Ateliers deMonaco offers a unique timepiece to support the 2019 Only Watch auction
Born as an Haute Horlogerie brand, Ateliers deMonaco is all about design, performance, technology, innovation, and craftsmanship.
Founded in 2008, the Maison counts 6 in-house movements combining tradition and high-end watchmaking know-how with technical innovation.
Pim Koeslag, co-founder, a master watchmaker and CEO of the brand has made his dream come true when he first created his own tourbillon minute repeater movement. Today, he proudly presents another spectacular masterpiece: the Tourbillon Oculus 1297 Only Watch.
Equipped with the manufacture dMc-980 calibre, the watch is designed, produced, and assembled in Ateliers deMonaco’s workshops. Its patented tourbillon movement called Tourbillon XP1 (eXtreme Precision 1 minute) is one of the most precise in the world with a tolerance between 0 to 2 seconds per 24 hours.
The hand-decorated caliber boasts chamfering, circular graining and satin-finishing decorations, a 22k gold rotor representing the Principality of Monaco’s crown and includes a silicium escape wheel and lever.
A major innovation for this timepiece is its 44mm watch case made from a technique used in the automotive industry called forged carbon. For this timepiece, Ateliers deMonaco developed a new method including 18k gold in the process: carbon fibre, gold, and resin are mixed together and placed in a mold. The mixture is then heated and pressed to form a block. After the molding process, the case is meticulously refined to achieve the perfect shape. Thanks to this exclusive method, the case is thus unique.
The timepiece features a multi-layered decentred dial treated with dark grey PVD and is decorated with a lozenge pattern in relief. Roman numerals and dauphine hands finally come to complete the already beautifully detailed dial.
Hours and minutes can be read on the dial while the small seconds can be read on the Tourbillon opening at 6 o’clock.
A smoke-grey alligator leather strap with nubuck finishing brings additional character to this unique watch.
Ateliers deMonaco is proud to donate this one-of-a-kind timepiece to the Only Watch biennial auction, Only Watch supporting the treatment of muscular dystrophy diseases and pushing the boundaries of science.
Source: Ateliers deMonaco
Technical specifications
Tourbillon – Oculus 1297 Only Watch
Reference: DMC-TB-OCG-RLR-CRG-OW
Movement: Automatic dMc-980 caliber
Patented “eXtreme Precision 1 minute” tourbillon
Alternances 28800 beats/hour (4 Hrz)
38-hour power reserve
29 jewels
Sapphire tourbillon bridge
Caliber distinction: Hand decoration on all bridges:
Chamfering, circular graining, circular satin-finishing
22K gold rotor
Silicium escape wheel and lever
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds (6 o’clock)
Case: Carbon fiber & 18K rose gold
Ultralight titanium core
Diameter 44 MM
Height 13.1 MM
31 parts
Multi-layered anti-reflection coating on front and back
sapphire crystal
Case back secured with 4 screws
Water resistant up to 3 ATM
Dial: Multi-layer, de-centered dial with Roman numerals
Dark grey PVD, lozenge pattern in relief
Tourbillon opening at 6 o’clock
Hands: Dauphine
Strap: Alligator leather with nubuck finishing
18K rose gold and titanium folding buckle
Edition: Unique piece
