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Unveiling of Glashütte Original Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon in Singapore
Last month, Saxon watchmaker Glashütte Original
presented the company's most sophisticated masterpiece - the Grande
Cosmopolite Tourbillon in Singapore, after Basel and Hong Kong to a
group of press-members at the Ion Sky.
Some pieces of the Art
& Technik 2012 collection, such as the Senator Diary, Senator
Perpetual Calender,PanoGraph, PanoInverse XL, and PanoMaticLunar were
also showcased.
Following, Dieter Pachner, VP Sales of Glashütte
Original introduced the limited-25-piece chef-d'oeuvre packed with
37-time-zone and a Flying Minute Tourbillon to break-out groups of
press-members.
A relook of the 24 August afternoon ...
Arrived at the 55th floor, at Ion Sky ...walking up one more floor to the observatory level. Over 200m above ground ...
A glimpse of Orchard Road .... also a watch-shopping haven too...
Some beautiful pieces of 2012 Glashütte Original Collections on display ...
3 versions of the Senator Perpetual Calendar. Above is steel case with silver dial & ...
Steel case with black dial ...
Thirdly, Rose gold case with silver dial .., possibly on rubber strap.
PanoGraph
PanoReserve - stainless steel presents a grey ruthenium dial
PanoReserve
PanoReserve red gold edition with a silver dial
PanoMaticLunar rose gold edition ...
PanoInverse XL stainless steel version
Senator Diary, remarkable alarm piece which is capable of setting alarm 30-day ahead of time!
Even have an app for the Diary. Just wished it can simulate the functions.
Ladies are not forgotten with the Lady Serenade series ...
Available in either rose gold or stainless steel cases with variations of dials...
While awaiting for the
presentation to begin, Maria Tabaschnik, was around to explain various
procedures and techniques used in making the movements.
It was great
to meet her again since the last Tempus Event in 2007, when she came as
one of graduating students of Master Watchmaker, Uwe Bahr and
she was demonstrating polishing of the swan-neck. The demonstration could be viewed in this post.
Now she is doing the final-check/quality control for the watches manufactured and also handle the customer service functions.
Removing some of the components to show us ...
Rotor
Balance wheel and spiral ...
Example of some of blued screws from previous demonstrations ...so they are just for show !
Explaining to one of the keen press members ...
Dieter Pachner, VP Sales of Glashütte Original came over for a short discussion ...
Interesting inconspicuous finger-cot, different from the common roll-up type ...
Tools of the trade ...
Reverse side of the platine ...
Recognise this part from which model ?
Removing the date-disc ...
These are screws for the balance wheel ... and a skeletonised barrel ...
A comparison of two barrels ...
With the cover popped, exposing the main-spring ...
Genii Koh, Vice President of Glashütte Original South East Asia, began the session ...
Dieter Pachner, VP Sales of Glashütte Original highlighted Singapore is the third country to showcase the world traveler-
Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon, after Basel and Hong Kong.
After the short note, he invited group of tens to join him in another room for a detailed presentation.
We were led into a mini-cinema with the above globe in the centre of the room ...
Turning the globe and move the highlight to another reference
point, provided a simulated change of timezone be it moving forward or
backward of the
reference location.
The Grande Cosmopolite
Tourbillon will indicate the time accurately for its 37 time zones. The
important point, is to know if DST or summer time is in effect for the destination place visiting.
The
most interesting demonstration is when traveling on the last day of
February. The Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon is able to provide the
correct time regardless traveling forward and backward , even on a leap
year.
Some questions were asked about the pricing and the delivery.
Dieter
Pachner commented, the first piece should be able to deliver between
end of this year or early next year. The balance twenty four pieces,
target to complete shipping within two years. The list price is CHF325K.
The watch-box with winder ...
The cover open ...
Next, the star of the day ... the Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon ...
For more detailed information of the Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon, please refer to the press release by clicking here.
A few snapshots through the glass-case before the next group ...
Cover with time-zone and three-letter IATA airport code on the hunter-case
Kong
Related Read :
Press Release with specifications :
glashutte.watchprosite.com
This message has been edited by Kong on 2012-09-05 22:37:53
Unveiling of Glashütte Original Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon in Singapore
Four years later...
Pretty ultimate ...
I think GO will launch a version of this watch without the tourbillon
Ah, that's what Beckett had in mind . . .
Hard to put this one into words.
Agree!
Interesting Storyboard & Concept Animation ...
fantastic coverage Kong.
Spectacular coverage, Kong. Thank you. This watch . . .
Rubber strap...
Even the quietest Purists . . .
Senator Chronometer pics...
Hmmm...
Thanks!
Great coverage of this event Kong