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The Gagarin Tourbillon. Concebido por Bernhard Lederer, o fundador da BLU. Em comemoração do primeiro homem no espaço, faz hoje precisamente 50 anos. O Gagarin Tourbillon é uma edição limitada a 50 unidades, com caixa em platina, de 42 mm. Calibre de carga manual, da manufactura, com turbilhão volante orbital (revolução sobre si próprio num minuto, e ao mostrador, no sentido contrário ao dos ponteiros do relógio, em 108 minutos, tantos quantos Gagarin levou a fazer a sua orbita terrestre). A gaiola do turbilhão forma a palavra “VOSTOK”, o nome da cápsula pilotada por Gagarin. Autonomia para 80 horas. Vidro do mostrador com lente de aumentar. Estanque até 30 metros. No fundo, texto micro-gravado, com resumo do voo de Gagarin.

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Ever since man has walked the earth he has dreamed to fly. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin flew where even the birds could not: into space. The Gagarin Tourbillon by Bernhard Lederer both commemorates and celebrates the 50th anniversary of this historic event.

The Gagarin Tourbillon features a 60-second flying tourbillon that rotates counter clockwise around the dial counter in 108 minutes.

An integrated rotating magnifying glass allows appreciation of details on the dial.

Looking through the loupe to the dial is reminiscent of looking out of the Vostok space capsule towards the earth.

The finely hand finished mechanical movement was entirely developed and produced by Bernhard Lederer in Switzerland.

On the morning of 12 April 1961, a 27-year-old Russian cosmonaut by the name of Yuri Gagarin walked out to the Vostok-1 rocket and was strapped into the pressurised capsule on its nose.
At 06:07 UTC (09:07 Moscow time) the rocket lifted off and just 10 minutes later the final booster rocket burnt out and fell away.

Now floating weightless, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Just over a hour later, retrorockets fired to slow the capsule down for reentry into the earth’s atmosphere.

At an altitude of 7,000 metres (23,000 feet) Gagarin parachuted out of his re-entry module and 10 minutes later landed safely. In just 108 minutes after take-off Gagarin had made a full orbit of the earth.

For the first time, man had left our planet and returned. History was made.

The Gagarin Tourbillon is a limited edition of 50 pieces in platinum.

The Gagarin Tourbillon features a 60-second flying orbital tourbillon that rotates counterclockwise (symbolising east) 360° around the dial in 108 minutes, which is the time Gagarin took to orbit the earth in the Vostok capsule.

The tourbillon appears suspended by a sweeping bridge inspired by the large 25 m (82 ft) commemorative statue at Gagarin’s landing site near Engels.

The tourbillon cage is formed by the word “VOSTOK” spelt vertically and curved around its perimeter.

The case of the Gagarin Tourbillon is in high grade 950 platinum and incorporates an integrated rotating magnifying glass that allows more detailed appreciation of the tourbillon and details on the dial.

The magnifying glass is locked in place by a catch inspired by a hatch on the Vostok capsule.
Movement The finely hand finished mechanical movement of the Gagarin Tourbillon is manual winding with three mainspring barrels providing a power reserve of approximately 80 hours.

The complex movement with 264 components and 35 jewels was entirely designed, developed and manufactured by Berhnard Lederer in Switzerland.

Bernhard Lederer was born in 1958 near Stuttgart, Germany. After a watchmaking apprenticeship he qualified as a Master Watchmaker in 1984 and opened an atelier specializing in restoration and developing his own timepieces. In 1985 Lederer became a founding member of the prestigious A.H.C.I. (Horological Academy of Independent Watchmakers).

Lederer’s innovative timepieces include a clock with a moon phase needing correction only after 1,000 years, and an award-winning sculptural clock called “Trojka”. A series of wristwatches with orbiting disks was awarded German Watch of the Year in 1996.

In 1997 in Brazil Lederer managed a commemorative project consisting of 24 monumental (14 metres/45 feet) countdown clocks. He relocated to Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 2000 and founded the haute horlogerie watch brand BLU (Bernhard Lederer Universe).

Lederer’s timepieces won the 2006 Middle East Watches and Jewellery prize for Best High-End Jewelled Watch (BLU Baguette), and the 2007 Kuala Lumpur Most Revered Watch prize (MT3 orbiting triple-axis tourbillon).

Bernard Lederer’s philosophy is to create timepieces that tell the time without imposing it on the viewer, allowing the wearer to appreciate the beauty of time without being stressed by it racing by.

Yuri Gagarin was born on a Russian collective farm in Klushino, in the region now known as Smolensk Oblast, on 9 March 1934. The third of four children, Yuri’s elder sister helped raise him while his parents were working. Like millions in the Soviet Union during World War II, the family suffered during the Nazi occupation.

In his youth Gagarin developed an interest in space. After working in a foundry, he was selected for a technical school where he joined the flying club and learnt to fly a small plane. After graduating, he joined the air force and qualified as a jet pilot.

Whilealwaysinterestedinsportandkeepingahighleveloffitness, Gagarin’s1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) height gave him a significant advantage as a cosmonaut due to the Vostok’s small capsule and in 1960 he was selected as one of 20 cosmonauts for the Soviet space programme. The following year Gagarin was selected to fly the first Vostok mission due to his performance, fitness, size and psychological stability.

After his historic flight, Gagarin became a worldwide celebrity. On the 27 March 1968, while requalifying as a fighter pilot, Gagarin and his instructor died in a crash.