Thursday, June 8, 2017

Frederique Constant – Runabout GMT Automatic Edition


















Frederique ConstantRunabout GMT Automatic Steel 42 mm Limited Edition

Runabout
Tribute to an Elegant Time

June 2017, Geneva – Frederique Constant launches two new Runabouts, paying homage to the graceful Riva boats of the 1920s where elegance and style ruled the social scene.

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A Longstanding Partnership

In 2009, Frederique Constant debuted its collaboration with the Riva Historical Society alongside Piero Mario Gibellini and Carlos Riva whose sole purpose is to preserve the remaining Riva boats worldwide, and helping their owners safeguard their prized possessions in the best way possible.

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With the launching of these two new watches, Frederique Constant honors their commitment to preserving the Riva name and what it stands for.


From Sea to Land

In that same year, Frederique Constant launched its first Runabout timepiece named after the legendary Runabout yachts of the 1920s.

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Considered the European elite of Runabouts, the Riva Runabouts were originally small, fast and powerful and could welcome four to eight people; they were perfect for pleasure activities such as fishing, water sports or just cruising.

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Riva Runabouts are the ideal muse to draw inspiration from and design an elegant and stylish, Italian-inspired watch.

Refined Elegance


Both new versions of the Frederique Constant Runabout embody a classic, sophisticated watch featuring hours, minutes, seconds, date and a 24h GMT with a guilloché-decorated dial and applied luminous indexes. The whole is completed by a 42mm polished stainless steel 3-parts case, a see-through case back, which displays the inner workings of the FC-350 movement featuring an in-house GMT module.

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The first option features a silver-colored dial with a blue GMT hand with a matching navy blue leather strap. While the second option offers a dark grey dial contrasting with a white GMT hand with a light brown leather strap. Both versions are a Limited Edition of 2’888 pieces each, and are delivered in a luxurious wooden gift box including a detailed-wooden Runabout boat miniature.

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The partnership between Frederique Constant and the Riva Historical Society carries on with these two new additions to the Runabout Collection, making the 1920s elegance and style live on through them.

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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Collection: Runabout

Model:  GMT Automatic Edition

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Reference FC-350RMS5B6

Case
Polished stainless steel 3-parts case
Diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back featuring the engraved Riva Historical Society flag
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement   
Calibre FC-350,
Automatic GMT with date (in-house GMT module)
38-hours power reserve, 26 jewels, 28'800 alt/h
Dial
Silver-colored dial,
guilloché decoration and applied pearl black luminous indexes
Date display at 6 o’clock
Hand-polished Pearl black hour and
minute hands with luminous treatment and a blue GMT hand
Functions
Hours, minutes,
Seconds, date, GMT 24H

Bracelet
Navy blue leather strap

Limited edition    2’888 pieces

Price: 1’595 CHF/ 1’595 EUR/ 1’795 USD

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TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

Collection: Runabout

Model:  GMT Automatic Edition

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Reference FC-35ORMGB6

Case
Polished stainless steel 3-parts case
Diameter of 42 mm
Convex sapphire crystal
See-through case back featuring the engraved Riva Historical Society flag
Water-resistant to 5 ATM
Movement   
Calibre FC-350,
Automatic GMT with date (in-house GMT module)
38-hours power reserve, 26 jewels, 28'800 alt/h
Dial
Dark grey dial, guilloché decoration and
applied silver-colored luminous indexes
Date display at 6 o’clock
Hand-polished Pearl black hour and
minute hands with luminous treatment and a blue GMT hand
Functions
Hours, minutes,
Seconds, date, GMT 24H

Bracelet
Navy brown leather strap

Limited edition    2’888 pieces

Price: 1’595 CHF/ 1’595 EUR/ 1’795 USD


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Wednesday, June 7, 2017

IWC – INGENIEUR Chronograph Sport Edition “50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG”



















IWC SchaffhausenINGENIEUR Chronograph Sport Edition 50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG”

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SPECIAL EDITION TO CELEBRATE 
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MERCEDES-AMG


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Schaffhausen, 30 May 2017 – Mercedes-AMG is turning 50. The performance sports car brand from Mercedes-Benz has been synonymous with outstanding engine expertise, automotive performance and a dynamic driving experience for half a century now.

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IWC Schaffhausen is celebrating its partner’s anniversary with a special limited edition from the Ingenieur family. The sporty IWC-manufactured chronograph in a titanium case features magnetic field protection designed in the style of a brake disc.

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IWC unveiled the new Ingenieur collection in spring, with a design that is starkly reminiscent of the first generations of the stylish classic from the 1950s. The collection will be available from autumn, but the watch family is already getting one new member: “The sporty chronograph combines precision engineering with spectacular design, so it embodies precisely the values that unite our two companies.

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We would like to offer Mercedes-AMG our warmest congratulations on reaching this milestone. Even if it wasn’t enough to gain a place on the podium this time round, we are convinced that future successes await Mercedes-AMG,” says Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen.

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Limited to 250 watches, the Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition 50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG” (Ref. IW380902) is driven by the IWC-manufactured 89361 calibre with flyback function.

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The case is made of titanium and the dial with tachymeter scale is silver-plated. Like the first Ingenieur from 1955, this timepiece features a soft-iron cage for protection against magnetic fields.

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The lower part of the cage is visible through the sapphire-glass back and emulates the appearance of an AMG brake disc with indentations arranged in a radial formation.

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The engraving “A TRIBUTE TO ONE MAN, ONE ENGINE” is a reminder that the performance components from Mercedes-AMG are assembled from the bottom up in the engine manufacturing department by a single mechanic.


Launch at the Nürburgring 24 Hours

The watch was presented last weekend at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring north loop track known as the “Green Hell”.

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As a special highlight, Mercedes-Benz introduced the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Edition 50 at this event – an exclusive special edition with a limited run of only five cars to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. Every buyer of the car also receives an Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition “50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG”.

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The dial design of the IWC timepiece is modelled on the typical colour combinations of racetracks such as the Nürburgring – with red and white for the kerbs and black for the asphalt.  

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IWC also made an appearance at the event as the sponsor of the Mercedes-AMG team HTP Motorsport, with Dominik Baumann (Austria), Maximilian Buhk (Germany), Edoardo Mortara (Italy) and Edward Sandström (Sweden). The AMG pilots were in a promising position when, just prior to the end of the race, rain set in – and the GT3, with its slick tyres, skidded on the racetrack.

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A long-standing, intensive partnership

Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher founded AMG in 1967 in Großaspach, Stuttgart. The company took its name from the initials of the founders and the town. Today, it represents the performance sports car brand of Mercedes-Benz and is known throughout the world for its independently developed vehicles, such as the Mercedes-AMG GT.

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Performance sports cars from Mercedes-AMG as well as mechanical watches from IWC combine precision engineering with exclusive design to the very highest level.

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These shared core values provided a decisive impetus for the intensive partnership that has united the two companies since 2004. IWC has already launched various AMG special editions – with features such as case materials like black zirconium oxide ceramic inspired by high-performance cars.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  INGENIEUR Chronograph Sport Edition 50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG” 
REF. IW380902
Limited to 250 watches

FEATURES
Mechanical chronograph movement – Self-winding – Date display
Stopwatch function with hours, minutes and seconds –
Flyback function – Small hacking seconds – See-through sapphire -
glass back – Screw-in crown – Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields –
Limited to 250 watches
MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured calibre 89361
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 38
Power reserve 68 h
Winding Automatic
Flyback chronograph
Engraving “TRIBUTE TO, ONE MAN, ONE ENGINE
WATCH
Materials - Titanium
Diameter: 44 mm
Height: 15.9 mm
Glass: Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
See-through sapphire glass back
Case-back ring, engraved with
IWC - Edition 50th Anniversary of Mercedes-AMG”- ONE OUT OF 250
Screw-in crown
Soft-iron inner case for protection against magnetic fields
Water-resistant: 12 bar
STRAP
Black leather strap.
Titanium  folding clasp

Limited Edition  to only 250 pieces




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