jkingston
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A Photo To Feast On For A Couple of Days
Well gang I will be on the road tomorrow. No internet. No posting. So need something to fill the gap until I get a connection back. And the one I picked is the Tourbillon Transparence. Blancpain made a BIG mistake on this one. It was limited to only 50 pieces, way too few. So most will have to enjoy the watch vicariously by looking at photos.
There is one pecularity of the sapphire dial. Many brands have offered watches with sapphire dials. What sets this one apart is that it has applied indexes. I can't say for sure that no other brand has offered a sapphire dial with applied indexes, but at the moment I can't think of one. I can with confidence say that the overwhelming percentage of sapphire dials do not have applied indexes. The reason: it is ferociously hard to do. In order to mount the index you have to drill microscopic holes in the sapphire as the index is held in place using little feet that mount into the holes. That drilling has a tendency to crack the sapphire. Hence the production yield is low. Anyway, when it works the result is terrific as the indexes appear to float above the movement plates below. You can really see the floating effect in this shot, particularly if you look at the index at 3 o'clock.
See you all in a couple of days.
Jeff
A Photo To Feast On For A Couple of Days
Hmmm.......It sort of looks undressed to me......
Sapphire dial ?
