LOUIS MOINET – Cosmic Art AD ASTRA Tourbillon Edition

 LOUIS MOINET – Cosmic Art AD ASTRA Tourbillon Black Titanium Limited Edition - 2020

 The new sidereal creation

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AD ASTRA, the Latin expression for "to the stars", is an invitation to embark on an intergalactic journey. A purple titanium spaceship and a blue planet come to life in offering a unique experience. The former, with its 13.59mm diameter, is embodied by an oversized tourbillon at 12 o'clock. 

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The latter, represented by a blue sapphire, boasts an exceptional 3.92mm diameter (featuring 16 sides and 208 facets) and gravitates opposite the tourbillon, thus providing pleasing visual counterbalance. 

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Out-of-this-world creations incorporating extraterrestrial fragments (meteorites), genuine space conquest-flown material and involving cooperation with legendary cosmonauts and astronauts.

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 These two elements are suspended above a 1.8mm opaque black titanium dial. This tourbillon mechanism is unique and exclusive to Louis Moinet.

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Out-of-this-world creations incorporating extraterrestrial fragments (meteorites), genuine space conquest-flown material and involving cooperation with legendary cosmonauts and astronauts.

 Produire un effet excellent et curieux.
“Produce an excellent and curious effect”
Louis Moinet

SPACE REVOLUTION is a perfect embodiment of Louis Moinet’s Cosmic Art.

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About Louis Moinet

Ateliers Louis Moinet was founded in Saint-Blaise, Neuchâtel, in 2004. The fully independent firm was established to honour the memory of Louis Moinet (1768-1853): master watchmaker, inventor of the chronograph in 1816 (certified by Guinness World Records™), and pioneer in the use of very high frequencies (216,000 vibrations per hour). Louis Moinet was a watchmaker, scholar, painter, sculptor, and teacher at the School of Fine Arts – as well as the author of the Traité d’Horlogerie, a watchmaking treatise published in 1848 that remained a definitive work of reference for a century.

Today, Ateliers Louis Moinet is perpetuating this legacy. The firm’s mechanical timepieces are produced as one-of-a-kind models or limited editions only and comprise two categories: “Cosmic Art” and “Mechanical Wonders”. Louis Moinet creations often make use of unusual and rare components, such as extraterrestrial meteorites or prehistorical materials. The brand’s core values are creativity, exclusivity, art and design. This uniquely creative mechanical approach combined with bespoke fine watchmaking has enabled Louis Moinet to win some of the most coveted honours around the world, including a UNESCO Award of Merit, six Red Dot Design Awards (including one Best of the Best Award), a Horological Creativity Contribution Award, gold and bronze medals in the International Chronometry Competition, ten Good Design Awards, three Middle East Watch of the Year Awards, two Robb Report “Best of the Best” Awards, three German Design Awards, a Moscow Grand Prix Award, and a “Chronograph of the year” distinction from Begin Magazine, Japan.

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Technical Specifications 

 Collection:  Cosmic Art

Model:  Cosmic Art AD ASTRA Tourbillon Edition

Ref.  LM-68.20.50

Case
Titanium
Diameter: 47.40 mm
Front sapphire crystal treated with anti-reflective coating
Open back case
Movement
Calibre LM104
Manufacture Calibre
An Outsize Satellite Tourbillon
Manual winding
Frequency: 21,600 VPH (3Hz)
Power reserve: 72 hours
Jewels: 20
Display
Hours and minutes
Strap
Louisiana alligator - chocolate leather
Buckle: Folding clasp

• Limited Edition  to only 8 pieces

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SPEAKE-MARIN – Art-Series Rhinoceros Titanium

 SPEAKE-MARIN – Art-Series Rhinoceros Titanium Unique Limited Edition - 2020

ART-SERIES Rhinoceros

2020 - As Speake-Marin is aware of the 21st century’s challenges from environmental and social perspectives, the watchmaking house has launched in 2020 a few initiatives to impact the world in a positive way.

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One of these projects is to launch every year an Art-Series limited edition dedicated to endangered species: part of the sales will be given to a chosen organisation, which acts for their protection.

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For this first year, Speake-Marin develops a limited edition of 9 pieces in partnership with the London-based charity “Save the Rhino International”, an organisation working to ensure that all five species of rhinoceros thrive in the wild by protecting their habitat, reducing illegal trade, involving local communities and bringing experts together.

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With this project, Speake-Marin contributes to the costs of protecting critically endangered rhinoceros at the Sumatra Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia, thanks to a CHF 3,000 gift per each timepiece sold. Would you like to find out more ? Please visit the website:👉▶️ www.savetherhino.org

 SPEAKE-MARIN & ART SERIES

In 2006, Speake-Marin started to design and develop the so called “Art-Series”, a collection of timepieces that is dedicated to craftsmanship. Speake-Marin includes in the Art-series different traditional techniques such as enamelling, hand-engraving, Maki-e (Japanese art of lacquer work).

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Engraving is indeed part of Speake-Marin DNA and is corroborated within its Art-Series collection through beautiful watch dials: Skulls, Dragon or animals are magnified thanks to this technique. Speake-Marin uses both hand and chemical engraving methods, depending on the design complexity.

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For this latest limited edition, the rhinoceros has been designed in our creation studio and sculpted by hand (more than 40 hours) to produce a special master stamp, which is then reproduced on each dial. The silver-plated sculpted rhinoceros is hand finished with an oxidising acid to reach this unique shade of grey.

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To finish the dial, approximately 15 layers of black lacquer have been applied to reach the perfect consistency both in colour and finish.

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SMA03 IN-HOUSE MOVEMENT

Since 2014, Speake-Marin has initiated a movement strategy to fully develop and assemble in-house movements within its workshop in Neuchâtel area, Switzerland. This new strategy gave birth to the “SMA” collection, which includes Openworked, closed dials and Haute Horlogerie movements. 

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At first, Speake-Marin focused its efforts on Haute Horlogerie 3Hz movements (Minute Repeater and Double Tourbillon). Then, Speake-Marin developed Hour Minutes Seconds 4Hz movements, which were featured in the One&Two collection.

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The SMA03 Calibre is part of the SMA movement family and introduces the first closed dial with small seconds at 1:30. The movement, which you can discover in the back of the watch, has the particularity to have an integrated micro-rotor.

 A SPECIFIC STRAP IN WOOD

Speake-Marin wanted to propose a specific eco-friendly strap for this new limited edition. The bracelet has been created from lime tree wood (tilia europaea specie), with the interior layer in natural cork.

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The wood sourcing is certified 100% FSC-forests, which means that the wood comes from responsibly-managed forests that meet the highest environmental and social standards. 

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Why did we choose lime trees? Lime tree wood has the characteristics to be both very resistant and flexible.
For more information: 👉 www.fsc.org 

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: Art-Series

Model: Art-Series Rhinoceros Titanium

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References
38mm: 413813360
42mm: 414213360

MOVEMENT
Speake-Marin in-house movement
Calibre SMA03
Power Reserve: 48 hours
INDICATIONS
Hour Minutes
Small second counter at 1:30
DIAL
Rhinoceros in silver
Black glossy lacquer
Heart-shaped black-lacquered and silver hands with SuperLuminova®
CASE
Iconic Piccadilly case in titanium (grade 5)
Front sapphire crystal, treated with anti-reflective coating
Diameter: 38 or 42 mm
Front sapphire crystal treated with anti-reflective coating
Open back case
Water resistance: 3 bar (30 metres)
STRAP
Lime tree wood bracelet, interior in natural cork
Folding buckle in titanium

Limited Edition   - Only 9 watches of each diameter


PRICES    38 mm: CHF 28,000 excl. tax | 42 mm: CHF 28,500 excl. tax
 

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Should you need additional information,
feel free to contact our Communications Department by email:
veronique@speake-marin.com or by phone at: +41 21 695 26 56
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