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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Little details which make it so unique, distinctive and original, and which are all extensions of the Watchmaker’s own personality, and distilled from the rich cultural influences which surrounded him as a child and young man growing up in rural Ireland.
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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)
