Source Aleph
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The main dial of this 39-millimetre gold or platinum watch shows – unsurprisingly – hours and minutes, and the subdial at 06.30 is a night and day indication made of two superimposed 24-hour discs; one featuring stars and sun, the other night and day colours. Again, no surprise. But then it becomes unique. On the bottom right half of the dial, you will find three pointy, mirror-polished platinum pillars, clad with precious stones. Just like everything ranging from electrons to planets, these pillars, or cones, spin at various velocities. The fastest, at 05 o’clock, moves at a second pace, making a full revolution in 60 seconds, ‘whereas the next one at 04 o’cock takes 24 hours, followed by the 12-hour-pillar at 03 o’clock.
“These triangular pillars could also be seen as mountain peaks, or fir trees growing on the mountainsides. To me they represent the roots of timekeeping, and with these pillars I have symbolised the deconstruction of time. Two of them are moving so slowly that you can barely notice that they are moving at all. And yet they do – it is at this slow speed that all important changes and developments occur,” mused Emmanuel Bouchet about Source Aleph.
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Functions:
Dial at 12 o’clock: hours & minutes
Dial at 6 o’clock: Day & Night indication
Cone at 3 o’clock: 12 hours
Cone at 4 o’clock: 24 hours
Cone at 5 o’clock: seconds
Movement:
In-house designed movement EB21L, including additional complication EB10-002
Design, construction, fabrication and assembly at Emmanuel Bouchet workshop
Hand-finishing
Mechanical self-winding with double rotor
21’600 alt./hour, 3Hz
Diameter: 33.45mm (movement EB21L: 30mm; complication EB10-002: 3.45mm)
Total height: 6.66mm (movement EB21L, including double rotor: 4.76mm; complication EB10-002: 1.90mm)
Power reserve: 45 hrs
Number of components: 283 (movement EB21L: 201; complication EB10-002: 82)
Total number of jewels: 56 (movement EB21L: 40; complication EB10-002: 16)
Case:
Size: 39mm
Height: 9.56mm
Materials: available in 18-carat white gold / 4N rose gold, platinum or titanium
Available with setting on the side of the case with diamonds or colour gradient from diamonds to coloured gemstones (emeralds, rubies, or blue sapphires).
Glareproofed sapphire crystal and caseback
Crown: available in 18-carat white gold / 4N rose gold, platinum or titanium
Dial:
Dial base available in white or black mother-of-pearl or in ceramic
Dial at 12 o’clock: available in white or black mother-of-pearl or in ceramic
Indexes in metal with rhodium or gilded treatment and polished
Dial at 6 o’clock: Day & Night disc in metal with rhodium or gilded treatment, colour applied by hand
Hours and minutes hands: metal with rhodium or gilded treatment
Cone at 3 o’clock: in platinum or in 18-ct gold, set with a mix of diamonds and coloured gemstones (emeralds, rubies or blue sapphires). Total: 0.042 ct (14 stones)
Cone at 4 o’clock: in platinum or in 18-ct gold, set with diamonds for the day and with coloured gemstones (emeralds, rubies or blue sapphires) for the night. Total: 0.042 ct (14 stones)
Cone at 5 o’clock: in platinum or in 18-ct gold, reversed diamond. Total: 0.03ct
Strap and buckle
Hand-stitched leather strap
Double pin buckle available in 18-carat white gold / 4N rose gold, platinum, or in titanium
Water-resistance
30m / 3 atm / 100 ft
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