Heir to the rich watchmaking heritage of Baume & Mercier, this collection pays tribute to the traditional expertise and the spirit of innovation of which William Baume remains the symbolic guardian.
The new William Baume collection is composed exclusively of models crafted in keeping with the finest traditions of Haute Horlogerie, produced in limited, numbered series and powered by complicated movements specially manufactured for Baume & Mercier.
The four new models in the collection renew ties with the brand’s origins by revisiting the complications inseparably entwined with its historical patrimony. Each of these models has its own history and most of them are inspired by iconic historical Baume & Mercier watches. Initially composed of three models last year, the William Baume collection now comprises four watches in all, including a brand-new Single Push-Piece Chronograph.
A complication that is both useful and aesthetically pleasing, the single push-piece chronograph serves to start, stop and reset short times by pressing a single pusher. It thereby also streamlines the aesthetic of the case side by integrating the crown and two pushers into a single element, compared with three separate elements on conventional chronographs.
William Baume Flying Tourbillon. The gravity-defying tourbillon is one of the most prestigious horological complications and one of the trickiest to create. The rotation of its carriage compensates for the effects of gravity and thereby serves to increase the precision of the watch. In 1892, the “Frères Baume” company set an absolute precision record at the chronometry competition held in Kew Observatory in England with a tourbillon chronometer, acclaimed as the most accurate watch of its time. Today, Baume & Mercier revisits this specialty through its most aesthetically pleasing and most technologically accomplished interpretation, the flying tourbillon. Contrary to a classic tourbillon, which is held by two upper and lower bridges, the flying tourbillon is secured exclusively by its arbor, thus affording free views of its spectacular spinning motion. Another distinctive feature of this new model in the William Baume collection lies in the unusual and extremely elegant 9 o’clock position of its tourbillon escapement. The dial adorned with a “Vieux Panier” decorative decor is also enlivened by a small seconds display at 6 o’clock.
Today the reference time is provided by atomic clocks the rate deviation of which is around one second in three million years. In Switzerland, rating certificates are delivered by COSC the official chronometer inspection body, even though its requirements are not as strict as in the former timing trials.
source : © 2009 Al Bawaba Visit(www.albawaba.com)Posted: 27-08-2009 , 07:32 GMT
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