ARMIN STROM – Edge Double Barrel Max Chilton Edition

ARMIN STROM – Edge Double Barrel Max Chilton Limited Edition NEW

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ARMIN STROM HITS TOP SPEED WITH ITS MAX CHILTON EDITION
EDGE DOUBLE BARREL

With its rugged look and audacious design, the ARMIN STROM Edge Double Barrel suits the daring, high-octane world of professional car racing. The independent Swiss watch brand designed a custom edition together with pro driver Max Chilton, a friend and brand ambassador, that accentuates the timepiece's strong look with new graphic details. The Max Chilton Edition Edge Double Barrel commemorates his competition in the North American Verizon IndyCar Series this year.

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Drawing on Chilton's number and IndyCar, ARMIN STROM's designers integrated a number of eye-catching details. On the dial side, Chilton's numeral 8 appears in the small seconds register. Striking blue hour numbers match the blue on his turbocharged Chevrolet racecar.

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A special plate on the back is etched with Chilton's "Max" logo and notes this special series is limited to just eight timepieces.

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"I love a heavier and larger watch on my wrist that still has a sporty feel to it," says Chilton. "The Edge offers this in a way I haven't seen before, and I feel very lucky to have one designed and turned into a limited run of eight."

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Along with the Chilton design additions, ARM16 caliber features the timepiece's unusual geometric and angular components. Unconventional cross-grinding decoration of the hand-beveled bridges intensifies the watch's industrial feel. The bezel is enhanced with a series of cutouts.

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The larger 46.80mm diameter provides more depth and dimensionality to the caliber, with the time indications positioned slightly off-center, an ARMIN STROM signature.

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Technical Specifications

Ref. ST16-EB.05  MAX CHILTON EDITION EDGE DOUBLE BARREL

Movement 
Manufacture movement ARMIN STROM  
16½‘‘‘ calibre ARM16
Specification
Winding-mechanism: Manual wind-up with spider-shaped crown wheels turning on the dial side
Impulse: Double going barrel
Plates and bridges: With cross-grinding decoration
Escapement:  Escape wheel and pallets made of massive gold with hardened functional areas
Regulating system: Screwed balance with Breguet overcoil
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Number of Jewels:  34
Number of individual parts:  194
Diameter: 36.60mm
Height:  7.70mm
Power reserve:  8 days
Case 
Stainless steel PVD black
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment
Diameter: 46.80mm
Height: 13.20mm
Water-resistance: 50m
Dial ring:  Black with blue numerals
Hands:  Stainless steel
Functions:  Hour, minute, small second, power reserve indicator
Straps
Delivered with a black alligator strap and double-fold clasp
in stainless steel PVD black as well as an additional black rubber strap
Edition Limited to 8 pieces

Retail price:  CHF 26’900.--

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For more information relating to this press release or to Armin Strom:
Bettina Fleury, Armin Strom AG,
Tel. +41 32 343 33 44, b.fleury@arminstrom.com
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Pierre DeRoche – TNT Royal Retro Skull 47 Edition

Pierre DeRoche – TNT Royal Retro Skull 47 Limited Edition NEW

A CONTEMPORARY  
TNT  ROYAL RETRO SKULL
PAYING WITH LIGHT AND SHADE

The inherently rebellious, unique and technical TNT Royal Retro Skull reflects the highly contemporary trend for personalisation, while preserving all the original qualities of its Royal Retro movement. 

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The world’s only calibre capable of housing six retrograde seconds mechanisms stages a fascinating ballet of six hands dancing across ten-second periods that instantly draws the gaze and positions this timepiece firmly in the category of “showtime” complications. In the notable absence of a dial, its broad and eminently visible central bridge provides unlimited space for brand aficionados to make their individual model even more exclusive and personal. On this first limited-edition interpretation, the hexagonal central going train bridge is adorned with a skull motif that has become a classic theme in contemporary watchmaking. A distinctive laser-engraving technique creates a striking play on light and shade exploring the many nuances of grey. Contrasting shades outline the shape of the skull using the “light trapping” method, offering a fascinating means of marrying metal with this promising form of expertise.

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The excellence of Dubois Dépraz, a renowned Manufacture of complicated movements, powers the beating heart of the TNT Royal Retro. This sporty timepiece displays the hours and minutes, seconds with retrograde function appearing on six 10-second sectors, moving retrograde hand indicator and a date window. Its 47.5 mm-diameter case is made of steel and black PVD-coated titanium, set in this version with 240 brilliant-cut totalling approx. 1.10 cts.

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Carole and Pierre Dubois, founders of the Pierre DeRoche brand, make an absolute priority of reliability, driven by a blend of creativity and exclusivity. The unique alchemy of this couple’s relationship reflects the horological complications enriching the collections of the Maison.

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Technical details

Model:  Pierre DeRoche – TNT Royal Retro Skull

Ref. TNT10005ACTI1-003CRO

MOVEMENT:
Mechanical automatic, exclusive Dubois Dépraz calibre, 58 jewels.
Decorated and engraved oscillating weight.
Central bridge, 6 chamfered and satin-finished seconds bridges.
Minute wheel with Pierre DeRoche logo.
Hands affixed by a transversal pin. 6 gear-driven retrograde seconds hands with strip-spring return.
The black zones of the skull-shaped central bridge are formed using the “light trapping” method, which consists in laser-engraving a motif by creating an engraving background featuring an irregular topography that prevents light from penetrating its surface. 
FUNCTIONS:
Hours, minutes, retrograde seconds in six 10-second sections.
Moving retrograde hand indicator. Date.
CASE:
Titanium middle with black PVD treatment, 47.5 mm.
Bezel set with 240 brilliant-cut diamonds totalling approx. 1.10 cts (128 measuring 0.8 in diameter and 112 measuring 1.1 in diameter), lugs, crown-guard and screw-lock crown in steel.
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides. Sapphire back.
Water-resistant to 100 metres (10 bar/330 ft). 
DIAL:
Sapphire
Applied hour-markers with Superluminova coating.
STRAP:
Alligator leather with safety folding clasp.

LIMITED EDITION 5 pieces

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LE REVERS 1
1345 LE LIEU
SWITZERLAND
T. +41 21 841 11 69
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