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(JR new model) 2Timezones - a new travel invitation from JeanRichard
2TIMEZONES – A NEW TRAVEL INVITATION FROM JEANRICHARD
In conjunction with the presentation of the new design in the range of sports watches, JEANRICHARD is unveiling the latest - the GMT “2TimeZones”.
This dual time-zone watch is the first model in the sports line to be equipped with the JR1000 movement produced in the JEANRICHARD workshops.
Merging several different genres and shapes, the appearance of this contemporary timepiece is a clever blend of rugged sturdiness and innate elegance. The case with its beautifully sculpted, contrasting lines subtly conceals the movement with its complications, making this watch suitable for wear on any occasion. Indeed, this distinctive and stylised timepiece will shine just as brightly in a luxurious environment as when experiencing some of life’s most intense moments. Combining horological expertise and pure design, this “2TimeZones” model is further proof of the Manufacture-level competence of the JEANRICHARD brand.
Intended for travellers and people who cultivate contacts around the world, the “2TimeZones” by JEANRICHARD offers a clear and original display of the second time zone. The first time zone indicating local time is shown in a classic way with central hour, minute and seconds hands. Meanwhile, an aperture at 12 o’clock displays the time in the second time zone with an AM/PM indication to avoid any confusion. A second aperture at 6 o’clock shows one of the 24 reference cities for the various time zones.
Two crowns at 3 and 9 o’clock accentuate the originality of this model.
The first, a screw-locked crown, serves to wind the watch, correct the date and set the time. The city indication is modified using the second crown at 9 o’clock. A dedicated mechanism has been developed to make it possible to adjust the hour hand separately from the movement as a whole, simply by pressing the two pushers along the left-hand side of the case. This system can move the hour hand forwards or backwards independently to enable rapid adjustment of the local time zone.
Fitted with a sapphire crystal case-back revealing the mechanical intricacies and the refined decoration of the proprietary movement, this model allows for a choice of sunray-brushed silvered or black dials and is water-resistant to 100 metres.
MOVEMENT
- caliber JR 1060, based on caliber JR1000 manufacture-made self-winding mechanical movement
- Calibre 11 1/2 ligne
- 31 jewels
- frequency 28.800 vib./hour (4Hz)
- 48 hours power reserve
FUNCTIONS
- Indication of hours, minutes, seconds, date window at 3 o’clock, GMT time
CASE
- New case design
- Poli-satinizeed stainless steel
- Case size: 43 x 43 mm
- Dial size: 32.5 mm
- Height: 13.25 mm
- Crystal: Convex, colourless, anti-reflective sapphire crystal
- Case back: transparent, fitted with sapphire crystal, secured with 4 screws
- Water-resistance: 100 m
- Crowns: two screw-down crowns
DIALS
- Silver or black sunray brushed dial
- Applied indexes and Arabic numerals (12 o’clock) crafted in luminescent material
- Applied frame outlining home time and city windows
- Rhodium coated arrow hands, filled with luminescent material
- Date window with red numerals (indicating the manufacture-made movement)
STRAP
- leather or rubber strap
- steel folding clasp or tongue buckle
TECHNICAL DETAIL:
Excurse - instant and independent setting of the hour hand
Fast hour adjustment is achieved by means of a combined hour wheel and pinion serving to dissociate the two functions: either continuous display of the hour, or fast selection of any hour in local time which advances in one-hour increments.
The hour wheel is composed of four parts:
- a lower plate permanently driven by the movement´s gear train
- an upper plate driven by the correction-reverser intermediate wheel when the function is selected
- a jumper-spring connected to the lower plate
- and a central tube, bearing the hour hand and fitted with twelve notches, which is connected to the upper plate.
In normal use, all components of the combined hour wheel are locked, allowing for synchronised rotation of the wheel as an entity.
When setting the local time, a simple push by the user on one of the two adjustment pushers activates the corresponding of the two correction levers.
These pivot on their respective axis, which allows for the flexible hook-shaped end of the lever to reach the correction wheel and move it in the respective direction.
By pivoting, the correction wheel transfers the impulse towards the adjustment-reverser intermediate wheel, which then interacts with the upper plate and makes it turn by an angle exactly equivalent to 30 degree (that is, one hour on a 360-degree round scale). The transfer of the setting impulse involves the hour jumper-spring, which is connected to the lower plate and ensures the rotation of the lower plate and hour hand pinion by means of corresponding notches in the upper plate.
The transmission thus can be described as a vertial clutch mechanism.
In order to avoid any accidental misfunction, a blocking mechanism is integrated.
Whenever either of both correction pushers receives an impulse, this mechanism blocks the other.
This way, it is possible to to set the watch in one direction only to prevent from any inadvertent handling that might cause harm to the system.
with thanks to JeanRichard
(JR new model) 2Timezones - a new travel invitation from JeanRichard
