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sábado, 9 de abril de 2011

Chegado ao mercado - Loiseau 1f4, um dos relógios de pulso mais complicados da actualidade

Um dos relógios de pulso mais complicados da actualidade. Loiseau 1f4. Do mestre Dominique Loiseau.
Caixa de 45,2 mm, em ouro branco, amarelo ou vermelho, ou platina, estanque até 30 metros. Dois mostradores, secreta e instantaneamente reversíveis (patente mundial). Cronógrafo rattrapante mono-pulsante, automático, rotor anelar para o relógio e outro para as complicações sonoras, turbilhão volante, GMT, indicador de Dia / Noite, Equação do Tempo, indicador de Reserva de Corda para as complicações sonoras (Petit e Grand Sonneries au passage, Repetição Minutos), Calendário Perpétuo, Fases de Lua.

Platina e pontes do calibre em ouro branco, amarelo ou vermelho. Mais pormenores sobre as características técnicas, aqui.

Da marca:

Subtle balance between classicism and modernism, the finely proportioned exterior of the 1f4 displays its sturdy character and reminds us of the source of its own name: the famous Henry Edward Bird chess opening!

When asked what chess and Haute Horlogerie have in common, Dominique Loiseau always enjoys explaining all about the creation and development of a complicated mechanism: starting it right from the first move –the famous opening– while having in mind the goal to reach, the experience in specific strategies, the capacity to apply instant tactics against sudden and unexpected difficulties, being creative at all time! In other words, creating and developing the complex movements of a Grande Sonnerie Complication can be paralleled to chess: a mastermind’s game!

The King, the Queen, the Knight and the other 3 pawns of a chess play are evidently the visible and mobile players of the 1f4.

The phenomenal creativity and care that have been brought to the conception of its movement, allowing the 32 functions to be intelligently and logically spread over its 2 dials, brings this 1f4 into a new dimension in wearing and using a complex master timepiece on a daily base.

Its perfect wrist comfort fit has been made possible thanks to the exceptional dimensions of such a fully automatic Grande Sonnerie Complication: thinness of 16.64 mm and a diameter of 45.2 mm.

The complexity of this rare timepiece, made by hand in the Loiseau ateliers, the care brought to its construction and quality in each of its just less than 1.000 pieces in a whole, is such that only 2 units can be produced every year. Each one of them will be stamped with a unique reference combining its vintage year –the year it will be delivered– and its owner 3 digits monogram or lucky number.

According to each collector’s desire the 1f4 can be crafted in solid 990 Platinum or solid 18K yellow, red (5N) or white gold.

The development of the 1f4 Grande Sonnerie Complication began 6 years ago. To date Dominique Loiseau has dedicated a minimum of 15.000 man-hours towards its realization and production. Designed, executed, finished and assembled within the confines of his atelier located by the shores of the Geneva Lake, using his own machines and hand tools, the 1f4 stands at the very pinnacle of Switzerland’s finest hand made watchmaking traditions and carries the proud designation of “Entièrement manufacturé en Suisse” as this is where it is 100% made.

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