ZENITH – PILOT Type 20 SKELETON Limited Edition

ZENITH – PILOT Type 20 SKELETON Limited Edition NEW

AIRY ARCHITECTURE IN THE HAUTE HORLOGERIE FIRMAMENT

Embodying top-flight craftsmanship and watchmaking techniques, the new Pilot Type 20 Squelette raises the legendary Calibre 5011K to the rank of a true masterpiece of ethereal architecture. This famous pocket-watch movement has been entirely skeletonised in order to reveal the exceptional mechanism, while avoiding any compromise in terms of its resistance and reliability. This construction is ‘airy’ in two key respects. On the one hand, its skeleton-working stems from a particularly demanding and meticulous art performed using the historical bocfil (tiny hacksaw) technique that stems from a tradition of more than 200 years of workmanship.

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This extremely delicate task consists of engraving and hollowing out the movement by hand with a constant concern for perfect aesthetic and functionality. This is a dizzyingly complex operation, especially given the imposing size of the balance wheel and barrel which exert considerable tensile and traction forces. On the other hand, the nimble hands of skilled and experienced artisans create an aviation-inspired architectural motif featuring sleek lines evoking aircraft turbines or wings.

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Its finely curved lines are enhanced by fine sandblasting and hand-finished angles, all revealed through the transparency of the sapphire crystal dial and case-back. Topped by a blue enamel bezel, the 60 mm-diameter case carved in sapphire provides plenty of scope for an exceptional finish. Its gold bezel and lugs are hand-engraved, forming a geometrical motif inspired by the fuselage of Louis Blériot’s planes. The new Pilot Type 20 Squelette watch – displaying all the distinctive identity codes of Zenith aviator watches including a broad ratcheted crown enabling easy adjustment with pilot’s gloves, as well as stylised hours and minutes hands sweeping over large impeccably legible numerals – is entirely in tune with the DNA of the collection.

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 At the heart of this breathtakingly ethereal composition, the gold hands as well as the hollowed and blued Arabic numerals echo the blue enamel on the bezel, displaying the essential functions of the entirely skeleton-worked manual-winding Calibre 5011K.

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It embodies the glorious origins of the 5011 pocket-watch calibre that distinguished itself by its remarkable precision from the 1960s onwards and equipped marine chronometers and pocket watches. The inherently exclusive Pilot Type 20 Squelette is issued in a strictly limited five-piece edition.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: PILOT Type 20 SKELETON
5 Piece Limited Edition 

More than 200 hours of hand-skeletonisation
Legendary 5011 pocket-watch calibre, entirely hand-skeletonised
Inspired by the legendary Zenith aviation watches

Reference: 04.2422.5011/78.C714

Movement:
El Primero 5011K, hand-wound
Calibre: 22``` (Diameter: 50 mm)
Thickness: 10.00 mm
Components: 134
Jewels: 19
Frequency: 18,000 Vph (2.5 Hz)
Power-reserve: min. 48 Hours 
Functions:
Hours and minutes in the centre
Small seconds at 9 o’clock
Power-reserve indication at 3 o’clock 
Case:
Material:
Sapphire with blue enamelled white gold bezel, entirely hand-engraved.
Hand-engraved white gold lugs.
White gold crown
Diameter: 60 mm
Opening diameter: 47.00 mm
Thickness: 18.50 mm
Crystal: Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Case-back: Transparent sapphire crystal
Water-resistance: 3 ATM
Dial: Sapphire
Hour-markers: Blue transferred Arabic numerals
Hands: Blued gold 
Strap:
Black alligator leather strap with protective rubber lining
White gold pin buckle

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ORIS – Aquis Small Second, Date

ORIS – Aquis Small Second, Date NEW

Into the blue

Oris introduces the Oris Aquis Small Second, Date Oris’s long diver’s watch tradition continues this summer with the launch of a new addition to the Aquis collection. The Oris Aquis Small Second, Date plunges into the deep with a striking combination of sea-worthy colours and materials.

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The Aquis’s diving credentials are well known, but with its shimmering sunray blue dial, this model also becomes a watch that moves effortlessly from beach to bar.

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Beyond its masculine, crossover aesthetic, the Aquis Small Second, Date remains a high-spec diver’s watch. Its robust stainless steel case is water-resistant to 50 bar. This performance is only possible because of the thick scratch- resistant sapphire crystal that sits over the dial. This crystal is also domed on both sides, and treated with an anti-reflective coating on the inside to reduce glare and maximise legibility.

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The watch is also fitted with a unidirectional rotating bezel, complete with a scratch-resistant black ceramic inlay and white timing scale. Divers rely on this secure device to monitor remaining oxygen levels and decompression stops. The watch’s crown is screwed in to ensure its water resistance.

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In keeping with Oris’s philosophy of only making mechanical watches, the Aquis Small Second, Date is powered by an automatic mechanical movement that gives the watch a small seconds function at 9 o’clock and a date function at 6 o’clock. The small-second function is often favoured by divers because while t shows the watch is still working, it doesn’t clutter the dial or reduce legibility.

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The Oris Aquis Small Second, Date is an impeccable companion whether you are deep underwater or enjoying a relaxed sunset drink on a boat.

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Technical details

Model:  ORIS – Aquis Small Second, Date

Ref. No. 743 7673 4135 RS, Ø 46.00mm Stainless steel

Movement
Oris automatic mechanical movement Cal. 743,
basedon SW 220-1, with date at 6 o’clock and small second at 9 o’clock
Dimensions: Ø 25.60 mm, 11 1/2’’’
Winding: Automatic winding, bi-directionally rotating red rotor
Power-Reserve: 38 hrs
Vibrations: 28’800 A/h, 4 Hz
Jewels: 28
Case
Material: Multi-piece stainless steel case, ceramic minutes scale top ring
Size: 46.00 mm, 1.811 inches
Interhorn Width: 26 mm
Top Glass: Sapphire, domed on both sides, anti-reflective coating inside
Case Back: Stainless steel, special engravings, screwed
Operating Devices: Stainless steel screw-in security crown
Water Resistance: 50 bar/500m
Diver’s unidirectional revolving bezel with black polished ceramic inlay and white minute scale
Screwed stainless steel case back with metre to feet conversion scale
Dial
Blue sunray finished dial with applied indices and Nickel hands,
both with white Super-LumiNova® inlay
Bracelet
Stainless steel bracelet with folding clasp
Also available with black rubber strap

Price

Swiss Retail Price: CHF 2,200.00
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