U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO Bronze Ceramic Bezel

U-BOAT – Classico SOMMERSO Bronze 46mm Ceramic Bezel Automatic - 2021

Italo Fontana enriches the U-BOAT Classico line with the new "Sommerso Bronze Ceramic Bezel" models, watches designed for come towards the needs of those who dive even at a professional level. The new bronze version of U-BOAT’s professional dive watch, Sommerso, reflects the brand founder’s passion for diving as well as his enduring fervor for the ancient metal alloy.

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The Sommerso pro-diver watch, born from Italo Fontana's passion for scuba diving, in its most acclaimed version in bronze that recalls ancient marine exploration equipment, is now launched in a new model with a ceramic bezel.

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Italo Fontana’s passion for diving gathered in this watch, designed to withstand the rigorous demands of professional diving in the first place, done the rest providing Sommerso with all the benefits coming from this metal inherently tied to maritime settings.

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This material, widely used in the aerospace industry, boasts a very high heat resistance and keeps the bezel color intense, and unaltered over time, even after long exposure to ultraviolet rays.

The watch features on the left side the iconic U-BOAT crown with its patented protection device as well as a plaque engraved with the serial number while the antiqued bronze back-case has been subjected to a special anti-corrosion treatment and it is screwed down.

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A sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment protects the black dial of the watch with luminous beige hands and markers plus an additional 24-hour counter and date window placed at 9 o'clock. The watch boasts a Swiss automatic mechanical movement, customized to U-BOAT specifications with date, hours, minutes, seconds and it is water resistant to a depth of 300 meters.

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The Sommerso Bronze Ceramic Bezel, watch with iconic lines for professional diving and for any other occasion, will fascinate the wearer for the vintage look given by the gradual change of bronze as opposed to the solidity and immutability of ceramic over time.

Let yourself be fascinated by their harmonious contrast!

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Collection: Classico

Model:  Classico SOMMERSO Bronze Ceramic Bezel 

 
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 Reference: - Code: 8486C

MOVEMENT
Swiss automatic mechanical, personalized to U-BOAT specifications.
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz.
Power reserve: 44 hours. 26 jewels.
Skeleton rotor.
FUNCTIONS
Date, hours, minutes, seconds, 24h indicator.

Graduated unidirectional bezel with ceramic inserts and lasered graduations and numerals, screw down crown.
CASE
Bronze, naturally aged, distinguishing crown on the left side, with a patented protective device. 

Serial number plate fixed on the left side of the case
Diameter: 46 mm
Bezel: Graduated unidirectional bezel with ceramic.

Crystal: sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating.
Case back: screwed, in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment. 
BACK: sealed with seven screws, in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment.
DIAL 

Three superimposed dials, the upper one in black with visible ruby.
Luminous beige hands, numbers and markers, treated with superluminova
Red 24h indicator hand 
CRYSTAL:
High quality sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment,
lent on the date window.
WATER RESISTANCE: 300 mt, 30 ATM
STRAP
Handmade and hand finished calf leather, dark brown.
Tongue buckle in bronze with special antiqued anti-corrosion treatment
Width: 22/20 mm.
Strap: ref. 8554/Z Buckle: ref. 8590


 Price    € 2.250

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

 GIRARD-PERREGAUX – BRIDGES “Quasar Infrared” Tourbillon Sapphire 46 Edition Unique Pieces - 2021

Quasar Infrared – Making the invisible, visible

La Chaux-de-Fonds, 2021 - Building on the success of its Quasar Light and Quasar Azure models, Girard-Perregaux releases a new timepiece housed in a clear sapphire crystal case paired with red accents. The Quasar Infrared pays homage to the Chinese New Year with its red tones, employing a colour that evokes energy, vitality and prosperity. Beyond the model’s vibrant hues, the watch wonderfully plays with shapes and harnesses the Manufacture’s vast watchmaking expertise. Moreover, the Quasar Infrared makes the invisible, visible, transforming bridges from a technical element to an integral part of the timepiece, a characteristic Girard-Perregaux pioneered in 1867 with its legendary Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges.

 

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As China looks forward to celebrating the New Year, a sense of optimism is omnipresent. With the start of the new Chinese Zodiac comes the opportunity for loved ones to come together, celebrate and look forward to better times. Girard-Perregaux shares this positive outlook and, in order to mark the occasion, is releasing a special one-off timepiece, the Quasar Infrared. This model is housed in a sapphire crystal case, a horological genre which has become a speciality of the house.

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A quasar is a massive, extremely luminous and remote celestial object which emits large amounts of energy. When viewed through a telescope it resembles a star-like point of light. The Manufacture chose this name for its Quasar creations as it encapsulates the model’s generous proportions, shapes, energy, its notable scarcity and its play with light. Inevitably, this provokes the question, ‘Why Infrared?’

 

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Infrared light is part of the electromagnetic spectrum and essentially invisible to the naked eye. However, with its distinctive red hues, Girard-Perregaux has made Infrared visible. In the 19th century, Girard-Perregaux viewed movement bridges as not merely functional components, but also as aesthetic elements. Over the years, the Manufacture has released a number of models sharing the same trait, namely, making the invisible, visible.

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 Patrick Pruniaux, CEO of Girard-Perregaux, remarks, “We wanted to create a watch that exudes vitality and evokes thoughts of good fortune and positivity. In Chinese culture, the colour red conveys these sentiments. The Quasar Infrared combines red hues with transparency and iconic shapes as well as our signature Three Bridges. This creation is modern but employs Girard-Perregaux’s vast expertise amassed over its 230-year history.”

 

The clear case allows Girard-Perregaux to showcase the art of precision engineering with every element of the model’s composition refined to the nth degree. The sapphire case is fashioned from a single sapphire disc. Thereafter, the disc is formed, milled and polished to create a smooth, homogenous surface, free of inclusions. This latter phase alone takes over 200 hours of work and hundreds of operations, employing techniques perfected over two centuries. Making the case, lugs and crown is protracted, but excellence is seldom achieved in haste.

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A notable attribute of the Quasar Infrared relates to its breathtaking transparency. Components which are normally hidden from view are freely shown. It is therefore imperative that each part is presented in flawless form. However, with 230 years of experience, Girard-Perregaux is able to meet such technical challenges.

Set within the azure blue case, the tourbillion seemingly floats. Its cage is lyre-shaped, a historical design dating back to the 19th century. However, this contemporary creation indulges the wearer with aerial views of the Neo Bridges, a Girard-Perregaux signature inspired by architectural structures. While these bridges appear futuristic, they continue to uphold the styling of La Esmeralda. The Grade 5 titanium bridges are set against the NAC treated mainplate, revealing the smallest details of the mechanism. Despite the modernity of this model, traditional hand-finishing is much in evidence.

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The tourbillon cage is powered by a unidirectional automatic winding system featuring a micro-rotor made of white gold. Comprised of 79 components and weighing a mere 0.25 grams, the low mass of the tourbillon cage consumes only small amounts of energy, augmenting the movement’s available power-reserve.

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The micro-rotor is intentionally positioned behind the barrel, contributing to the pure, uncluttered appearance of the Quasar Infrared’s fully skeletonised movement. The Dauphine-type hour and minute hands feature red luminescent treatment. The strap is presented in the same ebullient hues, bestowing the composition with a harmonious visual aspect.

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The Quasar Infrared is housed in a handblown floating glass sphere made in Switzerland, ensuring consistency with Girard-Perregaux’s origins. This unique piece is available in Girard-Perregaux’s Hong Kong boutique, located in K11 Musea.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model:  Quasar Infrared

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Reference:  99295-43-2004BAHA  - Unique Pieces

Movement
Reference: GP09400-1439
Winding: Self-winding mechanical
Diameter: 36.00 mm (16’’’)
Thickness: 9.54 mm

Power reserve: min. 60 hours
Number of components: 260, of which 27 jewels
Frequency: 21,600 Vib/h – (3 Hz)

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
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:  high-gloss red calfskin strap featuring hand-stitching
Buckle: triple folding, white gold


Limited to Only 1 Pièce 

 
PRICE :

€ 322,000 EUR
$ 319,000 USD 

 

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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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