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Greubel Forsey Balancier Contemporain Final Edition

Greubel Forsey has just introduced the Balencier Contemporain Final Edition.  Presented in stainless steel, this beautifully complex looking, but utterly deceptively simple watch (the only complication is a power reserve), represents the final Balancier Contemporain edition.  Just a stunning piece.  

I'll let the statistics and specifications (and the photos) do the talking.  While the watch is not small nor thin, it is actually well sized for daily use - if you're not opposed to wearing a watch with some presence.  

Enjoy!  

MOVEMENT

MOVEMENT DIMENSIONS

•Diameter: 32.40mm

•Thickness: 9.20mm

NUMBER OF PARTS

•Movement: 256 parts

NUMBER OF JEWELS

•33

•Olived-domed jewels in gold chatons

Chronometric power reserve

•72 hours

BARRELS

•Two series-coupled fast rotating barrels (1 turn in 3.2 hours), one

of which is equipped with a slipping spring to avoid excess tension

•Barrel with relief engraving «Greubel Forsey»

BALANCE WHEEL

•In-house variable-inertia with 6 gold mean-time screws

(12.60mm diameter)

•Stop balance activated by crown

•21’600 vibrations/hour

•Phillips terminal curve

•Geneva-style stud

BRIDGES AND MAIN PLATES

•Nickel silver, frosted and spotted with polished bevelling and countersinks, straight-grained flanks, blue treatment

•Flat black polished steel balance wheel bridge, polished bevelling and countersinks, straight-grained flanks

•Flat black polished gold plate under the balance wheel

MOVEMENT SIDE

•Flat black polished gold plate with relief engraved text, polished

bevelling and countersinks, straight-grained flanks with apparent

gold chatons

•Central gold plate, «GF» engraved with the limitation number

DISPLAYS

•Hours and minutes

•Small seconds

•72-hours power reserve on a sector

EXTERIOR

CASE

•Stainless steel with high domed synthetic sapphire crystal

•Hand-polished bezel, caseband with hand-finished straight-graining

•Three-dimensional, variable geometry-shaped lugs

•Transparent back with high domed synthetic sapphire crystal

•Raised polished engraving “Balancier” and “Greubel Forsey” on a hand-punched background

•Gold security screws

CASE DIMENSIONS

•Diameter: 39.60mm

•Height: 12.25mm

WATER RESISTANCE OF THE CASE

•Water-resistant 3atm - 30m - 100ft (GF uses the NIHS 92-20/SN ISO 22810:2010 standard)

CROWN

•Stainless steel with engraved and black lacquered GF logo

DIAL

•Multi-level in gold

•Sunburst blue finish hour-ring, with a visual opening for

the balance wheel, minute-circle with deep blue finish,

engraved and white lacquer filled, polished bevel

•Small seconds, engraved and lacquered with polished bevel

•Power-reserve, engraved and lacquered, hand matt lapped

•Hours, minutes, small seconds and power-reserve in polished steel,

hand-polished countersinks

STRAP AND CLASP

•Hand-sewn textured rubber

•Stainless steel pin buckle, engraved GF logo