Wednesday, March 27, 2019

ANGELUS – U50 Diver Tourbillon Black Edition
















ANGELUS URBAN U50 Diver Tourbillon Black Titanium 46 Limited Edition


Black Diver Tourbillon

After entering the scene as a diver’s watch like no other, the Angelus U50 Diver Tourbillon returns in a bold black limited edition.

The U50 Diver Tourbillon Black Edition stands out with its uniquely structured manufacture skeleton movement and dark tones. While conceived with all the properties sought in a diver’s watch, the U50 Diver Tourbillon is high-performance timepiece.

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Crafted in a 46mm-wide lightweight yet robust titanium case with a black DLC treatment all over, the U50 Diver Tourbillon features two large screw-down crowns. The two-position crown at 4 o’clock is used for winding and setting the time, while the crown at 2 o’clock is used to rotate the unidirectional 60-minute rotating bezel. Opposite, at the 9 o’clock position, a helium escape valve is placed to ensure the watch’s water resistance of 300 meters/1,000 feet.

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Instead of a solid dial, the U50 Diver Tourbillon features an open face with a dark but legible hours’ ring in grey, as well as white Super-Luminova on the indexes. Matching the dial, the hours, minutes and seconds’ hands are black plated and filled with Super-Luminova. Both face and caseback crystals are made of antireflective sapphire.

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The result of years of intensive R&D by Angelus’ engineers and watchmakers, the U50 Diver Tourbillon’s A-300 mechanical hand-wound caliber is designed as a skeleton from the ground up rather than simply being a cut-out version of an existing movement.

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Much reduced in weight, it has maximum rigidity from its beam-type bridges and the fact that all the movement’s main elements, such as the wheels and barrel, are firmly secured between two plates. This design replaces the conventional main plate and bridges construction and massively increases the mechanical resistance of the movement. The watch’s rigidity is further enhanced by the Angelus in-house six-spoke design, which reinforces the wheel train and protects the skeletonized ratchet and barrel. Finally, the movement is entirely manufactured in-house.

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With its core functions – hours, minutes, small seconds– the A-300 caliber has a 55-hour power reserve. The 4 Hz / 28,800 vph frequency is a guarantee for precision. Even though the caliber is intended as a high-performance, it has painstakingly executed with snailed black DLC coating and chamfered edges, matching the blacked-out allure of the U50 Diver Tourbillon Black Edition.

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The U50 Diver Tourbillon Black Edition comes on a black rubber strap bearing the ANGELUS logo, with a black DLC titanium pin buckle, completing the look of this 25-piece limited edition diver’s watch.

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Technical Specifications

URBAN Collection

Model: U50 Diver Tourbillon Black Edition

Reference number: 0TDNT.D01A.K008T
Movement
Calibre A-300,
mechanical hand-wound, one-minute flying tourbillon
Jewels: 23

Diameter: 32.80 mm
Height: 4.30 mm
Power reserve: 55 hours
Frequency: 4 Hz / 28,800 vph
Decoration: 
Black DLC coated, snailed and chamfered plates and bridges, wheels with Angelus six-spoke design,
mirror-polished tourbillon cage with chamfered and polished edges, balance wheel black treated
Functions
Hours, minutes,
small seconds and unidirectional rotatable 60-minute indicator
Dial
Openwork with grey chapter ring
Indexes, Arabic numbers and hands filled with Super-Luminova
Case
Material: Grade 5 titanium, black DLC coated
Diameter: 46.00
mm
Thickness: 12.47 mm
Crowns: Screwed and engraved with ANGELUS logo
Crystal: Box shaped sapphire with anti-reflection coating both sides
Back: Sapphire
Water resistance: 300 m / 1,000 ft
Strap
Material: Black rubber embossed with Angelus logo
Buckle: Pin, grade 5 titanium, black DLC coated

Limitation 
Limited Edition: 25 pieces

World retail price

CHF 30’750 without taxes (prices can be subject to change)

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Press Release - 2019
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ANGELUS SA
Marketing & Sales
Boulevard des Eplatures 38
2304 La Chaux-de-Fonds
Switzerland
info@angelus-watches.com
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

GRAFF Watch – GyroGraff Endangered Species 48 Tourbillon


















GRAFF WatchGyroGraff Endangered Species 48 Gold Tourbillon - 2019


GyroGraff
Endangered Species & China Dials

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Graff shines a spotlight on five endangered 
species 
in new GyroGraff collection

The GyroGraff marries exceptional horological engineering with artistic excellence. A pioneering timepiece that hosts a watchmaking first: a hand-carved three-dimensional golden moonphase working in harmony with two further complications.

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 Offered with métiers d’art dials and new for 2019: Endangered Species dials, China inspired timepieces and a reimagined Universe design.

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The GyroGraff Endangered Species collection is a series of five unique watches, four premiering at Baselworld 2019. All feature dials set with precious gemstones and gold, hand-finished, using a technique pioneered by Graff and called “diamond-marquetry.”


Graff d’Art watch

The five dials depict an elephant, a tiger, a panda, a rhino and a gorilla; all listed by the World Wildlife Fund as being under threat of extinction. The animals are created from a combination of polished metal parts and precious gemstones, each individually set into the dial by hand to create the likeness of each animal.

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The five métiers d’art timepieces share the same high-end hand-wound calibre. The GyroGraff’s trio of complications is a watchmaking first, carrying a dizzying double-axis tourbillon, a spherical moon phase and a power reserve indicator.

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The three-dimensional white-gold moon phase complication at 10 o’clock is an artistic tour-de-force in its own right. It is hand-engraved, creating a true-to-life map of the lunar surface’s craters.

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The black cover representing the shadow of the earth advances twice a day and completes a full rotation over a period of 29.5 days. The watch has a 65-hour power reserve indicated at 1 o’clock alongside Graff’s diamond-set icon at 12 o’clock.

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A Hand-carved Moonphase

The three-dimensional white gold moonphase is hand carved with a true to life map of lunar craters created by an expert artist, its spherical cover nimbly rotating to reflect the lunar calendar across 29.5 days.

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Each of the five Endangered Species models has a 48-mm white-gold case. The case is decorated with invisible mosaic-set baguette-cut diamonds, and each watch comes on a black alligator strap with a diamond-set deployment clasp buckle.

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Technical Specifications

Collection:  GyroGraff

Model:  GyroGraff Endangered Species 48mm

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Movement
Hand wound double axis tourbillon
Full rotation over a period of 29.5 days.
Power Reserve    72 hours
Functions
Hours, minutes, moonphase indicator, double-axis tourbillon,
three-dimensional moon phase, power reserve indicator
Case
White gold set with diamonds 
Diameter: 48mm
Depth: 17.25mm
Decorated with invisible mosaic-set baguette-cut diamonds
Water Resistance    3 ATM
Dial
Métiers d’art techniques
Aventurine with an intricate mosaic of diamonds
  • Elephant Dial
  • Gorilla Dial
  • Panda Dial
  • Tiger Dial
  • Rhino Dial
Strap
Black alligator
Buckle
Exclusive Graff diamond-set deployment clasp buckle.


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Press release - 2019
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Graff
Rue du Rhône 29
1204 Genève
Switzerland

T +44 207 584 8571
F +44 207 581 3415
E-mail: press@graff.com
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