Tuesday 07 June, 2011 - 12:00 PM EDT

BLANCPAIN'S VILLERET GRANDE DÉCORATION

45 mm-diameter wristwatch

For the first time in its history, Blancpain is introducing a 45 mm-diameter wristwatch in its Villeret collection. The new Villeret Grande Décoration is a watch distinguished by vivid contrasts. The extremely pure design of its dial with its discreet enamelled chapter ring is counter-balanced by the incredibly refined decoration of its movement visible through the case-back of this outstanding exercise in style.

Pared down to the extreme, the Villeret Grande Décoration is the simplest possible expression of the watchmaking art. It is equipped with Calibre 15B, an ultra-thin hand-wound 117-part movement stemming from the pocket-watch in the same collection and indicating the hours and minutes. The domed grand feu enamelled dial covering it bears only 12 painted enamel hourmarkers and two hands in the same material as the 45 mm case housing it.

The Villeret Grande Décoration also shines for reasons above and beyond its refined lines. A glance through the transparent case-back provides a stunning view of the exceptional movement decoration work, entirely hand-crafted by the Blancpain engraving artists and decorative specialists. Thanks to the slightly thicker bridges of Calibre 15B, the artistic teams of the Manufacture in Le Brassus have given free rein to their talent in creating an original décor for

each of the five models unveiled at Baselworld this year. Each is a unique work of art depicting landscapes and landmarks evoking a particular country. Switzerland, France, Japan, China and Hong Kong are honoured in this way on the models being introduced at the start of this year. Blancpain’s master-engravers will be offering different variations, each truly one of a kind, throughout 2011.







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SOURCE: [Blancpains Press Release ]

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Tuesday 31 May, 2011 - 15:00 PM EDT

Blancpain VITA4ONE FERRARI

TRIUMPHS IN SPAIN

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Wednesday 20 April, 2011 - 09:50 AM EDT

BLANCPAIN VILLERET QUANTIÈME ANNUEL GMT

Annual Calendar combined with the GMT function

This year, Blancpain is presenting its first Annual Calendar combined with the GMT function – an original association of these two complications enriching the Villeret collection and providing further proof of the innovative spirit cultivated by the Manufacture from Le Brassus.

The Villeret Annual Calendar GMT is equipped with the new Calibre 6054F developed by Blancpain’s R&D teams. This self-winding movement requires just one date adjustment per year, at the transition from February to March. For all other months, the watch itself moves on from the 30th or the 31st to the first day of the following month. It also has a small 24-hour hand in a subdial at 8 o’clock, which serves as a reference time. The GMT function is provided by the central hour hand of the watch, which is linked to the date. The generously sized date apertures are arranged in such a way as to ensure optimal readability.

This new model is available in white or red gold versions. The hands and hour-markers on the stamped opaline white dial match the material of the case, which is equipped with Blancpain’s under-lug correctors system. The corrector at 1 o’clock serves to modify the day, and the one at 5 o’clock to adjust the month. Fast GMT, date and time-setting adjustments can be made using
the crown. The sapphire crystal case-back of the 40 mm-diameter case reveals the ingenious mechanism of the movement and its guilloché-work oscillating weight. The alzavel-lined alligator
leather strap is fitted with a triple-blade folding clasp ensuring optimal user friendliness.





Source:

[ Blancpain's Press Lounge ]


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Tuesday 19 April, 2011 - 12:20 PM EDT

BLANCPAIN VILLERET CHRONOGRAPHE MONOPOUSSOIR

QUANTIÈME COMPLET

Pursuing its reinterpretation of the Villeret collection undertaken in 2010, Blancpain is now presenting a single-pusher chronograph with complete calendar and moon phases. In addition to the technical challenge involved, this original combination called for particular attention in order to preserve the readability of the dial and the stylistic purity of this model, thus ensuring harmony with the traditions of the collection.

This model in the Villeret collection is equipped with Calibre 66CM8, a movement that emerged only recently from the workshops and was built on two principles: ensuring optimal user friendliness and preserving the understated elegance of the watch of which it will become the beating heart. User friendliness is ensured by the protection of the complete calendar and moon-phase mechanisms. These complications, based on a set of complex and delicate gear trains, have been redesigned in order to avoid any risk of damaging the movement. The indications are adjusted by means of under-lug correctors, a patented Blancpain innovation ensuring fast correction without any need for a dedicated pointed instrument.

These technical choices, as well as the traditional solution of a single pushpiece controlling the chronograph, guarantee the pure profile of the case and the clarity of its dial, both signature features of the Villeret collection. The blued steel serpentine date hand is a symbolic reference to the roots of watchmaking, which traditionally used this kind of hand to distinguish between complementary types of information. The transparent sapphire crystal case-back invites admirers to discover the quality of the finishing on the movement and its guilloché-work oscillating weight.

This new member of the Villeret family measuring 40 mm in diameter is available in a red gold version with a stamped opaline dial or in steel with a white dial – both fitted with an alzavellined alligator leather strap secured by a folding clasp.





[Source: Blancpain's Official Website ]

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Wednesday 16 June, 2010 - 11:20 AM EDT

Blancpain and Francis Ford Coppola

The “Villeret Automatic” Blancpain watch

In 2000 Blancpain produced a wristwatch that, at that moment, belonged to the movie producer Francis ford Coppola. Francis personally donated the watch to the North Beach Citizens organization destined to help those children without family or either a home, or those who live in poverty conditions in California.

Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is primarily known for directing the Godfather films, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now. He is the only one who has won five Academy Awards.



The “Villeret Automatic” Blancpain watch gets to be a very flat watch. It features hour and minutes indicators, also the power reserve one. On its back, it can be read the “Francis ford Coppola, Piece Unique” inscription.


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