BLANCPAIN – WOMEN Ultraplate Saint-Valentin 2018 Edition

BLANCPAIN – WOMEN Ultraplate Saint-Valentin 2018 Limited Edition

A Blancpain anthem to love

For Valentine’s Day, Blancpain once again proclaims its love for women by introducing a passionate timepiece especially dedicated to them.

The backdrop for the dial of this new watch designed to mark the day of love and romance is a mother-of-pearl sky sprinkled with 19 diamonds and four rubies, all brilliant-cut and secured using the “star-setting” technique. This type of gemsetting involves using a metal base in order to drive the stone into the dial. For the very first time in the Blancpain collections, the exquisite sapphire moon phase has been placed at a sloping angle at 6 o’clock.

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It is adorned with a slender border and the opening features a softly rounded shape. This moon with its unmistakably feminine face is an amusing nod to history, since the artificial mole of “beauty spot”, known as a mouche for its similarity to a fly appearing at the corner of its smiling mouth, was regarded in 18th century France as symbolizing a playfully teasing attitude. Mouches were used by ladies of the Court as a message to their suitors that differed according to where these coquettish signs were placed.

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The moon phase is a horological complication that had almost vanished from the scene until Blancpain reintroduced it in the early 1980s. Since then, it has become a signature of the Manufacture. The depiction of the lunar cycle on the dial of this watch evokes the ancestral ties between watchmaking and astronomy. The face of the moon corresponds to the current lunar phase. The mechanism consists of a 59-tooth wheel, the equivalent of two complete 29.5-day lunar cycles, which is why the moon appears twice on the disk driven by this wheel. The minutes and hours hands are shaped like cut-out sage leaves, while the seconds hand takes the form of a Cupid’s arrow.

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The steel case measures 29.20 mm in diameter. Its bezel is adorned with 48 diamonds and the lugs with 20, while the crown is set with an imposing rose-cut diamond.

Cutting-edge technical sophistication

At the heart of this model beats the self-winding 913L movement. The latter is equipped with a glucydur balance wheel fitted with gold micrometric regulating screws and a balance spring in silicon. This material recently introduced within the watch industry offers several important advantages.

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Firstly, its low density makes it lighter and thus more shock-resistant. In addition, it is impervious to magnetic fields. The resulting balance spring is ideally shaped, thereby ensuring improved isochronism performance of the movement and resulting in enhanced timekeeping precision.

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The sapphire caseback of this watch conceals a secret reserved for its owner, since the rhodium-plated yellow gold oscillating weight is adorned with a heart pierced by countless sunbeams as well as an arrow.

This Villeret Valentine’s Day 2018 model, fitted with a vivid red alligator leather strap, is available in a limited edition of 99 individually engraved and numbered watches.

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Technical data

Model: WOMEN Ultraplate Saint-Valentin 2018 Edition

References:  6105A-4654-55A - Stainless steel

Limited Edition of 99 piece

Complications
Ultra-slim  
Specificities Ultraplate
∙ moon phases
∙ seconds
∙ mother-of-pearl dial set with rubies and diamonds
∙ self-winding
Secured movement
Self-winding Calibre 913L

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Alternances: 21.600 beats/hour (3 Hrz)
Power reserve in hours: 40 hours
Calibre diameter:  23.70 mm
Calibre thickness:  4.00 mm
Jewels:  20
Seconde
Mouvement sécurisé
Spiral en silicium
Composants:   217 Pces
Case
Stainless steel
Bezel and lugs are set with diamonds 58
Bezel set with 1 row of diamonds 38
Case thickness:    10.35 mm
Case diameter:    29.20 mm
Engraved on the - "BLANCPAIN" - № 0Х/99"
Water resistance:    3.00 bar
Back:   Sapphire crystal
Dial
Rubies and diamond-set decorated in white mother-of-pearl
set with 19 diamonds (heart 4 Rubies) 0.025 carat(s)
Moon phases at 6 o’clock.
Strap/Bracelet
Red "Alizarin Crimson"Alligator lined with alzavel strap (Interhorn space 15 mm)
Pin buckle: Stainless steel decorated in 0.016 carat(s)

Total carat weight: 0.829 carat(s) 46 Diamants
Dial: 0.092 carat(s)
Case: 0.721 carat(s)
Clasp: 0.016 carat(s)

Limited edition of 99 piece


*Each bar corresponds to a 10-metre water column.
* Blancpain reserves the right to modify this model and its technical characteristics.

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SEIKO – Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 GMT Automatic Edition

SEIKO – Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 GMT Automatic Edition

A new Grand Seiko Hi-beat 36000 GMT creation, 

inspired by the beauty of the peacock

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A new limited edition for the discerning world traveler

The peacock is a bird that has inspired many ideas and myths throughout history. The ancients believed that peacocks symbolized immortality, while other cultures have seen renewal and even the ability to be all-seeing in this beautiful bird. All over the world, the peacock continues to intrigue and fascinate mankind. Once seen, a peacock’s plumage is never forgotten and its beauty is universally acknowledged.

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The dial of the latest Grand Seiko Hi-beat 36000 captures this beauty. With its deep green color and stamped pattern, the dial is at once striking and yet subtle. The case and movement are the same as in the celebrated watch that won the "Petite Aiguille” award prize at the Grand Prix de Genève in 2014.The hi-beat GMT movement 9S86 is assembled in the Shizukuishi Watch Studio where all Grand Seiko mechanical watches are manufactured and assembled, by hand, by the studio’s craftsmen and women.

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In both performance and appearance, it expresses the very best of Seiko’s mechanical watchmaking. The caliber has a high accuracy of +5 to -3 seconds a day and a power reserve of 55 hours. The GMT hand can be used as a dual time indicator with the hour hand being adjustable independently as the time of day hands continue to mark time. It is the perfect watch for the international traveler.

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The case is a contemporary re-interpretation of the acclaimed 44GS design from 1967 that set the Grand Seiko style. Like every Grand Seiko watch, it offers highly polished, distortion-free surfaces, razor edged hands for high legibility and perfect comfort on the wrist.

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The distortion-free surfaces are achieved with Zaratsu polishing, a technique that requires the greatest skill and hand craftsmanship

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Technical specifications

Model: Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 Limited Edition

Ref. SBGJ227

Movement
Caliber 9S86
    Driving system: Automatic with manual winding mechanism
    Vibrations: 36,000 vibrations per hour (10 beats per second)
    Accuracy:  +5 to -3 seconds per day (when static)
    Normal usage accuracy:  +8 to -1 seconds per day
    Power reserve: 55 hours
    GMT hand
    Number of jewels: 37

Specifications
    Stainless steel case and bracelet with three-fold clasp with push button release
    High definition dual-curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
    Screw see-through case back
    Water resistance: 10 bar.
    Magnetic resistance: 4,800 A/m
    Diameter: 40.0mm,
    Thickness: 14.4mm

Approximate recommended retail price in Europe: 7,700 Euro

Limited edition of 700 pcs

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