KERBEDANZ – CELTIC DOG Tourbillon Limited Edition NEW
«The Celtic Dog model of KERBEDANZ, full of symbols»
Is there a connection between a venerated Celtic Dog and the region of Neuchâtel? Yes, if one enters into the universe populated with symbols of this exceptional watchmaking brand from Neuchâtel. Discovery!
Celtic Dog of KERBEDANZ
«Giving sense to the beauty», this is the vision of KERBEDANZ, located in the capital of the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. This process is achieved by combining the symbolisms, a path as yet unexplored in the traditional Swiss watchmaking industry! This unusual approach differentiates it from everything that is done in the area of haute-horlogerie of mechanical obedience.
Work of memory
KERBEDANZ launches at Baselworld 2015 the Celtic Dog, a model provided in 41 numbered exemplars, dedicated to an animal figure which lunar symbolic embodied for the ancient Celts the hunter, the warrior or the messenger from the afterlife. On the dial made from solid white gold in three-layers and blue enameled, are depicted the reliefs of Celtic Dog topped by the applique in white gold from the background of decorative interlaces of La Tène style. This style connects the brand with Neuchâtel since it refers to the gorged area of history that gives its name to the second Age of Iron. Indeed, the excavations that were carried out there since 1857, unearthed Celtic remains.
Ultimate personalization
Exclusively hand-crafted dial and cases are designed, manufactured and decorated by KERBEDANZ. Tourbillon caliber, the KRB-01, mechanical hand- wound, was designed, crafted and decorated by the brand and the movement manufacturer Technotime: 27 jewels, 28,800 oscillations per hour (4 Herz), a double-barrel and 120 hours of power reserve.
As for the architecture of the back of the movement, which is protected by a sapphire glass with anti-reflective coating, it is engraved with the colors of KERBEDANZ. The cage of tourbillon is placed in the south west, between 7h and 8h, in response to the axis of the crown located between 1h and 2 h, i.e. in the line of sight of a sunrise, which is in the north-east from the northern hemisphere on the summer solstice.
This KERBEDANZ timepiece with 50 meters of water resistance shelters in its case, carved in 18K white gold, secret or discreetly visible references. The "Book of Birth" accompanies the delivery to the customer. It arises in real work of memory and ties in, like an anchor and reference point, all symbols and legends surrounding Celtic Dog.
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Brand
A name that signifies leader and precursor is worthy of unique personalities. A watch worthy of unique personalities needs to have sublime qualities. This is how Kerbedanz was created as a perfect marriage of watch-making excellence, a unique philosophical concept and a highly creative visual design.
The name KERBEDANZ derives from the patronymic of the Brand’s founding President Tigran Karabedyan.
President Tigran Karabedyan
Paying a tribute to his ancestor, he gives to his company the name KERBEDANZ which means “the heirs of Karabed” (Karabed meaning Precursor/Leader), both qualifiers being perfectly adapted to KERBEDANZ which is a precursor with its concept of specific products’ value. By the way, Kerbedanz appears as a Leader regarding its very unique watch models - or very limited series - dedicated to a very exclusive clientele well known in their activities.
Chief Design Officer Aram Petrosyan
History
The ancestor of Tigran Karabedyan was a renowned goldsmith with wonderful skills to work the metal. He had acquired a great notoriety in the entire region where he exercised his art and was regularly sought to repair failing clocks as well. His fame is not only because of his competence. Indeed he was a good man, humble, generous, devoted to his family, and faithful to his friends. His highly professional skills and knowledge gave him not only a comfortable life but also the consideration and the respect of his surroundings.
Anxious to transfer the legacy of his ancestor and in the respect for the ethical values which had marked his life and works, Tigran Karabedyan decides to create his own watch brand and to locate it in Switzerland, in the city of Neuchâtel, the ancestral cradle of the Swiss watch industry.
The KERBEDANZ watches have a dual heritage: the know-how of the ancestral watchmaking and the ethic value cultivated by a man fair and straight, highly self-demanding in his professional commitment and in his life as well.
Through its product policy - concept, manufacturing and high quality finishing - the excellence of its network and overall the respect dedicated to its Clients, KERBEDANZ will fully reflect these ethical values.
Ethics
The KERBEDANZ watches therefore have a dual heritage: the abilities and the centuries-old tradition of Swiss luxury watchmaking and the ethical values that have accompanied a good and righteous man during his whole life, who was attached to the quality and accuracy of his work as to respect the rules of life.
Chief Design Officer Aram Petrosyan
KERBEDANZ impregnated with the fundamental ethical values, base its principles on the respect of its customers and watches over to offer products of high quality and a distribution that is as selective as exclusive.
Philosophy
Giving sense to beauty
The KERBEDANZ brand has the mission to interpret the multiple universe of human thought as creating exceptional watches by the symbolic content they contain. Through these exceptional watches, KERBEDANZ wants to establish a special relationship with the customers that are named "leaders." These same leaders and precursors, by their actions and charisma, participate in their respective fields to the creation and expansion of the universe of human thought.
By merging the "form and substance" KERBEDANZ carries in his creations perfect union between a philosophical or esthetic symbolism and its cultural translation.
It is this unique creative concept that KERBEDANZ applies to the design of its very exclusive watches, sometimes very evocative or more discrete, mysterious or even subliminal depending on the nature of the subject under discussion. The personalization of the watch can be so secret that its evocation is only comprehensible to its owner.
Chief Design Officer Aram Petrosyan
A World of Symbols
The universe of human thought is not only made of the philosophical and cultural heritage of mankind since ancient times, but it is continually adding new discoveries and theories in such various areas as science, history, philosophy, art and everything related to ethical values that elevate human dignity and give its own value to every civilization and every culture.
To create valuables corresponding to contemporary design, capable of transmitting strong emotions and messages: myths and symbols from the depths of time or exciting visions of a future projection - this is the challenge that KERBEDANZ was sent giving priority in terms of product to the pursuit of excellence, uniqueness, reliability, elegance and innovation at the service of its customers.
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Technical Specifications
Model: KERBEDANZ – Celtic Dog Tourbillon
41 numbered Piece
MOVEMENT
Mechanical hand-wound Tourbillon KRB-01 caliber,
Manufactured by Technotime, decorated by Kerbedanz.
27 jewels, 28’800 vib/h, double barrel, 120-hour power reserve.
Special Kerbedanz engraving on the back of the movement.
Tourbillon cage placed at south west, between 7 and 8 o’clock.
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, tourbillon.
CASE
18K white gold, 43 mm diameter.
Designed and manufactured by KERBEDANZ.
Sapphire glass and case back with anti-reflective treatment.
Water-resistant to 5 atm.
The crown is situated in the north-east, between 1 and 2 o’clock.
DIAL
Massive white gold,
Blue enameled bas-relief dial of "Celtic Dog" topped with an
applied white gold set in the form of Celtic Dog surrounded by La Tène style
interlacing. 3 layer dial, designed, manufactured and hand decorated by KERBEDANZ.
STRAP
Alligator mississippiensis with 18K white gold double folding clasp with a special Kerbedanz design.
LIMITED EDITION
41 numbered pieces.
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Kerbedanz SA
Rue des Moulins 51,
2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
info@kerbedanz.com
+ 41 32 725 18 10
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