Oilean Watch – HB-1 Chronograph Triple Calendar Edition

 

Oileán Watch – HB-1 Skeleton Chronograph Triple Calendar Titanium 40 mm Limited Edition

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Swiss heart Celtic spirit
A modern classic

Contemporary

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Presented  in a case of Grade 5 Titanium with contrasting high polish and straight  grained finishes, and featuring a transparent smoked sapphire dial with cool blue luminous accents on the hour indices and on the tips of its hands and pointers, Oileán HB-1 has a clean and modern aesthetic, which is individual, distinctive and beautifully designed.

Elegant

Of all the possibilities of the mechanical timepiece, there are few if any more elegant and practical complications than the classical triple calendar, with its configuration of day and month windows, pointer date and moon phase display, complemented with the practicality of the chronograph to round off a full suite of everyday functionality.

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Oileán takes this wonderful and emotive combination of features to life in a beautiful modern wristwatch, but one which remains true to a tradition of old school horologic innovation..

Classical

Central to the Oileán HB-1 is the magnificent and legendary Valjoux 88 movement which beats within. 

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A historic calibre which has been used by some of watchmaking’s true Grande Maisons, it is a quite beautiful piece of twentieth century horologic engineering, and one which the Watchmaker has gone to exceptional lengths to ensure that no part of it is concealed from sight. 

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This manual wound technical masterpiece has been reduced to its component form, and then part by part, painstakingly finished by hand to John McGonigle’s uncompromising standards of Haute Horlogerie, before being rebuilt as an even more exquisite mechanism.

Expressive

Throughout Oileán, there are nuances of celtic inspiration and the symbolism of a proud island nation to be found. 

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

 Model   Oileán HB-1 Chronograph Triple Calendar Watchcraft by John McGonigle

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 Reference: Oileán HB-1

•     Limited production of: Eight pieces per annum
•     Style: Haute horlogerie
•     Warranty: Two years manufacture
  

Case
Material: Grade 5 Titanium
Diameter: 40 mm
Height: 14.20 mm
Water resistance: up to 3 bar (30 meters)
Glass: sapphire, convex, double anti-reflective
Caseback: Secured by screws, sapphire glass
Crown: push-in crown with engraved harp motif, two gaskets

Movement
Highly modified, hand-finished vintage Valjoux 88

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Manual winding
Power reserve: approximately 40 hours
Balance frequency: 21,600 a/h
All component edges hand bevelled and polished
All steel components straight grained with shellac stone or flat polished on tin with diamond paste
Bridges and mainplate available with gold or rhodium plating
Functions: 
Hours, minutes, seconds, day, date, month, moonphase, chronograph
Chronograph mechanism

• Twin pusher
• Column-wheel
• Central seconds
• 30-minute and 12 hour registers on sub-dials

Triple Calendar mechanism

• Day and month displayed in windows
• Central pointer date indicating on outer sector
• Moon phase
• Corrector pushers for adjusting the calendar mechanism (tool supplied)
  

Dial
Smoked sapphire crystal central insert
Outer printed section in black and silver
Day and Month discs available in white or black.
Hands
Hour and Minute hands rhodium plated with luminescent tips
Blued chronograph hands with luminescent tips
Blued central date hand with luminescent tip
Strap
Black leather
Clasp Titanium pin buckle
 

Edition
Limited edition of 8 timepieces

Price: EUR 23,500 (excl. taxes)

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VOUTILAINEN – Vingt-8 "SETSU-GETSU-KA" Unique Piece

 

VOUTILAINEN – Current Vingt-8 "SETSU-GETSU-KA" Art 28 Edition - Unique Piece 2021

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A unique Voutilainen timepiece 

One of the greatest lacquer artist of Japan, Tatsuo Kitamura, creates works of lacquer art that stand at the pinnacle of Japanese tradition. It brings a craft that has existed for hundreds of years into the present, exemplifying the passion to preserve the soul, spirit and identity of traditional Japanese culture as expressed in the Edo period. 

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This superlative work engages us immediately on a physical level and one can only stand in awe at the commitment, patience and dedication required to create these works of art. The dial shown here, using the techniques of lacquering with Saiei Makie and Somata zaiku takes several months of work to complete. The raw materials for its creation are: Kinpun (gold dust), Jyunkin-itakane (gold leaf), Yakou-gai (shell of great green turban) and Awabi-gai (abalone shell from New Zealand).

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"SETSU-GETSU-KA" was recognised primarily as the combination of « Snow, Moon and Flowers » is a Japanese expression and theme in art and design, it became popular in the late Edo period. It is a metonym for beautiful sceneries in the nature.

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It was referred to these three objects themselves, or further included the elegant stances themselves when enjoying these objects.

This threefold theme usually refers to the seasons of the year. Snow refers to winter, Moon refers to autumn and Flowers refers to spring.

We throw fresh light on the composition.

The top of Mt. Fuji in covered by snow in winter, but there are flowers endure, blooming in spring, as the sight is shone (Mt. Fuji reflected in a lake) by moonlight in the clear night sky. The surface of lake reflects the fantastic light show.

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Moon is formed along 10 to 2. By contrast with night sky, back refers to sun shining brilliantly.

This symbiosis of Japanese tradition with the Swiss haute horlogerie creations of Kari Voutilainen represents an all-embracing mechanical and visual work of art that unites the East and West in perfect harmony.

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Technical Characteristics

Categories: Current Collection

Model: Vingt-8 "SETSU-GETSU-KA"

Movement
Manual-winding mechanical
Re-engineered caliber Vingt-8
Design, construction, fabrication, finishing and assembly in Voutilainen workshops.
- In-house movement.
- 30mm x 8.45mm movement
- New escapement, with two escapement wheels, direct impulse.
- Main plate and bridges manufactured from German silver.
- Wheels manufactured from gold.
- 32 jewels
- Integrated retrograde power reserve indication.
- Power reserve: 65h
- Free sprung balance wheel with rose gold timing weights
- 18.000 variations / hours
Balance diameter 13.60mm,
The exterior of the spring uses a typical Phillips overcoil,
while the internal curve uses the little known Grossmann curve.
Case
White gold - Unique case designSize ø 39 mm
Thickness 12.80 mm
Sapphire glasses front and back, anti reflection treatment on both sides
Waterproofness 30 m 
Functions
Hours, minutes 
Dial
Unique art piece created by the legendary Japanese lacquer studio
lacquer technique by Tatsuo Kitamura comprising Kinpun (gold dust),
The techniques of lacquering with Saiei Makie and Somata zaiku takes several months of work to complete. The raw materials for its creation are: Kinpun (gold dust), Jyunkin-itakane (gold leaf), Yakou-gai (shell of great green turban) and Awabi-gai (abalone shell from New Zealand).
Hands  Gold
Strap
Hand sewn crocodile strap with gold buckle

Additionals
All design, manufacturing, construction, fabrication, hand finishing and assembly in the Voutilainen workshop.

Year 2021

Limited to 1 unique piece.


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Press Release - 2021
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Kari Voutilainen
Voutilainen Horlogerie d’Art
Comblémine 2
2112 Môtiers | Switzerland
Tél +41 32 861 4832
Fax +41 32 861 4833
voutilainen@voutilainen.ch
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