Perrelet Semi-Skeletonized Split-Seconds Chronographs
At the Baselworld show this past March, I visited the Perrelet booth, where I got to preview all of their new watches, including the much hyped Perrelet Turbine. The Turbine watches look really good in-person, but the Perrelet collection that impressed me the most, was the black Semi-Skeletonized Split-Seconds Chronograph collection. This collection, officially unveiled by Perrelet today, consists of three variations, all black DLC/stainless (shown above), black ceramic/rose gold (shown below) and black ceramic/stainless (shown below).
Press Release
Following the success met by its Split-Seconds Chronograph, in a limited edition in honour of its inventor Louis-Frédéric Perrelet, Perrelet is today enhancing its collection with three new variations of this complication, which is exclusive to the Brand.
Novices, amateurs, or connoisseurs in search of a modern, mysterious and elegant model, will be impressed by these new arrivals, whose originality lies mostly in the arrangement of the counters on glass discs.
One of the versions of this attractive timekeeper combines stainless steel with black ceramic. A modern work of art, which attracts attention through its shades of deep black and the glacial appearance of its polished and satin-finished steel (A1043/1)
Mysterious and intriguing, the three black-coated models, are carved out of a steel, whose DLC treatment endows them with a ravishingly dark tint. The DLC treatment, "Diamond-Like Coating", is a carbon coating in the form of amorphous diamond, which gives it a much higher resistance than that of steel ( a resistance of 5500 on the Vickers scale) (A1045/3)
A third version has just been added to the collection, and ardent admirers will appreciate the successful blend of pink gold with black ceramic. An elegant way of accentuating the contemporary masculine lines of the case (A3025/1).
The various dial combinations with painted Arabic numerals, luminescent indexes and a special openwork feature, allow the semi-skeletonised mechanical movement to be admired. Calibre P-241 with its fly-back hand, enables intermediate times to be read off and offers the functions of central hours and minutes, seconds and date on discs, and sweep seconds with hours and minutes display on discs. The execution of the four printed mineral glass discs achieves the marriage of complication and aestheticism.
The transparency of this complication, armed with a sapphire crystal both on the dial side and the case back, draws attention to the magic of a complex mechanism, revealing the intricate interaction between the rhodium- plated wheels with their blued screws, going barrel and finely angled and decorated bridges in all their finest detail. A natural black rubber bracelet, embossed with the "Perrelet" logo and embellished with a deployment buckle completes the model's accessories.
Technical features
A1043/1
Movement Automatic P-241
Open-worked, exclusive decorated Perrelet rotor
Power Reserve 46 hours
Vibrations per hour 28'800 (4Hz)
Rubies 25
Case 43.5mm
Case material Middle part stainless steel combined with bezel and
back in black ceramic
Anti-glare sapphire crystal (front & back)
Water resistance 5 ATM
Dial Open-worked silver
Strap Natural black rubber strap
Steel deployment buckle
A1045/3
Movement Automatic P-241
Open-worked, exclusive decorated Perrelet rotor
Power Reserve 46 hours
Vibrations per hour 28'800 (4Hz)
Rubies 25
Case 43.5mm
Case material Stainless steel with DLC treatment
Anti-glare sapphire crystal (front & back)
Water resistance 5 ATM
Dial Open-worked black
Strap Natural black rubber strap
Steel deployment buckle with DLC treatment
A3025/1
Movement Automatic P-241
Open-worked, exclusive decorated Perrelet rotor
Power Reserve 46 hours
Vibrations per hour 28'800 (4Hz)
Rubies 25
Case 43.5mm
Case material Middle part 18 carats rose gold (4N) combined with
bezel and back in black ceramic
Anti-glare sapphire crystal (front & back)
Water resistance 5 ATM
Dial Open-worked black
Strap Natural black rubber strap
Steel deployment buckle with 18 carats rose gold cap
Retail starts at $13,400.
