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New from Blancpain: 1735-2010: Blancpain’s 275th anniversary celebrated fiercely!
Dear All, I would like to share some tidbits of what we can expect this
year from Blancpain at Basel (from press release!):
Basel 2010 marks the 275th year since Jehan-Jacques Blancpain declared
his profession as a watchmaker on the village rolls of Villeret. Three
announcements headline Blancpain’s celebration of this important
anniversary:
A new grand complication, Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus,
with the world’s first carrousel powered cathedral gong minute repeater
movement ; a new Villeret collection reinterpreting the look of
Blancpain’s most traditional and understated line ; and a new
complicated addition to the L-evolution Collection featuring a week of
the year indication.
The Le Brassus grand complication builds upon Blancpain’s exclusive
flying one minute carrousel which debuted two years ago and which
established a host of world firsts. Only a very few watch brands are
capable of producing a 100% in house minute repeater movement. Blancpain
stands completely alone in having developed not only an entirely new
cathedral gong minute repeater mechanism, but marrying it with its one
minute flying carrousel. In the creation of this pioneering movement,
Blancpain has created several key innovations for the repeater,
including a system for fixing the cathedral gong rings to the inside of
the case to produce extraordinary sound and a system which fully
protects the movement from damage if the crown is turned while the
repeater is running. As befits such a complicated movement, the red gold
movement bridges and mainplate are individually hand engraved.
The new Villeret Collection distils aesthetics and complications
that have been at Blancpain’s core since the early 1980s and brings them
to the forefront backed by the technical advances which are the product
of Blancpain’s heavy investment in movement development over the past
several years. The Villeret Collection is Blancpain’s most traditional
and classic, featuring the signature double stepped case and classic
dials. All of these elements are featured in the new models, subtly
reinterpreted but instantly recognizable as Blancpain.
The signature complication for the Villeret Collection for almost 30
years has been the complete calendar moon phase and several variants of
this complication will be offered, including models using Blancpain’s
exclusive 66R9 8-day power reserve automatic movement. The new
collection will also offer a range of manual and automatic timepieces,
with the summit occupied by an 8 day power reserve manual wind
wristwatch utilizing Blancpain’s exclusive in-house 13R0 movement.
The L-evolution collection is now enriched with a Semainier
model, driven by an automatic winding 8-day power reserve movement
offering a week of the year indication along with a large date display.
For 2010 Blancpain expands the Fifty Fathoms domain of sport to
embrace the complications of a moon phase and a complete calendar
married with the traditional sport companion of a column-wheel
controlled flyback chronograph.
More later...
Cheers,
Magnus
New from Blancpain: 1735-2010: Blancpain’s 275th anniversary celebrated fiercely!
Novelty 1: Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus!
Have they really developed 2 Repeaters?
Both the Cal. 33 (manual wind) and the Cal. 35 (automatic)...
I did....
Novelty 2: a completely new Villeret Collection!
Novelty 3: The new L-evolution Semainier Grande Date 8 Jours!
Novelty 4: The new Fifty Fathoms Complete Calendar Moon Phase!
