Friday, September 15, 2017

TUDOR – Black Bay Bronze ONE – Only Watch 2017

TUDOR Heritage Black Bay Bronze ONE – Only Watch 2017

A famed supplier of the world’s largest navies, 
TUDOR has also equipped numerous expeditions.

The Black Bay Bronze, with its unique combination of design, colour and materials, echoes these exciting times. This TUDOR flagship model is offered to Only Watch in a unique configuration with the winding crown on the left and a khaki green dial. Worn on the right wrist, its ergonomic design is ideal for left-handed people.

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As its name would suggest, the Black Bay Bronze One’s case is made of bronze – an aluminium bronze alloy used in naval engineering – the appearance of which changes over time, typically darkening to a rich and noble patina. 

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Fitted with a manufacture calibre with official chronometer certification, this unique piece is a concentration of the brand’s distinctive characteristics.

EXPERIENCE

In addition, the future owner of the Black Bay Bronze One will get the once in a lifetime opportunity to visit TUDOR’s Headquarters in Geneva. This exceptional invitation for one person, a first for TUDOR which runs no visit program, will include travel expenses.

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Only Watch Partnership

Now presenting its 7th Edition, Only Watch is a biennale auction of unique timepieces that has raised over 25 million Euros to date. Under the patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and following the initiative of Luc Pettavino, President of the Association Monégasque contre les Myopathies, Only Watch is an international watchmaking charity event.

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All of the funds collected from the sale of the watches are donated in their entirety to scientific and medical research. The exclusive watches will embark on a world tour starting in the charity’s hometown of Monaco, and then continuing to Asia, the Gulf, the United States and Europe, before the final auction in Geneva on November 11th 2017.


WHERE CAN I SEE
THE
ONLY WATCH COLLECTION
BEFORE THE
AUCTION?


  • HONG KONG: 23-24 OCTOBER
Christie’s Hong Kong
22nd Floor Alexandra House
18 Chater Road Central, Hong Kong
Opening hours: 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Contact: Cissy Ngan
cngan@christies.com
(+852) 2978 6711
  • TAIPEI: 26-27 OCTOBER
Christie’s Taiwan
13f, Suite 1302, No. 207, Sec. 2,
Tun Hua South Road, Taipei 106
Opening Hours: 11 am - 6 pm
Contact: Teresa Hsu
thsu@christies.com
(+886) 223 220 008
  • NEW YORK: 29-30 OCTOBER
Christie’s New York
20 Rockefeller Plaza,
New York, NY 10020
Opening hours: 10 am - 6 pm
Contact: Elisa Catenazzi
ecatenazzi@christies.com
(1)212 636 2329
  • LOS ANGELES: 1-2 NOVEMBER
Westime Sunset
8569 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA
Opening hours: 10 am - 6 pm
Contact: Laura Q. Hughes
laura@westime.com
(+1) 310.205.5555
  • GENEVA: 9-11 NOVEMBER
Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues
Quai des Bergues 33
1201 Geneva Switzerland
Opening hours: 10 am - 6 pm
Contact: Charles-Henri Gounod
cgounod@christies.com
+41 (0)22 319 17 26




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Specificites:
The Black Bay Bronze One is a left-handed watch made of bronze, a metal that develops a patina over time.


Estimate:
CHF 4,500 - 5,500
4,100 - 5,000 €
4,600 - 5,700 $


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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Heritage

Model: Black Bay Bronze One

Reference 7925/001

CASE
Dimensions: 43 mm
Bronze case, bronze­coloured, PVD­ treated steel case back, satin finish
Bronze unidirectional rotatable 60-minute graduated bezel with disc in matt khaki green anodised aluminium
Bronze screw-down winding crown at 9 o’clock, with an engraved TUDOR rose
Domed sapphire crystal
Waterproof to 200 m (660 ft)
DIAL
Khaki green, domed
Arabic hour markers and luminescent applique hands
Luminescent “snowflakes” hands
MOVEMENT
Manufacture Calibre MT5601-LHD
Self-winding mechanical movement with bidirectional rotor system
Swiss Chronometer Officially Certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute)
Power reserve of approximately 70 hours
Variable inertia balance, micro-adjustment screw
Non-magnetic silicon balance spring
Frequency: 28,800 beats/hour (4Hz) 
FUNCTIONS
Centre hour, minute and seconds hands
Stop seconds for precise time setting
BRACELET
Khaki-green and beige fabric strap with bronze buckle
Additional aged brown leather strap with bronze buckle included in the box

Unique piece. Exclusive Only Watch 2017


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Thursday, September 14, 2017

GIRARD-PERREGAUX – BRIDGES Tri-Axial Planetarium Gold


GIRARD-PERREGAUXBRIDGES Tri-Axial Planetarium Gold 48 mm Unique piece


Tri-Axial Planetarium
Dance of the cosmos

The majestic high-speed Tri-Axial tourbillon by Girard-Perregaux welcomes two captivating, delicately miniature-painted complications: a rotating globe with day/night indication and a precision moon-phase display. The watches in this Fine Watchmaking bear the technical and aesthetic signature of the Swiss Manufacture. A complex structure revealed by an iconic and luminous design
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Girard-Perregaux has been defying gravity for 150 years and once again demonstrates its mastery of high-precision movements. The three-dimensional Planetarium watch combines a Tri-Axial tourbillon, a globe performing one full turn in 24 hours and an astronomical moon phase.

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Cleverly combining technical expertise, iconic design and traditional craftsmanship, it distils the essence of the Girard-Perregaux DNA: arrow-shaped gold bridges, a lyre-shaped tourbillon carriage, sapphire domes and a side opening enabling light to flood into this supserbly refined mechanism.

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A sidereal trio

The tourbillon, an ingenious device compensating for the effects of gravity on a mechanical watch, is a speciality of Girard-Perregaux, which developed an innovative and sophisticated version in 2014 – the Tri-Axial Tourbillon – that joined other previous interpretations such as the bi-axial tourbillon. As its name implies, this high-speed tourbillon is equipped with a regulator operating on three rotation axes instead of just one.

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This featherweight 1.24-gram,140-part movement comprises an inner lyre-shaped carriage – a signature of the Maison since 1880 – performing one rotation per minute.

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It is fitted inside a structure spinning on a second axis in 30-second cycles. Both are in turn incorporated within a third structure revolving once ever two minutes on yet another axis. The result is a mesmerising choreography entirely dedicated to conquering precision.

Reaching for the Moon

Two astronomical complications join the dance. The globe with its 24-hour rotation provides an instant reading of the time around the world. Set to 12 o’clock (noon), the arrow indicator positioned at the base of the 13 mm-diameter aluminium sphere serves to show where it is daytime on the dial side, and where it is night-time, on the back. Hand-crafted using the miniature painting technique, its cartography depicts the world as it was in 1791, the year the brand was created.

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The equally micro-painted lunar disc picks up the 17th century selenography at the time the telescope was invented, beautifully matching the blue shades of the rotating globe and reproducing the moon as we see it. Equipped with a precision mechanism, the astronomical moon-phase indicator requires adjustment only once every 122 years, by means of a dedicated corrector at 2 o’clock.

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Dream-like visions

The 48 mm-diameter pink gold case is endowed with all the attributes of Girard-Perregaux Fine Watchmaking: an imposing curved case middle, a bevelled bezel and cambered lugs. Water-resistant to 30 metres, it is topped by a three-part sapphire crystal, with two domes providing space for the rotation of the tri-axial tourbillon and the globe. The transparent case-back and the side opening in the case ensure a perfect view of this complex mechanism, literally flooding it with light.

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Equipped with hand-winding Manufacture GP09310-0001 calibre ensuring a 70-hour power reserve, the Planetarium with Tri-Axial tourbillon drives the hours, minutes, moon-phase and day/night functions. These indications are displayed on a guilloché silver-toned dial bearing a motif evoking Earth’s meridians and punctuated by pink gold numerals and hour-markers swept over by dauphine-type hands.

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This movement visible through the transparent screw-down back is adorned with meticulous hand-crafted finishing and the iconic signature characteristics of the Maison: arrow-shaped bridges, along with the engraved eagle symbol holding the brand insignia. The rear baseplate is sandblasted and black PVD-treated to accentuate the ‘night’ side of the day/night indicator, thus making a striking contrast with the silver-toned guilloché dial.

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The Planetarium Tri-Axial watch is fitted with a black alligator leather strap with a pink gold folding clasp.

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Technical Specifications

Collection: BRIDGES 

Model: Tri-Axial Planetarium
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Ref. 99290-52-151-BA6A

Case
Material:
pink gold
Diameter: 48
mm
Thickness: 18.66
mm (21.52 mm including the domes)
Case-back:
glare proofed sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 30 metres (3 ATM)
Dial

Silver-toned, guilloché
Hands:
Dauphine-type hands
Sapphire crystal:
glare proofed with two domes to highlight the tourbillon and the globe
Movement
Reference: GP09310-0001,
mechanical manual-winding movement
Diameter:
36.10 mm (16’’’)
Thickness: 16.87 mm
Frequency: 21,600 vph – (3 Hz)
Number of components: 386
Watch jewels: 42
Power reserve: min. 60 hours
Functions: 

Tri-Axial tourbillon, hours, minutes,
moon-phase and day/night indicators
Tri-Axial Tourbillon Carriage
One complete revolution in two minutes
140 components, 1.24 grams
Strap
Material:
hand-stitched black alligator leather
Clasp: pink gold triple folding clasp.


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International PR : christine.giotto@girard-perregaux.com
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