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Blancpain Release Chinese Dragon Caruso Watch—a Limited Masterpiece for Year of the Dragon

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

With the rising significance of Chinese market on the global luxury consumption, all the major top brands have launched the top custom masterpieces to China’s consumers in succession. On the occasion of Year of the Dragon, they will naturally catch the concept of “Dragon Totem”, which is very special and important to the Chinese people. Back in a few months ago, the Swiss top watchmaker Blancpain limited production of Chinese Dragon Caruso watch; carrying on the domineering of Dragon in the end.

The rotor with dragon totem pattern on the case back is adopted with the K gold engraving. Its dial is following the yin and yang of Heaven and Earth Caruso dial design. 

In 2008, Blancpain has launched the totally exclusive complex movement Caruso, thoroughly broken the embarrassing situation of without any breakthrough within tourbillon; exposing the mystery of controversy in Caruso for decades—Caruso also can be in coaxial as well as turning a circle in one minute; while that is usually only done by tourbillon before several hundred years.

This is a great event with landmark meaning in the world’s watch history. After that, Caruso watch has made into the only contemporary watch collected by National Palace Museum.

Blancpain Chinese Dragon Caruso limited version, selling price: RMB1, 392,500

The Caruso “Chinese Dragon” Limited Edition watch has a 43.5mm diameter case composed of red gold, housed in a gorgeous Caliber. 225 automatic Caruso movement with outstanding 262 total parts. Fitted with a 100-hour power reserve, the watch’s limited edition numbers are engraved into the back of the case, numbered from 1 to 50. For the best comfort of the wearer, the Blancpain chose to attach this exceptional timepiece to a brown alligator leather strap. The total amount of 50 pieces limited edition in the world is an in precious value.

Stylish Jules Audemars Extra-thin Wristwatch

Friday, January 13th, 2012

When we mention functional and stylish wristwatch with thin cases, we will think about Blancpain firstly. It is the truth Blancpain is good at recommending amazing and elegant thin watches. But today I would like to share another attractive and fashionable thin watch with you. That is right the Jules Audemars Extra-thin wristwatch recommended by famous watch manufacture – Audemars Piguet.

Audemars Piguet reforms Jules Audemars Collection completely, and the Extra-thin edition attractive the most wide eye sights. The design of this wristwatch fits all the DNA of Jules Audemars Collection. The 6.7mm height shows another special style. Jules Audemars Extra-thin fixes Audemars Piguet 2120 movement with a 2.45 thickness. It is not the thinnest movement in the world, but don’t look down it. Other thin movement tried to release the thickness and adopts the micro rotor, but this Audemars Piguet made movement still insist on adopting the central rotor design. This central rotor is made of 21K gold, shining and attractive. 

The axes on the central rotor can make the winder stay at its most favorable working condition so that it can provide stable and lasting power output. And this is benefit for the wristwatch’s timing accuracy. Audemars Piguet claims that they adopt central automatic dial but not the inside pocket automatic dial because aiming at improving the movement’s functions. The 19,800vph of this self made movement can ensure 40 hours power storage. The winder box is just supported by the bridge board, like foaling up high. Jules Audemars Extra-thin watches develop Audemars Piguet’s strength on making watches with thin cases. It is not the most excellent and outstanding extra-thin watch, but it is one more choice with different design except for Blancpain watches. The simple watch dial looks very clean and clear, very suitable for the successful and mature males. So if you want to find a different thin watch, this Jules Audemars Extra-thin will be a wonderful candidate.

Blancpain X Fathoms Diving Watch, The Desire for Diving

Wednesday, December 28th, 2011

“People wearing a diving watch is more to demonstrate a desire for diving – sunny holidays, boundless beach, deep exploration and so on. All exciting keywords related to diving can be ignited in a small diving watch.” Mark Junod, the global marketing vice president of Blancpain said. As an old watch brand created the first diving watch in 1953, Blancpain has a new action on diving watch.

Recently, in the world’s largest aquarium – the Dubai Mall aquarium, Blancpain launched its latest watch – X Fathoms. The X Fathoms followed the classic features of the 1953 Fifty Fathoms watch, becoming a world-class mechanical diving watch.

This watch was given a number of innovative elements, including a mechanical sounder most up to 90 meters and a separate 0 to 15 meters mechanical sounder. In addition, X Fathoms also has 5 minutes countdown function, so this watch broke several world records. The Calibre 1315 movement is the classic movement has been successfully applied to a variety of Fifty Fathoms collection watches. The brushed pure titanium case is 55.65 mm in diameter, can resist water to 300 meters. In addition, the watch comes with a helium pressure relief valve, to achieve decompression when diving.

Blancpain has optimized the dial display function in a unique approach. Three-color fluorescent coating can fully ensure the hands’ readability under water. It is worth mentioning that the watch is also equipped with a rubber strap with complex structure, both to ensure it fits the wrist, but can touch the pressure membrane in any case under water the wearer.

“Diving watch does not mean you can only wear it when diving or doing water sports. As long as it is beautiful enough, it will be another style with a suit.” Mark explained. Mark began studying wtachmaking technology at the age of 16. Before entering Blancpain, he has served more than one brand.

“For me, this brand has a lot of sense. What impressed me the most is Blancpain’s persist for the top watchmaking.” Mark said. Now there are numerous watch brands have glamorous packaging. However, from the case to movement parts, there are always many parts relied on other brands providing technical support. Blancpain is different. Each movement, even each part is self-produced by Blancpain. This gives me a strong identity and pride. “

Blancpain – the Founder of Modern Moon Phase Watch

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Blancpain launched the Caliber 6395 movement in 1983, which has a complete calendar and moon phase complex designs. This guide and inspire the entire mechanical watchmaking revival movement, making those who represent the past, watch the birth of art as it sadly faded. Sophisticated date and month display window of the combination of discrete, detailed date pointer, dial the external arrangement of dates with a smiley face logo and the moon on the moon phase window, which almost all are reminiscent of long forgotten hand watch industry transmission quality.

The 1970s was the most painful and difficult days in the Swiss mechanical watchmaking history. Cheap quartz watches flooded, filled with the world watch market, accounting for the mechanical watch enjoyed before the market share. Prevalent at the time of order and to battle cheap quartz watches, mechanical watch industry had to desperately to cut costs on the basis of the original. Developed over the past century, representing the highest level of fine watchmaking technology complex to reduce costs due to the impact of the market began to gradually disappear from the watch. Of course, the cost of mechanical watches quartz watch never have so low. Therefore, the price war will be among the doomed family of the great ultimate mechanical failure.

In the early 1980s, Blancpain discovered the problems mechanical watches industry facing. To compete with the quartz watch, mechanical watch by reducing production costs and not solve the problem, how do attractive mechanical watches is the fundamental solution. Thus, unlike the traditional watch making was easier, Blancpain opposite, to do more complex, fine.

This Blancpain Villeret full calendar moon phase watch is a masterpiece. In through the sapphire case back small reward its perfect crystal window, while the mechanical structure, has already been found in possession into the moon phases, month, date and week display of the world’s smallest automatic movement among the stars and the time between the deep roots. The rise and fall of that dynasty, shaking the cup for the light Gok film, the original source of this thread already has experienced numerous full moon toad missing.

Cal.6753 automatic movement
100 hours power reserve
Water resistant to 30 meters
18K rose gold case
White Dial
Brown crocodile leather strap
38MM case diameter

The Blancpain L-Evolution moon phase watch is equipped with Calibre 66R9 automatic movement. Although difficult to predict the future, but the Blancpain watchmakers still successfully Calibre 66R9 time well versed in the laws of this self-winding movement concentrated in the contemporary phase of the moon within the case, and with a three-dimensional dial and full of impact combination of visual power, so watch out this month with secular frame. And the 6 o’clock position shows a moon phase, time to follow the same path, played out the history of human civilization on the one second response, the next second to be of the eternal.

Calibre 66R9 automatic movement
8 days power reserve
Water resistant 100 meters
18K rose gold case, new 3D dial
Black crocodile leather strap
43.5MM case diameter

Blancpain lady moon phase watch is specially designed for elegant female. This round watch for women pearl dial moon phase center of a tiny square pattern of the track highlights the moon is new, mother of pearl highlights indicate the date, the moon reflects the harmony of the gentle graphic characteristics of women. Bright beauty spot on the face is outlined her kinds of style. Blancpain watchmakers with a month to express the female phase and florid praise, naturally the most romantic, most poetic expression of the time.

CAL.6753 automatic movement
100 hours power reserve
Water resistant to 50 meters
18K white gold case
Diamond bezel
Black dial with MOP
Satin strap
34MM case diameter