GIRARD-PERREGAUX – BRIDGES “Quasar Light” Tourbillon Sapphire Edition

GIRARD-PERREGAUX – BRIDGES “Quasar Light” Neo-Tourbillon Sapphire 46 Limited Edition - 2020

The Quasar Light: Transparency To The Extreme

The ability to reveal the art in precision engineering is among Girard-Perregaux’s greatest achievements. The Quasar Light honours this legacy by engineering transparency to the extreme. Named after the most brilliant of astronomical entities - the Quasar – it is an epic masterpiece with gleaming aerial views of the Manufacture’s most iconic movement encased in Swiss-made Sapphire, exclusively available in just 18 pieces.

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Like its namesake, the Quasar Light outshines all others in its class. The glittering tourbillion appears to float inside an invisible case made from a single sapphire disk. Sculpting and polishing its curves to produce such extreme transparency required over 200 hours of work and hundreds of operations with techniques perfected over two centuries.

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Viewing its sensational aerial volumes feels as if stargazing through a telescope. The sapphire crystal box that extends from the case delivers this intergalactic 360° view. Achieving the perfect gloss within the movement required three times more sapphire than standard with a unique diamond and chemical polish.

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The watch glitters with starry lustre when light radiates across its movement and Ruthenium barrel. Selected for its diamond-like brilliance, Ruthenium is a rare platinum metal in extremely limited production. It forms dazzling crystals that burst with sparkling light in all directions on the watch face.

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The arrow shape of the Aerial Neo-bridges, a Girard-Perregaux signature, were inspired by architectural marvels in the world’s greatest cities. Finished yet again in Swiss-made sapphire, the bridges reveal the smallest details of the mechanism with a light, but powerful presence on the wrist.

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The tourbillon cage is powered by a unidirectional automatic winding system featuring a micro-rotor made of white gold. Visible through the sapphire crystal box, the micro-rotor is engraved with an eagle – an instantly recognisable hallmark of the Swiss Manufacture.

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The Quasar Light is a brilliantly bold expression of the technical mastery, contemporary design and rich heritage that exemplifies Girard-Perregaux. The 18 exclusive pieces are now luminous stars at the centre of an entirely new galaxy of watchmaking excellence.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model:  Quasar Light

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Reference: 99295-43-001-BA6A

Movement
Reference: GP09400-1128
Winding: Automatic
Power reserve: min. 60 hours
Number of components: 260, of which 27 jewels
Frequency: 21,600 Vib/h – (3 Hz)
Diameter: 36.00 mm (16’’’)
Thickness: 9.54 mm
Functions: Tourbillon, hours, minutes, small seconds on the tourbillon
Tourbillon
Tourbillon carriage composed of 79 components weighing only 0.250 grams
The iconic Girard-Perregaux bridges are made out of sapphire
Case
Material: sapphire glass
Diameter: 46 mm
Height: 15.25 mm
Glass: sapphire anti-reflective ‘box’
Case-back: sapphire crystal ‘box’
Water resistance: 30 meters (3 ATM)
Dial
No dial. Skeleton
Hands: skeletonised, white gold, ‘Dauphine’ type, with luminescent material
Strap
Material: grey fabric with a metallic effect and hand-stitching
The timepiece will be delivered with a complimentary black alligator strap
Buckle: triple folding, white gold


Limited to Only 18 Pieces


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Press Contact:
Manager: Ivanne Perrinjaquet, iperrinjaquet@girard-perregaux.ch

Girard-Perregaux,
International PR : christine.giotto@girard-perregaux.com

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Sinn – 158 BICOMPAX Chronograph Edition

Sinn Spezialuhren – Instrument 158 BICOMPAX Pilot Chronograph Limited Edition - 2020

The Traditional Pilot Chronograph

The ‘wristwatch with double stopwatch’ (as it was originally known by the Bundeswehr – the German armed forces – during the 1960s), which was sold only in very limited quantities during the 1980s and early 1990s, is now one of the most sought-after collector’s watches in our company. 

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Company founder Helmut Sinn purchased phased-out inventories of the Bundeswehr (Heuer-Leonidas SA 1550 SG, shortened to Heuer 1550 SG) and sold these after reconditioning with, inter alia, added SINN lettering on the dial under the label ‘Bundeswehr Chronograph for Pilots’ as model 155 Bw. These impressive pilot watches were fitted with a Valjoux 230 hand-wound chronograph movement and a pilot’s bezel.

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The design of the traditional 158 pilot chronograph is in keeping with its predecessor: the bead-blasted case with a diameter of 43 mm, the high-domed acrylic glass, a black, easy-to-use pilot’s bezel manufactured from anodised aluminium and a large, equally comfortable winding crown are distinctly reminiscent of our traditional pilot chronographs.

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For the movement, we placed our trust in the modern, automatic-calibre SW 510 from the Swiss manufacturer Sellita. This enables a horizontal bicompax division and central stopwatch-second display, true to the historic model, with the seconds display at 9 o’clock and the stopwatch minute display at 3 o’clock.

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This movement also offers a date display at 6 o’clock. The stopwatch seconds and minutes hands are brilliant red. Optimum readability is also ensured in the dark, as the numerals, hour and minute hands are coated in luminous white. The 158 is resistant to low pressure and can withstand pressures of up to 10 bar.

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A total of 500 of these traditional 158 pilot chronographs are being produced, each with an engraved limited-edition marking on the case back.

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Technical details

The traditional pilot chronograph

Art-Nr. 103 .010

Movement
• Sellita SW 510
• Self-winding mechanism
• 27 bearing jewels
• 28,800 semi-oscillations per hour
• Seconds stop function
• Anti-magnetic as per DIN 8309 
Functions
• Hours, minutes, subsidiary seconds
• Chronograph
• Pilot’s bezel with minute scale
Case
• Case made of stainless steel, bead-blasted
• Shock-resistance acrylic glass
• Case back screw-fastened
• Meet the technical requirements for waterproofness, as set out in standard DIN 8310
• Pressure-resistant up to 10 bar
• Low pressure resistant
Dimensions and Weight
• Case diameter: 43 mm
• Band lug width: 20 mm
• Case thickness: 15,15 mm
• Weight without strap: 80 gramme
Dial and Hands
• Matte black dial
• Numbers coated with luminescent colour
• Hour hand, minute hand coated with luminescent colour

Warranty • 2 years

• Limited to 300 pieces

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Im Füldchen 5–7 • 60489 Frankfurt am Main
• Tel. +49 (0)69 / 97 84 14-0
• Fax +49 (0)69 / 97 84 14-201
• info@sinn.de
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