Thursday, July 5, 2018

SPEAKE-MARIN – Cabinet des Mysteres


SPEAKE-MARIN Art-SeriesCabinet des Mystères  Unique Edition

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Speake-Marin at your service to create and develop unique timepieces or limited editions on demand.

A “TRUE LUXURY” SERVICE

Speake-Marin, as an independent watchmaking brand, has the flexibility and the internal resources to design, develop, decorate and assemble timepieces on demand.

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   Speake-Marin has indeed its own creation studio which creates watches, dials, hands, movement finishing and decorations for years.

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The studio draws its inspiration from Speake-Marin brand heritage (British, hand shapes, Roman numerals, and skulls). Thus, the creation studio keeps re-inventing pieces that will feed the Speake-Marin DNA.

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Besides, Speake-Marin owns its dedicated workshop, which can develop customized movements or complications, decorate, engrave and assemble specific watches.

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Thanks to these assets and a team who is dedicated to please its client expectations, Speake-Marin proposes incredible timepieces through its “Cabinet des Mystères” offer.

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CLIENT IS KING

How does it work?

    The client can come either with a precise design or either with a project which requires to be developed. Speake-Marin takes time to listen to its client needs? Is it a unique piece?

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Do we look for a limited edition for a specific event? For which purpose? It could be a wedding anniversary, a gift for a birthday, a specific creation to celebrate somebody or pay tribute to a community, a culture.

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Once the project is defined, our creative studio starts a research phase that will generate different design axis. Three to five different drawings are usually presented to the client.

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One will be selected only. It will be then refined and re-worked with every single detail: decoration, finishing, engravings, colours, typefaces, material… each step is thought and discusssed to please the client.

A SPECIFIC PROCESS

Speake-Marin workshop has thought this service to be able to deliver the client within 14 weeks once the project is validated by the client in terms of design and cost.

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Speake-Marin has set up a specific organization so as “Cabinet des Mystères” clients can be handled quickly.

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The “Cabinet des Mystères” exclusive creations showcase Speake-Marin in-house manufacture movements only.

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Speake-Marin local retailers and head office help the client to define the creation of his dream, To get more information about this exceptional service, please contact your nearest retailer.

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CONTACT : Anne Jezequel | anne@speake-marin.com | 0041 21 695 26
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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Glashütte Original – VINTAGE Sixtie & Sixtie Panorama Date Green Edition

















Glashütte OriginalVINTAGE Sixtie & Sixtie Panorama Date Green Dégradé Dials Automatic Steel - Annual Edition



Glashütte Original presents cool retro chic in stylish green 
The new Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date models


It’s tempting, is it not? To recall the days when one could take his own sweet time to choose and enjoy a thing of beauty. The 1960s have inspired this year's annual edition – two dazzling, desirable additions to the Sixties Collection from Glashütte Original: the new Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date, with stunning green dégradé dials crafted in the watchmaker’s own dial manufactory, which will only be available for a limited period of one year.

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Made for the man and woman with an appreciative eye for exceptional objects from eras when most were made by hand from the finest materials available. A person of culture and refined tastes who values iconic pieces from iconic brands that live on in the present. A culture that saw a wealth of innovation in everything from watchmaking to furniture, music and fashion.

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A fan of iconic Sixties design, its geometric forms and eye-catching colours, he’s well aware of the inspirational Spezimatic, made in Glashütte in the swinging sixties and presented in a series of sought-after models that still breath the spirit of the times.

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And for all these reasons he’s taking a long, appreciative look today at the Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date, the most recent enhancements of the Sixties collection from Glashütte Original.

The real thing

The domed sapphire crystals, curved hands and idiosyncratic Arabic numerals are signature features of the Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date. What most strikes the eye is the dazzling, seductive, retro-cool green of the dial. Its unusual “dégradé effect” sees the colour shade from a lighter centre to the darker, domed periphery of the dial.

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As a further example of exceptional authenticity: the Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date dials feature a finely textured surface achieved with the use of original tools and methods. With the help of a 60-tonne press the dial blank is imprinted with the intricate pattern of a guilloche stamp.

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Known as “dies”, the originals are held in the dial manufactory archives in Pforzheim. As for the dégradé effect, the process begins with the application of a galvanic base coat, followed by layers of coloured lacquer.

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In a final step, black lacquer is carefully applied using a special spray gun, which produces – depending on the angle at which the gun is held – an individual colour gradient that renders each dial unique.

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The lacquered dials are then fired at high temperature to burn in the colour. Connoisseurs of the Saxon watchmaker’s Sixties Iconic and Sixties Iconic Square Collections and their striking coloured dials will doubtless savour this latest addition to the spectrum.

In-house dialmaking expertise

Despite the fact that life in Glashütte in the 1960s was something of a challenge, such exceptional creations as the iconic “Spezimatic” series of mechanical watches saw the light of day. First introduced in 1964, a number of Spezimatic models made use of dials manufactured in Pforzheim. The relationship with Pforzheim, which began more than 50 years ago, was reinforced in 2006 with the purchase of the dialmaker by Swatch Group, and strengthened again when Glashütte Original assumed direct ownership.

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Today, full integration of the dialmaker's expertise allows Glashütte Original to develop exclusive, contemporary dial designs that meet the watchmaker's extremely high standards of quality.

Manufactory movements

The new Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date are powered by manufactory designed and built automatic movements, the 39-47 and the 39-52, respectively. The signature Glashütte Original Panorama Date is positioned on the central vertical axis in the lower half of the dial.

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The three-hand model is housed in a polished 39 mm stainless steel case whereas the model with Panorama Date comes in a 42 mm stainless steel case.

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A black calf-skin strap and pin buckle complete the design. Both timepieces are available in Glashütte Original Boutiques and from selected retailers worldwide only for the limited time of one year.

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Technical details

Collection : VINTAGE 

Models Sixtie Stainless Steel 39 mm 
Louisiana Alligator leather strap black

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Reference: 1-39-52-03-02-04

Case
Diameter: Ø 39 mm
Height: 9.4 mm
Material: stainless steel
Strap: 19/16 mm
Waterproof up to: 3 bar
Glass: sapphire crystal, both sides anti-reflective
Bottom: sapphire crystal
Dial
Diameter: Ø display 33 mm,
with imprint pattern, varnished in green and black with dégradé effect, white
Arabic numerals, diamond-cut hour markers with luminous spots
Hands: partially with Super-LumiNova
Movement
Automatic movement, CALIBRE 39-52
Dimensions: Ø 26 mm, height 4.3 mm
Balance: smooth balance rim
Oscillating frequency: 28,800 vph, equivalent to 4 Hz
Power reserve: 40 hours (+/- 5 %)
Balance spring: Anachron
Shock protection: Incabloc
Jewels: 25 jewel bearings
Additional details:
Automatic winding, hour/minute/second (central), second stop, exquisitely finished
movement, polished steel parts, polished screws, plate/balance cock/rotor with
Glashütte stripe finish, bevelled edges, skeletonized rotor with 21-ct gold oscillation
weight, swan-neck fine adjustment
Strap
Louisiana Alligator leather strap black* W682031208
Width: 19/16 mm

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Technical details

Collection : VINTAGE 

Models Sixtie Panorama Date Stainless Steel 42 mm 
Louisiana Alligator leather strap black

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Reference: 2-39-47-04-02-04

Case
Diameter: Ø 42 mm
Height: 12.4 mm
Material: stainless steel
Strap: 20/18 mm
Waterproof up to: 3 bar
Glass: sapphire crystal, both sides anti-reflective
Bottom: sapphire crystal
Dial
Diameter: Ø display 36.2 mm,
with imprint pattern, varnished in green and black with dégradé effect, white
Arabic numerals, diamond-cut hour markers with luminous spots
Hands: partially with Super-LumiNova
Movement
Automatic movement, CALIBRE 39-47
Dimensions: Ø 30.95 mm, height 5.9 mm
Balance: smooth balance rim
Oscillating frequency: 28,800 vph, equivalent to 4 Hz
Power reserve: 40 hours (+/- 5 %)
Balance spring: Anachron
Shock protection: Incabloc
Jewels: 39 jewel bearings
Additional details:
Automatic winding, hour/minute/second (central), Panorama Date, second stop, exquisi-
tely finished movement, polished steel parts, polished screws, plate/balance cock/rotor
with Glashütte stripe finish, bevelled edges, skeletonized rotor with 21-ct gold oscillation
weight, swan-neck fine adjustment
Strap
Louisiana Alligator leather strap black* W682027739
Width: 20/19 mm


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For further information please contact:
Glashütte Original I Press Office
Altenberger Straße 1 I D-01768 Glashütte i. Sa.
Telephone: +49 (0) 350 53 46 - 0
E-Mail: pr@glashuette-original.com
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