GIRARD-PERREGAUX – Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date Moon-Phases – Only Watch 2015

GIRARD-PERREGAUX – Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date Moon-Phases – Only Watch 2015

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For the first time ever, the mechanical heart of the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date and Moon Phases is revealed in a titanium DLC case with a blue polycrystalline transparent dial

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The Swiss luxury watchmaking Manufacture, Girard-Perregaux based in la Chaux-de-Fonds unveils a unique piece in order to support the 6th edition of the biennial charity auction for the benefit of research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Authentic artistic icon, worthy successor of Girard-Perregaux's history, the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date and Moon Phases Only Watch reveals for the first time a case in titanium DLC and a transparent dial carved in blue polycrystalline, a hint to the color of the Foundation's logo. Its genesis; a contemporary style, perfect symmetry and a mechanical manufactured movement.

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In terms of technical specifications, all the indications of time are harmoniously arranged and readable at a glance. At 12 o'clock, the large jumping date displays the date on a pair of discs one of which is transparent in an exclusive patented system of the brand.

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The moon phase indicator at 6 o'clock provides a perfect visual balance while the hands and the applied Arabic numerals indicates the hours in a sheer simplicity. The case-back side, open on the visible movement, features the emblematic signature of Only Watch.

Designed in the purest Art Deco style, the rectangular "1945" case - named for the year of its creation forms part of the repertoire of iconic Girard-Perregaux classics, and the GP 03300-0105 manufactured caliber match its dimensions, which is highly unusual for watches with distinctive shapes. With 282 components, the frequency of the self-winding caliber is fixed at 28,800 vibrations per hour.

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Preciously decorated in line with the highest standards of fine watchmaking, the list of its high-end finishes is like an anthology of decorative traditions.

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Technical Specifications
  
Ref:  25882-21-1544Bh4a  


Model: Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date & Moon-Phases – Only Watch 2015

Case:  
Titanium DLC
Dimensions: 36.10 x 35.25 mm
Height : 11,74mm 
Crystal: anti-reflective sapphire
Case-back: sapphire crystal with ONLY WATCH logo applied, secured by 4 screws
Water resistance: 30 meters (3 ATM)
Dial:
Blue polycrystalline
Smoked sapphire
Index: applied arabic numerals at 12, 3 and 9 o’clock

Calibre:
Girard-Perregaux movement GP03300-0105

Automatic mechanical movement
Diameter: 25.60 mm (11 1/2 ’’’)
Thickness: 4.90 mm
Frequency: 28,800 vph - (4 Hz)
Power reserve: minimum 46 hours
Jewels: 32 
Functions:
Hours, minutes, small seconds,
Large date, indicator for moon phases
Strap:

Strap material: Black alligator leather strap with blue stitching
Buckle material: DLC steel

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Hermes – The Pocket Watch Limited Edition

Hermès – The Pocket Watch Limited Edition NEW

In The Pocket

Leather to highlight more than a century of watchmaking tradition

With the In The Pocket watch, Hermès is reviving a fundamental piece that was to forge its watchmaking destiny already spanning more than a century of history. A family history mingling a love of horses, exceptional leather-making expertise, as well as a perpetually effervescent inventiveness in creating beautiful objects meeting practical needs.

It all began in 1912, when Jacqueline Hermès, still a child at the time, received a gift from her father in the shape of an ingenious “porte-oignon” or pocket-watch holder designed to be secured to the wrist. It had been designed so that the keen young horsewoman could ride without having to attach her watch to her clothing or slip it into her pocket. Testifying to the original Hermès expertise in the field of saddle- and harness-making, this leather strap was designed like those worn by stable lads, surrounding the pocket watch and adopting its shape so as to provide ideal protection.

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Skills that find their way through the decades

Reinvented in 2012 under the name “In The Pocket”, this iconic model now returns in a rose gold composition clad in a sophisticated al ligator exterior. A pocket-watch that may be transformed at will into a wristwatch, it embodies both the historical leather hand craftsmanship of Hermès and its watchmak ing development to the point of becoming a full-f ledged Manufacture now in the hands of the seventh generation of the founding family.

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Issued in a 178-piece limited edition, the In The Pocket watch is distinguished by its extreme sobriety. The 40 mm diameter of the delicately rounded rose gold case increases to 49 mm when worn on the wrist. Its finely grained silvered dial avoids any superfluous ornamentation so as to provide the clearest, most self-evident expression of time.

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The baton-type hands sweep over pared-down numerals, while the small seconds ticks round at 3 o’clock, all driven by the Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement with a 50-hour power reserve. Crafted in keeping with the finest horological traditions, this refined self-winding mechanism features a circulargrained and snailed mainplate, while its oscillating weight is adorned with the brand’s signature “sprinkling of Hs” motif.

Leather as a hand-sewn link between past and present

The incredibly complex st rap of the “In The Pocket” model calls for lengthy and patient workmanship. Composed of two longer and shorter sections, the plain strap end and the buckle strap end (sanglon and boucleteau in French), it is hand crafted in the leather-making workshops of La Montre Hermès in Switzerland.

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These two parts are composed of three layers of leather: alligator; an inner cow grain leather reinforcement ensur ing impeccable sturdiness; and a Zermatt calfskin lining.

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First comes the cutting process, including layer cutting; the hides are soaked and then pressed into a mould. They dry for 10 days before being cut with a pointed tool, layercut, sanded down and glued. Each of the parts is then partially sewn; the buckle strap end is perforated to free up the spaces that will reveal the dial and through which the plain strap end and the crown will pass.

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The work continues on the table, with the buckle end and the plain strap end being f itted together, marked with a compass, indented and sewn using the saddlestitching technique.

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Then comes the f inishing, including hammering the st itching, marking a furrow, dyeing and polishing with beeswax. With infinite patience, one operation after another, the artisans at La Montre Hermès thus lovingly create In The Pocket, a tribute to the watchmaking roots of the Maison.


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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

MOVEMENT
Type  Mechanical self-winding, made in
Switzerland. Manufacture Hermès
H1837 movement
Diameter  26 mm (11 ½’’’)
Thickness  3.7 mm
Power reserve  50 hours
Frequency  28,800 vibrations per hour / 4 Hz
Jewelling  28 jewels
Decoration  
Mainplate with circular-grained and snailed finish, satin-brushed bridges and
oscillating weight with “sprinkling of Hs” motif, Hermès Paris engraving
Functions 
Hours, minutes, small seconds at 3 o’clock
CASE
Shape/dimensions Round, 40mm diameter
Material  750 5N rose gold (approx. 52.8 g)
Glass  Antiglare sapphire crystal and case back
Water resistance  3 bar
DIAL Silvered dial with anthracite transfer
BUCKLE
750 rose gold (approx. 5.2 g) 17 mm pin buckle
750 rose gold (approx. 3 g) snap link
LEATHER
Matt havana alligator strap and cord-strap

Limited Edition: 178-piece

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Ina Delcourt - 13-15, rue de la Ville-l’Évêque,
75008 Paris - Tel.: + 33 (0)1 40 17 47 89. Fax: + 33 (0)1 48 10 17 88
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