L-evolution Automatique 8 Jours
8805-3630-53B
| Brand : | Blancpain |
| Collection : | L-evolution |
| Model : | L-evolution Automatique 8 Jours |
| Reference : | 8805-3630-53B |
| Complement : | Red gold |
| On sale : | 2009 |
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Brand : Blancpain Collection : L-evolution Model : L-evolution Automatique 8 Jours Reference : 8805-3630-53B Complement : Red gold On sale : 2009 List Price : 28 900 € Diameter : 43.50 mm Thickness : 13.40 mm Styles : Sporty High Horology Types : Self-winding Calibre : 13R5 Calibre distinction : Circular Graining Complication : Power Reserve Indicator Case material : Red gold Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback Shape : Round Water-resistance : 100 meters Dial : 'Côtes de Genève' engraved Dial color : Black Display : Luminescent hands Indexes : Baton-type Carrés Arabic numerals Strap material : Alligator leather Strap color : Black Strap clasp : Triple folding buckle + More characteristics : Movement
243 components
36 jewels
Thickness : 4.57 mm
Diameter : 30.60 mm
Three barrels
Oscillating weight in gold
Titanium free sprung balance with gold regulation screws
Power reserve :
192 hours (8 days)
Case
Between horns : 23 mm
Available with a steel case
DESCRIPTION
- New L-evolution Collection - Innovative movements for exceptional watches
Excellence is a tenacious habit. Blancpain is pursuing its successive introductions of innovative high-end movements with the new Calibres 13R5 and 66R9, derived from the 13R0, along with Calibre 5025, all now powering a set of exceptional watches. Such an unshakeable faith in the future deserved a new stellar collection, evocatively named L-evolution.
The Blancpain philosophy could be aptly summed up in of Artistotle’s famous maxims: “ excellence is an art won by training and habituation ; it is therefore not an act, but a habit ”. After the two remarkable Calibres 13R0, 1315 and 225, two new movements are now enriching this exclusive series : Calibre 13R5 with date and power reserve; and Calibre 66R9 featuring a complete calendar with moon-phase display.
These innovative movements, which are writing a new chapter in Blancpain’s rich watchmaking history, naturally needed to find a showcase worthy of their stature. Therefore, as the founding act of a reinvented future that begins today, the Manufacture in Le Brassus has chosen to create a new line of exceptional models, the L-evolution Collection. The Automatique 8 Jours, Moon Phase 8 Jours, Tourbillon GMT and Alarm GMT watches are thus taking up their appointed place within this new fine watchmaking sanctuary.
A poem in the writing
Blancpain is thus pursuing its well-established “ Tradition of Innovation ”. More than a mere habit, this is an abiding characteristic of the Manufacture in Le Brassus. Like the first four lines of a poem in the writing, the new models form the classic new L-evolution Collection. Comprising sporty, contemporary and perfectly streamlined cases with a revamped design and an imposing 43.5 mm diameter, this new collection is resolutely geared towards the future. While already encompassing four models available in 2009, its future undoubtedly holds in store a number of other beautiful and fascinating surprises.
L-evolution Automatique 8 Jours - Performance and reliability for Calibre 13R5
Achieving above-average reliability and outstanding performance were the avowed terms of reference of the Blancpain movement design engineers and master-watchmakers in undertaking development of the new Calibre 13R5. A daunting challenge on a par with those regularly self-imposed by the Manufacture in Le Brassus and brilliantly taken up by the guardians of an age-old, constantly improved wealth of expertise. The result is bound to earn unanimous approval: with a case slightly more elongated than that of its predecessors, the decidedly sporty Automatique 8 Jours model in the L-evolution Collection is an anthem to modern progress penned with the ink of tradition.
With its generous 43.5 mm case and its black face enhanced by oversized 9 and 3 o’clock numerals, the Automatique 8 Jours cuts an athletic figure in the rarefied spheres of mechanical horology – a restricted zone to which this exceptional sports champion gains full access thanks to a “special pass” in the form of its exceptional proprietary movement.
You don’t change a winning formula
Calibre 13R5 picks up the intrinsic qualities of the exclusive hand-wound Calibre 13R0, starting with the unique system of regulating screws for the titanium balance. In order to vary the active length of the balance-spring, and thus the balance speed of oscillation, most mechanical movements are fitted with a two-arm mobile organ known as an “index”. In its quest for performance and precision, Blancpain has chosen another approach : the rate is controlled by means of inertia-blocks placed around the balance rim or “ felly ”. The Manufacture has equipped these micrometrical gold screws with square heads to facilitate adjustment. A quarter-turn of two diametrically opposite screws results in a gain or loss of thirty seconds per day. This considerably heightens the level of precision and avoids any risk of movement operation being disrupted by jolting or jarring.
Calibre 13R5 is equipped with three barrels for an exceptional 192-hour (8-day) power reserve, with a high-density gold rotor ensuring highly efficient winding, as well a flat balance-spring to guarantee perfect isochronism. The final touch of technical perfection lies in the fact that the date adjustment can be performed at any time – including around midnight – and in both directions. Such an operation is impossible on most mechanical movements, which could be damaged in the process.
High-tech dial
Such an exceptional ‘engine’ deserved an exceptional watch. The Automatique 8 Jours model enshrines a set of sophisticated and daring elements. The dial is extremely complex in its own right. Its delicately cut-out design features a broad central opening revealing a baseplate adorned with Côtes de Genève. Two additional apertures, a date window at 6 o’clock and the power-reserve display at 12 o’clock, create an impressive structural depth effect. Finally, the two oversized Arabic numerals at 3 and 9 o’clock accentuate the three-dimensional nature of this high-tech dial.
The equally dynamic and appealingly compact sports-style case is fitted with new detachable lugs, a feature that facilitates the insertion of metal bracelets. The Automatique 8 Jours is available in steel or red gold versions teamed with a rubber-lined black or brown strap in alligator leather and a triple-blade folding clasp.
- New L-evolution Collection - Innovative movements for exceptional watches
Excellence is a tenacious habit. Blancpain is pursuing its successive introductions of innovative high-end movements with the new Calibres 13R5 and 66R9, derived from the 13R0, along with Calibre 5025, all now powering a set of exceptional watches. Such an unshakeable faith in the future deserved a new stellar collection, evocatively named L-evolution.
The Blancpain philosophy could be aptly summed up in of Artistotle’s famous maxims: “ excellence is an art won by training and habituation ; it is therefore not an act, but a habit ”. After the two remarkable Calibres 13R0, 1315 and 225, two new movements are now enriching this exclusive series : Calibre 13R5 with date and power reserve; and Calibre 66R9 featuring a complete calendar with moon-phase display.
These innovative movements, which are writing a new chapter in Blancpain’s rich watchmaking history, naturally needed to find a showcase worthy of their stature. Therefore, as the founding act of a reinvented future that begins today, the Manufacture in Le Brassus has chosen to create a new line of exceptional models, the L-evolution Collection. The Automatique 8 Jours, Moon Phase 8 Jours, Tourbillon GMT and Alarm GMT watches are thus taking up their appointed place within this new fine watchmaking sanctuary.
A poem in the writing
Blancpain is thus pursuing its well-established “ Tradition of Innovation ”. More than a mere habit, this is an abiding characteristic of the Manufacture in Le Brassus. Like the first four lines of a poem in the writing, the new models form the classic new L-evolution Collection. Comprising sporty, contemporary and perfectly streamlined cases with a revamped design and an imposing 43.5 mm diameter, this new collection is resolutely geared towards the future. While already encompassing four models available in 2009, its future undoubtedly holds in store a number of other beautiful and fascinating surprises.
L-evolution Automatique 8 Jours - Performance and reliability for Calibre 13R5
Achieving above-average reliability and outstanding performance were the avowed terms of reference of the Blancpain movement design engineers and master-watchmakers in undertaking development of the new Calibre 13R5. A daunting challenge on a par with those regularly self-imposed by the Manufacture in Le Brassus and brilliantly taken up by the guardians of an age-old, constantly improved wealth of expertise. The result is bound to earn unanimous approval: with a case slightly more elongated than that of its predecessors, the decidedly sporty Automatique 8 Jours model in the L-evolution Collection is an anthem to modern progress penned with the ink of tradition.
With its generous 43.5 mm case and its black face enhanced by oversized 9 and 3 o’clock numerals, the Automatique 8 Jours cuts an athletic figure in the rarefied spheres of mechanical horology – a restricted zone to which this exceptional sports champion gains full access thanks to a “special pass” in the form of its exceptional proprietary movement.
You don’t change a winning formula
Calibre 13R5 picks up the intrinsic qualities of the exclusive hand-wound Calibre 13R0, starting with the unique system of regulating screws for the titanium balance. In order to vary the active length of the balance-spring, and thus the balance speed of oscillation, most mechanical movements are fitted with a two-arm mobile organ known as an “index”. In its quest for performance and precision, Blancpain has chosen another approach : the rate is controlled by means of inertia-blocks placed around the balance rim or “ felly ”. The Manufacture has equipped these micrometrical gold screws with square heads to facilitate adjustment. A quarter-turn of two diametrically opposite screws results in a gain or loss of thirty seconds per day. This considerably heightens the level of precision and avoids any risk of movement operation being disrupted by jolting or jarring.
Calibre 13R5 is equipped with three barrels for an exceptional 192-hour (8-day) power reserve, with a high-density gold rotor ensuring highly efficient winding, as well a flat balance-spring to guarantee perfect isochronism. The final touch of technical perfection lies in the fact that the date adjustment can be performed at any time – including around midnight – and in both directions. Such an operation is impossible on most mechanical movements, which could be damaged in the process.
High-tech dial
Such an exceptional ‘engine’ deserved an exceptional watch. The Automatique 8 Jours model enshrines a set of sophisticated and daring elements. The dial is extremely complex in its own right. Its delicately cut-out design features a broad central opening revealing a baseplate adorned with Côtes de Genève. Two additional apertures, a date window at 6 o’clock and the power-reserve display at 12 o’clock, create an impressive structural depth effect. Finally, the two oversized Arabic numerals at 3 and 9 o’clock accentuate the three-dimensional nature of this high-tech dial.
The equally dynamic and appealingly compact sports-style case is fitted with new detachable lugs, a feature that facilitates the insertion of metal bracelets. The Automatique 8 Jours is available in steel or red gold versions teamed with a rubber-lined black or brown strap in alligator leather and a triple-blade folding clasp.
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Brand : Blancpain Collection : L-evolution Model : L-evolution Automatique 8 Jours Reference : 8805-3630-53B Complement : Red gold On sale : 2009 List Price : 28 900 € Diameter : 43.50 mm Thickness : 13.40 mm Styles : Sporty High Horology Types : Self-winding Calibre : 13R5 Calibre distinction : Circular Graining Complication : Power Reserve Indicator Case material : Red gold Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback Shape : Round Water-resistance : 100 meters Dial : 'Côtes de Genève' engraved Dial color : Black Display : Luminescent hands Indexes : Baton-type Carrés Arabic numerals Strap material : Alligator leather Strap color : Black Strap clasp : Triple folding buckle More characteristics : Movement
243 components
36 jewels
Thickness : 4.57 mm
Diameter : 30.60 mm
Three barrels
Oscillating weight in gold
Titanium free sprung balance with gold regulation screws
Power reserve :
192 hours (8 days)
Case
Between horns : 23 mm
Available with a steel case