O exemplar único 21 Blackjack Casino de Monte Carlo
O relojoeiro independente Christophe Claret anunciou hoje uma parceria com o Casino de Monte Carlo. A cooperação entre o mestre de Le Locle, Suíça, e o lendário casino no Mónaco será comemorada a 9 e 10 de Dezembro - com um torneio de roleta. A inscrição custa 5 mil euros.
Quem vencer sairá do casino com um 21 Blackjack de Christophe Claret. Esta peça única tem diamantes e rubis na caixa e o logo do Casino de Monte Carlo estampado no mostrador. Está avaliada em 350 mil euros.
Em ligação com o torneio, Christophe Claret lançará uma nova versão do 21 Blackjack, muito semelhante ao exemplar único, com a mesma base técnica, mas sem as pedras preciosas. Mas terá estampado o logo do casino. Com calibre automático, e permtindo jogar a roleta, o black jack e dados, com 501 componentes, o relógio é limitado a 21 ezemplares e estará disponível ao público no sábado, 10 de Dezembro, das 17h30 às 18h15, no Hôtel de Paris, perto do casino de Monte Carlo.
Estação Cronográfica já aqui falou, em primeira mão, do 21 Blackjack, um relógio que tem ganho vários prémios internacionais ao longo de 2011.
Da marca:
In roulette, Lady Luck either smiles on the player, or not. In watchmaking the opposite is true: during the design, development and construction of a watch, nothing is left to chance. Everything is calculated, modelled on a computer, then checked and approved by the THF (acceptance testing) department.
Tolerances are expressed in microns. Such are the exacting standards of Christophe Claret, which in twenty years has become one of the leading Swiss designers of highly complicated mechanical movements. The company develops calibres for about twenty of the sector’s most prestigious names. It is also its own brand that creates highly complicated watches under the Christophe Claret name, in an ultramodern facility with the latest advanced equipment and about a hundred highly qualified employees.
In this context, the 21 Blackjack watch is a truly fitting example of the creative, exclusive, playful and unconventional timepieces dreamed up in the Le Locle workshops. It can be summed up in a few words by noting that its precious white gold and titanium case houses a true miniature casino. To the traditional functions (hours and minutes), this amazing timepiece adds some very original complications: blackjack, roulette and dice, all with sensory effects.
For example the two dice, which measure 1.5 mm on a side, are housed in a cage at 4 o’clock that is visible through a small window in the case middle.
The roulette game is on the back of the watch. The winding rotor, which can be seen through a glareproofed sapphire crystal, serves as the roulette wheel.
As for the blackjack cards, they appear as if by magic on the dial. The player’s cards are displayed on the lower part of the face in four tiny rhodium-plated windows, while the bank’s cards are on the top. The game is started by pressing a pushpiece at 9 o’clock. The button arms a spring that simultaneously turns all seven of the gold discs on which the cards are transferred. After a few moments, the discs are stopped by catches, randomly but very accurately so that the cards are lined up with the windows. And best of all, a chime rings each time a player’s or banker’s card is revealed. The chime mechanism is also visible through an opening at 2 o’clock.
The 21 Blackjack watch that the lucky roulette tournament winner will take home is a technical and aesthetic masterpiece all wrapped up in a single package, a small tour de force of mechanical watchmaking at the forefront of innovation. It is an exceptional piece for an exceptional event, to equal the prestige of the famous Casino de Monte-Carlo.
In connection with this tournament, Christophe Claret will be introducing another version of the 21 Blackjack, very similar to the unique prize watch because other than the precious stones, it includes the same technical features. It is also stamped with the Casino de Monte-Carlo logo. Boasting an extraordinary self-winding movement, 501 components and exceptional finishes, it too belongs to the highly exclusive circle of fine timepieces. The first pieces in this limited series of 21 will be available in December 2012.
Finally, the exhibit of Christophe Claret watches will be open to the public on Saturday, December 10th 20111, from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. at the Hôtel de Paris near the Casino de Monte-Carlo.
A edição limitada a 21 exemplares
Informação técnica:
Unique Piece
Movement:
Mechanical self-winding Calibre BLJ08, double barrel, 501 components, 40 jewels and 7 ceramic double ball bearings, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz, power reserve approx. 72 hours
Functions:
Hour, minute, three games (blackjack with chime, roulette, and dice)
Case:
- Case in white gold and white grade 5 titanium
- Crown in white gold and white grade 5 titanium
- Ruby cabochon on crown
- Two side windows, one revealing the dice and the other the chime mechanism
- White gold bezel set with diamonds (3.6 carats for the diamonds alone) and rubies with ruby hour-markers (0.8 carats)
- Black rhodium-plated and ruby hands
- Diameter: 45 mm
- Water resistance: 3 ATM (30 m)
Front:
- Sapphire dial with rhodium-plated lozenges, revealing 7 gold discs on which the cards are transferred
- Engraved, lacquered and black rhodium-plated Casino de Monte-Carlo logo
- Black rhodium-plated Christophe Claret logo
- Three rhodium-plated windows for the bank, two of which are activated by a pushpiece with chime at 10 o’clock
- For rhodium-plated windows for the player, three of which are activated by a pushpiece with chime at 8 o’clock
Back: 3-D roulette wheel that rotates with the watch’s movement
Strap:
- Red alligator leather strap with white stitching
- Folding buckle with white-gold clasp
Series Piece
Movement:
Mechanical self-winding Calibre BLJ08, double barrel, 501 components, 40 jewels and 7 ceramic double ball bearings, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz, power reserve approx. 72 hours
Functions:
Hour, minute, three games (blackjack with chime, roulette, and dice)
Case:
- Case in white gold and black PVD-coated grade 5 titanium
- Crown in black PVD-coated grade 5 titanium and grade 5 titanium
- Ruby cabochon on crown
- Two side windows, one revealing the dice and the other the chime mechanism
- White gold bezel with black-lacquered hour-markers
- Black PVD-coated and ruby hands
- Diameter: 45 mm
- Water resistance: 3 ATM (30 m)
Front:
- Sapphire dial with rhodium-plated lozenges that reveal the 7 gold discs on which the cards are transferred
- Engraved, lacquered and black PVD-coated Casino de Monte-Carlo logo
- Black PVD-coated Christophe Claret logo
- Three rhodium-plated windows for the bank, two of which are activated by a pushpiece with chime at 10 o’clock
- Four rhodium-plated windows for the player, three of which are activated by a pushpiece with chime at 8 o’clock
Back: 3-D roulette wheel that rotates with the watch’s movement
Strap:
- Black alligator strap with red stitching
- Folding buckle with white-gold clasp
Retail price: Limited edition of 21 pieces each valued at CHF 188,000
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