ALPINA – STARTIMER Pilot Heritage Chronograph Automatic

ALPINA – STARTIMER Pilot Heritage Chronograph 42mm Automatic Collection - 2019

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Alpina unveils the first chronograph from 

its Startimer Pilot Heritage collection

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A new design, a new complication, and most importantly, a new movement: a chronograph is joining the Startimer Pilot Heritage collection for the first time. The complication uses a La Joux-Perret calibre, which offers over 40% more power reserve.

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Alpina's aeronautically-inspired Startimer collection offers aviation enthusiasts timepieces that correspond with the discipline's demanding standards: robust, legible and practical with resolutely contemporary aesthetics.

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This iconic Alpina family is now embarking on a new chapter. Drawing on the brand's history, for the first time the Startimer Pilot Heritage has been fitted with a single-push-piece chronograph based on a movement designed by La Joux-Perret.

Continuing the adventure

Until now, the Startimer Pilot Heritage was a model particularly appreciated by keen travellers given its date and second time zone.

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Available in four versions in blue, grey and bronze, the piece is characterised by its unique case within the Startimer collection, a clever compromise between a cushion-shaped case and the famous "Bullhead" shape, a design that ranks among the finest motorsport pieces.

Returning to the brand's roots

The new Startimer Pilot Heritage Chronograph is returning to the essence of the sports watch invented by Alpina in 1883. The Startimer Pilot Heritage's iconic case is solely fitted with a chronograph, the ultimate complication for all lovers of high-precision mechanical sports pieces.

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This bicompax chronograph measures short time intervals (30 minutes) thanks to the AL-727 calibre, which oscillates at a high frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vib/h) to ensure accuracy and shock-resistance, two cornerstones of the Alpina spirit.

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This new Startimer movement also offers a 55-hour power reserve: almost 45% more than its predecessor. Last but not least, in the purest historical chronograph tradition, it has a single pushpiece, just like the first Alpina sport chronographs almost a century ago.

One piece, two counters, three colours

The new Startimer Pilot Heritage Chronograph is currently available in three versions: pale grey and anthracite for an understated modern spirit, blue and grey for a young and dynamic look, and blue and grey with red hands for a sporty, racing style..

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Each variation offers the same standard of Alpina's beloved fine Swiss watchmaking finishes, with a case that is polished (on the sides) and satin-finished (on top), circular guilloché counters for improved light diffusion, hour and minute hands featuring Super-LumiNova for visibility in all light conditions, and a screw-down crown and case back for guaranteed water resistance up to 100 metres.

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This powerful heritage piece is thoroughly in tune with its time. For collectors, this is the first single-pushpiece chronograph developed for the Startimer Pilot Heritage collection.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: STARTIMER Pilot Heritage Chronograph Automatic

Price:  1895 CHF/ 1985 EUR

Reference  AL-727SS4H6 - Silver 
Reference  AL-727LNN4H6 - Blue
Reference  AL-727LNS4H6 - Blue/ Silver

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Case
Stainless steel case with bronze color PVD with internal turning ring
Diameter  42x40.75mm diameter
Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Water-resistant up to 10 ATM/100m/330ft
Engraved case back
Screw-in crown and case back 
Movement
Automatic mono-pusher chronograph movement
Caliber AL-727,
28 jewels: 55-hour power reserve, 28,800 alt/h (4 Hz)
Functions:   Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Chronograph
Dial

• Silver color dial with applied silver indexes and SLN treatment

Hand polished silver hours and minutes hands with white luminous treatment, black second and white counters.

• Blue color dial with applied silver indexes and SLN treatment

Hand polished silver hours and minutes hands with white luminous treatment, white second and black counters

• Blue color dial with applied silver indexes and SLN treatment

Hand polished silver hours and minutes hands with white luminous treatment, red second and black&red counters

Strap

• Light brown leather strap 
• Black leather strap

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For more information on our watches, please visit our website or feel free to contact us directly. 

You can email Mrs. Camille Merré, PR Manager, at cmerre@alpina-watches.com

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CHANEL – MONSIEUR DE CHANEL Edition Noire

CHANEL – MONSIEUR DE CHANEL Black 42 Edition Noire

New MONSIEUR 2019
Black is the new white for Chanel this year

It was just three years ago here at Baselworld that Chanel wowed watch lovers with its first timepiece designed especially for men. The Monsieur de Chanel was all new from the ground up. It had its own design, a new case and movement, and a new audience. Now Chanel unveils the new Monsieur Edition Noire. It boasts an all-black matte-finished ceramic case. It also features a black dial that is accented with a steel window frame for the jump hour aperture at 6 o’clock, and silvered hands for the retrograde minutes and subsidiary seconds.

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Chanel Monsieur Edition Noire Like its siblings before it, the 42 mm Monsieur Edition Noire houses the Calibre 1 manual-wind movement that offers instant jump hour indication. A mechanical masterpiece highlighted by two circular skeletonized bridges, the CALIBRE 1 multiplies the references to the strong codes of the House. Matt and glossy black predominate in its black architectural movement in ADLC (Amorphous Diamond Like Carbon).

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The trim emphasizes all the curves of its bottom plate and bridges. A number of custom-made parts serve as a reminder of the octagonal shape of Place Vendome. CHANEL chose the lion, its most masculine emblem and a symbol of strength and power, as the signature of the MONSIEUR watch which is found on its buckle and crown. The lion is also the seal of all the House’s in-house Haute Horlogerie movements.

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The first refined function, the Instant Jumping Hour, required the full mastery of micro-shocks and the energy consumption caused by the passage of the aluminium hour disc. With two barrels mounted in series, the power reserve of the MONSIEUR de CHANEL watch is 3 days. The second watchmaking prowess, the retrograde minute with a 240°-display on the dial, combined both rigorous aesthetics and technical performance. The retrograde minute’s bidirectional corrector allows easy adjustment of the watch and illustrates one of the key elements of the CHANEL fine watchmaking vision. The movement consists of 170 components and 30 rubies.

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Here, nothing is superfluous. The quest for purity is evident. The matte black dial is seen protected under a "glass box", a slightly domed sapphire crystal that subtly plays with the effects of light. On the dial, the position of both complications (the jumping hour at 6 o’clock and the 240°-retrograde minutes off-centred) along with the exclusive typography chosen for the hour, all reinforce this firm choice for differentiation. The contrast between the sobriety of the dial and the movement’s very architectural design is part of the House’s uncompromising creative process.

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With the MONSIEUR watch, the vision of a beautiful masculine timepiece according to CHANEL is the expression of technical excellence, and also an expression of a unique style and allure.

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In 2019, a new intense black version of the MONSIEUR watch will be unveiled with a matte black highly resistant ceramic and steel case and matte black dial. It is equipped with two barrels and offers three days of power reserve. Just 55 pieces will be made.

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Technical details

Collection:   MONSIEUR de CHANEL

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Reference:  H5486 - Noire

Movement
    Mechanical with manual winding
    Calibre 1 featuring two complications:an instantaneous jumping hour and 240° retrograde minutes
    3 day power reserve 
    Frequency: 28’800 vph
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds
Retrograde Minutes, Jumping hours
Case
Diameter:  42 mm, height: 10.85 mm
Matte black ceramic, Steel, High tech
Screw-down crown
Crystal  Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Screw-down case back
Water resistance: 30 m
Dial
Textured black «Grand Feu» enamel dial
Displaying a retrograde minute indicator
Jumping hour window and a small second counter
Rhodium plated hands
Strap
Materials:  Alligator
Black alligator strap and ardillon buckle

Limitation: Only 55-Pieces

Price incl. VAT   - 27'600 CHF

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