Tuesday, April 11, 2017

VOUTILAINEN – “Scintillante” Unique Piece


















VOUTILAINENCurrentScintillante” White Gold Edition Unique Piece


The intention behind this timekeeper was to endow a creation in the great watchmaking tradition with the innovative character of a luxurious jewellery piece. The choice of autumnal hues is reminiscent of a walk in the woods when leaves cover the ground with their many colours. 423 gemstones decorate this piece with 9.65 carats of sapphires and 0.55 carat of F-G if-vvs diamonds.

The middle part featuring a medley of round stones of different diameters distributed at random in a snow setting has been enhanced by 131 navette cut, pear cut, oval or round stones of varying sizes and colours.

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The challenge presented by the lugs was to respect the specific geometry which gives Voutilainen timepieces their unique identity while still retaining their distinctive curved shape. Hence the choice of the invisible setting technique, using stones cut specifically for this purpose, with a rounded top to obtain a smooth shape and scissor cut culets, which impart an exceptional sparkle to the 36 rubies.

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The bezel also features 58 closed set rubies with scissor cut culets and half rounded tops. The dial is a prowess of micro-machining with 12 indexes in navette cut rubies, orange and yellow sapphires set from below, circled by 84 diamonds in a paved setting with an engine-turned and grey enamelled central rosace.

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The crown is set with a closed ruby cabochon. The buckle mirrors the sides of the middle part with 101 sapphires and rubies of varying sizes and diameters.

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Technical Characteristics

Model: Voutilainen – “Scintillante”
Movement
Unique, in-house designed movement with hours and minutes.
Main plate and bridges made from nickel-silver; Côtes de Genève decoration with 5N18 gilding.
Direct impulse escapement with two escapement wheels.
Wheels in rose gold.
Balance: Free sprung balance (with a Breguet/Grossmann balance spring,
fitted with rose gold inertia blocks, beating at at 18,000 vph).
Diameter of balance wheel is 13.60mm.
Jewels: 21
Movement size: ø 30.00 mm x 5.60 mm
Dial
18 carat gold with 84 diamonds featuring grain diamond setting and  
12 closed-set navette cut corundums for the indexes; hand engine-turned with translucent enamel
Hands: Gold and steel, handmade
Additionals
All manufacturing, construction, fabrication, hand finishing and assembly in the Voutilainen workshop.
Additionals
18K white gold, 18-carat gold crown.
Case size: ø 39.00 mm  x 11.5mm
White gold case (18K), bezel features 58 baguette cut rubies rounded with closed setting; lugs feature 36 baguette cut rubies, invisible setting; crown features 1 closed set ruby cabochon, white gold; case contours feature 131 snow-set rubies, orange and yellow sapphires. Sapphire glass front and back, with anti reflection treatment.

Hand-stitched alligator strap. 
Matching 18K white gold tang buckle with 101 snow-set rubies, orange and yellow sapphires.

Limited to 1 unique piece.

Price:  285'000 CHF

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Kari Voutilainen
Voutilainen Horlogerie d’Art
Comblémine 2
2112 Môtiers | Switzerland
Tél +41 32 861 4832
Fax +41 32 861 4833
voutilainen@voutilainen.ch
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Monday, April 10, 2017

BVLGARI – OCTO Tourbillon Sapphire Titanium D.L.C.














BVLGARIOCTO Tourbillon Sapphire Titanium D.L.C. 44mm

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Octo Tourbillon Sapphire – Transparent Complexity

BASELWORLD 2017

Ours is an age of transparency. This philosophy of knowledge and light has driven Bulgari to explore a new dimension of which the latest expression, named Octo Tourbillon Sapphire, epitomises the quest for balance and beauty.

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This spectacular creation offers a new interpretation of the formal purity of the octagon. The eight-sided geometrical figure, conveying a wealth of cultural and spiritual symbolism, has been regarded as a source of perfection since time immemorial, both in Antiquity and during the Renaissance. In the wake of various formal variations on the Octo theme, it reinvents itself in 2017 with this new case distinguished by its modern, urban proportions

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The new case, unveiled with the Octo Roma line, is naturally inspired by the motifs adorning the Basilica of Maxentius. The Roman roots of Bulgari, a jewellery Maison endowed with skills admired for more than 130 years, cannot be concealed. As always at Bulgari, there is no question of separating form and substance. The exercise of modelling shapes and seeking ideal equilibrium in design are not undertaken for their own sake, but always as a means of matching functionality. Likewise, efficiency is not sought for the sake of mere pride in performance. Everything is first and foremost about balance and beauty.

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The formal purity of this exceptional watch is now dedicated to expressing a new watchmaking vision: allowing light to flood in so as to showcase mechanism through a beautifully modernistic and innovative approach.



An original and spectacular architecture

With its transparent case-back and dial, this spectacular 44mm-diameter timepiece made of titanium with a black Diamond Like Carbon (D.L.C.) treatment, offers enthusiasts a full visual immersion into its inner workings. The mechanical manual-winding flying tourbillon movement, Caliber BVL 206, appears at the heart of the watch with 11 black DLC-coated bridges adorned with green bars of ITR2 – a single composite material laden with carbon nanotube particles and a hardness comparable to a metal - and SLN, a high-tech luminescent material enabling the watch to give off at night all the light it has received during the daytime.

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The bridges forming the hour-markers are an entirely original feature. They therefore serve to bear and hold the movement in place, while also acting as functional elements for reading off the hours and minutes, as well as decorative features contributing to the singular identity of the watch. In addition, the Octo Tourbillon Sapphire incorporates a clever development relating to its time-setting operations: pressing the crown displays a red dot in a tiny aperture at 3 o’clock, thereby signalling that the time may be set by simply turning the crown. Once the operation is complete, another press causes the dot to vanish and locks the time-setting mechanism.

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For less informed connoisseurs, this model thus also provides a sophisticated expression of horological excellence, seemingly coming to life beneath the gaze of the person observing it, thanks to the regular and fascinating beat of the tourbillon. Its daring and luminous decoration also makes it a particularly fascinating example of contemporary design.

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Attired in a highly on-trend, resolutely Italian shade of black, this watch is secured to the wrist by a matching black alligator leather strap with a folding clasp, featuring a classic appearance concealing a rubber lining that ensures perfect comfort on the wrist.

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With the Octo Tourbillon Sapphire, Bulgari is continuing its personal definition of horological excellence. A definition characterised by perfect transparency.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model: OCTO TOURBILLON SAPPHIRE

Ref: 102720 BGO44C4TLTBSK

Movement
Mechanical manual winding movement,
Caliber BVL 206, equipped with a flying tourbillon, sandblasted finishing;
11 black bridges treated with Diamond Like Carbon (D.L.C.) and
decorated with luminescent green bars serving as hour-markers;
21,600 V/H, power reserve 64h;
diameter 34mm, thickness 5mm.
Water-resistant to 50m.
Case
44mm-diameter, 12.45mm thick case in titanium treated with D.L.C.,
sapphire case middle and transparent case-back;
green luminescent hands; numbering on the crown.
Strap
Rubber-lined alligator leather with folding clasp


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