Thursday, March 3, 2016

The U30 Tourbillon Rattrapante

From Angelus -
Courtesy of Angelus
This is their latest offering -

U30 Tourbillon Rattrapante Technical Specifications

Features and Indications
Central hours and minutes, tourbillon, fly-back and split-seconds (rattrapante) column wheel chronograph, power reserve indicator

Movement and Finishing
Calibre:
A-150, mechanical self-winding tourbillon split-seconds chronograph

Complications:
One-minute tourbillon, fly-back chronograph, split-seconds, power reserve indicator
Jewels:
38
Diameter:
37.60 mm
Height:
9.35 mm
Power reserve:
45 hours
Frequency:
4 Hz / 28,800 vph
Balance wheel:
Black gold-treated copper-beryllium
Escapement:
Swiss lever
Regulated:
Set to 5 positions
Gear train:
Wheels with exclusive Angelus six-spoke design to maximize rigidity
Screws:
Angelus three-point design torque-optimizing heads
Main plate and automatic bridge:

Grey NAC-treated to maximize contrast and depth


Upper bridges:
Black ADLC-treated
Column wheels:
Black ADLC-treated and mirror-polished. Both the split-seconds’ column wheel on the dial side and chronograph column wheel on the back are visible
Tourbillon cage:
Hand-chamfered and hand-polished. Black ADLC-treated second pointer
Movement finishing:
Chamfered and polished edges, flat surfaces either satin-finished or sand- blasted
Rotor:
Black ADLC-treated with solid 22-karat white gold segment 
  
Dial
Chapter ring:

Hours, minutes and chronograph seconds markers


Counters: 

30-minute counter laser engraved onto the upper chronograph bridge and rhodium treated. Power reserve indicator laser engraved onto the power reserve bridge, rhodium treated and filled with green and red lacquer
Hands: 

Skeletonized, sand-blasted with polished top hour and minute hands, sand- blasted chronograph second hand with red tip, satin-finished split-seconds hand, sand-blasted with polished top power reserve hand, polished 30-minute counter hand with red line 


Case 

Material:
47 mm
Thickness:

15 mm


Crown: 

Engraved with ANGELUS logo; 2 positions: 1. winding, 2. time-setting, 
split-seconds pusher integrated in the crown 

Back:


Transparent


Distance between lugs: 

22 mm


Water resistance: 

30 m / 100 ft / 3 atm


Crystals:

Box sapphire crystal (front and back) with anti-reflective coating on the inside

Limitation and reference number 

Limited edition:
25 pieces

Reference number: 

0CRAC.B01A.C003U 

 

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