZEITWERK MINUTE REPEATER is the second model of the ZEITWERK family to be endowed with an acoustic time indication.

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With its unusual design, it represents a further milestone in A. Lange & Söhne's impressive repertoire of innovative timepiece concepts

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Technical Specifications

Model:  ZEITWERK Minute Repeater
Ref: 147.025F

Movement 
Lange manufacture calibre L043.5;
Manually wound, crafted to the most exacting Lange quality standards,
decorated and assembled by hand; precision-adjusted in five positions;
three quarter plate made of untreated German silver;
balance cock engraved by hand; constant-force escapement
Movement dimensions:
Diameter: 37.7 millimetres; height: 10.9 millimetres
Movement parts: 771
Jewels: 93
Screwed gold chatons: 3
Escapement: Lever escapement
Oscillator: 
Shock-resistant balance wheel with eccentric poising weights;
balance spring manufactured in-house, frequency of 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour;
precision beat adjustment system with lateral setscrew and whiplash spring
Power reserve: 36 hours when fully wound if the striking mechanism is not activated
Functions 
Time display in hours and minutes with precisely jumping numeral discs,
subsidiary seconds with stop seconds, power reserve indicator,
striking mechanism with decimal minute repeater
Operating elements 
Crown for winding the watch and setting the time; pusher for activating the striking mechanism
Case 
Platinum
Diameter: 44.2 millimetres; height: 14.1 millimetres
Crystal and back: Sapphire crystal (Mohs hardness 9) 
Dial 
Solid silver, rhodié
Time Bridge: Black rhodiumed German silver
Hand: Rhodiumed gold 
Strap 
Hand-stitched alligator leather strap, black
Buckle: Lange deployant buckle in platinum
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Contact information for the media
Arnd Einhorn, Director Press and PR
* Tel.: +49 (0)35053 44 5505
* E-mail: presse@lange-soehne.com
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