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The company\u2019s skilful application of its extensive horological expertise has produced these new models, whose meticulously detailed finish highlights their exceptional character.<br \/><br \/><strong>Reine de Naples, automatic strike<\/strong><br \/><br \/>This year marks the 200th anniversary of the design of the first wrist -worn watch, ordered from Breguet by Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples. The anniversary offers Breguet the opportunity to add the first Grande Complication design to the Reine de Naples collection for ladies only: automatic strike. This elaborate \u201ccomplication\u201d marks the hours automatically every hour on the hour with two strikes, repeated three times, a charming and discreet way of signalling the passage of time. A pushpiece opposite 2 o\u2019clock allows the wearer to deactivate this function. The automatic strike is featured on a new egg-shaped movement from the Breguet workshops, developed specifically for women\u2019s watches. It combines the sophistication of automatic strike with the subtle beauty of a design entirely engraved and decorated by hand. Along with the usual technical considerations, its makers factored in their aesthetic ambitions in addition to the results of fundamental research by Breguet technical specialis ts on the acoustics of watches featuring striking and repeater mechanisms. The shape of the new movement\u2019s bridges and oscillating weight as well as the details of its decorative work come together to form the image of a dove in flight, visible on the unde rside of the watch through a clear sapphire back plate. Its white gold case sets off the watch\u2019s white mother -of-pearl dial, framed by a bezel entirely set with diamonds. Separated by a diamond that signals the start of the strike, the hammers are visible on the upper part of the dial, at eleven and at one o\u2019clock. A true masterpiece of Haute Horlogerie, the Reine de Naples Sonnerie design embodies to perfection Nicolas G.Hayek\u2019s remark about Breguet: \u201cBreguet is the perfect meeting of beauty and advanced technology.\u201d<br \/><br \/><strong>Type XXII 3880 ST<\/strong><br \/><br \/>For the 60th anniversary of the first deliveries of the famed Type XX watches designed by Breguet in the 1950s for the French naval air arm, which this year is celebrating its first century of service, Breguet is introducing a contemporary, technically updated reinterpretation of that legendary chronograph, the Type XXII design. Its stainless steel case, 44 mm across, houses a Breguet chronograph movement with silicon escapement and flat balance spring whose frequency has been raised to 10 Hertz (i.e. 72,000 vibrations per hour), endowing the movement with exceptional regulating power, its chronograph seconds hand effecting a complete rotation in 30 seconds. The timepiece\u2019s start function and readout are thus twice as precise. At the heart of this technical exploit is the use of silicon, resulting in more lightweight mobile components and the avoidance of the lubrication problems generated by high frequencies. An extra hand at centre counts the minutes by adding together the 30-second spans. At 12 o\u2019clock, a rectangular aperture in the dial displays a retrograding pointer that indicates whether the chronograph seconds hand is completing its first or its second 30-second revolution. The Breguet Type XXII chronograph naturally feat ures a flyback function, allowing the totaliser to be returned to zero and instantly restarted in one and the same operation. Furthermore, the dial includes a second time-zone indicator along with an aperture for a date calendar. A two-position crown resets the second time-zone indicator by moving the hour hand at centre without affecting the minute hand. With the crown in that position, the date calendar obeys the time of the main time-zone displayed at centre. A 24-hour night-and-day indicator at 3 o\u2019clock tells the wearer whether it is daytime or nighttime in the area covered by the second time -zone. At nine o\u2019clock, a subdial showing the running seconds making full rotations in 30 seconds completes this truly exceptional timepiece. The chronograph\u2019s black dial contrasts crisply with the flyback indications in red. The model comes fitted with an integrated alligator strap.<br \/><strong><br \/>The Breguet Tradition 7047 with tourbillon, fusee and silicon Breguet overcoil balance spring.<\/strong><br \/><br \/>The balance spring is a vital component of the heart of a watch movement. It is also the most decisive in terms of improving the precision of time-measuring mechanisms. Its steady oscillations give the movement its rhythm and regulate the flow of time. The balance spring is best described as a very fine spiral-shaped coil spring. Usually made of metal, it is vulnerable to shocks, magnetic fields and even the pull of gravity, which can cause warping.<br \/><br \/>In 2006, Breguet launched the first wristwatches fitted with a balance spring and an escapement m ade of silicon, a substance with a number of advantages:<br \/><br \/>\u2022 Silicon is totally impervious to magnetic fields.<br \/>\u2022 The manufacturing process leading to a silicon balance spring yields a broad variety of configurations, facilitating its shaping in precise conformity with carefully calculated models.<br \/>\u2022 Silicon balance springs are lighter than metal ones and thus less prone to warping caused by the pull of gravity. They are also highly resistant to corrosion and friction as well as impervious to rust.<br \/>\u2022 All silicon components are subjected to a special process that markedly improves their resistance to handling and shocks.<br \/><br \/>After nearly four years of service in various watch movements, Breguet\u2019s flat silicon balance springs have posted absolutely conclusive results, allowing the company to turn its attention to the development of springs featuring the famed \u201cBreguet overcoil\u201d terminal curve. Producing a curve in a sliver of silicon to give it a third dimension represents a quite considerable watchmaking exploit. Usually cut from flat silicon wafers, the springs remain simple flat strips. Silicon having none of the malleability of metal, getting it to form a bend rising up from the coil required a complete rethinking of the overall production process. The Breguet overcoil silicon balance spring will now be adding its specific advantages to those of silicon on all Breguet calibres, whatever their basic configuration.<br \/><br \/>Today the new \u201cBreguet overcoil silicon balance spring\u201d is found in the Breguet Tradition 7047 timepie ce with tourbillon and fusee-and-chain transmission. Recalling the constructional scheme of the first tourbillon pocket watches built by Breguet, this model is presented in a platinum version with a movement treated with an anthracite -toned grey metal comp ound. Its surface finish results from a new and improved electrodeposition process involving an alloy of precious metals of the platinum group darker in hue than ruthenium.<br \/><br \/>The fusee-and-chain transmission connected to the barrel maintains a constant force for as long as the watch is running. A number of patent applications cover the large tourbillon resonator at one o\u2019clock on the watch face, one for a titanium balance and three relating to Breguet silicon balance springs. A further patent was awarded for the power-reserve indicator fitted directly on the barrel.<br \/><br \/>Displaying impressive technical sophistication, the Breguet Tradition 7047 is the pride of Manufacture Breguet. As always an undisputed pioneer in horological research and development, Breguet\u2019s c reative achievements are soon turned into practical technical advances found in timepieces marketed promptly, without undue delays or quantitative limitations.<br \/><br \/><strong>Breguet Tradition 7057<\/strong><br \/><br \/>Embodying both a return to the company\u2019s roots and its vision of the future, the Tradition product line now includes a 7057 model with a white gold case 40 mm across. 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Marine Royale 5847
5847BB/12/BZ0
| Brand : | Breguet |
| Collection : | Marine |
| Model : | Marine Royale 5847 |
| Reference : | 5847BB/12/BZ0 |
| Complement : | White Gold |
| On sale : | 2010 |
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Brand : Breguet Collection : Marine Model : Marine Royale 5847 Reference : 5847BB/12/BZ0 Complement : White Gold On sale : 2010 List Price : 63 700 € Diameter : 45 mm Styles : High Horology Sporty Diving Types : Self-winding Calibre : Cal. 519R Calibre distinction : Hand engraved Complication : Alarme Indicateur de Réserve de Marche de l'Alarme Indicateur de Marche de l'Alarme Case material : White Gold Case peculiarity : Unidirectional turning bezel Sapphire caseback Screwed-down crown Rubber-covered alarm on/off pushpiece at 8 o'clock Finely fluted caseband Hand-engraved caseback Alarm setting pushpiece at 4 o'clock sheathed in black rubber Shape : Round Water-resistance : 300 meters Dial : Waves motif Gold Hand engraved Silver Dial color : Silver Display : Blued gold facetted hands Open-tipped Breguet hands Luminescent hands Triangular hand at the centre for setting the alarm time Indexes : Dots Roman numerals Luminescent Glass : Sapphire Strap material : White Gold + More characteristics : Movement
12 lines
36 jewels
Engine-turned 18K white gold rotor
Swiss straight-line lever escapement
Balance-wheel with regulating screws
Frequency : 4 Hz
Adjusted in 5 positions
45-hour power-reserve
18K white gold case
Rounded horns welded to the case Screw pins securing the strap
Wave-shaped ratchet at 3 o'clock serving to ensure the bezel’s one -way rotation
Bezel with luminous marker
18K white gold dial
Also available in 18K rose gold with a black rhodium dial. and on a rubber delivered together with a leather strap
DESCRIPTION
THE WORLD WATCH AND JEWELLERY SHOW, BASELWORLD 2010
TECHNICAL VIRTUOSITY AND COMPLICATIONS
This year Breguet brings to Basle a series of novel technical and design advances that should delight connoisseurs of prestige timepieces. The new items presented i n 2010 confirm yet again Breguet’s unrivalled capacity to innovate and to develop and produce in numbers new and striking time products. It does so, too, while maintaining impressive standards of mechanical quality, setting new levels of excellence in watch and movement design and preserving centuries -old craft lore. The company’s skilful application of its extensive horological expertise has produced these new models, whose meticulously detailed finish highlights their exceptional character.
Reine de Naples, automatic strike
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the design of the first wrist -worn watch, ordered from Breguet by Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples. The anniversary offers Breguet the opportunity to add the first Grande Complication design to the Reine de Naples collection for ladies only: automatic strike. This elaborate “complication” marks the hours automatically every hour on the hour with two strikes, repeated three times, a charming and discreet way of signalling the passage of time. A pushpiece opposite 2 o’clock allows the wearer to deactivate this function. The automatic strike is featured on a new egg-shaped movement from the Breguet workshops, developed specifically for women’s watches. It combines the sophistication of automatic strike with the subtle beauty of a design entirely engraved and decorated by hand. Along with the usual technical considerations, its makers factored in their aesthetic ambitions in addition to the results of fundamental research by Breguet technical specialis ts on the acoustics of watches featuring striking and repeater mechanisms. The shape of the new movement’s bridges and oscillating weight as well as the details of its decorative work come together to form the image of a dove in flight, visible on the unde rside of the watch through a clear sapphire back plate. Its white gold case sets off the watch’s white mother -of-pearl dial, framed by a bezel entirely set with diamonds. Separated by a diamond that signals the start of the strike, the hammers are visible on the upper part of the dial, at eleven and at one o’clock. A true masterpiece of Haute Horlogerie, the Reine de Naples Sonnerie design embodies to perfection Nicolas G.Hayek’s remark about Breguet: “Breguet is the perfect meeting of beauty and advanced technology.”
Type XXII 3880 ST
For the 60th anniversary of the first deliveries of the famed Type XX watches designed by Breguet in the 1950s for the French naval air arm, which this year is celebrating its first century of service, Breguet is introducing a contemporary, technically updated reinterpretation of that legendary chronograph, the Type XXII design. Its stainless steel case, 44 mm across, houses a Breguet chronograph movement with silicon escapement and flat balance spring whose frequency has been raised to 10 Hertz (i.e. 72,000 vibrations per hour), endowing the movement with exceptional regulating power, its chronograph seconds hand effecting a complete rotation in 30 seconds. The timepiece’s start function and readout are thus twice as precise. At the heart of this technical exploit is the use of silicon, resulting in more lightweight mobile components and the avoidance of the lubrication problems generated by high frequencies. An extra hand at centre counts the minutes by adding together the 30-second spans. At 12 o’clock, a rectangular aperture in the dial displays a retrograding pointer that indicates whether the chronograph seconds hand is completing its first or its second 30-second revolution. The Breguet Type XXII chronograph naturally feat ures a flyback function, allowing the totaliser to be returned to zero and instantly restarted in one and the same operation. Furthermore, the dial includes a second time-zone indicator along with an aperture for a date calendar. A two-position crown resets the second time-zone indicator by moving the hour hand at centre without affecting the minute hand. With the crown in that position, the date calendar obeys the time of the main time-zone displayed at centre. A 24-hour night-and-day indicator at 3 o’clock tells the wearer whether it is daytime or nighttime in the area covered by the second time -zone. At nine o’clock, a subdial showing the running seconds making full rotations in 30 seconds completes this truly exceptional timepiece. The chronograph’s black dial contrasts crisply with the flyback indications in red. The model comes fitted with an integrated alligator strap.
The Breguet Tradition 7047 with tourbillon, fusee and silicon Breguet overcoil balance spring.
The balance spring is a vital component of the heart of a watch movement. It is also the most decisive in terms of improving the precision of time-measuring mechanisms. Its steady oscillations give the movement its rhythm and regulate the flow of time. The balance spring is best described as a very fine spiral-shaped coil spring. Usually made of metal, it is vulnerable to shocks, magnetic fields and even the pull of gravity, which can cause warping.
In 2006, Breguet launched the first wristwatches fitted with a balance spring and an escapement m ade of silicon, a substance with a number of advantages:
• Silicon is totally impervious to magnetic fields.
• The manufacturing process leading to a silicon balance spring yields a broad variety of configurations, facilitating its shaping in precise conformity with carefully calculated models.
• Silicon balance springs are lighter than metal ones and thus less prone to warping caused by the pull of gravity. They are also highly resistant to corrosion and friction as well as impervious to rust.
• All silicon components are subjected to a special process that markedly improves their resistance to handling and shocks.
After nearly four years of service in various watch movements, Breguet’s flat silicon balance springs have posted absolutely conclusive results, allowing the company to turn its attention to the development of springs featuring the famed “Breguet overcoil” terminal curve. Producing a curve in a sliver of silicon to give it a third dimension represents a quite considerable watchmaking exploit. Usually cut from flat silicon wafers, the springs remain simple flat strips. Silicon having none of the malleability of metal, getting it to form a bend rising up from the coil required a complete rethinking of the overall production process. The Breguet overcoil silicon balance spring will now be adding its specific advantages to those of silicon on all Breguet calibres, whatever their basic configuration.
Today the new “Breguet overcoil silicon balance spring” is found in the Breguet Tradition 7047 timepie ce with tourbillon and fusee-and-chain transmission. Recalling the constructional scheme of the first tourbillon pocket watches built by Breguet, this model is presented in a platinum version with a movement treated with an anthracite -toned grey metal comp ound. Its surface finish results from a new and improved electrodeposition process involving an alloy of precious metals of the platinum group darker in hue than ruthenium.
The fusee-and-chain transmission connected to the barrel maintains a constant force for as long as the watch is running. A number of patent applications cover the large tourbillon resonator at one o’clock on the watch face, one for a titanium balance and three relating to Breguet silicon balance springs. A further patent was awarded for the power-reserve indicator fitted directly on the barrel.
Displaying impressive technical sophistication, the Breguet Tradition 7047 is the pride of Manufacture Breguet. As always an undisputed pioneer in horological research and development, Breguet’s c reative achievements are soon turned into practical technical advances found in timepieces marketed promptly, without undue delays or quantitative limitations.
Breguet Tradition 7057
Embodying both a return to the company’s roots and its vision of the future, the Tradition product line now includes a 7057 model with a white gold case 40 mm across. Its unconventional design reveals the details of its hand-wound movement, arrayed on either side of the mainplate. An aperture at ten o’clock in the silvered gold dial, engine-turned by hand, features the bridge of the 50 -hour power-reserve indicator. Its sandblasted finish and symmetrical bridge positions create a cooly understated composition visually enhancing the movement’s various gears and its pare-chute, the shock-protection device invented by Breguet in 1790.
Marine Royale 5847
Extremely well received at its launch in Basle in 2009, the Marine Royale design returns this year in a new white gold execution featuring an engine -turned silvered gold dial. A boldly contemporary sport-spirited bracelet design in gold completes every version of the Marine Royale. It will be remembered that this timepiece features an alarm that can be operated underwater to a depth of 30 bars (300 metres, about 985 feet). Rubber overmoulding of its crown and alarm pushpiece add to the watch’s ruggedly virile character.
THE WORLD WATCH AND JEWELLERY SHOW, BASELWORLD 2010
TECHNICAL VIRTUOSITY AND COMPLICATIONS
This year Breguet brings to Basle a series of novel technical and design advances that should delight connoisseurs of prestige timepieces. The new items presented i n 2010 confirm yet again Breguet’s unrivalled capacity to innovate and to develop and produce in numbers new and striking time products. It does so, too, while maintaining impressive standards of mechanical quality, setting new levels of excellence in watch and movement design and preserving centuries -old craft lore. The company’s skilful application of its extensive horological expertise has produced these new models, whose meticulously detailed finish highlights their exceptional character.
Reine de Naples, automatic strike
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the design of the first wrist -worn watch, ordered from Breguet by Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples. The anniversary offers Breguet the opportunity to add the first Grande Complication design to the Reine de Naples collection for ladies only: automatic strike. This elaborate “complication” marks the hours automatically every hour on the hour with two strikes, repeated three times, a charming and discreet way of signalling the passage of time. A pushpiece opposite 2 o’clock allows the wearer to deactivate this function. The automatic strike is featured on a new egg-shaped movement from the Breguet workshops, developed specifically for women’s watches. It combines the sophistication of automatic strike with the subtle beauty of a design entirely engraved and decorated by hand. Along with the usual technical considerations, its makers factored in their aesthetic ambitions in addition to the results of fundamental research by Breguet technical specialis ts on the acoustics of watches featuring striking and repeater mechanisms. The shape of the new movement’s bridges and oscillating weight as well as the details of its decorative work come together to form the image of a dove in flight, visible on the unde rside of the watch through a clear sapphire back plate. Its white gold case sets off the watch’s white mother -of-pearl dial, framed by a bezel entirely set with diamonds. Separated by a diamond that signals the start of the strike, the hammers are visible on the upper part of the dial, at eleven and at one o’clock. A true masterpiece of Haute Horlogerie, the Reine de Naples Sonnerie design embodies to perfection Nicolas G.Hayek’s remark about Breguet: “Breguet is the perfect meeting of beauty and advanced technology.”
Type XXII 3880 ST
For the 60th anniversary of the first deliveries of the famed Type XX watches designed by Breguet in the 1950s for the French naval air arm, which this year is celebrating its first century of service, Breguet is introducing a contemporary, technically updated reinterpretation of that legendary chronograph, the Type XXII design. Its stainless steel case, 44 mm across, houses a Breguet chronograph movement with silicon escapement and flat balance spring whose frequency has been raised to 10 Hertz (i.e. 72,000 vibrations per hour), endowing the movement with exceptional regulating power, its chronograph seconds hand effecting a complete rotation in 30 seconds. The timepiece’s start function and readout are thus twice as precise. At the heart of this technical exploit is the use of silicon, resulting in more lightweight mobile components and the avoidance of the lubrication problems generated by high frequencies. An extra hand at centre counts the minutes by adding together the 30-second spans. At 12 o’clock, a rectangular aperture in the dial displays a retrograding pointer that indicates whether the chronograph seconds hand is completing its first or its second 30-second revolution. The Breguet Type XXII chronograph naturally feat ures a flyback function, allowing the totaliser to be returned to zero and instantly restarted in one and the same operation. Furthermore, the dial includes a second time-zone indicator along with an aperture for a date calendar. A two-position crown resets the second time-zone indicator by moving the hour hand at centre without affecting the minute hand. With the crown in that position, the date calendar obeys the time of the main time-zone displayed at centre. A 24-hour night-and-day indicator at 3 o’clock tells the wearer whether it is daytime or nighttime in the area covered by the second time -zone. At nine o’clock, a subdial showing the running seconds making full rotations in 30 seconds completes this truly exceptional timepiece. The chronograph’s black dial contrasts crisply with the flyback indications in red. The model comes fitted with an integrated alligator strap.
The Breguet Tradition 7047 with tourbillon, fusee and silicon Breguet overcoil balance spring.
The balance spring is a vital component of the heart of a watch movement. It is also the most decisive in terms of improving the precision of time-measuring mechanisms. Its steady oscillations give the movement its rhythm and regulate the flow of time. The balance spring is best described as a very fine spiral-shaped coil spring. Usually made of metal, it is vulnerable to shocks, magnetic fields and even the pull of gravity, which can cause warping.
In 2006, Breguet launched the first wristwatches fitted with a balance spring and an escapement m ade of silicon, a substance with a number of advantages:
• Silicon is totally impervious to magnetic fields.
• The manufacturing process leading to a silicon balance spring yields a broad variety of configurations, facilitating its shaping in precise conformity with carefully calculated models.
• Silicon balance springs are lighter than metal ones and thus less prone to warping caused by the pull of gravity. They are also highly resistant to corrosion and friction as well as impervious to rust.
• All silicon components are subjected to a special process that markedly improves their resistance to handling and shocks.
After nearly four years of service in various watch movements, Breguet’s flat silicon balance springs have posted absolutely conclusive results, allowing the company to turn its attention to the development of springs featuring the famed “Breguet overcoil” terminal curve. Producing a curve in a sliver of silicon to give it a third dimension represents a quite considerable watchmaking exploit. Usually cut from flat silicon wafers, the springs remain simple flat strips. Silicon having none of the malleability of metal, getting it to form a bend rising up from the coil required a complete rethinking of the overall production process. The Breguet overcoil silicon balance spring will now be adding its specific advantages to those of silicon on all Breguet calibres, whatever their basic configuration.
Today the new “Breguet overcoil silicon balance spring” is found in the Breguet Tradition 7047 timepie ce with tourbillon and fusee-and-chain transmission. Recalling the constructional scheme of the first tourbillon pocket watches built by Breguet, this model is presented in a platinum version with a movement treated with an anthracite -toned grey metal comp ound. Its surface finish results from a new and improved electrodeposition process involving an alloy of precious metals of the platinum group darker in hue than ruthenium.
The fusee-and-chain transmission connected to the barrel maintains a constant force for as long as the watch is running. A number of patent applications cover the large tourbillon resonator at one o’clock on the watch face, one for a titanium balance and three relating to Breguet silicon balance springs. A further patent was awarded for the power-reserve indicator fitted directly on the barrel.
Displaying impressive technical sophistication, the Breguet Tradition 7047 is the pride of Manufacture Breguet. As always an undisputed pioneer in horological research and development, Breguet’s c reative achievements are soon turned into practical technical advances found in timepieces marketed promptly, without undue delays or quantitative limitations.
Breguet Tradition 7057
Embodying both a return to the company’s roots and its vision of the future, the Tradition product line now includes a 7057 model with a white gold case 40 mm across. Its unconventional design reveals the details of its hand-wound movement, arrayed on either side of the mainplate. An aperture at ten o’clock in the silvered gold dial, engine-turned by hand, features the bridge of the 50 -hour power-reserve indicator. Its sandblasted finish and symmetrical bridge positions create a cooly understated composition visually enhancing the movement’s various gears and its pare-chute, the shock-protection device invented by Breguet in 1790.
Marine Royale 5847
Extremely well received at its launch in Basle in 2009, the Marine Royale design returns this year in a new white gold execution featuring an engine -turned silvered gold dial. A boldly contemporary sport-spirited bracelet design in gold completes every version of the Marine Royale. It will be remembered that this timepiece features an alarm that can be operated underwater to a depth of 30 bars (300 metres, about 985 feet). Rubber overmoulding of its crown and alarm pushpiece add to the watch’s ruggedly virile character.
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Brand : Breguet Collection : Marine Model : Marine Royale 5847 Reference : 5847BB/12/BZ0 Complement : White Gold On sale : 2010 List Price : 63 700 € Diameter : 45 mm Styles : High Horology Sporty Diving Types : Self-winding Calibre : Cal. 519R Calibre distinction : Hand engraved Complication : Alarme Indicateur de Réserve de Marche de l'Alarme Indicateur de Marche de l'Alarme Case material : White Gold Case peculiarity : Unidirectional turning bezel Sapphire caseback Screwed-down crown Rubber-covered alarm on/off pushpiece at 8 o'clock Finely fluted caseband Hand-engraved caseback Alarm setting pushpiece at 4 o'clock sheathed in black rubber Shape : Round Water-resistance : 300 meters Dial : Waves motif Gold Hand engraved Silver Dial color : Silver Display : Blued gold facetted hands Open-tipped Breguet hands Luminescent hands Triangular hand at the centre for setting the alarm time Indexes : Dots Roman numerals Luminescent Glass : Sapphire Strap material : White Gold More characteristics : Movement
12 lines
36 jewels
Engine-turned 18K white gold rotor
Swiss straight-line lever escapement
Balance-wheel with regulating screws
Frequency : 4 Hz
Adjusted in 5 positions
45-hour power-reserve
18K white gold case
Rounded horns welded to the case Screw pins securing the strap
Wave-shaped ratchet at 3 o'clock serving to ensure the bezel’s one -way rotation
Bezel with luminous marker
18K white gold dial
Also available in 18K rose gold with a black rhodium dial. and on a rubber delivered together with a leather strap