quinta-feira, 31 de janeiro de 2013

Breguet Type XXII Flyback Chronograph Gold - Pre-Basel 2013




Type XXII 3880, The First Series-Made Mechanical Chronograph with a 10 Hz Frequency (72,000 vph) New Version in Rose Gold

The case, in 18kt rose gold, measures 44mm. It has a sapphire crystal and it is water resistant to 100 meters.

Movement is the Swiss automatic Breguet in-house caliber 589F with 27 jewels, 72,000 vph, and a power reserve of 40 hours. It features a high frequency silicon escapement, a Breguet balance-wheel with regulating screws, and a silicon balance-spring. It is adjusted to 5 positions.

The dial, in brown, features luminous hands and hour-markers and a chapter ring with Arabic numerals. Red chronograph's seconds hand on a 30-second basis at the center, Half-minute totalizer at the centerm 24 hour indicator at 3 o'clock, Second time zone indicator at 6 o'clock with luminous Arabic numerals, Small seconds on a 30-second basis at 9 o'clock. Date in an aperture at 6 o'clock.

The minutes graduation in the form of dashes one red and the other white situated on the flange, combined with the numbered seconds graduation also appearing in red and white, serves to establish whether the chronograph counter is in its first (red sectors) or second (white sectors) 30-second revolution. 
By Jorge Merino - Timezone.com

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