Montblanc - Collection Villeret 1858 in new dimensions
Measuring accurate today as we know it was born on aboard ship: gold, To Be more precise, voyaging aboard vessel vessels on the high seas. Before the dawn of satellite-assisted navigation, highly accurate clocks Were the only instruments Which Could a mariner to enable Exactly determined historical position at sea, ie Both historical geographic latitude and longitude history. This is Reason enough for a Montblanc Villeret manufactory like to devote to this theme icts efforts and to refresh currency innovative Ideas that watch lovers' memories about this significant tradition. The result debuts in the new regulator Nautical watch set in the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858, Which Will celebrate icts world first at the SIHH 2012. Each Set Consists of a chronograph wristwatch with regulator dial and Two Time Zone, along with a wide navigational clock Which, in addition to showing Three time zones one hand icts regulator dial, aussi includes a world-time indicator. Only sixteen specimens of the Montblanc watch Cruise Boat Will Be Manufactured set worldwide - eight sets with red gold wristwatch chronographs and eight more with gold wristwatch chronographs in white boxes.
Montblanc - Nautical Regulator Mono-Pusher Chronograph
Part 1: The Montblanc Chronograph Wristwatch Yacht Cruise
He was emperor in name states, the wristwatch chronograph watch sets in the Nautique from the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 is a watch with regulator dial. Its functions and Its design offer insights Into the fascinating history of navigation on the high seas. The essential precondition for this is to Know Both the time at one's harbor of departure and at one's momentary location, ie the simultaneous display of the times in Two different locations.
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Regulator Dial: The Face of Precise Time Measurement
The central regulator dial with a minute-hand, the A Separate subdial for hours at the "12" and the second year we Shown additional subdial is homage to the year off, and venerable Extremely accurate pendulum clocks That Were Used in the still 20th century Other timepieces to Regulate, whence the name "regulator." To ensure That the display of the second passing Would never be Covered by the very slow-moving hour-hand, relocated onto the lath WAS A Separate subdial and completely Call divorced from the dial Where Were the latter Indicated. Regulator pendulum clocks aussi cette Stood out in the offices of harbormasters in all of the world's major ports.Captains Would stop at the office shortly Departing Before we travel. Their final task Before leaving the office to synchronize WAS Their ship's chronometer with the laptop's regulator clock so HarborMaster That is the precise time history Shown clock Could Be "taken along" Throughout The Trip. In Those years, an accurate reference Time Was essential for staying on course on the high seas. The allusion to the new Montblanc Chronograph Regulator Nautical Malthus is quite valid. Further details about navigation with a sextant and timepiece are Described in the appendix.
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Dial with Depth
The new Montblanc watch from the Collection Villeret 1858 Does not Have a dial regulator of the fate that's Frequently Used watches are of this type. Instead, it transforms icts display area for eight different Indicateurs Into a topographical experience. The sight of home and local time, day and night display, chronograph, 30-minute counter, small seconds, and power-reserve and combinée winding-display area is sweating more Than half a dozen Levels. The dial is pierced to reveal Partly Manually Executed circular graining on the movement's platform, Above Which Canon has connoisseur admires the wheels of Individual mechanisms. Some scales are applied as Applied, others are inset Into the dial. This symbolically Represents the theme of Depths and shallows: after all, the watch is named "Cruise Boat" and the first accurate timepieces Were Developed 250 years ago specifically for navigation on the high seas.
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Second Time Zone and Day / Night Display
The alpha and omega of the time-based navigation are to know the time in Two different time zones, ie the current local time and the time in the harbor from which one's vessel HAD departed. Only with this knowledge Cdn one compares the actual time of the Highest ascent of the sun above-the-horizon (ie, local noon) with the harbor at the time of original departure and accordingly calculate one's longitude géographiques okay. This is why the regulator Nautical wristwatch chronograph shows the local time via a skeletonized hour-hand inside a small hours-circle at the "12," Beneath Which year hour-hand data and identify the home time (ie the time in one's harbor of departure) . When the watch is in ict wearer's home time zone, the skeletonized hour-hand is always Directly Above the blued hand; When The wearer travels to a different time zone, he or she presses the button at the "10" to reposition the local hour hand-in hourly increments Until It shows the proper time for the new area. A 24-hour subdial with day / night display at the "1" indicates the time in the wearer's home area.
Monopusher Column-Wheel Chronograph with Control
The wristwatch controller in the Nautical Watch Set Measures brief intervals in the best tradition of the manufactory. Its chronograph Caliber MB M16.30 HAS wide elapsed-seconds hand with staff at the ict center of the dial and a counter for 30 minutes elapsed at the "3." The chronograph functions in the classical Manner via a column-wheel and horizontal coupling. The chronograph's sunrises are meticulously handcrafted and the implementation function aussi Manually Executed, whereby the contacting surfaces of the chronograph's sunrises are Carefully scrutinized Under a magnifying glass When The stopwatch functions are operated, then gradually and painstakingly hand-abraded to the nearest hundredth of a millimeter. The steel components and Minerva's V-shaped chronograph Typically bridges are beveled and polished Manually. The sunrises are abraded by rubbing Them Gently Against a fine-grained stone. The bridges are hand-embellished with Geneva waves. The large screw balance and massy with Phillips' hairspring oscillates at the frequency of 18.000 classical semi-oscillations per hour (2.5 Hz), Which Enables this chronograph to measure elapsed intervals PRECISELY to the nearest fifth of a second. The stopwatch is operated via a button in the crown: this lone push-piece sequentially triggers the start, stop and zero-return functions.
Display with Power-Reserve Winding-Zone indication
A genuine innovation in mechanical watchmaking is found in the lower half of the dial, where 'the broad power-reserve display was subsequently assembled pair of hands to Indicate Two major items of information about the running autonomie. This display is absolutely required for a connectable navigational timepiece Because navigation is assured only if the watch is wound and never stops Regularly Throughout The running trip. This is the Guaranteed by a glance at the daily Exclusively combinée power-reserve indicator and winding-area, Which not only shows whether the mainspring still contains enough energy, objective data and identify aussi Clearly How Many hours REMAIN Before the manual winding watch categorically DEMANDS. Watchmakers Distinguish Among Three different states for the mainspring in a mechanical wristwatch. In the area of ordinary power reserve, the mainspring HAS enough energy to sustain Good for the amplitude balance and to ensure Malthus Good Accuracy spleen. In the so-called "winding area," the mainspring still HAS Sufficient power to keep the movement running, goal Canon no longer maintain to positive amplitude: the watch's rate suffers accordingly. The Third state OCCURS When the mainspring is fully slackened, in Which case the movement no longer runs. The power-reserve and combinée winding-area indicator of the Montblanc chronograph wristwatch distinguishes Cruise Boat Between the Two first-Mentioned states: if the power reserve is in a favorable area, the two hands are one atop the Express and The Other Remaining duration of the power reserve as a Specific number of hours. If tension in the mainspring HAS Declined To Where It Can no longer maintain to favorable amplitude in the Balance (Indicated by the French word "BAS"), the upper hand stands still and the lower, red hand moves Into the red zone, indicating indication That Malthus Should the watch again Be Manually wound. To display this complex and important information, Montblanc Villeret Specially Developed a patented hand-Mechanism nineteen, of which - in addition to the two hands - one Cdn aussi see the blue steel rack with an arrow-shaped tip recalling the traditional Minerva logo.
Exclusive Editions in Red and White Gold
The finely finished and very complicated mechanical movement is ensconced inside a gold box attractively That Protects icts intricate inner life. With classical tripartite construction, the box is 43.5 millimeters in diameter and Gently curving horns HAS, has readily grasped and fluted crown with built-in chronograph button (monopusher), and a push-piece at the "10" to advance the hand for the second time zone in hourly increments. The concave bezel Holds a cambered crystal antireflectively treated fish, that's beens on Both surfaces icts year to ensure optimal view of the complex three-dimensional dial Beneath it. The screwed back of the box with transparent pane icts of sapphire crystal offers beautiful views of the back of the movement, Which boasts a hand-finished chronograph Mechanism and a wide scale. The wristwatch is affixed to year-alligator leather strap: dark brown leather and a red gold buckle pronged complement the red gold wristwatch, navy blue leather and a white gold clasp attractively highlight the model with the white gold box.
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Montblanc - Montblanc Horloge de Marine Nautical Regulator for Yachts
Part 2: The Nautical Navigational Montblanc Regulator Clock
Seafaring and navigation on the high seas Were crucially significant for the Evolution of accurate time measurement, so Montblanc chronograph wristwatch HAS Given the worthy companion Which Canon has Ideally serve aboard a private yacht, purpose Which Will Attract admiring aussi focus on dry land.The dimensions and materials of the Montblanc Regulator clock Nautical navigational Will Surely raise the eyebrows and pulse rates of the yacht owners and watch aficionados around the globe. The clock is 93 cm tall, 56 cm in diameter and Weighs 120 kilograms. It Rests atop a base made of granite, solid brass, aluminum and carbon fiber. Its clockwork has-beens Manufactured from the finest steel, brass and ruby in agreement with all the rules and usages of the watchmaker's art. Is it a masterful piece of art or artful year scientific instrument? The answer Can Be nothing but year unambiguous "yes, both!"
The heavy granite base with Gently curved aluminum and carbon-fiber struts guarantee That this noble clock stands as solidly as a rock, REGARDLESS of whether icts Rests upon the motionless floor of one's library at home or in the captain's cabin aboard planks That Constantly pitch and roll. This wide clock is well equipped to cope with the different life aboard ship Requirements of and on dry land Because it Cdn In Any tip steering thanks to cardanic suspended inside a cage of nickel-plated brass. Even When The yacht leans to one side, the clock and data and identify the horizontal restes ship's Heeling with a downwardly pointing arrow we scale from 0 to 27 degrees: a perfect symbiosis of Aesthetic form and nautical function.Of course, this broad navigational clock is only one half of Each Regulator Nautical Montblanc timepiece set, so built one of the struts Into That supports the clock is a smaller cardanic suspension, the wristwatch chronograph Into Which Can Be Placed When Is not wearing one it on one's wrist. The wristwatch is Safely Kept here: no matter how violently the waves may rage, it Continually Maintains icts horizontal position, where 'it is immune to the ill effects of the so-called "center-of-gravity error."Now is the time to describe the details of the navigational clock, Which Becomes the heart and soul of navigation as soon as the last bit of coastline HAS Disappeared below the horizon. From this moment on, mariners Who Need to calculate the exact position of Their yacht Must Rely on Knowing the exact time in a harbor with a Known geographic longitude, the current position of the sun, and the angle Between the horizon and the sun's Highest daily ascent at local noon.
Time Zone Dial-ace Navigational Aid
The face Beneath the domed crystal is mostly Highly patterned dial the after the regulator of the Nautical wristwatch, the goal much larger size of this clock's face Provides ample space for Three time zones. The time of departure in the harbor is Shown on a 24-hour subdial at the "9"; the time in the port of destination appears on Another 24-hour subdial at the "3" and the currentLocal time is Indicated on the dial hand, Which is Arranged in classical fashion with a wide regulator minute-hand from the center and a subdial for the hours at the "12." Immediately ALONGSIDE it is the small seconds display. As on the wristwatch, here too on the navigational clock to Combined power-reserve display area and winding-owner to Regularly Reminds the wind the clock, although this pleasant little task is Necessary only ounces EACH fortnight. The aforementioned displays are augmented by a world-time clock: its scales for 24 hours and Two dozen yacht harbor below the names turn cardanic suspension and are visible only from the side. Blue LED lighting bathes the set in Entire seductive, mysteriously shimmering light. The world-time function Becomes Exclusive and Individualized Especially if the owner Does not use the standard scale of place names, replaces the goal STANDARDIZED names with place names of his or her Own Preferably one place name For Each time zone. For example, the owner choose Cdn Geneva INSTEAD of Paris Because He Lives In The Swiss metropolis; Hoboken, New Jersey INSTEAD of New York Because He was born in Hoboken, Osaka gold, Where His favorite restaurant is located, Rather Than Tokyo. In year accordingly Individualized version, the Montblanc timepiece Nautical Cruise set morphs from one share of a limited edition single Into absolutely all year.
Mechanical Timekeeping in Compliance with All the Rules of Artistic Handcraftsmanship
To serve as partner for the manufacturing icts of this impressive navigational clock, Montblanc joined forces, with the renowned Erwin Sattler clock manufactory, Which ranks Among the finest in business icts. The building's clockwork, functionality and design boast all the Horological Characteristics of outstanding artistry and high-quality manufactory production. The gleaming golden gears are laborious laboriously crafted in a multistage method calls Which To Be For Each tooth Individually and sequentially milled from the solid brass blank. Milling single wheel Requires Many minutes of Labor, Followed By Other time-consuming finishing steps Such as deburring, polishing the surfaces of the wheels and the flanks of the teeth, and plating with gold, Which Protects Against the wheels and corrosion Gives Them High -That Reduce friction gloss surfaces. The 360-hour rate is correspondingly broad autonomie Requires Containing a lengthy mainspring barrel. Compensation for the Continual decline in torque of the mainspring is Achieved by a so-called "transmission zone," which transfers energy to the first wheel in the gear-train via a cable wrapped around a conically shaped rocket (gold zone in French). As the power wanes in the barrel, the radius of the tapering rocket Continually leverage so alters the active time of year unchanging strength Can Be conveyed to the gear-train despite the steadily decreasing torque in the mainspring. This transmission of energy is Regulated via a Swiss escapement and remove a screw balance with a blued hairspring. The balance and Its spring, Which oscillate at the frequency of classical unhurried goal 2.5 Hz (18,000 semi-oscillations per hour), are visible year-through aperture in the dial at 1 o `clock.The Montblanc Nautical navigational regulator clock is a lavish artwork with exclusive year Design that attracts everyone's superlative with gauze and capture the interest functions That icts of viewers. Aboard a luxury yacht, ict attractive appearance RECALLS the safe harbor, standing motionless on a floor is terra firma, this commanding clock evokes dreams of freedom on the high seas, and when to icts owner wears the matching Boat Cruise on the wrist chronograph, the clock is always - as it Were - close at hand.Only sixteen specimens of the Montblanc watch Cruise Boat Will Be Manufactured set worldwide - eight sets with red gold wristwatch chronographs and eight more with gold wristwatch chronographs in white boxes. These Will Be Exclusively limited sets available in Montblanc boutiques and jewelers in selected in June 2012.
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Appendix
Navigation on the High Seas Depends on Precise Time MeasurementThe conquest of the oceans and the Evolution of accurate time measurement are inseparably linked on the endless expanse Because of the oceans, navigational instruments classical Could only enable a determined historical geography to marinate Between latitude 90 ° North and 90 ° South, but not historical geography longitude, ie year historical position along East-West axis. This longitudinal Uncertainty HAD dramatic consequences. In the course of centuries, Thousands of sailing vessel vessels dashed to smithereens Were we reefs, Sending tens of Thousands of seamen to a watery grave - All Because the navigator ahead no way to accurately determined géographiques longitude Malthus and the exact position of the ship. It Was the English, and Above All the watchmaker John Harrison, solved this problem successfully Who in the 18th century with the aid of Highly accurate timepieces, Known today as "ship's Chronometers."
Navigation on the High Seas with Sextant and Ship's Chronometer
There are only point of reference A Few That Can Be Used To orient oneself on the VAST expanse of the ocean. One Can See the ship on which one is sailing, the 360 ° panorama of the horizon and the celestial bodies, for example, the sun and the moon, the North Star in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere. Comparatively it's simple to determines one's latitude with the aid of a sextant, with which one Measures the angle Between the horizon and the sun did daily icts Highest elevation at one's current location. Calculating one's momentary longitude is considerably more difficult. Longitude defines position along East-West axis year, along the sun likewise Which Appears to move, so the sun is motionless cannot serve as points of reference. The Sun Reaches Highest Point icts above-the-horizon at a different time at EACH location on Earth, so a navigator Needs to Know the route of transit icts, icts Highest daily ie elevation, along the axis of time. The Sun Seems To one full 360 degree journey around the Earth Every 24 hours. Our nearest star accordingly travels-through year fifteen degrees angle of EACH hour of longitude, Which is equivalent to one degree of longitude Every oven minutes. If a seafarer HAS accurate timepiece on board, and chronometer If That shows the true solar time at historical harbor of embarkation (eg Southampton on the southern coast of England), then readily calculate ET Cdn history momentary géographiques longitude. By definition, local noon is the time When the Sun Reaches Highest elevation icts above-the-horizon. PRECISELY at this moment, the home time in Southampton Must Be read from the dial of the ship's chronometer. For example, if the chronometer shows 4:24 pm, the vessel's current position Must Be solar 264 minutes (ie oven hours and 24 minutes) west of Southampton. Dividing 264 by the furnace vessel's present agricultural yields longitude: 66 ° West. Now only one Needs to measure the sun's elevation about the horizon, Which Canon Easily Be Accomplished with the aid of a sextant, and accordingly mark the current latitude on the nautical chart. The intersection of the longitude and latitude lines is the ship's current position.Incidentally: satellite navigation functions likewise only thanks to precise time measurement. Every satellite in the European "Galileo" system is Equipped with oven Swiss-made atomic clocks, The Two MOST accurate of Which err by a full second Only After one million years elapsed Have. The principle Remains Unchanged; only the precision and the user-friendliness Have laundry charges.
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