ANGELUS – FLYING TOURBILLON Red Gold & Carbon Gold Bridges Limited Edition 2022
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Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbillon
Gold bridges
In addition to its technicality, the Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbillon
presents precious materials and finishes. A sports watch with a flying
tourbillon, this limited edition of 18 pieces is housed within a sharp
new 42.5 mm diameter case in carbon composite and red gold.
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The A-250
calibre gives it a three-dimensional skeletonised look with its array of
bridges in relief. Their graphic arrangement is much like the
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The
Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbillon leads a new generation of
Angelus cases. Its sleek and dynamic lines are befitting of the extreme technicality of this supremely graphic timepiece.
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The red gold crown with wide notches has a rubber insert for improved grip and is protected by an asymmetrical guard projecting from the lugs. The crenellated bezel presents
Angelus’ signature slight angular grooves.
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Meanwhile, the
A-250 skeletonised flying tourbillon calibre is surrounded by an ultra-rigid and ultralight carbon composite container. It is held within an 18K 5N red gold case middle, which reveals another kind of skeletonisation and serves as an openworked vehicle for an openworked movement.
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o complete the overall effect, the
Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbilloncomes with a black ballistic-style rubber strap, featuring an interchangeable system and a red gold and titanium folding clasp.
Contrast
The bridges of the Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbillon form its face. In the absence of a dial, these components play an expressive role in any skeleton movement.
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And since the main plate of the
A-250 calibre is made from woven carbon composite, it is black, accentuating the contrasting 18K red gold bridges. Their volume is also emphasised by their placement above the carbon, arranged in pivotal positions on a higher level.
Relief
The bridges are hollowed out, as are the arms of the wheels. The aim of this skeletonisation is to reduce the physical weight of the piece and to lighten the aesthetic impression. After being pared down, these miniature sculptures are chamfered by hand along all their edges.
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Their flat surface, measuring less than half a millimetre across, then undergoes careful horizontal satin-brushing to give a matte finish. To put the final flourish on these bridges,
Angelus has attached them to the main plate using
Angelus screws with a proprietary head.
Depth
While the Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbillon has no dial, it does have a flange. This component, which marks the transition between bezel and watch interior, is finished with a matte black PVD treatment.
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It is then graduated with sets of five increments, separated by three-dimensional white gold hour-markers filled with a luminescent substance. Since this flange is placed level with the bezel, it creates a sunken effect that accentuates the feeling of depth in the
A-250 calibre.
Suspension
The star of this Angelus’ multilevel display is the tourbillon. It is situated at 6 o’clock, next to a bridge that does not hold it in place and instead supports the first wheel in the gear train. The tourbillon is only fixed in place from below, making it a flying tourbillon.
Click, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTOIt is attached directly to the carbon main plate, which is pierced in this spot to give a transparent effect, accentuating the sense of levitation and highlighting the tourbillon’s rotation.
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Meanwhile, the balance oscillating within it also has a pared-down construction. Instead of being a ring like most balances, it is a cut, non-circular flywheel. Lighter and more efficient in terms of drag, it further enhances the innate timekeeping performance of an
Angelus tourbillon.
Spectacular display
The workings are housed within a vast sapphire crystal glass box.
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This transparent component is angled – almost vertically where it touches the bezel – to provide a large, flat surface for the
Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbillon’s spectacular display: ethereal, technical, graphic, and very
Angelus.
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Technical Specifications
FLYING TOURBILLON Collection
Model:
Gold & Carbon Flying Tourbillon EditionClick, to see the large size. ▶ BIG FOTO
Reference 0TCDB.B01A.K009B
Movement
Calibre: Angelus A-250, skeletonised, hand-wound mechanical, one-minute flying tourbillon
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Jewels 18
Diameter 32.60 mm
Thickness 5.78 mm
Power reserve 90 hours
Frequency 3 Hz / 21,600 vph
Finishes main plate: carbon fibre
bridges: 18K red gold (5N), satin-finished
wheels: circular-grained
screws: Angelus design
tourbillon carriage: chamfered and hand-polished
Functions hours and minutes
Dial
Flange black PVD treatment
18K white gold hour-markers with Super-LumiNova
Hands rhodium-plated, with Super-LumiNova
Case
Material 18K red gold (5N) and carbon composite
Diameter 42.50 mm
Thickness 11.70 mm
Crystal sapphire box, anti-reflective coating on both sides
Back sapphire, anti-reflecting coating
Water resistance 30 metres/3 ATM
Strapwith interchangeable system
Material black “ballistic” rubber
Buckle folding clasp, 18K red gold (5N) and titanium
Limited edition 18 pieces
Retail price Switzerland CHF 68,900 taxincluded (subject to change)
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Press Release - 2022
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