LUMINOX – P-38 Lightning

LUMINOX – AIR P-38 Lightning Series NEW

The new Fall/Winter 2015 models

The P-38 Lightning timepieces are the first vintage-inspired models in the Luminox collection. The fighter plane had a unique and compelling design and the watches pay homage to this industrial pre-war design with their cushion shaped stainless steel case, and dial font pulled directly from the instruments in the plane cockpit.

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The new 9427 GMT and 9447 Chronograph models feature a handsome smooth grain tan calf leather strap with ivory stitching. These straps are 4mm thick single piece leather with rough cut edges (essentially like a belt for the wrist) adding to the vintage character of the series.

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P-38 LIGHTNING CHRONO 9440 SERIES

Luminox Premiers the Vintage-Inspired P-38 Lightning Chrono Series

Utilizing aircraft-inspired details, the watches of the Luminox AIR series pay tribute to some of the most remarkable strategic aircraft in aviation history. Now two new Luminox timepieces, created under official and exclusive worldwide license with Lockheed Martin, introduce vintage–inspired models to the Luminox collection.

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 Vintage or “throwback” apparel is a strong trend in men’s fashion as designers are reinterpreting popular designs from the past. In the watch world, this offers men the opportunity to buy new throwback watches without paying a vintage watch price.

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First conceived in 1937, the twin-boomed P-38 was the most innovative plane of its day and the ultimate weapon, combining speed with unheard-of advances: two supercharged engines and a potent mix of four 50-caliber machine guns and a 20mm cannon

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The P-38 Lightning had a unique and compelling design and the watches pay homage to this industrial pre-war design with their cushion shaped stainless steel case, and dial font pulled directly from the instruments in the plane cockpit.

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The P-38 is available in Day/Date or Chronograph movements. The Day/Date model has a secondary hour hand that can be set to a second time zone (or to GMT time).

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Technical Specifications

Model: P-38 Lightning Chrono 9440
 No. XA.9441
 No. XA.9447
Origin: Swiss Made
Always Visible: Constant glow for up to 25 years in any light condition 

Function:    Chrono Big Date
Movement (technology):    Quartz
Case:
Size of case diameter:    44.00 mm
Case material:    Stainless Steel brushed
Case Bezel:    Rotating 1-Way Diver
Case Back:    Screwed
Dial: Black dial,
Ice blue light tube at 12h,
Yellow tube from 1-11h, yellow tubes for hours and minutes and Ice blue tube for GMT
Crown:    Security Screw-On
Water resistance (m/ft/atm):    200 / 660 / 20
Crystal/Glass material:    Sapphire glass anti reflective coating
Strap/Bracelet material:    Genuine Leather
XA.9441: Black leather strap with black stitches and steel signature buckle, 28mm
XA.9447: Brown leather strap with ivory stitches and steel signature buckle, 28mm

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Case Height:    13.10 mm
Weight:    120g

Standard Gift Box
GBO.L017.P38  Wooden box, 140 x 140 x 100mm with P-38 picture on top
Manual
GGM.L002.GMT  Instruction Manual
GGM.L018  Lockheed Martin Collection Card
GGM.L039.P38  Certificate

*  Due to the additional weight of the LLTs on the hands, battery life may be shorter
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P-38 LIGHTNING GMT 9420 SERIES

Luminox Premiers the Vintage-Inspired P-38 Lightning GMT Series

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Utilizing aircraft-inspired details, the watches of the Luminox AIR series pay tribute to some of the most remarkable strategic aircraft in aviation history. Now two new Luminox timepieces, created under official and exclusive worldwide license with Lockheed Martin, introduce vintage–inspired models to the Luminox collection. Vintage or “throwback” apparel is a strong trend in men’s fashion as designers are reinterpreting popular designs from the past. In the watch world, this offers men the opportunity to buy new throwback watches without paying a vintage watch price.

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The P-38 Lightning had a unique and compelling design and the watches pay homage to this industrial pre-war design with their cushion shaped stainless steel case, and dial font pulled directly from the instruments in the plane cockpit.

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The P-38 is available in Day/Date or Chronograph movements. The Day/Date model has a secondary hour hand that can be set to a second time zone (or to GMT time).

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Technical Specifications

Model: P-38 Lightning GMT 9420
 No. XA.9421
 No. XA.9427
Origin: Swiss Made
Always Visible: Constant glow for up to 25 years in any light condition   

Function:    2nd timezone (24 hr)
Movement (technology):    Quartz
Case:
Size of case diameter:    44.00 mm
Case material:    Stainless Steel brushed
Case Bezel:    Rotating 1-Way Diver
Case Back:    Screwed 
Crown:    Security Screw-On
Water resistance (m/ft/atm):    200 / 660 / 20
Crystal/Glass material:    Sapphire glass anti reflective coating
Dial: Black dial,
Ice blue light tube at 12h,
Yellow tube from 1-11h, yellow tubes for hours and minutes and Ice blue tube for GMT 
Strap/Bracelet material:    Genuine Leather
XA.9421: Black leather strap with black stitches and steel signature buckle, 28mm
XA.9427: Brown leather strap with ivory stitches and steel signature buckle, 28mm
Case Height:    13.10 mm
Weight:    123g

Standard Gift Box
GBO.L017.P38  Wooden box, 140 x 140 x 100mm with P-38 picture on top
Manual
GGM.L002.GMT  Instruction Manual
GGM.L018  Lockheed Martin Collection Card
GGM.L039.P38  Certificate

*  Due to the additional weight of the LLTs on the hands, battery life may be shorter
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The P-38 Lightning - Fork-tailed Devil

First conceived in 1937, the twin-boomed P-38 was the most innovative plane of its day and the ultimate weapon, combining speed with unheard-of advances: two supercharged engines and a potent mix of four 50-caliber machine guns and a 20mm cannon. Upon its official introduction in 1940, the P-38 was capable of climbing to 3,300 feet in a single minute and reaching 400 mph, 100 mph faster than any other fighter in the world.

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It also doubled as an intimidating long-range threat, capable of carrying a larger payload than early B-17s and boasting a range of 1,150 miles. With its distinctive design, the P-38 was sleek and its twin tails gave it a radical new look. Nicknamed the ʺfork-tailed devilʺ by the Luftwaffe and ʺtwo planes, one pilotʺ by the Japanese, its versatility and ruggedness during WWII were legendary. It could sink a ship, strafe enemies on the ground, cripple tanks, and shoot down fighters and bombers.

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A Living Legend

Our Aviation Series watches are tied to the Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world‘s largest defense contractor, and maker of some of the most spectacular aircraft ever engineered. Initially developed for U.S. Air Force pilots flying the F-117 Nighthawk Stealth jets, and now supplied to elite pilots of Air Forces around the world, these timepieces take precision to a higher level.

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Contact Information
CerconeBrown&Company, Libba Cox
617.379.5243, lcox@cerconebrown.com
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AUDEMARS PIGUET – Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Yellow Gold

AUDEMARS PIGUET – Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Yellow Gold NEW

In 2016, we bring the enduring lustre of yellow gold back to the forefront.

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Launched in 1972, the Royal Oak was the first luxury watch to treat stainless steel, and meticulously craft, polish and decorate it, like a precious metal. Using steel in such a manner was a risk, yet ultimately a game-changing triumph. The revolution it launched opened a new and extremely creative chapter for Audemars Piguet, during which it explored traditional and unconventional materials in great depth: platinum, carbon, alacrite, bronze, rubber, ceramic, titanium, tantalum, etc…

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Now Audemars Piguet breaks the rules again by returning luxury watchmaking to its most elemental material: yellow gold, the universal emblem of indestructible beauty, energy and light. Since man first learned how to extract it from the earth, yellow gold has not just symbolised wealth and power. It has been its source. For centuries, too, much of the alchemical magic of watchmaking has been held in its warm, eternal embrace.

The new Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar celebrates the timeless allure of yellow gold by combining it with the most classic and romantic complication.

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On the “Grande Tapisserie” decorated dials — a subtle pattern of three-dimensional squares— the traditional displays of a perpetual calendar timepiece are given pride of place: day, month and date are displayed at nine, noon and three o’clock. The essential leap year indication, an Audemars Piguet innovation first introduced to wristwatch design in 1955, takes centre stage at noon. An astronomical moon finds it place at six o’clock, and the week of the year is displayed on the dial’s outer chapter ring, adding yet another layer of time measurement.

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Housed in the perpetual beauty of yellow gold, the self-winding watch’s new calibre 5134 is fully visible through the glareproof sapphire crystal caseback, but the warm, natural glow of precious gold has been brought fully to the fore.

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Calibre 5134 is based on its predecessor, calibre 2120, however it has been enlarged to perfectly fit the updated 41mm case size.

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Part of the inspiration for this new edition is the first Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar (reference 5554, later renamed 25554), designed by Jacqueline Dimier in 1984. Of the 279 pieces in that original launch, 229 were sumptuously cased in yellow gold.

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Audacious and visionary, the 2016 Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar leads luxury watchmaking back to the rarest, more cherished prize: yellow gold, as brilliant and warm as the sun.

“To break the rules, you must first master them.”

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

ROYAL OAK PERPETUAL CALENDAR WITH WEEK INDICATION AND ASTRONOMICAL MOON

Perpetual calendar with week indication, day, date, astronomical moon, month, leap year, hours and minutes.

REFERENCE: 26574BA.OO.1220BA.01

MOVEMENT
CALIBRE 5134
Total thickness: 4.31 mm
Total diameter: 29.00 mm
Frequency of balance wheel: 2.75 Hz (19,800 vibrations/ hour)
Number of jewels: 38
Minimal guaranteed power reserve: 40 hours
Bidirectional selfwinding
Balance with variable inertia blocks
Flat balance-spring
Mobile stud-holder
Number of parts: 374.
SPECIFICITIES
Extra-thin movement
Suspended barrel
The oscillating weight is guided by a peripheral ring rolling on four ruby runners, which reduces friction and wear to the minimum possible
Moon phase indicator, laser microstructured, laid on aventurine
Moon phase astronomical indicator requiring correction every 125 years and 317 days
Manual finishing on components
Oscillating weight can be custom decorated upon customer’s request.
CASE
    18-carat yellow gold case 41 mm
Glareproofed sapphire crystal and caseback, screw-locked crown.
DIAL:
    Blue dial with “Grande Tapisserie” pattern, yellow gold applied hour-markers and Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating, blue inner bezel.
FUNCTIONS:
    Perpetual calendar with week indication, day, date,
    astronomical moon, month, leap year, hours and minutes.
BRACELET:
    18-carat yellow gold bracelet with AP folding clasp.
PRESENTATION BOX
Luxury box including a rotative watch rewinding mechanism : EV.701.014

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Route de France 16 - Case postale 16
1348 Le Brassus - Switzerland
Phone : + 41 21 642 39 00
Fax : + 41 21 642 34 02

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