RJ-Romain Jerome – COLLABORATION "Día de los Muertos Clásico"

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RJ-Romain Jerome – COLLABORATION "Día de los Muertos Clásico" Limited Edition NEW

RJ-Romain Jerome celebrates life with the

 « Día de los Muertos Clásico »

Introducing new Icons to the Día de Los Muertos collection, RJ-Romain Jerome asserts the design of these Memento Mori emblems by adding sparkling diamonds and rubies as well as skull engravings to a new 43mm case!

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For the past years, RJ-Romain Jerome has celebrated the Día de los Muertos through colourful and skilfully crafted timepieces highlighting the beautiful sculptures and portraits of the famous Calaveras. This year, the iconoclastic brand introduces a new collection that continues to represent the cultural values and distinctive design features of the original models.

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As part of UNESCO’s "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" since 2003, on November 2nd, the Día de los Muertos, brightens up the streets of Mexico with its related festivities and traditions. It’s with this spirit that RJ-Romain Jerome celebrates life and chases worries and negativity away with the Día de los Muertos Clásico collection.

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This new collection offers a range of three new designs, each housed in an elegant 43 mm black PVD-coated steel case. The black bezel has been delicately engraved with RJ’s Calaveras and filigree decorations. The dial sports the brands recognisable X traverses whilst the rest of the surface is filled with engravings of the famous skull, creating a unique sense of depth. The main Calaveras applique is carefully set in the center of the dial, allowing the wearer to appreciate the design of the watch through every detail².

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These three new models echo the brands artisanal know-how and artistic vision. Each timepiece is finished with a black alligator strap, highlighting the classic size of the case.

Part of RJ-Romain Jerome’s Historical Icons, this limited edition of 99 pieces per model is a testimony to RJ’s passion for the preservation of cultural emblems and traditions. So let’s celebrate life with the Día de los Muertos Clásico collection and cultivate the customs of our ancestors.

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1) RJ-Romain Jerome’s Día de los Muertos collection in collaboration with Tattoo artist Xam, author of the Sugar Skull.

2) The RJ.M.AU.FM.001.06 and RJ.M.AU.FM.001.05 models feature a hand-crafted skull applique with a modern interpretation of the champlevé decoration, each hand painted in silver lacquer. The skull’s gridded teeth have also been set with either brilliant cut diamonds or rubies, mirroring the stones set on the X traverses on the dial.

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Additionally, the RJ.M.AU.FM.001.05 features its X traverses and Calaveras applique with beautifully set black spinels.
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Technical Specifications

|Collection - HISTORICAL ICONS | Universe COLLABORATION

Model: TITANIC-DNA
Reference RJ.M.AU.FM.001.05| "Día de los Muertos Clásico" Limited Edition 99 pieces
Reference RJ.M.AU.FM.001.06| "Día de los Muertos Clásico" Limited Edition 99 pieces 
Reference RJ.M.AU.FM.001.07| "Día de los Muertos Clásico" Limited Edition 99 pieces

Movement
Caliber  RJ002-A,
Mechanical self-winding movement
30 jewels
Rate frequency: 28,800 v/h
Power reserve: 40 hours
Functions  
Hours and minutes at 12 o’clock, seconds indication at 9 o’clock,
Tourbillon at 6 o’clock,power reserve at 4 o’clock
Case  
Ø 43 mm
Black PVD-coated steel
“Día de los Muertos” engravings on the case back
Bezel: Black PVD-coated steel with “Calaveras” engravings
Hands: Black satin brushed hands with superluminova C1 “blue emission”
Paws: Beadblasted black PVD-coated steel
Lugs: Satin-finished black PVD-coated steel
Crown: Beadblasted black PVD-coated steel
Case-back: Sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 3 atm (30 meters)
Dial  

• Black mirror-polished dial with calaveras engravings. Skull-shaped applique and traverses set with 532 black spinels (1.515 cts) and 16 diamonds (0.0168 ct) Ref:RJ.M.AU.FM.001.05
• Black mirror-polished dial with Calaveras engravings. Engraved traverses. Skull-shaped
  applique adorned with a modern champlevé decoration, cold enamelled in silver,
  16 diamonds (0.0168 ct). Polished RJ logo applied on the dial Ref:RJ.M.AU.FM.001.06
• Black mirror-polished dial with Calaveras engravings. Skull-shaped applique adorned
  with a modern champlevé decoration, cold enamelled in silver, 16 rubies (0.032 ct).
  Traverses set with 158 rubies (0.316 ct)  Ref:RJ.M.AU.FM.001.07

Strap  
Black alligator and black PVD-coated satin-brushed steel folding clasp
Limited edition:  99 pieces
Retail price  
| Reference RJ.M.AU.FM.001.05| "Día de los Muertos Clásico" Limited Edition USD 36,950.-* / CHF 29,950.-* / EUR 33,500.-*
Retail price  
| Reference RJ.M.AU.FM.001.06| "Día de los Muertos Clásico" Limited Edition USD 18,500.-* / CHF 14,950.-* / EUR 16,500.-*
Retail price  
 | Reference RJ.M.AU.FM.001.07| "Día de los Muertos Clásico" Limited Edition USD 24,500.-* / CHF 19,950.-* / EUR 21,950.-*

*Suggested retail price. RJ-Romain Jerome reserves the right to change prices without prior notice.
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LAURENT FERRIER – GALET SQUARE

LAURENT FERRIER – GALET SQUARE Stainless Steel NEW

The Galet asserts a new character

Hunter-type, cushion-type, tonneau-shaped: these words are all part of the shared vocabulary of watchmaking, but the term Galet (pebble) is inextricably entwined with the world of Laurent Ferrier. Galet is the name of the brand's first collection, unveiled in 2010. Five years later, polished by time and shaped by experience, the ‘pebble’ is being reinterpreted. At Baselworld 2015, Laurent Ferrier unveils its new model: the Galet Square.

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Its evolution has been gentle and gradual, like the curves of minerals polished by the waves. The pebble, stemming from centuries of the incessantly repeated work of nature, embodies the purest expression of gentle shapes. For Laurent Ferrier, the Galet is the perfect integration of all parts of a case, as if one were holding a pebble in one’s hand. The whole challenge lay in preserving the spirit of the Galet, and of interpreting this new shape into the initial project without making a break with the past.

Laurent Ferrier humbly decided to approach his original Galet by starting with a blank page. Purpose and design (dessein and dessin in French) met and mingled under the swift strokes of his pencil, until a whole new shape was reached that is a first in the brand’s collections. The Galet Square is not a culminating point, but instead a new step in the ongoing affirmation of the Laurent Ferrier style.

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A DESIGN IN WHICH EVERY DETAILS IS HONED TO PERFECTION

Technically speaking, the original Galet has become a square leaning towards a cushion shape. Laurent Ferrier has devoted particular attention to the aesthetic harmony of the model. This involved rigorous respect for the proportions between the volume of the case and that of the movement. The flowing lines designed five years ago by Laurent Ferrier have been maintained and are now housed within a new case that reprises every subtle detail. The difficulty of the exercise lay in preserving this aesthetic signature while gently shifting it towards new lines.

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The Galet Square, measuring 41 x 41 mm, is intended to assert a bolder presence on the wrist than the models that inspired it. Its lines are writing a new chapter in the history of the Laurent Ferrier workshops.

THE COLLECTION WELCOMES ITS FIRST STEEL CASE

This is also the first time that Laurent Ferrier is introducing a steel case. The Galet Square, which is joining the brand’s regular collections, thereby opens up a whole new creative era for collections that had thus far been crafted only from rare and precious metals.

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The movement is still the self-winding FBN 229.01 calibre with unidirectional pawl-fitted micro-rotor and a three-day power reserve. This is the third in-house movement developed, assembled and adjusted in the Laurent Ferrier workshops.

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 It is equipped with silicon escapement featuring double direct impulse on the balance. This innovation developed by Laurent Ferrier enables the balance to be impelled twice per oscillation, a principle that requires two escape-wheels and an appropriately shaped lever.

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This modern construction, combined with the use of cutting-edge materials, maximises energy efficiency, thereby guaranteeing a high amplitude of the balance. This reduces the amount of mechanical force required to wind the mainspring and thus optimises winding.

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ONE MODEL, TWO DIALS

In terms of finishing, Laurent Ferrier treats its Galet Square to two different dials. The first minimalist version features a sunburst gold-toned dial bearing three white gold hour-markers at 12, 3 and 9 o’clock, as well as small seconds at 6 0’clock.

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A second version has a blue dial featuring a vertical satin-brushed finish that is a favourite with Laurent Ferrier and creates a velvety sheen that is particularly pleasing to the eye. This variation features 11 white gold hour-markers.

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The finishes shared by the two models reflect the high standards Laurent Ferrier imposes on all its creations. All are performed in keeping with the finest watchmaking traditions. Alongside the Côtes de Genève motif on the bridges and the circular graining on the mainplate, the wheel spokes are bevelled, the screw hands are chamfered and polished, the interior angles are hand-crafted. The sapphire crystal case-back provides a fascinating glimpse of this fine workmanship and reveals an attractively balanced structure stemming from a clever combination of lines and curves.

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Technical Characteristics

Model: GALET SQUARE Stainless steel

Reference: LCF013-AC  Stainless steel Sunburst Gold Dial
Reference: LCF0013 -AC Stainless steel Sunburst Blue dial

CALIBRE FBN229.01

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MICRO-ROTOR WITH DOUBLE DIRECT-IMPULSE ESCAPEMENT FITTED DIRECTLY ON THE BALANCE OR ECHAPPEMENT NATUREL ACCORDING TO A-L. BREGUET

Movement: 

FBN Calibre 229.01
Automatic winding with pawl-fitted micro-rotor, 72-hour power reserve

• micro-rotor winding system fixed between the main plate and the micro-rotor bridge
• silicon escapement with double direct impulse on the balance
• a silent block shock protection system for the micro-rotor

•    Indications: hours, minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock
•    Movement diameter: 14’’’ = 31.60 mm
•    Movement thickness: 4.35 mm
•    Number of parts: 186
•    Number of jewels: 35
•    Frequency: 21,600 vph (3Hz)

Case: 
Stainless steel
•    Water resistance: to 30 m
•    Case diameter: 41x41mm  (45.35mm across)
•    Case thickness: 11.10 mm

Dial:

• Sunburst gold-toned with three white drop-shaped hour-markers in 18K/750 white gold
• Bblue-toned, vertical satin-brushed finish with 11 drop-shaped hour-markers in 18K/750 white gold 

Hands: in 18K/750 white gold, “Assegai-shaped” for the hours and minutes, baton-shaped for the seconds  
Strap:
•    Strap: light brown barbialla calf or dark blue alligator leather with Alcantara lining, hand sewn
•    Buckle/clasp: pin buckle or double-blade folding clasp in stainless steel

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