Saturday, May 19, 2018

OMEGA – Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M – Volvo Ocean Race Edition



OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M "Deep Black" Co-Axial Master Chronometer Chronograph 45.5 mm – Volvo Ocean Race Limited Edition

Unveiling the Volvo Ocean Race winner’s watch

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

OMEGA goes onshore in Newport to present the Limited Edition timepiece.

As the Official Timekeeper of the Volvo Ocean Race, OMEGA has been keeping a precise eye on this year’s action at sea. The sailor’s have now stopped in Newport, Rhode Island, to complete Leg 8 of the race, and OMEGA celebrated the moment by unveiling its newly-designed winner’s watch.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black Volvo Ocean Race Limited Edition
====

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

The Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black “Volvo Ocean Race” Limited Edition will be presented to the winning team of this year’s race when it concludes in The Hague in June. The timepiece will also be available publicly, but only 73 models have been created overall (in tribute to the year that the Ocean Race first began).

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

▲ Blair Tuke, Peter Burling, Jean-Claude Monachon, Richard Brisius, Arnaud Michon
===

Raynald Aeschlimann, President and CEO of OMEGA, recently spoke about the watch and said, “OMEGA has loved following this exciting and unique race so far. We wanted our winner’s watch to be as beautifully designed as the boats themselves, and also precise and robust to reflect the tough sailing conditions that the competitors face. I think the Deep Black is the perfect way to do this and we’re looking forward to presenting it to the winning team.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO


▲ Peter Burling, Jean-Claude Monachon, Blair Tuke
===

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

Driven by the Master Chronometer Calibre 9900, the 45.50 mm timepiece is a divers’ chronograph with a black rubber strap. The casebody has been crafted from black ceramic, while red rubber has been used to cover the first 15 minutes of the unidirectional bezel. Liquidmetal™ then completes the rest of the diving scale.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

▲ Blair Tuke & Peter Burling
===
Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

The brushed black ceramic dial includes each Limited Edition number, as well as 18K white gold hour-minute hands and indexes. On the subdial at 3 o’clock, OMEGA has included a red Volvo Ocean Race ring with coloured hands and number 12. Another reference to the event can be found on the oriented caseback, where OMEGA has included the official “Volvo Ocean Race” logo.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

The chronograph model is driven by the OMEGA Master Chronometer Calibre 9900. This sits behind an oriented caseback built with OMEGA’s NAIAD LOCK system so that the wording aligns pleasingly in position. As this model will be presented to the winners of the race, an official “Volvo Ocean Race” logo is also included on the caseback.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO

As well as having a Volvo Ocean Race logo on the caseback, the watch includes a Master Chronometer Calibre 9900 and is presented on a black rubber strap with red stitching.

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO


Because the famous sailing event first began in 1973, only 73 versions of this watch have been created.

-----------------------------
Technical Specifications

Model: SPEEDMASTER Planet Ocean 600M – Volvo Ocean Race Edition

Click, to see the large size. BIG FOTO



Ref.  215.92.46.51.01.002

Technical Data

Movement:
OMEGA Co-Axial Master Chronometer Cal. 9900
Watch officially certified by METAS
Self-winding in both directions
Jewels: 54 
Frequency: 28’800 A/h (4 Hz)
Power reserve: 60 hours
Magnetic resistant: 15’000 Gauss
OMEGA column wheel chronograph mechanism 
Features
  • Time zone function
  • Silicon “Si14” balance spring
  • OMEGA free sprung-balance
  • Co-Axial Escapement, 3 levels
  • 2 barrels mounted in series
Functions
Hours, minutes, small second, date, chronograph 
Case
Black ceramic
Diameter: 45.50 mm
Screw-in crown wit h ;  
Bezel: Black ceramic
Domed scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Water resistance: – 60 bar (600 metres / 2000 feet)
Features
    Chronograph
    Chronometer
    Date
    Anti-magnetic
    Small seconds
    Liquidmetal™
    Helium escape valve
    Screw-in crown
    Unidirectional rotating bezel
Dial
Black with white indexes
Hands: Hands with whit e Super-LumiNova
White sconds hands with varnished red tip
Display
Central hour-minute hands, small-seconds at 9H, date windows at 6H
Central chronograph seconds hand, 60-minute and 12-hour recorder at 3H
Strap
Black with redrubber, on steel folding clasp
Between Lugs: 22 mm


🔰Limited Edition - Only 73 pieces.


----------------------------------------------------------------
www.facebook.com - Omega
------------------------------------------------------------------
www.OmegaWatches.com

Friday, May 18, 2018

GREUBEL FORSEY – Quadruple Tourbillon Black Edition




















GREUBEL FORSEY Quadruple Tourbillon Black ADLC Titanium Limited Edition

Quadruple Tourbillon Black

This timepiece that showcases the second Fundamental Invention is today presented with a case
made of titanium, a material that reduces the weight of the timepiece and thus ensures greater comfort.


Click , to see the large size. BIG FOTO










































Entirely covered with a black ADLC treatment that makes it more resistant to scratches, this timepiece has a powerful visual impact from the very first glance.



Hand-finishing by Greubel Forsey

For this Timepiece, Greubel Forsey presents a rare view of the barrel-polished tourbillon cage, showing this minuscule piece as a paragon of meticulous work with no hint of even the slightest imperfection.

Click , to see the large size. BIG FOTO


































Technically, the four tourbillons offer a spectacle of astonishing elegance as they perform an ethereal, perfectly choreographed ballet, connected to a spherical differential, they contribute independently to obtaining a precise and reliable timing rate, especially in stable positions. The spherical differential transmits the average timing rate of the four tourbillons, thus improving the chronometric performance of all the regulating organs.

Click , to see the large size. BIG FOTO








































In view of the impressive number of individual elements making up the movement, the case has been sculpted with an asymmetric form. An asymmetry that forms an aesthetic reflection of the asynchronous dynamic of the four tourbillons.

-----------------------------------------
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Quadruple Tourbillon

Limited edition of 8 pieces in black ADLC titanium
Hand-wound movement with patented tourbillon

Click , to see the large size. BIG FOTO









































Quadruple Tourbillon • hours and minutes • small seconds •
4-minutes outer-tourbillons rotation • power-reserve


Movement
Movement dimensions
• Diameter : 36.40 mm
• Thickness : 9.70 mm
Number of parts
Movement : 534 parts
4 tourbillon cages : 261 parts
• Total weight of the cages : 2.26 g
• Spherical differential : 28 parts
Number of jewels • 63
• Olived-domed jewels in gold chatons
Chronometric power reserve • 50 hours
Barrels • Two series-coupled fast rotating barrels
(1 turn in 3.2 hours), one of which is equipped with a slipping spring to avoid excess tension
Balance wheel • Variable-inertia with white gold mean-time screws
(10.70 mm diameter)
Frequency 21’600 vibrations/hour
Balance spring
• Phillips terminal curve
• Geneva-style stud
Main plates
• Nickel silver, spotted with polished bevelling and
countersinks, straight-grained flanks, nickel-palladium treatment
Bridges
• Nickel silver, frosted and spotted with polished bevelling and countersinks, straight-grained flanks, nickel-palladium treatment
• Gold plate engraved with the individual number
• Two steel tourbillon bridges (movement side): flat black polished with hand-polished bevelling and countersinks
• Two synthetic sapphire tourbillon bridges (dial side)
Inner tourbillons
• Inclined at a 30° angle, 1 rotation per minute
Outer tourbillons
• 1 rotation in 4 minutes
• Hand-bevelled and openworked cage pillars
• 1 gold counterweight per double cage bearing the individual number of the timepiece
Gearing
• Involute circle profile
• Conical gearing with profiled teeth
Displays
  •  Hours and minutes
  •  Small seconds on a sector (mean performance)
  •  50-hours power reserve on a sector
  •  240-seconds outer-tourbillon rotation (on one of the outer cages)
Exterior
Case

• In black ADLC titanium with asymmetrical convex synthetic sapphire crystal
• Transparent back with asymmetrical convex synthetic sapphire crystal
• Lateral window with shaped synthetic sapphire crystal
• Three-dimensional, variable geometry-shaped lugs
• Raised polished engraving “Quadruple” and “Greubel Forsey” on a hand-punched background
• Gold security screws
• Polished bezel, caseband with hand-finished straight graining
• Engraved individual number
Case dimensions
• Diameter : 43.50 mm
• Height : 16.11 mm
Water resistance of the case
• Water-resistant 3 atm - 30 m - 100 ft
(standard NIHS 92-20/SN ISO 22810:2010)
Crown
• In black ADLC titanium with engraved and GF logo
Dial
• Multi-level in gold, black colour
• Gold hour markers
• Gold display sectors
• Gold GF logo
Hands
• Hours and minutes in polished gold, with Super-LumiNova
• Small seconds, 240-seconds and power-reserve in polished gold
Strap and clasp
• Black rubber or hand-sewn alligator
• Black ADLC titanium folding clasp, engraved with the GF logo

Limited edition of 8 pieces.

-----------------------------
Press Release - 2018
-----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
GREUBEL FORSEY SA
For further information: 
Communication Department 
press@greubelforsey.com – +41 79 194 2884
Eplatures-Grise -16 P.O. Box 670 
2301 La Chaux-de-Fonds - Switzerland
+41 32 925-4545
+41 32 925-4502
----------------------------------------------------------------------
www.facebook.com - Greubel Forsey
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
www.GreubelForsey.com