Friday, May 29, 2015

ORIS – Audi Sport Limited Edition II















ORISAudi Sport Titanium Black Chronograph Limited Edition II NEW

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Track Record
In the second year of the landmark partnership between Oris and Audi Sport, the Swiss watch maker Oris present s the Audi Sport Limited Edition II. The watch is dedicated to the ground-breaking Audi R18 e-tron quattro, featuring its silhouette on the case back. 

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Oris is the Official Watch Partner of the Audi Sport teams racing in both the FIA World Endurance Championships (WEC) and German Touring Car Championship (DTM). Audi Sport has won the famous endurance event at Le Mans an unprecedented 12 times since 2000.

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In 2014, it topped the podium again with the Oris-sponsored Audi R18 e-tron quattro, which was piloted to victory by a team including Swiss driver and Oris Ambassador, Marcel Fässler.

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Oris has a long track record of producing high-performance motorsport timepieces, with a heritage that can be traced back to the 1970 Chronoris.

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The Audi Sport Limited Edition II is the latest in the line. Like Audi Sport’s high-tech cars, it’s engineered to be as light and as strong as possible, and is packed with a series of innovative features.

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Among those is its automatic chronograph, powered by Oris Calibre 778, which features a 10-minute countdown. This useful function is aimed at drivers looking to keep track of race start times.

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The watch also features useful day and date indications at 3 o’clock, and the Oris-developed retrograde small seconds at 9 o’clock, which takes its design cues from the dashboard instruments of modern race cars.

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Oris has given its new Audi Sport timepiece a stealthy all-black look: its case is cast in lightweight titanium and PVD coated in black DLC; it has a black dial;

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... and the bi-directional rotating bezel has a scratch-resistant black ceramic insert engraved with a minute scale. Eye-catching red central seconds and sub-dial counter hands protect the watch’s legibility.

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The Oris Audi Sport Limited Edition II will be worn by Audi Sport drivers during the 2015 season, and is limited to 2,000 pieces. It will be available in June 2015.

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Product Features

Model: Oris - Audi Sport Limited Edition II
Reference No.
778 7661 7784 LS1 Ø 44.00mm 
Limited to 2,000 pieces

Movement
Automatic mechanical movement  
Oris Cal. 788 (based on Sellita  SW500)
With Chronograph function and date function at 3 o’clock
Functions 
Centre hands for hours, minutes and seconds,
Enlarged individual date and day windows,
Instantaneous date, fine timing device and stop-second
Case
Multi-piece titanium case,
screw-in stainless steel crown and stainless steel pushers,
all with black DLC coating
Water resistant to 10 bar/100m
Bi-rotating black ceramic bezel with minute scale and rubber coated ‘good grip’ insert on the outside edge
Special engraved titanium case back with black DLC coating and engraved limited number
Water resistance to 10 bar/100m
Crystal
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides and with anti-reflective coating on both side.
Dial
Two piece matt black dial
Dial ring with tachymeter scale directly assembled to the case
Second and minute counters
Applied numerals filled with black Super-LumiNova
Black polished nickel hour and minute hands with Super-LumiNova inlay;
central seconds and subdial counter hands in red
Special retrograde small seconds display at 9 o’clock developed by Oris
Strap
Black perforated leather racing strap with black DLC coated titanium folding clasp
Extras
Special luxury wooden presentation Alcantara-like black box.
Edition
Limited edition 2000 pieces
Price
Swiss Retail Price: CHF 3,900.00
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

ARNOLD & SON – Instrument TB TIGER Limited Edition















ARNOLD & SON Instrument TB TIGER 22-Carat Gold Limited Edition NEW

A consummate marriage of Metier d’Art hand-engraving
and miniature hand-painting from Arnold & Son

The latest addition to the Arnold & Son Instrument Collection combines the marine precision of the true-beat (TB) movement with aesthetic perfection. Featuring one of the instantly recognizable design cues of the Instrument Collection, the off-centre positioning of the time display at 9 o’clock leaves a generous open area and creates a perfect setting for the exquisite engraved and hand-painted depiction of a tiger. To underline its exclusivity, this fabulous example of high-precision technology and aesthetic perfection is available in a limited edition of just twenty-eight pieces.

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TB Tiger
Arnold & Son manufacture movement A&S6103, self-winding,
black dial, 22-carat solid rose gold engraved appliqué with hand-painted miniature,
22-carat rose gold case, diameter 44 mm
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The dominant feature of this fine-quality wristwatch is a hand-engraved appliqué of a tiger executed by Arnold & Son’s master engraver, which is then duplicated for the series. Hand engraving is a traditional art form that makes use of hardened steel tools called burins and other special implements. They create cuts, lines and texturing that build up entire images or, as in the case of the TB Tiger, a perfectly sculpted figure of a tiger in solid 22-carat rose gold.

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The breathtaking richness of detail is then duplicated in rose gold for the rest of the series. Once the appliqué is in place on the dial, the tiger’s black stripes are painted by hand, a process that accentuates its three dimensional nature. Hand engraving and miniature painting both call for infinite patience and expertise and take many years of concentrated practice to fully master.

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With its pure, timeless design, the Instrument Collection takes its inspiration from the chronometers produced by John Arnold’s son, John Roger, in the latter part of his career. The true beat is a rare complication these days, and combining it with an automatic winding system calls for enormous technical expertise. In the A&S6103, this was made possible by a patented system comprising a sophisticated double wheel, an oscillating pinion and a pallet mechanism.

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A&S6103 movement
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A solution of this complexity calls for microscopic precision (to tolerances of a micron, or one thousandth of a millimetre), and the key components are made using state-of-the-art LIGA manufacturing technology. The case houses the rhodium-treated A&S6103 movement with Haute Horlogerie finishing. All the plates and bridges in the movement are hand-chamfered and decorated – a further indication of the traditional craftsmanship upheld by Arnold & Son.

The TB Tiger special edition is limited to just twenty-eight timepieces.
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Technical Characteristics

Model: Instrument Collection - TB TIGER

References:  1ARAP.B03A.C121P, 22-carat Rose Gold Case

Calibre:                                  
A&S6103
Arnold & Son manufacture movement, self-winding,
ceramic ball bearing, 30 jewels,
diameter 30.4 mm, thickness 7.79 mm,
power reserve 50 h,
28,800 vibrations/h, stop second device
Functions:
Hours, minutes, true beat seconds
Movement decoration:
Rhodium treated with Haute Horlogerie finishing:
Hhand-chamfered bridges with polished edges,
fine circular graining and Côtes deGenève rayonnantes,
brushed and skeletonised oscillating weight,
blued screws with bevelled and mirror-polished heads.
Dial:
Black
22-carat solid rose gold engraved appliqué with hand-paintedminiature
Case:   
22-carat rose gold, diameter 44 mm,
cambered sapphire with antireflective coating on both sides,
see-through sapphire case back
Water-resistant to 30 m
Strap: 
Hand-stitched black or brown alligator leather

Limited edition: 28 timepieces
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