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Le temps est invention, ou il n'est rien du tout. "
Henri Bergson
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Le Garde-temps, la Naissance d’une Montre @ SIHH2015
Caractéristiques
- Preservation and transmission of traditional expertise.
- Collaboration between Greubel (silver), Dufour (knowledge) and Michel Boulanger (execution).
- Entirely made without digital control, manually controled by tool-maker.
- The 45mm* 14.99mm steel timepiece case.
- Final cases of precious metal (gold or platinium).
- Frequency 18000 bph
- One-minute tourbillon.
- PwR : +/-36h
Les plus
- Subjectively : the most beautiful watch in SIHH2015.
- Objectively : the most emotional piece of 2015.
- A major step of the NM adventure.
- Greubel, Dufour & Michel Boulanger in the same watch.
- Original and didactic presentation, which reveals every facet of mechanism.
- Prototype with primitive finishings (waiting for Philippe), tribute to the watchmaking of the end of the 18th century.
- Low frequency & one-minute tourbillon.
- Layout of the dial.
- Shape of the horns, design of the case.
- Depth perception, incredible 3D
- Entirely handmade.
Les moins
- No anti-reflective treatment on the prototype.
- Without electrotype block, the different types of metal make the picture-taking problematic.
- I couldn't carry it for a long time.
- Only 11 copies.
