Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX 3 Tourbillon GMT
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Jaeger-LeCoultre recently introduced the AMVOX 3 Tourbillon GMT at SIHH 2008. It looks a lot like the concept watch pictured here from June 2007. The AMVOX line represents a partnership between Aston Martin and Jaeger-LeCoultre. This particular watch is the newest addition to the AMVOX line and one their most advanced watches to date. Jaeger utilized a combination of black ceramic and gold to house the JL Calibre 988 tourbillon movement. I am not a huge gold fan, but this black and gold combo looks great.
Technical Specifications:
Movement
mechanical automatic Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 988, crafted and decorated by hand,
ruthenium-treated bridges and mainplate, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 48-hour power reserve, 323 parts, 35 jewels, 7.49 mm thick, Automatic tourbillon with a large 11.5mg x cm2 variable-inertia balance, Tourbillon carriage in grade 5 titanium, bevelled, hand-drawn and polished, with ruthenium treatment, weighing 280 mg, Upper tourbillon bridge in 4N gilded metal aluminium, automobile design, AM/PM indicator bridge in black eloxed aluminum, Patented oscillating weight with segment in platinum-iridium alloy and carbon fibre arms
Functions
local hour, minute, reference time (2nd time zone), AM/PM indication, linked to reference time, tourbillon with seconds indication, calendar with jumping hand
Dial
Black with gridwork motif inspired by automobile air inlets, Black luminescent numerals.
Hands
Local hour and minute: gilded brass baton type, luminescent, openworked, 2nd time zone: rhodium-plated openworked brass baton type, Date : white-lacquered brass, gilded triangle
Crowns
1 crown to start the watch and adjust local hour, reference hour, minute and date, Crown in 18-carat pink gold
Case
44 mm in ceramics, with back bezel and crown in 18-carat pink gold, cambered sapphire crystal, hardness N°9, sapphire crystal case-back revealing the movement, water-resistant to 50 metres
Strap
Black leather, Folding clasp in satin-brushed 18-carat pink gold.
I would have expected them to make 175 editions of this watch to celebrate their 175th year anniversary, but they actually made 300.
