Franck Muller – VANGUARD™ Tourbillon Minute Repeater Gold

Franck Muller – VANGUARD™ Tourbillon Minute Repeater Pink Gold

The New Vanguard™

Tourbillon Minute Repeater

Confirming its reputation of Master of Complications, Franck Muller has produced an extraordinary openworked minute repeater. The combination of Haute Horlogerie craftsmanship and high expertise allowed Franck Muller to manufacture this incredibly complicated movement. A magical complication to reflect the savoir-faire and creativity of Franck Muller.

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Powered by a manual mechanical movement of 389 components and 33 jewels that is wholly designed in-house, the timepiece features an impressive power reserve of 60 hours. Furthermore, the Vanguard Tourbillon Minute Repeater features a large watch case built to accommodate the space needed by the complex movement.

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The Minute Repeater mechanism can be activated at will by means of a slide-bottom situated at 8 o’clock. The hammers chime two gongs, sounding the hours, quarters and minutes.

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This newly skeletonized timepiece showcases the incredible Franck Muller savoir-faire in one of the most complex feats of watchmaking. It embodies the fantastic match between innovation, modern design and the respect of the Haute Horlogerie traditions.

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Technical details

Model: VANGUARD™ Tourbillon Minute Repeater 

Case 
Pink Gold 18 carat
Width 46 mm x Length 55.90 mm x Height 13.70 mm
Water-resistance: 3 ATM
Movement 
Manual mechanical movement
Caliber FM-3300 VRS
36.5 тт, height: 6.91 mm
389 components
33 jewels
60 hours of power reserve
18’000 vibrations/hour
Hand chamfered and lacquered
Dial
Skeleton
Open-face dial
Functions Minute repeater
Hours, minutes and seconds at 6 o’clock with the tourbillon
Winding crown in 2 positions

Available:
White gold

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Strap 
Alligator strap with deployant buckle


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Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius - Unique

Christiaan Van Der Klaauw – ATELIER CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius Rose Gold 40 Edition - Unique piece

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THE MASTERPIECE PLANETARIUM 

ZODIAC SIGN SAGITTARIUS

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The unique CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius. The beautifully engraved dial bears the signature of Kees Engelbarts, the famous master hand-engraver. Only one watch will be made of each zodiac sign. A ‘pièce unique’.

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This is the ultimate way to carry the universe closely to your heart. Our in-house designed module gives you the smallest mechanical heliocentric planetarium in the world. It displays real time the solar orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

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The planetarium is customized with colored hand painted planets. It also shows you the minutes, hours, date and month. The result is a magnificent spectacle that continues to fascinate in all its complex mechanical beauty.

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This is astronomical watchmaking at the highest level, intricately designed and executed. Our Planetarium is one of the most complicated watches in our collection, a fitting tribute to the grand masters of planetarium design such as Nicolaas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Christiaan Huygens and Eise Eisinga.

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This smallest mechanical Planetarium in the world is located at the 12 o’clock position.

The Sun Ⓖ is positioned exactly in the middle of the Planetarium. The planet closest to the Sun is Mercury. Mercury is followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

The planets orbit around the Sun as follows:

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• Ⓗ  Mercury - 87.97 days
• Ⓘ  Venus - 224.70 days
• Ⓙ  Earth - 365.24 days
• Ⓚ  Mars - 686.98 days
• Ⓛ  Jupiter - 11.86 years
• Ⓜ  Saturn - 29.46 years

The CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius.
The dial is formed by one of the twelve signs of the Zodiac.
The beautifully crafted dial was made by Kees Engelbarts, the famous master hand-engraver.
Only one watch will be made of every Zodiac sign.
As such, this watch is a so-called ‘pièce unique’ and by its very nature a collectors item.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: ATELIER 

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Model:  CVDK Planetarium Zodiac Sign Sagittarius - Unique

Movement Type: Automatic mechanical
Calibre: CVDK1196,
35 jewels, twin barrel,
Power-reserve; 96 hour max., complication;
CVDK Planetarium module.

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Functions
Hours, minutes, complication; date, month, 
Planetarium; the watch is equipped with the smallest mechanical Planetarium in the world,
showing the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn around the Sun.
Case
Rose gold, Ø 40 mm
sapphire crystal,
sapphire crystal case-back.
Dial
Hand engraved,
rhodium plated Planetarium with customized colored hand painted planets.
Strap
Black leather.
Buckle: Logo engraved rose gold buckle.


Exclusive model - Unique piece

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Address
Christiaan van der Klaauw b.v.
Businesspark Friesland-West 47
8447 SL Heerenveen
The Netherlands
T +31 (0) 513 - 624 906
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