Glashutte Original - Grande Cosmopolitan Tourbillon NEW
Saxon watchmaker
Glashütte Original packs the world and its 37 time
zones into precisely 8.72 cubic centimetres and straps it onto the
traveller's wrist. Following a highly focused development phase,
Glashütte Original's constructors, designers and master watchmakers
completed the most unusual and sophisticated masterpiece in the history
of the company: the
Grande Cosmopolitan Tourbillon.
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This exquisitely complicated wonder enables the world traveller to track
the time of day or night at home and on the road simultaneously, in any
two of 37 world time zones, while accounting correctly for Daylight
Saving (DST) or Standard Time (STD) and for travel forward in time (to
the East) or back in time (to the West).
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All destination
time and date changes made by the wearer are displayed by a Perpetual
Calendar geared to register changes in both directions, forwards and
backwards in time.
This unique combination of complications - an absolute world first in
mechanical watches – is crowned by the extraordinary Flying Minute
Tourbillon, developed in
1920 by the master watchmaker,
Alfred Helwig.
Glashütte Original has applied for four separate patents to protect the
expertise that made this unique work of art possible. This exclusive
masterpiece is
limited to 25 pieces worldwide.
The
Grande Cosmopolitan Tourbillon is designed for the world traveller
who wishes to keep track of both the home time and the destination time
while travelling.
The home time remains an unchanging point
of reference and is presented at 6 o’clock on a dedicated 24-hour dial
with a day/night indicator.
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The destination time appears at the centre of the main dial and tracks the local time at a given location away from home. To begin using this exceptional timepiece, the owner first sets the
hour and minute of the home time, which is followed by the
synchronization of the home and destination times.
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When
selecting the home time, the owner sets the time zone governing his or
her usual place of residence, selecting it from among 37 different world
time zones on the city ring, including those that respect 30-minute
(e.g. Delhi) and 45-minute offsets (e.g. Eucla), and then adjusts for
Standard Time (STD) or Daylight Saving Time (DST).
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The time
zones on the city ring are indicated using three-letter IATA codes
(international airport codes, e.g. FRA for Frankfurt am Main, LAX for
Los Angeles International, DXB for Dubai, etc.) and are displayed in two
small windows at 8 o’clock on the dial, one dedicated to Standard Time
(STD), the other to Daylight Saving Time (DST).
The owner then sets the
Perpetual Calendar to reflect the current weekday, date, month and (leap) year.
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The extraordinary mechanics of the
Grande Cosmopolitan Tourbillon are
set in motion by the traveller who wishes to change the destination time
or who wants to simply observe an additional time zone.
If
heading East (forwards in time), the traveller turns the crown
positioned at 2 o’clock clockwise; if travelling West (back in time),
the crown is turned counter-clockwise. If the destination time is ahead
or back a day, up to 5 displays of the Perpetual Calendar change
accordingly.
The ingenious time machine can handle even a change from March 1st to
February 29th or 28th, with no additional manual intervention required.
It is an absolutely extraordinary combination of hand-crafted
complications – an astonishing achievement, and a world first for
mechanical watches.
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This exquisite set of display is put on show on a silver-grained,
massive 18 karat gold dial and is framed by milled black Roman numerals
and a railroad chapter ring. The 24-hour
home time display at 6
o’clock joins the destination time displays in a functional array
crowned by an outstanding example of the watchmaker’s art: the Flying
Minute Tourbillon, developed in
1920 by one of
Glashütte’s most admired
master watchmakers and teachers,
Alfred Helwig.
The back of the 48mm platinum case frames an antireflective sapphire
crystal offering a clear view of this most complicated of manually wound
movements, the
Glashütte Original manufactory
Calibre 89-01 with more
than
500 components. The base plate features characteristic
Glashütte
ribbing, screw-mounted gold chatons, winding wheels and the 72-hour
power reserve display.
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The case back is protected by a
platinum hunter case fitted with a graphic presenting 37 time zones,
each represented by a three-letter IATA airport code. The masterpiece is
fitted with a black Louisiana alligator strap and fold-over clasp in
platinum.
As befits this extraordinary example of the art of
making watches at
Glashütte Original, this grand complication
masterpiece is presented in a finely crafted presentation case
made of peat bog oak.
A stainless steel globe presides over the case, which displays along
its sides a series of maps evocative of past and present adventures of
discovery around the world. When the exclusive timepiece is placed
inside the case, an integrated winding mechanism ensures that the
Grande
Cosmopolitan Tourbillon remains wound running at all times.
Possible changes of the time zones will not cause a problem for the
master watchmakers and construction engineers at
Glashütte Original in
the near future. To the contrary, as a service to its customers, the
Saxon watch manufactory will gladly exchange the city ring should there
be a change to the time zones in the future.
A special
personalization is offered to the proud owner who can have his home town
– in the form of an IATA code – printed on the city ring.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
| Case material | : | Platinum |
| Strap | : | Louisiana Alligator leather |
| Limited edition | : | 25 pieces worldwide |
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| Case diameter | : | 48 mm |
| Height | : | 16 mm |
| Waterproof | : | up to 5 ATM |
| Glass | : | Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on both sides |
| Bottom | : | Sapphire crystal, officer’s case back with engraved time zones |
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| Caliber | : | Manual winding movement, Caliber 89-01 |
| Individual components | : | 528 |
| Dimensions diameter | : | 39.2 mm, Height 7.5 mm |
| Oscillating frequnecy | : | 21.600 A/h, equivalent to 3 Hz |
| Power reserve | : | 72 h |
| Jewels | : | 70 and 2 diamond endstones |
| Balance | : | screw balance with 18 weighted screws in the tourbillon carriage, one revolution per minute |
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| Remarks | : | Flying
Minute Tourbillon (small second on Tourbillon cage), home time 24 h
display (off-centre), 2nd time zone with hours and minutes (switchable
of 37 time zones incl. ½ h and ¾ h differences), daylight saving -
/standard time, perpetual calendar with day, month, leap year and
panorama date (switchable forward and backward), day/night indicator,
power reserve display (on movement side); exquisitely finished movement,
beveled edges, polished and brushed steel parts, screwed gold chatons,
blued screws, Breguet spring, wheel-train bridge with Glashütte ribbed
finish, winding wheels with double sun burst decoration. |
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