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Bathyscaphe Chronograph & 12 day´s Tourbillon preselected by the Grand Prix de Genève 2014
Of course both in different categories - Sports & Tourbillon.
I had the pleasure to see them both in the metal and to take some pictures for you.
Blancpain Villeret 12 day´s Tourbillon 
The light was far from being good, but I tried to catch some of the details.
Let me add some official pictures as well, just for the pleasure of looking.
Have you seen the little details on the dial, between 4 & 5 and 7 & 8?
Some details:
Developed in the watchmaking workshops of the Manufacture, as indeed are all Blancpain movements, the new Calibre 242 takes things to a new level by further improving on the record- breaking autonomy of Calibre 25 unveiled in 1998: the world’s first self-winding tourbillon with an 8-day power reserve. The new self-winding tourbillon movement has an exceptional 12-day power reserve guaranteed by a single barrel. Comprising 243 parts united within just a space just 6.10 mm thick and 30.60 mm in diameter, it is is equipped with a silicon balance- spring and pallet-fork horns in order to alleviate the effects of magnetic fields.
Second one selected is the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph in ceramic.
Especially on the BP Nato strap it looks and feels very good.
Some details:
This new Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe model houses a new 13-lignes Manufacture Blancpain movement beating at a rate of 36,000 vibrations/hour. It is equipped with a column-wheel chronograph mechanism and a vertical clutch. It also offers a flyback function enabling the wearer to reset and instantly restart the chronograph simply by pressing the pusher at 4 o’clock. This device proves extremely useful in taking fast measurements of successive times. Moreover, the water-resistant chronograph pushers also enable user underwater to depths of 300 metres without any risk of damaging the watch. The presence of a sapphire case-back on this diver’s watch is made possible by the use of a balance-spring made in silicon – a material endowed with anti-magnetic properties that enable the watch to dispense with the inner Faraday cage. This transparent back reveals the 18-carat gold oscillating weight clad in NAC (a platinum alloy) and featuring a sculpted Blancpain logo.
Good luck to Blancpain!
Oliver
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Bathyscaphe Chronograph & 12 day´s Tourbillon preselected by the Grand Prix de Genève 2014
Of course both in different categories - Sports & Tourbillon. I had the pleasure to see them both in the metal and to take some pictures for you. Blancpain Villeret 12 days Tourbillon The light was far from being good, but I tried to catch some of the de...
