Как много марок незнакомых таит мир часов?

[Perplexer]

Всего не изучишь, не узнаешь, не запомнишь... Но пробовать надо...

Еще одна марка желает возродится - Mermod Freres... выпустили наручные часы/"музыкальную шкатулку"... мезханизм из 577 частей, фишка которого 4 диска, видимых на циферблате... запуская их вращение можно прослушать 4 разные мелодии по 10 секунд каждая...
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Renaissance of Mermod Frères

The latest initiatives is Reuges acquisition of another sleeping beauty, the watch company Mermod Frères, established in 1816 in Sainte-Croix, also the home of Reuge. At that time, Mermod Frères specialized in complicated watches as well as mechanical music boxes. The crash of 1929, however, put an end to their production.
After nearly 80 years, the company is being re-launched amid a lot of fanfare, if we can say it like that, with the presentation of a world first, the Primo 4. The fruit of four years of research, this new watch reflects the combination of two types of savoir-faire: watchmaking and the art of mechanical music.
A highly complex mechanism, the movement of the Primo 4 is composed of 577 elements. A veritable juke box for the wrist, it is mechanically programmed to play four different melodies, which are produced by four discs visible on the dial. These discs are fixed onto a complex support that is blue coloured steel. On their lower faces are small pins at designated locations. When the discs rotate, the pins raise the musical strips, or teeth, of the metallic comb that is underneath them, causing them to vibrate and play the note.
Activated by a pushbutton at 7 oclock, this disc-support rotates in two steps. First, it positions the disc between 3 oclock and 5 oclock so that it is in the right place for starting the tune. This is where each disc displays its neutral zone, a specific area where there are no pins. Once in the correct position, the support then moves the disc to 6 oclock, above the red arrow, and starts to rotate. The pins of the disc then come into contact with the strips of the comb, causing them to play the designated tune. Each melody lasts about 10 seconds.
We can easily imagine that such a mechanism would require a considerable amount of energy. The Primo 4, therefore, has two distinct barrels. One is for the watch movement, with the hour and minute indications, and the other is for the additional musical mechanism. The two barrels are wound using the crown, located traditionally at 3 oclock. The musical mechanism is wound by turning the crown clockwise, while the watch movement is wound by turning it anticlockwise. To set the time, the pusher at 10 oclock is pressed to release the crown. The tunes are played using a second pushbutton situated at 8 oclock.
The quality of the sound transmission has been increased by a double case back, incorporating a system of very small vent holes, which serves as a sound amplifier and vibrator. The musical performance has also been enhanced with a sapphire crystal that has been specially developed to obtain optimal acoustical features, thanks notably to the contact points between the musical module and the crystal itself.



Prelude

From a design point of view, the Primo 4 draws inspiration from the shape of a pocket watch made by Mermod Frères. Its 45.5 mm case, available in rose, yellow, or white gold, is very elegant, but when the discs begin to rotate, it becomes nearly magical. The ensemble is extremely well finished in keeping with the purest criteria of the art of timekeeping.
The Primo 4, distributed in three limited-edition series of 50 pieces (each by colour), is the prelude to the creation of a complete collection of musical watches that will see the light of day over the next few years. In 2008, Mermod Frères envisions the launch of a Mono-Disc Watch, equipped with only one disc in the form of a dial that pivots on itself, followed by a ladies line, and even musical jewels. But, that is another story. The Sleeping Beauty is waking up to the sound of music& a box of music.

[Perplexer]

TWINS TITAN by Michel Jordi

Titanium watch (47 mm) equipped with an MJ 1948.06 and an MJ 1948.07 movement in the upper and lower segments respectively. Upper: hours, minutes small seconds at 8 oclock; lower chronograph: hours, minutes, small seconds at 3 oclock, chronograph minutes counter at 9 oclock and hours at 6 oclock, central seconds hand, annual large date at 12 oclock, month indicator between 4 and 5 oclock, SuperLuminova coated hands, crocodile or NBR rubber strap, water-resistant to 50 metres.

[Perplexer]

MAJESTY ORBITING TOURBILLON by blu

18 carat white gold watch (44 mm) rotating tourbillon  once a minute off the going train, once an hour on the minute hand axis, once every 12 hours around the dial. Aventurine dial, tourbillon framed in ruby-set ring, 72-hour power reserve.



FVA NO. 5 by Franc Vila

Black DieHard Extreme steel wristwatch equipped with a mechanical hand wound movement with a 10-day power reserve and two barrels in series. Manufactured, assembled and hand decorated by Franc Vila, self-controlled precision system with chronometer certificate for 7 days, balance bridge with height adjustment control, active spring length micrometer adjustment control with patented regulator, power reserve indicator at 12 oclock, two sapphire crystals, crocodile strap and water-resistant to 100 metres. Limited edition of 48 pieces in red gold, white gold and black DieHard Extreme steel.



W by Instruments & Mesures du Temps

Stainless steel (44.6 mm) diving chronograph fitted with a Soprod 7750 RM movement. Mat black dial, stamped and polished numerals, hands in brushed nickel with red Superluminova, black PVD treatment on lugs, pushers and crown, two sapphire crystals, date indicator at 4 oclock and power reserve indication at 3 oclock. Fitted with a black rubber strap, stainless steel deployment buckle and a detachable protection cage for diving. The owners name can be engraved on the propeller of the small seconds counter.

[Perplexer]

HORA MUNDI II by Jean-Mairet & Gillman

Hand polished white gold (41 mm) timepiece fitted with a JMG2005HM/5C50 self-winding mechanical movement. White lacquered dial with black hour markers and hands. Hours, minutes, seconds, date indicator at 3 oclock, universal time indicator at 9 oclock, 42-hour power reserve, multi-function crown, hand-stitched alligator strap, secured deployment buckle and water-resistant to 30 metres.



MONOGRAPH by MeisterSinger

Single-handed chronograph equipped with a Valjoux 7750 automatic mechanism. Decorated with Geneva stripes and blued screws, exhibition case back, convex sapphire glass, overhanging needle hands, zeros added after the single numbers to help balance the design of the dial, ivory coloured dial. Central hand measures the time in 5-minute increments, razor-thin central 30-second hand, smaller 30-minute hand and 12-hour hand. Also available with silver/white or black dial.



[bZETIOS CHRONOGRAPH by Milus [/b]

18 carat rose gold chronograph (45 mm) fitted with a mechanical Swiss quality automatic movement. Silver-coloured electroplated dial, Clous de Paris finish in the centre, applied Arabic numerals, curved sapphire crystal, polished case back with sapphire crystal viewing window, large date at 12 oclock, small seconds counter at 3 oclock, minutes counter at 9 oclock and hour counter at 6 oclock, water-resistant to 30 metres. Also available in 18 carat white gold or stainless steel.

[Perplexer]

ARCTIC EXPLORER® by Villemont

Stainless steel and titanium timepiece equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement. Ebony-toned dial decorated with the Clou de Villemont® guillochй pattern, bidirectional rotating bezel with Solar Navigator® function, luminescent hour and minute hands, seconds, day and date displays at 3 oclock, 12 hours counter at 6 oclock, small seconds hand at 9 oclock, 30 minutes counter at 12 oclock, 48-hour power reserve, British racing green natural rubber strap and water-resistant to 120 metres.



CREATOR 1861 by Erhard Junghans

18 carat rose gold (42 mm) timepiece equipped with a calibre J830.5 automatic movement. Multi-part mat black dial with applications, hour and minute hands with Superluminova, Cфtes de Genиve decoration on bridges and rotor, blued screws, sapphire crystal on both sides, date indication at 3 oclock, 50-hour power reserve at 3 oclock, small seconds at 9 oclock and water-resistant to 30 metres. Limited edition of 50 pieces worldwide.

[Perplexer]

BALANCIER by Louann Watches

18 carat yellow and white gold skeleton timepiece equipped with an ETA 2892A2 movement.
Customized versions available with a choice of dials, straps and diamond settings. Cases also come in white and pink gold, all white gold or all pink gold, handmade alligator strap and limited to 150 pieces for the skeleton version and a further 150 pieces for the closed dial version.



HAUSMANN AUTOMATIC by Saint Honorй

Stainless steel timepiece equipped with an ETA 2824 automatic movement. Silver dial, stainless steel indexes and crown, skeleton screwed down back, sapphire crystal, date at 6 oclock, crocodile-style strap, deployment buckle and water-resistant to 30 metres.

[nemo]

И что? Многие марки очень известны.

[Perplexer]

Сообщение от nemo

И что? Многие марки очень известны.

хотелось поинтересней назвать тему типа "как много нам открытий чудных........"... но в итоге поэзии не получилось... а кидал часы марок, которые просто редко здесь звучат... а то и вообще не звучали...

[KDV]

Сообщение от Perplexer

хотелось поинтересней назвать тему типа "как много нам открытий чудных........"... но в итоге поэзии не получилось... а кидал часы марок, которые просто редко здесь звучат... а то и вообще не звучали...

Просто большинство этих марок весьма дороги! Я лично не видел ни одного сообщения "Ищу эксклюзив от 100 000 usd"
Слышал и видел Вилу, Милус, Хонор, Блю(сразу и не поймешь что это часы )

[AMG]

Мдя,таких и даром не нать...