Horological Meandering

ARMIN STROM The “Coffret Tourbillon” Tour - Singapore

 

Last week, 7 November, the Armin Strom Duo - owner Serge Michel and the technical director Claude Greisler were in Singapore to showcase their "Coffret Tourbillon" (part of their Tourbillon World Tour) after two stops -  Interlaken and Dubai. A cosy gathering were arranged for some PuristS, press-members and friends of their local authorised retailer, E'Collezione at the PS Cafe Demsey.

The evening commenced with a cocktail session for the Armin Strom Duo to mingle with the watch-lovers, followed by a brief presentation by Serge Michel, dinner and  viewing of the four tourbillons.

A recap of last Wednesday evening and some pictures of the  four Tourbillons ...

6pm : Entrance to restaurant, PS Cafe Demsey





The signage ...

Preparation ongoing ...

A quick look of the surrounding of PS Cafe ...

A nice restaurant away from the hustle and bustle, with a peaceful environment surrounded by greenery ...

The dinner set up ...

Armin Strom Duo - Technical Director Claude Greisler &  Owner/CEO Serge Michel  ...

A closer look ;-)

Menu for the evening ...

The box containing the 4 stars of the evening -  "The Coffret Tourbillon" ...

7pm, Guests arriving ...

Claude chatting with one of our guests ....

8pm Presentation began ...  by Serge Michel

Guests were invited to view the "Coffret Tourbillon"  in between dinner,  Claude, the chief designer of the pieces, on-deck to address any questions.
Our CEO, MTF trying out the pieces ...

Media friends trying out the pieces and asking questions ...

Claude sneaked in another box  of excitement ...

The Armin Manual Collection , One Week Collection, Regulator Collection and a Blue Chip Skeleton.





Some snapshots of the four Tourbillons....





The ”Coffret Tourbillon”, comprises of four different timepieces, and only 4 sets are manufactured.

The naming of each tourbillon is based on the 4 elements - Water, Air, Earth and Fire.

Various decoration techniques were incorporated, and the main point is, the movement, ATC11 is in-housed designed, after their first ARM09 which was launched in year 2009.

Beginning with WATER ...


18K White gold case of diameter 43.40mm by 13mm height.  Water resistance is rated to 50m.

The 60-second Tourbillon is located at 9H, featuring a large balance wheel of 17mm (with Breguet overcoil) which has high moment of inertia and tend to be more resistance to external forces, thus has the ability to keep better rate.  The frequency is at 18,000 VPH.

Hands are in white gold.
Plate and bridges set with 44 diamonds (0,1893 ct total, IF, VVS, colour G) as well as 76 light blue and 159 dark blue sapphires (0,8312 ct total).

Inner movement parts are visible with an exposed dial and skeletonise components ...  two ratchets wheels above the two barrels were displayed.

The double-barrel provides the Tourbillon a 10-day power reserve.

Sapphire caseback to showcase the decoration and gemstones setting.

Case is with dual surface-finishing.

White gold double-fold clasp with dark blue alligator horn-back strap.

In addition, a blue rubber strap will be provided.



Next is the AIR ...

Case is titanium.

Platine is skeletonised and is also part of the aesthetic dial-work.

The Earth ...

Case is stainless steel PVD Black ...

Plate and bridges with ceramic inlays

Black alligator horn-back strap with steel PVD  double-folding clasp.





Lastly , the FIRE ...







18K rose gold case ...










Hand-engraving work on both the bridges and plate ...












18K rose gold folding clasp and brown alligator horn-back strap ...

A wristshot of the AIR on a gentleman's wrist ...





The evening continued with more watch conversation ...










Serge in discussion with one of our guests  ...




The rest  took turn to view the Tourbillons ...



Claude explaining to guests the details of each tourbillon pieces ...




MTF chatting with Jeffrey Leong, owner of E'Collezione, the authorised retailer for Armin Strom  in Singapore ...



A parting shot .... Serious look ...



Smile, more charming Claude ...




The Armin Strom duo next destination after a quick drop-over at Beijing, will be on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, in Los Angeles.

Thank you for the wonderful evening.




Kong





For Interlaken Coverage, please click here to read Don's post.




  This message has been edited by Kong on 2012-11-13 04:01:14