Since its founding in 1735, Blancpain has been putting industry-leading spins, so to speak, on fine timepieces, s o it comes as n o surpr ise that the venerable Swiss company is back with yet another ground-breaking achievement in the artistry of grand watch-making: the Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus. Combining a flying one-minute carrousel and a cathedral gong repeater, the Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus is the first of its kind, taking the technologically advanced carrousel (French for “merry-go-round”) to even greater heights of innovation. While some might understand the complicated mechanical difference between a tourbillon movement and a carrousel, essentially it comes down to the spinning of minute and intri cate gears and flying whee ls. With the Carrousel Répétit ion Minutes Le Brassus, Blancpain has created a watch with a special flying regulator for the minute repeater complication t hat spins on its own axis, a movement the company pioneered a couple of years ago. This time, however, it has been combined with a cathedral-gong-striking mechanism so the sounding rings are much longer and much fuller, cir cling the movement one and a half times, and resulting in a rich, extended tone. With the addition of the cathedral gong rings to the inside of the case, the Carrousel Répétition Minutes Le Brassus rings with an unsurpassed volume and clarity, a feature that will doubt- lessly excite true Swiss watchmak ing aficionados who will embrace this handsome timepiece, notwithstanding its relative affordability at about $360,000. TIME 32 AFFLUENT PAGE LUXURY INDEX |
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8/7/2019 Affluent Page Presents- A New Spin on Time