MAURICE LACROIX – MASTERPIECE Embrace 40

MAURICE LACROIX – MASTERPIECE Square Wheel EMBRACE Steel 40mm Automatic - 2020


The Masterpiece Embrace is a fusion of artistic expression and technical creativity, courtesy of its retrograde calendar and unusual small seconds display. Two hearts rotate, a metaphor for the highs and the lows besetting all relationships, however, they always remain together, locked in a perpetual embrace.

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This timepiece combines an alluring aesthetic with incredible watchmaking expertise. The model is available in two versions, one with a blue aventurine dial and a second with a white mother-of-pearl dial embellished with radiating lines emanating from the small seconds indication.

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The generously proportioned 40mm stainless steel case confers a strong wrist presence and is a worthy accompaniment to any haute couture ensemble. Housed within the sumptuous case is a Manufacture movement, the Calibre ML258. This automatic movement features high-end finishing such as rhodium plated bridges embellished with Colimaçon, a rhodium plated openworked rotor adorned with vertical Côtes de Genève motif and a combination of sandblasted and Colimaçon decoration. Beyond its becoming smile, this watch has many inner qualities.

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Openworked, leaf-shaped hour and minute hands articulate the time with clear tone and notable style. In the lower portion of the dial is an arrow-like hand, a reference to Cupid. It points to the retrograde date indication, tastefully expressed with a series of circlets. When in love, the heart can miss a beat and the head can be overwhelmed. This is captured with the poetic statement on the dial, ‘je t’aime un peu, beaucoup, à la folie!’.

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However, the pièce de résistance of the Masterpiece Embrace is the model’s small seconds display, a reinterpretation of Maurice Lacroix’s patented Square Wheel indication. Every tooth has a unique profile, made to infinitesimal tolerances, engaging with its adjacent counterpart with seamless precision. A discreet marking indicates the prevailing second without marring the clean dial design. Both versions of the Masterpiece Embrace feature their own interpretation of the heart’s appearance.

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The Masterpiece Embrace is presented on a coordinating calf leather strap, paired with a stainless steel folding clasp.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  MASTERPIECE Square Wheel EMBRACE

Ref. MP6068-SS001-430-1 - Aventurine
Ref. MP6068-SS001-160-1 - Silver


MOVEMENT
Manufacture Automatic ML258
    Vibrations: 28'800 vph / 4 Hz
    Power reserve: 36 hours
    Number of jewels: 37
Decorations
Rhodium plated bridges with Colimaçon and M logo lining.
Rhodium plated skeleton rotor with vertical Côtes de Genève, sandblasted and  Colimaçon finishing.
Functions:
Hours and minutes.

• Second at 9 o'clock.
• Retrograde calendar at 5 o'clock.

CASE
Round
Diameter: Ø 40 mm  
Height: 14.00mm
Stainless steel satin and polished finishing
Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides
Screwed case back with wide sapphire crystal
Water resistance to 10 atm
DIAL
Aventurine.

• White Mother-of-pearl
• Silver powder printing

Rhodium plated hands and indexes
HANDS
Small seconds display is located in the lower portion of the dial.
Again, it features yellow and grey tones. 
STRAP

• Blue calf leather
• White cream calf leather 

BUCKLE
Folding clasp in stainless steel


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Press release – 2020
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Lucie Notari
Phone +41 78 638 70 09
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Grand Seiko – HERITAGE Spring Drive Platinum Edition

SEIKO – Grand Seiko HERITAGE Spring Drive Platinum 20th Anniversary Edition

A new manual-winding Spring Drive 

caliber marks the 20th anniversary of Spring Drive

Presented in a thin dress series within the Grand Seiko Elegance collection, this watch presents a refined and slim profile. It offers one-second-a-day precision and presents the understated refinement and quality that exemplify Grand Seiko’s uniquely Japanese sensibility while reflecting the natural and continuous flow of time with its signature glide motion seconds hand.

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The team of elite watchmakers from the Micro Artist Studio presents Caliber 9R02, a new movement that has two mainsprings set in parallel within a single barrel and uses the unique Torque Return System* to deliver a power reserve of 84 hours. In every external aspect, the watch is as striking as is the performance of the movement.

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The case is Platinum 950 and just 9.8mm in depth. Both hour and minute hands and hour markers are made of 14k white gold. The Grand Seiko name, the minute markers and all the other markings are etched into the dial. The power reserve indicator is visible through the sapphire crystal case back, next to the barrel whose shape echoes the bellflower that is the symbol of Shiojiri, where the studio is located. The two bridges have edges that are painstakingly polished so that their brilliance contrasts with the perfect hairline finish of the bridges

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The watch is offered as a limited edition of 30 whose design expresses the beauty of the natural surroundings of the Micro Artist Studio. The dial features the celebrated “Snowflake” pattern which is inspired by the beauty of the snow in the Shinshu region. The dial’s silver finish complements the delicate hand carving on the platinum case.

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* Torque Return System: When the mainspring has been fully wound and the torque output is at its highest, approximately 30% of the available power is not needed to maintain the precision of the watch, and is in effect wasted in a normal movement. The Torque Return System uses this energy to rewind the mainspring, resulting in an increase in the power reserve.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection HERITAGE

Model: Spring Drive thin dress series

Spring Drive Caliber 9R02
　Driving system: manual winding
　Power reserve: 84 hours
　Accuracy: ± 1 second per day (± 15 seconds per month)
　Dual-Spring Barrel and Torque Return System
　Power reserve indicator
　Number of jewels: 39

Specifications (SBGZ001, 003):
　Platinum 950 case and clasp
　High definition dual-curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
　See-through screw case back
　Water resistance: 3 bar
　Magnetic resistance: 4,800 A/m
　Diameter: 38.5mm, Thickness: 9.8mm
　Crocodile strap with three-fold clasp with push button release

Approximate recommended retail prices in Europe:
€78,000 (SBGZ001), €58,500 (SBGZ003)
Limited edition of 30 (SBGZ001) - only available at Grand Seiko Boutiques

Spring Drive Caliber 9R31
　Driving system: manual winding
　Power reserve: 72 hours
　Accuracy: ± 1 second per day (± 15 seconds per month)
　Dual-Spring Barrel
　Power reserve indicator
　Number of jewels: 30

Specifications (SBGY002, 003):
　18k yellow gold case and clasp (SBGY002), Stainless steel case and clasp (SBGY003)
　High definition dual-curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
　See-through screw case back
　Water resistance: 3 bar
　Magnetic resistance: 4,800 A/m
　Diameter: 38.5mm, Thickness: 10.2mm
　Crocodile strap with three-fold clasp with push button release

Approximate recommended retail prices in Europe:
€27,000 (SBGY002), €8,200 (SBGY003)
Limited edition of 700 (SBGY003)


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