HAUTLENCE – VAGABONDE Tourbillon Series 3 Edition

HAUTLENCE – VAGABONDE Tourbillon Series 3 Limited Edition 2023 

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 MAKING WAVES - HAUTLENCE GOES SUPERCONDUCTOR IN THE VAGABONDE TOURBILLON SERIES 3

Cutting-edge materials in the service of HAUTLENCE’s uniquely avant-garde vision of watchmaking. The Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 3 elevates the brand’s unique interpretation of the wandering hours display with a flying tourbillon and a dial crafted in a sculpted superconductor material from the forge of James “Black Badger“ Thompson. 

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Innovation for the sake of art. Evocative watchmaking that challenges preconceived notions. Since its establishment in 2004, HAUTLENCE has remained at the helm of independent, out-of-the-box watchmaking. It incessantly challenges the tradition of watchmaking to create novel ways of displaying the passage of time while also showcasing its unique aesthetic sensibilities. 

With its latest creation, the Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 3, HAUTLENCE is revisiting its tourbillon-equipped hands-free time display with a space-age material and striking contrasts throughout. The honeycomb pattern holds a special place for HAUTLENCE, featuring prominently in some of its earliest creations from as far back as 2004. For the Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 3, it’s more than just a geometric motif; it’s the structure of the base dial’s material.

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Like something straight out of science fiction, superconductor materials hold many unique physical properties, with applications in a variety of fields including medical, aerospace, and quantum technologies – and we’re only just scratching the surface of its potential. The copper-niobium superconductor used in the Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 3 is intended for particle accelerators, so literally at the edge of physics. For HAUTLENCE, it’s mostly a source of creative expression.

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To forge this sculptural dial, HAUTLENCE called upon the talents of its friend and collaborator James “Black Badger” Thompson, who has a real knack for experimenting with exotic and groundbreaking materials. Consisting of copper with hexagonal niobium filaments, the superconductor is cut across the grain at a specific angle. The material is then soaked in an acid bath, which attacks the copper but leaves the niobium intact, revealing a stunning, contrasting, tight honeycomb network. The result is a unique and almost organic lattice of raw metal.

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To further enhance the unique and highly three-dimensional structure of the cutting-edge superconductor dial base, a ripple-like pattern is created by carefully removing material to create pronounced grooves. With the silvery-gray tone of the superconductor and its subtle shimmer, the dial always appears in motion, like ripples on the surface of water. This sets the stage for HAUTLENCE’s hands-free display of the time.

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All harmoniously arranged, the time display consists of three jumping hour satellites and a central minute disk. In essence, HAUTLENCE has reinvented the traditional wandering hours display by having three stationary jumping hours disks and a minute track moving between them, crafted in transparent sapphire crystal with minute numerals in Globolight®, a ceramic compound loaded with Super-LumiNova®.

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This hypnotic portrayal of the passage of time above the three-dimensional and structured dial is framed within HAUTLENCE’s emblematic TV-shaped case, streamlined with an integrated rubber strap and more rugged with its bumpers for added robustness and perfectly wearable proportions.

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Water-resistant to 10 ATM, the steel case in the Vagabonde Tourbillon Series 3 is exceptionally draped in a deep midnight blue PVD coating. To bring out the myriad of contrasting tones and voluminous textures, the integrated strap as well as the notched crown’s grip are fashioned in bright white rubber.

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Animating the hour and minute discs as well as the tourbillon is the D30 automatic movement. Visible through the sapphire display back, it features a bidirectional pawl winding mechanism to efficiently deliver a power reserve of at least 3 days. This manufacture calibre is equipped with a one-minute flying tourbillon fitted with a double hairspring in an open bar-shaped carriage, all expertly produced in-house by HAUTLENCE’s sister company, Precision Engineering AG.

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Technical Specifications

Model: VAGABONDE Tourbillon Series 3 Edition

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 Reference AD30-ST00

 
Movement
Calibre D30 self-winding mechanical movement
Linear retrograde jumping hour and 1 minute flying tourbillon
Power reserve: minimum of 72 hours
Regulating organ: 21,600 vibrations / hour
Number of components: 217
Number of jewels: 39
Case
TV-shaped case

Case middle and horns: Satin-finished and polished steel case coated in blue PVD

Dimensions of 43.0 x 50.8 x 11.9 mm / 10.9 mm without sapphire crystal
Bezel: satin-finished and polished steel with midnight blue PVD coating
Crown: Polished steel with blue PVD coating and blue rubber ring; engraved HAUTLENCE logo  

Glass: extra-hard bevelled sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Back: sapphire crystal engraved with “HAUTLENCE”, “10 ATM”, “Horlogerie Suisse”; excluding sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 10 ATM
Dial 

Base dial: copper-niobium superconductor with etched-out hexagonal structure
Planetary wandering hours and minutes display
3D Globolight® indexes
Intermediate dial: Sapphire with applied minute numerals in Globolight®

Strap
White rubber
Clasp: Steel with midnight blue PVD coating

🔰 Edition – Limited edition 28 pieces

🔴Price 65'000 CHF💰

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Guillaume Tetu, CEO and Co-founder - g.tetu@hautlence.com
Caroline Büchler, Marketing & Communication Manager - c.buechler@hautlence.com
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Frederique Constant X HIGHLIFE Automatic The AVENERA Edition

 

Frederique Constant – HIGHLIFE Automatic The AVENERA 39mm Exclusive Edition 2023

 Frederique Constant X The Avener:
A double limited edition

Since the announcement of their partnership in June 2022, Frederique Constant and French musician and producer The Avener have been working on future hits together, and two have been released today: a pair of limited-edition pieces housed in a 39-millimetre steel case designed by the artist, with 432 of each available. 

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That number is no accident: 432Hz is widely held to be the perfect frequency, delivering all the calm of absolute harmony. The first piece features a black dial with a pattern depicting the frequencies monitored on a recording studio console in a dark blue reminiscent of the late-night sets played by 

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The Avener. The second is all in black, with the same sound waves depicted by a subtle interplay of reliefs and finishings in a circular layout. Each watch bears an inscription dear to the artist: ‘a tempo’, meaning ‘return to the original speed’.

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  Frederique Constant and The Avener really are made for each other. On the one side stands the Highlife collection. Since its return centre stage in 2020, it has won over a younger pop-urban generation that beats to the rhythm of precision Swiss watchmaking with perfect finishings available at affordable prices. This modern timepiece features an interchangeable integrated strap and a subtle, elegant style encapsulated in a 39-millimetre steel case.

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   On the other side is The Avener. With more than one million albums sold since his first release, the artist has established himself in record time on the Electro scene. Aged just 36, The Avener has already spent 20 years in the business, the inspiration for his eclectic output ranging from the depths of the blues to modern House music. He’s a landmark musician and producer – and the epitome of the Highlife generation.

Two exclusive limited editions

Now, 432 watches of both models have been released to celebrate this friendship between watchmaking and music. That number is no accident: 432Hz is widely held to be the perfect frequency, delivering all the calm of absolute harmony. Their beating heart is the automatic FC-303 calibre. 

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Visible through the caseback thanks to a glare proof sapphire crystal, the movement boasts a 38-hour power reserve. On the dial side, the rhythm of passing time is marked out by three hands and a date window, above which sits the a tempo inscription. In musical notation, this expression dear to The Avener indicates a return (after a faster or slower section) to the normal tempo, usually referred to by DJs playing their hits in terms of BPM (Beats Per Minute).

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Each dial is decorated with a motif echoing the sound waves of those hits as depicted on studio monitors. On the first piece, they run across the Highlife dial in blue on a black background. The shade of blue in question has particular significance for The Avener: it was used on the cover of his first album, a global success boosted by the single Fade Out Lines. It’s as if the timepiece has captured a fragment of his music, depicting a few bars of the score. The dial combines all the rhythm of the producer/musician – and all the precision of Swiss engineering.

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The second timepiece is evocative of The Avener’s nighttime sets, with a black strap, black DLC* case, black dial, luminous black coating, and a date window with a black background. Only the hands and hour markers stand out to mark the time. 

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The sound wave pattern here is concentric, radiating out from the centre in a nod to the sunburst finish much beloved of the Geneva-based Manufacture, here symbolically repurposed by The Avener in the form of an electro finish from which only the frequency display emerges in glossy relief.

A gift box ready to travel

Each timepiece comes with two tool-free interchangeable straps, the first with a choice of steel or black rubber, the second with the option of rubber or nubuck, both in black.

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The gift box is an original piece especially designed for these limited editions. It takes the form of a replica flight case resembling those used by musicians when touring. With an abundance of reinforcements, the flight case is an embodiment of concerts and the backstage atmosphere, and hints at valuable gear stored within. 

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It’s the perfect setting for an artist’s Highlife, in the centre of a black interior between the additional strap and the limited edition plate.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection   Classic

Model   HIGHLIFE Automatic The AVENERA Edition

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Reference  FC-303TA3NH6B

Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date
Movement
Calibre FC-303 (Base SW200) in-house caliber, automatic
Diameter 25,6 mm / 11 ½ III
Height 6,9 mm
Jewels: 26
Diamond collimaçon decoration
38-hour power reserve,
28'800 alt/h, 26 jewels
Case
Brushed and polished stainless steel 3-part case
Diameter of 39mm
Height 10.34 mm
Anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal
Water-resistant up to 10 ATM/100m/330ft
See-through screwed case back
Dial
Black dial with matt finishing and blue sonic waves pattern printed in the center
Applied stainless steel indexes filled with black luminous treatment
Hand-polished stainless steel hour and minute hands filled with black luminous treatment
Hand-polished stainless steel second hand
Strap
Brushed and polished stainless steel 3-link bracelet
Folding buckle with push buttons
Including an additional black rubber strap with pin buckle

Limited edition
🔰 Edition of ✅only to 432  pieces

🔴 Price : RRP  € 1’995 / 2.295 USD 💰 

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Model    HIGHLIFE Automatic The AVENERA Edition

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Reference  FC-303TA3DNH6  

Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds, date
Movement
Calibre FC-303 (Base SW200) in-house caliber, automatic
Diameter 25,6 mm / 11 ½ III
Height 6,9 mm
Jewels: 26
Diamond collimaçon decoration
38-hour power reserve,
28'800 alt/h, 26 jewels
Case
Sandblasted stainless steel 3-part case with black DLC treatment
Diameter of 39mm
Height 10.34 mm
Anti-reflective convex sapphire crystal
Water-resistant up to 10 ATM/100m/330ft
See-through screwed case back
Dial
Black dial with matt finishing and printed sonic waves pattern
Applied stainless steel indexes filled with black luminous treatment
Hand-polished stainless steel hour and minute hands filled with black luminous treatment
Hand-polished stainless steel second hand
Strap
Black rubber strap with pin buckle
Including an additional black nubuck leather strap with pin buckle

Limited edition
🔰 Edition of ✅only to 432  pieces

🔴 Price : RRP  € 2’495 / 2.495 USD 💰 

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For further Press & Public Relations inquiries, please contact Ms Caroline Feller, PR & Communication Coordinator for Frederique Constant:  cfeller@frederique-constant.com
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