KEES Engelbarts – Organic Skeleton Bronze Tourbillon – Unique Piece

KEES Engelbarts – Organic Skeleton Bronze Tourbillon – Unique Piece

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High-End Skeleton Swiss Watch

Geneva based Dutchman Kees Engelbarts creates unique hand made watches. Engelbarts uses an ancient Japanese technique called "MOKUME GANE", which literally means "wood grain metal". Kees Engelbarts, initially a hand-engraver is until today commissioned by various high-end Swiss Watch Brands to engrave dials, movements, cases etc.

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In 1997 he decided to begin creating his own watches thinking; Why should a watch wear the name of the watchmaker (the technician) if the important thing is aesthetic aspect of the watch; the engraved dial or the beautifully decorated movement? Wouldn't it be more logical to name the watch after its creator? This reasoning proved Engelbarts right; he creates unique watches for people that are looking for "something different".

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Kees makes only very few pieces per year using only the best materials and movements for his watches. When you have a close look at a watch made by Kees Engelbarts you can tell that it has been made by hand with passion and love. For Kees Engelbarts "hand made" is not just a marketing slogan.

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Crafted from bronze, this one-of-a-kind high horology masterpiece by Kees Engelbarts houses a skeletonised manual winding double barrel movement featuring a tourbillon at 9ó clock.

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Beating at 28,800 vph this 27 jewels organic Skelton movement is decorated, hand-finished and red gold plated.

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Its skeletonised dial features blued hour and minute hands. Measuring 43.mm diameter, its bronze case features brushed matt finish.

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The case is fitted with sapphire crystal glass on both front and rear side.

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The Bronze Tourbillon is worn on a brown alligator leather strap with solid bronze buckle. Price on request

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Technical details

Model: Organic Skeleton Bronze Tourbillon - Pièce Unique

Case
Material: Bronze
Brushed Matte Finish
Diameter: 43,5 mm
Glass: Sapphire Crystal Both Sides with
Caseback: Double Anti-Reflection Treatment
Case back secured with 6 screws
Case-back ring, engraved with “KEES Engelbarts - Unique Piece”
Movement
Manual-Wound Twin Barrel Tourbillon (9 o'clock position)
TechnoTime movement (base Calibre TT791)
27 Jewels
Frequency: 28'800 Bph (4 Hrz)
5-days power reserve (120h)
Organic Skeleton
Red Gold Plated
Decorated and Finished by Hand
Functions: 
Hour, minutes 
Dial
Organic skeleton
White gold/silver hand-engraved and etched
Hands: Hand-made, blued steel pink oxidized
Twin Barrel Tourbillon (9 o'clock position)
Strap  
Hand-stitched brown alligator leather both sides
Solid bronze buckle

Price  
On request

Presentation Box:
Macassar ebony white leather interior

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Contact Info
Email: mail@kees.ch
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IWC – PORTUGIESER Chronographe Rattrapante Edition «Boutique Geneve»

IWC Schaffhausen – PORTUGIESER Chronographe Rattrapante Edition «Boutique Geneve»

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IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN OPENS BOUTIQUE 

IN TOP LOCATION IN GENEVA

Schaffhausen, 6 July 2017 – IWC Schaffhausen is moving its Geneva boutique to a new location in the Rue du Rhône. Watch enthusiasts in Geneva and international visitors to the city on the Rhône will now be able to discover the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer’s six watch families in a luxury setting covering 100 square metres in a prime location. To celebrate the opening of this new boutique, IWC is launching a limited-edition Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante model that will only be available in the Geneva boutique.

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Geneva is famous throughout the world as the home of a number of international organizations and conferences. Switzerland’s second-largest city is also the historic centre of the country’s watch industry. “I am delighted that we have found a new home for our timepieces with this boutique in a prime high-visibility location, a home that truly reflects the status of the IWC brand and the importance of the city of Geneva,” says Linus Fuchs, IWC Managing Director Switzerland.

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The new IWC boutique is located on the ground floor of the Globus building at 48 Rue du Rhône. It has an attract­ ive layout with sales and lounge areas on different levels.

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The interior features the typically elegant IWC design, with soft beige tones, dark wood accents, glass and natural stone, and, with 100 square metres of space, offers enough room for an in-house watchmaker, who will be on hand to assist customers with any technical matters.

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To mark the occasion of the opening, IWC is launching a special-edition timepiece that is limited to 50 watches. The Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante Edition “Boutique Genève” (Ref. IW371221)

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takes up the tradition established by the first Portugieser Chronograph Rattrapante, introduced by IWC in 1995. The double chronograph­ features a split-seconds hand that allows two separate times to be recorded simultaneously.

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This model features a stainless-steel case and striking feuille hands and appli-quéd Arabic numerals that are both rose-gold-plated. A telemeter scale is printed on the flange at the edge of the black dial, while a tachymeter scale is printed on the inner ring.

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The watch is powered by the hand-wound 76240-calibre movement with a 44-hour power reserve. The words “Cé qu’è lainô”, the title of Geneva’s anthem from after the year 1602, are engraved on the back of the watch.

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 This model is fitted with a brown alligator leather strap with a folding clasp and is now available exclusively at the new IWC Boutique­ Geneva.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  PORTUGIESER Chronographe Rattrapante Edition «Boutique Geneve» 

REF. IW371221
Limited to 50 watches

FEATURES
Mechanical double chronograph movement
– Stopwatch function with minutes and seconds
– Small hacking seconds
– Split-seconds hand for intermediate timing
Limited to 50 watches

MOVEMENT
IWC-manufactured calibre 76240
Frequency: 28,800 A/h | 4 Hz
Jewels: 31
Power reserve: 44 h
Winding: Automatic
Flyback chronograph
WATCH
Materials - Stainless-steel case
Diameter: 40.9 mm
Height: 12.3 mm
DIAL
Black dial, with Arabic numeral rose-gold-plated
Small hacking seconds
Glass: Sapphire, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
Case-back ring, engraved with “IWC - “PORTUGIESER– EDITION GENÈVE” - **/50“
 In the center of the lid is the engraving "Cé qu'è lainô".
 Screw-in crown
Water-resistant: 3 bar
STRAP
Brown  alligator leather strap.
Stainless-steel folding clasp

Limited Edition  to only 50 pieces


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Baumgartenstrasse 15 ·
CH-8201 Schaffhausen
Phone +41 (0)52 235 75 65 ·
Fax +41 (0)52 235 75 01 ·
Mobile  +41 (0)79 957 72 52
E-mail  info@iwc.com
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