Lebeau-Courally – Le Dauphin Sotogrande Grand Prix 2017 Edition

Lebeau-Courally – LE DAUPHIN Sotogrande Grand Prix 2017 Limited Edition

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Lebeau-Courally: on the starting-line for 

the first edition of the Sotogrande Grand Prix

Lebeau-Courally has announced its sponsorship of another of the world’s major Prestige Rallies: the first edition of the Sotogrande Grand Prix, Spain, from May 24 to 28, 2017.

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Sotogrande is Andalucia’s first and largest privately owned leisure and real estate destination, an enclave wholly given over to elegance and Mediterranean chic.  Its carefully preserved lifestyle has long been a favourite with the internationally discreetly wealthy since 1962 – a now it is to host its first very own International Rally, the Sotogrande Grand Prix.

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The event will bring together the finest prestige automobiles built between 1920 and 1965. A Top Marques exhibition, a Rally, a Concours d’Elégance and a GT Tour: without question, the programme for the first edition of the Sotogrande Grand Prix already positions it as one of the finest international get-togethers for car-lovers – overseen by Lebeau-Courally, the one and only Official Timekeeper selected for the event.

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“We are already partners of the Zoute Grand Prix in Belgium, so our manufacture is now well-established in this type of particularly specialised prestige event; besides, the Sotogrande Grand Prix is the first international exportation of Zoute,” explains Lebeau-Courally’s manager Laurens Peeters. “Sotogrande is also fully in keeping with our positioning as a fine watchmaking firm aimed at experienced collectors – and that includes those keen on exceptional cars. Lebeau-Courally will be Platinum sponsor of the event; that’s the highest level of partnership, right behind the municipality of Sotogrande itself.”

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This edition is set to be remembered as the first of many more to follow. To mark the occasion, Lebeau-Courally will be producing a very limited edition of just 25 timepieces, with 43 mm cases featuring hours, minutes, and a date display.

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Technical Specifications

LE DAUPHIN SOTOGRANDE 43 MM LIMITED EDITION 2017

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Case
Polished steel case
Diameter: 43 mm
Presentation case: wood
Water resistance: 5 bars (50 m)
Movement
Automatic Swiss caliber
Caliber LC 2824
Height: 4.6 mm
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz)
25 jewels
Power reserve: 42 hours
Type: hours, minutes, seconds, date
Dial
Blue, luminous hands
Strap
Black alligator

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GIRARD-PERREGAUX – BRIDGES Neo-Bridges Titanium

GIRARD-PERREGAUX – BRIDGES Neo-Bridges Automatic Titanium 45 mm

Girard-Perregaux Neo-Bridges:
Gateway to the future

A futuristic extrapolation of a 19th century movement architecture now considered to be the historical signature of the Manufacture Girard-Perregaux, the Neo-Bridges automatic titanium watch heralds a construction approach aimed at bringing a dramatic theatrical touch to tomorrow’s mechanical horology.

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Fundamentally retro-futurist in terms of its aesthetic approach, the Neo-Bridges automatic titanium adopts a certain vision of forward-looking horology, while remaining entirely in harmony with the history of the brand founded in 1791.

Shaping the future

At the crossroads between two worlds associating tradition and innovation, this visionary time-measuring instrument showcases one of the key directions being taken by the new image of the Manufacture, which remains consistently ahead of its time. The rich vitality of this new expression of Manufacture Girard-Perregaux’s mechanical vision takes firm root in the past in order to propel itself firmly towards the future.

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The Neo-Bridges Automatic Titanium picks up the architectural construction design codes cherished by Constant Girard, creator of the Esmeralda pocket watch that was honoured in 1889 by a first prize at the Paris Universal Exhibition. It also echoes the theatrical nature of the creations by Jean-François Bautte who, in the late 18th century, designed horological instruments employing a playful approach to displaying the passing hours in order to demystify the flow of time and thus transform watches into pure kinetic works of art. 

The dynamics of visual balance

Within this magnificently staged watchmaking show, the new GP08400 self-winding 14 ¼-ligne movement with micro-rotor forms an inseparable whole with the 45 mm-diameter titanium case that is water-resistant to 30 metres, fitted with a black alligator leather strap secured by a titanium triple folding clasp. This captivating movement featuring perfect symmetry – thanks to the judicious positioning of the micro-rotor along the same axis as the barrel drum ensuring a 50-hour power reserve – is first and foremost designed to draw the eye.

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The architecture does indeed capture the gaze, especially since it is reinforced by contemporary finishing including sandblasting, NAC treatment of the mainplate, and a PVD coating on the delicately curved bridges. This ensemble with its sophisticated graphic design is endowed with an infinitely hypnotic charm thanks to the presence at 6 o’clock of a large 10.15 mm-diameter variable-inertia balance wheel oscillating at a frequency of 3 Hertz (21,600 vibrations per hour). The generous size of the balance makes it less subject to disturbances and therefore more accurate.

A sense of stage-setting

The Neo-Bridges watch was designed by the style department as a contemporary transcription of the aesthetic codes dear to the Manufacture Girard-Perregaux. To magnify these design principles, the engineers and watchmakers have endowed the finely crafted titanium case measuring 45 mm in diameter and 12.17 mm thick with alternately polished and satin-brushed finishing.

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This coherent ensemble is fitted with a “Box” sapphire crystal and a minimalist dial, as well as a transparent sapphire crystal caseback – thereby providing ample space in which to read the time, as well as to discover this fascinating 208-part mechanism. The latter epitomises the art of harnessing and propelling towards the future the full stylistic power of the historical timepieces that have been forging the renown of the Manufacture Girard-Perregaux for more than 225 years.

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Technical Specifications

Collection: BRIDGES 

Model: Neo-Bridges Titanium

References: 84000-21-001-BB6A

Movement
Mechanical with automatic winding 
Calibre Reference: GP08400-0001.
Diameter: 32.00 mm (14¼’’’)
Height: 5.45 mm
Frequency: 21,600 Vib/h – (3 Hz)
Number of components: 208
Jewels: 29
Power reserve: min. 48 hours
Functions: hours, minutes
Case
Material: Titanium
Diameter: 45.00 mm
Height: 12.18 mm
Glass: sapphire anti-reflective
Case-back: sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 30 meters (3 ATM)
Dial
No dial, ring with suspended indexes
Hands: skeleton with luminescent material 
Strap
Material: dark-grey alligator with stitching
Buckle: titanium triple folding buckle


Year: 2017

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Girard-Perregaux,
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