Wednesday, December 9, 2015

ARMIN STROM – Tourbillon Skeleton FIRE Gold


ARMIN STROMTourbillon Skeleton FIRE Gold NEW

ARMIN STROM Extends Founder's Legacy with Introduction of New Tourbillon Skeleton

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ARMIN STROM’S new Tourbillon Skeleton celebrates the mechanical artistry of watchmaking's ultimate complication, the tourbillon. With this introduction, the independent Swiss manufacture continues to propel the brand into future while honoring the vision and passion of the brand's founder, master skeletonizer Armin Strom.

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Tourbillon Skeleton is a new timepiece specially designed to highlight its technical prowess.

An elite circle of watch Manufactures are capable of producing a tourbillon. With Tourbillon Skeleton, the skeletonizing of the tourbillon compounded the technical challenge for Armin Strom. Ultimately the skeletonizing enhances the movement's mechanical artistry, with PVD colorization of the main plate emphasizing the caliber's layered construction. Along with the constant rotation of the tourbillon, owners will observe the animation of the double going barrel while the watch is wound.

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Armin Strom founded his eponymous brand in 1967 and retired in 2011, after selling the company to the Michel family. Owner Serge Michel and chief horologist Claude Greisler have enhanced the brand's capabilities by establishing an independent Manufacture in Biel/Bienne that opened in 2009 to develop and produce movements. The company introduced its first manual-wind tourbillon in 2012 and a micro-rotor tourbillon in 2013.

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"I'm very proud that Serge, Claude and their team have realized one of my dreams - skeletonizing a tourbillon," said Mr. Strom. "For me, it is a joy to see the continued growth and success of the brand."


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Greisler added, "We're continually inspired by Armin's tremendous skill and vision. His desire to display the beautiful techniques and mechanics in every watch — the heart and soul of the timepiece—is our overriding goal."
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Technical details calibre 

CALIBRE ATS11-S 16½‘‘‘
Characteristics:  
Functions:
Hour, minute, small second, tourbillon
Winding-mechanism: 

Manual wind-up with crown wheels turning on the dial side
Impulse: Double going barrel
 
Plate and bridges:
Fully skeletonised main plate, gear-train bridges and barrel-bridges.
3D-PVD coatings of the main plate correspond to the respective element 

Escapement:
Escape wheel and pallets made of massive gold with hardened functional areas 

Regulating system: Screwed balance with Breguet overcoil  
Frequency: 18,000 A/h  
Number of Jewels: 24  
Number of individual parts: 184 

Diameter: 36.60mm  
Height: 6.20mm  
Power reserve: 10 days
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Technical Specifications


Ref. RG15-TF.5N  Tourbillon Skeleton FIRE Gold Case
 
Movement
ARMIN STROM Manufacture calibre A
TS11-S
Manual-winding,
calibre 16½‘‘‘
10-day power reserve,
Small seconds, off-centre time indications

Distinctions:
Fully skeletonised, main plate with dark brown PVD coating
Frequency: 18,000 A/h
Jewels: 24
Number of components: 184
Functions: Hour, minute, small second, Tourbillon
Power reserve: 10 days
Case 

FIRE - 18ct Rose Gold
Sapphire crystal and case back with anti-reflective treatment 
Diameter: 43.40 mm
Height: 13.00 mm
Water-resistance: 50 m

Dial ring:  Sapphire with founded appliques
Hands: Rose gold

Straps
Delivered with a genuine black or brown alligator horn-back strap and 18ct rose gold ardillon buckle as well as an additional black or brown rubber strap. 
A double-fold clasp in 18ct rose gold is available on option.

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For more information relating to this press release or to Armin Strom:
Bettina Fleury, Armin Strom AG,
Tel. +41 32 343 33 44, b.fleury@arminstrom.com
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