Monday, March 27, 2017

Lebeau-Courally – MICRO-ROTOR II


















Lebeau-CourallyMICRO-ROTOR II

LEBEAU-COURALLY’S NEW MOVEMENT
AND NEW, 100% IN-HOUSE COLLECTION

Lebeau-Courally presents second series of its “Manufacture” collection – the Micro II. This new movement, wholly designed, manufactured, and assembled in-house at Le Locle, is fitted with a micro-rotor. It has already been used in four limited editions engraved in Liège, the beating heart of Lebeau-Courally. The new, manufacture caliber is also being made available to third-party firms.

In 2012, Lebeau-Courally was bought out by the Ide family from Belgium, thereby becoming wholly independent. Three years later, in 2015, the family also acquired the IMH manufacture in Le Locle. In 2016, Lebeau-Courally unveiled its first all in-house movement, the Moon Phase. And now, in March 2017, Lebeau- Courally is unveiling its latest 100%-manufacture development – the Micro II.

Micro refers to the fact that the central feature of our movement is a micro-rotor; the IIdenotes the fact that it’s our second all in-house development, explains Laurens Peeters, Lebeau-Courally’s manager.The Micro II is a key milestone for us: it really is a foundational caliber, on which we’ll be building the future of our forthcoming Manufacture collections.

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Beating at a rate of 28,800 vibrations per hour and equipped with a three day power reserve (Appx 72 hours), the movement – only 30 mm in diameter and a mere 3.1 mm thick – displays the hours and minutes in the centre, with a small seconds display at 9 o’clock. Initially, it will be used in four limited editions totalling 45 pieces in all: two series in red gold and two in steel, each available in engraved and non-engraved options.























The engraving will be carried out in Liège, the world capital of precision engraving, at Lebeau-Courally’s headquarters. The timepieces themselves will be designed, built, assembled, and tested in Le Locle, thus easily exceeding the minimum legal requirements to qualify as Swiss Made. The first Micro II collections will be available in September 2017. The basic movement is also available to third-party brands, and is already being marketed and delivered.

LEBEAU-COURALLY MICRO-ROTOR:
OUR HERITAGE IN MOTION


The Micro-Rotor is the next step in the fusion of the master crafts that lie embedded in Lebeau-Courally’s DNA. It combines state-of-the-art skills: those of the Lebeau-Courally watch manufacture in Le Locle, and those at the workshop in Liège, home to centuries of expertise in the creation, on commission, of exclusive hunting arms for art collectors and connoisseurs.

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 Built around a new automatic caliber that facilitates the creation of ultra-slim, elegant, Swiss Made watches, the Micro-Rotor features new aesthetics and a bespoke personality created by the master engravers in the Liège ateliers, together with ultimate watch performance.



A NEW MOVEMENT IN WATCHMAKING

For its second range of manufacture watches, Lebeau-Courally has developed a new movement, destined to become the foundation for additional watch models in the future: the Micro II. The main challenge faced by our Swiss watchmaking atelier was to create a robust, reliable basis for slimmer, more elegant watches, whilst also ensuring all the comfort and precision of a traditional self-winding caliber.
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A MINIMALIST DESIGN ENHANCING CLARITY

The watch face of the Lebeau-Courally Micro-Rotor exudes elegance and sobriety, enhancing its clarity and ease of use. With its central hours and minutes hands, plus a seconds hand at nine o’ clock, the Micro-Rotor performs its sole function – that of telling the time – with admirable clarity. What is more, the austere design offers the perfect setting for optional, bespoke engraving by the Lebeau-Courally Manufacture in Liège.



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Technical details

MICRO-ROTOR II

Movement
Power reserve: 72 hours
Automatic winding
28,800 vibrations per hour (4Hz)
Pointing 20.5
28 jewels
Number of components: 166
Technical Specifications for the MICRO II Calibre
Movement 
Shape and type
• Round caliber
• Power reserve: 72 hours
• Automatic winding
• 28,800 vibrations per hour (4Hz)
• Pointing 20.5
• 28 jewels
• Number of components: 166
Dimensions in mm
• Overall diameter 30.6 mm
• Casing fitting diameter 30 mm
• Movement thickness: 3.1 mm
Functions
• Analogue display: Central
hours and minutes hands,
seconds hand at 9 o’clock
• Micro-rotor
 Setting and adjustment
• Winding stem with
2 positions
1. Running and manual winding
2. Time setting

Models
  • Steel Case 42 MM
Anthracite dial with Arabic numerals
Large hands: hours and minutes
Small seconds hand at 9 o’clock
Power reserve: 72 hours
Sapphire crystal and caseback
Black crocodile skin strap, hand-sewn, steel clasp
Suggested retail price: 8,500 CHF (all taxes included)
  • Red Gold Case 42MM
Anthracite dial with Arabic numerals
Large hands: hours and minutes
Small seconds hand at 9 o’clock
Power reserve: 72 hours
Sapphire crystal and caseback
Black crocodile skin strap, hand-sewn, red gold clasp
Suggested retail price: 19,000 CHF (all taxes included)

  • Engraved - Steel Case 42MM
Part-openwork anthracite dial with Arabic numerals, acanthus pattern hand engraving by the Lebeau-Courally master crafts manufacture in Liège
Large hands: hours and minutes
Small seconds hand at 9 o’clock
Power reserve: 72 hours
Sapphire crystal and caseback
Black crocodile skin strap, hand-sewn, steel clasp
Suggested retail price: 11,500 CHF (all taxes included)

  • Engraved - Red Gold Case 42 MM
Part-openwork anthracite dial with Arabic numerals, acanthus pattern hand engraving by the Lebeau-Courally master crafts manufacture in Liège
Large hands: hours and minutes
Small seconds hand at 9 o’clock
Power reserve: 72 hours
Sapphire crystal and caseback
Black crocodile skin strap, hand-sewn, red gold clasp
Suggested retail price: 22,000 CHF (all taxes included)


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Saturday, March 25, 2017

ORIS – Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ Titanium

















ORISAQUIS Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ Titanium

Every minute counts

Oris was the first watch company to create a diver’s watch with a regulator dial. This year’s Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ continues the story

What is the most important function in a diver’s watch? The instinctive answer might be water resistance, and there’s no doubt that’s vital. But assuming a diver’s watch can withstand the pressures found deep underwater, what becomes most important is the watch’s ability to relay accurately and clearly the remaining dive time. And it’s for this reason that Oris has created and now redesigned the new Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’.

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The Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ has non-coaxial hands, meaning the hour and minute hands are separated. The minute hand is in the centre, while the hour is shown by a hand on a subdial at 3 o’clock. This isolates the key piece of information for a diver, who can set dive time by aligning the minute hand to the 60-minute scale on the uni-directional rotating bezel, which in this case is fitted with a black ceramic insert with red and white markings.

The regulator dial, as this configuration is known, was introduced by clockmakers in observatories in the 18th century. These were highly accurate clocks used to set the time on standard timepieces, particularly after they’d been serviced or repaired.

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In 1999, taking inspiration from the regulator clocks of 18th century, Oris created the world’s first dive watch featuring a regulator dial. That watch was soon followed by the first ‘Der Meistertaucher’ (which translates as ‘Master Diver’).

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That pattern now reverses with the new Oris Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ taking its design cues from the next generation Aquis, also unveiled this year. Like all the new Aquis models, it has a sleeker silhouette than the previous Aquis, and has also been given a number of practical enhancements, including an upgrade that makes the bezel easier to grip and adjust.

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As before, the Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ hasa lightweight titanium case and bracelet. The minutes hand of this new model has a bright red outline that corresponds to the critical 15-minute scale on the bezel, and to the red rubber strap option. The result is that the eye is drawn to the minutes hand, giving the watch extraordinarily high levels of legibility.

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Proving its professional watch credentials, the Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ has an automatic helium escape valve, secreted on the side of the case at 9 o’clock. Automatic helium escape valves are used by professional divers who can live in chambers filled with helium-enriched air for weeks at a time during saturation dives. Helium particles are smaller than air, and during saturation they enter the watch. Then, during decompression they expand, which could cause damage to a watch without the helium escape valve.

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The Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ also has a smal seconds indicated by a hand coated in SuperLumi-Nova® at 9 o’clock, a feature divers rely on to show the watch is still running. The watch’s automatic movement also provides a date indication at 6 o’clock. The watch has a titanium case back embossed with the Oris shield and the inscription ‘MEISTERTAUCHER’. tI is presented in a water-resistant case with a red replacement strap and strap-changing tools.

It will be available in May priced CHF 3,100.

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Technical details

Model: Oris Regulateur ‘Der Meistertaucher’ Titanium

Ref. No. 01 749 7734 7154 MB, Ø 43.50 mm

Movement
Automatic movement Oris Cal. 749, based on Sellita SW 220-1,
with minute hand in the centre, hour hand on a subdial at 3 o’clock,
small seconds at 9 o’clock, and date window at 6 o’clock
Case
Titanium case and crown protection,
with stainless steel screw-in security crown and automatic helium escape valve at 9 o’clock.
Water-resistant to 30 bar/300 m
Diver’s uni-directional rotating bezel with black ceramic inlay with 60-minute timer and zero marker filled with Super-LumiNova®
Sapphire crystal domed on both sides with anti-reflective coating inside
Screwed titanium case back with embossed Oris shield and ‘MEISTERTAUCHER’ inscription
Dial
Black dial with applied indices filled with Super-LumiNova®
Red outlined minute hand filled with Super-LumiNova®, white hour hand filled with Super- LumiNova®, and white seconds hand painted in Super-LumiNova®
Strap
Titanium bracelet with folding clasp and extension system
Supplied with red rubber strap with folding clasp and quick-adjust extension system

Packaging
Presented in a black water-resistant case with red rubber replacement strap and strap-change tools

Price  Swiss retail price CHF 3,100

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