For the first time in the Villeret collection, Blancpain is offering a horological complication indicating the day of the week and the date.
Practical and elegant, the new Blancpain Villeret Day Date. Blancpain Villeret Day Date enables the owner to read all of the information set out on the dial at a glance. Baselworld 2017. Fitted with a black alligator strap, the Blancpain Villeret Day Date Ref. 6652-1127-55B has a retail price of Euro 10,350 / US$ 10,900. The new model is also available on a steel bracelet. Blancpain 2017. Basel 2017;
For the first time in the Villeret collection, Blancpain is offering a horological complication indicating the day of the week and the date.
Elegant and practical, the new Blancpain Villeret Day Date enables the owner to read all of the information set out on the dial at a glance.
This new entry into the Villeret collection is housed in a stainless steel case measuring 40 mm in diameter (thickness is 10.40 mm). Its matt white dial features leaf-shaped cut-out hands with a small seconds display appearing at 6 o’clock, while the day of the week and the date are shown at 3 o’clock.
The day change is instantaneous, while that of the date is semi-instantaneous.
The in-house developed movement beating at the heart of the watch is the automatic calibre 1160DD, comprising 275 components including 34 jewels. Its balance wheel is fashioned in glucydur with gold micrometric regulation screws and a balance spring in silicon, a material which offers several important advantages. Firstly, its low density makes it lighter and thus more shock-resistant. In addition, it is impervious to magnetic fields. The resulting balance spring is ideally shaped to ensure improved isochronism performance of the movement, resulting in enhanced timekeeping precision.
Operating at a frequency of 4Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour), the movement is powered by two mainspring barrels connected in series allowing the watch to guarantee a 72-hour power reserve.
The sapphire case back provides a clear view of the finely hand-finished movement and the yellow gold winding rotor with its honeycomb guilloché pattern.
Fitted with a black alligator strap, the Blancpain Villeret Day Date Ref. 6652-1127-55B has a retail price of Euro 10,350 / US$ 10,900. The new model is also available on a steel bracelet. blancpain.com
Elegant and practical, the new Blancpain Villeret Day Date enables the owner to read all of the information set out on the dial at a glance.
This new entry into the Villeret collection is housed in a stainless steel case measuring 40 mm in diameter (thickness is 10.40 mm). Its matt white dial features leaf-shaped cut-out hands with a small seconds display appearing at 6 o’clock, while the day of the week and the date are shown at 3 o’clock.
The day change is instantaneous, while that of the date is semi-instantaneous.
Operating at a frequency of 4Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour), the movement is powered by two mainspring barrels connected in series allowing the watch to guarantee a 72-hour power reserve.
The sapphire case back provides a clear view of the finely hand-finished movement and the yellow gold winding rotor with its honeycomb guilloché pattern.
Fitted with a black alligator strap, the Blancpain Villeret Day Date Ref. 6652-1127-55B has a retail price of Euro 10,350 / US$ 10,900. The new model is also available on a steel bracelet. blancpain.com
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